Evening star., 1901-06-08
UNDER NAME OF IDA BONNIE
WOMAN ALLEGED To HAVE GIVEN
WORTHLESS CHECKS.
Belief Expressed That She is Identical
With Mrs. BOnine, who Fig
ured ins Ayres Tragedy.

Capt Boardman read in st. Louis pa
per last night a story concerning a Mrs.
Ida Bonine. who was known in that city
last summer as well as during the summer
of 1898. These publications indicated that
the woman referred to is the one who Is
now occupying cell at the District Jail,
charged with responsibility for the death
of James Seymour Ayres. After reading
the article in the st. Louis paper Capt
Boardman sent telegram to the police au-
thorities of that city asking for further in
formation about the woman and her con-
duct while there. 1t is stated that check
for So given by Mrs. Ida Bonine and made
payable to her order was cashed by John
A. Piper who kept a saloon at 1904 Mera-
mec street. The check bore the indorSe-
ment of DR.. H. Gerhart, and was present.
ed to the saloonkeeper by the doctor Au-
gust was the date of the check. and 1t
was cashed the following day, which was
Sunday.
The saloonkeeper hesitated when the pa
per was presented. but upon being assured
that 1t was as good as gold'' he took the
check and handed over a So bill. DR.. Ger
hart was in hurry at the time, stating a
woman was waiting for him. SaloOnkeeper
Piper looked out the window and saw the
doctor join little woman He is now GER
tain she is the woman under arrest for the
Kenmore Hotel tragedy. This conclusion
was reached after he had seen the prison.
was returned worthless and DR.. Ger
hart who had been patron of Piper's, did
not return to the saloon.
l. H. keefer. who conducts the Manhat-
tan Hotel saloon at 18th and Chestnut
streets. St. Louis, has three checks for
amounts aSgregating S14 believed to have
been given by the same couple who figured
in the check transaction last summer al
though their names Were not spelled ex-
actly the same way. In these transac
tionS the checks were given by Ida Bon
nine and made payable to DR.. Henry Ger
hardt- There is one more m in the wo-
mans name on these checks than there was
in the name on the check cashed by Piper.
and the doctors given name Henry Is
given in full. There is also Cd in the
last name before the final 81
The St Louis Globe-Democrat printed in
Wednesdays issue the following:
According to the statements of persons
living in the neighborhood of Newstead
and Elmbank avenues, Gerhart and a wo-
man who answers the description of Mrs.
Bonine lived at '209 Newstead avenue some
time ago. There the woman was known as
Miss Walter Where she came from and
where she went after few months resi-
dence there no one appears to know.
Nelshbors say she was about five feet four
inches in height, of slender build with
light brown hair; was inclined to be
dressy. and was evidently not desirous
or extending her acquaintance. One for
mer neighbor yesterday recalled her as "a
beautiful blonde, while another asserted
that her hair looked as if it had been doc
tored While the man in the case was
generally known DR.. Walter a woman
living but few doors from 1909 Newstead
avenue said she was told that his real name
of small stature. almost bald what hair he
had being inclined to curl"