Show aies HAMILTON FREE WRY JURY SAYS SHE DID NOT KILL HER HUSBAND the good new completely unnerved erTtA HT and sho she fainted away buo ouo on of 0 ill clr most sensational cases car in the states story salt lalie lake city oct 35 25 mrs lou hamilton amilton II standa acquitted of the charge of murdering her husband john 11 hamilton amilton II and is again ag ain a free woman such is tile the decision of 0 a jury after having been oat for fifteen hours the announcement of the jurys decision proved too much for the shattered nerves of mrs hamilton and she fainted away it was several minutes before she recovered and an order was made mad releasing her at the announcement of the verdict a shout about went up ap from the spectators and two persons were fined each who wore were caught clapping their hands and stamping their feet upon reaching the jury room an in formal ballot was taken as to mrs hamiltons guilt or innocence 9 said no and 3 said yoi yes A vote ava was s taken upon tile the question did mrs hamilton amilton II shoot her husband aud returned yeas 5 nays 7 next came cabrae a ballot on murder in the first degree and there was wa I 1 for and 11 against A discussion followed and it was decided th thai at the element of premeditation was missing murder in the first and soc ond degree was abandoned and a vote rote ws was taken on manslaughter there were 5 affirmative anti and 7 negative votes voter A ballot was then taken on the proposition of whether or not mrs unroll tou was guilty of any crime whatever five members of the jury voted that she wal wak while seven declared b by y their votes otes v that sho she bould go free for somo some hours there was no change arid and finally upon the eighth ballot after having been out fifteen hours the jury agreed on a verdict of acquittal and the court avas notified sheriff lewis was notified by telephone to bring the prisoner into court and soon arrived with her bee her face was hidden as a s usual with a heavy veil and her almost tottering form was as supported by her sister and father she was led to the big easy chair that she occupied during the trial 1 and after taking her seat rocked nervously as if filled with dread judge norrell ordered the jurors brought in the jurors filed into the box and took their seats asked if they had agreed upon a verdict the foreman answered that they had the verdict was passed to deputy clerk little who arose aue and read we the jurors impaneled im paneled in the above case find the defendant lou hamilton not guilty As tile the words not guilty fell from mr littles lips judge ron pow ers extend extent ed his hand to congratulate his client but the supreme joy of the moment had proved too much for her and she had fainted had it not been for her sister florence and her attorneys she would have doubtless pitched forward from her chair but lier her swaying form vlas nas caught by loving langsand lands Land sand and the usual restoratives restora tives were applied but it was vas more than fifteen minutes before she recovered sufficiently to understand that an order discharging her had been entered the trial was sensational throughout and lasted two vv weeks beeks the strong est and most direct evidence against mrs hamilton was given by her sister and husband mr and mrs seddon the killing was at the sedden home where mrs hamilton had been staying for a week or two prior to the eventful night the prosecution produced evidence that mrs hamilton had purchased cartridges for a revolver on the afternoon preceding the murder after seddon had refused to get them for lier her she had also threatened hamiltons life and had told seddon as the latter testified that he would better talk to hamilton first for he would not have havea a chance after aho ahe mrs hamilton had seen him also that hamilton would not live to talka talk about bouther her the way it is alleged he had done seddon also testified that after the shooting he hati had seen mrs Har hamilton nilton bending over the prostrate body of lier her husband and in reply to a question she had said 1 I have fixed him 11 the testimony of mrs hamiltons sistr sister mrs seddon was equally damaging at the coroners inquest the told EL a very du story they shielded mrs hamilton in every possible way seddon was held as an auci cussary by bv the jury and was liberated from jail only after having told the story which he repeated at the trial the defense used tw aliis fact with damaging effect that tile he were trying to convict lars hamilton to protect themselves their testimony at the inquest was compared with that ill at it it t the trial with the ali result that it practically killed their evidence the tiefensee ense alleged tile the shooting wa was s lone done and in bense that hamilton had ad struck his wife ife in the face and fired tile first shot at her that aishe grappled with him for P of tile revolver and eliat in the scuttle that followed the shot was fired they also introduced no an eye witness to corroborate tills this they the y also alleged animosity to ard the defend d ant was hold held by the siddons and supported it by innumerable incidents A brief brie history of the acme which lc h if 6 oni of the most sensational ever occur ing in U utah tali is as follows follon a tile the information charged that on april 18 last mrs lou hamilton deliberately libera libora tely and with malice aforethought e killed and murdered her husband john H hamilton by shooting him with a revolver olver mr and mrs hamilton had domestic troubles and the husband claimed that ile he had such information as satisfied his mind that his wife had bad had criminal intercourse with one W C pavey on various occasions at al pavels place of business on south west temple street in this city acting on that inform information aaion hamilton lu insisted slated on his big wife going home to her parents and ho he took steps for the institution of a suit for divorce mrs hamilton strongly opposed being made defendant in a divorce suit and at her ilin instance tance several meetings were had between the parties with a view of patching up their differences but these attempts at reconciliation wa proved abortive and the husband persisted in his determination not to live with his wife again discussions wore were had between them as to the division of certain articles of perA personal onal property and mr hamilton was anxious that his wife return to him ft a ring a re m volter and other small articles and by appointment he called at the residence of mr seddon brother in law of the defendant where she was staying on west first south street about 0 9 in the evening of the day of the tragedy the husband and wife had an interview and when the former was wag leavina the house the whole neighborhood was startled by the reports of five or six pistol shots fired in very rapid succession and a few minutes afterwards the body of hamilton was war found in the front yard of the house with a bullet hole through his heart it was then about 30 and the night was very dark so 0 o it was several minutes before lights were obtained and the body found but when it was discovered life was extinct mrs hamilton in substance claimed that her husband called at the sed don house on the night of the tragedy to get the ring pistol and some other articles belonging to him the exposure and disgrace with which she was threatened had so wrought upon her mind that she had determined to kill herself and had that afternoon purchased cartridges for the pistol in order to carry out her plan the weapon was loaded when she handed banded it to him with other articles and at that juncture she claimed lie he became greatly enraged struck her in the mouth drew the revolver and fired at her when she grappled with him and the weapon was discharged several times in the struggle one of the shots inflicting the mortal wound |