Show SAYS REPORTER CONfESSED POLICEMAN TESTIFIES TS HT IN HAM HAMILTON ILTON ITON MURDER TRIAL T Declares Defendant Admitted Admit d Killing Young Youg Millionaire Miona Officer erV Vague ge as a to t Details Detail Deta Minneapolis Feb Fe 12 Patrol Patrolman Patol man nian mn Rooney in the Hamilton n murder trial today testified to an ap p ged con confession cn confessIon of f the te reporter accused of f kill killIng kU Ing ingI i g a millionaire At the pe of the affray Rooney was a member of the afy a memer te police polee force He testified as 8 follows When Wen I entered the th biard room that morning morn ng Watchman Ot aley said to t me Officer take this man and lock him up He did it I I said Did id what Did this toe he b replied leding leading me roe to where here Days dead ded body lay hay Jy on a abilar billiard bilar table I took hold of Hamil Hamiltons Hami tons toils coat cat sleeve leeve and toM tol him to come along He was a sitting in a chair hair in the barroom Some ome one one ne suggested delay but Hamilton got up and said sald I will wi go with wih you ou let the te law take its Is course Ill Il take She Che te consequences I killed him but tout I did it i in Hamilton said This Is trouble tr uble is all allon al allon on o account of a a girl Miss and hen lie xie gave her name We had both been going with wit her I told her Day was isas in ghe he e told him He Hegt got gt sore and has ha had hd it I in for me ever since Feel of this bump Day did that I had bad to do him hini I could co ld not stand and let him beat eat mend mand do nothing Afterward he said sah This Thi is terrible I wish it had been the other way What other ther way I asked That Tat he had ha killed kie me instead of I him s Then iThEm he asked me to feel of that bump again and nd told tok me that Day had done it i but bt he did not know krow what with wih I said It I seems ams to t me a man like you could have taken care of a slim man like that withouT r using a knife I 1 would have if his ht friends had not jumped jumpe on to me he answered As A it was wa I 1 had to do it to save myself After awhile Mr Francis came ame he lie e ewan wanted wan ted to talk with wih Hamilton I said that he might but that it must be in my m presence Francis Frncis said sid Keep your I mouth shut hut Dont say sy a word wor until you see me again Let me see ee your knife Hamilton Hamiton produced a a small smal knife Francis asked aked if he had an another another another other knife knife He said No Then Francis asked Did you have a large knife and Hamilton answered Yes Nothing was wa said sid fut dut when he had ad the large knife or r vl re it was wasOn wa wasOn On the witness winess could not exactly locate ocate the place where the confession was made His memory membry was not clear cler on some s me other details and the defense endeavored to show that his memory Was not of the te best best He s saM said Hamilton Appeared to tobe tobe tobe be intoxicated and he served a lump on o his forehead and an abrasion of the skin Ralph Gary Gar recalled r IC was tas the first witness wines of the day dy He could not identify the big knife kie and declared he had never seen it He corroborated Grays testimony of yesterday that at ata a certain juncture after fer the the th killing there thee was no one near ner the body bo y Reporter on the th Stand Std Robert C Hill Hi night police reporter on o the Tribune said sid he lie ihal ha d gone to tote the te hotel to cover the oase There he saw sw Hamilton and Bennett The latter later was excited and hysterical and acted as a if he e had been drinking Hill HJ was wa a personal friend of Hamilton Hamiton and ld had talked with wih him himat at once He lie le testified test fled fied ted as follows I services Hamilton proffered my to anti and an offered to do anything I could for him I added that while hie things tings looted looked loed bad bd for him he had better beter cheer Cheer up Then I asked aked him if he did It He said saidI I r dont know whether Z did It ft f or not He added something to the effect that It i was wa all al off of and that he was up against it I or something like that I Isaid Isaid said soils Is I that your knife knie No he said he witness winess denied denie that he h bad had ad advised advised advised Hamilton Hamiton to say y nothing about about the case ce Rooney was he the the next n t witness winess and after he had hind given his is evidence County Attorney Boardman said I IThe The Te state rests rest Court was then adjourned a until 10 tomorrow morning mo in iii order to give range the its defense case a a little time to ar arrange arrange arrange |