Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-12
Testimony In the Hamlet Muir
der Trial Is Damaging to
the Defendant
MURDER WAS PREMEDlTATED
Evidence Goes to Show That the Prince
Had Made Careful Preparations to
Kill King cIaudius-His Arrange
Ments Made in Sane and Logical
Manner.
Special to Times Republican.

Iowa City, March 12-The state O
Iowa is making Very strong cas-
against Hamlet in the junior law cour
lof the University of iowa. Two O
1 Hamlet's old school friends added theil
| Testimony to that given by Mr.. Coli
yesterday. and both testified, as did Mr.
Cole, that the murder was carefully
planned. accompanied by evidences of !;
keen mind, and that Hamlet showed
great intelligence in killing the king a,
| the earliest chance he had to do sc
| ton.
1t develops that Hamlet was stu
ncnt at the University of Iowa instead
of at Wittenberg. Germany, as many
commentators have supposed. c. E
Stuart of Chadwick, Ill.,, and o. w. En-
mons, of Burlington. testified that they
knew Hamlet form boyhood, that he
was of happy disposition and took
much exercise until the ,,eath of his ia
Their, the elder Hamlet. Then he grew
morose and his mind vas filed with
whom he laid all his troubles.
Il heard Hamlet berating himself be-
cause he did not take action to avenge
his wrongs" testified c. Il. Stuart. The
actors tore themselves into a passion
for Hecuba. who was nothing to them
yet said Hamlet:
~ am pigeon -livered, and lack gall
To make oppression bitter: or ere this
should have fatted all the region kites
With this slaves offal. Bloody, bawdy
villain
Remorseless, treacherous. lecherous.
kindless villain.'
Hamlet then made up his mind to
try the king by a play:
III have these players said Hamlet,
Play something like the murder of my
father
Before mine uncle: III observe his
looks:
I'll tent him tothe quick; if he do blench.
know my course"
On cross examination, Mr.. Stuart
was asked II the stage at the mimic
play was not dark near the throne, so
that the king could not be seen distinct
~. The witness said the entire room
was well lighted.
Don't You know as a matter of fact"
asked Attorney Brown, that the stage
was lighted only by lights In frontvSnd
that the king called for lights, so that
he could see his way out of the room 2"
DO you want me to tell You why he
called for lights?" asked the witness.
We'll, King Claudius had been seeing
the picture of his crime and he was
scared So h.. conldn't see that's why he
called for lights"
Hamlet was described by all the
states witnesses as distinguished in
appearance, tall, with a COM
presence, we'll educated and
delightful companion until the time Of
mis- fathers death.
The states witnesses identified an old
sword which iirst saw serv-
Ice in the Mexican war and has since
been assigned by the government for
the use of the University Of Iowa ca
diets, as the rapier with which Hamlet
killed King Claudius.
BY the cross discrimination questions
put by the counsel for Hamlet it has
become apparent that the defense will
rely upon proving that Hamlet killed
the king in self defense quite as much
as they will rely upon the defense of in
sanity. All the states witnesses were
compelled to admit that Hamlet had no
Queen Gertrude. was killed when he
stabbed the king, that he only knew she
had called to him for help that she
vas poisoned, and that the king had |
the cup from which she drank.