Show IT IS Wffi THE END omlnition of the Defendant Mrs Lou Hamilton Ham-ilton Concluded DENIES HAYING KILLED HER HUSBAND tho shoirtleva Wa Moldolltal And 1yea ulla 1 set 1 urMA Iltlo Wait II I Court Poctedivirs In the Hamilton murder rcdln tho reeolling ot today by tell I b J c n Oo mrs 1 nn to Hi ltnw slant eakjected to n save a cros Ilia As uuJeced I mil fly County Allolnty I uSerm r Van Colt which had not aockdta i 1 hn court adjourntd nt cncuJ1 Th couit room as again noon dcdT P the doors malting Ingress almost Impossible An Intensely Avid cgw tensely ad Ini sllnjr and realistic scene 83 Ceara t d between Mrs Hamilton and After y Van Coll when the A showing how she and her Jailor t lor Idjband stood Mcn tile tttal shot Jllrd Mr Hamilton was described as hav Ig his I It arm around his v Ins It and fit his right hand the le volier win h Mrs Hamlllon tried to 3 Valium him Nihon the shot that killed IHt u Ord Sir Hamlll was Ie rarkably cool and collected during the exhibition whllh lasted several mil ute lifeThe examination of Sirs Hamilton a conclud d shortly after two till ftornwn The defense will rerhaps rtt this evening and In nil probabll try I arguments will be made tonionow I AIr the reconvening of Count late 1 7 UTday aft moon Mtfl Hamilton w further examined and In reply to lo Ionera said thai on the 13th of I April lit arid her sister Airs I Sod Jon n nl to the law office or W C BHalL Mr Hall advised her to return Ih gun to Mr Hamilton John cam 4 trn ab rat 1 clock that night aM lad for two hours Hamilton asked fur the gun and hN wife Said he could hO I M I a Hamilton said she Sent E doa to bI I molhu for lh gun i and on roc Ivlng I said she locked It I I It the bureau drawer Hnmlllun cam lien gall on huBdy flight and 1 juktd Jim receipts and 1100 01 Tile led her diamond engagement un wedding rings She told him hr BIter Mass S Icon said She never hear i ut anyone having to return their TIgs and lamlon reply wall that he dldnt cam he was going to havo them nsnas He did not tel then I that night Tin next time She Saw Tier I husband was on Sunday th IOh ltout 4 30 otloek In the afternoon Ir namlon said he wanted tier to 1 1 with him to Atlorhay Hall office llbelr i talk was Pleasant He spoke of k the Title I In the Herald and sard Rome ml hid put It In and that people Vre tolplng 11hn nn the trcet and I eking Mm nboulV1 Online if In no at Aprl the day if the IragedyJIrs LiUlditon said she welt to Kelly 8 book dl Mr Kly called her to one e e nil lold Ir that he heard site I Tole I In her morals that there wan I mor 1 rk for Tier there and that ter father ought to put 1 slop to It In Hamilton said she told Kelt thn II a one nas talking that way ahuut I In OH would kill them If mile hanged tta n xt minute liners the Nellt hm and cot 1 Copy of the HcialU tontalnlng tile ntllcle She and Tier ut Ie tojk It down to the bam and I Rid It to Toni who said 11 vvoa nit n-it tie and would have to be slopped I ask d Tom to go and bus bet OJ trut and rom told hei toe to-e ii 1 ghe Was not angry i but I I k ih all u d Mr Hamilton then I ul eh lint UI town tn buy some 010 rrI IP a Sh Ot went to Curl loan and being unable to get It thr wont to 11 owning Uru Re bouvhl tight paylna ten cents ro Ihem Sh Put thom In the revolver fur he purpose 01 1llng herself arm nla IOlh1 the bureau drawer Mr 11 llloo lid she then blame Very Iad Int lo Ins down on the solo om am und asked he II title had Ul Id at th a field em and he told I I n that t cleric would flat SOL lom tu B Wonnl John came down ith e alrnon nnd wanted to know 1hy he hod not gone to I lie law els 1 1I I told him I Uas too Nick I Sold I Alas J 1a f Itoilt n ad Said It I was it rranged m 10 gll the next morning Aft Jlhul J had JI Mr Hamilton said She ell t the redtCr red after putting Hut 13 br ir dr pokt went out Into the Tar a fin 11 by her sister I Fit went ht b thi t I boiiia Iun ou o again and put the gun to Jh t f part lable 11 wna dark Sit to Land Inn h l nton If Mlllng Tier hus as 0 J me again 1 that night 1 MCI er or I 11 TiivonDY Po tat uIT ned then nkked Judge J J hl Ik 1 for quite a while I pleas n I Y lh n hr got up et BO and but 11 i hb A I handed him I the re I 1 In h had been ldl11 on tho tn lit l ll Ill > l dil1 to bo careful for It wni Eri d 11 1111n asked me for the I ring 1 ul Ile Nvent towarIm the Ilk I it l nd I nn o the bedroom all th Invi avid thoopin t I ale nl from my hI1 I 9 I ill pin lint l couldnt pet IS tjn I tit t to the hall door I Tito nh I nt the door 7lal Ithat Il t DPCII ou doil out onto tho lawn 441 vat 1 I n t le and Pat down Ode In ill t l iu t m of the Id sine ot Steps 11 Jihii nalkid I up the laW towards NigipT Of cU snake flimt t r Id Ile Ired me ti I had the I < 11 r and liandaid him the hnW tit t 11 me IrlaPro the ring Iran W il tilmTcouldnV Ilk hi It Couldnt get It then th i lirinit It to the awyerls offlcq 4 xt d v Ile refill 1 that I had 11 W It f 11 IJ thi nil aid that I I would give 1 lft JIB Ile oula Btl ° ° to 1 n p Ifo i i Lkr llvy i tMia > If YOU want money B rft did 5 i u eay U BniJ r i i Jra I tter he had alreads lrl l It I V I nh nnd mliae n so 1 t I hll I r ullnt Bct work anti n h at he Wanted to oJ till I Wbt 111 h say to that 1 Qtl Oil I d vour Pout you11 see hul 1 h n in irt with I vU Ile it A 1 111 and no I fell 110 grabboci 11 1Ii i Ji th A It gralsia t lie hand will I I t ln flI it I thr alla ill me In tit j iv t 14 be NvoulI show me 54 I P I 10 have t Still m I hI Ill that time wet M4 we-t n towards the fence 10 III It fric land I screnowe Lie Tit t III I Of bill J thoe raring I I a I I t t I r 11 run I grabbed I tile u X I t p Ill lie I n In richt t anti tn sev f 12 I bi or n o life both of r braids tld t th Ili platial We got 14 11 John fell xn Ili Ill Illm Sea jr lll toward tho a tp ond when I got there Mr Seddon was at the door I How many shots were fired 1 I limit know Uld You go Into the house Yes What took place then Seddon asked me If I hail shot John and I said no My sister wont out and como back otad told me Johnny was deal and I told her that ho struck mea me-a the mouth Did you any time that evening nk i your sister to got some i cartridges out or the a fithe drawer Ye I told her to go and get a little ackage and deslroy It Mint vas tho condition ot sour hands They were black with powder smoke and I weht Illlo the kitchen till it washed there i I Stayed In the hap until the niters came Captain dlnger took ant to the police Elation and I reIn re-In e In 1 the office in a chair 1 right Ithout sleeping 1 What was Ihe state of sour fact IngloV I cant tell When John felt who pulled the trig gor you or heil i Call t tell 111 you any thought 01 killing John that day or nt any time No I had not Can you tell the Jury what position you and he wOe In when the ball struck him Who No 1 hall the gun you or ho when the fatal shot wo theav I oHnnot tel Did yo ugo back and stoop or the hooy after he lel I did not A I lien You look the gun alit ot tile drawer was It with any thought or In nllqn of killing him 7 No none vvhalevor onicers have tentmed sou were yery cool nl the station that night Can 5 ii remember how you 1017 Nn I can not lld you any feeling 01 satisfaction at his dealli No not Did you love him 7 Y a a I Du ring ill aftertional old you SAY to any one that you would kill him N011 Did you tell John to come down that night anti did you tell lira fceddon You wanted to tell John something that would not lake tin minutes to say1 No You sisters testimony In that Toga To-ga rd WU