The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-15
TELEPHoNED TO CHARLEY

F. r. Poll in reply to Mr.. Van Cott
testified that three or four weeks be-
fore the killing Mrs. Hamilton came to
his Office at the place of business of
the Tenth Ward Lumber association,
and asked permission to use the tele-
phone She was given leave and called
up some one, asking if that was Char
ley She then said this is Lou and that
he or some one is coming down to see
you this afternoon and be sure you
answer mo" to everything he asks you
When leaving she explained TO witness
that the party she had spoken to had
got some girl into trouble and that
she had to get her out of it some way
No cross-e1amination.
w +. Poll. son of the previous wit
ness, told exactly the same story as
his father.
No croSs-examination.
A H Kelly testified that on the day
Hamilton was killed he saw Mrs. Ham
ilton at about 8 o'clock in the morn
ing and talked with her. She came to
witness place in the book bindery.
Witness told her that somebody had
told him that it was too bad that she
was leading such a Maynard life and
witness advised her to get a divorce
quietly if such was the case. Mrs. Ham
ilton replied that if her husband did
not quit bIackening her character she
would kill him if she hanged for it the
next minute.
Miss Mary Hamilton, recalled. said
/ that o. March 5 or Mrs Hamilton
stated that if John didn't have her
! back she would find some one who
would take her
| SHE BOUGHT CARTRIDGES.
! w. p. Fowler, salesman at Browning
! Bros. testified that Mrs. Hamilton
/ came to the store on April IS, the day
/ of the killing, about or 4 o'clock in
! the afternoon. She asked for some 50
| caNbre cartridges. She didn't know
whether she wanted center fire or rim
! fire cartridges. She bought eight of the
center fire ones after witness had eX-
| planned to her the difference between
! the two kinds Witness was shown
! the revolver found near Hamilton S
! dead body and said that it was S2-
| caIibre center fire, just like the one that
/ Mrs Hamilton had told him she want
! ed the cartridges for. 1t had six cham
! bers and was put in evidence.
PHOTOGRAPHS AND PLATS-
! Ralph Savage. photographer, identi-
! fed a photograph of the Seldom house
and surroundings where the tragedy
was enacted, which was put in evil
/ dence.
County Surveyor Wilkes identified
pIsts Of the Seddon residence, 229 West
( Fyjrss Sougn street, and of the block in
which it is situated, which was also
offered in evidence. Mr.. Wilkes eX-
! plalned the msthOd he had pursued In
I making the plats, particularly With re-
| ferelncA TO the measurements, the OBJ
! jeCt being to s,how from the positl'cn Of
! the bullets Whttll were found in the
] fence tt.at the person shooting must
! have stood on or near thu steps leading
| up TO the ncuse.
THOMAS SEDDON'S STORY.
Thomas P. Seldom, said his wife and
| Mrs. Hamilton We're sisters and that he
( had known Mrs Hamilton for 10 years
He also testified that the plats of his
! house vera correct and also the PLAN OF
tlae grounds. He remembered the day
of the killing. Monday, April 49, Mrs
| HamiNton had been staying at tins
house fer q week previously. Some
days before the fatnl Monday, at this
request of Mrs. Hamilton ne went &c
I her mothers 10 get a gun which she
said she was going 70 return to hen
husband. Miss Florence Friday gave
Itln the gun and ne brought it bach
and gave it to Lou. Witness was
shown the weapon found lying by the
body of Hamilton and said it was IN;
one he had brought from Mrs. Fridays
He tod Lou when he gave it to her tc
take it ait once Ito MIR. Hamilton and
get it out of his house
DID you have any talk with Lou or
the Monday. April 1872" asked Mr.. Var
Cctt,
Yes, [ had some talk with her 81 tn: