The evening times., 1901-11-26

left him at the door of his room" District
Attorney Gould asked the witness
"He was perfectly sober" was the posi-
tive reply.
Did you hear Ayres speak OF owning
reYoIver?"
NO. sir never did"
Did AyTes and Mrs. Bonine have any
falling out prior to the tragedy"
Gust for short time. Mrs. Bonine re-
proved him for drinking and he took Of
fence at it"
The witness told of the last time he had
seen Ayres and Mrs Bonine together.
Mrs. Bonine came out Of the hotel with
two little white flowers" he said ''She
came to where he and were sitting on
bench Ayres jumped up and went into
the hotel He treated her with contempt
and placed her in an embarrassing post
fion.''
Under cross-examinatioR the witness
said that Mrs. Boaiae had taught hirn to
dance the two-s5eD and frequently danced
with him to help him out
Rigid Cross-EsxamiaatIen-
Attorney Douglass questioned the wit
ness at length and forced an admission
that he had been sightseeing On the
night Of the tragedy and had taken a
number Of drinks. The witness could not
remember how many drinks he had taken.
He told CT going TO Ayres' room when
the latter refused to go out again. Tn
der cross examination he said that he left
the Kenmore on the day following the
tragedy, because, as he said, Mrs Bo-
nine might have thought that Ayres had
told ne enough TO convict her, and did
not want 10 take any chances.
He admitted having said in a saloon
that if his friends knew what he knew
they would not blame him
Census Clerk Hua n Revolver.
Burns resumed the witness stand when.
after adjournment for lunch. the court
recovered at I:I5 o'clock his afternoon.
He was asked if he had ever heard that
Ayres had a pistol The witness replied
that he had, He was questioned as to
whether Ayres had, on the night before
the tragedy, taken the pistol out Of his
trunk and laid it On his dresser.
The question was objected TO and the
objection vas sustained.
Did you not write TO friend IL IicEi-
gan on May 70 1901. telling him that
Ayres had taken pistol cut of his trunk
and loaded 1t on the night before the
tragedy occurred, was asked.
The question was objected to and the
objection was later withdrawn after some
debate. District Attorney Gould then ob-
te1ted to he form in which the question
was put
BeIIeveH There Was a Struggle
The witness replied that he wrote a let
ter. but had qualified his statement with
regard 10 the weapon He said that he
had stated in the letter that he believed
that Mrs Bonine entered Ayres' room.
and that the struggle eEsued in the room
before the shooting
Mr.. Gould persisted in objecting to
Questions
4 don't want the District Attorney to
keep on Iecturing our side AIr. Douglass
finally said we ask no fsvors here
nothing but justice-and We don't want
any more law lectures from this atlor-
Dey. We are tired of it. and we state
right now that We don't appreciate it.
We are able 10 take care of ourselves. y
The witness admitted that Mrs Bonine
had asked him to try 10 get Ayres to
resume his attendance al The dances in
the hotel
The witness was then excused
Judge Hogan TestIfirS
Michael Hogan, or Judge" Hogan as
he was called al the Kenmore. was the
next witness. He is a little grey-hafred
man with a yellow face He was formerly
a police Justice in New York. He teId
of seeing Ayres around the hotel on the
night before the tragedy.
Deliveries Farewell Speech.
Hogan said that he was asked to de-
liver farewell speech that night as Ay-
res was about to leave the hotel When
the speech had been delivered the crowd
went out far a drink. he added \ later
trip was made for a drink, Ayres accom-
panyiRS the party both times. He said
that when AyTes went upstairs to 20 to
bed the latter was perfectly sober. He
was very happy ard Jolly over having
passed his examination il dental col
Iese, the witness declared, referring to
the Ceus-s clerk
The witness recalled scene at the hotel
ABOUT ten G-yS before the tragedy. in
which 5irs- BoniEe had asked him 10 join d
euehre party Ayres vas present at she
time
Did Not Speak 20 syre~-
hrs. Boaine did not speak to bira. how
ever. seeming to be estranged
On REORGANIZATION the witness told
of the crowd gathered around The front
Of the Kenmore On the night before the /
shooting. lie said the gathering was a |
Jolly one after returning from the saloon.
The witness was then excused.
Joseph c. McC3be was the next witness.
He resided at the Kenmore at he time of
The tragedy and was in the crowd which
vent out Tor q drink
THE PRISONER 4 SWELL