The Washington times., 1901-11-28


The Living Model.
The first exhibit of the Government was
then produced in the person of Maurice
Joyce. the court crier. This young man
! resembles Ayres in build. and when called
appeared stripped to the waist He
stood upon a platform. and was used as
/ a lay figure in place Of the manikin
originally proposed.
Dr. Glazebrook went all over the body
with great care, marking out the wounds
with black court t-plsster. Around the
semi naked man stood group Of physi
clans who followed the measurements
with great care.
The nature of the wounds was gone
over in technical terms by DR.. Glaze
brook
During this scene Mrs. Bonine sat with
her eyes on the floor and did not look up.
DIR. Glazebrook also used the naked man
to describe the performance of the au
tOpsy and the results.
The bullet which entered the breast
said Dr.. Glazebrook. "punctured the right
lung. 1T cut through the lung and passed
into the lung tissue. where | found it. II
was two inches above and three inches to
the right OF the wound. The bullet which
entered the arm was found two and one
passed through the arm.
The FatnI wound.
THE wound in the breast was the fatal
one tt caused hemorrhage, which result
a in death The left lung was full Of
1iood; there were two pints of it."
returning to the finding Of the body in
room. the witness said that the blood
tt5a cd 6y-h
which had been vomitcd The dried pools
were full Of bubbles.
Were the wounds. in your opinion,
self-inficted?'' was asked
4 do not think that they we're" was
the reply.
Could Ayres nave inflicted the wounds
in his body by holding the pistol in his
right hand?"
I have tried the experiment in every
way and could not infict the wounds
without pulling the trigger with my
thumb"
If Ayres had had a struggle with
small woman, the pistol being held in his
right hand. his left hand thrown around
her shoulder. could he have inflicted the
wounds upon himsclf!'
This question was objected to.
Dr. Glazebrook was then asked whether
Mrs Bonine had described the struggle to
him. He replied thdt she nau.
willing to Aid Coroner.
Il examined her and she seemed very
willing to aid me. She voluntarily gave
NE the description. She took my left
hand, stood in front of me- placed my left
hand over her left abdomen She clasped
my right hand with her two hands. Her
back was toward me and l was pressed
close to her.
AT this point it is only fair for me to
say, she caught herself and said, l shoull
not have said anything about this
Then" was asked If you were in her
position could you have inflicted these
BILE for her to have inflicted these wounds
upon this man while in the position she
claims to have occupied
4 don't think that she could possibly
have done So.
In describing the pistol found in Ayres'
room. the witness stated that the weapon
presented a characteristic appearance.
Blood on the Pistol.
1t was thiniy coated with blood where
a hand had pressed it tightly, and where
the pressure was lighter the coat of blood
was thicker 1t looked as though there
had been an endeay0r to WTest the weapon
from the hand which held it, The blood
on the barrel and muzzle probably came
from the mouth.
i cannot imagine OF a more fatal
wound than that in the breast. Il was
even more directly fatal than a bullet in
the heart l examined the stomach, and
found very little liquid; most Of this was
blood. There was hardly any liqucr.'
Cut on the Forehead.
In ss-examination the witness said
that he saw on the forehead a small cut.
where the head had come into contact
with a sharp rocker. On the inner side Of /
both legs the skin had been scrapCd from
The flesh near the knees. There were
many other small wounds. he said. Most
of these we're on the lower portions Of the
legs and on the feet. They were skin
scraped wounds. They were made by
rubbing against the skin.
How long could person live after re-
ceiving a wound like that in the chest?'
was asked
Death Came Quickly.
only a few moments"
what would be the first effect Of such |
a wound?"
1T would cause the body and the mus