Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-04

and drank some of it and sat it on a table.
Mrs. Hamilton also drank some and then
commenced to
TALK ABOUT JEALOUSY,
And her husband told her he didn't want to
hear ANYTHING about that. After time the
other woman and child went away, and Mrs.
Hamilton came and got on her husbands
lap and put her arms around his neck, and
begged him to stay and live with her. he
refused to do so. She kept filling up her
glass and taking small drinks, and talking to
him between, urging him to live with her.
During this conversation the tax collector
called, and MIR. Hamilton went out ana
talked with him. While they were out Mrs.
Hamilton told witness she thought George
(her husband) ought to come and occupy the
room they were sitting in, and she and the
daughter could live in the adjoining
apartment. Witness told her that he
thought it would be rather close
for parties who didn't calculate to live
together, and she smiled and said she sup
posed it was. When Mr.. Hamilton came in
again, he went and got his hat, and witness
his, and they started. Witness got on to the
porch and Mr. Hamilton was following,
when she put her arms around him and
began to cry and exhibit great emotion, and
the little girl was also crying. Mrs. Hamil-
ton would commence talking pleasantly, and
she continued and begging him to stay. and
as he would still refuse, she would get very
angry, and the next moment would commence
to laugh. She did most of the talking she
twitted him in relation to Nellie Winkleplek
and another woman. Mr.. Hamilton re-
marked to her that there was some old
woman who caused these yarns, and she
believed them. Witness asked her if the
stories were true, and she said persons told
her SO. Mr.. Hamilton replied that he had
no intercourse with them. Witness asked her
if she believed the reporter of these stories
before she did her husband, and she said no,
she believed his statement above theirs.
Witness afterwards advised Mr.. Hamilton to
go back in and try to pacify her. He went
back into the room, and witness also went Ia.
She was sitting on the lounge, crying, and
rolled to her side, as witness thought, little
crazy like, but didn't know whether it was
from the beer or otherwise Witness tried to
pacify her told her Hamilton had not lefG her
for good, that he comes around and pays her
bills. and that he would come and live with
her again. She said if he would come back
she would take an oath to behave herself.
He replied he would not go back, he had
given her trials enough She remarked that he
left her once before over in the States, and
came out here away from her ten years. Mr..
Hamilton replied that he knew what he left
She had then got much quietad down, and
witness thought she would let him go in
peace. Witness started out towards the
front door, and Mr.. Hamilton was following.
Just then witness heard a great noise as he
was about to open the door, and thinks the
daughter cried out, Mamma is shooting
papa Witness looked arourd and saw Mrs.
Hamilton standing with pistol in her hand,
and Mr. Hamilton had fallen in front of her
i L..
fooling, but Immediately saw the blood
trickling from his head upon the floor, andsaw
that he was dead. He was lying with his feet
in the sitting-room aud his body in the hall
way, with face downward. She then stopped
over him, placed the pistol close to his head
and fired. Sac then Strengthened up and
said, Well,
KILLED HIN, AND ~ GLAD OF IT.
When he would rot live with me, no other
one could have him" A diagram of the
premises was shown the witness, and he
pointed out the rooms and position of the
parties.
May Hamilton, daughter of the deceased
and Mrs Hamilton, testified: She is twelve
years old and lived with her mother. IShe
was much affected at first, and it was with
much difficulty she could testify. She was
playing ia the yard aud went in. Her
mother was crying and coaxing her papa TO
come home and live, and he said he would
never come home any more. Papa started
TO go into the hallway and mamma
caught hold of him and begged him to
stay. He did not stay. Right after
that my mamma went into the bedroom. of
the sitting room. My father was standing by
the machine near the door that connects with
the hall My mother came out Of the bed
room into the sitting-room and again asked
him to come home, and he refused Then |
don't know what my mother dill. | heard
noise, like pistol, but don't know that it
was pistol. Can tell pistol shot. ! think
! it was pistol shot My mother was stand
ing about two or three feet from my papa.
Did not have her arms around him. Just
heard that noise my father fell on the floor.
When he fell | did not know what caused
him to fall. / was scared; he was bleeding
on the left side Of the face. My mother went
into the bedroom and got bottle that she got
at a drugstore. poured some into a spoon
and drank it. bottle is shown her.l That
il the bottle il had strychnine printed on it.
| (Spoon exhibited) That is the spoon Be-
! fore nv mother went into the sitting room
| To get the bottle, / heard q second shot |
don't know who fred the second shot got
| out of the front-room window when be fell
| came back again-my papa was lying on
| the floor bleeding, and my mamma t. ok that
I stTEchllnH. L DhL buIcC VI iOui
! minutes / think. / was on the sidewalk
when the second shot was fired. l did not
see the shot fired. My mother came cut on
| the porch and walked up and down after she
took that. She told me to tell somebody to
| send me back to my grandpa. She then went
| in and said Papa, l love you. and rather
/ than see anyone else have you, I'd kill You I"
do not know whose pistol 1t was. Had
I never seen it before. My father had not been
| living at home for about month. Don't
/ know why he went away. Several months
ago | heard my mother say she would kill
! him If he did not behave. Don't know tina:
4 she had pistol then. DONE know what she
1 meant. was Just outside. That is the only
/ time that remember that she made threat
/ like that.
David s. Greer testified but he gave no
facts not already stated by other witnesses
Mrs. Nancy Agnes Hamilton, defendant
/ was placed upon the stand. She is woman
of medium hight, light complexion and light
hair and grey eyes, and of rather slight form.
Her face was blank and colorless, aud wore a
heavy an determined expression. She did
not show the least sign of emotion or sorrow,
but rather as if shrewdly guarding against
making any admission which could be used
against be-, and bluntly refusing TO give any
evidence bearing upon the case, even showing
an ugly temper in that direction. Upon
pelng questioned she stated that her hns-
bands age was thirty five and nativity Penn
sylvania. She was asked by the District
Attorney to state what difficulty she and her
husband had on October LIST, prior 10 the
shooting, and she replied: We had no diff
Guilty, none whatever, on October LIST.
Question: refer to the killing Of Mr..
Hamilton; what difficulty did you have lead
ing TO that! Answer know nothing about
it at all
Q.-You mean that you remember nothing
about it: Al have nothing to tell; /
know nothing or l would tell 1t.
Q.-Have you been instructed by your at.
torney not IS testify Al have no attor
new employed. and have seen no attorney.
o.-Hasn't any attorney been TO see yor
since YOU were in Jail! A.-No, sir: I've
seen no one. ;,
O-Not Mr.. White or Mr.. Raymond
A.-No no one has spoken to me; hav'
seen nohodv