Evening star., 1901-05-31
KENMORE HOTEL TRAGEDY
AUTHORITIES PREPARING TO SUB
NIT CASE To GRAND JURY.
A Number of Witnesses Subjected to
mfnatiOn-AttOrneysD De-
cline to Talk.

The killing Of James Seymour Ayres, Jr,
Is to be called to the attention of the grand
jury next Monday and the work prepara-
tory to that step is being conducted on an
elaborate scale. While Mr.. Gould is giving
his personal attention to the case, the direct
management of the preparatory arrange
ments is in the hands of Assistant United
States Attorney Hugh T. Taggart.
The latter is giving every detail Of the
affair. no matter how insignificant, his very
closest consideration. Detective Joseph
Matingly, who is assigned to duty in con-
nection with the United States attorneys
office, and the regular force of assistants
are busily engaged getting the evidence in
proper shape.
During the past few days a number of
witnesses have been examined, and though
yesterday was legal holiday. the officials
were on duty gathering in the facts.
Notwithstanding there is reason to be-
lieve that United States Attorney Gould is
in possession of information of the utmost
Importance. he invariably and placidly re-
marks, Nothing new" when asked if there
have been any developments in the case.
Lawyers about the city hall say Mr. Gould
is wise in keeping what he knows of value
in the case. if anything. strictly to himself.
The bloody carpet taken from Ayres'
loom was spread out in Mr.. Taggart's Of
flee today, and near by were the skulls
that the dental student had on the fire.
escape outside his window the night pre-
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desk a draftsman's table was located to-
day, and there Mr. Thomas Francis, jr.,
has established himself. He is busily en-
gagged preparing plans of the Kenmore
Hotel.
Each floor, the size of the rooms, the
character of the partitions, the location of
the stafrways and the like, will be shown
In a manner to be easily grasped and clear
ly understood by every one. When the case
is taken into court nothing will have been
left undone. and those who know Mr..
Gould at all WELL unhesitatingly express
the belief that he will establish a case
against the party to be indicted for the
killing.
Attorneys Confer.
Attorneys Charles A. Douglass and
Greed NJ. Fulton Of counsel for Mrs. Bo-
nine were in conference with Mr.. Gould
for few minutes this afternoon. The
subject of the conversation, so the attor-
neys said. was matter Of no public inter-
est. To Star reporter Attorney Douglass
explained that no further application for
made, for the time being at least
Counsel intend to insist on a postpone
ment of the trial Of Mrs. Bonine until af-
ter the summer recess Of the courts. on the
ground that they will not have time to
properly prepare the case for hearing by
the end Of June. Mr.. Gould, however, will
probably set the case for trial next month,
and let the court pass upon the matter of
a postponement.
At the request Of Captain Boardman,
chief of the detective bureau. William
Heiss, electrical engineer at Chesapeake
Junction, today called at police headquar-
ters to if he could identify the re-
volver found in the room of the late James
S. Ayers, at the Kenmore Hotel the morn
ing after the tregdy, which ended in Ayres'
DEATH but was unable to do so. There is
an impression at headquarters that Ayers
was at Chesapeake Junction the night be-
fore he was killed, and it is claimed he
was seen there by a man named Rollins,
who lives at Seat Pleasant, Prince
Georges county.