The Washington times., 1901-11-27

; left him at the dcorof his room" District
| Attorney Gould asked the witness.
; He was perfectly sober" was the posi-
| tive reply.
Did you hear Ayres speak of owning
| a revolver"
No sir; never did
Rcproved for Drinking.
did Ayres and Mrs. Bonine have any
falling out prior to the tragedy"
/ Just for q short time. Mrs. Bonine re-
proved him for drinking and he took Of
fence ct it."
The witness told of the last time he had
| seen Ayres and Mrs. Bonine together
| Mrs Boniue came ont of the hotel with
| two little white flowers" he said she
| came to where he and were sitting on a
bench. Ayres jumped Up and went into
| the hotel. He treated her with contempt
| and placed her in an embarrassing post
| ton"
| Under cross-examination the witness
! said that Mrs. Bonine had taught him TO
dance the two-step and frequently danced
! with him to help him out.
Attorney Douglass questioned the wit
ness at length and forced an admission
that he had been sightseeing" on the
| night of the tragedy and had taken
number OF drinks. The witness could not
remember how many drinks he had taken.
Why Burns Left the Kenmore.
| He told of going TO Ayres room when
! the latter refused to go out again. Tn
der cross examination he said that he left
| the Kenmore on the day following the
tragedy. because. as he said Mrs. BO-
nine might have thought that Ayres had
told me enough to convict her. and did
not want to take any chances.
He admitted having said in a saloon
that if his friends knew what he knew
;hey would not blame him.
Burns resumed the witness stand when
after adjournment for lunch. the court
reconvened atI15o'clock in the afternoon.
| He was asked If he had ever heard that
Ayres had a pistol. The witness replied
| that he had He was questioned as 10
| whether Ayres had, on the night before
| the tragedy. taken the pistol out Of his
trunk and laid it On his dresser.
The question was objected to ana the
| objection Was sustained.
Did you NOT write to a friend in Michi-
gan on Mag 20, 1901, telling him that
Ayres had taken pistol out OF his trunk
and loaded it on the night before the
| tragedy occurred was asked.
The question was objected to and the
objection was later withdrawn after some
debate District Attorney Gould then OBJ
jected TO The form in which the question
was put.
The witness replied hat he wrote let
ter hui had qualified his statement with
regard 20 the weapon. He said that he
had stated in The letter that he believed
that Mrs BOnine entered Ayres' room,
ard that the struggle ensued in the room
before the shooting.
Mr.. Gould Objects.
Mr. Gould persisted in obIscttng to
questions.
II don't want The District Attorney to
keep on Iecturins our side" Mr. Douglass
finally said "We ask no fuvors here
nothing but iustice-and We don't want
auv more law lectures from this attor-
ney. We are ured of it, and We state
right now that We don't appreciate it.
We are able 10 take care Of ourselves"
The witness admitted that Mrs. Boume
had asked him to try 10 get Ayres to
resulac his attendance ut the dances in
the hotel
The witness was then excused.
Michael Hogan. or Judge Hogan, as
he was called at the Kenmore. was the
next witness. He is a little grey haired
man with a yellow face He Was formerly
a police justice in New York. He told
of seeing Ayre5 around the hotel on the
night before the tragedy.
Hogan said that he was asked to de-
liver "a farewell speech that night. as
lvres was about to leave the hotel. When
the sncech had been delivered the crowd
went out for a drink he added. A later
trip was made for drink, Ayres accom-
panying the party both times. He said
that when Ayres went upstairs to go to
he'd the latter was perfectly sober. He
was very happy and jolly over having
passed his examination in a dental col
iege. the witness declared, referring TO
the Census clerk
Did Not speak 10 Ayres.
The witness recalled a scene at the hotel
about ten days before the tragedy. in
which Mrs. Boniue had asked him to join
erchre party. Ayres was present at the
time.
Mrs. Bonine did not speak to him, how
ever seeming to be estranged.
ON cross-examination the witness told
of The crowd gathered around the front
of the Kenmore on the night before the
shooting. He said the gathering was
iolly one after returning from the saloon.
The witness was then excused.
Joseph c. McCabe was the next witness.
He resided at the Kenmore at the time OF
the tragedy and was in the crowd Hhich
went out for drink.
MIR. McCabe said that he was in saloon
with Ayras on the night before the trag-
edy. Ayres was perfectly sober, he sald'
Ayres took two glasses or beer while the
,vitnass was i'm his comDany. He did not