The age-herald., 1901-11-30
FiIst Claimed to bs Ignorant of AyTes' Death, Then
 Made Confession
STATEMENTS READ IN COURT
Stenographer Took Them Down When Made ard Then Were Proven By Him-Governme VIII
 Conclude Today.

Washington, November 2e.-Upon the eve of the adjournment today of the
 Criminal Court. before which Mrs. Lola
 Ida Bonine Is being tried for the hillng of James s. Ayfes, Jr., Dstrict--Attorne Gould announced that the government
 would rest It's case after the introduction
 of one or two more witnesses, and that he expected to conclude at the morning session of the court tomorrow. T. w
 Ktane will then make a preliminary state
 ment in Mrs. Bonines behalf, and wit
 nesses fer the defense will be introduced
 It Is expected that about twenty-five oi
 these will be heard.
 Deputy Coroner Glazebrook today con
 cluded his testimony and Detective Horn
 told Of the confession which Mrs. Bo-
 nine first made to him of her part in the
 tragedy Her confession to the chief of
 police also was read. Dr. Glazebrook gave
 1t as his opinion that the abrasicns on
 Ayers legs might have been caused by
 woman kicking him with sharp-heeled
 slippers. and said that the bruises on
 Mrs. Bonine's arms looked as if they
 might have been made by mans thumb
 when he was gripping the arms.
 SoToncr eliS or Bruises.
 Deputy Coroner Glazebrook continued his testimony today. He told further of
 the bruises found on the bodies of Mrs Bonine and Ayres, and was followed by | Detective Edward Horne. to whom Mrs. l Bonine made her first official confession | He said he had first met Mrs. Bonine
 on the morning that Ayres body was l found. He had then asked her if she knew how Ayres had met his dssrss es.-. | she said she did not. She told hos, gJterl had been dressed on the night of the 'anti
 Ing, and had upon request handed O. v l the skirt she had worn. Her manner waA<
 perfectly cool. | On the Monday following the killing, while the coroners inquest was in prog
 ress, she had made her confession to him.
 She had, he said then told him that al
 o'clock on the morning on May 15 Ayres had knocked on her door and that when she went to the door he said he was sick and asked her to give him some medicine. He then, she said, tried to put his arms around her and had asked to be allowed to go into her room to talk over their former differences prior to his leaving the hotel, which he was to do the next day. She had declined, saying she did not
 want to awaken her boys. and had then consented to go to his room upon his making the plea that there would not bs tune the next morning for their confer ence before leaving the house. Enters Ayres' Room. She had told him that she had dressed
 herself completely. putting clean
 linen. a wrapper and slippers. and had then followed Ayres to his room. he hav- ing returned to his apartment. When she turned the knob of the door, Ayres opened 1t from the inside and she found him standing back of the door holding revolver In his right hand. She had then started to run away. but had ripped and Ayres caught her around the waist She had illustrated in later interview
 with him and District Attorney Gould her attitude and that of Ayres when the l shooting occurred saying that her back was to Ayres; that his right hand, in | which the revolver was held. was thrown l over her shoulder, and that she had | caught that hand with both of hers. | She did not know how the shots were l fired, but she felt blood gush over her l shoulder. When Ayres fell to the floor l she fell under him, and, slipping out. had l gone to her room, where she washed l her hands and her wrapper and went to l bed. The wrapper was exhibited to the
 witness and identified by him.
 Edwin B. Hesse, stenographer at police | headquarters, who reported the state | ment of Mrs Bonine as made to the | chief of police. was next called and iden- 1 tfied the transcript of his notes of that l statement. This witness was still on the stand when the court took It's recess for l luncheon.
 Stenographer's Report Read. When the court convened for the af- ternoon session Stenographer Hesse's two reports of statements made by Mrs. Bonine to the chief of police were of-
 fered as evidence and accepted. the de-
 fense making no objection.
 District Attorney Gould read the state
 ments to the jury. The first was made
 on May r. two days after the tragedy
 and in this Mrs. Bonine expressed the
 opinion that a man must have done the
 killing that she did rot suppose a wo-
 man capable of the crime. She said
 she knew of one who was jealous of
 Ayres. She herself did not feel annoyed
 she said upon seeing Ayres with other
 women. She said then that she had not
 known that Ayres was preparing to leave
 the hotel.
 The second statement was the second
 confession made by Mrs. Bonine on the
 20th of May. It was published at the
 time. When the reading of these docu- ments were completed, William Pierce.
 a mechanic. who had repaired the lock on the door of Ayres' room, was called. He had been to the hotel three times for this purpose and on the two first occasions had found Mrs. Bonine there She was alone examining Ayres' books. Detective Peck's Statement. Detective Chas. T. Peck testified that on the morning of the tragedy he had visited Ayres' room and had found three empty cartridge shells there. He also had been present when Mrs. Bonine was first questioned. She had told the of fcers that she could not assist them ir any way that Ayres had no enemies and that she could not imagine who would kill him.
 When Detective Peck concluded hi testimony. District Attorney Gould an. nounced that the government would be able to conclude the presentation of its side tomorrow morning.
 The court then adtourned for thz daNL