Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-30


THE HAMILTON TRAGEDY.
It's Mystery Beginning to be Cleared Up
Hamilton Disguised with His Wife.
Aspecial dispatch from Atlantic City to the
Philadelphia Inquirer says that some daylight
| Is beginning to dawn on the mystery Of the
Hamilton tragedy. 1t Is now known as posi-
| tive fact that the defense will attempt to show
that Mr.. and Mrs Hamilton were quarreling;
that the nurse, who had been discharged, had
| become drunk; that Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton
had been drinking rather heavily for the
middle Of the day; that half in earnest and
half in fun while they we're wrestling with each
| other Mrs. Hamilton drew the dirk and threat
ened to use it upon her husband; that at this
juncture the drunken nurse entered the room,
| and when ordered to leave it she rushed upon
Mrs. Hamilton, who merely held the dagger
| out in q threatening manner, and the nurse ran
| upon it.
AN UNKNOWN WITNESS.
1t will be sought to strengthen this theory
| by the testimony Of . person who has hereto
fore been unknown in connection with the case
save by the defense. This is little girl who
| was in the house, and hearing the noise ran up
is supposed to be the little girl referred to by
Mrs. Swinton as having been sent by Mrs.
Hamilton to bring her to Nou cottage. 1t is
known that the little girls identity is known to
| the Hamilton's counsel, Capt Perry, and that
Mrs. Swinton is virtually in charge OF her, SO
| far as this case is concerned.
Everything seems to strengthen the theory
that the nurse came near losing her life because
during the quarrel she acquainted Mr.. Hamil-
ton with his wifes intimacy with Joshua Mann.
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firm suspicious he already entertained against
his wifes fidelity. The wife recognized this
| fact and in her passionate desire to punish the
nurse for betraying her plunged the dagger
into her.
One of the best known art critics and club
men Of Philadelphia, who is an old personal
friend of Mr.. Hamilton's and who spent over
three hours with him yesterday, said: Ray
Hamilton has completely deceived everybody
by his conduct. Some of his actions may not
seem reasonable, but then his marriage with
this woman was not reasonable. / do not be-
lieve that he ever intended to marry her when
he first began to live with her, but eventually
he became temporarily infatuated and either
introduced her as his wife or else she intro
duced him as her husband and he failed to
deny it.
THE INFATUATIoN WORE OFF.
at did not take great while for his infatu-
alton to wear of, and then she threatened to
claim him as her husband if he did not marry
her. and to keep the affair quiet he took the
long chance OF giving her a marriage certifi-
cate. Then she pressed him still further, till
he made his will in her favor, but it is a
certain thing that there is a second will revok-
ing it already in existence. Ray Hamilton
loathes his wife and it was that fact which
brought them to Atlantic Island and caused
the stabbing.
He becametired of her while on the Cali
fornia trip and he returned east to secure a
separation: He drew up the articles of separa-
ton himself and signed them and was only
awaiting her decision. She kept declining in
order To force him to increase the allowance for
her maintenance. But she had reached his
limit on the morning of the stabbing. She sent
for Mrs. Swinton to help her raise the limit 1t
was then he told her that he had engaged pas
sage on a steamer for Europe to sail the next
week; that she could stay here or go anywhere
she pleased with the child; that he cared
nothing for it nor for her, and he was through
with the whole business.
THEY WILL SEPARATE.
Gas last resort she used the threat of the
knife. She had used it before, but this time it
wouldn't work. Then, when the nurse con-
firmed his suspicious about Joshua Mann, she
knew the jig was up and she used it upon the
nurse who had given her away. The deed
once done the only security for the name of
Hamilton lay in continuing the deception. He
would never as long as the woman was his wife
and under legal protection desert nor betray
her, but know he will be mighty glad when
this affair is over and he can be rid Of her.
She is in his power now if he wanted to use it,
which he don't, and the long interview Wed,
nesday was to settle matters between them
Her signature will be to those articles Of sep
aration before they part at the JAIL
Capt. Perry yesterday made an attempt to
secure a statement from the wounded nurse,
but she was SO hysterical that he only partially
succeeded
MORE OF THE woMAN's CAREER
Dushore, Pa, special to the same paper
says: Mrs. Robert Ray Hamilton is daughter
Of William Steele, and was born in Wilmot
township, Bradford county. about thirty years
ago. Her name was Eva and her parents were
poor and of the lowest class. About 1876. at
the time OF the opening of the coal mines in
Bernice, the family moved to that place. Here
Eva, who was then about seventeen DEVELOPED
into womanhood. She captivated Walter Par
sons, son OF a prominent Boston man, who was
the superintendent of the mines. During two
years Parsons and Eva passed as man and wife
in Dushore and Bernice, Parsons saving at
hotels that she was his wife. 1t was from her
connection with this man that she became
known as Eva Parsons. In 1878 Parsons be-
came tired of the fair but frail Eva and re-
turned to Boston, leaving Eva in the wild min
ing hamlet. She followed, but he induced her
to return to Dushore, and she effected the ruin
alton OF the United States mail agent.
LAUNCHED ON THE WORLD.
Finally when her mail agent was dead and
money was no longer forthcoming from Par
sons Eva launched out an adventures on
the world and her beauty and matchless art
have made men suffer ever since. For several
years she drifted between Towanda, Waverly
and Elmira, N. Y. During the holidays last
year she visited Dushore and Bernice She
was accompanied by man who gave his name
! as j. Mann and claimed to be Eva's husband
Last February Mann again came to Dushore
| and requested business man OF this place to
act as guardian for two Of Evas brothers who
are weak-minded, Mann saying that he and
| his wife were to take trip to California and
| that he desired to leave 81 200 in the hands OF
| guardian to pay tor support Of the children.
| The gentleman refused to act and Mann left
| for New York
Dispatches from Elmira, N. Y, and Newark,
| N. j , refer to her brief residence in those
cities, in the former Of which she was known
as Mrs. Mann and in the latter as Evlyn or
| Evangeline Brill.
| A Strong Writer.
From the Arkansaw Traveller
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