The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-27
STATE MAKING
A STRONG CASE
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brother and I went home I held no
conversation with them. She went
with us and left the father and sister
there. When we got home he tainted
and we laid him on the lounge. She
sat beside him for a few minutes and
mother told her that John was all
worn out and needed a good night Of
rest. She slept on the floor on a mat
treSs with me. I did not sleep. Next
morning she told me she was as low
as she could be, but if he left her she
would take her life.
PAvEY PURSUED HER
During the day asked her what
made her do as she did and she said
she didn't know; she didn't love Pavey,
and that he had been chasing her be-
fore they were married. He had
raped on the window at her as she
went by and sent her presents. She
asked me to help her and l said
would
Did you ever hear your brother dis
cuss this matter with her in addition
to what you have told?" asked counsel
for defendant.
Yes. That day she signed the con-
fession and indicated the date, he said
to her: You got S4.75 the first time
you was with him.? She answered,
Yes Then he said, And the second
time you got nothingY She told him
No; that she was TO go around about
the first of the month and he would
give her something Then he asked
her if she didn't have every comfort
that his money would buy; whether
he dr1fr
give her, and she answered Yes. He
then asked her to write what she had
told him down, and she wanted to
know what for. He told her for the
purpose OF aiding her in getting a di-
vorce. She again asked him to take
her back, but he replied by asking her
if she would write that, and she
nodded. He told her that she hadn't
done much for him, and got the paper,
and after she had written the date she
asked him what she should write, and
he answered by saying that she had
read such things in the newspapers
often enough to know how, and she
wrote it,
At this point the noon whistle blew
and the court concluded a recess
would be a good thing. and one was
accordingly taken.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
When court re-convened the cross
examination was resumed and Mr. Nc
Gurrin began reiteration of the $4.75
matter, to which witness made replies
identical with those given above. After
half an hour or so of questioning. in
which no new thing was brought to
the surface, counsel asked her concern
ing the articles Hamilton had at Sed-
don's. The reply was gun. ring
and a scarf pin, the latter being priced
az a gift.
What ring was it?"
at was their engagement ring. He
told her she could keep their wedding
ring."
Don't you know, and isn't it a fact,
that from the time they were married
their married life was an unhappy
one?"
No"
Didn't they quarrel?"
No"
DO you recall one night when you
were up there playing cards they had
a little unpleasantness?
why, 1 believe something was said
about their cheating"
What was said ?''
Il don't remember. i know he ac-
cused her of cheating; said she could
not play without cheating"
II will ask you if ne didn't say You
Cd d-n little wench, you cannot
play without cheating?
No; it was not said at ALL
Continuing, witness said her brother
had gruff way of expressing himself,
but he never used those words.
Has your brother, previous to
March 8, been in the habit of discuss
ing his domestic relations with you?'
To this witness made answer that
they had discussed his family affairs at
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stood their home life was a happy one.
Have YOU ever had a conversation
with your brother concerning Payey?"
No more than that 1 understood he
was the man who was with her. He
told me Lou
WANTED HIM TO KILL PAVEY,
but he did not want to have any mans
blood on his hands. He told me he
went to see Pavey and took the silk
stockings with him and showed them
to him. but Pavey said he had never
seen them before"
At this point Mr.. Van Colt inter
rupted and said Elias A. Smith was
present and had been summoned as a
witness. Mr.. Smiths time was very
much needed at the bank. and his eX-
animation would be short. so he would
ask that he be given a chance to tes-
tify ere Miss Hamilton was allowed to
proceed.
MAJOR SMITH ON HANDWRITING.
Major Smith being sworn, the copy
of the letter alluded to above and the
confession were shown him and he was
asked If they were written by one and
the same person. He was about to re-
ply when counsel for the defense asked
if Il would not be better to lay the
foundation for the ability of the wit
ness TO answer as an expert, where
upon the county attorney asked what
his experience in judging writing was
Major Smith replied that he had been
banking q wears, and in his capacity
as paying teller was called upon TO dis
Germ as between writing for the protec-
ton of the bank He stated he had
been called as a witness some 90 or 100
times.
He then stated the two documents
were, in his judgment, written by the
same person.
McGurrin attem0ted a cross-exami-
nation, but the further he went into
detail the more confident the witness
became.
At the conclusion of his evidence the
county attorney asked that the letter
be introduced in evidence, but defense
objected, and after a bubble the same
was denied but will be presented again
later on, after il has been identified
MRS. HAMILTON TAINTED.
Upon resuming the cross-examina-
ton, Miss Hamilton said Mrs. Hamil-
ton tainted after Hamilton left the
house and she had signed the confess
sion Witness thought she was asleep