Show SAYS CONFESSED I N TESTIFIES IN I HAM HAMILTON 1 ILTON ON MURDER lE TRIAL T I I II Declares Defendant Ait Admitted d X Killing ig I Young Youg You Millionaire Officer Vague Vage as us to Details I Minneapolis F Feb Fb b 12 Formes Patrol Patrolman than man Rooney Roney in the te Hamilton murder lu er ertl trial tl l today toay testified to an alleged ged confession con confession cn of the te reporter er accused cl ed of kill killing ki ing l ga a millionaire m At t the time of the affray fray Rooney ROney was W ii of the police force He testified as follows When I entered en tere tt te te e billiard room that morning Watchman OMley said sid to t me Officer take this man and lock him up He did di It i I said sid Did what Did this be he replied leading leding me to where here Days dead de body lay my on a took hold of f Hamil tons coat sleeve and toW toM tol him to come along He was wa sitting in a chair calr hi in I the I barroom barm Some one suggested delay but Hamilton got gt up u and said id I will wi I go with wih you let the te law take its Is course Ill Il take tak Che te consequences I I killed him tout but I did ld It In sele I Hamilton said sid This is tr is all aU allon allon and on o account of a girl Miss 1186 hen he ne gave g ve her name De We had both bothI I I been bee going with with her I told her Day Dayas was vas as in She Se told him him hIJ He got sore and has ha had hd it In for or me sic ever since Feel of this bump Day did did that I had to do him I could not stand and let him beat et me and do nothing Afterward he said ld This is terrible I wish ish it i had een the other way What other way wy I asked him That Tat he had killed me tue Instead of I Then henhe he lie asked e me to t feel of that bump again agin and told tol me ins that Day had done it I but he did dd not know what with I 1 said sid It I Sterns n to me a a man like of slim you could have haye taken care a man like that tat without using a knife knifer I r would have bave if his h friends fends had not jumped on to me he answered As it I was wa I had to doit do t to save myself m After awhile Mr Francis Franci came he wanted to talk with wih Hamilton I said that he might might but that it i must be in my presence Francis said sid Keep your our i mouth mout hut Dont say sy a word wor until you see me again agin Let me mc see your knife Hamilton produced a small knife Francis asked aked if he had ad an another another another other knife knie He said sid No Then Francis Frncis asked Did you have a a large knife and Hamilton Hamiton answered Yes Nothing was said sid about when he had bad the large knife or where it i was wasOn wasOn On On the witness could not exactly locate oate the place where the the confession ln was ws made His memory was not clear on some me other details and the ithe defense endeavored to show that his memory was Y s not nt of the best bet He sa said Hamilton HaUton appeared to tobe tobe I be intoxicated and he observed a lump on his forehead and an abrasion of the i iskin skin i Ralph Gary Gar recalled ree was as the first firt witness of the day He could not identify the big knife and declared d he I Iha had ha never seen it He corroborated i Grays testimony of yesterday Yest erda Y that at ata i ia a certain juncture after after the killing there ther was wa no one near ner the te body Reporter on the tae t Stand Std Robert RobertC C Hill Hi night police reporter on o the Tribune said sid he had bed hat gone to the hot to cover the case se There he saw sw Hamilton and Bennett Bennett The latter later was wa excited and d hysterical and acted as a if i he had ha been drinking Hill Hi was wa a personal friend frend of f Hamilton H mi ton and nd had had talked with wit him at once He testified fled fied fed as follows I proffered pr my services to to Hamiton Hamilton and an offered to do anything I could cult for him I added that while things looked bad for him he had ha better beter heer cheer up upI Then I asked a ed him if I he did it He said saidI sid sidI I dont know whether did it i or not He added something to the effect that L was vos all al off of and that he was up against again t it I or r something like that I Isaid Isaid said sai Is that your knife No he said the he witness winess denied denie that he be had ad advised advised advised Hamilton to ay My nothing about the case cs Ex Rooney was w the next witness wines and after he had given his evidence County Attorney Boardman said The Te state rests rest o ocourt Court Curt was wa then adjourned until 10 tomorrow morning in n order to give the defense defens a little time to ar arrange ari arrange I i range Its case e |