The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-11-29

court IN which Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine
is being tried for the murder of James
S. Ayres, Jr.. was DR.. Martin w. Glaze
brook, the deputy coroner for the Dis
trict Of Columbia. who conducted the
autopsy upon the body of Ayres. He
described in detail the three wounds on
the young mans body, Inc the court
Crier. stripped to the waist, was used
to illustrate the location and course of
the wounds for the instruction Of the
jury. DR.. GlaZebrook also testified that
Mrs. BONNIE had given him her YER
sion Of the manner in which Ayres
came to his death, claiming that the
wounds were inflicted while the pistol
was in Ayres' hands. and illustrating
how the tragedy occurred, but he
thought that it was impossible for the
wounds to have been made with the
weapon in Ayres' own hands. She had
told him that he was at her back and
mad his arms claSped about her whenl
the shot were fired
johnson J. Hooper, John \. Taft and
Michael Kane testified that Ayres was
SOBER on the night of the tragedy.
Dr. Glazebrook described the three
wounds in the body OF the victim. One
was in the left arm, one in the left
thigh and ore 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 fired. The
witness said he had experimental with
the pistol found in AyreS' room and he
was able to relate the particular exper-
nnents, when counsel on both sides,
desiring to have surgeons present to
hea the statement secured a suspen-
sion of this Testimony until 9ftornnnn
Three colOred female servants re-
lated incidents of Ayres' life at the
Kenmore hotel. One of them said that
she had heard Ayres order Mrs. Bonnie
to get out of his room and remain out;
another, that she saw Ayres and Mrs.
Bonine coming out of the formers room
together and a third hat upon an oc-
casiOn Ayres had showed Indifference
when told that Mrs. Bonine was i'll.
After recess deputy coroner Glaze
brook resume his testimony, beginning
with a description of his experiments
with the pistol with which Ayres was
killed to show the distance necessary
to make powder burns. such as was
found on Ayres' undershirt. He con-
cluded that the wound in Ayres' thigh
must have been made by a weapon
held more la tw~enty-fOur inches
from the spot. He also concluded that
the arm wound must nave been made
by a pistol held about fourteen inches
away. In the chest wound he thought
the muzzle of the revolver must have
been eight inches from the body.
Court crier Joyce was then introduced
as q lay figure to illustrate the loca-
ton of the wounds on Ayres' body. Mr..
Joyce was stripped to the waist, and
DR.. Glazebrook described the wounds at
length, making careful measurements
and using colored Court-plaster cut
round to show the appearance of the
zDo+. v-Lara +ha hr1Iatc hn6 nnforaH
the body as the nude figure stood in
the witness box. Mrs. BONNIE did moi
once glance at Joyce and most OF the
time he was on exhibition she con-
versed with her attorneys and her hus-
band.
Continuing his statement and still
using Joyce's body for the purpose OF
Illustration. DR.. Glazebrook said that
the wound in the chest had penetrated
the windpipe, the lungs on the left side
and had ranged to the right and up
ward, lodging in the back. This wound
he said. was necessarily fatal de
thought from the appearance of the
blood found in Ayres' room that 1t was
caused by the chest wound and mac
been vOmited.
In reply to questions, DR.. Glazebrool
said that he did not hin the wound:
were s~elf-inAicted.
DR.. Glazebrook also stated that n
had had n conversation with Mrs. Bo
min at the Jail the Tuesday after Tn
tragedy and that at that time she nae
given him her version of he tragedy
He had called at the Jail PROFESSIONAL
TO make an examination of bruises
said to be on Mrs. Bonlne's body, VINE
she had volunteered to Illustrate to h1n
how the tragedy had occurred. ID
said that Mrs. Bonine had had hlr
place both arms around her. the pistC
being held in the right hand. She haC
It'd nInr-nI tho raNO1NEr- and IN
hand which held it and the pistol wa
snapped three times in the strugSl
which enSued.
Assuming that the relative position
of the two were such as thus describe
and tina the pistol was in AyreS rlgf
hand. could the wounds which yo
found upon his body have been infiict
ed?" asked District Attorney Could
Taking into consideration the pos
tons of Ayres and Of Mrs. Eo1lne. tC
gether with the appearance oil ms .L9tL
ING. / don't see how is was posslo!
that the pistol could have been mel
in Ayres' hand" replied the witness
Mr. Douglass on cross eXaminatlo
brought out the fact that there was
slight confusion on Ayres foreheau Al
several abrasiOns and bruises on n
legs and feet. the purpose OF the e.
fence heing to show that there had pee
= struggle. The witness said that {
the two legs there were elSht Oh -.
Wounds on the inside Of the legs "l
that all were fresh. The WOUNDS I
the feet were all on top. Ut. Hl"L
brook expressed the opinion tnd' u
most natural thing for a man Wounu,
as Avres was would be to grasp at Il
Rasronding to a question from n
Douglass the witness said he thouS'
that a man wounded in the cneSt
Avres was could have cried Tor help
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hal shown him the im2rjntS OF n
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