The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-06
PAY HAMILTON A DUPE.
any PURCHASED FROM A
I'D NEW YORK MIDWIFE.

wholly IL AAS- -, -,
m.assd-Detectives Learn All the
cots in the Case.
- two weeks ago there resided at
49, - oa+toge. Atlantic City, party COM
Nan - Pobert Ray Hamilton, who is the
r. If Gen. Schuyler Hamilton OF New
- - Mrs Hamilton, nurse OF their oaoy,
~, ~ Mann and Mira. Swinton. Hamilton
'o'' 49, rnoneved man Of the party. Mann
was - If hanger-on of Mrs Hamilton,
YVES a. q swinton pretended to be- friend
anu - hamilton, One morning there was
+-agady Mrs. Hamilton stabbed the
80 9Th a dagger and she was arrested
n NJ is now in jail in New Jersey.
a .| +ba above facts have been
AN - the columns Of the MORNING
,o,a The following special shows that
unnilton was the dupe Of Mrs. Hamilton
Iial-+ that Mann and Mrs Swinton were con-
al 60, w. With her to rob him. The special,
'p-i-i.G ;. dated New Y ork, is as follows:
~ L. cwinton and her son, Josiah A.
hlS' Tho we're concerned in the Hamil-
Mal -i,,, "i ut Atlantic City, N. j., are
tJil Sc at police headquarters, having
pflsoa a-rastad under orders from Inspector
8eon They are charged with conspir-
acy. ,,..,o, Loot uraal, bnnted I'M the
t;-toy.v nj the woman who is now the wife
~ the Murray Hill assemolyman. The
Sac+s unegrthed reveal the details OF con-
s1iracv AT the bottom of which Is the
woman who made the deliberate assault
80, bar servant in the cottage at Atlantic
C CtT- end whose object was to force money
from Hamilton, ana u De0oAllo PoSSo''eN Vi
tbe family riches.
slTbe investigations of the detectives have
,,r1ven her a disreputable character. The
ftact has also been established beyond doubt
tSst the child which Mr. Hamilton believes
he is The father of has not drop of Hamil-
ION blood in its body. Inspector Byrnes
Sss conclusive evidence that the child was
bolrbt from a midwife for sum of $40,
and that it was palmed off to Hamilton as
his own.
The conspirators in the plot were Mrs.
Hamilton and Mrs Swinton. The latter
has made confession of the part she took
in it
On last Thursday Eiihu Root requested
Inspector Byrnes to meet him self aud
S R. Clark, Of the firm OF Root u
Clarke. at the house Of the
came To tie conclusion, after q long talk
over the Hamilton affair, that Robert Ray
wss the victim Of the conspiracy, and that
be was Induced by fraud 10 marry the
woman WHO now calls herself Mrs. Hamil-
t1n TIE latter claimed that her Child was
i born at E.m.ra on Dec. Il Of last year.
Detective Mcknight went to Elmira aud
learned that Mrs Hamilton had lived with
joshua HsHn IS has wife at ttat place.
Dr. Burnett horse Cf Elmirs, wi ON Mrs.
hamilton cail-oi had attended har hen
the child was born, was interviewed by the
de,oc,y5s Ho remembered Mrs Haail-
4 ton tu, said SAe did not have a child when
H he attended her. This proved the woman
Fl La.
When the result Of the detectives investi-
f cations was reported 20 Inspector Byrnes,
be ant J 0ua held an Interview with Mr..
Hamilton. This was on last Friday night.
Dir Hamilton said hat he felt that he had
treated the woman in an honorable man
ner, considering their relations, and that he
had rigb.el wrong. But if he found that
/ he rad been imposed upon, he would let the
i laE lake its cours..
Mr.. SaiAton and her son came to New
4 York Friday night and pat up at the st.
Chsres 6ot9l on Broadway. She registered
as Mrs. J. w. Brown. Inspector Byrnes
agaiu saw M. Hamilton at the house of
lda.- A. Peabody, JT., No. 10 Park ave-
ua. NJ hamilton was anxious to have all
il9 facts Ia the case ascertaiued, and was
Ni.ng to have it proved that he had mar
fled the woma1 under false representations.
i, il was possible.
About noon on Monday Detective Crow
-e, .A,Het Mrs. SWinton from the ST.
Una les lo.ai TO No.335 West Twenty-niuth
street aad arrested her there. Later in the
evening ger son was also arrested by De-
eclYe Crowley. Mrs. SwlutOn coGfesseI
% inspector Ryrnes. Following is the suh-
Since Of her statement:
ouI Nov. Of last Year Eva Hamil-
lol t.la me she W going to Elmira and
Toli1 De back about Dec Il. During her
aSence sne wanted me to make a set of
Dao! CT tines. asked har what she wanted
g'yli ,V'eh; sue replied that friend of
t'-J mad got lady into trouble. and
A-.y "neii hsr caliI Was born she was going
aaopt 1t, On Rays account, aud bring
=, Mrs. Hamilton did not come hack until
TTul.Stha as morning | was then living at
IourtI avenue and Thirty-frst She asked
le Il nad cloak and cap. | said no and
os MY why Il, together to the Bowery and pur-
y. a's i tAe articles. Then she told me TO
AolAe' ohe returned in two hours
having female child wraDDed in a hi3
green shawl i''N -'A :" ois
po,t me F,s same day | engaged board at 1O5
ma t u lghth street for Joshua. Eva
3 M Su7 cAid. they represented themselves
No. .lL' ana Mrs Mann. They remained
Fo,r. one week and then moved to a fat in
ber I'M a75 street, near Third avenue. where
rbiid 40" 1,a- iIVed as man and wife. Here the
Eenn \ NJ la 5eI sex sex, and we sent for Dr.
hybo ~ ~. 5o1 west Twenty third street.
ew do " en2eq it. 1t died after a
10 a rni5ln;s l'01oTe II was buried Eva went
no q J.; .ild"lfe and got another child brioa'
aen buried. liz Hiso child was
tasE a lew t' days later the second child ,.
t oiS SICK. Eva said to Get 6oo Itii!u was
sg 'g nef It would not do To ret G H.. ouS
s3i W % we sent for DR.. Gilbert Of NJ
has re enS IWentythird street. The child
bbrtv-giIroo,S to my house, at 81 EaSt
heath ca lrfs street, where 1t died. Tn the
given AZ 'Fi5t .S The name of the child was
hames ss W incl Parsons, and the parents,
aeath orcr malIer and Lydia Parsons The
S dsvsI oI4 on Jan. IA. The child ros
0 DAYS 0iJ n, ne first child died on Ian d
lam c., me name given was Aice
both case - and Alice Mann parents IN
Fant Of hue one cause Of death was given 90
Aldred, If 0'' N MIX ai Undertakers Adair r.
Poth children w. o04 Fourth avenue, buried
teat a0g 9 the second child was buried Eva
hree DAYS Ola Third baby. This one was
hs op r'1 T the others. Eva said ~ h ana
b could ~ looked like Dutch ba P va a@d
back 10 utyer Kiss IT, She told me ~ t aIu
d not ws ,e midwife and tell her tbet '' ahe
=; looking ~ IL. Before doing SO we want ant