The evening times., 1901-05-20

house opposite would have come out As
they did not do so he returned TO bed
Downs said he knew Mrs Bonfne quite
well, but only as every other person who
had been in the house the length Of time
be had
Mr.. WAKEFIELD RECALLED
William W. WaTfeId, the proprietor Of
the Kenmore. was recalled to the stand
He stated that Ayers asked him two
months ago to have a new lock put on
his door. to keep people out Of his room
WarfieId said he told the Iocksmith,
man named Pierce, for Gods sake fix
the lock on Ayers room" The witness
said he did not know whom Ayers want
ed kept out Of his room. Ayers did not
mention the name of anybody he desired
to keep out Of his room.
Juryman Harvey asked the witness sew
eraI questions at this point, especially as
To his movements when he first learned
of the murder. No new light was shed
upon the matter.
W. W Pierce the locksmith referred to
in Warfield's evidence, was called to the
stand and testified that about the 18th Of
this month he did his last work in the
place He had three times previously re
paired lLft Ltth 10 ibBliE ~ ~ AAN-A IL '''-'
there on the last occasion he found Mrs
Ronine. whom he knew. in the room
Pierce said he found the spring of the
lock broken and reported TO the Office that
IT could not be repaired. He was told 10
put another lock on the door, and when
he returned to the room Mrs. BOnine was
still there reading medical books She
told him she would leave the room for the
time and that when he left he could shut
the door, as she could get in when she
wished
The witness here declared that Mrs
Bonine had told him not to tell anyone
that he had seen her there. She went to
the bathroom, opposite Ayers room, and
was still there when he left Pierce added
that WarfieId directed him to place a lock
on the door that no other key in the house
would fit The witness returned to the
building and put the lock on about 8
o'clock at night. No one was in the room
at that time He had never been called
upon to repair the lock between rooms 20
and d
A COMPARISON OF HANDWRITING.
Eliza Gardner, co1ored, was recalled to
the Witness stand at this point A postal
card was shown the witness. and an ef-
fort made to have the woman state that
Sii- Ilctu written Il 1 ne witness wrote
her name several times on a slip Of pa
per, and the writing was compared with
that on the postal card, by the Coroner
| and the District Attorney. When asked
when and where she wrote the postal,
which was anonymous the witness denied
! positively having written it at all The
| woman was then excused
/ The Coroner guarded carefully the con-
! tents OF this postal card which. it is
/ learned, was received by Major Sylvester.
| but It is said upon what is believed to be
| reliable authority to contain the words
If you want to get at the facts in the
Ayers murder, arrest the charberInafd ~
Mrs Emma Hadson WeIke testified
| that she lives at the Livingston. 1903 Thir-
| teenth Street northwest. and is acnuaint-
ed with nearly everybody at the Ken
more where she boarded until March "A
or 10 last. She lived in three rooms while
at the Kenmore The first room occupied
by her was the one now occupied by Mrs
/ Flynn She also lived on the sixth floor.
near the elevator and afterward on the
third floor annex Mrs WeIke said she
/ had visited Mrs. Bonine-s room while in
/ the house. but did not visit her room
/ more frequently than others. She was
/ not intimate with Mrs. Bonine- she de
/ clared. She also visited many other per
! sons IN the hotel. including Mrs. Miller
/ Mrs. Parrin. Mrs. Flynn. and others The
! witness said she was probably less ac-
quainted with Ayers than with any other
/ person IN the house She had heard con
/ versations about Ayers. but could posi-
/ lively recall nothing that would have any
| bearing upon the case. She had talked
! with Mrs Bonine about Ayers, about his
dancing and his ambitions
| The witness said she had never seen Mr..
| Ayers in Mrs. Borine-s room nor had she
! seen Mrs BoHine IN his room. The wit
ness denied that she had ever been out
/ riding with Ayers She last saw him the
| Saturday before his death Mrs. Welke
! stated that she is employed in the Census
/ Office She had met Ayers on several oc-
casions when returning to the Kenmore
They usually met in Judiciary Square.
THAT ANONYMOUS LETTER
The last time she met him there she
probably had half hours converse tor
with him She stopped him and asked for
/ the address Of a friend She was about
to pass on when Ayers stopped and, knit
/ ting his brOws. asked her If she knew any
one who was sufficiently Interested in hin
/ to write anonymous letters about him
/ She told him that she knew nothing about
/ It. Ayers was quite vindictive in his
! manner and was much excited. The wit
ness said she understood that the letters
/ were being sent to a gentleman, with the
purpose Of injuri1g Ayers. The gentle
man might have been his Representative
| in Congress, she thought. He asked heI
/ the direct question:
/ Have you q married woman in your
/ mind in this connection and the witness
! told him that she had Tot. She told him
/ that when he learned more about the mat
/ ter he would tell her According TO the
! witness Ayers replied
The end VIII be in the courts He
/ raised his hat and they parted
I The witness first heard OF Ayers death
/ during the lunch hour at the Census Of
! fee, when she was told by one of heI
/ feIIow-cler1s Of the fnoing OF the body
/ She exclaimed:
Poor little boy. knew he was in trou-
bIe"
Emma Brown. coIored. told the jury
that she was 4 nurse and had been en-
| rIoyed at thc Kenmore Hotel She said
/ she knew the Hopkins family and aIsC
! Mrs Mooney. She said she nursed Mrs
TIimrod- The witness said she saw Ayers
/ and Mrs Bonine come out OF a room 20.
gether Sunday morning three weeks age
| at J3 o'clock Ayers was partially dressed
| she said. being without his outer shirt
/ The witness failed to identify TIE far
found in the room of Ayers after the
/ tra gedy. She also stated she mad not
| heard from anybody that Mrs BoninC