Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-03-17
THE KILLING or EARL HAMII~
TON, AT PIOCHE.


on Main street, for the purpose of col
lecting back money due for rent on the
building adjoining and used as a keno
room. 1 asked Hamilton for the
money and he threw it on the counter,
at the same time making some re-
marks. / Their took three dollars from
the rent money and told Hamilton to
give that 10 his brother, as l owed him
for tickets, when Hamilton again made
some remarks. / answered him back
and hard words passed between us,
when Hamilton picked up an iron
spanner hanging on the end of the
counter and struck me on the head
twice in succession and cutting the
scalp so as to cause blood to flow. ]
thereupon drew a knife and in order to
defend myself and to prevent icing
again hit with the spanner | cut at
Hamilton, but not with the intention
of killing him, as / could have used
the knife several times, ii ! intended
such, Parties in the saloon then inter-
ferred aud separated us. We were
always good friends, aud never before
the occasion Of the said affair have We
had any ill-feeling towards each other"
Mr.. Hamilton also made a statement
prior to his death. The following is
the
Statement OF Mr.. Hamilton.
81 was in my saloon, on Main street,
about 4 o'clock, when John Ii. Rice
came into the saloon and demanded
that ! give him that 81 so due tor three
days rent for the building formerly
occupied as a Keno room. | went to
the drawer under the counter aud took
| from it 81 so, which l laid on the
ter before Rice. He (kice) took three
dollars of the money and said, give that
70 your brother for some tickets /
bought from him. Noticing that Rice
was mad about something. / asked
him what was the cause Of his mad
ness. He replied, you know well
| enough what it is" when l remarked
| did not. He then said, .'you are a
id -, any way at the same time
showing his hand down inside his vest
and drawing a white-handsed knife. l
Immediately picked up a spanner and
as he was coming towards me with the
knife in his hand, | got from around
the counter, when | was caught by
some pa lie and held. Rice kept APP
preaching. and finding that he would
cut me | struck at him with the span
ner, hoping to keep him off. when he
at the same time struck at me with the
knife, cutting me in the left side. Other
| parties present iniertered and showed
Rice out into the street, when sue
ceeded IN getting away from those who
were holding me, and went to the door
after him, but he was taken off down
the street by an officer. / then wen
around the counter and got a pistol and
again came to the door, but was held
back hy other parties. l then walked
across To the drug store and had my
wound dressed"
1t will be observed that the re- IL a ma
terial difference in the statement of the
two men, which OF course can only be
reconciled and explained bv the testi-
mony of the witno sses who were pres
ent.
Post MOrtens.
A post mortein examination held on
the body of the deceased showed that
the wound was doneby a sharp pointed
knife, making a cut one inch wide and
two and one-half inches deep. entering
one inch to the left and little below the
nipple of the left breast, ranging
downward, passing through the
muscles OF the br-a It, cutting off the
upper seven. eightbs of the fifth rib,
passing through the inferior lobe of the
left lung, and cutting a gfsh an inch
wide clear through the muscular COW
erinS of the pericardium.
Career al: Deceased.
The Record publishes the following
sketch of The deceased:
Earl Hamilton WAS born April 13,
1888, at Meadville, Pennsylvania. His
parents on both sides sprang ron dis
tinguished families. His father. Kin
arb Hamilton. WAS a cousin of the il
lustrious Alexander Hamilton, while
his mother VA a descendant of the
same family of which the celebrated
but eccentric John Randolph, OF
Roanoke, was the representative. The
youth of Mr.. Hamilton "a passed in
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Iowa, where
| he partook OF snch educational advant-
ages as the common schools of those
States enabled him to acquire. In 1919
his parents removed To Davenport,
Iowa, and Mr.. Hamilton resided with
them until 1859. when he joined "A pros
pecting expedition bound for Pixies
Peak. In the latter region he engaged
in mining. and afterwards in general
trading and packing i'll Colorado,
Idaho, Montana and British Columbia.
In Montana his mercantile operations
became very extensive. He did "A very
large business in The various camps.
his principal place OF business being ut
Virginia. M. II. In 1860. having, by
industry, frugality and enterprise, ac
cumulated quite a large fortune, he re.
turned home to Davenport, Iowa, and
there, on the 10Th of January, 1867,
married his es,imahle wife. Her maiden
nsns was Emily Speaker, daughter OF
John g. Speaker. Mr.. Hamilton, with
his wife, spent some months in the
Statos, but in April, 1867, he was sud
denly recalled to Montana. On his re-
turn he found his business affairs much