Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-04-21

now simply q question OF proving VINO
the murderer is.
Today's Hearing.
The court, on taking his position on
the bench. announced that the young
men under twenty years OF age wouiu
be excluded from the court room. In
reply to a question from one OF the
jurors the court announced that the
order did not apply to young ladies
under that age. There were only Two
present, however, who could lay cisim
to etill being In their teens, anu they
were Witnesses. The hearing wac be-
fore large crowd and took place IN
the Federal court room, where the
accommodations were better than on
yesterday.
The first witness was Mrs. Hamilton,
who was recalled. The story she told
on the, stand late yesterday afternoon
was practically the same as tho one
related to the NEWS earlier In the day.
This morning the taking OF testimony
was begun and carried on Tor time IN
the following manner, the questions
being propounded by Ray Van Colt,
ASSISTANT county attorney, and the
answers given by Mrs. Hamilton.
"Did you have any pistol lof your
own?D
mo, sir"
"wneie did you keep Mr.. Han!!.
toms pistvi2"
sin a bureau drawer. 1t was there
only half a day."
"Mr. Hamilton WAS down to see
you In the afternoon OF Monday, was
he noI?"
"He was, between three and four
O'CLOCK"
"His request was to have you meet
him ut the Mccormick block Oh Tues
day, was 1t noi?"
"Yee, cir. That was tho only thing
we talked about.'
"You said yesterday that you gave
Mr.. Hamilton his pistol On Thursdsy
u week ago, You are sure Of thelp'
~ nm."
slow came the pistol to be at yeur
motheI's?"
81 took 1t there"
nYou went to Mrs. Hamilton's, you
husbands mother's, with his keys
aid you noI2"
81 did,"
"Ffom whom did you get the
keys?'
"From Mr. Hamilton"
"For what purpose?"
$40 Ret some clean clothing"
"You took Mr.. Hsmiiton's pistol al
that time, was 1t with his permission?'
"No, sir.
"Then why did you take il?"
"Because he had frequently threat
ened my life."
"Whep?p
s"rhe last time was the Friday be
fore the Saturday seven weeks az
4 IA 20. rafNtb
"Did you Know that the pistol wa
l0sded?"
"Iuidn't. kept 1t at mothers until
Thursday q week ago. l returned
to my husband because requested to d
80, having come to the conclusion tina
there was more than one pistol ii
town."
"what do you mean by thal?"
"ThRt II he wanted to kill me b
could easily get another revolver an
DO II with that"
"When did you leave your sisters
come up town on Monday?"
"Belween hnli-past s anu . O'Clock.
"Where did you go?"
"To Keliy's bookbindery."
"Anywnere eise?"
mo. sir"
"Nor at any other time OF the day ?
"No, sir.'
"Are you surt?"
eyes, sir"
The witness then stated to the coui
that she had never owned a pistol du
ing her married life anu TO Juror Ba
that abe DIDN'T know whether Nj
Hamilton's pistol was loaded.
srARTLIsG CONTRADICTION.
Then came starting contradictio
OF the testimony OF Mrs. Hamilton b
VIM. p. Fowler salesman in the en-
ploy Ui Browning Bros, the gul
deaiers. He testified that he saw MIR
Hamilton In Brow ning'sIstUre on Mo
day afternoon last between 2Rud
O'Clock. He was guile sure IT was he
He sold her some cartridges for
cAliber pistol, ELK or Twelve In numbe
ne uidu't remember which. The
were Smith aud Weeson sntef fir
After the shooting he gave y oBrtrldl
from the same box 10 ON ser Rhode
ana on this cartridge beng produce
In court, witue3s declared 1t was Il
came kind he sOId the woman. The
ne extracted some OF the smells fro
MIR. Hsmiiton's revolver ana CAV
them a critical examination sRyiI
that they were also exactly the san
"
quite positive was Mrs. Hamilton. 81
remained in the store not to exec,
three minutes. Al fret she Cidu
know what bind OF cartridges 81
wanted--iin or center Ireland
had to n " her. .he di1eTenc- betWe,
the two KINGS. All she wac certa
about was that she wanted a 80 cai.b
cartridge.
ANOTHER sALE;MAN ooRRoB1RATE
y. Erickson, aisslesmRn at Gu
niDgt0u 4 Company, hardware me
chantr, gave testimony strongly Ct
rohoratlve of that OF the provlo
witness. He said thata woman cal
into the store where he was employ
on Monday afernoon anu asked
some pistoi smells. She was told Il
'hsy were rot Kept there anu v
directed to Browning Bros. He v
uot certain thRI he could identify