The sun., 1901-11-28
TRIAL OF MRS. BONNIE.
Witnesses Testify Ayres Was Sober the
kaa. Night He Was Slain.
HIS ATTITUDE TO ACCUSED.
"A Kenmore Domestic Declares Tbnt
She Once Hcnrd the Young
7 Clerk Order the Prisoner
Ont OF His Room.

Washington, Nov. 81. = When Lola
Ida Bonine entered the court in which
she is being tried for the murder of
James s. Ayres, Jr., she was handed
three or four letters and was busily
engaged for the next ten or fifteen
minutes in reading them.
The first witness of the day was
Johnson ]. Hooper, Il clerk in the CEN
sus office, who was out with Ayres dur
Ing the first part OF the night on which
he was killed He said that Ayres
took three glasses of beer and that
when he finally returned to the Ken
more about 1870 o'clock in the morn
Ing of May Is he was perfectly sober.
John A. Taft, a Kenmore hotel board |
er, said that he had conversed with
Ayres as he went to his room at 1886
May - and that he was not intoXicat-
ed. Indeed, he said. all the Ayres par
ty were sober. Michael Kae, another
member of the Ayres farewell party,
also stated that Ayres was sober that
night.
When Mr.. Kae was excused, DIR. Mar
tin w. Glazebrook. assistant coroner,
body, was called. The face was, he
said, almost unrecognizahle on account
of the mass of blood which covered it,
and the arms were half fleXed In front
of the chest.
DR.. Glazebrool1 described the three
wounds in the body of the'victim. One
was in the left arm, one in the left
thigh and one In the breast. all except
the thigh wound showing powder burns
and indicating that the weapon had
been in close proximity TO the body
when at least two shots were fred
The witness said he had experimental
with the pistol found in Ayres' room,
and he was about to relate the partc-
ular experiments when counsel on both
sides, deciding to have surgeons pres
ent TO hear the statement, secured a
suspension of his testimony.
Kenmore Chambcrmnid's Story.
A colored chambcrmaid of the Ken
more, who had charge Of Ayrcs' room,
was then called She said she had nev.
er seen pistol in the room. She said
that Mrs. Boninc often came to Ayres
room when she was there to get Il book
She testified that on one occasion last
February she went to Mrs. Bonine'S
room and found her Ill. The latter hat
asked her to tell Ayres, of her own ac
cord, that she tAIrs. Boninel was sicl
abed and to suggest that little whis
ky would do her good. She accordingl,
told Ayrcs of Mrs. Bonine's illness, bu
he was so Indifferent that she did no
suggest the need Of liquor for Mrs
Bonine. Ayres was at the time readin;
book and had not looked up when sh
entered.
In reply to questions by Mr.. Fulto
of counsel for Mrs. Bonine, the witnes
said she had never seen Mrs. Bonine i
Ayres' room when Ayres was there an
that when Mrs. Bonine had asked he
to get the whisky she had told her t
get it from some one else il She coul
not get it from Ayres She had secure
the whisky from another boarder an
had taken 1t to Mrs. Bonine.
Emma Brown, colored who was
nurse in the Kenmore, testified til;
about two weeks before the TRACED
she had seen Mrs. Bonine and Ayrt
coming out Of Ayres' room about
o'clock on Sunday morning, til;
Ayres had on only his trousers and II
d6rshirt and that he went to Il
bathroom and Mrs. Boninc toward h
own apartments. On cross eXamn
tion the witness said she did not kno
but that Mrs. Bonine had simply sto'
at the door, that Mrs. Bonine was full
dressed and that there were no sig
Of excitement on the part of eth
Ayres or Mrs. Bonine.
Mary Grayson, another domestic
the Kenmore, testified that aho
March 20 last she was working
Ayres' room when Mrs. Bonine cal
In and that Ayres ordered her out te
ing her not only to 90, but to st
away, as he did not want her there.