Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-12-02

had had misunderstanding. The witness
was aware that Mrs. BONNIE was interested
| in medicine, and that she was quite pro-
| ficient oculist. About eighteen months age
the witness strained his eyes, and Mrs
Bonlne fitted pair of glasses for him.
Mr.. Gardner could not say positively
whether Mrs. Bonine had taught several
young men at the Kenmore to dance, but
he had seen her dancing with them while
they were learning the art of Terpsichore.
Lock and Bells.
Henry Seymour followed Mr.. Gardner on
the witness stand. He occupied, with his
wife and daughter, a room on the fourth
| floor Of the Kenmore Hotel, diagonally op-
posite Ayres' room. About 10 o'clock the
evening of May IA the witness retired to his
! room. He noticed nothing unusual regard
Ing the lights in the fourth floor hallway
that evening.
After being examined regarding the hops
and remarking that Mrs. Bonnie danced
promiscuously with the young men in at
tendance, the witness testified that he con-
sidered the electric call bells in the rooms
as practically useless.
After the shooting the witness examined
the lock on the door of Ayres' room. The
lock was all right, but the bolt would not
enter the receptacle intended for it.
The witness, so he said, escorted the de-
around generally after the tragedy, until
her husband arrived in the city.
Did you ever see Mrs. BONNIE enter
Ayres' room?" the witness was asked.
Il did not know. prior to the tragedy,
which room Mr.. Ayres occupied" he re-
piled.
Two Witnesses.
After testifying in a general way regard
ing the dances, the next witness, David c..
Mooney Of the sixth auditors office, stated
that the evening Of the 18th Of May he
was seated In front Of the Kenmore with
Burns and Ayres. Mrs. BONNIE approached,
spoke to Burns and pinned a carnation to
the lapel of his coat. Ayres arose and en-
tered the hotel. The witness did not notice
anything unusual in Ayres' manner. Mrs.
BONNIE did not offer Ayres flower, because
he left before she had time to do So The
cry.
Charles s. Yauch, census Office clerk,
then testified that he resided at the Ken
more prior to October 1900. After remov-
ing from the hotel he frequently visited
there. He had noticed that Mrs. Bonnie
often danced with Ayres. She voluntarily
thought she had been Ayres' instructor. Her
conduct was entirely proper and ladylike.
Miss Martha ]. Nelson, who had room
on the second floor Of the Kenmore, and
called by the defense, told Of Mrs. Bonine' 9
attendance at the dances, her interest In
medicine and other matters in effect SUBJ
stantially as the other witnesses had testi-
fed.
questions that were later admitted to be
leading, when United States Attorney Gould
remarked:
THAT line Of inquiry Is open to criticism,
II one could criticise without being criticised
himself"
The sally was taken good-naturedly by
the defense.
Thought Party Intoxicated.
The witness was not aware that the de-
PENDANT was in the habit Of visiting differ
emit rooms in the hotel for the purpose of
borrowing books. Miss Nelson further
said that the evening OF May II she was
aroused from slumber by a party Of young
men on the stairway near her room. They
some where to get a drink. She understood
that the members of the party were in
toxicated. On REORGANIZATION, conducted
by Mr.. Gould, Miss Nelson stated that her
brother Is a physician and roomed at the
Kenmore. Mrs. BONNIE, 80 far as the wit
ness could tell, had never entered the room
OF Dr. Nelson for the purpose Of borrow
ing medical books.
Mr.. Gould wanted to know on what the
witness based her understanding that the
party Of young men referred to were in
toxicated. She replied that they talked In
loud tones.
"Did they act any differently from any
party Of young men full Of spiritf' de-
manded Mr.. Gould.
Ibid you say full OF spirit or full of
spiritsr" inquired Attorney Douglass.
ton, and the witness went on to describe
the joliity Of the party.
At the conclusion Of the examination OF
Miss Nelson, 1t being 1890 o'clock, recess
for forty-fve minutes was taken.
Juror Slightly Indisposed.
| When court convened after recess It was