The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-22

anu AZ an probdbllIUy Viii run over IN
I'll tomorrow. so that the case will
noon.
The cross-eXamination of Mrs Ham
iIlon was concluded shortly after p.
m yesterday. Some discrepancies were
SHOWN, but on the whole she stood the
ordeal we'll The prosecution then eN-
ahmed number OF witnesses in re-
huttal, Which closed the testimony.
MRS. HAMILTON CROSS EXANf-
MED.
Mrs. Hamilton's cross-examination
was resumed yesterday morning by Mr.
Van Colt
During the early part of 1897. was
your husband home all the timer"
asked counsel
YES
Was he home all of 1882"
YES"
If the pistol was in your hand when
the fatal shot was fred, was it dur
ing the scuffie?"
L can't say.
If you did kin your husband, 1 say
II you did, it was done during the
scuff1e?"
Yes. but 1 didn't"
II you did kin him it was to protect
your own nfe?"
Yes"
Anything he may have said Sr done
before that night had no bearing on
the shooung?"
No, none"
you said that on March you told
your husband you would be true to him
if ne forgave your"
Yes"
you said the same thing when YOU
were married2"
Yes
When you threatened suicide, did
your husband discourage you from it?''
Yes"
Did you threaten to commit suicide
on the fatal night?"
on March 4 did you threaten sui
on IN March did you threaten sui
cide?"
John prevented you from doing it?''
yes"
BY acts or words?"
Both; he talked TO me and took the
gun from me-"
John SAN you on March at your
mother So"
Yes"
Did he talk to you or you to him
about suicide then?'
Between March and April 10 did
he discourage you regarding suicide?"
Yes; he told me it would be foolish
and would only make matters worse"
Then all of a sudden. on the lawn
on the night of April 10 he tried to kin
Yor?"
Yes. sir"
When was it. on the Monday. April
-, you made up your mind you would
end the trouble?"
After I came from KelIy's."
Then why didn't YOU end the trouble
on Monday morning, after you got the
cartridges"
I wanted to see my mother first"
Did you 90 to your mothers that
day?"
No"
Did anything happen during the day
to make You feel worse 9lan you did
in the morning."
You took the gun along about even
ing and went TO the back yard con-
templaung suicide?"
Yes"
Had you seen your mother in the
meantime?"
NO
Had you made up your mind after
your sister brought you in from the
yard not TO end your trouble?"
Not altogether John coming in the
afternoon made me feel better"
You lost consciousness after you sat
down on the steps on the lawn just be-
fore the shooting
Yes"
DO you know if you had the gun in
your hand when the first shot was
fred?"
I do not"
Did you have il in your hand when
the last shot was ftred?"
Il don't know
What was the first thing you we're
conscious Of after you sat down on the
John taking hold of me and push
@where did you go 10 when he pushed
you2"
Down the lawn"
How far DOWN."
I can't say"
And he walked towards you?"
'Yes."
Did he strike at you?"
ne raised the gun and pointed It
was that the first you saw of the
gun after you came out Of the house?'
Yes
you remember previously to that
you had received a blow on the lip?"
Yes. with the gun"
Did you see the gum"
NO. but 1 could tell ny the feel
of IL The blow sent me back towards
the alley fence.
Were you conscious then?"
eyes"
Had there been any shooting up to
that tine?"
No
WHATS the next thing you remem-
her after being knocked towards the
fence"
"Be fred the first shot"
How close were you together when
"A few steps apart"
@Then you took hold Of him."
Yes"
Were You conscious then2"
Il don't remember anything after
took hold of him until | reached the
steps and Seldom was there and asked
me if I had shot John"
you remember nothing being said in
the intervals"
NO
John might have said oh Lou, if
that is all the love yon have Tor me,
shoot away without your hearing it?i
az didn't hear him say il"
You don't remember anything that
occurred in the interval after the sec
ond shot and the time you went back
to the house?"
L remember MT Hamilton falling"
Were you entirely unconscious after
III Oh n