Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-04 | Page 3 | Tragedy at the Ball

TRAGEDY AT THE BALL Hamilton Bound Over Oyer to the District Court The shooting scrape at the colored ball in the th tb Jennings Jenni s building Thanks Thanksgiving Thanksgiving giving night nl ht in which Allen Miller was shot through the arm by Oliver Hamil Hamilton Hamilton Hamilton ton was wan aa investigated In tn Judge DieMs DIehls court yesterday afternoon The colored population turned tl out in force to hear the proceedings Miller MUter testified that tt he secured tick ticket et em e to hall ball and aAG that when wilen he be pre pro presented seated them in for lot entrance was denied admission and declared that Hamilton Ham ton had grown abusive abu lve and ala threatened to todo todo todo do Mm him up He was endeavoring to get out of the way when hen Hamilton pulled a revolver and shot him through the arm ann Several other witnesses cor corroborated corroborated corroborated the story Mary of Miller Hamilton testified that the ban ball had been given pv by himself and Jim Fran Francis Franci Francia cia cis and that Miller had bad not been in invited invited because e he did lid not belong to their elan elass Miller Milter had secured Some some tickets in ta some manner and demanded en entrance entrance trance rushing hins at him with one hand handIn handis In is his hJ hip pocket ad the other doubled up Hamilton said ask he thought Miller ws WL going to shoot t and he shot oot once one to tosea sea scap him but hot that the negro n kept corning tad and he shot hot the second d time to stop top him The defendant wan wag bound over to the district court and ball bait fixed at 1600 1800 In default of ball bail he was sent ot to the county Jail