false Yes it wa 1 itl Witness l then specially dOlh Saying hal John MoUld nnr live to get I divorce and that Tom had better talk to him llrst for he wouldnt Bet 1 i chalice to say anything to him after she get through wllh him She else clanked having made tiny of the threats testified tes-tified to by tie and fee Seodon John never made time or the xvreslon oh lou if that laaVl the love you have for mo shoot aw as Witness never said to her sister that she had Settled him John now Lever said to Seddon after reading Tit a Herald article that that man lit aning lam Iton must be put out of tile way After the Inquest did Mrs eddon call on you at the county Jail Ys about April 2l she came still aid Toni hd ont her down to see I ahl could not get me to make I con reslnn to clear Jnhn that peopli thought he had somi hlng to do wilt It and that Tom was released only be cause he told 0 lot of things about me11 Ho your sister ever spoken to you Since 1 No Did you ever leave any word foi hr that you didnt want to see her Nn Witness said she remembered hav Ing a conversation v llh Seddon and Deputy Sheriff Burt In which htddoi nnlid her to said sometlng that would eonente Sddon arid i lns declined to male any totlent Since then Hlon hn never spoken to her N fiber of them Petition or his wife hn id ever told witness that there Vale I lady Mrs Wllgli living on Second South Atha would he a good witness for hr Witness never aw Airs Wright until Mie testified In the cae this morning Here Judge rower announced that h le vviia thiough with Mrs Hamlllon oxamlnlng md Attorney Van Coll began cross tis Hamlol said She was very well acquainted with her husband before th mr lag 10 wa always truthful generous and Blolghtornrd and In every lpelt an exemplar young man Yon were married on Thalksgly InB 1 day 1S81 Aner marriage how did you find JOhl truthful generous or other wINi wlse1le was truthful good and nerd ous ner-d there was nothing base or Ignoble about him In November 1800 we had I Itt quarrel hut It was Soon over and our agent trouble began on I Klarch 3 1 18S7 then he changed great When did 1 you first tell him of your lllmaey with Pavey On March 0 That was the time ho threw You to tile floor unit pulled you by the hair ot tile head 1 Ye Up to that time even on March 3 4 and 5 Ill he treat you with conald Hlton1 I Y a You loved hIm all the time en to the time lie I as killed Yn And had no hard feelings toward him hlm7Non whatever Did he kill I YOU on lrach 61 Ye SI And on March 81 yo Did he speak unkindly to you on March 8f I 11 cnnnot remember The various times that the witness and her husband had conversations up to April IS were referred to and the prl I witness aid he had not been unkind or Inconsiderate to her at those meet Ilia When you Started to write to John on the afternoon of April 19 what were you going to say to him 7 I was going to tell him that lie ould have his l ring Were you going to write to him to COle to Seddons that night No I Did son at that lima expect him that night Non he come In when you were about Yvw to write I Did ho treat you kindly I oy 1 Did ha lay anything that offended i you No During the evening 01 April 19 when you were In the parlor did he say anything unmanly No NoWhen ho was leaving 3 ou went to the door with him and sot down on the west side of the Steps IY UP to that time had h Wld anything any-thing that hurt your feelings No NWhat did 110 I then may ca where the ring and the I Cmtinatdon Page Tuo Cottinatdr i 5 Pane One WXEABlNti j T11B ENUu I Pin were nnd wh I told 1 him I couldt rdI oul get the nr t ih i he said I had pawnedlt and tint If I I would give him the ticket h O0dtldaM It I and P that It J want d money to go too to-o t then adjourned until this morning SAYS