The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-22

Witness said she took the pistol from
the sideboard drawer, where her hus-
band placed it. She didn't know
whether it was loaded or not
Now" said Van Colt, why did you,
knowing that your husband had made
these threats against you, return the
pistol2'
well. l thought there were more pis-
tolls"
What do you mean by that?"
Il mean that if he wanted to get a
pistol and kill me he could easily OBJ
tain another
Were you home all day Monday"
''All day with the exception of a little
while in the morning"
Where were you at that time?"
AT Kelly's bindery."
who was at the house while you
were up town."
My sister. Mrs. Seldom
What time did you return?"
About o.
Juror Aldrich then took hand in the
examination. He asked the witness if
she knew the calibre of the pistol, to
which she returned a negative reply.
Juror Ball asked her when she re-
turned the pistol 10 Hamilton if it was
loaded or not, to which she answered
no.
Justice Sommers concluded by ask
ing if she ever owned a pistol in her
welded life, and again she replied no.
SHE BOUGHT THE CARTRIDGES.
The next witness, William P. Fowler
of Browning Bros, shed some light on
the matter. After stating his business,
Fowler replied that he had seen Mrs.
Hamilton on the stand and believed he
recognized her as the woman who came
to the store on Monday last between
the hours of 2 and 4, he could not give
the exact time, and asked for some 80
cartridges.
Did you have any conversation. with
herr"
Yes, 1 sold her some cartridges. 1
sold her u. They were the regulation
Smith & Wesson, center fire. She did
not know what kind she wanted at
first and I had to explain the difference
between rim and center fire. l de-
scribed the kind of pistol which they
were used in and told her how she could
tell"
At this point the witness identified a
shell taken from the gun as being like
the ones sold.
In reply to another question he said
he had taken no cartridges from that
box since, save one which he gave to
an officer.
1t was at this point that Edward Nc
Gurrin intimated that ne was tired of
the facts being distorted as they were.
There was evidently an Interior pur-
pose in all this.
The coroner cut him off short by say
ing that he was not charging any one
with crime, but was merely striving to
get at all the facts connected with. the
shooting. He was admitting testimony
which would not come under the strict
rule of evidence, but this was an in
QUESTION, not a trial.
WAS AT CUNNINGTON'S.
Charles ]. Erickson was next called
and said that on Monday a lady
strongly resembling this woman called
at Cunnington's, where he is employed,
and asked for some pistol Shells" He
explained to her that they did not keep (
them and directed her to go to Brown
ng Bros, and at the same time told |,
her where the store was. The woman |
assembled Mrs. Hamilton very much, /
he thought she was attired /
than when she was in court. |
JESSE w. FOX, JR.
The next witness called was Jesse
". Fox, who at the time of the shoot
ng was in the rear of Goss' store, next
IGOR to the Seldom home He and
Joseph William Taylor were together.
The first shot sounded rather muffled
md there was an intermission between
t and the ones following. At the first
shot he made no remark, but when
he others came he told TAYLOR that
meant business" and he came out 20
he scene He saw man there and
lsked him if he had seen any one run
ling away, but the party answered no,
lie had not. He entered the house and
Jaw Mrs. Seldom and asked her if she
Knew who did the shooting and she
eplied in the negative. 1 said: Is
[ possible for man TO be killed right !
n your front yard and you know moth
ng of it?" She
SIGHED AND SAID NOTHING.
"Seddon came in and 1 asked him
where Hamilton's wife was and he told
ne she was right inside. l said she
must have shot him or he suicided. He
aid I don't know - The remainder
# Dir. Fox's testimony was descriptive
f the surroundings; how the body lay,
tc.
SERGEANT BURBIDGE.
Sergeant Burbidge. of the police
orce, described the position of the
,ody when he arrived. 1t was lying
ace downward. The coat was tightly
up. His hat lay by the front
oor. Witness went into the house and
poke to Seldom and wife.
Juror Ball-Were they excited?
NO" was the reply.
Did they appear to know all about
Yes. they seemed to know all about
did they manifest any sorrow"
"Oh Seldom said he was sorry it
there"
Continuing, witness declared that
eddon's wife came out and looked at
he body while it was lying there.
NELLIE ALEXANDER
Nellie Alexander told story of how {
he heard the first shot and raised her {
,indow on the alley west of the Sed- ]
on house, and then heard the second
hot She then ran out to the front
he saw no one run away and saw no
re come out of the house ere the
rowd gathered.
MANA WITBECK.
-ho lives in the second fiat, was dress s
lg her hair before going to bed when {
ne heard, through the open window I
lie report of a pistol and heard some {
re exclaim "Oh" in a pitiful tone. {
here was an interval between the first I
nd the other shots, the latter being /
red very quickly. She was not able
tell whether the voice she heard was I
mans or a Woman's.
Fred Buschweiler a neighbor, was c
erman and Gus Kroeger was sworn t