Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-26

}. Frank Drew, the Capitol polic--
man. who was on the stand. Friday
when the court adjourned. resumed HI
testimony. He sWorr that H.. haI s-v-
| eral times seen the defendant come out
Of Ayres' room The last occasion Ieas
about week before the tlaeedy. Il
was at night about ? O'Clock
'h cross-eXa minaIion h" testified
that hr looked over the transom into
tht room on the morning when Ayres'
hudy vas discovered He was closely
Questioned as ~ the location III the
furniture. clothing aud the position of
the body, to which he mad testified
upon direct examinations
lie testified that H. had seen Mrs.
Honine come out Of the rooms Of 9th
ers in the hotel. among them those of
several single men. ana her demeanor
was in no wise different from that
when he saw her emerge from Ayres'
room. She displayed no evidence of
excitement. Her bearing was natural
She had a habit of visiting the sick.
Thomas NJ. Baker, an employe of the
fish commission. who resided in the
building adjoining the Kenmore. testi-
fled that on the night Of the tragedy
he was awakened by the report of pis-
tol shots. He jumped out Of bed and
Went to the window While standing
there he saw a figure on the fire escape
just outside of Ayres window. The
figure walked the length of the fire es-
cape in his direction and then descend
cd to the floor of the veranda. where
it disappeared into a window. 1t was
.
dark. tightfitting clothing. He de-
scribed the manner of her descent,
which he said was very deliberate
He did not know the defendant at
the time Of the tragedy. but saw her
about O'Clock on the afternoon of that
day. She was smiling and he heard
her say she knew nothing about the
cause of Ayrrs' death.
There was d stir in the court room
as the balif called Emma a. LawleSs,
who occupied the room adjoining that
in which the tragedy occurred. Miss
Lawless showed considerable nervous
ness as she took the stand. She testi-
fed that she was employed in the bu-
reau of engraving and printing. On
the night Of the tragedy. about $50
o, lock, ivres knocked at her door ana
askeC il she had any sugar. He told
her he was going away and wanted to
make some cocoa. She gave him the
sugar. About 10 minutes later he
knocked again and asked her ii she did
not want cup. She replied that she
aid not care for it. About 10 o'clock
he returned. She was slightly aroused
du, ing the night but wasnot awakened
She formed no idea as to what aroused
her or what time it was.
The court then took Il recess until |
c'ciork
After the recess Miss Mary Mnas. q
clerk in the census office. who occupic
the room next TO AyreS. took the stand
and detailed the manner in which she
passed the evening Of the tragedy. Mrs.
Boninc was in her room for a few mo-
mentS bcfor" II O'Clock, when witness rc
tired.
Miss Minas then described what Snn
knew of the traE. dy She had been awdk
ened by three pistol shots, followed ny
cries for help ana a surgiinF s"unu; then
was that a burglar was in the hall. but It
All happened 50 quickly that she really
was not sure il was not nightmare. Il
was paraIyzed with fright she testified.
Il rushed to the door ana piled scvera!
chairs against it To protect myself. ]
made up my mind would wait until day
night ana then lool, ont In the hall
After the discovery Of the body Miss
Minas said she was Very nlch nnstrunS
and blamed herself for not having cried
out She went at her place At the table
in the dining room. Mrs. i'onine. sh.
said came over and sat bcside hcr ana
cumf0rted her. She testified thai Mr..
Hnninn was very composed Mrs. Bon
rpmarled: What a pity it was YOU dIi
not cry out when you heard tlc Sroans.
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