The evening times., 1901-05-20

had been taken into the room by Mrs. Bo-
nine to assist in knocking apart the iron
bed which she was helping to clean
The witness said she never saw the re-
voIver with which Ayers was killed She
had never seen pistol in either Mrs 30
nine's room or in that of Ayers. She also
had never seen the fan, which was found
beside the dead body. At this point a re
cess of one hour was taken until 1-3g
o'clock
AN ENEMY n THE HOUSE
At 1:3O O'Clock the enquiry was resumed
Mrs. SaTfe NJ. Seymour being called She
was examined by Coroner hewitt
I live at the Takoma Hotel" she said
Prior to Friday 1 lived at the Kenmore
Hotel I have danced with Mr.. Ayers,
whom I knew quite well
4 was awakened once late Tuesday
night last, and asked my husband what
the noise was that I had heard said
witness. Nothing more developed. and
soon went to sleep again.
The witness said Miss Ninas first told
her at the breakfast table the next morn
ing that she heard three shots during the
night. and that she also heard groans-
The witness had known Ayers several
months.
Ayers told her that he was going to
leave the hotel. and that he had an enemy
in the house This was while Mrs Sey-
mOur was dancing with Ayers Tuesday
night The witness said Ayers stated TO
her that he had not told the Warfield fam
iIy that he was about to leave the hotel
Mrs Seymour d she had not noticed
any particular Intimacy between Ayers
and anyone in the hotel.
Mrs Helen LiIIey PfckereU followed
/ Mrs. Seymour She stated that she had
lived at the Kenmore since October l.
| She played the plano for the dancing last
Tuesday night. About three gentlemen
and five ladies participated in the dance
Ayers danced with Mrs. Gardner and
Jane Gardner. Mrs Seymour, and, she
! thought Mrs. Bonine.
The witness said her own room was on
! the third floor of the Kenmore annex. She
understood that Ayers had had a misuu-
derstanding with Mrs Bonine and Miss
Minas about a pedro party, she thought.
He made Up with Miss Minas. but she
had never heard of any reconciIition with
/ Mrs Bonine
Mrs Pickereil said she retired about II
| o'clock. She was slightly acquainted with
/ Mr.. Cane, she said but had never gone
to q dance or entertainment of any kind
| with any gentleman in the house The
night before the murder Miss AIinas gave
| a card party in her room Mrs Bonine
was the only lady in the house present.
/ the witness understood, and she had been
/ called in as a substitute. The witness
| stated, in response to a question. that
| her husband was found dead on KaIora-
! ma Heights after having been drinking
! Her relations with him were pleasant, al
/ though as a drinking man, he was fire.
J quentIy away from home. She lived at
| one time on c Street northeast and after
ward kept house at 615 1 Street north
/ east.
| The witness declared that she first heard
| Of the tragedy while at the breakfast ia
| bic when Miss Miuas came to her and said
! that something terrible had happened. The
/ witness thought she meant that Miss
4 Hopkins. who had been SICK, was dead,
| and exclaimed:
Mercy. you don't tell me that Laura
is dead.
| Miss Minas replied that it was worse
! than that, and then stated:
| Dan found Mr. Ayers in his room with
his brains blown out
Miss AIinas told the witness that she
/ had heard a voice or voices in Mr. Ayers
| room at the time of the shooting. The
( y liIlESS asked lttI Why she tlQ not call
| for help and the reply was that she was
! too scared to do so. After Miss Minas
returned to her table, where Mrs. Bonine
/ was stIU sitting. she erred All of the wo-
men in the house were greatly excited
! the witness said. and she did not notice
that Mrs Bonine was particularly 50 The
witness had not consulted d lawyer re-
garding her testimony
Ene inquest viii probably consume the
I remainder of the afternoon and part Of
tomorrow a verdict is not expected be
fore tomorrow night, and in the meantime
it is hardly thought any arrests VIII be
made.
Albert Miller the shoemaker. Of 1910 NJ
Street southwest, who told the detectives
( yesterday that a Census clerk named
! Ayers had come to his shop to complain
/ about repairs on shoes brought there by q
! woman who said she was Mrs. Ayers
/ found out this morning that the man who
called was not James Seymour Ayers, jr
Miller called a. Detective Headquarters
/ early this morning. After he told his
story TO the officers he went to Hines
undertaking establishment to view the
body Of Ayers He said it was not that
of the man who had called at his shop
/ COMMISSIONER EVANS SUED.