The sun., 1891-06-21
HAMILTON'S REPUTED DEATH.
WITNESSES DIsAGREE ABOUT TIE
BODY FOUND IN SNAKE RIVER.

| Badly Deeonposed, Says DR.. Green, Who
Saw It First, Not Deeomposed. Says
Partner Sarsent-One Lee HAD Dees
broken. Says Sargent, No Trace OF 9
Fracture, says Dr. Green-Dead Bodies
PientifnI In Snake River.
John D. Sargent. without his leRRinRs and
dressed like any ordinary citizen OF New York.
snt In a big armchair In private room ri
Root & Clarke's law offlces at 90 Nassau street
yesterday, and for more than an hour an
swered tho questions fred at him BY Col @. w.
Fuller. counsel for Mrs. Eva Mann. Ex-Surro-
gate Daniel g. Rollins was appointed on June
~ referee to take tho testimony Of
OF the alleged death Of Robert Ray
Hamilton. The reference was ordered
TINT tho testimony might 10 filed for use in
fighting the suits that are to be brought to de-
teimine Mrs. Mann's right to dover from the
Robert Ray Hamilton estate. Judge Beach. In
Supreme Court. Chambers. appointed Edward
r. Vollmer guardian ad litem In the matter to
represent the children OF Schuyler Hamilton.
There were present at the hearing yesterday
Elhu Root. Samuel b Clarke. Gilbert M. speir.
Jr.. L. d. O'Connor. ex-SurroRate Rollins. and
Col. Fuller. Mrs. Eva Mann had been invited
to be present, but didn't come.
The testimony given BY Mr.. Sargent In the
surrogate's Court had boon typewritten. nnd
Mr.. Sargent read It over carefully and made
graphs Of the region In which MIR. Hamilton
lived with Mr.. sargent and OF tho Snake River.
handed round for Inspection. and then Coi.
Fuller. began his cross-examination. He
HDsnsd E. % Of arssnn nSho
" "S RoSr t Hss @ After 4 was "a
You say that the body identified by you as
Mr.. Hamilton's was not badly dscomposed. II
s R Svs srw RsHs tSs aa about 5
rssosni.ion s: was POSSIBLE. that the Upper lip
It could swell without bursting the clothes.
IN! that that the tesh M i had I'd turned purple. would hs
Did Re hs swear thatI viii YOU swear hs "
says that snd you say the
Tug no; neither nfS' can DR.. Grssn," said the wit
ness. :" stand by my statement. and have
.sssa %sn TO .sy II ..sd S D GsSn
change 40 more than You would expeot @ in :
mot destroyed W The features. somet6ins had
drawn The upper lip so that bis front teeth
,sn iife could % 's make % M mistake. & Dr. dreens %
Imagination must have been working very
You have said that Mr. Hami!ton's leg was
crooked. as the result Of an old fracture. so
much 80 that you could see the ,crookedness
xHsa whom
ne 1e,,ud walked over broken timber or uneven
:" DR.. Green says he cav no trace Of an old
fracture In the body found in the Snake River"
dd e not Of see s. the broken leg then myself i
'. DIR Green sal 3 no Inads careful examine
tion 70 learn II a crime lad been committed"
1T is strange. inen, that he did not see the
break IL he really Is DOCTOR"
ala Il rsny t a. ssns % GusstSns Nj Sargent
testimSony. Mi. Hamilton at the ranch on
body wa. found. on Sept j. The following
arrived at the ranch. They did not ask to see
taking it East. He advised that It be not re.
In"Sed until the fell o. winter. He identified
body vs. being Mr.; HsmiIton's s property. and
belief IA! .he Il name Robert Ray Hamilton In Il Was
When MI; Fuller went into details as to tho
condition OF certain OF tho dead mans features
clined to sneak more on the subject. He ahed
q few tears and 1t was some moments before
he rec2yered his composure.
give testimony. Had any one invited him. or
saa .h. "5 %tu.ss dramatically
Ito , stop the trash In the newspaper about
M Hamilton,s Ham s not being dead. He is dead, l
tion, to put stop to the ridiculous talk. 1t
MTnld Uni1 be +. my interest to find him alive if
Tho tc,a bearing was sdjoprned until to- m orrow
stenoErapher's transcript aud sign 1t.