Show t MRS SmmON IWI TIFIS q I I I I Long and Tedious Examination of Lou Hamil S tons Sister I t 11 tF NEW TESTIMONY 13 BROUGHT OUT I I I I I Votalle of tile Teo Game IoIrn itlon May lint loudautli Cause In I I Proceedings In the Hamilton murder I trial opened up this morning by the recalling I re-calling of Mrs imlly Seddon slater of he defendant Lou Hamilton to the land It took Attorney Van Cott but I u few minutes to conclude the exam InoUon of the witness when site wo I lopHcxamlned by judge Powers I 1 There are eight more State witnesss Yet to be examined and It la I expectorI I i I t I that the prosecution will be through I I by Monday evening Th case how ever mill not i likely reach the jury until I til about Thursday or Friday of next Week I i On the reassembling of court jester day afternoon Thomas 1 Seddon wa il recalled b > the defense and denied I that he had been threatened with prosecution for perjury I he testified 11 tes-tified to tht truth Witness further I I laid that the reason why he did not tell ill that he knew at the coroners In I quest was because of the sympathy ha I I I mtettalned for his slsterlnlaw In I t answer to Mr Van Colt Seddon held I 10 the story about Mrs Hamilton com I to tIng 1 Ing up the board walk and leaning over T i br husband body I MRS HAMILTON SISTER II I The next witness called was Mrs Emily Em-ily Beddon wife of the preceding witness I ness and sister to the defendant Mrs I Seddon told of the defendant request I Ing her husband to go to Hamiltons I I and get the revolver Witness also said 1 that on the afternoon oC the shooting I Mrs Hamlllo was r much i agitated i I and blamed John lamlton for scandalizing scanda-lizing her the way she 81d he had Mrs Hamilton also told witness to I tel Tom that if he wanted to talk to I Joint Iton lie would hove to see hIm before she Mrs Hamilton did aj he 11 woaldnt have u chance afterwards When the shooting occurred witness 11 oltl she herd a voice say If that 1 1 all tic a love youve got for me Bhoot j Away I Bounded to her like the Nodice oC > Hamilton I When Alto Hamilton rams In from the lawn site waR very much excll1 anti said to witness Ive settled him I I Ji now 0 Defendant requested witness to get two cartridges out of the burcaudrawer I f and throw them away She also r I jueBted witness to be careful what she testified to Couit here adjourned un I I ill this morning I it IIS SKDDON RECALLED t I Mrs nmlly Seddon was lecalled this morning and In answer to Mr Van I Colt said Mrs Hamilton did not leave f t the house after the shooting She f fainted several times before John wan f killed Witness also said that she had Visited l her sister at the county Jail and l dvloed her to tel the truth and release re-lease her husband Under croxamlnallon vy Judge I I 1 Powers witness ald she hd only vi I ld her later once since bit r eon Joe men t In 1 the county Jai She bad reason 9 for It I rono I I After Mrs Hamilton had recovered I from one of tier fainting pel she 1 1 0 aid Tom and Emily John Is I nol to t hlnl I am at fdul During the I whole week she wo at wlnes house 1 1 she van downhearted On tile Sunday i night before the shooting Mr Ilml I I ton and his wife wr together In tile r I Parlor Inmlon was also there the I raeoda y evening before I wanted I certain papers which Ira Hamilton I I gave him I also wanted a pin and ring Witness saw her husband glva Mill Hamilton hotfnugn the Wodnos 11 1 day before the shooting o d the night after Hamilton got the paper WItness WIt-ness couldnt recall whether or not hr I site wa distressed er downhearted the Sunday evening Mr Hamilton called Witness and defendant slept I together that night Mr Seddon slept I In the lining room When Mrs Hamilton 4 Ham-ilton came home from the binder on the morning of the shooting she told wit Bs she couldnt stand the scandal 11 I I and appeared much distressed When I Mis Hamilton asked nltnets to request re-quest her husband to buy her somi 1 cartridges witness paid Oh Lou think t how you will disgrace me and the ram fly In what way she and the family i I would be disgraced witness mono unable un-able to say I wits A t true that Mrs i I 1 Hamilton took tile Paper containing It I 11 tho scandal to her humband down nt 1 I the von fitness took the paper I I herself and If Mr Feddon said that I I Mrs Hamilton brought It to him he I told an untruth Mrs Hamilton did go to the barn but It was for the line I flags of asking Seddon to buy her same I cartridges Witness had no Idea what Mrs Hamilton wanted with