The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-20
PAvEY HAD THE FUN.

He became angry and declared that
she had paYned 1t and asked her TO
give him the ticket. She declared that
she hadn't pdwned it, and he retorted,
C d. your soul, you never Will live
TO raise money CT any ring of mine.
Go to that man Pavey. He has had
the fun; make him pay for it, All
this time he was holding the pistol in
his hand, and as he concluded telling
her to go TO Favey he gave her
SHOVE down the steps onto the lawn.
She tfipped on the wrapper she vas
wearing. he swung around the hand in
Which he held the pistol and the
weapon hit her ON the mouth and the
first shot was fired while the pistol
was IN the hand of Hamilton. They
grabbed each other, she holding on to
both his arms. In the scufIle
the other four or Eve chambers of the
revolver We're discharged, but neither
Mrs. Hamilton or anyone else knows
in whose hand the pistol was when the
fatal shot was fired. John II. Hamil-
ton, declared counsel. met his death as
the result Of an accident while the de-
PENDANT was acting in self defense
Counsel expected to prove that the
testimony Of Mr.. and Mrs. Seldom was
the rankest kind of perjury, resorted to
when they failed to extort a confession
from the defendant
THE SOCIETY PARASITE.
ut is the old story" said Mr.. Nc
Gurrin, ''of the society parasite who
preyS on the virtue of woman and then
leaves her TO bear all the shame and
seorn while he goes unWhiDped. This
defendant, through Mr.. PaVey, has
been robbed of her home, her husband,
her mother, her sisters and her friends
and now they want to take her life
We ask you, gentlemen of the jury, to
do justice and acquE her.
e II. Smith was the first witness
called for the defense. In reply to Mr.
Fred 7. McGurrin he said he remem-
hered the night Hamilton was shot
Witness lived in Sears terrace adioin-
ing the Seldom residence. Heard the
shots; first one. then he opened his win
dow and after a pause came three
more reports. Witness heard no such
remark as "Oh Lou, if that is all the
love you have for me shoot away"
he went down to where the sound Of
the shots came from and saw the body
laying there and man stopping down
holding watch over it.
Cross examined by Van Colt, witness
said he saw the flashes of the three
shots, looking from the window of his
room. but didn't see any one in the
yard.
MISS -NicilS <A1SSAStDQGIf GSGQ 10 re
sided in the Sears terrace Just west of
the Seldom residence Heard six pis-
toll shots. She was in the dining room
of her home when she heard the first
two reports; went to the front door
and in that time heard four more shots
Did you see any person standing in
the alley between your house and Sed-
don's?' asked counsel.
Yes"
Did you go out of your house?'
Yes, I went to Seddon's lot and saw
man holding a lighted match over the
body of Hamilton. I heard no groans
ana at no time heard any one say, oh
Lou, if that's all the love you have for
me, shoot away"
Frederick Bollschweiler. a German
unable to speak English, testified
through an Interpreter that he resided
so feet from the Seldom residence.
Heard two pistol shots on the night of
April 10, 1897. Heard the first one as
he was walking out of the door of his
house and heard the second one when
three or four steps from the end of the
fence around Seddons lot Looked into
the Seldom yard, but it was dark; did
not see any person on the doorstep
or coming out of or going into Sed-
don'S house. Witness stood on the out
side of the fence, leaned over the fence
and held a match oyer Hamilton's body
Heard no conversation, cries or groans
Adjourned until 10 o'clock this morn
ing