Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-23

required Of this, or any other detendl,,
nnt to prove her Innocence. lou WI
not convict this girl simply nscause
certain witnesses were not cGlsu W
the stand. II would not pe ISL IA
would not be legitimate; you Wouiu
not want to be convicted yourselves lu
any such manner. The Witnesses WI"
testified that they had heard IH"'tu'
a piteuus and plulntiVe cry WIZ i,I,
taken. because the doctor suuu IlH
lips never emitted sound after VI,
shooting; death was instantaneous
n any cry was heard II came IRON
the woman, during that terrinle stru
Gle. II the witnesses were 70 ne pe,
iieved II would have 10 be said that
the doctor didn't know Whht ne W.
talking about. II had bcen proven th9t
fha revolver was IN the hands OF SEQ
do, aftcr the shooting. He was eX-
cited and ran out ana picked IL up.
sonpone shouted, Put u down. 30
the point about the position Of the re-
yolyer. when the officers arrived;
counted for nothing. The shots louhu
in the house. In the fence and another
IN uamiiton's body Indicated that
struggle had been going on; that poth
parties moved around and changel
positions. wien those shots wer hred'
Counsel then proceeded to discuss
the testimony Of the girl defendant
He spoke adviscdly when he called her
a girl Tor girl sIle was ~ !'"i' ~
The defendant had gone on the
stand and told simple, straighttor-
ward and truthful story. Much had
been admitted by her, which might
have been hidden.
Counsel then proceeded to give MS
opinion Of men Of the PaYey stripe.
lie said there was no language that
would enable him to express his CON
tempt for all such. They were VIE.
They left the arms Of their mothers
and were received into society with
the kiss of their mothers upon their
lips. There was no way to raach
item. a..
those who toll not neither do they
spln. / refer to those who never
marry but live OF others. refer to
those who go around seeking whom
they may devour; those VINO week
hapny homes by Turing unthinking
wives astray. / trust that II my re-
marks should reach the ears of any
such, they will understand the con-
ternpt in which hold them. Tho
man who enters the home OF another
and deiles that home, takes his life In
his hands and ought to lose 1t.
Counsel was not eNcusing the wo-
man She had not sought or tried TO
excuse herself. She was perAtent che
had grovelled in the dust; she had
confessed 20 her husband; she had
confessed to her friends; she had con-
fesed to the jury and taken all the
blame upon herself and she was now
asking forgiveness.
Counsel then reviewed the testl-
rnony OF Mrs. Hamilton relative 10 the
confession and condemned Hamilton
for the attack he Is afterwards said
to have made upon his wife. The
written confession was dictated by a
lawyer The wording proved it. Mrs
Hamilton was an uneducated girl and
could not have started out with the
legal words, ~ hereby confess Those
were the words OF lawyers. Hamilton
had been to see a lawyer and that ac'
counted for the wording Of the con
fession; II was written at the dlctatioT
of John II. Hamilton.
Counsel again attacked the tcstomony
Of the Seddons and then ridlculed th'
rebutting testimony. Mr.. Calder hac
been called to prove that John Hamil
ton had said his wife never fired
gun without emptylng 1t, and Mrs
calder testified that she had seer
Mrs. Hamilton fire one shot one Al
of July, Dan Spencer had been calle,
to tell what high position he for
merly held under the Union Paclh
and what responsible position h
now held with the oregon Short Line
He had told the jury how man,
ticket Offices the Union Pacific had 4
this city last April and when tn
ticket offices opened and CLOSED
Counsel saw no purpose In the test
mony, unless it was to advertise IN
railroads.
Judge Powers then attacked tn
theory advanced by the prosecute
that Mrs, Hamilton contemplated tn
killing Of her husband. He insiste
that the defendant had premeditute
suicide which he said was borne gu
by the testimony Of the defendan
Court hpre tnck ropegs