The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-01

nerviest woman I ever saw. She mani
tested no emotion and expressed no
| sympathy"
Mr. Douglas, when Mr. Ayres had
| concluded, that out Of respect of the
! defense for the feelings of the father Of
| young Ayres, they would ask no ques-
| tions of him on discrimination. He
also said that for the same reason,
he had not interrupted Mr.. Ayres in
making his statement, notwithstand-
ing it was in many respects a violation
/ of the rules of evidence.
! Mr.. Gould then announced that the
/ prosecution had closed it's case, and
| the court took the usual noon recess.
! After recess Attorney T. w. Keene
! of counsel for Mrs. Bonine made the
! preliminary statement outlining the
! defense. He contended in the beginning
| for due consideration of the presump-
ton Of innocence: This, he said, was
: evidence, not a mere formality. 1t was
not the purpose of the defense to
minimize the offense of which his
client was charged, for it was unde-
niable that the tragedy had fallen
heavily upon two families.
Many guests of the Kenmore were
to be introduced, said Mr.. Keene, and
he believed it would be shown that the
character of the people living there
&
/ to the fact that Mrs. BONNIE was
! chosen as a leader on the social festiv-
! tiles Of the hotel and this choice, he
said. fell upon her because of her ca
pacity. The defense would show that
she had taught seven young men to
dance. In December a dance of more
than ordinary Importance had been
given and young Ayres had appeared
there so much intoxicated that he was
! n 10 in 1f
Mrs. BONNIE had been compelled to ask
a friend of the young man to get him
/ to retire. This incident, he said, led to
some discOrd.
! Continuing Mr.. Keene said it would
be shown that in getting u. the dances
Mrs. BONNIE had visited the rooms of
persons. regardless of sex or age, who
could dance, to get them to partici-
pate. It could also be shown that Mrs.
Bonine was fond of medicine and that
this fOndaess had served her in minis
tering to The sick and that she did
visit many of them. Another point
which would be developed was that
the relations between Ayres and Mrs.
Bonine were not such as to cause
them to feel unwilling to break them.
Proof also would be given that on
March 4 Mrs. Monine had reproved
Ayres for drinking and that while
some GOODNESS resulted there was no
strong feeling, as was shown by the
fact that on the Monday before the
killing she ate ice cream with Ayres.
It would also be shown, he said, that
on the evening before the tragedy Mrs.
Bonines manner was not that of a
person with murder in her heart.
There also was testimony. he said,
which would show that the window
shade in Ayres' room had ben run up
with a blody hand and that that hand
was Mrs. BOnine's. Evidence also
would be introduced to show that in
December last Ayres showed the pis-
tol to man. 1t also would be shown
that in the following February the
young man loaned a pistol to a friend
and that even at later dates the pistol
was seen in the room.
He referred to the four or five state
meuts made by Mrs. Bonine and said
there was no inconsistency among
them. His client did not desire to mod
ify or change them, but would stand
by them
When Mr.. Kene concluded, the court
adjourned until Monday.