The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-26

udy lIIe jury lInpanel6Q Dy coroner Mel
son sat in the jury room at the 1norgue
and heard the testimony of the men who
were present in the West hotel billiard
room when the row that ended with the
stabbing of Leonard Day was in prog
resS.
Fred George, Charles E. Force, Ray L.
Evans, Guy S. Garfield and the other
witnesses, all of them one after the other
took the stand and told their stories of
what had transpired in the billiard ROOM
but not one Of these witnesses would ad-
NIT seeing anything but two scuff1es be-
tween Hamilton and Day, a second row
between Evans and Force, and then the
collapse of Day
The fact that Hamilton and Day en-
gagged in a quarrel was established by
the testimony of all of the men on the
stand, but the stories of the scutf1es that
followed varied.
Two stories of all the witnesses ag1 ee
in the main on the fight that was in
progress, though the stories of the Incl
dents of the trouble differ.
PROBABLY TWO WEAPONS USED.
The testimony Of DR.. Charles A. Erd-
man, the deputy coroner who conducted
the post-mortem examination. discover
ed that Day had died from a hemorrhage.
Inc wound responsible for the hemor-
rhage that caused death was gaping
cut wound an inch long, which was To-
Gated about at the junction of the inter-
costaI with the collar bone, about one
half inch back of the collar bone.
smaller cut was also found and these
cuts corresponded with the cuts in the
clothing.
The sharp instrument that inflicted
thls principal wound, took a downward
course passing through the subclaian
artery, causing the hemorrhage that
caused death.
Before closing his teetimonq, DR.. Erd
man, Informed the jury that il was his
DUTY to tell them just what he had
round, and telling of scalp wound on
the top OF head, he said that two instru-
mentS must have been used i'll tine
trouble. Either two knives were used
IN stabolng Day, or two blades of one
knife, were used
The knife picked up near Days BODY
and now in the possession of the coron-
er, only has blood on the larger blade.
but the smaller blade is broken and the
break appears of a recent date. The
Skull of the dead man was Clipped when
he was stabbed in the head, and this
may have broken the smaller blade of
the Knife, If only one knife was used
The testimony of Charles Ferries, the
attendant of the billiard room was the
same in the main. as that given by
the other witnesses, except that Ferries
was able to tell of the amount of liquor
imbibed by the men in the billiard room
He served Mr.. Force and Mr. George
with three or four drinks while they
were playing, and then after Day joined
the party, five rounds of drinks were
served Scotch highballs" and beer
were the beverages furnished.
A. M Barbe, a travelling man en-
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goods, st. Louis, was the first witness
to testify at the inquest.
LOOKED LIKE A FREE FOR ALL.
Mr. Barbe, with friend, had attended
performance at one of the thea ters
and it was after midnight before he
returned to the West. About 1:40 a, M.
he, in company with fellow travelling
man, named Bennett entered the bar
room of the hotel and as he entered
his attention was attracted to two men
who were engaging in an argument.
Barb saw the two men start to scufflle
and then the other people in the billiard
room pulled them apart. Later, about
2 a. M, he saw another scuff1e started,
a scuffie that appeared to be general,
and then he saw Day leave the crowd
and come reeling over toward the bar
Day appeared hurt and fell into his arms
He called for help as he laid the injured
man on the floor, and then opening his
clothes found him saturated with blood
Mr.. Bennett, Hamilton and another man
came to his assistance, and the four
worked over Day. All of the others hal
disappeared from the room.
Mr. Barbe believed that ten men were
in the place when the trouble started
The two scuffles, he thought, were about
five minutes apart, and to him the
scuffling appeared general. He thought
that the entire crowd was mixed in the
trouble. and the scuffling still continued
after Day pulled away from the crowd.
Assistant County Attorney Thomas
Hutchinson and R. L. Penney, attorney
for Hamilton, assisted Coroner Nelson
in the examination.
ACTED LIKE THE REST.
After Day dropped Hamilton, accord
ing to Mr. Barbe, came to the side OF
the injured man and appeared Just hke
the rest, anxious that the boy should
recover.
The rest of Mr.. Barbe's testimony told
of sending for a doctor and the arrival
of the police.
Fred IT. George. vice president and
manager. of the w. S. Mott company
was the next witness. Mr. George was
with Day. Charles Force and other mem
bers of that party playing pool WllSll
Hamilton, accompanied by three Irlelipe I ,
came into the hotel. He SAID lhat me
party was just finishing the game "a. a.
40 o'clock. when Hamilton and LAY
commenced to argue. He warned them
not to quarrel and then, he said, as TIE
argument continued, Hamilton offered
to fight Day. Day, he claimed, oecldreo
that he did not care 10 fight, as Hahlltoli
was drunk and he was sober, and that