The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-09-08
FROM OVER THE RIVER.
Mrs. Swinton and "Josh" in jail
Queer Freak of a Live Wire.

both held at the Tombs, New York, in de-
fault of 81, 200 bail, on charge of grand
larceny, in obtaining $500 from the de-
luded Robert Ray Hamilton, through the
medium Of his remarkable wife Their
lawyer, Mr.. Ross, wanted bail fixed at a
smaller sum, but Justice Hogan wouldn't
hear of such thing.
Mann appears to be O fool and his
personal attractions are on par with his
intellect How he could claim min
ute's attention from even such n creature
as Eve" is one of the deepest mysteries
in this complicated case. He protests his
innocence.
A criticism made among lawyers was
that the weakness of the case as thus far
developed against Mrs Swinton and her
son, Josh" is that it does not connect
them in any way with sharing in the $500
which Hamilton paid at the birth of his
alleged child, and which was made the
basis of the charge against them.
The money was sent by Mr.. Hamilton
to his wife at her request, while she was
at Elmira, and no direct proof was fur
niShed that either of the prisoners was
instrumental in obtaining it.
From her confessions to Inspector
Byrnes, however, there was ample proof
tised upon Hamilton and assisted his
wife in carrying out the plot.
Mrs. Swinton has threatened that If she
is pushed by Mr.. Hamilton she will make
it hot for him and will stir up "big
scandal" This, however, is believed to
be more in the nature of bluff than any
thing else, for there is hardly any state
ment that she could make that would ag-
gravate the scandal which has already
been stirred up over the matter.
1t is said, too, that Mrs. Hamilton now
wishes to make a confession, and has writ
ten her husband aletter in which she says
that If he will come to Atlantic City she
will tell him everything.
Dog Catchers Who May Be Murderers.
Yesterday morning three dog catchers
attempted to seize little pet belonging
to Mrs. Maggie Fuller, of No. 1879 Meserole
street, Brooklyn. Mrs. Fuller resisted
the capture, and was assaulted by the
men.
She went into commissions, and when
she was removed to st. Catharine's Hos.
pital the doctors said they did not think
she would live. The police arrested George
Wycks, No. II Meserole street; Robert
Alternately, No. las Withers street, and
George Ditmar, of No. 215 North Tenth
street. The prisoners are dog catchers,
and numerous complaints have been made
against them, but no attention has been
paid to them.
Ka Ku Tells Story of vilIainy.
The abduction" of Ka Ku, the fifteen
year-old Japanese girl, has developed
into first rate sensation. The girl told
her story to Captain McCullagh, of the
New York police, through an interpre-
ter.
Ka Ku SAYS that she is no relation to
Kai kura. A little more than year ago
kura induced her father to let her go
to America with him for the purpose of
educating her, and promised to see that
she was safely returned home. He took
her to Honolulu, where they met the
other girl, Kai Ku, and then to San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, and finally to New
York, where she says he asked her to en-
ter upon life of immortality
She denies the story that she was ali
Quoted by three Cinnamon, and says that
on Sunday night she had headache, and
while Kai Ku was asleep she walked out
into the street and wandered about until
she lost her way. She says that she was
met by the man Yoshode Katanaka and
taken to the James street boarding house,
but denies that she was in any way in
suited or interfered with.
Kai Kura and his wife, Eyi, were repre-
sented by Lawyer Hayes at the examina-
ton yesterday. Both were held for q
further hearing Monday morning. Kata-
naka and Eymoto, the boarding house
keeper, were released. The two girls,
Ka Ku and Kai Ku, are held as witnesses
In the Grasp of Live Wire.
Arthur G. Drake, of Elizabeth, clerk
in the employ Of William P. Room, No.
80 Front street, New York, had wonder
full experience with "live" wire on Fri
day. He was walking under the tracks
of the elevated road on Pearl, between
Wall and Pine streets, New York, when
suddenly he felt a succession of singing
blows upon his head and shoulders. Then
he seemed to be III the embrace of q SER
pent. The coils frightened, and whirled
him round and round. He felt sharp
pain as of bite upon his left wrist.
With mighty effort he freed himself,
and as he stood there dazed, he saw
another man dozen yards away strug-
Cling as he had done. This man also
shook himself loose after some insane
gyrations.
Drake turned to Frank Droesic, an
Italian bootblack, who was standing
near, and asked him in a confused way
what had happened. Droesic replied that
wire which had been dragging behind a
train upon the l. road had caught Drake
and the other man. The wire must have
been charged with electricity for it had
burned brakes hat and coat and had
wounded him upon the wrist. His cloth
ing was ruined by the contact. He made
search for the wire but could not find it.
No doubt the train had carried it away.
The Worlds Fair Site.
On the afternoon of Tuesday next the
Committee on Site for the Worlds Fair
will meet and consider the maps, plans
and estimates of cost of the Fort George,
Claremont Park and Oak Point sites,
which they have invited to be presented
at that time.
In this connection also, they will take
| into consideration the replies of the
| several railroads and other transportation
companies to the enquiry addressed to
| annh nacrnrlinnr ite faciIitias for froirrlh