The Washington times., 1901-12-03

request" probed Mr.. Gould; land did not
| Ayres grow impatient, saying to you For
| Gods sake, Warfeld, put a lock on the
! door, -
Warfeld admitted such was the situa
! tion.
| Mr.. De Witt followed He identified all
| the signatures on the register purporting
| to be Mr.. Bonines as the latter's hand
! writing, except the one of May II.
Treated All Alike.
The wife of Mr. Warfeld then gave her
opinion OF Mrs. Bonine's actions at the
Kenmore saying that she exhibited no
| particular affinity for Ayres and seemed
! to treat all men alike. She said she had
/ never seen Ayres and Mrs Bonine to-
| gether except when a dance was going on.
| As to her going to other rooms. she was
| ignorant of ii.
She said on the 5th of May Mrs Bo-
nine selected rooms at the North Takoma
| Hotel. which she intended occupying after
| the schools closed.
The first witness of the day was Will
! liam c. Hayes, who, Mr. Gould said,
| seemed overanxious to testify in the de-
| fendant's favor.
/ Witness Declares His Friendship.
! q was a friend OF Mrs. Bonine when l
! lived at the Kenmore, and l am vet, de
1 clarcd the witness, with emphasis.
Mr. Hayes was asked if he had ever
noticed Mrs. Bonine display partiality to
any of the men she danced with. He re-
/ piled in the negative.
Did you ever notice Mrs. Bonine act
! in an improper manner at these func-
tions?"
District Attorney Gould objected 10 the
| question as leading.
Judge Anderson said what some men
/ would consider improper conduct others
would not, and he ruied that her conduct
! toward Ayres could be enquired into to
! show her reputation, but not her actions
| with others.
Mr.. Douglass then put the question as
! follows:
what was Mrs Bonine's bearing to-
! ward Ayres at these dances?
Nothing out of the way: the same as
with other mei4, was the reply.
Hayes then testified that Mrs. Bonine
! told him last February she intended rent
ing a house and asking some Of the guests
at the Kenmore to board with her. The
witness was then taken in hand by the
prosecution. He had no distinct recoilec-
tion of seeing Ayres participate in the
dances after March 4.
Did you not tell Mrs. Bonine after the
shooting, when you heard she WAS going
to Takoma Park. that you thought she was
doing a very indiscreet thing. and should
remain at the Kenmore until the mystery
was cleared up?" asked Assistant District
Attorney Taggart
Il did" admitted the witness, with some
reluctance.
Danced with Ayres May IL.
George C. Gardner. to whom Miss Bo-
nine made her confession the day after
the tragedy. said he saw Mrs. Bonine and
Ayres dance together on the night of May
Il last. just a few hours prior to the
tragedy He noticed them more particu-
larly that night. he said, because he had
understood there had been a misunder-
standing between them. There was moth
ing unusual in their conduct.
David c. Mooney, a clerk in the Sixth
Auditors Office, said on this same even
ing Mrs. Bonine came outside the Ken
more, and pinned flower on Burns coat
At her appearance Ayres, who was seat
ed on a settee, arose and walked into the
house.
Charles s. Yauch, George 5. Post, and
Arthur II. O'Connor, former guests at
the Kenmore, all testified in Mrs. Bonine's
favor, saying her bearing at the dances
was beyond criticism. Mr.. OConnor, is
a special assistant attorney for the Dis
trict.
Miss Mary J. Nelson heard on the night
of the shooting quite a commotion in one
of the halls mace by party of young
men arguing as to the advisability of get
ting something to drink. She did not iden-
tify them.
Henry Seymour told the court he went
to board at the Kenmore on April ] last.
and had never seen Mrs. Bonine go 20
Ayres' room, which was diagOnally acr oss
the hall from his own. He was ignorant
of its location until after the shooting.
Warned Against Drink.
Richard J.. jerks. an employe Al he
Government Printing Office, who lived at
the Kenmore last May. said Mrs. BOnine
offered to teach him to dance. He said
he heard Mrs. Bonine talking to Ayres Gu
the 4th Of March about the evil OF drink
ing.
That was the only occasion / ever no
ticed Ayres under the influence Of liquor,
observed the witness.
Col. y. B. Miller of the Pension Office
now boarding with Mr.. and Mrs. Warfeld
at 1880 ! Street. was the last witness. -
had heard OF Mrs. Bonine visiting differ
ent rooms in case of sickness. and also
that she contemplated leaving the Ken
more at a period prior to the shooting.
Juror Bury, who had been cutie indis-
posed earlier. was feeling much better
when the court adjourned to meet today
at 10 o'clock