The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-15
morning, I could not state exactly the

morning, could not state exactly the
hour"
State the conversation.
My wife when Mrs. Hamilton was
there showed NE an ARTICLE in The Her
aid referring to Lou and Pavey. Lou
said that her husband must have pun
! it i'm the paper and that he must be
done away with, and she wanted me to
4 SO and buy cartridges for her. told
her not to let amy thing of that kind
happen in my house to bring disgrace
on me and my family 1 told her to
keep eocl and that I would talk to
John. Sine said 1t was no use. that he
I talked oTlS way to me and another way
/ to her
'When you refused to get THE car
| triAdses What did she say, if anything?"
''Sne said she would get them her-
self''
was anything said about a di-
vorce?'
Eyes. she said John was going to put
the thing through ON pure adultery. but
! that he would never live to get a di-
Yorce."
"Did she say anything more about
the cartridges that day?"
Yes, later in the day she said sine
didn't get the cartridges because they
! would not sell them to a woman"
Did you know Hamilton was coming
! to your house that might, April 1872"
! Yes, at supper Lou said John was
/ coming down TO set the gun and other
of his things. I said I would talk to
| him when ne came and she told me to
! talk to him first because she could say
all she had to say ito him in ten
/ ninute5."
Did JoEln come to the house Shat
EVENING""
yes, about O'Clock ne came on
Bicycle"
was there amy talk between john
and Lou before john went into the
! house?''
NO, but spoke to John out in the
alley
What time was 1T Whine john went
! into the paTlor?';
About $50
What did you do then?'
"Sat for few minutes with my wife
and then went to bed. leaving Lou and
John in the parlor together"
Who all were in the house?'
and myself"
What room did you go to bed in?"
THE dining room"
Gould you hear Lou and John talk
ing after you went to bed?"
Yes
was their conversation pleasant"
ut seemed to be, they were laugh
iIlSs 0tHl W OlStp anu LuC llt<hL lIihS
l knew was my wife calling me and
saying there was somebody shooting.
What did you do?'
"Ran to the front door as soon as
could collect my thoughts"
What did you do at the door,"
The door was ajar and 1 opened it
and looked out"
What did you see?"
Lou Hamilton was on the board
! walk, may be a little more than half
way to the street. She had her face
towards the door. She came up to the
steps and then turned and walked back
| to where John Hamilton was laying on
the lawn"
What did she do when she got to
the body?"
she leaned down over the body and
it looked as if she was putting some
thing down beside it,"
The part of the answer "it looked as
if she was putting something down be-
side it, was stricken out and the wit
ness on request of counsel initiated the
motion of Mrs. Hamilton when she
stopped over and moved her right arm
and hand close to the ground.
"MY GOD HAVE YOU SHOT HIM?"
! What did she do then?'
"She came into the house and I said,
My God have you shot him?' She
didn't answer, but walked into the par
lor. ] then went out to where the body
lay face downwards with the head
turned to the north. not far from the
! fence.
Did you make an examination of the
body?"
Not then. further than to strike a
match and look at it. l went back into
the house to get lamp and went
back"
4while you were in the house get
ting the lamp did you see Lou?"
Eyes, she was sitting on a chair in
/ the dining room"
Did YOU say anything to herr"
/ Yes, l said My God. did you shoot
iJohn.' She answered, he struck me on
! the mouth.
Did you say anything more?"
yes. l asked her if she shot him or
IL he shot himself, and she replied that
he shot himself"
Did you have any further talk with
Mrs Hamilton that night?
mo"
"Do YOU know how many shots were
fired?"
was asleep
The witness stated that Hamilton had
visited his house several days before
the shooting Lou and he. witness and
witness VIE HaO d lditA dllQ WllAeSS
wife asked Lou if she didn't have some
thing to say about her trouble between
her and John and she said that John
wasn't to blame that it was all her
fault.
ing spells before the shooting?"
3She had two or three during the
week before but prior to that I never
knew her to be subject TO them"
"Did you testify the same at the cor
onerrs inquest and at the preliminary
hearing as you have testified here?"
OBJECTED to on the ground that coun-
sci could not impeach his own witness
and objection sustained.
CROSS EXAMINATION.
Cross examined by Judge Powers the
witness said that after Hamilton's body
was taken away he remained at his
own house all that night. He did not
know that at the time he testified be-
fore Coroner Sommer he was suspected
of completely in the crime, but admit
ted that ne was arrested the following
day and locked up in the county jail