The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-14
EVA HAMlLTON's STORY.

What She Has to ay to a Reporter
in Her Prison Cell.
Mrs Eva Hamilton, according to the
New York World, has been interviewed in
her cell in Trenton prison. This is how the
convicted woman looked:
''We sat down side by side on the cot.
| looked about her tiny cell. On little
table were the remnants of a meal. The
cot was extremely simple, but was furnished
with two mattresses. There was a wooden
stool in the cell and nothing more, except a
framed motto, which was printed in colured
letters.
''All her finery had disappeared, still she
has pretty face, but a weak one She
looked SO much younger than | had ex-
pected. In the simple blue gown plaid
waist and straight skirt, with black and
white breakfast shawl pinned about her
throat, her bangs combed smoothly back,
and her soft, reddish-brown hair hanging
in one braid down her back, she looked not
more than 20 years old. A pretty, slender
girl.
Mrs Hamilton gives an account Of her
childhood 10 the following:
II am not the child of the Steeles, as has
been said. was only the adopted child.
My mother died when l was born, and when
I was years old my father died of consump-
ton. / was born in Tunkhannock, Pa. The
Steeles adopted me and I never knew any
other people than them. When l was IS
years old moved to Towanda, Pa. Invent
there to learn to earn my own living. l
was with Mr.. Marsh, who kept millinery
store on Bridge street | learned the trade,
and there | met Walter Parsons, who was
then superintendent of railroad. Wewere
married. My folks and his folks fought
about it. 1t made great deal of trouble.
l had one child, and then things went so
badly by othersa interfering, that we sepa-
rated.
81 don't like to bring my daughter in
this" she continued, plaintively. "She is
Ii years old now. ] have her at school and
she does not know anything about this. l
doA't want her to, and it is not right to
drag Walter Parsons up, for he is married
again"
''In 1879 Father Steele and the Parsons
arranged to get divorce to free Walter
and myself. This was all done by them in
Elmira. n. Y. After the divorce was
granted went to Elmira, where lived for
three months. Then l went to New York.
Immediately got an engagement with a
dramatic company and went on the road.
Mrs. Hamilton descr bed her first meeting
with her present husband in these words:
"a friend of mine took me to house one
night. Mr.. Hamilton and two friends of
MS were Gaining Cnere at Une tlme. we were
all introduced and Mr.. Hamilton and l be-
came the most intimate friends from that
time. That is five years ago this spring.
We cared for each other. mean by that
that he paid all my expenses, and was with
me all the time he was in New York, which
was usually from Friday night until Monday
morning, coming down from Albany"
Mrs. Hamilton declared to the reporter
that she did give birth to child on Nov. 10,
last; that Mr.. Hamilton was aw ire Of the
fact, and that he gave her considerable nee
essary money at the time. Shortly after
she and Ha milton quarreled. and she thus
continues her story:
II found out about him being off on a
spree. We had a terrible quarrel, and
said l was going TO leave MIN. He begged
me not TO, but l was determined,
so he said for not to leave
him and he would marry me- We
had never thought or spoken of marriage
before, and at this moment our child was
not thought of. Mr.. Hamilton had been
wishing she would die from the time he
knew it was to be born, so we did not have
much to say on the subject. The fight was
on the night Of Jan. q. When Mr.. Hamilton
asked me to marry him l said l would not.
would not marry him to take his peoples