The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-11
4HE CHECHIRED CAREER
OF Mrs. Robert Ray Hamilton,
the Adventures,
HER VARIED EXPERIENCES
From Her GirIhood to tho Time She
Met tho New York millionaire,
A Story of an Infamous Life
Her Family Connections

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New YoRK, Sept, lO,-The career Of
Evangeline Steele, alias Eva Parsons,
Eva Douglass, Eva Mann, Ada Mackin'
tosh, Eyangeline Brill, Carrie Gilsey,
and, perhaps, a dozen other aliases, but
more latterly Mrs, Robert Ray Hamil'
ton, has been about as varied and dis
graceful as has ever fallen to the lot OF
an adventures.
The history OF her life Of wrongdolng,
which was brought to an abrupt termi'
nation by an attempt to murder her SER
want, seems to be without q parallel in
criminal annals, As near as 1t has been
possible to learn, Eyangeliue Steele Is
the fit daughter Of worthy sire. Her
father, William Steele, or, as he is better
known, old "Bill" Steele, has lived for
over forty years in the vicinity OF Wyo.
ming county, Pa, moving about from
place to place, and at times living In
miserable quarters and eking out an ex-
istencs as he best might, honestly or
otherwise. He was OF yio.ent temper
and placed small valuation on human
life, and In this particular his children
have taken alter their father, Atthe
present time he is under bail in Wyom'
ing county, awaiting trial on an indlct-
meat charging him with attempting TO
murder a resident Of Beaumont, named
Lutes.
STUCK ny HER FAMILY.
Eva has stuck by members Of her
family who managed to fall into the
clutches of the law, although in the in
stanceof her brother, George Steele, who
attempted to murder man in Towanda,
Bradford county, Pa, she did not sue:
coed In getting him out OF his scrape,
although 1t has been established thatshe
furnished the money to procure counsel
for his defense. twas Tor this purpose
that she went to Towanda with Josh
Mann, as has already been published,
and OH which occasion Mann swore that
she was his wife. All her efforts In her
brothers behalf were futile. He was
convicted aud sent to the penitentiary
where he Is now serving his term.
Another brother, Tom, was not far be.
hind the rest OF the family In criminal
achievements, for II Is said that on one
occasion he was arrested for stealing u
horse and buggy, aud Eva again came to
the rescue and placated his wrath by
paying him a certain sum OF money.
The morality OF her sister Alice seems
to have been Of a character equally as
elastic as Eva's. Some years ago she
man named Eugene Foote, at Forkston,
Pa, and Immediately afterward she
couple went to live in a lumber camp a
few miles south from Forkston, where
several children were born, She, too,
had violent temper, and quarrels were
frequent. A few months ago Foote,
who had been suspicious Of his wife for
a long time, ls said to have satisfied
himself that he was being made dupe
OF, left her, taking the three oldest chill
dren, claiming that the rest did not be-
long to him. Alice, however, was not
long in finding q partner She sue
Ceeded in ensnaring a backwoodsman
named Andrew Eastwood, and induced
him to leave his wife and family for her.
SIZE MEETS PARSONS.
Such Is the record OF the notorious
family of the notorious Eva Steele, Mann
Or Hamilton. Just exactly when she
cast aside the ties Of home aud paternal
care and started forth to do battle with
the world is a matter Of conjecture. AS
lar as has been ascertained, she first be-
came known to the world at large in 1872,
when she lived at No. So Clinton street,
where she was supposed to be
engaged In earning herliving by making
floraT designs, until an ENHANCEMENT
with a Brooklyn druggist necessitated
her leaving Newark, and 1t is said that
she went to Mexico.
Whether she did or not, nothing was
heard OF her for some time, when she
again turned up as an inmate OF dis
reputable house In Port Jervis, N. Y.
While in this house she made the ac-
quaintance OF man named Parsons,
with whom she lived for some time.
Eva was next heard OF In Waverly, N.
Y, and again as the inmate Of q house
OF i'll fame. Here 1t seems she first got
into serious trouble. One OF tue wealthy
business men OF the place became In.
iatuatedwith her and took her from the
house. He lavished money freely upon
her, but discovered that she was not
true to him, and In the scene which fol.
lowed Eva shot her lover. EOr this she
was arrested and indicted, but was
never brought to trial, her victim re.
iusing 10 prosecute. The indictment
still hangs over her head.
ANOTHER VICTIM,
After this cucapede Waverly became a
tribe too warm for Eva, and she went to
EImlra, beginning there as she did in
other places. As before II was not long
before she succeeded in bringing one Of
the best.known business men oil Elmira
to her feet. Her new lover was by no
means wealthy man, although he was
comfortably situated but IL was not
long before the woman's extravagant
tasGe had brought his affairs TO such a
low ebb that u became impossible for
him 10 satisfy her demands any longer,
and he sold out his business In Elmlra
and CamO to this city, aud 10 now doing
business on Sixth ayennB.
shU did not remain long In Elnlra ai.
ter this, but driited 10 0swego. II does
not appear that she created any partlCu.
lar tlrore In that city, aud was next
heard OF In Syracuse. She pursued the
same methods there as al the other cities
In which she had lived, and had been
there only q short time when she furn-
lshed tho city with q sensation ln the
shape 0l an 6plapglement with one Of
tue prominent men, who vac NOT only q
married man, but tie father Of otgrovn:up
IChildren.
After this shO came 10 New York, and
Immediately hunted up her Elmifaloyer,
who had Id the meantime established
himself ip business In Sixth avenue,
Again he Iell q victim 10 her wiles, and
their intimacy was renewed. They lived
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