The age-herald., 1901-11-22
Prosecution Outlines Its Case Against Mrs, Lo||a Ida
 Boninefor Murder
4 HOTEL WAITER IEST|F|ES
Tells of Finding Body of James Sey- mour Ayers, the Census Clerk, In His Room at Ken
 more House.

Washington. November 21-The trial of Mrs. Lolla Ida Bonine for the murder of James Seymour Ayers. Jr.. the census of- flee clerk, began in earnest today, a jury having been secured yesterday.
 The first order of the day was the out. lining of the governments case by Assis- tant District Attorney Hugh T. Taggart, and after he had concluded the first wit nesses for the prosecution were intro duced
 There was an appreciable increase in the proportion of women in the court room today. In his address MT. Taggart centended that the killing of young Ayers had been felonious and malicious, and therefore was to be characterized as murder as charged in the indictment
 There was tie between the prisoner and the man shot and killed; that Ayers was student of dentistry and she had studied medicine As a consequence she become frequent visitor to his room in the hotel where they both lived, not only Tn the daytime but at night as we'll, and" he added, ''the door was not al- ways open when she was there"
 He told of the quarrels between them,
 
 and that she complained of his ingrati- tude.
 We expect to show" he said, .'that while she made advances to him, Ayers did not avail himself of the opportunity thus offered beyond dancing with her again
 Had Danced the Night Before.
 He had danced with her on the night before the tragedy, but had shown that he was averse to renewal of the former familiar intercourse. As an instance of his attitude toward Mrs. Bonine MT. Taggart said that Ayers had refused to accept a carnation from her on the Mon day before the killing.
 Tt was therefore evident" said the att torney. that while he was indifferent. there was a disposition on her part to mollify him.
 We will show continued MT. Tag gart, that every act. step and proceed ing on the part of the prisoner was the act of a guilty person."
 MT. Taggart referred to Mrs Ronines confession as being principally intended to exonerate herself. He thought the facts indicated that the shooting did not take place as Mrs. Bonine's had stated: that Ayers had not gone to her room at all as she claimed.
 Outlining the governments position. MT. Taggart said it would be contended that Ayers had retired when the person who killed him entered the room, and that she came in through the window; that he arose and started toward her; that she shot him. the first wound being the fatal one in the breast.
 Defense Reserves It's Statement.
 When MT. Taggart had concluded, MT. Douglass announced that the defense would reserve its present ation of the case.
 Thomas Francis, the first witness in the case was then called. He is draughts- man who prepared a diagram of the fourth floor of the Kenn ore House, in cluding Ayers room He identified the drawing and gave details regarding the location and dimensions of the room. When MT. Francis concluded the court took recess for luncheon.
 The first witness in the afternoon ses- sion was Harry A. Wise, a photographer, who had made photographs of Ayers room on the day after the tragedy. The pictures were presented and identified by the witness MT. Douglass objected to their acceptance as evidence on the ground that they did not represent the exact condition of the room when Ayers body was discovered. He thought their presentation should be delayed until tes- timony should be taken showing whether the conditions were the same when the body was found and when the pictures were made.
 The photographs were accepted by the court for the purpose of only showing the permanent physical condition of the room when they were taken.
 A Negro Testifies.
 Julius Haack, another photogra pher woh had made photographs of the Ken more Hotel and of Ayers room, also iden- tihed the pictures made by him and they were admitted as evidence.
 The first witness who testified about the events directly connected with the death of Ayers was Daniel Woodhouse. the colored waiter in the Kenmore Hotel who discovered the body of the young man. He said that at s:30 on the mornine of May 10 he was asked by Miss Minas. who occupied room next to Ayers to 20 to the latter's room, she saying that on the night before she had heard strange noises in the room. He first discovered the body by looking through the keyhole and afterward saw it through the tran som. He also told of giving the alarm and of the subsequent investigation into the tragedy. He said that Ayers body lay upon the floor and was doubled up
 Before Woodhouse had concluded the f0r ha dau