The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-14
1IfR TRIAL CONTINUES.
-.uArrox OF WITNESSES HAS
nrEs CONCLUDED.
..4~-,s Memory Very Good. En-
-. =. to Shooting WooAhefys
- II Failed Him-Testtmony
= - HIS Condition 1t the Time.

=, r,.,a.ch TO the Post-Intellizencer.
9assxT VERNON. Nov. i2.-In the trial
q hamilton for the murder Of D. A.
g ss.-,v the only witness introduced by
$3.50 saturday afternoon was DIR. @.
s~.ss OF Anacortes, who attended
-ruyv after the shooting. and who tes-
80 * me character OF the wounds which
- his death.
q he defense called the prisoner. Al
-s,fan 70 the stand TO testify In his
sshsY HIS testimony IN substance
"a IN q years old. and for the last nine
have been gong part OF the time
sss uams Of Hamilton and part OF the
- ~ tha name Of Hawkins. Wa3 born
rnrgand and followed the sea up TO
= came 70 Puget sound IN 1893 and
-. h<sn fisherman at various places on
4. goupf since 1884 Had been In Ana
a,s.ss u,oss of the time for four or five
NJ before the trouble"
s,- n Nct racken's saloon and got into
-srns Of cards with q friend OF his by
a zane Of VAIL and others. They
tssvxd I'LL daylight the morning OF Sep
:srser I. Al intervals during the night
q drank beer. He had not displayed
..es "a mis- money, OF which he said he
- ever s. go In the morning he went
!. f,isor's saloon, VAIL with him. and
mask some whisky. but did not feel the
s4ects OF liquor them
Preceding the Murder.
During TIE morning he went to various
alons and again back 10 yMcCracken's.
.sss, he and Wahl shook dice unfit late
i he day. He had been told In the mean
:;re that some one intended to rob him.
q lie went 10 his boat and got HIS gun
and went back 10 the saloon and said ne
va going to KIN w..oever II was that was
ssinE 10 rob him. He then went 10 Me-
HalsFs barber shop. where he met a man
IS the name az Londeryille. whom he
ssktd II he u.onderville) was the man who
uas trying TO rob him. at the same simo
srnwing his gun and compelling Londer-
Wis 10 get into the barber chair. About
TITS time Marshal Becker came In and
WA, trsnspred after this time Hamilton
wys he did not remember.
Memory Fails Him.
Hamilton sxore that he hsd no rscol-
kcfion Of following the marshal or Of ever
bsss In the bank building where the
fAooing occurred Hamilton says he has
hAU remembrance OF being taken to jaii
and OF few things which transpired at
she jail. He says that when the sheriff
brought him to Mount Vernon he was
nhtn sic and vomited. After vomiting
= ays the taste Of absfnthe was in hts
n1ash. He swore that he had only tasted
IN drug tn Buenos Ayres. South Amer
ID several years before.
Un1er cross examination the prosecution
rRd 70 set him TO describe the taste Of
lhsAfhe. but he could not do so. During
~ eroN examination Hamilton showed
onddeFable nervousness and would change
- pnettton frequently. Sheriff Wells took
- stand at o'clock. but simply testified
3 Bringing Hamilton 10 the Jail at Mount
I4nqp. and .eorrohorated Hamilton .
G11emtnf OF being sick on the way.
Jns other Witnesses Of the afternoon
- MEN who had seen Hamilton drinking
tines through the night and day. and
me Of whom thought Hamilton was
Ashk During the entire day the court
sdm was denseiy crowded and the interest
tie trial IL intense. On request OF the
@snse the court adjourned at o'clock
NJ 1870 this morning
Medtcnl Experts Examined.
Ae trial was resumed Mt i0.0 O'Clock
~. DIR. Newman, OF Seattle, Was piac-