The evening times., 1901-05-20

last Tuesday and retired between g and
10 o'clock p. m. as nearly as she could
remember She went upstairs about :
O'Clock, she declared. and only knew that
a dance was in progress by hearing the
music. Miss Woolums said she slept un-
usually well the night Of the murder. Her
room was No. I3. Here she pointed out
for the jury the window of the room on
a photograph
Miss WooIums said she had been told
that Mr. Ayers occupied the room above
her. on several occasions she had gone
to the fourth floor TO see Miss Hamilton
and her sister. and had observed Ayers
in the door OF the room in question Dur
ing last winter she visited several other
friends on the fourth floor hut she only
knew by hearsay that Mrs Bonine- room
was in the annex of the ToU- III floor
Ayers was not = good dancer at first. but
he was exceedingly fond Of the recrea-
ton and the witness had noticed that he
had greatly improved of late
She had never noticed that Ayers was
more attentive to one woman than TO
another and she had only occasionally
seen him in company with Mrs. Bonine.
HEARD SEVERAL SHOTS FIRED
On the night Of the murder the witness
was awakened by severe nervous shock.
She thought at first she had been dream
ing but she heard several pistol shots
fired Miss Woolums said her window
was open at the top and her curtain was
frs-aIy-a inches OF The sill
Following the shots and shortly after
ward she heard the sound of voices in the
room above. T. sound ID like two persons
exchanging remarks, she declared, but
she could not distinguish what was said
She could not identify the voices. If the
voices had been in the room beneath her
she could have distinguished them. she
thought The voices did not appear 20
indicate excitement and there might have
been only one voice
The witness testified that a moment aft
eTward she heard sound in the room
above as though heavy piece of furni-
ture was being moved Possibly i table
or bed. 1t might have been caused by
some person falling. but she did not think
So After the latter sound the witness
was more composed and arose and light
ed her gas She was rather nervous and
had to make several attempts before she
succeeded in lighting the match She
looked at her watch and saw that it was
between and five minutes past 2
o'clock She put out the light and started
TO the window but for some reason chang
ed her mind and went TO bed Shortly
after she got in bed. she said she turned
on her right side facing the wall She
saw a shadow on the wall. It startled
her at first as it seemed to be something
I'd
termined that the shadow must have been
caused by something on the street After
the last shot was fired the witness did
not connect the shot with the other
sounds in Ayers room She did locate
the subsequent noises in his room as she
had often heard beard noises there
Miss Woolums said she did not 90 to
sleep until from an hour to an hour and
Il half afterward- Then she slept soundly
until between : and 7:45 O'Clock, when she
arose and dressed. At O'Clock she left
her room and went down TO breakfast,
fully determined to ask Ayers if he knew
ANYTHING of the pistol shots. Mrs. Bonine
and. one Of her sons were at the table at
which the witness took her meals as the
latter entered. as were also several 9TH
ers. but they. soon left The witness sus-
pected nothing. She was reading a paper
when Jane Gardner came IN and told her
OF the finding Of Ayers body She did not
finish her breakfast. but secured her
things and left the house The witness
was unable to identify the broken fan
which was found in Ayers room after the
tragedy.
District Attorney Gould asked Miss
WooIums If she was acquainted with Ay-
ers.
Il was replied the witness. Il did not
av.aVc yT-nc Ta1rn ivFTTgafa vClT1 one
woman in the hotel than another. I never
suspected anything wrong "a the night
of the tragedy. nor did I ever know of
any woman going TO the room which Ay-
ers occupied
Miss wooIums said she had heard
voices in Ayers rc0m as late i , O'Clock
in the morning at various times. She
could hear persons talking. in Ayers room
If she listened The witness did not see
the condition Of the door leading to Ayers
room
SERVANTS TESTIMONY
Eliza Gardner, colored, d domestic al
the Kenmore, testified that she was en-
pIoyed at the hotel about one year
The witness said she did not know that
Ayers had any particular friend, nor had
she ever seen Mrs BOnine in the room Of
Ayers at any time To Mr. Gould the
witness declared she had not been told
by anyone to say that she had not seen
Mrs Bonnie IN the room Of Ayers
The witness admitted that she had seen
Mrs. Bonine call at the room OF Ayers in
the day time and borrow q medical book
The witness had not talked over the case,
except with Miss 0Iinas. She thought Mrs.
PoHine appeared pale and sad The wit
ness did not know the lock Of Ayers room
had had to be repaired She had never
seCn pistol in the hands Of anybody
The witness said she had seen q crack
IN the door between the room Of Ayers
and that Of Miss 8Einas. She had never
seen the japanese fan produced IN the
case, but had seen the tobacco box and
she also identified several pencils found
She had seen an old gun in Ayers room
The witness had never seen revolver in
any room ii the house She remembered
that there was Q curtain over the door II
thu room OF Ayers. She thought the cur
tain was up before the murder She had
not been in the room since the murder
she said
Leonard Downs. the next witness, said
he had been living at the Kenmore two
years last month He IS a clerk in the
Congressional Library and was acquaint-
ed with Ayers. Ayers did not seem 70
have been paying special attention 10 any
particular woman or women in the house
The witness had never seen Ayers dance
with any particular woman, although be