The age-herald., 1901-12-01
HUNTING FUR BLOOD W|THA !. MICROSCOPE Professor Chaefer Tells How He Examined Mrs, BOnine's
 Wrapper and Shoes falLtU u FlhD ANY lRACE Government Closes It's Side-Mrs. Bonine's Attorneys Will Attempt
 to Show Lack of Mo-
 tive for Crime.
FAILED TO FIND ANY TRACE

Washington. November S0.-The gov- ernment today closed it's case in the trial of Mrs. Ida Bonine for the killing of J. S. Ayres. Jr.. and Attorney Kean. of counsel for the defense, made pre- g liminary statement in behalf of Mrs. Bonine.
 It was made evident from Mir. Kean's statement that the defense would try to show lack of motive for the crime on the part of Mrs. Bonine and to sup port her plea that Ayres was killed in a struggle after he had tried to intimi- date her with revolver.
 The principal witness on the stand to- day was Professor Chaeffer, chemist who made microscopic examination of the wrapper worn .by Mrs. Bonine on the night ofAthe tragedy and who said that he had found no traces of blood upon it nor upon the slippers which she had worn on that occasion Another witness was Ayres father. who told Of an interview he had with Mrs. Bonine three or four days after the killing. She did not respond. he said. to his effort to arouse her sympathy.
 The room occupied by the Criminal Court today presented somewhat the ap- pearance of a junk shop. from the fact that number of belongings of Ayres' room in the Kenmore Hotel were exhib- ited. The wrapper worn by Mrs. Bonine on the night of the tragedy also was shown.
 Lieutenant James A. Moore of the police force. identified this miscellane- ous assortment of chattels. He said he had zone to her room the day Mrs. Bonine. made her confession to the chief of police and had procured the wrap per.
 A Chemist Testifies.
 MT. Edward M. Chaeffer. the chemist. who made a search for blood on Mrs. Bonine's wrapper. and analysed the blood on other articles in Ayres room. testified that he had examined the wrap per with great care and had failed to find any indication whatever of blood He also said the rips under the arms are now larger than when he first saw the dress.
 District Attorney Gould asked: Tn case of struggle between large per son and a small one, in which the larger had been so wounded that blood poured over the smaller one's shoulder and the two had fallen to the floor together. would 1t have been possible to cleanse the garment from the blood that would have gotten on it?''
 "It would have been possible to do so | by the use of chemicals and by boiling in a vat" replied the witness. T do not think ordinary washing would take 1t out"
 eff the garment had been recently ] washed could you have determined thei fact?'
 'I could: 1t had not been washed"
 On cross-examination. Dr. Chaeffer, said he had used only the microscopic test.
 F Chaeffer was subjected to a cross-ex-. animation by MT. Fulton of the defense. who used for the purpose of illustrating his points a young man and later Mrs ! Meacham, Mrs. Bonine's sister Dr. Chaeffer said 1t was not possible for two persons falling as Mrs. Bonine says she and Ayres fell. without the woman get ting blood upon a wrapper worn by her at the time.
 Ayres, ST.. on the Stand.
 When Dr. Chaeffer was excused, James S. Ayres father of the victim. was called to the stand. He told of coming to Wash ington the day after the tragedy.
 Mir Ayres said he had sought out Mira.
 
 my boy who had been murdered" Ha then went on to say that he told her how his son had lost his mother when he waa only three years old and how ns>e and dear he was to him because of the care he had given him. T tried" he said. ito be as sympathetic as I could because I had 1t in my mind that Mrs. Bonina was the destroyer of my sons life, and I wanted to find the guilty one"
 n n a MTs~ Gould, MT. Ayres said that Mrs. Bcnine had made no response when he was talk ing, but that when he concluded she said something which he would never forget What this something was Mir. fs.res' statement did not reveal. and no ques- tion was asked to bring it out.
 In response to another question from MT. Gould. Mir. Ayres said that at this in- terview Mrs Bonine's manner was calm. self-possessed and non-committal. ;y thought he said, that she was thS nervtest woman l ever saw. She mani. fested no emotion and expressed no sym pathy."
 Mir. Gould then announced that the prosecution had closed it's case. and tho court took its usual noon recess.
 Outline of Defense.
 After recess Attorney T. w. Keene, of counsel for Mrs. Bonine. made the pre- lfminary statement outlining the defense. He contended In the beginning for due consideration of the presumption of in- nocence. It was not the purpose of the defense to minimize the Soffense of which his client was charged. but 1t was unde- niable that the tragedy had fallen heav- lily upon two families.
 Many guests of the Kenmore were to be introduced. said Mir. Keene. He said that Mrs. Bonine was chosen as a leader of the social festivities of the hotel because of her capacity. The defense would show that she had taught seven young men to dance. In December. at a dance of morr than ordinary importance. he stated. Ayres had appeared there so much intoxi- cated that Mrs. Bonine had been com