Evening star., 1901-06-03
The Witnesses Being Examined in
the Bonine Case.
PROBABLE THEORY OF PROSECUTION
The Detectives Busy in Collecting
Evidence for Presentation.
THE BLOOD-STAINED CARPET

sideratfou the case of Mrs. Lola Ida Henry
Forine accused bv th, prosecuting officials
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OF the murder OF james seymour ASieS' 1-'
the 18th of last month The witnesses to
appear were Daniel Woodhouse of 423 New
Irsa,. ,,.ar,a rho t<,rrora Hotel waiter
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VINO looAeu over 'ile 'r'iii7oiiI anu ia D 90"
the body Of Ayres lying on the hoor OF the
rrectnct who broke omen the door: Detec-
e. W-iniar,. Of tho six,b ,r.c,nct
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who took charge of the room IN which the
killing occurred: Lieutenant Moore of the
sixth nrecinct William w Warfeld. pro-
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heid' MS hF"ther' ana j. r Drew, VINO re-
sides at the kenmore Up to a late hour
this afternoon the list of witnesses to be |
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Suilii'Ieu to "Pi''"i peioie tAe 81 "iu 'u'S
tomorrow IN connection with the BONNIE
&C. Di,int .ttora,, ,ra,so-+
conducted the examination of the witnesses
today, and every word spoken in the pres
ehce OF the grand jury was recorded steno-
ft,i ,tt,t, TI ,r |
the. proceedings were behind closed doors.
there is reason to believe that every point
h-2ught o.t TODAY has heretofore been pub
hshed In the newspapers
Nothing new, continues TO be the an
s"er OF the offcials when questioned re-
gardlns developments IN the case. There
theoFS upon "hlch the tnted states at
!3rney once Is proceeding IN the case Is
Ihdl ASres was wing on tle ped IN MS
IooII "heh the Iirsl shot was Tired dnd that
tHeIe was no otLleF person tner@, with the
exception OF yrs Bonlhe; Ihe hrst snot
i. NaS tie ol!t tIiat t st[uch ayes III the MP
uiis 70 Ihls oIhcial theory, ana ne
jumped quickly from the bed This ac-
counts Tor no blood being found on the
peucIVlhes- AS ne reached MS 1eet the
aSCoiiu S4igt "a9 Hreu ana l4e wound IN
@ men ItltnT tusn Ior ms asSaiant' VINO
Mas ] sl$Iiuins IN the mid1le OF the room
IN 'tolll Va the bureau from Which she
.au plShtu up the pistol. AS Ayres moved
n,le WI,iism en- Win ne intention OF
LhteIierIhs with ner use or the weapon he
received the third bullet in the chest
- Fieu MN almost instantly: All
sl sI,l, !, - 'ollr,uttu. e occurred %lthin the
tt Ur a ,s reiS ~ Secohus. IN laiins
bi tss1;T. a.''ii iii's III nave stluch against
Theory Stands the Test.
From the hundreds of theories that have
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I!ie uISStCIAs process Inc United States |
attorney has considered all the plausible |
stories of the crime presented to hin, Most
of ,bero co11orls1 - ,,t,oso -.
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1Ir GorId is fncIinalI ,o annoJ+ +b ps,ts
nlents Of Miss Ninas. as heretofore pub
lIshed. true, and unless something un- |
f@reseen occurs to change the program the !
.-S.I ~. at-oiiLes WIN go INTO the trlaI court
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Ayres: that the latter was lying on his |
back III bed when the first shot was fred. |
and that before he could reach the V nan (
TO prevent further assault upon himself !
the second bullet struck the shoulder, and |
then the third bullet caused the fatal i'll !
jury
IL IS not unlikely that the prosecution |
may DO something more than intimate that |
1t was Mrs Bonine and not Ayres who ut |
VIII listen to me now
The idea of the prosecuting officials is |
that Ayres was endeavoring 10 rid himself |
OF aSSoclat1on with Mrs. Bonine, and they |
seem 10 think that agrees with their theory |
of the killing
The craftsman today completed q draw |
ing of the fourth floor of the kenmore. In |
AyreS room the position OF the furniture |
and II the body when found the morning |
Of the 18th Of May are shown. Several IN !
noEatlons are 10 be introduced at the trial
in order 10 demonstrate the location OF the |
wounds and other points In connection with |
the case.
Nothing was done today relative to post |
poning the trial of the until next fall, |
or in the direction Of making further ap- |
plicatiun for the release of Mrs. Bonine on |
bail
The Carpet Introduced.
In the office of Assistant District Attor-
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MS t4i'i iiii7' 'e1''s .i-e Ol
Ing Oh the session OF the grand jury the
carpet taken from the hotel room, show
ing the blood stains. spread the |
floor.
Mr.. Taggart questioned the witnesses
about their knowledge of the position of
tne SeNeIal arhcleS oI lIfiiiture that we're
yrhat US said sn,ostbiDo, 70 siyn = r,nrn
definite idea of the possibility of a strug-
gle having taken place prior to the intiic-
ton Of the fatal wound. The attorney
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