Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-17
Tells His Story of the Shooting
of Hamilton,
HE HAD BEEN ANNOYED
BY Frequent Knocking on His Door
and Only Tried to Scare the De-
ceased..State's Testimony,

district court, but it is not as exciting as
anticipated although all the testimony
was along lines which showed that Santl
was the man who did the shooting, be-
cause Hamilton called him a 'Dago."
Title Carr, over whom the shooting &C.
Cured, described in detail Saints actions
the night of the shooting. Continuing the
witness, Tillie Carr, said; "All of the
statements I made in the jail were not
right. l was not right in my head the
first mont l was in Jail. I cannot say
how many shots We're fired. SAINT went
into the bed room again and put on his
shoes. When he came out of the room
he had something in his right hand No
words passed between US when he came
out of the room. I was not outside of the
cabin at any time during the evening. I
was frightened when the shot was fred
The witness being so prompt with an
swers the court asked her to be more
cautious. She had talked once with Santi
since she was p ut in, Jail. On cross-ex-
animation the witness said her mind was
now clear as to what happened the night
Hamilton was shot. She is troubled with
heart disease.
Or. ]. F.. Spe.man was called next. He
testified as to the nature Of Hanii,tcn's
wcunds and the cause Of his death which
was acute septic meningitis. The wound
received from the bullet was a mortal
ere.
DR.. Stephens was then called to the
stand. He said that Inflammation Of the
brain was the cause of Hamilton's death
and described the autopsy. |
a map of the locality was then intro
dnced by the state and marked exhibit
"A. " B. Pinegar, county surveyor,
testified as to its accuracy.
Frank McNally, Waterman in the city
jail. was one of the first to find Hamil-
toms body. He was found about 10 feet
from Saints cabin. McNally fred two
shots in the air to draw the attention Of
officers.
Mrs. Jennie Kirby was then called. She
is a colored omar and at the time of the
shooting was in Mrs. Besman's cabin,
which is next to Saints. She said she
heard the knocking Cd the door and inn
mediately afterward heard Santi say:
IF any one comes knocking on my door
I'll shoot him. l pay the rent"
Sergeant James Leyden Of Butte des-
cribed the arrest of Santi and the ad-
mission of the defendant that he was
afraid of Hamilton.
Sol Levy. night jailer of Butte testified
that he was present at an interview held
between a reporter and SAINT in the Jail
soon after the arrest. He heard Santi tell
the reporter that he shot Hamilton right
at the door, where the trouble occurred
that the quarrel was the result of
trouble about a woman he lac cooking
for him..
Chief Mentrum of the fire department
helped pick up Hamilton and place him
in a wagon which took him to the hospi-
tai. He did not find any gun N the
man and he had examined him.
SChx. lrt har WITT accac fav. TIM CT ~
]. G. Horn, Leroy Melever, W. T. Wider,
Sheriff Daily and Unde Sheriff
Morgan. AT a late hour the state rested
It's case and the court adjourned until
this morning.
Santi was placed on the witness stand
this morning in his own defense. He
poor English n gave his testi-
through an interpreter-Felix p.
of Butte. His testimony in
was that two men We're max
ing a noise in the alley. One Of them
raped hard on his door. He opened it
and found the men standing back in the
dark. One of them called him a ''dago.''
the witness, fired a shot in the air
to scare them, as they would not come
forward n show who they were. One
OF the men shot at him from a point near
fence. He claims he shot only once
and that was in the air.
The remainder of his evidence was
lDoul nm leaving Anaconda. MS trip 10
and arrest there, and different
statements at the fails in Butte, at ma
and to the officers and others. The
case will end today.
In the estate of Hugh Whitecraft, Miss
Hendricks and l.. Davis petit
TONED for letters of administrator
was set for hearing on May 20.
Estate of Charles N. Everson, the petit
ion of Anna NJ. Everson for letters OF
was set for q hearing
IN May 20.
Estate of Salten Cameron, application
or letters, set for May 20.
Estate of Andrew KoontZ. final ac-
count, set for hearing on June 1.