The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-03
BEFORE THE GRAND JURY
The Investigation of the killing of
Ayers Taken Up,

Six Witnesses Summoned to Testify
Regarding the Undergraduates
ties Working Along New Lines
Theories About the Fatal Shot.
The grand jury today at noon began an
Investigation OF the circumstances sur
rounding the killing Of James Seymour
Ayers. If. at the Kenmore Hotel on the
morning Of May - last.
District Attorney Gould has appointed
Assistant District Attorney Hugh T Tag
CART TO present the testimony for the Gov
eminent to the grand jury Nj Taggart
summoned six witnesses to appear and
testify today. They are: Daniel Wood
house, William ". VARIED. - 2 War
field, John F. Drew. Lieutenant Moore,
and Policemen 3. J. Williams and Brady
of the metropolitan Police
Mr.. TaEsart was not able to state this
morning how long the Investigation by
the grand jury Will continue 1t is prob
able, however. that the hearing of the tes-
timony viii occupy the attention of the
jury during the remaining days of the
week, and possibly during the early part
of next week
It is understood that Assistant District
Attorney Taggarl is now DusiIy engaged
in securing all possible information con
corning the position of the body of Ayers
whom found and the location of the
weapon with which he was killed From
the Information that he has been able to
secure there is a growing conviction that
the fatal bullet was rot fired from the
little room which was OCCUPIED by Ayers
during his stay at the hotel, but from the
fre-esCape.- If this proves to be true it
may have most important bearing upon
the case
It Is pointed out that Ayers feet were
close W to the front wall Of his room
when he was found and Immediately be-
meath the window, the body lying diago-
nally from that point to the extreme end
Of the wardrobe. Il is further recalled
that nearly all Of the witnesses who tes-
tined to having heard the shots fred pIac-
ed them on the street and not IN the
house This would indicate that the shots
were fired from the outside Of the build
ing and necessarily on the fre-escape-
Furthermore. Mrs Bonnie is a small
woman and had she fired from on q level
with the man the bullet would have taken
an immediate upward course The gen
eTal course Of the bullet was upward.
lodging about two and one-half inches
above the point of entrance and to the
left, but the entrance was in a horizon
tai line. The ball was afterwards de
AeCted to the left and upward.
Considering the stature of the two per
sons it would have been possible, it is
said, for such 4 wound TO have been in
f7icted by the woman being in an elevated
position, as she would have been had she
been on the fre-eseape. Again it IS said
that the position Of the pistol on the
trunk was such as would be expected had
a person leaned in from the window and
holding the mUzzle in his hand thrown it
CarsIessly on the trunk beside the window.
There is a shadow in front of the win
dow Of the room occupied by Ayers, and
had small person been crouching in the
window, it IS said, they probably would
not have been observed by the people
that looked out Of their windows on hear
ing the shots fired That the police are
directing their Investigations along this
line is evident from several remarks that
have recently been made by those in
charge OF the case