Telegram-herald., 1889-10-20

bowed head There were questions
put 10 him which must have wrung bis
heart and his PRIDE 70 answer. a lawyer
questioned him SIS 10 his efforts on one
occasion 10 tina josh Mann at EVa's So
licitatiOn.
How did YOU know Eva wanted 10
see himy" asked the lawyer.
''By her manner and appearances.
This Eva Mann is the woman now
known as Mrs Hamilton
IL was some time before Hamilton
could reply. al last, with al effort, he
said:
''She is" e
EyA's SENTENCE.
After about three weeks in iail at
Mays Landing, Eva was brought up for
trial. Those in the court room were by
this time quite familiar with her history
and any effort 10 act a part would
scarcely be worth her while. Neverthe-
less she sObbed and covered her face
with her handkerchief and appeared as
interesting as il was possible 10 appear
under the circumstances. Hamilton in
his testimony shielded her as far as he
was able, referring 10 her whenever II
was possible as 1.-The defendant"
When Eva was called 10 the stand she
attempted to assume an ingenious air,
but the prosecuting attorney asked some
questions about the birthplace Of Beatrice
and whether she was the child's mother,
which she was obliged 10 decline 10 an
swer on the ground Of self incrimination
thus tacitly admitting the main points
Of the conspiracy.
The jury, after remaining out two
hours, brought in a verdict Of guilty Of
atrocious assault. Eva was then sen
fenced to two years imprisonment in the
penitentiary.
With the confession Of Josh Mann and
his mother the main features of the case
are known. Tho history Of the parties
connected with it need not be told any
mere definitely than has been told above
No further revelations can change the
fact that Eva was a cyprian of the worst
type; that Hamilton was infatuated, per
haps terrorized; that a conspiracy was
developed by foisting spurious child
upon him 10 get possession of his for
tune. Whether the cCnspiratOrs would
have added murder may never be known
but few who have read history of the
case as thus far developed will doubt
that some method Of removal would in
/ the end have been adopted if required
1t is this feature Of the case that must
send the deepest, the deadnest shudder
+ through Robert Ray Hamilton. Where
might he not SOON have been had it not
been for the blow that struck down Mrs
/ Donneily?
There is always disposition on the
part of the public to sympathize with
one who has been ruined by conspiracy
For the moment the sin of the one con
spired against. the weakness which en-
abled a degraded flock of harpies to drag
/ him downward, are forgotten IN the con
temptation Of tie enormity Of the crime
Might not the man have soon been
made away with asks every one who is
familiar with the case. This thought
alone is enough to turn q warm sym
/ pathy towards Hamilton from many who
cannot excuse him.
There are other alleviating circum-
stances in IIamlton's action he stood
/ by MS wife after the tragedy which
/ threw her into prison. and when il was
expected it would result in stamping her
/ as murderess. With the eyes OF all
/ America on him, he remained by her
prison and ministered to her comfort.
and was only drawn away from her by
the discovery of the conspiracy When
he married her his principal motive
seems to have been to protect what he
! supposed TO be his child His kindliness
for this innocent-the only innocent one
of ali-did not turn with his know ledge
that il had unconsciously been the in
strumcnt by which his rain was 10 be
worked When all was known he di-
rcctcd that little Beatrice should be cared
for at his expense. When asked why he
did this. he replied that the child must
be taken care OF. that she could not be
left TO perish. Tho finer nature Of the
Hamiltons. buffeted. submerged by he
reditary passion. risca at the last moment
10 the surfaco-all that remains to re
deem so much degradation.
Never was there = case for tho student
Of those laws which bind families. pre-
scnting two illustrations more in con
trast. yet illustrating the same fact: that
vice is transmitted from parent TO child
For generations the sir Of which Robert
Fay was guilty has cropped ont In his
race. appearing os wen defined In a great
statesman as IN any u the other men,
bcn 0t tho family.
ON the other hand. when We exam
ino the history Of tho Steeles what
do We find? Crime on every hand.
We may not 80 hack 90 trace traits
running through this family as IN the
liamiltons No brilliant carccrs place
their biographies in history. But one
may sec whole family So stepped in
vice that we readily construct criminals
iu ,he past. as Professor Huxley will con
sruct an animal from ono q its honea
Nur do we see in these stselcs flashes ~
that finer nature as in thc Hamltons
but arc they net there WAo ever
thought that there could o. delicate
sentiments budding and DIVING contnu.
oasly iu tie hearts of the inmates az
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