Blin CIDN T KIMj HIM l Mrs Hamilton uas recalled 1 this mornlnl ald er eonnamlred by At torncy Von Colt MIC snld that her husband was hum all the time during dur-ing tho rurlmo part of 1S97 and also nil of 1SM She did not know whether the pistol was In her hand when the fatal shot vvai tltcd If you aia dklll jour husband I soy I you did It was during tho scunle ics sir but I man t kill him I you did kill him II was to pro tefty our own lift Ye olr Didnt you say to him on March Cth 8S yond be true to him Ye Ilr Didnt jou saj the tome thing wfeeon jou married him Ves sir Did lou threaten sulcldo on March find 3rdYes Yes sir lunlJokx pren you DIrt you threatcn suicide on the 4 0 No Did jou sir ionthoRlh1 omey I Ves sir f I John I prevented pool > How Ves sir I i ri lIp words and acts Did yon threatcn to lobe jour leon le-on the Ctl7 Ye olr Did John talk to you at your motllr on the 5th aboat the sum rIde u IUO7Yen Yen sir Pit lcrrv < cot you between the Ilk and I 101k 10nt from rnmlr coinmltllng sulclje lie made you feel hellorI Yeo Ir hn nIl of Il sudden Imo tunt Ogolnet OU whIch nra on the Uth of April Yes sir What tIme 01 the doy of Iho IDth tns tl U jou mnuc up poor mind tond the trouble After I returned from Nmileye eley light r did jou leave It tl thor tho-r wnnled to 0 eo m > otler first No nn vou e > OUr mother tht dot OSere you tooling wore In Ike nter meet o lhmy ou were In the toomnbng tvAecr eva the gun whn John com Into Ike parlor On the table I coming mod a dlernca Ye sir I V ins was comIng Adfr3n nnemno hml on the lawn aeltIm Mr ouc Hamion nokot tIme lId poe loot No anwr Did 01 knw hthr ymno IIOd the gun In year hand 1 when he last shot lInda nrI f I fort know bellmen I lid or Cal fired nOih 300 noIre tho nrt hol wan nrdf f dont Imow What wo the nrt timing that wa thinI d1oo1 1110 p OU were Iltlng on tho John puhd me hold ho have his gun out of hIs pocket nnldlnnt remember Did he tnke h11 of you No he pushed me nnd I tried to snve mvself lie tuck nt me and had the plalol In hli hind Ho struck me on the mouth with the gun U r 5 ° U conclou3 u It to tht Yes sir 1 Vhat did be do then I tartod tu PUSh 1 OBnlns tho alleyfence I When did he toke hold 1 of pool He didnt toke bold of me the push forced me against the fence What was the next jou remember after you gut to tho fence Hearing two shots What did jou do then I caught hold of him I Wore 3no conelou I dont remember any lInIng When do ion rmmer auylhlng mOntWhen When I got 10 tho Metes I mt ned dnp1aahe In told My My la Lou com Did you har John nay If that all the love you hove for nno Lou 010001 away 1 dont romembr Do yoo know who had bald of the gun anholn the last hot was tlrd ° hdnmnt Sirs Hamilton with tho aid of Mr Van Colt then showed the Jury tho position she and her husband were In aft the second shot was fired Mr Hamilton had his left nrm around his wife with the gim between them the gun Pointing towards his right side him Mr Hamilton was 1 > log her towards Continuing lbonmolscsumboalbnn Mr Vnn Colt kd the prlonor If eha had l the gun In her hand when he wnt to the lInt and the nwer woIdertrmorfnlncr Did jou have all your fcultl wkmln 500 sOt down on the chair In the dining rom a lont rcmmber Did jon coy to Mr Seddon after you hIm had now takn jour seat 1vo ted I did not say It Thn OU wero conscIous at that Ycs tIm I 1e At this point Judge Towers left the court room ocd whl he teens out a I lurymnn ajoso ond said he would like I to know how laigo a man Mr Hamilton Hamil-ton was Mr Van Cott told Jury I moo to oddreetl hlmoef ta the court at the ome lmo nmarkln thai he Intcnd1 naklng the questlo nod woultl do So Intel When i Judge Pow Cd lelnrn ml h6 objected to tho puns ton antI becourt Instructed I the clerk n rturncd he