The evening times., 1901-05-21
Result of the Inquest Into the
Death Of James S. Ayers.

An lhGulSlJion taken at No. pre-
cinct stationhouse In the county afore-
said, on the 18th. 10Th. and list days
Of May, in the year 1901, before me. J.
Ramsay Nevitt M D, Coroner. of the
said county, upon the view Of the
body OF James Seymour Ayers then
and there lying dead. upon the oaths
Of Jacob Karr. Anthony q Tyssoyvskf.
G. w Harvey, Thomas A Rover. Frank
3. Metzerott, and J. William Lee,
good and lawful men of the said coun-
", who being sworn upon the Holy
EvaHgelists Of Almighty God, and
charged to enquire when. where, how,
and after what manner the said James
Seymour Ayers came to his death. do
say upon their oaths that James Sey-
mour Ayers came TO his death. We'd
nesday, May Is, 1901, about the hour of
a m, at Hotel Kenmore, on North
Capitol Street, near c Street, from a
pistol wound of the chest which shot
penetrated the yena cova, producing
internal hemorrhage and subsequent
death. Furthermore that said shot
was fired during a fatal conflict be-
tween said James Seymour Ayers and s
one Lola Ida Henry Bonine. we, the
Ccnorer's jury, hold Lola Ida Henry
Bonine for the grand Jury.
In witness whereof, as well as the
aforesaid Coroner as the Jurors afore-
said. have TO the in4uisition put their
hands and seals on the day and year
aforesaid and at the place aforesaid.
j RAMSAY NEVITT. Coroner.
GEORGE W. HARVEY,
ANTHONY T. TYSSOWSK,
FRANK 3. BETzEROTT,
JACOB KARR,
THOMAS A ROVER
j. WILLIAM LEE"
When informed Of the verdict at the
House Of Detention Mrs. Bouine said she
had no statement to make. She was evi-
dently Iaboring under great excitement.
and at times seemed on the verge of
tears Soon after the result of the jury $
was made known Mrs. Bo-
nine was removed to the jail where she
was made as comfortable as possible. The
case was given to the jury. at I2:30 o clock
and fifteen minutes later the verdict was
returned
District Attorney Gould is by no means
willing 70 accept as true the statement
of Mrs. Bonine. He stated today that in
stead Of clearing the matter up the con-
fession of the woman only served to make
deeper the mystery surrounding the kill
ing Of Ayers.
INTEREST STILL UNABATED.
Notwithstanding the statement Of Mrs
Eonine yesterday afternoon interest in
the case had not abated when the hour
for resurTing the inquest arrived this
Tie Sixth police precinct sta
ton was crowded as early as 10 o'clock
with eager crowds who came to hear
more details OF the tragedy The room
where the enquiry was conducted was
flied when the Coroner. entered
DR.. scHAEFFER TESTIFIEs.
When the hearing was resumed shortly
after II o'clock Dr. schaefEer again took
the stand. He stated that in yfew Of the
Of yesterday afternoon it
would be unnecessary for him TO 90 great
ly into details lis conclusions had not
been previously given and he for the first
time made them known to the jury. From
his estimates as to the hand print on the
window he said he concluded that the en-
tire hand was about six and one-fourth
inches in length. but surely not over six
and one-half giving large margin The
bloody hand could not have been Ayers
hand, he asserted He would infer from
the dimensions that it was the hand of
woman It might have been that of a
youth or Of a man with an effeminate
hand. He was positive that it was not
Ayers hand The entire weight of the
body did not rest on the hand, which was
saturated with blood The hand was not
in a position supporting the entire weight
Of the body.
"A towel was sent you on the 18th
instant, doctor What was the result Of
your examination Of it?-- asked Coroner
hewitt Of the witness.
7 found distinct marks Of blood upon
the towel" the witness replied, although
there were no finger marks The absence
Of other Indications made it evident that
the spots on the towel were blood
DR.. Schaefsr stated that he had been
in his experiments by being
called before the Coroner He had not
been able TO complete his work and his
pressnt report was only preliminary.
Miss Mary E Minas was at this junct-
ure called to the stand. District Attorney
Gould questioned her. He asked the wit
ness in regard to the door between the
room occupied by her and that occupied
by Ayers. Miss Minas declared that she
had never seen any light through the
crack in this door She did not know that
any Of the packing in the cracks Of the
door had fallen away. The witness was
confident that the cry for help which she
heard on the night of the tragedy was the
voice of a man and not q woman. She
was confident it was not the voice OF Mrs.
Bonine.
After hearing the voice Miss -Miuas said
she paced The room all night, but she
could not say whether a ray Of light
shone through the door. She believed
that any ray. Of Hsht would have attract
ed her attention during the hours she
paced the floor.
The witness said she had talked to Mrs.
Bonlne regarding the brown wrapper and
had expressed to Mrs. Bonine her regret
taat she. the witness, had been compelled
to testify Miss 8Iinas could not repress
tears as she told of how Mrs. Bonine had
told her or. Sunday morning that she was
sorry that the witness had remembered