Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-09-19
FAIR EVA IN COURT.
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'-,s.e..so. slrs. Bobsr. Ray Hamilton
-,....5 lo- strocio1s assault upon her
.s,,,snar.s. Mary Doanslly, and to get a
-. of the nox famous principal IN
seI- Mrs Hsmitoa SAL beside her
- c,,.s.n Perry, aad looked pale
~, v,, and her fac. showed evidence Of
,bsst,,ia Of her close eondn'men1 MF'
Robert Ray Hamilton ddnot lock '0"S'oS
his wife ,;ot,,v
The work of selec.ings i1ry wAs 4uleA,y
5;srossd Of Mrs. Hamilton fequehtly
.obbed aloud during TIE selection OF tns
iurv. a1d gave every evidence OF hope. ess
de.oondency ID, Crosby, tha hsst Wit
ness calsi. described the nature 81 the
wound and added thl, Mrs DonneIy was
nov entirely ont OF danger
TIE NUEsE OF TIE STAND.
Mary Ann Dounslly, the nurie, vss
,sxt called. Sae tes.ifsd ths, or tee
norni.g Of the assault she responded loI
Nrs Hamilton's call 20 lock her trunS.
l- con relchirg the door Of the room, ~
s5e saw that Mr. and Irs. Hanilton hsd
been auarreliiug, and that Mr. Hamilton 5
ebirt hai bsen torn .of. At Ar. Hanl--
sons rfousst she went 10 s-arcl OF a
,oliesmsn. bn. co1ld not fad one Sae
-a.n-oed to the lO1m, when Mrs. HAmh-
ton ssizsd her By tie throat and called her
a vile name. Toe witness grappled with
Mira Him.l.on end demanded that she
,vithdrsw the epthet. Mrs Hamilton
then threw a b3tde az her. Mr.. aud
Mrs Haml,ol then gTsppie5, and the
witness stood 10 ;hs door which was half
ona, when SRA Hauil.o1 sprang toward
her and suddenly dove the knifs into her
side. The knife was here shown 10 tie
witness aud Identified
Continuing che witness sail: Mrs. Ham
rtor a. OF "a euiI- some disposition but
had nsys. hld any serious quarrel with
her previous BE- ihs s.abbi1g.
EvAyGulSE sOBBED
N,,Aies o.. importance was developed in
4 ibe examination %. l1s nurse b. Capt
Perry. sad az ti.s conclusion the Court ad-
.,,---l r1rl 0circs. Mrs. Hamilton
was lsf from tls C5ur; room so6bing Bit
terly while 5sr hu-baad, Mrs. Rapp a1d
the lurss YEA. 0lt together.
TIE Court rsc0nvened ai o'clock and
cross questioning cf Nurse Donelly was
resumed. Witress admitted that she was
ordered out OF the room by Mrs. Hamilton,
aod after having thrown Mrs. Hamilton
on the BED, she did 70 away, bat almost
Immediately rstured to the room, and the
alteration b,gln sgiin. The questioning
OF counsel fr the defense was evidently TO
establish assault on Mrs. Hamilton by ths
nurse previous 10 the cutting The wit
uess admitted to having taken two drinks
of brandy that day before the stabbing
Mrs D1nuelly wss asked II she taken the
diamonds Of Mrs. Hamilton, and indig-
naatly denied is. She had 10 knowledge
0f them.
THE FIGHT on THE BED.
Further examination related to the hold
ing of Mrs. Hamilton on the bed, and The
latter's white wrapper which she had on
when the cutting took place WAS shown
shs Vitness. and she denied that she had
torn il when she had hold Of Mrs. Hamil
ton. although the garment was badly torn
In her description OF the iracas, whlcl
led M to the cutting, she said, Mrs
Hamilton caught me by the hair; turned
around and threw her on the bed, and Mr
Hamilton requested me not TO strike her
shich did not de- Mr Hami.tOn wa
standing in the door Of his room. She ther
assaulted ne with q whisky bottle, and
but for the timely interference OF Mr.
Hamilton she would hsve broken it over
my head. Mrs. Ruppe entered ct this
iunciure, and called to her to save the
baby which was on the floor. l noticed
that Mr HsmiltOn's coat was torn down
the back They we're clinched, and WAS
s,anding near by. She swayed toward
sne. and struck rue with the knife, cutting
me in the abdomen and allowing the in-
testines to come through. called 70 Mr.
Hamilton, Look, she hiss cue me-. ~
Mrs Donnally vas then allowed to re-
tire. Tue State then rested its case.
HA,uLroN's TALE OF WOE
Then Robert Ray Hamilton was called
and took shs oath. He did not look at
bis wife. bat during the FIRST half Of his
examination, referred to her rs the defend
ant he started in at once 70 answer tue
questions Of Capt. Perry. as TO the begin
ninp Of the trouble between the nurse and
his wife. which began in New York some
months ago. Ga the morning the afray Oc-
Cured. the nurse had been drink
inc and used abusive language
10 the defendant. Mgs. DOnnelly came
into the rooms about 6 o'clock that morn
ing. Witness was sitting on the bsd with
A sheet wrapped around him as Mrs. Ham
ilton had torn ais Underclothlug during
the domestic quarrel. Mrs. Hamilton
struck him with a plrasol and broke 1t
over his shoulder. There had been
trouble about his purchasing tickets for
New York the previous evening, Mrs.
Hamilton not wanting to 70. Ia the
morning this was reversed. witness
wanted u stay in Atlantic City.
THE QUARREL RESUMED.
It was then that bis night shirt ws'
torn ard also the coat which Sa5 lying on
the rack, the defendant ripping 1t during
her ft OF anger. Later the nurse came lnt0
the room with two letters, giving witness
one and retaining the other. This she re-
.l.sd 10 give uo and the defendant told
bar she was discharged. Mrs. Donnelly
said she would no. 90, aud witness told
her she must Witness said there had
been considerable argument between the
defendant and himself that morning rela-
tive TO a separation and az snnual allow
ancs for her. Witness said he had agreed
to give her s.. 600 a year, bu. she wanted
more Mr Hamilton related the manner
IN which the quarSels started between
Nurse Donuelly and the defendant. He
sion four or five years
When the row first began, he tried TO
put the nurse out Of the room and was as
sisted by Mrs. Ruppe. who entered in the
meantime and who took the baby, which
had been sitting on the door, 10 place Of
safety.
MRS. DONNELLY on A TEAR
Witness Succeeded in getting the nurse
out Of the room, but she rushed back, ex-
claiming "Lst u,e 90 her and calling the
defendant fJnl names They cliuched.
both women having thcir fingers in each
others mouth. The nurse struck Mrs.
Hamilton with her lis, a1d forced her
back on the bsd where the knife was "
ing, having bean placed there while the
trunks were being packed. 10 was then
that the cutting was dO1e Witness said
ne had tlsd TO lock the door in the frs,
place 20 keep the nurse. who sppaa-ed in