The evening times., 1901-05-18

that he thought that someone had corn
! mitted suicide and led the way TO room
p on the fourth floor. We found the door
fastened and broke it oven Lyiag on
the floor by the window in an attitude
of defence and the face covered with
| blood was the body of a young man, stiff
| in death. declared Polio man brady
The witness said the bed in Ayers room
had been occupied. and described the fute-
rior of the room to the jury. using pho
tosraph to illustrate There was Il trunk
linear the window that had been taken
| away when the photograph was made. on
| it lay a shot gun and pistol The witness
said he picked up the latter and looked at
It carefully, taking particular pains to put
II back in the position IL which he found
it There was blood on the trunk CON
tinUed Policeman Brady There was
also n great deal o. blood on the pistol,
principally on the barrel and chambers.
but only a little blood was to be observed
on the handle"
The witness identified the weapon.
which was introduced in evidence. but
said that much Of the blood had disap-
peared, probably owing to continued
handling 1t looked as though the blood
| on the weapon was the result of it being
| bloody.
THREE CHAMBERS EMPTIED-
Policeman Brady said he found that
| three of the cartridges in the revolver
| had been exploded He found nine other
/ cartridges, he said. on a little table near
| by He also observed pool of blood be
meath the window and near it was a lead
| pencil, which was introduced in evidence.
! The witness said he went downstairs
| after the finding OF the body and teIe-
! phoned to the station to notify the Coro-
/ ner- He was informed that Dr.. hewitt
! had already been notified and that Pre-
| cinct Detective Williams was on his way
/ to the hotel Mr. Williams arrived short
! " afterward- Witness did not hear any
! one other than Proprietor WarfieId sug-
Sest the idea Of suicide. he declared He
| left Policeman Wolfe in charge of the
room when he went downstairs.
| District Attorney Gould questioned Po-
/ liceman Brady as to the condition of the
I bed which the witness stated. showed
| that if had been occupied The pillow
was indented and the covers had been
! thrown aside, as though a person had
! jumped from the bed He Identified q
! piece Of cardboard. Order Of Dancing"
| as having been found near the body. That
/ card had the names Of J Y Virgins and
/ J. s Ayers. jr-. and DR.. Nelson on it The
/ room was in disorder. as though there had
/ been struggle There was a dim light
/ IN the apartment when the witness first
! entered The gas jet had been turned
| down. and the witness did not think the
/ occupant could have been reading. He
| identified another picture Of the room, and
/ in reply to a question, said there was no
! portieres on the door leading to Miss Mi
! mas room.
/ Precinct Detective Benjamin Williams
| after being sworn, stated that he went
! on duty at O'Clock Wednesday morning,
/ and proceeded at CT ce to the Kenmore
/ Hotel in response to a telephone message
| from the Coroner. Lieutenant Moore. he
said, received the message and in
structed him to go Up and take charge Of
! the room in which ayers body was found
This was about $50 O'Clock said De
tective Williams. Il hurried to the Ken
more on my bicycle and it only took me a
couple Of minutes to reach the place.
found Policeman Brady in the hotel when
I arrived Going to the fourth floor saw
the room in an upset condition and the
dead body lying near the window
4 ordered all persons out Of the apart
/ ne0t and locked the door until the ar
rival of the Coroner Mr. Williams
pointed out the various points in the
room, by means OF a photograph. and
! stated that there had been two trunks in
/ the room that did not appear in the pic
/ ture- a number OF the boarders in the
! house gathered around the door he ad-
I ded, and many Of them remarked upon
/ Ayers exceptional good humor the night
| before. He identified an undershirt, the
| only garment on the dead man when his
! body was found None Of the furniture
was overturned, Detective Williams said,
but there were evidences Of a struggle. he
thought
The slcp jar seemed to have several
blood spots on it, but the pitcher and
/ basin were free of blood, the witness as
serted
There was dirty water in the basin.'
| continued the detective, and in it foated
/ several burnt matches and cigar stUmpsT
The witness was unable to say positively
whether the window was Up or not, but
he thought it was. There was no blood
on the curtains except a little on the
string Of the shade. The curtains had
been fastened back
Mr. WARFIELD'S TESTIMONY.
W. W. WarfeId, proprietor cf the Ken
more Hotel, was next sworn He stated
that he knew nothing about the tragedy
until between and $50 O'Clock last Wed
employees told him that Ayers was dead
IN his room. Mr. WarfieId said whaa ,plj
this he exclaimed: Don't tell me that"
The witness said he then sent for . po-
Ecem;s-- and with Policeman Brady went
10 the room and found the body Ayers
had been boarding in the house since June
g last. and was Of a cheerful disposition
and was liked by everyone" AfT. War
field said. The night Of the tragedy I
retired about 1873 o'clock The last time
I saw Ayers was about O'Clock in the
Office Of the hotel"
The room occupied by himself. the wit
ness explained was on the first AOor Of
the annex 10 the hotel
I heard nothing unusual that night"
Mr.. WarfeId declared empIatically- Il
knew no particularly intimate acquaint-
ances Of Ayers and never heard of him
having trouble with anyone" The wit
ness recalled having been told by two
colored boys, whom he did not know, and
whom he had never seen since, that they
had found bloody dress, cut into shreds,
under q stone in the alley in the rear of
the hotel. He asked the boys to go and
get the fragments of the garment, but
never saw them again.
Mrs. WarfieId. the witness went on to
say, formerly stayed at the house. but
since the opening Of their Takoma Park