Show THE WIFE D in A strong case against mrs hamilton lw LAW wife threatened her husband and cartridges at public internet in the examination of the alleged murderer ot her husband seems to grow more in tense as it progresses tuesdays developments wre of a startling character and antii the defense is heard there will be no question in tho public mind that the woman is guilty of ela bait her husband it has been that the woman niage a of criminal intimacy with one paver that the husband john II 11 hamilton was making efforts to becore a divorce that the guilty woman feared consequent proceedings and exposure and had threatened that john would not live to beet a divorce it had been shown at inquest that the woman had roa session of her husbands revolver that she had bought bertrid at browning bros store on the day of the murder aad that when the shooting occurred at night in ich fronting her brother iu lawa house where she had been stay ine she was as if leaving her work of murder ascending the house steps just a few feet from the prostrate body thomas P seddon brother in law cf the dead man and of the accused tas the first witness afternoon As he took the stand mrs hamil oa looked intently at him from behind her veil and then dropped her byes A week ago monday MM lou hamilton was at his home on the morning of that day dihe was there in company with hia wife and three children witness sa d mrs lou hamilton that morning came down the alley where I 1 was she bad a newspaper in her hand in which there was ao article which ehe showed me she eai i tt at something must be done and asked me to go and buy her some cartridges and I 1 said ly god lou dont let anything like that happen at my house witness testifying further said he old her lou you must keep cool and she replied its no use to keep cool he is to put his through as a straight case of adultery and I 1 wont stand it in the afternoon he hid another talk with the accused and be asked lou did you get the cartridges she replied no I 1 they ell them to a woman witness luring the afternoon was told by mrs hamilton that her husband was coming own to see her that night daring the evening she said to mr 8 addon and his wife while anoy were it bussing Bussi Dg their trouble well john will never have to gee a divorce 1 I aid I 1 would talk to johnny sou minued the witness as he told me ha would idt her have a divorce on other grounds and believed ho was aa good as his word ahe said it was no use in the evening mrs hamilton told ma if 1 to talk to john I 1 could do so for about ten minutes she wanted to talk to him after that talk took place at the sapper table in the presence of mr and mrs sodden and their three children mr hamiliton said the witness reached ahe residence about 8 on the night of his tragic death death witness talked to for half an hour or eo before he went into the housa this conversation tock placa in the alley after that they went into tha house to aether hamilton going into ahe parlor with hie wife and the witness goice te bed in the dinin room his wife retired to her own bed room was aroused by shots in the in front of the ahouee and calling hia wife he sprang from his bed and rushed ino ane hall and opened the he met mrs lou hamilton coming up the stepa she turned and went back down the board walk while he rashed in to get dressed got ony his pants and one shoe on when he ran out again toia time he met mrs hamilton coming into the hallway and he excitedly aked my god lou what has happened dd you shoot botn to this question she made no reply and passed into the went into the yard and saw hamiltons dead body with the revolver at his side he picked the weapon up and some one commanded him to drop it and and he did BO and on told to go in the huse h use and get a light be did that also oa into the honee this time be aaa saw mrs hamilton and again asked L u did you shoot jaha she replied 11 II struck me in the month he then demanded 1 I want to know I 1 if you shot john or did be shoot him alf 1 she aepli edhe an fn ahot himeda witness here out acius the lamp with aca by the light it shod he positively vead abdy lying bakho lawn seddon ti told how he had corns in possession tons revolver bome days before a tace request of mr and mas Hamilt cri it was unloaded and he gave it to looi the latter told witness on the back parch in the presence of her hubband ane evening a few nights before the border der its a 1 my fault john acot to blame in this matter remember rem embar it is I 1 who haye done wrong J 5 |