The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-07-13
: BELIEVES HER
SON HONORABLE
Hsmilton's Mother Does Not
Know He Was Convict
BROTHER COMING FOR BODY
ASKS THAT IDENTITY BE KEPT
FROM THE PUBLIC.
BROTHER COMING FOR BODY


A pathetic incident was brought out
yesterday concerning the suicide OF
Edward w Hamilton at the state peni-
Tertiary early Saturday morning. The
convicts mother has never known, and
does not know today. that her son was
ever an inmate OF a penal institution.
The fact became known Saturday
evening through a telegram received az
the penitentiary by Warden Dow II
was from a brother of the dead man.
II was in response TO a message sent
him earlier in the day, informing him
of Hamilton's rash act, and asking
what disposition should be made of the
body
The brother wired that he would
come on and take charge Of the re-
mains. He made a special request OF
the warden not 10 divulge TO the press
Hamilton's right name, nor the town
in which he lived Although repeated
attempts were made yesterday at the
penitentiary TO learn the correct name
OF the man, Information was denied
everyone for fear il might find its way
into the papers. 1t is expected that
the brother of the dead man Will
reach Salt Lake city This evening. The
body will then be turned over to him.
1t now rests upon a slab in an under
taking establishment
OOuLtSS6u 70 q EI1C6l.
The fight Hamilton and Brown had
at the penitentiary some months ago
was the-eauses of the .penitentiary Of
ficials learning that Hamilton had been
convicted and incarcerated under an
assumed name At the time of the
fight Hamilton thought he was going
70 die and sent for Catholic priest.
Father KiIey responded. To him the
BADLY injured man confessed that
lHamilton was not his right name, and
fold him all about his family To
Clerk Stowe OF the penal institution
Hamilton also told what his correct
name was.
Almost Immediately after the fight
Hamilton and Clerk Stowe had some
correspondence with the convicts
brother. who lives in an Iowa city, not
Sioux CITY, as generally believed. He
is said to be a real estate man, stands
high i'm the community and has con-
siderable money. The other members
Of Hamilton's family. including his
mother are also said to be well off.
The. mother is in feeble health.
Mother Is in Ignorance.
The telegram received yesterday did
not state whether she knows that her
son is dead, although the superstition
is that the terrible news has been
,Broken to her. But il is known. from
the message received yesterday after
noon. that She is not aware of the
fact that her son occupied a felon's
cell in the Utah penitentary. 1t Is
feared that IL the truth were told her
il would prove such shock as to kill
her in her present enfeebled condition.
Hamilton was determined that the
world at large should not know his
real name, and he took the precaution
the day before ne committed suicide
to destroy the letters which he had
received from his brother Their con-
fonts were sufficient to reveal his own
identity, besides that of his mother.
brothers and sisters. The fact that
HamiltOng destroyed the letters the
day before he took his own life is q
mute testimonial to the fact that he
did not commit tho rash act on the
spur Of the moment. but had planned
& all out before he carried it into exc
cution.