The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-23

Harrison were going to testify concern
ing the death wound attracted a great
many Among them were several
physicians The probable fact that
someone would be held for examina-
tion attracted a great many, and
among them were several attorneys.
Then, too. it was limited around that
Pavey was to be brought in and placed
upon the stand, and that was a draw
ing card. But Pavey didn't show up,
and the people were disappointed.
Assistant Attorney Putnam appeared
for the state. instead of Ray Van Colt,
who was otherwise engaged. Attorney
Richards, representing the relatives of
the dead man, was present, and Nc
Gurrin & McGurrin were also on hand
at an early hour.
The acting coroner was a little late
He was engaged in some private mat
tiers until at least 80 minutes after the
hour set. When he did come. DR..
Daily was placed upon the stand and
told of the result of the autopsy, as re-
lated in yesterdays issue of this pa
per. There was no division of opinion;
the facts were the same as related in
this paper.
Asked how close the weapon was
when the shot was fired, the surgeon
gave it as his best judgment that it
could not have been more than a foot.
body, struck no bone?"
No"
Gould you state at what angle the
pistol was held?"
No. 1 could not tell at what angle
the pistol was held, but l can say the
course of the bullet showed an angle
of 80 or 50 degrees"
Now. what effect would that wound
have had? Could the man have
walked around, or fired a pistol five
times or even less, with that bullet
through his heart ?"
No. The effect of that bullet would
have been instantaneous death. He
could not have walked more than per-
haps to stagger step or two.
Did you notice his left hand?"
Yes. He was short the joints of
two fingers
Dr. Harrison corroborated the evil
dence given by DR.. Daily concerning
the autopsy and gave it as his opinion
that the effect of a wound of that kind
would be death almost instantly. He
mentioned the loss of two fingers at
the first joint, but averred that would
have had no effect on firing the
weapon.
CLARK'S TESTIMONY.
Captain Eslinger was called to the
stand and related that Witness Clark
called at the office and stated the facts
concerning seeing Seldom crouching in
the shadow, in much the same manner
as related in The Herald. with the eX
ception that Eslinger declared Clark
said that he would swear TO the fact |
unless il was a case where Seldom was |
charged with murder and then he /
would believe it was he, or words 10 |
that effect. If it wasn't a case of muir
der he would swear point blank it was !
Seldom.
Counsel for the defense noted this /
them engaged in writing stenographic I
on a tablet with evident |
WILLIAM ]. FOWLER.
Call William ]. Fowler" said At
torney Putnam and in response the
clerk at Browning Bros. came for
ward
mr.. Fowler you have seen Mrs. Ham /
ilton, who was on the witness stand
yesterday and this morning.
Yes, sir.
What did you say as to her being
the woman who called at your store
on Monday and bought some cart
ridges?"
She is the woman"
You stated in your examination
as to her identity; why have you made
his direct statement
when 1 saw Mrs. Hamilton yester-
lay she had on a veil and l did not
want to be positive. Now that 1 have
seen her with it off 1 am willing to
swear that she was the identical per-
son who came and bought the cart
-idges of me on Monday"
How was she attired when she
,alled?"
I am not positive as to that; did
lot make an examination of her cloth
ng, but | believe she had a dress on
With some red in it,
This description corresponds with
he street costume which Mrs. Hamil-
on wears.
rs it the same dress she had on
4 cannot tell; she had on dark
loak yesterday"
HAMILTON WAS AT HOME. I
David C. Calder was next called to
he stand. In response to questions
e said he was the next door neighbor
f Hamilton: that he had lived there
wo years and knew the family we'll
hey visited with one another even ,
ngS very frequently. He saw Hamil-
on on Monday evening last and Ham
ton told him at that time that he
'aS going down to the home of his
yife to get his pistol, ring and a few s
Their things which she had and which G
e wanted. :
This evidence was greeted with no T
Expression of surprise on the part of :
he friends of Mrs. Hamilton, as that !;
Ondition had been described so often r
S to become old. But Calder's next r
tatement was a surprise. He said on T
evening last he was taken
ok and went home early, taking the
ar which left the central portion of
he city at 7:48 and arriving home 7
Nv minutes before o'clock. When he
rived he found Hamilton on the side
ak in front of the house. He was
formed that he had been home for >
)me time; that he had bought a wheel
lat day and was trying it around in !.
lie immediate neighborhood. Hamil- |
m rode a block down the street to a {
ore and when he came back entered ;
lie house. He saw him no more that T
Tening, although the homes are so r
ose together he could hear him talk L
g after that. In view of the fact p
lat Mrs. Hamilton declares Hamilton l
as with her on that evening and she q
i've him his pistol, this statement cal o
Hated to disDrove it, was of import "
Ice. Calder declared it was $3.50 when o
amilton entered his home. "
A buzz went round as Calder gave II
s evidence. The crowd was noting
e testimony and this was but the W
rging of another link in the chain of D
-idence already strong. o.
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