The Minneapolis journal., 1901-02-16
A Review of Hamilton Case testimony Pits
Them Against Each Other---A Rea-
sonable Doubt?
The Trial Is Resumed This Afternoon The
State May Have Some RebuttaI
Surprises.

influenced one way or the other by the
courts position.
The closing days of the case have wit
messed tremendous attendance
About the Spectators.
Women who had held aloof from the
trial before, unable to longer restrain
their curiosity, fairly t1ocked to the mat-
inee sessions Of the legal drama.
A most conspicuous figure for two days
past, was one of the leading ladies from
the Belle of New York company. Dis
tinguished amid the throng by front
! seat, a campaign hat and flaming red
waist this interesting person seemed to
think she was attending a theatrical per-
| formance. She continually leveled a pair
OF opera glasses at Hamilton, varying the
monotony of that proceeding only occa-
sionally by giving the glasses dramatic
sweep which enlarged her range of vision
| and gave her a general survey of the
| court room
The jury have stood the strain we'll.
Now that their most important duty is be-
fore them, all are in good condition to
pass finally on a human life whose fate
is now trembling in the balance.
Hamilton has been in better shape since
he told his story and got that load off his
mind than since the trial commenced.
With the dread uncertainty as to what
the jury is going to do preying on him, he
is maintaining his mental equipoise to the
finish with remarkable fortitude. He still
| says:
There can be but one outcome; am
| innocent and must be acquitted
That Wine Supper.
/, The famous wine supper at Barge's
has scarcely been mentioned in the trial.
| 1t had been expected that the calling or
the participants in this little prelude to
! the billiard-room tragedy, in which Day
was said to have drunk the toast: Eat,
1 drink and be merry for tomorrow you
die, would be one of the sensational in
cidents of the case.
4 Probably all Of the principals of the last
supper would have been dragged into court
had they not begged so hard to be excused.
! The three young men besides Day who
were there bear good regulations in this
community. They pleaded that their good
names were at stake.
That was why the three sat in fear and
trembling-in trepidation = in the front
row of witness seats at the trial yes-
| terday.
Only one of them was called. and after
being asked a few questions bearing on the
| number of drinks imbibed by Day no
mention being made of the party-was all
lowed to go his way.
Interest in the Hamilton case continued
unabated this afternoon The women came
crowding to the court room from all Min
neapolis an hour before the opening and
waited patiently for the doors to swing
apart. Then they secured the best seats
| up front and left the poor men who came
later to shift for themselves.
| Hamilton and his attorneys were in
| their seats in good season, considerably
IN advance OF the states attorneys
Anotner notable was a man renowned
| In the musical world-Ossip Gabrilowitsch.
Richard LIE Gallienne occupied seat be-
side him. The masters of rhyme and tone
| were striking pair as they leaned for
ward IN their seats and eagerly drank in
| the testimony.
Smith With His Skeleton.
! Al j. Smith came in just after eourt
convened, arm in arm with his skeleton
Days relatives occupied seats as usual.
| close to the prosecution. Smith promptly
| called DR.. A. Dunsmoor, with whose ex-
pert testimony he expected to refute the
! statements of DR.. Erdmann, who appeared
for the defense. He fatty contradicted
the anatomists statement that the differ
ent wounds must have been made by diff
| ferent knives or blades. The same blade,
he thought, might have inflicted all the
wounds. 1t was shown that he had never
seen the wounds on Days body.
Mr.. Nye's Demonstration.
Mr.. Nye succeeded in showing that DIR.
Dunsmoor had located the wound on the
head on the wrong side.
Wouldn't you place great deal more
reliance on one who had made a learned
and scientific investigation of the wounds
than one who had nOt?" was asked
| Yes, sir
Dr. Erdmann sat at Mr.. Nye's shoulder
and helped make things interesting for
DR.. Dunsmoor.
Ex-Detective Joe Lawrence testified
| also that DR.. Murray was in the billiard
| room for some time-about five minutes
| leaving Hamilton and Rooney alone eo-
| gether.
Ex-Police Sergeant George Revere tes-
| titled to the same effect. Charles Z.
Force, recalled. denied that he had said
to Hamilton: 'Tll fight you," and as
| serted that Barbe was drunk.
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