The times., 1901-05-21

said he met Miss Weeks for the first time
at the dance that night. Ayers introduced
Miss " eeks TO witness.
Wiggans also said he did not know that
Ayers took Miss Weeks out socially at
night. Moreover" said witness, II do
not know that Ayers paid particular at
Ayers was short of funds at times. He
heard Ayers say he could not go to the
Inaugural Ban, because of the expense
involved The witness did not see Ayers
pay special attention to Mrs. Bonine or
Miss Florence Kendall.
Witness knew nothing about Ayers bor
rowing money from anybody but himself
at the hotel He knew nothing about the
japanese fan or pistol found in Ayers
room.
Il first learned of the death of Ayers
Tuesday morning about $50 o'clock from
Philip, the negro waiter" said the wit
ness. According TO Mr.. Wiggans. Philip.
the waiter. said Dan had discovered the
body of Ayers.
Miss Susie Kendall. of the Kenmore,
was next sworn She stated that she has
been employed there as housekeeper since
October. on last Tuesday night she
danced with Mr.. Ayers, as she had fire.
quently done previously. She had danced
with him no more than she had with 9TH
er persons Her room was on the first
floor OF the annex. After retiring she
heard nothing unusual throughout the en-
tire night.
In conversation with Mr. Ayers while
dancing with her he had told her of his
having passed his medical examination at
the dental college. but he had never
spoken of leaving the house. She did not
know that il had been his intention to do
so until after the finding of the BODY
Wednesday morning. Witness had been
IN Mr.. Ayers room in her capacity as
houSekeeper while Mr.. Ayers was at work,
but had never been there at night She
had never seen a pistol in any of the
rooms Of the hotel. She had heard of
Mrs. Bonine visiting Mr.. Ayers room,
but had no knowledge of the fact
MRS. WAKEFIELD TEsTIFIEs.
Mrs. W. w. Warfield informed the jury
while on the stand that she left the Ken
more on May l. going to the Takoma Ho-
tel With her husband, she said, she con-
Quoted both the Kenmore and Takoma
Hotels. Mrs. Warfield remembered that
an order was given by her husband for
the lock on Ayers room to be fixed. The
witness was told that Ayers had com
mitted suicide. She went TO Ayers room
with her husband, and became i'll at the
sight of the blood Miss Robinson told
witness that her theory was that Ayers
had shot himself; first accidentally, while
examining a revolver, and then with in
tention of suicide, because of pain caused
by the wound.
Mrs WarfeId had not heard that her
hoUsekeeper Miss KendaID had been out
, of the hotel with Ayers Witness heard
Miss Kendall say that Ayers called at the
/ Takoma Hotel several times to see her.
This was not recently, however.
Mrs. Wartield said to Attorney Gordon
I that she never occupied room 10 on the
fourth floor. now occupied by Miss Minas,
and fully explained the location of vari-
/ Gus rooms in the hotel, especially that
used by Miss Kendall, the housekeeper.
DIR. sCHAEFFER'S TESTS.
The last witness Of the day to be ex-
amined was DR.. r. NJ. Schaeffer. an ex-
pert on microscopical examination, who
made the tests of the blood stains and
other special surroundings of the Ken
more Hotel. He stated that he was con-
sidered an expert in chemical and micro
scopical examinations and that he had
been engaged in The work for the past
thirty years. Among other noted cases
Z I'm which he had appeared as an expert
was the recent trial of Frank Funk, and
the famous Hlrst murder case some years
! ago. He told Of having been engaged by
( the police department in the present case
. on May is.
/ He described his visit to the Kenmore
Hotel, where he carefully and minuteiy
examined every point involved in the
! case. He had carried with him number
of small pill boxes, in which he carefully
deposited and labeled Scrapings Of every
mark that was suspected of being blood.
He had examined the imprint resembling
! that of a human hand on the window sill
of Ayers room, and lad made a careful
/ tracing Of 1t for the purpose OF his ex-
! pcriments.
/ lie afterward suggested to Coroner
hewitt the wisdom of preserving the sill
and the hand print on It, and by authori-
( ty Of that officer, the sill was cut out and
I turned over to the police for safe keep
/ ing. lie next examined the curtain of the
room and found that the string of the
curtain contained blood, as though
/ bloody hand had taken hold of 1t. He had
not completed his examination of these
+ specimens and was only prepared TO
/ nuke brief report of his progress.
/ The witness next described his method
/ Of securing and handling these specimens;
He first, in the case of securing the wall
paper, for instance, had the knife sand
papered and rubbed after each piece that
was cut, so as to make sure that no
foreign substance adhered to it, after
which he cut out the paper wanted and
placed II at once in one Of the boxes. In
his laboratory he void remove the
paper from the box and with scissors and
needles remove portion OF the supposed
blood and place 1t upon a piece of glass
which had been previously washed with
chemicals to ensure the absence of for
sors We're similarly washed and also
| passed through the flame of a spirit lamp.
[ All of this was done for the purpose OF
{ avoiding errors.
/ The witness also described his visit to the
morgue, where he secured number of
Z excellent prints of the hand of the dead
man in various positions. There We're
four good Impressions. He measured the
/ hand OF the deceased and found that it
+. was oue-fourth of an inch shorter than
his own. Consequently any errors that
( might occur In the experiments would be
/ on the right side He tried to see how
he could make his hand small enough TO
fit the print on the window sill, but was
unable to do so.
young woman was then called into
f.; service who had a hand about the size
( of the one that is supposed to have made
the imprint and another series of inn
! pressions in every conceivable position
( was made.
All of these various prints We're com
: pared and DR.. Schaef1er was about to
reach his conclusions when District At
] torney Gould, who had been absent from
/ the room for some time, returned and
{ whispered something to Coroner hewitt.
That officer thereupon abruptly inter-
( rupted the proceedings and at 3:46 O'Clock
/ announced that the inquest was adj
iourned until this morning at 10 o'clock.
i A wave of excitement passed over the
. room on the instant, but no announce
nent was made as to the cause of the
: sudden action. All was quiet for time.
/ hut an instant later everyone rushed to
| the door and the crowd of reporters
raced to Police Headquarters. where 1t
| was announced that Mrs. Bonnie had
[ made a statement to the effect that she
had killed Ayers while defending her
/ honor.
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