The Washington times., 1901-11-28


The witness was then excused.
Saw Ayres After Midnight.
John \. Tan. another occupant of tbs
Kenmore, an employe of the Government
Printing Office. was called He testified tC
seeing Ayres after midnight at the hote
on the night of the tragedy. Ayres. he
said was then perfectly sober. The wit
ness was then excused.
| Michael Kane, a mddle-aged man with
| an enormous mustache. was the next wit
ness. He resided in the Kenmore at the
time of the tragedy and was one of the
/ party which gave Ayres his farewell ad-
dress and went out after drinks. Ayres
| he said, had taken two glasses Of beei
while with the party.
| Hid Behird the Door.
| The witness stated. under cross -exami-
nation, that the party had remained in
the saloon for three quarters of an hour.
He then went to his room alone. Burns
and Ayres came to his room later and
| insisted on his going out for more drinks.
Ayres raised Burns to the transom over
the door. The latter struck match, and
! looked into the room, finally discovering
| the witness hidden behind the door.
| His reason for this, he said, was that
| he did not want anything else to drink
| and did not care to accompany the party.
DR.. l.. w. Glazebrook, the Deputy Coro-
ner who made the autopsy on the body
of Ayres was then called to the witness
stand. He described the duties of his
| Office He had performed about 600
autopsies during his residence in the Dis
trict OF Columbia. he said.
Where did you see Ayres' body irst?''
DR.. GlaZebrOok was asked
AT the morgue, on the day OF the mur-
der was the reply. Il held the autopsy
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. first saw
the body at IL O'Clock. | then mad.
hurried examination to determine now the
man had come to his death
The body was almost unrecognizable
because of the amount of blood on the
features. 1t was clothed only in an IN
dershirt."
The Dead Mans Garments.
is this the article? ?" asked Mr. Could,
holding up the bloody garment
That is it," the witness answered.
while preparing the body for the au-
toupsy" DR.. Glazebrook continued, Il no
ticed that the mans arms were half fiexed
in front Of his chest. I Strengthened out
the arms. This required a great deal of
anime them at that time. The body was
that of a handsome man, weighing about
10 POUNDS"
"The body was magnifcently develop
ed DR.. GlazebroOk added. at the au-
topsy I found wound In the left chest.
below the collar bone, another in the left
arm, and a third in the left thigh"
Is there any person whom you would
like n uSp q uCiuf Ouf 10 Dosifipn nf
the wounds, was asked.
''No." was the reply, Il have all of the
measurements"
Il examined this shirt carefully" said
the witness. as he showed the garment to
the jury. 1T looks now just as it did
then. | found burns and powder marks
on all OF the wounds except that in the
thigh This wound showed that the bullet
had struck the body at an angle.
Powder Burns on the Body.
"The wound in the chest was surrounded
by powder grains. There were powder
grains on the shirt around the wound.
The wound on the arm was egg-shaped
There was very little blood in the wound
in the thigh. The discoloring on the shirt
here in front was caused by the blood
which poured from the mouth.
Experimental with Pistol.
Are you familiar with the effect upon
cloth like this undershirt of gunshot
wounds?" the witness was asked.
Il have made experiments
"Can you tell at what distance thl
shots were fired which made these hOles?"
y have made experiments with ne
same wooden and duplicate car ri.S.H
upon cloth like that in this shirt
found nat
In order to give the defence an oppo.
tunity to secure a number Of physicians,
further testimony by Dr. GlaZebroUk was
delayed until l o'clock.
Eliza Gardener. a colored girl. who was
employed at the Kenmore as a chamber
maid and had charge of the room occupied
uy Ayres, testified that she made the bed
every day and swept the floor. She had
never seen pistol in Ayres room, she
declared.
she referred to having been called into
Mrs. Bonine's room one morning in Feb
ruary Mrs. Bonine at that time told the
witness that she was sick and felt chilly.
she said to me TO go to Mr.. Ayres'
room" the witness added. "and to say TO
him. not letting on that she sent me, that
Mrs BOnine was quite sick this morning
ald that if he had a little whisky it
might do her good Ayres was sitting
was sent TO say. but he paid no at
tention to me, any more than if l hadn't
been there at all
often Visited Ayres.
Mrs Bonine often came to Ayres'
room when he was out, and was clean
ing up. She came after books. and used
to read those that Ayres had"
On REORGANIZATION, the witness said
that Mrs Bonine had merely suggested
to her that some whisky might do her
good. The defendant, the witness added
did not send her directly to Ayres' room,
but told her to try in the other rooms
also. The witness obtained the whisky in
another room.
Emma Brown. ColOred, said she was
employed at the Kenmore at the time as
a nurse for Mrs. Himrod, an invalid. who
had room on the fifth floor Of the hO-
tel The witness said she had seen Ayres
and Mrs Bonine come out of the room
occupied by the latter about 10 o'clock
one morning. a few weeks before the
tragedy Ayres was dressed only in his
trousers and undershirt. 'Ayres opened
the door of his room. ard both came
out. -" the witness declared.
Mary GraysOn tall coiored girl, with a
shriU voice who was employed as a
chambcrmaid at the Kenmore at the time
of the tragedy, testified that she had seen
Ayres I'm his room while shc was cleaning
tp. While the witness was there Mrs.
Bonine came into the room.
Drove Mrs. B0nine from Room.
"This was on March 20 last" the wit