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cess was taken until o'clock.
Testimony Of Miss Minas.

QueSti0nabiy intense when, upon the pro-
| ceedings being resumed after recess Miss
| Mary E. Minas appeared as a witness for
the government The 18th Of last May, she
| was clerk in the census office and occu-
| pied room n. adjoining on the south, the
room occupied by Ayres. She had had that
| room week. having previously occupied
| rom 10.
Who occupied room 2o?'' asked Mr..
Gould.
"Mr Ayres."
Were you acquainted with Mr.. Ayres?'
"I was
| IAN AND !. you are a friend of Mrs. Bo-
T was a friend of hers" slowly, and
with deliberation. Miss Minas made reply.
| ''up to the time of this occurrence"
Continuing Miss Minas testified that the
| evening of the 14th Of May she received
| in her room. as visitors, lady friend, and
| the husband Of the later. The callers de-
parted about 1890 O'Clock. and the witness
accompanied them down stairs. There she
met Mrs. Bonine. and inquired of the latter
| If 1t was not rather late for her to be
down stairs Mrs. Bonine replied that she
| was looking for her son, Maurice.
She accompanied the witness to the room
| of the latter and partook Of some candy
| Miss Minas had on her table. Mrs. Bontne
| left and the witness shortly thereafter re-
| tired.
| did you hear any disturbance during the
! night?' Mr. Gould asked.
| '"Yes. SIR replied Miss Minas- about 2
| o'clock heard three pistol shots. thought
| the sounds came from the hall. l heard
| cries for help, mournful sob, a gurgling
| sound and then all was still death. I
was paralyzed with fright. and was uncer-
tain whether l had nightmare or had really
heard the sounds.
Cries for Help In Mans Voice.
ST placed chairs against my door," Miss
Minas went on to say, amid complete 81
lence. 81 sat in a rocking chair, and I
ipk T hov fo;p T to
the window and looked out. All was still.
walked the floor and suffered intense
agony. 1 was satisfied l had had night
| mare.
Were the cries for help in a mans voice
/ or woman's yoice?" inquired United States
| Attorney Gould.
"a mans voice." declared Miss Minas.
| WAS the sobbing that of man or a
| woman next asked Mr.. Gould.
| "A man." replied the witness.
Did you hear a struggle?
Il did not
Did you hear fall?'
| Yes, sir"
| "When?'
| TT was almost instantaneous with the
4 last of the three Shots
"Were the sobbing and the cries for help
| in Mrs. Bonine's yoice?'' Mr.. Gould wanted
| to know.
1 81 took it to be a mans voice." stated
| Miss Minas.
| please describe the cries"
''They were deep, mournful. pathetic
cries of distress; not loud, but deep and
| somewhat muffleI"
After saying that there were about $50
| guests at the Kenmore at the time of the
saw Mrs. Bonine at breakfast the morning
| of the 18th of May. The witness looked
out into the hall before going down stairs,
| but saw nothing unusual. After reaching
had been down. Upon securing a negative
| reply. she suggested to the waiter, Wood
| house, that he call Mr.. Ayres, for. she ex-
Plained to him, she had heard funny noises
| that Mr.. Ayres was dead.
Became Excited.
Il then grew very excited" continued
| Miss Minas, "and cried, for I censured my
| self for not screaming when I heard the
| cries for help. Mrs. Bonine came to the
| table in the dining room where was sit
| ting, ordered breakfast, and then tried to
| comfort me. She wanted to know what
had heard during the night, and I told her.
| Mrs. Bonine said to the witness:
What a pity 1t is you didn't scream"
! Miss Minas further testified that the
Sunday morning following the tragedy she
Went to the Kenmore to get some cloth
1 ing she had left there. She went to Mrs.
| Bonine's room to borrow from the latter a
| telescope valise. Mrs. Bonine had news
paper in her hand, and said to the witness:
| Il have just read your testimony before
| lHe 5 inquest. am very sorry you
| told what wore in your room that night.
| | would rather you would remember what
| 1 wore in the dancing room that evening. -
| Miss Minas said she inquired why, and
| MRS. Bonine made reply to her:
| The woman who went down the fire es-
| cape wore dark wrapper, and suspicion
| points to me-
| The day after the body was found, so
| testified Miss Minas, Mrs Bonine told her
| not to worry. The witness feared the kill
| ing would remain mystery and that sus-
picion might point to her, and added that
| the guilty parties might not be found.
! ''Oh, yes, they wiH,'' Mrs. Bonine de-
| clared to the witness, the latter testi-
| fled.
According to Miss Minas. the day the
| foregoing conversation occurred, Thursday,
| May 16, Mrs. Bonine accompanied the wit
| ness to the room of the latter. Upon reach
ing the door of Ayres' room, Mrs Bonine
| stopped and looked in.
| Taught Ayres to Dance.
| Miss Minas further stated that Mrs Bo-
nine taught Ayres to dance; that Ayres
told the witness Mrs. Bonine had reproved
him for drinking and that they had had a
falling out: that Mrs. Bonine had said to
/ her several times that Ayres was not treat
| ing her nicely.
| The witness did not know until the day
after the tragedy that Ayres had intended
| to remove from the Kenmore.
Ayres had been invited to attend BIRTH
/ ody party Iftf0 III MfS. b0nlnoS room,
Ayres told the witness beforehand that he
| could not come to the party. Later, Mrs.
Bonine said to the witness that "she
guessed the reason Ayres didn't attend the
party was because it was held in her
rooms"
Upon cross-examination Miss Minas re-
lated that last March, about Inauguration
time, she slept with Mrs. Bonne for a
week. Mrs. BOnine usually wore her hair
nigh, but the witness could not recall how
she wore it after retiring at night
Miss Minas stated that on her invitation
! Ayres and Mrs. Bonine called at Miss
Minas' room the Monday evening preced-
| ing the tragedy. and partook of ice cream
and cake. On leaving Ayres thanked the
| witness for having afforded him a very
pleasant evening.
| Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
Saw Shadow ON the Wall,
Miss Minas was followed on the witness
| stand by Miss Matte 8. Woolums, an en-
ploye Of the general land office. She oc-
cupied a room on the third floor of the
Kenmore. directly beneath that occupied
by Ayres. Early the morning of May Is
last Miss Woolums heard three pistol shots,
a fall above her, and voice, there was a