The Washington times., 1901-11-22


law purisi,es. If the killing was done with
malice aforethouEbt. then the punishment
must be by harging.
Society must bc protected, and tac
blood Of mu. cred man demands thai
the party who took the life must make
reputation"
y Different Degrees Defined.
Nj. Tagrart preceded 10 define .ha
difference between murder and man
slaughter, citra cases and instances to
illus rate his meaning.
The dcrc2dant IN This case is ChEr- j
viii the fcloni5us killing Of James
Seymour Ayrcs.'' l.r =ai'. The G'=rrH
mcpg expects to prove these facts
The deceased came 30 this city rE1
tooF up occupation as clerk ia the Gene
sus tQGcc lie secured room % IN ,ha
Kenmore Hctol. Ca the m-rHin- a. ..gr
- list nc yaa found Hsouchol iH his F"n
blco.l. This youUg man had atteadea the
dental school at raiua bs-u University #.
ibs kca1nore Ee became acquainted vi .h
the pcouscl, Mrs. Boniae.
The latter attended 60 the manage
mcnt OF the y,euIsIy Fzaee ard caEa parties
in fhc hotel The wife OF travelling
salesman, her tiHlc was uol much o.nn-
pied b. domestic .ares. aaa she Hua,
took to teaeh hyrcs how @ dance. In his
She 'suos-ccded.
became Good Friends.
"shc took further interest in the Young
man. and the tics g.cw stronger lo-
tween the two. They were together 50
ofteR and their relations becals 50 eN-
ceedingIy friendly that snc went 90 his
room frequently during his absence. she
also. visited his room YAilc he was IN il.
and We propose TO prove that she visited
him in his room at might when the door
wss-cIcsed aud observation cut OF from
the exterior
During this arraignment Mrs. Bcrine
sat with her eyes riyeted upon her ac-
ouser. She bit her upper lip. and seemed
perturbed by the allegations Of the As
sistant District Attorney.
Mrs. Bonnie saw jhat Ayres was Drift
ing from her" he continued. she cd
dcavored to draw him back but he began
ia 20 out on spToes and 10 get tipSy.
At last the two became recOpaIjci
They again danced t3gethor-this was OF
The night preceding the murder. But
Ayres did not wish to carry the friendship
further he rel lsed to have The 1li coz
dial relations re-csiahlished.
Hurt by snubS.
We propose to- prove that Dee aaEuuaj
her and refused TO recognize her and that
she was deeply hart gy ta-s. She u.e- 20
remove The feeling. hut to no avail.
This was the state CT affairs 2n tho
morning when the body was found in his
roorh. On that morning The door was
forced oren ana the dead body was found
on the floor. the face. covered with tload,
his -undershirt. arms. breast. and legs
also bloody. An examination of the
wounds showed that he had not inflicted
these wounds himself"
1t was discovered continued Mr.. Tag
CART. That a small woman had been seen
coming down the escape. The size Of
the wcman suggested Mrs. Bonine. She
vas questioned. but denied everything.
She was the most cool and collected
woman in the hotel. She was summoned
as witness at the inuues-. Her de-
1neanor could not last always, and she
saidto n witness one day:
II it were not for my children, I would
take the whole responsibility upon my
selLr
As.this statement was made great tears
came to the womans eyes and dropped
heavily upon the black veil which cover
ed her face. She was deeply affected
Overheard by Witnesses.
"sEe was overheard later" resumed Mr..
Tsggprt, by one Of our witnesses, when
she hid:
Il can't wash it out Shall I destroy
it?
she came down that fre-escape leav-
ing the dead body lying On the floor Her
efforts were addressed skilIfuiiy and in
teIligentIy toward shielding herself She /
showed no emotion.
''Ayres left his room to see a friend .
that fatal night. He turned the gas down f,
low He was perfectly sober. He went (
to a saloon with friend but drank but .
tive small glasses OF beer. His friends (
left him at the door Of his room.
Now comes the confession made by /
Mrs Bonine to Detective Horne. She ad- !
mltted going into Ayres' room. Her story |
was oaly intended to exonerate herself [
from vrcngdoing. She stated that a
rap sounded On the door OF her own room
that might. She opened the door. and
Ayres stood there. He sand that he was
about to have a chill, and asked to be /
admitte4 sne told him no. rs her child
ren were IN the next room.
He fondled her. but she drew away
she says, whereupon he said, If you will
promise 10 be nice to me, l viii go
away He went to his room. She dressed
herself carefully She went to his room
aud put her hand on the knob G. the door.
He opened the door and as she entered
closed and snapped the door He had
pistol in his hand, sne says, and back
ing her up against the wall. he said:
Now you viii listen to me. guess
She struggled. the pistol exploded. she
trpped ever her skirt. fell. and he fell
an TOP Of her There was a scufle and
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