Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-07

| the NM talking Al Hamilton was
| among them. Their, were four or five il
the crowd. heard Hamilton SAY. III
get a chance | will punch the 49, Yankt
--. From Tn" conversation iudgco
Hamilton had trouble in town before hs
came m there. ! saw Hamilton plainly
| did not recognize amy Of the other.
| They walked slowly. | would not say
that they We're or We're not intoxicated
Andrew Evans said: II live on tn. 9TH
er side Of the pulp mill. When / went
| home that night 1T 10 o'clock Il man VI,
| drunk in my Shed. While | was walking
| down the track the next morning | found
| an accordion. The man who WAS III my
Shed was not Al Hamilton. lie was
about q years Old. short ana thick
found thr accordion lro rods. perhaps.
from wher" Hamilton WA found Mr..
ANA Mrs. Jerv Mcdonald VINO livp in
fellows had lid this drunken man away
iii my he'd. The man vas luid away on
4 robe that bcIonE- To our stable. The
robe wa Tx, il from Il carriage hired 1t
! the Cony stable"
ut III" conclusion Of Evans testimony
the members pf the jury learned thar
there wAs 4 good zeal more III the air
| than hld been brought nut AT noon the
inquest adjourned un;il ! o'clock. this
| afternoon.
pr. Andrews. Who has h,li tn. opinion
| that something else besides Il blow from
| IN" train was instrumental III causing the
| death, stated. nj tho close ~ TIM inquest
that the post -mortcm examination had
slightly changed his opinion ~ when ii
WAS possible 70 got inside Nj lhc head
ana Sc the true condition Of affairs he
realized thr force III thc blow that had
been struck To produce ~uch an injury
That there II 4 great deal more To the
matter than ms set como out II evident
! from the statements that have been made
by different parties concerned. 1t il stat
"a IN good authority that some III the
parties vino We're seen with Hamilton had
z GruiG" against the man Hamilton be
fore his death hId expressed the belief
that some one had it in for him, ~ he
expressed il. ana parties An" said to have
made threats I" set square with Ilmil-
ton for real ur flnried wrongs.
The police III thr other hand state that
one 0f the parties who hid made the
strongest threats against Hamilton was
not in town. thai night.
Everett L. Merrill was the first Wit
ness called in thr afternoon. From him
it was hoped to learn how the accor-
deon came into the field where it was
found. Yesterday. He said: The last
time | saw my accordion was Wcdncs-
day evening. | was then sitting i'll the
doorway. playing. | don't know what
became Of it. started home. remrm-
IA. 4
something to drink The next thing |
knew was when | woke UP in bed with
my boots on"
William a. Nelson said he saw Ham
ilton July ;. He did not see him July
t. Nelson was called on the under
standing that he had seen Hamilton
the night before Hamilton's body Mas
found.
, a. +. Carr, one If the men in the
boom crew. testified to finding the
body. The remains We're beside the
track with the head fac" down. about
il foot from the rails. but between the
slcepnrs. II picked him up" he said
and asked. what are you doing here
Come on. Let's get up To the camp |
then found hc was dying. Before that
| thought he was asleep. | went down
to Mars ana told him | must have
help. | turned the body over ana pull
"a it away from the track. When | was
at the end Of the bridge | had to get
away from the track t. avoid tn.
train. His hat was beside him. i
short distance away. The feet wcrH
pointed toward the camp. He gruntci
when | moved him. The train passed
me half an hour before | saw Haml-
tons body.
Charles Thomas. a river driver i'll
Hamlton's crew. told how ho had trac-
ed liamilton's foot prints M TO the
spot where tn" body was found by a
regularity Of the foot steps In exam
lining the pile Of iron binders h no
ticed that one binder was gone from
The pile. 1t had never been put back
All his efforts to find the missing piece
| Of iron were useless. There was a
smaller track near the pile from which
the missing iron was taken. He was
not sure Of Hamilton's tracks. The
| man had peculiar twist of the right
| foot that showed in the foot prints.
| Thomas stated later that the foot
print was identical With that made by
| City Marshal Ercrns shoe.
| At O'Clock the inquest adjourned to
give time for looking mp more evidence.
Attorney Lee. who was conducting the
: examination in an able manner. said
| that he did not believe the county at
| tnrECy would be satisfied to let the
! ease rest where ii is now as nothing
| had been Introduced to show that the
man was killed by being struck by a
| train. Neither was there evidence 10
show that the man had met his death
by being struck by some person or per
sons unknown.
In consideration Of these facts. Cor
oner Bean adjourned the hearing to 9
o'clock Thursday morning. In the
meantime the officers Will summon the
engineer ana fireman. Of train No. 129,
that which passed up short time be
fore the body vas found. Other evil
dence will be looked up, that a better
idea may be gained Of the manner in
which Hamilton met his death.