The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-23
BLOODY SHIRT
MOVED PRISONER
Mrs. Bonine Displayed
Emotion at Sight Of 1t.
FIVE WITH E ssES.
Talk Of Condition of Room When.
Dead Man Was Found.
ONE QUESTION RULED OUT.
ONE QUESTION RULED OUT.
The Counsel for the Prisoner ELECTED the Fact
That She Had Made Arrangements to
Leave iiotel-Proseeution Objected,
and Question and Answer We're
Stricken from the Record.
May Come Up Again.
(Bv Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. 22.-Five
witnesses were heard to-day in the trial
of Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine for the murder
of James S. Ayres, Jr. Four of these wit
nesses We're police officers, who had gone
to Ayres' room after the discovering OF
the body by employees of the Kenmore
Hotel, and the fifth was W. W. Wari1eld,
who was proprietor of the hotel at the
time of the tragedy.
The policemen testified to details OF the
wounds. position of the body and arrange
ment OF the furniture in the room. Mr.
Wartield's testimony was very brief. In
response to u question by Attorney Full
ton. of Mrs. Bonne's counsel. he said
that Mrs Bonine had made arrangements
to leave the hotel before the tragedy &C
Cured, bat both question and answer
subsequently We're ruled out.
1t is understood to be the intention OF
the defense to recall Mr.. Warficld later
for the purpose of eiiciting information
from him upon this and other points in
Mrs. Bonine.s behalf.
Mrs. Bonne's party in the courtroom
was increased to-day by the addition of
her brother, Grant Henry, who lives at
st. Joseph, Mo. Only once during the
day did Mrs. Bonine display emotion and
that was when the bloody undershirt
which had been worn by Ayres on the
night OF the killing was identified by
Officer Brady.
DOOR WAS BOLTED.
Policeman Walter S. Brady was the first
witness called. He was on duty near tEe
Kenmore Hotel on the morning that
Ayres' body was discovered. and he was
summoned to the hotel at about $40
clock by the proprietor, w w. War
1ieid, who told him : hat he thought he
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then escorted to Ayres' room in company
with three or four other persons Find
ing the door fastened, he had. under Air
| Warileld,s instructions. forced it Oman
| Upon subsequent investigation he mad
found that the door was bolted and M,
locked. The body OF the dead man. he
said, was lying on the floor near the
| "liluo" IN a hent position. and with the
| arms drawn UP in front of the face. 'rhe
head lay across one of the rounds of .
rocklns-chair and the only clothing o.,
the pody was light undershirt.
lHe shlft was open at the neck and
tne upper portion of it was covered with
blood There was some blood on the left
! sleeve OF the garment. The hands ana
! feet also We're bloody. the latter looking
as II he had stepped in the blood which
| was on the floor in considerable quanti-
| ties. Three wounds We're found upon the
body, one being in the breast another In
the arm, and the third in the thigh
BED IN DISORDER.
The bed looked. he said. as if some oue
| had lain in it and had gotten up. throw
| ing the cover back as he did So There
| was no other disorder about it and there
was only one indentation in the pillow.
| Ayres' coat vest and trousers had been
| carefully laid over the back of a chair
| He said that d pistol and a small sin
! gle-barrelled shotgun lay on a trunk in
| the room and that the barrel and the
| chambers of the pistol were covered witt
| blood. The pistol was exhibited to Mr..
| Brady and identified by him. He handled
| it freely as he described the condition oi
/ the weapon.
Mrs. Bonine regarded the witness and