The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-04-05
THE HAMILTON TRIAL
SOME TALL SWEARING FOR
THE DEFENSE.
Witnesses who Swear They saw
and Heard the Carriage
on the Fridge.
Others Who Testify That Gam
brcIl Wanted u Difficulty.


ing done Ivy witnesses for the de
frnsr since my last report. and il half
of what they say is to he believed.
RodCrick Gambrcll was blooming
idiot, and the most important of the
states witnesses, prrlurcd scoundrclS.
Jack Hall, Il negro who was con
victed of robhimg the l.. =. mail while
on the Jackson police force, was the
fourth witness put on the stand to inn
peach Sam PurScr.
! From the nature of some of the
testimony introduced, the lawyers for
the defense have changed their theory
since the hahcaS corpus trial as to
what prccipitatcd the fight on the
bridge. Then they contcudcd that
Gamhrell was expecting to he attack
ed by Hamilton, aud that when Ham
ilton's cauiage slowed up ut the
bridge, he took this as Il signal for
hostilitics and began firing OH him.
! NY "i' l'"" H''NI'S I" H""" 'I'''
"amhreli desired IL diihcult% win
the d" man of peace" with the two big
REVIEWERS ana was determined I"
make him fight. whether he wanted to
OF not.
The Judge ruled ont the testimony
"i >. u. Mc"''ilr ana Edwin Nid"' ny
when II was sought snow that ''ail-
hitil lad declared several daN7 ne
tore he was Killed. ms intention "i
ProN"klhS dlihcuit% with liahllI'"h'
because ne frGardr" TIE latter a.
standing III the way oil MS getting
elected state printer; "nl the "'lch>c
ialllN Wall""'" III d'IlAh' NH'h Nv"
c"I"r'd witnesses from 'Ili'"h were
allowed I" testify on TINS point 'He
OF THESE claimed I" nave N''' YAM
hrtiI i'll CLINTON on the AFTERNOON Oh
the daI h' "2> NhI'"' ana 'lc "'''i
on 'i' ai-h' re was h'li'"' niue
While hrf"r" the jackson Tram came.
/ h"th 't>'i'i'' 'hcH III" lu'F ''''h
with nm dUiihT "ll'l ne spoke "l
his al'icIr a""a' lI"mll'"h' "ce"re"
'la' hamilton il'u o'a't' NM o"' "'
I9Io'""o ana the state out "l THo'""''--
tha' ne hau sent MN clial'''iS' 10
hEht ana nc reused nut 'ila' ne
would make MN 'S"'' an" "lSPlaNe"
Slhith N NeSS"il piston WIN "i'ch
ne drclafed ne coold Siio"' h"le
'ii'o'%Ii '''l can thrown I'M" 'ii' ai'
'"l"i' II hl' the SI"''i'"' 7""' ne
W"'li" nave had "ililroi'N with MN
orioie' p"' WIS Pr'N'"'e" ny MS ia
'her ana mother ""t That t''N haa
gone 10 Louisville 'hrh ana All would
u" settled before th"N GOT pack.
Johh 'fl"dic anu W. l.. oo"' Oh
'iIht"h' S''ld they SAW "ail"r'II III
jackson the daN OF the kl'Ilh%' ah''
tIlat he caIlco thelr a''oh''oh |" ti't
articles III MS paper ON hamilton ana
Sald ne intended |" nave hGHt ""t OF
INN. hut That Hamilton was AFRAID OF
nm that he (''amhltli) ma" walked
AROUND MN AT 'hc l'ur Gr"''"S al'er
the articles were puhllShed.
Beverly randall '"iofed witness
testii1cd that he was Ill pea ah"'tt 20
yards northeast OF the bridge. Heard
two shots ana jumped up ana looked
out ana "gIlhps'd carriage run
nlhG on the hild%e ana TWO men run
nlng on behind 1t. men II" saw two
men shooting at "arh other on the
west end OF the bridge. ne man
VIII" was '"''''E WEST "pl''""''''" ',''
"'h'l very i'p"'IH an" Jus .''"ic NV
S"' !" mn, Nv '''''''' '"'"''' Al :"
N''''''''" N'''' "''" "'i' "'"' -.
men '"t'' WAS "'''' i'l Sn'. W" anu
INV ""i'' "l''' '"' maui '''o'''0
S'""" "N'l '''' "'i''i' '"' """'''
e"''"' 'i'' zen "',''' nv was u"'''9'
HIS "'"'9H U'N'''''' "'i''' '''S
icA ION anu '''h'" WIN 'i'' 0l"'V "'-
'"'n'!" p'l"'' 'l'"' '''"'' anu III" ''"''-
h'"hE 'i'eI "'H very "in'''"' ii"'''
WHAT 1t il now
hehrH "Shmah' Oh i'rooNh"Ne",
l"S1il'e" 'ila' ne WAS WIN Nlh9 an"