The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-28
qHR SEASIDE TRAGEDY,
Sensational Developments Com
ing to the Surface,
MRS, R, R. HAMlLToN'S CRIME
The Talk OF the Hour-stoFy Of the
Deed-A "Romautic" Marriage,
an Extravasapt Life aud
an Awful Murder,

Iuetb 10 uutuluB talheu NpVut ~ N44t
"ciIy by the sea" this morning except
the stabblng sensation in which Robert
Ray Hamilton figures so strangely
About the guarded cottage. where the
stabbing occurred, there Is tremendous
crowd and hundreds Of personsstand fol
hours gazing at the windows and doors
Of the house as II they sought to learn
new from their appearance,
Atlantic City has never had such a SEN
sation before and the throngso Philadel'
phians and others who are here are dis
cussing with relish every bit OF details
the tragedy which they can
get hold Of, Mary Ann Donnelly, the
nurse, whom Mrs. Hamilton slashed
with her ivory handled dagger, Is still
lylngin q dangerous state and great fears
that peritnitis will set in are entertain
ed. There Is q big crowd around the
Jail were Mr., and Mrs. Hamilton are
cophned-the former as witness and
tho latter to await the result OF nurse
Donnelly's injuries,
The story OF the afIray and the people
connected with 1t is a sensational one.
Robert Ray Hamilton, who was for eight
years q member OF the New York Legls-
lature from the Murray Hill district,
New York City, is a son Of General
Schuyler Hamilton, one oil the leaders
Of New York's "lour hundred, "agrand'
son Of John q. Hamilton, and great
grandson Of Alexander Hamilton, who
was killed in o duJEwith Aaron Burr
ALSO AN AUTHOR.
He is also the author Of the .'Lifc OF
Alexander Hamilton" one Of the stand
ard works Of 1866. He is leader Of the
New York bar, and has au endowment
OF $4,000 n year, which he spends lav-
ishly upon himself and friends.
The story Of his courtship and mar
riage is as romantic as the story OF to-
days tragedy. Hamilton was for many
years lion In New York social circles,
but like many OF his associates, he be-
CAME addicted to fast lie aud was soon
infatuated with O woman travelling the
same road Us himself, and who will
doubtless in few hours be a murderess.
She was for many years one Of the queens
among her class In New York City, and
IL is said muny q young blood squander.
cd q fortune on her before she captured
Hamilton, whom she married for his
love aud his fortune.
MARRIED. AND DIsowNED.
Hamilton Is about 81 years ofage, and
his wiic Is about two years his senior,
and a hopeless victim Of the morphine
habit. About two years ago they were
clandestlnely married in New York, and
when this became known he was ostra.
clzed by the "Four Hundred, as well as
his own parents. After his'marriage lie
lived with bis wife, ut III West Fifteenth
street, near Broadway. Although an
outcast he had an immense fortune.
Mrs. Hamilton's display Of diamonds
and gorgeousness Of attire at this shore
has created a sensation for several days
past.
STORY OF THE TRAGEDY,
The story Of the tragedy, which will
end in trial for murder, is as
follows: Joshua Mann, Of No. III West
Fifteenth street, New York, is an old
lover of Mrs. Hamilton's. He followed
the couple to California and buck. Afew
days ago the irate husband, who did not
know Mann, saw him in Atlantic City,
and remembering having seen him In
New York, aud at nearly every poiut In
his six months sojourn throughout the
West, kept close watch on him. Last
night Mann met Mrs. Hamilton at one oi
the beer gardens here, Hamilton had
them watched, but said nothing until TO.
day, when she said she was going 10 New
York City, but would return in q few
days.
II was then that Hamilton's terrible
temper oyerCame him, and, grasping her
BY the neck he said: "You are my wife,
and you remain here. Let Josh Mann
take care Of himself"
THE NURSE KILLED.
The name OF her lover astounded her,
She became desperate, ran to the bureau,
picked up a Mexican dagger, and made
a lunge at her husband. He grappled
with her and pushed her over q chair
The nurse, Mary Donnelly, hearing the
noise, and having had TO separate them
several times before to prevent blood
shed, rushed into the room. The wife
no sooner saw her than she dashed al
her with the dagger raised, and kissing
the words between her teeth: "You
sue devil, YOU are the cause OF this
You'll never lie about me again" {" plung
cd the weapon into the poor woman and
felled her 10 the floor.
THE HEARING.
The hearing held here to-day in tht
tho case OF Mrs. Evangeline Hamilton
developed several new points which art
detrimental to Mrs. Hamilton. Justict
Irving conducted the examination. ThI
prisoner, when broughtin, showed aignI
Of great mental distress, and all durinI
the proceedings sat with her head bowet
on the railing In front Of her. ROber
Ray Hamilton was the first witness. III
teauhed as 70 the discharge OF Tue sef
want previous 70 lhS cutting anu nesl
taungly aamltteu tnet tne knlIe useS
was IN the hands Oh his WE nI at the time y
questioned as 10 family relationship
Policeman Biddle, who arrested Mrs
Hamilton, stated mat the latter tolu mn
on we way 70 the station mouse that snl
did itin lS seiiideIonse, VI. & IT, W. SaosIey .,,,s