The times., 1901-05-19

mains of Ayers. He performed an autop-
| Sy on the body Wednesday night.
| LAS l pulled aside the shirt, said Dr.
| Cilazebrook, II saw a bullet wound az
about the point of what the ladies woulu
| call the " On the left sleeve OF the
| garment was a cut, indicating the loca-
| ton of wound beneath.
| AT the end of the sleeve. which proba-
bly, reached three inches below the elbow,
| there was a burn. Below the second Dui-
| ton was an area which presented the ap-
pearance of smut, and there were pow
der marks. There was no mole III lne
shirt where the bullet entered the chest.
There were three gunshot wounds on the
| body
The first was glance wound in the
| muscle of the left arm. The direction
| was from the extreme right TO the left
| and upward. From that alone. ! reached
| the conclusion that the injuries had been
| inflicted by someone else. The second
| wound was about four and one-half inch
| es below the hip bone. Its course was
| outward and upward. The third wound
| was one-half inch to the left of the me
dium line, and something below the collar
| bone. The ball passed through the left
| lung, severed the Vena cereda, and pass
| ing through the right bronchus and the
! right lung and embedC ed itself in the back.
| The general course vas from left to right
| and upward This wound resulted in
Edeath. The left arm was partly fieXed
when l found it aud was set in rigor
| mortis There was a distinct scorch ana
! powder marks. about two or three inches
/ under the muscle of the forearm. Ihe
| wound was such s would have been IN
| tlicted had the arm attempted to ward
| off the bullet which entered his chest
MANY SUPERFICIAL WOUNDS.
There were also many superficial
wounds declared DR.. GlazebroOk, 'nota-
! bly, a number of bruises on the inner side
of the leg All of them were inside and
none on the kneecap or outer side of the
| leg. There were no scratches on the
| hands and none on the face except a
slight confused wound of the forehead
Death was due" continued the Depu-
! ty Coroner. Ito the gunshot wound which
entered the chest and severed the main
| artery leading from the heart. The phys
! ical condition of the deceased was excel
/ lent and he appeared to be an athlete
At this point recess of an hour and
| twenty minutes was taken.
THE HEARING RESUMED.
After the recess Deputy Coroner Glaze
brook resumed the stand. Replying to a
question of District Attorney Could, wit
ness said he believed the imprint of a
hand on the framework of the window
| sill might have been made by Ayers. as
| he clutched with bloody hands for sup
| port. after the fatal shot had been fired.
| DR.. GIaZebrook was willing to surmise
| that certain blood stains on the fire-eSca
| We're caused by person leaving the room
| by that method. Respecting the revolver,
| said to have belonged to Ayers. and found
in the room occupied by the latter, wit
| ness explained that there was no blood
| on the handle Ct the weapon The barrel
| OF the pistol was covered with blood, ac-
/ cCrding to DR. Glazebrook.
Il believe it would not have been pos
| sible for anybody to have Inflicted upon
ms own person ali the wounds found on
the the body S,,,s of AYERS; remarked the wit;
twelve inches from the skin when the
! fatal shot. that in the chest, penetrating
! the lung, was fired. Signs of scuffie are
apparent to me in the torn buttouholes
OF the undershtrt worn by ayers at the
time of his death"
Thomas NJ. Baker. whose room is on the
second floor of the ad Joining house 90
North Capitol Street, was next called. He
| Identified the photograph of the buildings
and pointed out his room and the other
locations involved. Mr.. Baker stated that
he retired at 1920 O'Clock, and that he
did not sleep well.
He was awakened about midnight by
loud and boisterous talking in front of the
Kenmore Hotel He was awakened about
clock by pistol shots. His window
was open, but the inside shutters were
closed He was at the window in about
two seconds and opening the right hand
bind looked out. He could not state what
the interval between the shots was. He
thought the shots were on the ground.
They resembled the explosion of defec-
tive firecracker- Shortly after he look
ed out he heard male voice call out, and
ask what was the matter. He replied af-
ter the question was repeated, that he
had heard shots
SAW A FEMALE FORM
Soon afterward he saw female form,
OF at least a small figure with a dark
skirt on. emerge from the window of
Ayers room. Her face was in north
easterly direction. She was already on
her feet and was walking north. She had
her left hand on the wall as she walked
north to the head of the iron ladder of
the fire escape, which she descended with
her left hand on the outer rail of the lad
der. The right hand was either holding
up the skirt or was hanging down, he
could not say which. He did not take his
eyes of the figure from the time he first
saw it until II had descended to the sec
ond floor and disappeared in a window.
The woman had or NJ shoes and was
clothed in black stockings. He could not
hear her as she moved along. He then
returned to his bed and went of to sleep,
az he was sleepy.
At the breakfast table he spoke Of the
occurrence, and asked II anyone else had
heard the shots. This was between and
$50 o'clock in the morning, and he heard
no mention of anything unusual having
occurred
In response to a question from DR.
hewitt he stated that her hair was flowing
down her back and that 1t was apparently
as dark as her clothes. He could not see
the features well, but he thought she had
q round face. He had no aCquaintdnces in
the Kenmore Hotel. and had never spoken
TO anyone. District Attorney Gould ques-
toned the witness as TO the position of
the woman at various times during her de-
scent. The figure was very plain to him,
and there was no opportunity for him to
have made a mistake. She disappeared as
suddenly as she appeared, but what win
dow she entered he could not say. He
was not over twenty-five or thirty feet
from the woman as she descended, but he
would be unable to identify her even If
she were in the same situation. He was as
wide awake at the time as he was while
testifying.
Mr. Baker said he had not seen any
woman inmate of the Kenmore since who !
accurately fitted the description of the !
woman on the fire-escape. There was one
person who answered SO far as the height |
was concerned but she was not as stout
He thought the woman was descending |
the fre-escape to 90 to her husband, who |
might have been engaged in the melee |
which awakened him previously. The |
woman seemed 10 be familiar with the |
fire-escape, judging from her actions and |
apparently had been over the ground be- |
fore. The witness stated that after look
ing out Of the window he closed the shut |
ter again and lighted the gas to see to |
rearrange his bedclotEing. 1t was then . |
o'clock.
ALSO SAW THE FIGURE
William Bruce Wolfe. fourteen years Of |
age, brother of Policeman Wolfe. of the |
First precinct station, said on the stand |
that he was awakened by the sound of
pistol shots about o'clock Wednesday |
morning. Young Wolfe lives directly on |
posite the Kenmore Hotel, on North Capi- |