The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-30
THE WOMAN'S SIDE
TO Be HEARD NOW
The Government Rests Its
Case Today,
THE WITNESSES MANY
And Mrs. Bonine Herself May Take
the Stand.
DETECTIVE HoRNE's CHASTITY STORY
He Repeats Mrs. Bonine's Description of the
Tragedy. Bruises on Ayres' Legs Might
Have Been Made by Sharp
Heeled Slippars.
(By the Associated Press


Washington, D. c., Nov. 29.-Upon the
| eve of the adjournment Of the Criminal
| court before which Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine
| is being tried for the killing of James S.
| Ayres, Jr., District Attorney Gould an
nounced that the Government would rest
| it's case after the introduction of one or
| two more witnesses, and that he expected
to conclude at the morning session of the
court tomorrow. Mr.. 7. ". Keane will
then make a preliminary statement in
Mrs. Bonine's behalf and witnesses for
| the defense will be introduced. 1t is ex-
pected that about twenty-five of these
| will be heard. Mrs. Bonine's counsel
| say that they have not yet decided
whether she shall be put upon the stand.
Deputy Coroner Glazebrook today con-
cluded his testimony and Detective Horne
| told of the confession which Mrs. Bonine
| first made to him of her part in the
| tragedy. Her confession to the chief of
( police also was read DR.. Glazebrook
gave it as his opinion that the abrasions
on Ayres' legs might have been caused
! by q woman kicking him with sharp
heeled slippers, and said that the bruises
on Mrs. Bonine's arms looked as if they
might have been made ly mans thumb
when he was gripping The arms.
Deputy Coroner Giazebrook today told
| further of the bruises found on the bodies
of Mrs. Bonine and Ayres. and was fol-
lowed by Detective Edward Horne, to
whom Mrs. Bonina made her first Official
confession. He said he had first met
Mrs. Bonine on the morning that Ayres'
body was found. He had then asked her
if she knew how Ayres had met his Death
and she said she did not. She told how
she had been dressed on the night of the
| killing and had upon request handed over
the skirt she had worn Her answer was
| perfectly cool.
On the Monday following the killing,
while the coroner's inquest was in
progress, she had made her confession
to him. She had, he said, then told him
| that at 2 o'clock on the morning of
Wednesday, May l. Ayres had knocked
on her door, and that awhen she went TO
the door he said he was sick and asked
her to- give him some medicine He
then, she had said, tried to put his arm
around her and had asked to be allowed
to go into her room to talk over their
former differences prior to his leaving
the hotel which he was to do the next
day. She declined, saying she did not
want to awaken her boys and had then
consented to go to his room upon his
making the plea that there would not be
time the next morning for their confer
ence before his leaving the house She
had told him that she had dressed her
self completely, putting on clean linen,
a wrapper and slippers and had then fol-
lowed Ayres to his room, he having re-
turned to his apartment.
When she turned the knob of the door
Ayres opened it from the inside and she
found him standing back of the door hold
ing revolver in his right hand She
had then started to run away, but had
tripped and Ayres caught her around the
waist. She had illustrated in a later in
terview with him and District Attorney
Gould her attitude and that of Ayres
when the shooting occurred, saving that
her back was TO Ayres, that his right
hand in which the revolver was held was
thrown over her shoulder and that she
had caught that hand with both of hers.
She did not know how the shots were
fired, but she felt blood gush over her
shoulder. When Ayres fell to the floor
she fell under him.. and slipping out had
gone to her room, where she washed her
hands and her wrapper and went to
bed.
The wrapper was exhibited to the wit
ness and identified by him. 1t is brown
colored garment, trimmed with green
velvet
On cross examination Detective Horne
said Mrs. Bonine said to him that she
hestated to mention the tragedy. be-
cause she feared that in doing so she
might do injustice to the dead After
Ayres fell she found, she said. that her
own hand, clasped the barrel and that
her hands were covered with blood She
had not discovered the pistol in Ayrs.
hand until h had bolted the door
Edwin B. Hesse, stenographer at police
headquarters, who reported the statement
Of Mrs. Bonine as made to the chief of
police, was next called .nd identified =
transcript of his notes of that statement
When the court convened for the af-
ternoon session Stenographer Hesse's
two reports of statements made bv MRS.
Bonine to the chief Of police were Of
fered as evidence and accepted. the de-
Tense making no objection District At
torney Gould read the statements to the
jury. The first was made on Nav II two
days after the tragedy. and in this Mrs.
Bonine expressed the opinion that man
must have done the killing because she