objected to the nues lIon wo sked In tho absence of Judge Iwer but In the presence of Air McOurrl In I Iceer nlng 1kIcroxoeoomlnollnx Mr Hamlon Ilald eke did out re membT having a conversation with JuntKe Sommer the night of the shooting shoot-ing She wan also asked regarding the talk she Is I alleged to have hod with fInn 101100 I omeers but her omnmrwasks I dhl not mmbr tIeeroavereallon Mrs Hamilton did not remember how tail a man Air Hamilton vva but ha was taller than AIr Van Colt nerd appeared to be of the molar i wl an The defendant admitted the < thr1 eke made In the presence ot Mr Kelly wIn emnhewnn told to hae remarked that slne would kill him II nhm hung for It the next nlnute but mild she did not mnn II When you teleph n > a Mr Pnvcy from th Tenth Ward Lofmlrer cor pant you spoke ot trouble didnt bOO 10 tIm The yom anticipated troublo Ves After the ctmoollng did you ted that you had 10n GOOd daly Yes Ir I n jour conscience wns clear Yes ulr Did jou mlnl Mrs Peddon to thrt v 1 I 1Ul Sotoolmiog combrldems away Ye Rlr Wo Ilberanm yon tl uplelon I aneolel fail uIn you Na Then why Ild you wont them Ihron away I dont know lon The defendant then acne ached about the pvder mark on hr hand and ehe soil the wohd thor oft before the vnoer cdme Sho ala said tha tine wo on the bet 01 Irm aallh hr own imlly noel always had been She wa aware of tho fact that Seddon had hen irrested for complicity In the nf fair and knew ho tenon Innocent I Bed don came to the Jail and asked her to make a stntement so ns to clear him He did not nsk hr tn tell an untruths Up to that lime sIne fmIl nIne an untruth-s not to L tom the killing I ot mmcc I hmnnbnd I Why dldnt son make a Iatemnt to clear Mr Seddon o Cue I wan not to talk to nny I You knew they teem not w1 oft and e dependent on Mr Sddon lora lor-a 1ollhood Yrs tIn WhY lldnl you make a Ialment wlnem sour Ito Mr Beddon asked r II erounec he request 1 it You hd a conversation wIll her1 Yc tIn What wo 0Id1 Ah cold Lou one ord from you will clear Tom They are going to take him to the penltentlarj Mrs Hamilton further said sho hod ud Ike gun one nrlng a ht J wn onCa New Years dayB nnlcd being out with Mr Hamilton target shooting AIr Van Cott then nsked the witness If she had sold before tIn coroner that tIre hod not t < Ugh any cartildges This wns objected to by Judge Powers arclecocamgneetnttomtlnrglh Judge Norrell sustained the objec ton and orcectowos taken THIS AFTDHNOON Tho rrosccxamlruilofn of Mr Ham 11100 was continued this afternoon lon to Mr Van Colt wltnesi said that on March Old and 4th when 0100 told John that she had been true to him I ne ooroolrtelh What you old to Mr Pavoy over tho phone telling him to say n to overlthlng was that an untiuth 1 es sir Whn son told AIr and lIre Oral don that you eouldnt get the cart rldont without a man being along that wi0 unlrue wn Ill Yes Ir That I 1Mb cold Mr Van Colt wtmen Jrndgo Iow nukcI the win to state to the Jury whether the pistol wai In her hands or her husband hus-band when her husband got killed I dont remember wns the reply In answer to Mr Van Cott Mm Hamilton slid she only remembered catching hold of the muzzle of the gun did not remember having the handle In her hand The Illustration you gave before the Jury this morning was I Imagl moryl br Isave I ae nor a I could rmm Th plton you gave neat after the lImE ohU Ye Juilgn Pan en then offered In evidence evi-dence the testimony of C L nook taken before the coroner This was objected to by Mr Van CecIl and Judge Norrell sustained the objection JanIce Power then took the witness Mood anll red time tctmon of Jhomaa 1 Seddon fnkon at the coroners coro-ners Inquest After Judgo rowers wns through with the rending of the transcript Henry Denhalter was railed but