Evening star., 1901-05-20

Did Mr.. Ayres have any particular
friends among the ladies in the hotel?"
No, sir; not that l saw or noticed"
Did you ever seq any ladies go TO his
room?'
NO; sir. 1 never saw Mrs. Bonine in his
ROOM
Il didn't ask you that?" said Coroner
hewitt.
Il know you didn't?" was the glib re-
sponse, but 1 thought you were going to-"
After few unmportant replies Mr..
Gould took Eliza in hand.
who have YOU talked with since yes
terday about this case"
Nobody"
What made you say you never saw Mrs.
Bonine in Mr.. Ayres' room?'
Because l thought that gentleman was
going to ask me about that"
Who told You to say you had never
seen Mrs. Bonine in his room.
Witness declared she had been told moth
ing of the sort by any one.
Did you take care of Mr.. Ayres' room?"
Yes sir
Now. Eliza, did Mrs. Bonine never come
to Mr.. Ayres' room?"
We'll, she often came there when ! was
in there and say she wanted to borrow a
book of his and go to the table and pick
1t up and go on out with it.
why did you say then that Mrs. Bonine
had never been in his room"
We'll. l thought that gentleman was
leading me to say it. l meant | hadn't
seen her in there with Mr.. Ayres.'
witness said she mad only talked with
detectives and policemen since the murder
except she talked with Miss Minas next
morning.
Miss Minas asked how Mrs. Bonine
looked and | said Mrs. Bonine looked pale"
The witness declared that nothing was
the matter with the lock on Ayres door
while she had been in the employ of The
house, about two years.
The witness was then temporarily ex-
cused.
Heard Pistol shots.
John Leonhart Downs, clerk in the
Congressional Library. who lives at the
Kenmore, was placed on the witness stand
He was acquainted with Mr. Ayres. he
said; did not know of -Ayres paying par
ticular attention to any woman In the
house. Witness occupied a room on the
same floor as Ayres the witness room
being next to that Of Miss LawleSs. Wit
ness said he was awakened by pistol shots.
There We're three in rapid succession. Wit
ness said he was startled, but got up and
looked out of the window, but saw nor
heard nothing. Did not hear any voices.
Heard something like a fall in Ayres' room
after the shots. 1t was probably five min
uteS after the shots when witness looked
out. He returned to bed when he saw and
heard nothing.
Mr.. Downs said Mr.. Gould. II have
| been informed that you have stated that
you saw a figure on the fire-escape."
That information was false. sir, re-
thing of the sort because | did not see any
person on the fire-escape.'
Mr. WarfeId Recalled.
w. w. Warfield, proprietor of the Ken
more. was recalled and was asked if Ayres
had not requested that a new lock be put
on his door. Witness said he had. and had
repeated the request several times
Did he say he wanted to keep people
out of his room?''
Yes, sir
did he say who he wanted to keep out?"
Didn't you. AS the proprietor, inquire
who it was that he wanted to keep out:'
mo, SIR
Witness admitted that he had instructed
a man named Pearce who was employed 10
fix locks to fix that on Ayres' door. He
had asked him ''for Gods sake to do it, as
Ayres was SO persistent
The Lock Repairer.
William w. Pearce was the next witness.
He is a small man, who described himself
as general utility man in doing anything
pertaining to house, such as painting,
paperhanging, fixing locks and such things.
Witness had examined the lock on Ayres'
room door three times. The first time wit
ness found the lock busted" Mrs. Bonine
was in the room looking at books. Witness
reported to Mortimer Warfield, the clerk,
that the lock could not be repaired. The
second TIME witness went up TO the room
to measure the door for a new lock and
Mrs. Bonine was also there. Mrs. Bonine
| said to witness that she would go to the
bath room while he was there, and that
when he left he could lock the door, as she
could open it. She also told witness not to
tell anybody he had seen her in Ayres'
| room. She remained in the bath room
| while witness measured the door, and he
then locked it and left. The third time he
was at Ayres' door he put the lock on, but
Mrs. Bonine was not there. Like all the
preceding witnesses, he said he had never
| seen the pistol which was found in Ayres'
Kenmore.
Denies Writing Postal Card.
Eliza Gardner was recalled, and asked
| If she could read and write. Replying af-
| firmatively, she was asked by Mr. Gould
| to write the word "clrambermaid' on a
piece of paper. Eliza did so, and then ap-
preaching her Mr. Gould asked her when
| she had written a postal card which he
| handed her. She declared that she had
never written it.
Il never wrote on postal card in my
| life. The Lord knows l didn't write that
one
Never mind what the Lord knows" said
| Mr.. Gould, don't you know you wrote it?"
Indeed l didn't
Eliza was again excused.
The postal card was one received re-
Gently by Maj. Sylvester, signed Cham
bermaid, and suggested the arrest OF
/ Miss Mary Minas.
| Concerning an Anonymous Letter.
| Mrs Anna Hodson-Welck, portly ma
! tron, dressed in black, with lavender
| gloves a lght-colored fan and dash of
| white in her hat, who spoke in very prop
| erly modulated voice and pronounced every
| syllable with great distinctness, was the
| next witness. She now lives at the "Liv-
| ingston on 18th street but had formerly
| lived at the Kenmore. She knew most OF
| the guests who were at the Kenmore then,
| including Mrs Bonine and Mr.. Ayres. She
| knew none of the guests very we'll how
| ever She knew nothing. she said, of Mr..
| Ayres' intimacy with any one, man or
| woman and was not aware that Ayres had
| had a quarrel with any one.
| The Saturday before the murder and
| again on Monday or Tuesday witness met
| Ayres in Judiciary Square He was very
| much disturbed about an anonymous letter
| some one had written about him. He was
| apparently very angry about 1t, and Satur-
! day appeared to be very vindictive toward
| the writer. At the next meeting Ayres
| again brought up the subject. She gained
| the impression that the letter had been
| addressed to a man. She did not care to