Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-17
HAMILTON IS BOUND OVER
Boy Who Ran Down Elliot Robinson
Must Stand Trial.
YOUNG MAN TELLS OWN STORY
Relates incidents of the Accident az
Ne New Remembers Them-BOnd
Placed at $1,000 By JUdEe
Crawford.

stating that the states evidence made A
strong presumption that the speed Of the
Hamilton car was more than fifteen miles
IN hour at the time II ran over and killed
Elliot Robinson. and that the question Of
speed violation was the one which must
De decided, Judge Crawford bound Robert
Hamilton over 70 the district court, setting
his bond at 5000 after the preliminary
hearing. which lasted until o'clock Fri
day evening
The attorneys for the defense tried hard
TO introduce evidence which would prove
that Robert Hamilton was not exceeding
fifteen miles an hour. but nothing strong
enough to overcome the state Witnesses
testimony and gain acquittal was produced
yesterday afternoon.
Hamilton's story.
Robert Hamilton was the last 70 be
placed on the stand. and accounted for sew
erai things which had not been brought
out before. He said In answer to ques-
tons4 Il came ontO Twentieth street from
Binney. At the time looked At my speed
ometer and saw / was gOin ten miles an
hour. After going up the grade there the
rate increased to twelve miles an hour at
Locust street and continued at that until
the accident 1 proceeded along the right
side OF the street near the outside. When
first noticed Elliot Robinson he was five
or six feet to my left and about twenty
five feet ahead OF me. At Locust street I
had opened the crt-Out on my mufflsr.
which was sufficient to warn anyone Of my
approach. The next that 1 saw Of Elliot
he was within four or five feet Of my ma
chine and directly in front, going toward
the southwest at an angle.
Says He Was Dasea.
Il was daksd. II 1 turned to the left I
would strike him. and did not have time
to turn either way or stop the machine
set my brakes as I struck him. seemed
parAlyzed. In turning the steering wheel
my sleeve must have caught on the lever
which regulates the oil. for shot ahead
at an increased rate OF speed. II all hap
pened SO quick that didn't really know
what had happened Ny foot must have
let the clutch slip back or something;
don't know how It happened. l felt the
wheel pass over the boy. and as 1 got past
/ realized something had occurred, and
turned to see what 1 had done. / then
stopped my machine, left the engine run
ming and ran back to where the boy was
! saw that he was being cared for. so ]
ran home and told my father what had
happened.
Il would have hit the telegraph pole. a
house or anything before 1 would have
struck the boy, but didn't have time, fol
was upon him before / could turn"
When asked why It was he had told his
father that he was going twenty miles ar
hour, as was brought out In the testimony
-pf Joseph Hell in the morning, Hamilton
said: When came back to where the boy
was one man said was going sixty miIei
an hour, another said forty and forty-five
could not realize all of IT, and my mind
was not settled until the next morning
What l. said then was soon after the acct
: aent and before L could think. i told ms
I, father the. next morning that I had looked
al the speedoneter. but not until them <
Nearly All 26f Iha states Witnesses at.
tempted 70 estimate the autos speed at the
time IL Ean over Robinson. but not before
Those who were on the stand yesterday
we're: Joseph Hell, Sam ReigIeman. q
Morgan, Samuel Robinson. Julias Ranch
man, Harry RAchman. Robert Carlson
Charles Morearty. r. p. Hamilton and Rob
srt Hamilton.