The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-03-22
THE HAMILTON TRIAL
PILING UP THE EVIDENCE
OF GUILT.
Other Witnesses Who Heard
the First Shot Followed by
the Cry of "MurdCr".
The End of the Trial Not Yet
i'm Sight.

Special correspondence
BRANDON. Miss. March 10. ISIS.
The Hamilton trial is progressing
very slowly and II great deal ot the
I time of the Court is taken up discuss
/ ing objections raised by the lawyers
/ for the defense as to the admiSsihility
of certain testimony and questions by
the State.
| After Nellie Dinkins testified Col.
/ Nugcnt, one of the lawyers for Ilamil-
/ ton, was put on the stand rs state
witness. He had conversation with
/ Hamilton in reference to the article in
the Sword and Shield of April %, 1881,
headed Jones ;. Hamilton and Or
gan" Thinks the conversation was
ON April -. Is certain it was before
April ~. RccollcctS that Hamilton
was excited from his appearance,
though he said nothing to indicate IT,.
The object of witness was to quiet the
matter. and he told Hamilton he
ttUhl utl dlblh " HoI't lu' ditiNI'
because of his business and family,
and Hamilton told witness that he
would not. bat the thing might get so
tight he would he compelled to notice
it. The sum and substance of the
conversation, which took place in Wit
ness office, was, that Hamilton would
not notice the offensive article of
April %. Hamilton insisted to witness
that Rodcricll Gambrcll did not write
the article, but that it was written 10y
his father. Rev. j. b. Gamhrcll.
Witness cOntcndcd that he did, but
Hamilton never yielded. Witness af-
tcrward saw Rev. j. Il. Gamhrell and
told him of the conversation with
Hamilton and that Hamilton would
not he IL candidate for State Senator,
and said Rev }. i. Gambrcll then told
him the attacks in the paper would
cease. Witness never had any CON
versation with Hamilton after the
Sword and Shield article of April 80
headed, "Pcople Will Talk" When
witness saw Hamilton after he was
Sh"t-tilihkIhg that he was dylng-aS
he entered defendants room he said
My Cod" or some such expression,
ana Hamilton replied "BlIiy, nave
kept my promise. lie hfcd on me Ill
my carriage. Witness was not re
tanned as counsel Tor Hamilton until
the day after the killing.
During the examination OF Col. Nj
gent the defendant arose I" II queS-
ton OF privilege and stated that he
had no objection to witness repeating
1uIlN amy conversation that had ever
taken place between them III reference
to the matter.
1erger Stewart Is ii cousin OF Ham
Ilton' 5 wife and also related to dcten-
dant. Was ut his drug store near
Capitol when the shooting took place,
and as soon as he heard Invent toward
1t. Met Hagulton between the. bridge
and roHtotticr with >. NJ. Mckee and
Albert Lea, and Hamilton gave him
pearl-handled, 4l-callbrc Colt pistol,
which II" thinks he took from his
right mp pocket. DIDN'T examine
pistol, and didn't Know whether 1T was
loaded or not. Doesn't know whether
Hamilton went hahltually armed or
not, but never saw him with pistol
like the big one i'll Court. The scab-
bard and belt shown witness i'll the
hahcaS corpus trial was the one he
took off of Hamilton the night OF the
homicide. Took the belt off Hamil-
ton after he got to witness drug store.
Doesn't think the pistol Hamilton gave
him was bloody.
JAS. VI. Mckee was sitting ut win
dow of his house on south side of
Capitol street, 200 yards east of the
bridge. Heard shots followed by two
little paUS" and then rapid firing.
Jumped up and ran to the front gal
lery and saw the flash of the last pis-
toll going northward. Witness went
toward the scene of conflict and saw
TI,niIton'. cor,.;otrn StouJiuU in chad