The times., 1901-05-21

HEARD SEVERAL SHOTS FIRED.
On the night of the murder the witness
was awakened by severe nervous shock
! She thought at first she had been dream
| ing. but she heard several pistol shots
! fred Miss Woolums said her window
was open at the top and her curtain was
down to within twelve inches OF the Sill
! Following the shots and shortly after
/ ward she heard the sound of voices IN the
room above. II sound I'd like two persons
J exchanging remarks, she declared. but
! she could not distinguish what was said.
She could not identify the voices. II the
voices had been in the room beneath her
! she could have distinguished then. she
/ thought. The voices did not appear TO
indicate excitement and there might nave
/ been only one voice
! The witness testified that a moment aft
/ erWard she heard q sound in the room
/ above as though heavy piece of furni-
! ture was being moved. Possibly a table
/ or bed 1t might have been caused by
/ some person falling. but she did not think
SO. After the latter sound the witness
/ was more composed and arose and light
! ed her gas. She was rather nervous ana
/ had to make several attempts before she
! succeeded in lighting the match. She
/ looked at her watch and saw that 1t was
( between and five minutes past Z
/ O'Clock. She put out the light and started
/ to the window but for some reason chang
ed her mind and went to bed Shortly
after she got in bed. she said she turned
on her right side facing the wall She
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/ her at first as it seemed to be something
! passing her window. Afterward she de-
/ termned that the shadow must have been
/ caused by something on the street. After
| the last shot was fired the witness did
| not connect the shot with the other
| sounds in Ayers room. She did locate
the subsequent noises in his room as she
/ had often heard heard noises there
SUSPECTED NOTHING WRONG.
Miss Woolums said she did not go to
a half afterward. Then she slept soundly
until between and 7:45 o'clock, when she
! arose and dressed. At o'clock she left
her room and went down to breakfast.
! fully determined to ask Ayers if he knew
/ anything OF the pistol shots. Mrs. Bonine
and one OF her sons were at the table at
| which the witness took her meals as the
| latter entered, as were also several 9th
/ ers. but they soon left. The witness suS-
| pected nothing. She was reading a paper
| when Jane Gardner came in and told her
of the finding of Ayers body. She did not
! finish her breakfast, but secured her
! things and left the house. The witness
was BILE to identify the broken fan
| which was found in Ayers room after the
| tragedy.
A colored woman named Eliza Gardner.
| employed at the Kenmore took the stand
/ following Miss Woolums. Witness did not
] know that Ayers had any particular
| friend among the women at the hotel:
| neither did she at any time see Mrs. Bo-
/ The Gardner woman said she had not
! been posted as to what testimony she
should give before the Coroner's jury.
TALKED WITH MISS MINAs.
The witness admitted that she had seen
Mrs. Bonine call at the room of Ayers in
the day time and borrow a medical book
The witness had not talked over the case,
/ except with Miss Mnas. She thought Mrs
Eonine appeared pale and sad The wit
ness did not know the lock of Ayers room
had had to be repaired. She had never
seen pistol in the hands of anybody
! The witness said she had seen a crack
in the door between the room of Ayers
and that of Miss Minas She had never
| seen the japanese fan produced in the
case, but had seen the tobacco box: and
! she also identified several pencils found
She had seen an old gun in Ayers room
| The witness had never seen revolver in
any room in the house. She remembered
that there was curtain over the door in
I tire room Of Ayers. She thought the cur
| tain was up before the murder. She had
not been in the room since the murder,
| she said.
| J. l.. Downs, a young man who says he
| is clerk at the Congressional Library,
| swore that he did not think Ayers paid
any particular attention TO any of the
women living at the Kenmore. Downs
stated that he had lived at the hotel for
about two years. Il have not seen Ayers
dance at any time with any particular
woman" said the witness, replying to
District Attorney Gould. Apparently
Ayers was friendly with all the women at
the hotel; that was all, believe" Downs
said his room was separated from that of
d, Ayers by a room he understood was used
by Miss Lawless.
II retired about 10 o'clock on the night
of the tragedy and was awakened during
the night by three pistol shots, the wit
ness stated TO Coroner Nevitt. ''Of course.
l was startled by the shots. [ got up and
went to the window and looked out /
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looking out, but / saw nothing. | GER
tainly did not see 4 figure descending the
fire-esc2 pc.
He said he heard the fan of a body
shortly after the shots were fired but
heard no cries for help or other voices.
He did not hear voices calling out of the
window to know what was the matter,
and said he thought that If anything
had been wrong the firemen in the truck
house opposite would have come out. AS
they did not do so he returned to bed.
| Downs said he knew Mrs. Bonine quite
well but only as every other person who
had been In the house the length Of time
he had
Mr. WAKEFIELD RECALLED.
William W Warfleld, 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.
| Wardeld said he told the locksmith, a
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 ne desired
to keep out Of his room.
Juryman Harvey asked the witness sew
eral questions at this point. especially as
to his movements when he first learned
of the murder. No new light was sheo
upon the matter. c,,
The locksmith referred to by Warheld
while the latter was on the stand, was
| w w Pierce, who was next called. !
! am a locksmith; general utility man,
I and have worked around and about the
| Kenmore for two years" said Pierce to
the Jury .On the night of the 18th in
stant / went to the hotel and repaired
the lock of room 90 that occupied. be-
! neve, by Ayers. Three times previously
4 | had been called to fix that lock-
| Mr. Pierce also stated that when he was
there on the last occasion he found Mrs
! Bonnie whom he knew, in the room
| Pierce said he found the spring of the
lock broken and reported to the Office that
| il could not he repaired. He was tod 10
| put another lock on the door, and when
he returned TO the room Mrs. BOnine was
| still there reading medica! books She
! told him she would leave the room for the
time and that when he left ne 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 ssh there when he left Pierce added
that Nariield directed him to place lock
o., the door that no other key in the house
would ft The witness returned to the
building and put the lock on about
o'clock at night No one was in the room
| at that time He had never been called
upon to repair the lock between roorIs q
and q.
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