The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-01
 HAS CLOSED | Outline of Defense by Mrs. ! BOnine'S Counsel.
 PRISONER socl..IHADER -s Visited Roo .sof All Dancing l Guss', z 4 the Kenmore.
 A Government Expert Witness Yes- terday Said There Was No Blood on the Garments of the Defendant

Washington, Nov. 30.-The government today closed it's case in the trial of Mrs Lela Ida Bonine for the killing of J. s Ayers. Jr., and Attorney Keene of coun sel for the defense, made a preliminar, statement In behalf of Mrs. Bonine. was made evident from Mir. Keene'i statement that the defense would try t show lack of motive for the crime or the part of Mrs Bonine and to support hel plea that Ayers was killed in a struggle after he had tried to intimidate her witi a revolver. The principal witness on thu stand today was Professor Schaeffer, { chemist who made a microscopic exami nation of the wrapper worn by Mrs Bonine on tho night of the tragedy and who said that he had found no traces o' blood upon it nor upon the slippers wnicf she had worn on that occasion. Another witness was Ayers's father, who tole of an interview he had with Mrs. Bonin' three or four days after the killing. Shs did not respond, he said. to his efforts te arouse her sympathy.
 The room occupied by the criminal court in which Mrs. Bonine is undergoing trial today presented somewhat the ap' pearance of a junk shop from the fact thai a, number of belongings of Ayers's room in the Kenmore hotel were ex- hibited.
 The wrapper worn by Mrs. Bonine on the night of the tragedy also was shown
 Lieutenant James A. Moore of the no,ice force, was the first witness. He identified this miscellaneous assortment of chattels. He said that he had gone fo her room the day Mrs. Bontne made her confession to the chief of police and had. procured the wrapper s.s.s ss . rr. Edward M. 6chaeffer the chemist who made a search for blood on Mrs. Bonine's wrapper and RIalyzed the blood on other articles in Ayers's room testi- fled that he had examined the wrapper with great care and had failed to ind any indication whatever of blood. He also said that the rips under tne arms are now larger than when he first saw the dress.
 District Attorney Gould asked:
 "In case of a struggle between a large nerson and a small one in which the larger had been so wounded that blood poured over the smaller persons shoulder and the two had fallen to the floor to- gether, would it have been possible to cleanse the garment from the blood that would have gotten on 1t?
 Tt would have been possible to do so by the use of chemicals and by boiling in a vat" replied the witness. II do not think ordinary washing would take 1t out"
 If the garment had been recently washed could you have determined the fact?''
 q could. It had not been washed"
 On cross examination Dr. Schaeffer said he had used only the microscopic test.
 pr. Schaefer was subjected to a cross examination by MT. Fulton for the de- fense, using for the purpose of illustrat- ing his points @ young man and later Mrs. Meacham, Mrs. Bonines sister.
 Dr. Schaefer said 1t was not possible for two persons falling as Mrs. Bonine says she and Ayers fell without the wo- man getting blood upon wrapper worn by her at the time.
 When Dr. Schaefer was excused James S. Ayers, father of the victim. was called to the stand. He told of coming to Wash ington the day after the tragedy.
 MT. Ayers said he had sought out Mrs, Bonine and he said: "I told her about my boy who had been murdered. He then went on to say he told her how his son had lost his mother when he was only three years old, and how near and dear he was to him because of the care he had given him.
 .'I tried" he said, ito be as sympathetic as I could, because l had 1t not in my mind that Mrs. Bonine was the destroyer of my sons life, and l wanted to find the guilty one"
 In response to question by MT. Gould, MT. Ayers said that Mrs. Bonine made no response when he was talking, but that as he concluded she said something he would never forget. What this something was Mir. Ayers statement did not reveal, and no question was asked to bring 1t out.
 In response to another question by Mir. Gould MT Ayers said that at this inter view Mrs Bonine's manner was calm, self-contaiped and non-committal.
 CT thought" he said that she was the nerviest woman I ever saw. She man. ifested no emotion and expressed no sym pathy."
 MT. Gould then announced that the nrosecution had closed it's case and the court took the usual noon recess.
 After recess Attorney T. w. Keene of counsel for Mrs. Bonine, made the pre- limiuary statement outlining the defense He contended in the beginning for due COnSlQerdtlOH Ol lhC Ol iU- nocence It was not the purpose of the defense to minimize the offense of which his client was charged, for it was unde- niable that the tragedy had fallen heav- fly upon two families.
 Many guests of the Kenmore were to be introduced. said MT. Keene. He said that Mrs. Bonine was chosen as a leader of the social festivities of the hotel be- cause of her capacity. The defense would show that she had taught seven young men to dance. In December at a dance of more than ordinary importance he stat ed, Ayers had appeared there so much intoxicated that Mrs. Bonine had been compelled to ask a friend of the young man to him him to retire Continuing MT Keene said it would be shown that In get ting up the dances Mrs. Bonine had visit ed the rooms of all persons regardless of sex or age who could dance, to get them to participate; that she did administer to the sick and that she visited many of them. Another point was that the rela-