Mr Vim CoIl explained that he bad excused ex-cused the witness Then we re < t said Judge Iovvers D O Colder wns then called by the proolulvn In eeinnnllol The wine old lee koml l known J H itnmnton for two yours before his death He had hen 1 net Van ncl Iglmbor vI AIr Hamilton AIr Van Cott asked the witness It Mr Hamilton wan home the Thursday evening before tho killing This woo bjected to by Judge lareeds OorrulI I cane Sir Hamilton at his beoamea Hamion fw minute heforo 9 oelock coil the wnrmie 1 lr Hamion told he anos at the Seddons that night Ull y aoeaeroee Alec Hnmllton shooting nt ntnrgct In the back yard7 Objected tooverrulid She had ben shooting In the bard but I didnt see I Witness related I a conversation ho once had with Mr Hamilton In I the Ideelend 0 of his wife when Mr Ham ton laid hU eaoxea holler shot thai he and that Mr Hamilton all nail that his wife never discharged a gun wltbont iptylng It Mrs Calder wife of the lOl wltneo ll sha had seen Mrs Hnmllton ihootlng at a board In the Ylrd lot 4hol July He Ihe Nganm report clod JOR herea IVan moran 0 ChrloUn lIon run Merrlt filed a Ietlton for u writ of prohibition In the Third dlstilct court today and ask that Jut of tho Peace C H bet leaner t be prohibited frm Iuln an executon ulon a Judgment rendered against the complainants com-plainants In favor of n K lock Co Tho amount ot tho Judgment Is I 28148 from wblch I malico of apical was I Iven Tin Iarte falll to tee fee their appeal Wlh fIne tmo pmn crld bylaw hn on oxcuton wan ordered Iud The 01da1 nllegB that 10511cc Stwort relucd to accept ono of 11 loud tic hecoumo i tho properly proper-ly he owned teas embarked In a port ntrBlilp tcrprlsi hlch dlsquollned him iaoltoe I I 000car 0 onothr bondsman has failed and It Is I alleged In tho nflldavlt that the pioperty ot omi > alnants Is about to be levied on Judge Cherry granted n temporary wri mod delnmoobieNon Gth A rlrru Oal Tho cae of henry nrugh vc Salt Iske City 1 fceiog Irexrd betore dodge 1 iriltroel ioroJu Cherry today brought suit tore envc the sum of JTCO alleging that hens he-ns on the lImIt of September I lOot I Ihtout cause dlachiigid from tho Sal Lake fIlm department The I complaint com-plaint allege that his dismissal from the department was with a fraudulent fraudu-lent Intent and purpose and for the purpose of cieating a vacancy and lining lin-ing said position with another em ploye pnye Llpman appllr for tIne plaintiff and Assistant City Atorny Ilcmiistend for the city Conrt Cdlllnca The petit Juror I In Judge Norrelln ronelan nr000emmoe d today unt Mon day morning John Arnohl on1 William Hodg n tve 01 lngland none of SII Iake City and Aichlbald hnmone a native ot Scotland bu moo nt Salt tAk ChIt vvero admitted to citizenship by Judge Cherry tody W H Fugate I n petit Juror absented himself while sitting on a case In the Third district court yenterdny for tho purpose ns he xnld of attending the funeral I of a relntlve He had asked permission of Judge Cherry who denied de-nied the request While li Jury were marching out ot the iof to determine deter-mine upon a verdIct Kugnte slipped away I leaving dl teoern Jurors a on theca the-ca The Juror was called to appeor before Judge Cherry this morning The nttorn In the cao rcommendl that lut lee not punlhcd ollrter givlng him Il Icelur I dodge Chrry dlchargc 11m McCuneGroesbcck Mr Hnrl V McCuno son of Mr and Mrs A W McCune and Alice Loulso Oroesbeck daughter of Mr and Mrs John A Oroesbeck were married at the residence of the brides parents by Elder W J Ilentle lllshop of tho 0 evenlrman lb alum I ot l0n yesterday The oIImC coupl k avcobmae I of friends ho erterd hearty congiatu Jalono Ate and Mrs McCune left for lurop oct evenin C They expect to rtur i to Utah In April next |