Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-03
BEHIND the BARS.
''Yss" Hamilton Said to be Again
In Trouble.
Arrested for the Alleged MisapprOpria-
tiOn.Sof $65,000, the Pro-
perry Of a Saratoga
Lady.

The news, printed in q PittsbGrg paper
yesterday, that Sylvester a.. Hamilton,
well known in this city, was laDguishing
behind the bars in O New York town, for
the alleged fraudulent use of funds en-
to him BY q Saratoga lady, created
much talk about town during the day and
last evening. The account printed IN
Pittsburg is dated at New York, and al.
though it contains a number Of pslpable
blunders, it ia nevertheless reprinted, as
follows:
Sylvester II. Hamilton was carter Of
ore on q wheelbarroW IN q Colorado cop
per mine in 1880. Since then he has mar.
ried a handsome young lady Of fortune,
the prime mover in some big mining
schemes, the lord Of q Fifth venue man.
sion, worth half a million, and
SHINING LIGHT
in metropolitan society, but he ia to-day
insolVent and a prisoner in the jail Of
Cooperstown, this State, for dishonest
practice. ,
THE cause of his arrest in the alleged
misrepresentation of $4,000 which was en-
trusted to him by a lady whom he met in
Saratoga some time ago. The lady will
probably have little difficulty in proving
her case, but she certainly will have a great
deal in collecting her Judgment, as there
are several others ahead Of here, and moth
ing to satisfy them.
"Hsmilton's career in this city was one OF
the most daring and meteoric that any
man ever attempted. When he reached
here, FIVE years ago, he was what would be
vulgsrly called on bis uppers.' How he
started or who his friends were, no one
ever knew, but he appeared one day in
P~AUPERs's ALLEY,
the little lane back Of the Stock Exchange
where curbstone brokers c~ongregate, with
a SLOUGH hat and his trousers tucked in his
boots and not a penny in his pocket. Bat
he somehow got on in the world and sue
ceeded in disposing of thousands of shares
in q mining company Of which he after
ward became President, oustiDg the man
Who had first let him in on the deal. With
the turn in the tide of his affairs came o
change in Mr.. Hsmilton's attire, and he was
sfterwsrd the nobbiest young man on the
street.
IN 1881 he married o Miss McAtee, q
Kentucky belle, who brought him a for
tune, and his honeymoon was spent in
STAR APARTMENTS
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The following
summer was spent in g private cottage at
the United States Hotel az Saratoga, and
when the couple returned here in the fall
a $500, 900 mansion on Fifth venue
awaited them, and $1,000 was expended
in its furnishings. The means for this ex-
travsgsnce were furnished in the main by
Mr.. Hsmilton's persuasive and eloquent
tongue, which told of the wealth of his Col.
orado property and his young bride. He
also purchased q string Of sixteen
blooded horses, and entered them all at
the races.
"a year ago
He BEGAN TO BE PlNCHED
for money. and conveyed to Buddenseik, of
'~mudhouse' notoriety, several houses az
gregating in value about $500, 600. These
we're sl highly mortgsged already, but
Hamilton secured O large amount o fmoney
from Buddenseik on the representation
that he owned them. For this he vas or.
rested, and the investigation into his inan-
eial affairs that followed proved that he
was not worth a penny. Then followed the
suit of the lady who is now prosecuting
him, and others have him on the list. His
young wife lives in this city"
The Miss McAfee referred to Wss
NOT "A KENTUCKY BELLE"
but the second daughter Of W. l. MeAfee,
Esq, of this city, the marriage taking
place, not in 1888, bot about 1875, Ct the
residence of the brides father, on Twelfth
street. ives" at the time of his marriage
was a travelling salesman for a New York
white goods house, but he shortly after
wards went into business in s., Louis,
where he set the pace for the young men
of the city, his fast horses, diamonds and
fly spreads making him quite a celebrity.
His friends say his income there was about
$4,000 q year. After q brilliant dash in
to the Leadvills mining region, during which
it is safe to cay he never was a carter of
ore on Q wheelbarrcw,", be went to New
York and began that comet.hke career
which has since made him celebrated all
over the country. His Fifth Avenue man
sion wa like the realization OF some dream
Of Eastern manifeence, being gorgeous in
the extreme. Before moving into this
palace, however, YES" boarded at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel, where he occupied a
suite of rooms which stood him" $500 per
month. A year ago he fell from this high
state, and has since been occupying a less
expensive position in society.