them Defendant went herself to get the cartridges 1 5 1 cart-ridges I was In the morning I anyone any-one nl1 she was out between 2 and I I clock 1 the afternoon of April 19th ho told untruth Mrs they un 3 Hamilton I did not leave Itnes house 1 that I 1 I I afternoon I was 11 30 In the morning j when defendant went Ul town Otto I returned In About half I hour an and In I I I formed witness that she wo unable to gt the cartridges because the storekeeper salt he couldnt sell them I 10 n lady unless a gentleman wass 1 I along I On the Afternoon of the fatal Mon < oy i Mrs It milton wrote a note to John I I I asking him to eal anti see her anti i nskid witnesss little girl to tike It < I him Defer tho little girl started a knock com to th door and John came 1 la Witness dill not hear John refer to his wlfu appearance I he said Lou how pale ou look witness did not hear It John mine about 3 oclock In 11 I the afternoon The remark Tell Tom I Ito I-to speak to him frt na he will not 1 have a chance after this was made I shortly before supper WIn said I Iii ihc did not take am notice of the remark I re-mark or pay any particular attention 1 to It I When John crime 10 tho house on 0 th > Monday night and naked for Ml ol I wit fhe did not warn him of Im I I i pending danger because she did not know there Ivan any V Witness said that after John hnI 11 1 len at the house for about tin hour I on the night of the tragedv she turned I i the Heist out still left Hamilton and I tile wife In the parlor In dnivknuuu I I I John came In 10 the dining room a few 11 I I seconds later and got a drink of wale I Th only thing hB until to witness was Are You going to bed rmlly The onll light John still his wife hid wa that whtrh came from a itm ill night 11 lamp In vitmiss led rom through I I I wlnlow I y I Ipnrd our filter talk About CIrrd q thr iten her husband 0 MlV i I i and yf t y u did not warn the mn of 1 the danger but put out tho lap I I I I 14jj l 11 I I I leaving I John Hamilton find the Suntan m otto fr ut nt toUk Itto I lit In UH dark Is that trot ask d Judt rot ih woe the reply St Court lure adjourned TM I Afternoon hieo otettereea1hd tItle after rerun ned it rouotletrd iry lunge 1uwre In anor toe qutlnn wll JL reentd the Ihought roe had told all sin krtnwrfthoottno Did you see any blood on Mrs Hamiltons lips niter the thoollns etC Th n why aid you rube ou had told all you hectiC You thought that w mid Iwneflt her dldn boo 0 air WltneM further told tint the le fnulantl IIP was also swollen The otiKers came nt half past nine clock that nltht Witness had no further tnlk with Ilrs Hamilton that nlsht V linens sked her sister If she had shot John but what Induced her to ask 1 thwjuestlon she dldn know Her husband hus-band was dressing when she spoke lo the defendant Mrs Hamilton reply wns yes Inc nettled him now Mrs I Hamilton asked witness It I John wns dead after rIte hud been out and examined ex-amined the bo3y Wllne knew the Run was kept In the bureau drawer but did not know It vyus In the house that nlsht She didn know what her sister woo going to do with the cartridges Beddon witness sold asked Mrs Hamilton how the shooting was done end her answer was Ho struck me ken shot himself Why dldt you tell this jcster day I dldt think of If Dont you know that tItle testimony I testi-mony has a tendency to benellt your I 1lerr Ye olr lIr huobnd non not relenoe1 from theeounty jail until after the had made a tement to the police oIlIest Judge Towers then read a statement to the wltnens purporting to be u con irsatlon between the wltnies and her husbind at the county Jail on tho 26th of AprlUVitness admitted that the 1rl llt1lc I truth ol the statement which In effect ef-fect was a request of Mrs Beddon her deter to own up ant remove the luiplclon that had fallen upon her bus band Sho had not spok < n to the defendant de-fendant alone then Witness wns then retIed 1C a Mrs Cody had not told her where R witness could be found who would rectIfy In hr Itero be half and that she promised to tell Mrs Hamilton of It This was about the EOlh of April Mrs Seddon said she did remember tho Incident and so Informed In-formed her sister She did not remember remem-ber the date but If I there was any die crepney In the dote between i the Umo tin lat poke to hor sltor and the eonVerUon she had with Mrs Code It did not mint wIth her SIre woo Ioslliv that eke hd Intormd her sister nt tho count Jail or what Mr Cndy had told her The witness wa dIll under ctoexamlnatlon when the News report closed |