The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-30
Her Dress Stained with the Young
Mans Blood as Ii Flowed from
the Fatal Wounds.
WHAT WAS TOLD POLICE CHIEF
STATEMENT TAKEN BY THE sTENOG-
RAPHER READ TO THE JURORS.
DIR. GlazebrOOk Of Opinion that the
Heel of "a WOman's slipper Might
Have Injured Ayres's Leg.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Upon the eve
of the adjournment to-day Of the Criminal
Court, before which Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine
is being tried for the killing of James S.
Ayres, jr., District Attorney Gould an
nounced that the government would rest it's
case after the introduction of one or two
more witnesses and that he expected to
conclude at the morning session of the
court tomorrow. T. w. Keane will then
make a preliminary statement I'm Mrs.
Bonines behalf and witnesses for the de-
fense will be introduced. 1t is expected
that about twenty-five of these will be
heard. Mrs. Bonine's counsel say they
have not yet decided whether she shall be
put upon the stand.
Deputy Coroner Glazebrook to-day con-
cluded his testimony and Detective Horne
told of the confession which Mrs. Bonine
first made to him of her part i'm the tragedy.
Her confession to the chief of police also
was read. DR.. Glazebrook gave II as his
opinion that the abrasions on Ayres's legs
might have been caused by woman kick
ing him with sharp-heeled slippers, and
said that the bruises on Mrs. Bonine's arms
looked if they might have been made by
a mans thumb when he was gripping the
arms.
When the trial was resumed to-day Dep
uty Coroner Glazebrook continued his testi-
mony. He told further of the bruises found
on the bodies of Mrs. Bonine and Ayr5s,
and was followed by Detective Edward
Horne, to whom Mrs. Bonine made her
first official confession. He said he had
first met Mrs. Bonine on the morning that
Ayress body was found He had then
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his death and she said she did not She
told how she had been dressed on the night
of the killing and had upon request handed
over the skirt she had worn. Her manner
was perfectly cool. On the Monday follow
ing the killing while the coroner's inquest
was in progress she had made her con-
fession to him. She had, he said, then told
him that at o'clock on the morning Of
Wednesday, May 10. Ayres had knocked on
her door. and that when she went to the
door he said he was sick and asked her
to give him some medicine. He then. she
had said, tried TO put his arm around her
and had asked TO be allowed to go into her
room to talk over their former differences
prior to his leaving the hotel. which ne
was to do the next day. She had declined,
saying she did not want to awaken her
room upon his making the plea that there
would not be time the next morning for
their conference before his leaving the
house. She had told him she had dressed
herself completely. putting on clean linen,
a wrapper and slippers. and had then fol-
| lowed Ayres to his room, he having re-
/ turned TO his apartment
| When she turned the knob OF the door
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found him standing back of the door hold
I ing revolver in his right hand. She had
then started to run away but had tripped.
and Ayres caught her around the waist
| She had illustrated i'm a later interview
with him and District Attorney Gould her
/ attitude and that of Ayres when the shoot
\ ing occurred, saying that her back was to
Ayres, that his right hand, I'm which the
/ revolver was held, was thrown over her
/ shoulder and that she had caught that
/ hand in both OF hers. She did not know
] how the shots were fired. but she felt blood
Il TO the floor she fell under him, and, slip
! ping out had gone 10 her rOom where she
washed her hands and her wrapper and
| went TO bed. The wrapper was exhibited
| TO the witness and identified by him. IL is
a brown colored garment trimmed with
| green velvet.
said Mrs Bonine said 20 him that she hest
| tated to mention the tragedy because she
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| justice TO the dead. After Ayres fell she
! found. she said. that her own hand clasped
| the barrel and that her hands were covered
with blood. She had not discovered the pis-
| tol in Ayres's hand until he had bOlted the
/ door.
Edwin B. Hesse. stenographer at police
| headquarters. who reported the statements
] OF Mrs. Bonine as made 10 the chief OF po-
/ lice was next called and identiied the
| transcript Of his notes OF the statements
/ Two reports OF the statements were offered
/ as evidence and accepted, the defense max
ing no objection.
District Attorney Gould read the state
| ments 10 the jury. The nrst made on
! MAY L. two days after the tragedy and in
/ this Mrs Bonine expressed the opinion that
7 a man must have done the killing. because
she did not suppose woman capable OF
/ the crime. She said then that she knew
/ oi no one who was Jealous OF Ayres She
I herself did not feel annoyed. she said. upon
! seeing Ayres with other women. She said
4 then that she had not known that Avres
was preparing 10 leave the hotel. The Sec
! Ond statement was the confession made by
! Mrs Bonine on May -. 1t was published at
/ the time.
The reading OF these documents COM
/ pleted. William w Pierce, mechanic who
/ had repaired the lock on the door OF
/ Ayres's room. was called. He had been 10
the room three times for this purpose and
! on the two first occasions had found Mrs
/ BOnine there. She alone examining
| Ayres's books and had manifested no con-
1 fusion over his entrance.
! Detective Charles T. Peck next testified
| that on the morning OF the tragedy ne had
visited Ayres's room and had found three
! empty cartridge shells there. He also had
! been present on that day when Mrs. Bonnie
] was first questioned. She had told tha
] officers that she could not assist them in
/ any way, that Ayres had no enemies and
/ that she could not Imagine who would KIN
! him. She told them at the same time In
/ reply 20 questions that she could use a re-
| vOlver
/ When Detective Peck concluded MS test
mony District Attorney Gould said that the