The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-11-26

Ayres's. took the stand after the recess.
she testified that she was a friend OF
And Of Mrs. Boninc?" asked the district
attorney.
'of Mrs. Bonnie ZIP to that time, replied
The witness
SHE SAW MRS. BONNIE.
Continuing. Miss 1Iinas testified that on
the evening OF the tragedy. after dinner
she went TO the dancing room. y man and
his wife soon called on her and she took
them 10 her room. where they remained
until 1870 o'clock. when they left. The
halls were so dark that she was obliged
to take the hand Of her friend to lead her
TO the stairway. Downstairs she met Mrs.
BONNIE and remarked that she was up late.
Yes. L am looking for Maurice" Mrs.
BOnine's SOM, replied Mrs. BONNIE. Mrs.
Bonlne accompanied her to her Miss
Minas's) room and after a few moments
she left. Miss Minas then retired. That
wes about IL o'clock.
Miss Minas then described what she
knew OF the tragedy. She had been awak-
ensd by three pistol shots, followed by
CT IS Tor help and a gurgllng sound; then
a fall. and then all was quiet. Her first
idea was that IL was a burglar in the hall,
but II all happened so quietly that she
really was not sure IL was not a night
mare. Il was paralyzed with fright" she
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several chairs against IL 10 protect myself.
I then sank into a rocking chair. / think
/ must have tainted. After some time |
went 10 the window and looked out All
was as still as death. 1 walked the floor,
suffering intense agony. / made up my
mind | would wait until daylight and then
look out in the hall. When il got light L
opened the door and locke out, but as
there was nothing outside TO occasion the
disturbance L had heard. L concluded that
IL had all been a nightmare
Then. Miss Minas said. she busted herself
In her room until when she went
down stairs. There she met Mr.. TOpkins,
who told her what he had heard and she
became satisfied IL was not all a dream.
she then sent the boy Dan up to call Mr..
Ayres. After the discovery Of the body
Miss Minas said she was very much un-
strung and blamed herself for not hav-
ing cried out. She wept at her place at
the table in the dining room and testified
her and cOmfOrted her. She testified that
Mrs. BONNIE was very composed; that she
ordered her breakfast and inquired about
al the details OF what she Miss Mtnas) had
heard. Mrs. BOnine remarked: What a pity
10 was you did not cry out when you heard
the groans." Miss Nfnas testified that after
the inquest on Sunday Mrs. BOnine came to
her with the paper containing the account
of her Miss Minas's) testimony in her
hand, and expressed regret that she hal
told what she (AlrS. BOn1ne) had on the
night of the tragedy. Mrs. BOnine called
her attention TO Bakers's testimony about
the color OF the dress Of the woman on the
fre-escape and said her Miss Minas's) tes-
tlmOny would direct suspicion towards her.
Miss Minas testified that Mrs. BONNIE
taught Ayres TO dance. She also testified
to the disagreement between Mrs. BONNIE
and Ayres during the holidays and TO the
fact that Mrs. BONNIE subsequently COM
Ilained because Ayres no longer danced
with her. She had invited Ayres 10 a birth
day party In February 10 be held In Mrs.
BOnine's room. but he declined to come.
She talked 10 Mrs. BOnine about il and the
latter said Ayres would not come because
the party was held in her (Mrs. BOnine's)
room.
CROSs-EXAMINATION
On cross-examinatiOn Miss Minas testi-
fed that in her room on the night of the
tragedy she had talked with Mrs. Bonine
about a trip which they had arranged to
make TO Falls Church the next day. The
noises she had heard in the middle Of the
night sounded to her as If they came from
the hall. She did not recognize the voice
as that of Mr.. Ayres. She heard no evil
dence of a struggle. She had not occupied
the room long enough to know whether
voices in Ayres's room could be heard
through the partition. She did not remem-
Der how Mrs BONNIE wore her hair at
night, although she had slept with her dur
ing Inauguration week. On the Monday
night before the tragedy Ayres and Mrs.
BONNIE were entertained in her room. She
gave them ice cream and cake. She saw no
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night.
When Miss Minas was excused Miss Mary
WOolums was called She had the room
under that occupied by Ayres and saw the
shadow OF a person pass her window at 2
o'clock on the morning that Ayres was
killed. She said she had retired the night
before about 10 o'clock and was awakened
by sounds in the room over her own. She
heard voices, pistol-shots and something
falling. She had got up, lighted the gas
and looked at her watch. She then went
back TO her room Immediately, and noticed
the shadow Of a person passing the window.
The shadow, she said. was thrown on the
wall of her apartment. The next morning
Miss Woolums left and did not return until
Thursday. She then expressed a fear of
going TO her room, whereupOn Mrs. BONNIE
volunteered to go with her After they ar
rived there Mrs. BONNIE asked her about
the shadow and requested TO explain how
it had appeared. Then Miss Woolums re-
piled that she could not properly show her
how II was with the gas turned on, Mrs.
BONNIE suggested that the gas be turned
out, and when Miss Woolums replied that
she was afraid TO be in the dark Mrs.
BONNIE replied that she was not. The wit