Evening journal., 1889-08-27
KNITTED BY HER MISTRESS
A Wealthy New York Woman
Quarrels with Her Servant,
ANp A rArAL wOuND REsuLrs.

Mrs. Robert Ray Hamilton. In Fit q
Anger, PIungos a Dagger Into Mary
Donneiiy-she Is Committed TO JAN TO
Await the Result Of Mary.s Injuries.
ATLANTIC CITY, ~ j., Aug. s7.-mary
Ann Donnelly, a nurse maid, was stabbed
and fatally wounded yesterday by Mrs
Hamilton, wife Of Robert Ray Hamilton, in
the Noll cottage ON Tennessee avenue, this
place Hamilton had been stopping with his
wife az the Noll cottage for some time
Sunday night the guests in the Nol cot
tage heard Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton quarrel
ing in their apartments Mrs. Hamilton was
opposed TO leaving Atlantic City at once
while her husband insisted upon starting for
home ON the Monday noon train Yesterday
morning more loud talking was heard in the
rooms Of the Hamiltons and Mrs. Hamilton
still pleaded with her husband 20 remain a
few days longer before starting for home
He told her that he had made up his mind to
60 and that all her talk would do no good.
0uarrelsome servant, Angry Mistress.
They we're engaged in packing their trunks
when Mary Ann Donnelly, one Of the ser
wants, entered the room She was under the
influence of liquor and In a quarrelsome
mood, Mrs Hamilton ordered her out, but
she refused to g. Mrs. Hamilton then sum-
moned the lnndlady, who caused the Dom
nelly woman Ia be elected from the premises
She, however, returned in a few minutes,
and was put out a SECOND time,
/ Sine returned again and began 70 talk IA a
a-f.fI
/ Inter finally became 80 exasperated TINT she
caught upa knife which her husband used in
hunting expeditions and plunged it into the
abdomen Of the Donnelly woman innicting
a horrible wound, So that the intestines pro-
truded. The woman sank 10 the floor and "a
physician was quickly summoned. Hamilton
was ia the room at the time Of the stahhng.
II is not clear yet whether be had his back
turned when his wife used the knife o.
whether he became paralyzed from fright
and could not muster up courage to interfere.
Tho Wound Pronounced Fatal
He was arrested with his wife and locked
up Two physiciana arrived at the cottage
soon after the stabbing, aud they pronounced
the wound fatal
Mrs Hamilton and her husband were ar
raigned before Judge Irving IN the after
noon, the court room being crowded Mrs
. Hamilton was still much excited, while he
Z husband was calm and seemed to feel his ID
1 sition. At the preliminary hearing Ms
I Hamilton stated that she did not use III
knife until the Donelly woman attacked he
and she feared her life was i'm danger. III
4 blood stained knife was produced and
q proved to be q regular hunting knife, with
heavy pointed blade five inches In length
4 Hamilton said that the knife belonged % h
1. sporting outfit, and that he had purchased
4 for use IN his hunting expeditions.
Z Mrs. Hamilton Committed 70 Jail.
,e Judge Irving committed Mrs Hamilton
jail without bail 70 await the result Of Mar
q Ann Donnellys injuries Her husband wa
also committed as "a witness Mrs Hamito
almost broke down apd was inclined 70
I, hysterical when she was led out OF the couI
! room by two officers.
y Hamilton stated that he was busy paclSin
his trunk when the Dounelly woman entere
:, the room, and he did no notice his wife wit
the knife in her hand until il was too late
I, prevent her from using il
= The Donnelly woman, who is IS years
age, is ia very low condition, and likely
die any time. The Hamiltons are well-to-d
= people, and are respectfully connected in Ne
Z York and California.
Robert Ray Hamilton was for eight yeai
"a a member of the New York legislature fro
the Murray Hill district, New York city,
a son of Gen. Schuyler Hamilton. a grandse
of John c. Hamilton, author of Life
81 Alexander Hamilton" and great grandsc
be of Alexander Hamilton, the secretary Of q
Al treasury under Washington, who was killt
al in the duel with Aaron Burr. He is q mer
be Der of the New York bar, the possessor d q
&c income of sls,O00 year