The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-08-31

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The Wife OF Descendant Of Alexander
Hamilton Uses the D9gger.
ATLANTIC City, N. u, Aug se:-;
Mrs. Victoria Hamilton, wife Of r.. II.
Hamilton, to-day murderopslyl assault
ed Mary O'Donnell, o domestic in her
employ, with q dagger, infiicting
wounds which will prove fatal, aa!st
Mrs. Hamilton was arrested aud will
be held to await the result OF the girls
injuries. Mrs. Hamilton was .detaiped
as a witness. .su..ra ..i;
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. ga spec
ial to the Inquirer from. Atlantic City
says: Mrs. Hamilton is the wife OF II.
r. Hamilton, said to be a son Of Gen.
Schuyler Hamilton, OF New York, aud
a grandson of Alexander Hamilton,
the financier of the revolution, who
met his death at the hands Of Aaron
Barr in their historic duel Oh ihe hanks
of tha Hudson. ~..a .tii5tas3t
The husband was in the, room at: the
time of the stabbing. The whole
fair is. shrouded in mystery. Mr.
and Mrs. Hamilton secured aud. moved
into the front suite of rooms on the
second floor of the cottage about five
weeks ago. They said they lived in
New York and; had just returned from
California. They had q baby and tba
woman who was stabbed was ats wet
nurse. Tney had every appearance Of
being wealthy. -, ~.
Mr.. Hami,tol is a large, handsome
man OF apparently forIy-tive years Of
age, and HE wife is q fine-lOoking
woman several years his junior. He
! is a lawyer by profession. He said to-
day, after his arrest, that ne possessed
an income of $4,000 year, but be
yond that he would say nothing more.
Mrs. Hamilton was upon the womans
statement, arrested and locked up on
the charge. OF feIonIous assault, with
|. her husband, to await. investigations!
/ The woman's wound, tits believed,
will prove fatal. 1t seemed to- have
been inflicted by dagger driven In
with great force, asit passed Though
her clothing and corset and apparently
far into the flesh. 80. go is'a'.'
| At the bearing Mrs. Hamilton was
informed of tho charge against her and
she pleaded not, guilty, aud ten O'Clock
tomorrow was the hour set for further
| hearing. 80; - -. 'i'i'' ~,
} Meantime neither the wounded
woman nor either of the, defendant
can be seen by anybody. by order o
1.-the authorities, and it makes the
clearing up OF tho mystery all TIT
Ilnore difficult. ......,., 4.
| The wounded woman, who was in
Il tn no INN
manner for an hour or two after 3D.
was stabbed. She was heard to SAY
that an old woman who has been call
ing on Mrs. Hamilton is not he
mother, as she was reported to be, ant
the man who came to see her and pre-
ltended to be her brother was not cue
q relative at all, and that Mrs. Ham
iiton was a disreputable woman befor
she marries Hamilton.s 'r' '''* 70 "a
She threatened the Hamiltons wit
due vengeance If ever she recovefe'
lfrom her Injuries. She said''to tn
= doctor while her wound was bein
dressed, that Mrs. Hamilton wa
aI Jealous of her and of everybody else.i
All sorts of stories have been tol
about the motive for the siabbiDi
lone is to the effect that the. wounde
woman herself assaulted the Haml
. tons, and while they attempted
- wrest the weapon nom her she Stable
herself. .,. ,,.,r ...t ,s. 49,, ,,i :;
When locked up at the statio
Hamilton was perfectly cool and co
lected, inquiring il there was an
charge against him and If he had
be locked up. He seemed utterly n
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and asked no questions concerning he