The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-13
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/ kick, and she kicked with her French
| heel SLIPPERS. This is enc CT the factors
| CT her salvation IN the fact that she
wore those slippers is the proof DesitiTe
that she never went up that iiTe-escape.
| Singular that woman would select the
most dangerous shoes she possessed in
| which to make the ascent OF that peril
| Gus stairway
| Insists Ayres Was an AssaiIant.
Again, reverting to the alleged struggle,
sIr Douglass said:
q want TO ask you, now, what kind OF
| struggle was 1t Mrs Bonnie says it
vas a struggle III which The deceased was
armed with pistol; the Government says
i nay She insists Ayres was an assailant,
and that fact has never been given the liei
| il is a case Of suspicion against positive
evidence.
Who worId naturally be the assaiIant-
/ the weaker or stronger vessel. Che armed
man or the fragile woman? Who had the
most at stake. Mrs Bonnie or Ayres?
| Let the Government answer that a mar
ried woman with two boys, a manly man
for her husband, in that room al that
hour, would she have involved her ehas-
tity as a wife and mother. impugned the
| legitimacy Of her children, by beginning
| the attack" asked counsel for the de-
/ fence.
All Argument Favers Accused.
| why. every argument based on com
mon sense champions her cause.
That struggle was caused by some
| motive; none has been proven against
| the accused. In an affair of this kind,
| it is q paccadiIIo of the man, a stain on
| the woman The woman had every incen-
/ tive to avoid struggle. Contrast the
size and conditions OF the parties. The
man was unusually qualified for a struggle
( and she vas the opposite
! Her Statement UndixpUted.
If the basic principle Of that struggle
vas criminal relationship. would she
/ have been the aggressor2 No, a thou
7 sand times. no. Bear in mind, the Gov
eminent has had six months to dispute
( all the evidence contained in Mrs Be-
/ mines statement
7 Mr.. Douglass again reiterated that in
spite Of the prosecutions strenuous eff
forts, the defendants story had never
( been impeached-
Reasoning With the Jury.
Gentlemen. Mr.. Douglass continued
with great earnsstness- are you not pre-
pared 10 reason that the deceased had in
tenuons Of criminal relationship with
the accused2 Did he not that night en-
. ploy the revolver for such purpose?
Counsel said the bloody mark on the
/ barrel OF the revolver was made by Mrs.
BoHine's hand, not that of the deceased.
Ayres Held the Revolver.
The evidence shows beyond a doubt,
| the speaker said, that if the defendant
: had hold OF the handle Of the pistol it
would have been full Of blood. But it is
la curious thing il the defendants hands
we're covered with blood that there were
/ no traces of II on the handle OF the re-
volver There was bloody landmark
on the window sill. piece OF evidence
that Government has had in its posses
sion for six months Did they not make
measurements Of those smears2 II they
I did not, II Is uncomfortable to think Of such
neglect on the part Of the District At
torney- I would not insult him by such
conjecture.
Bloody Hand OF woman.
Mr. Douglass reasoned if the Govern
ment could have proved that this in
/ print was that OF a mans hand. it would
| have introduced the fact IN evidence.
| Now gentlemen said Mr.. Douglass,
/ when Mrs. Bonnie put that pistol down,
/ she Immediately made for the window,
/ and smeared the sill with her right hand
! the hand in which she held the pis-
/ toll and yet you ind no blood on the
handle OF the pistol, maybe the Govern
ment thinks she WIS left handed.
I Mr. Douglass said the iuIprints on the
! window shade we're also made by the
: hand Of the defendant. evidently the
/ left hand, as four witnesses had testi-
/ fed
I Both Hands Were Bloody.
Does this not prove that both of her
| hands we're bloody" the lawyer asked,
! Her hands we're bloody when she laid
that revolver on the trunk She had
grasped it by the barrel, which was
/ bloody; the handle was not
/ Counsel said the next question to con
slider was the nature of the wounds and
| the manner in which they were inflicted,
| comparing the relative physical proper
| tions Of the cOntending parties
DO you mean to tell me that Ayres
stood there and permitted this little
woman to shoot him from a distance. and
his onI- aggressive movement be to throw
up his left arm in an attitude of de-
fence?" asked Mr. Douglass why it
was suicide for him 10 act So
| Hip Wound First inflicted.
! Mr.. Douglass declared the first bullet
struck Ayres in the hip, but did not in
| capacitate Ayres from engaging with his
assailant-
| tect himself He does not obey natures
| fnvariabIe mandate and put his right one
into play" continued The attorney.
ooh, no; gentlemen, this theory will
not work Why is 1t Ayres got all three
| shots, and Mrs. Bonnie got none? This
| is a question for the prosecution as well
I as the defence TO answer, and the bur
+ dan of proof is on the Government.
Intimidation Was Meant.
| when Ayres received that first wound,
| tell you he did not consider himself in
| danger" declared Mr.. Douglass HE had
!; Mrs Bonnie IN this room clothed as he
vas. compromised as she was. and he
| knew she had no more strength than the
stem of lily. She had said No at her
/ door; he expected her to say Yes at
| his, and he used the pistol to intimi-