Evening star., 1901-11-22

standing room and little of that left by
| IL O clock. Every question that Mr.. Gould
asked Policeman Brady and every syllable
| the latter uttered in reply was followed
with an absolutely calm demeanor by Mrs.
Bonne. When Brady held up the blood
| stained undershirt which was removed from
| Ayers dead body, and showed where he
had found powder marks. the gruesome
object had no preceptible effect upon her.
Probable Long Trial.
Mrs Bonine frequently spoke to her
husband while Brady was being directly
examined, and whispered occasionally to
Mr. Fulton, while Mr.. Douglass was cross
examining the officer There was general
attention when Mr.. Douglas directed Maui
rice Bonine to stand up and then asked
Brady "Is that the boy who came to you
at the depot and asked you to go to the
hotel?'
II can't say that it is, but it was a
boy about that size"
Then Maurice reseated himself unper-
turbed by the prominence he had been
given.
1t was evident from the course of Mr..
Douglass that every witness would be
cross-examined down to the very smallest
detail and consequently there was a feel
ing that original estimates of the length
of the trial would have to be quite ma
terially increased.
Curiosity of Spectators.
When Mr. Gould suggested recess at the
conclusion of his brief examination Of
Policeman Wolfe, and Justice Anderson
adopted it, several of the women in the
public seats, two Of whom were of partic-
ularly prominent physical proportions,
climbed upon the benches and craned sedu-
lously forward in order to see Mrs. Bonine.
1t nearly required the physical assistance
Of a bailiff, to get two of these women to
vacate their vantage points and move out
with the crowd.
The curiosity Of femininity in the case and
it's central figure is infinitely greater than
that of the other gender, and is shown every
day by countless emphatic incidents. 1t was
easy to perceive today, for instance, that
the women were more morbidly interested
in the blood-stained undershirt than were
the men. After recess there was a still
greater prevalence among the spectators
of hats and bonnetS feathers and plumcS
and other indications of female presence
than before the neon hour, and coincident-
ly the atmosphere of curiosity was height
eGed.
One thing developed during the day, and
this was that Mr.. Douglass was evidently
preparing to lay great Importance upon the
condition of the movable articles in Ayres'
room when his body was found, and their
disarrangement afterward. Particular
stress was laid upon the two trunks, one
old and the other new. and on the tele-
scope, and their positions and conditions
were inquired ABOUT uOWH 10 lue very HnSSI
nicely.
Just as Officer Williams was beginning
his testimony Miss Lawless, who occupied
the room north of that in which Ayres
met his DEATH was escorted to seat by a
bailiff, coming through the bar of the court
and when her identity became known she
became the object for general rubber-neck-
ing. This was only a precursor, however,
Of the attention she will attract when she
goes on the stand. The young woman took
little or no notice Of the curiosity she in
spired and proceeded to listen intently to
Williams story Of what he found when he
reached Ayres' room and how he found IT.
There were probably few eyes in the
court room that would not have welcomed
temporary sentences of stigmatism to be
permitted to look upon two photographs not
yet offered as exhibits which Mr.. Gould
showed Officer Williams while he was on
the stand. They were unmounted sheets,
but were the result of what the camera
told about Ayres' body few hours after 1t
was found, showing the wounds and all
tragic details-a tale that would last when
the subject was dust impalpable This priv
nege was unattainable, however. so eyes