The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-10
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FrOm the New York SUN.
The anticipated suit Of Robert Ray
Hamilton against his wife IN have their
marriage annullcd has been begun I'm this
state. IL IL not for divorce on the ground
Of adultery, hat for annulment Of the mar
rinRe contract ON the ground of fraud.
The complaint was handed to Judge Pat
terson yesterday upon an application Tor
IN order for the service of the summons
Hamilt on's complaint, i'm referring tai
lis marriage, says that his wife's maiden
name was E~van4eline L. Steele, and that
Burr ON January IL, 1ss9. In describing
himself. he says that hc has hcen n citixen
of this state ~ years, and that he owns
real estate and personal property here.
The defendant, ho states, has been N citi-
zen OF New York, shut is now temporar-
lily absent from tho state" She is i'm Jail
Following this, Hamilton declarrs that
his consent tn the marriage was obtained
in Marcl /, 1855. that she was about to be-
come a mother, and that the child was
his. In the same year. December IL and
defendant, who was an Elmira, represent
ing that she had beensdclivered of u child.
On January 8, the day before the mar
riaGe, a female child WAS prevented to the
plaintiff as his own.
The complaint then goes on to state
that the relations existing hetwcen Hamil-
vi shhst thiS rs Nto W tb' Assh
were such that her representations might
nave been true. "Thesc representations"
he ;,, saEs. rwsrs 6 made de- ny The d %@is%s m.
lieve them and might thereby he induced
TO marry her. we'll knowing that hut for
these plaintiff would not
Hamilton says that he has now good
and sufficient reasons to believe hat the
child was foisted upon him by the defend
marry her. Il was in August OF this year
he states that since that discovery he has
not waived any of his rights by cohabit-
ing with her.
formation and belief, which may explain
why Josh Mann and Mrs. Swinton were
taken out of the Tombs yesterday OH an
order from the district attorneys office
and had u long session with Inspector
Byrnes AT police headquarters. II has been
asseverated in reports OF tbs
case hat E~vangcline was married tn Josh,
married another man still. The reporters
We're unable to get any PROF OF this: and a
same fix. His complaint says 'tlsat mt the
time of the celebration of the marriags
and prior thereto the defendant had n hus
band living, aud that on january :, 1889
the former marriage was still i'm force
But Hamilton says that he has not beer
able to obtain any of the details OF the de
Pendants former marriage. He pray,
that IL he should succeed hereafter I'm ot,
tanning them he may the allowed tn inser'
them i'm the complaint.
The rest OF the papers consist of thre<
afiidavits. One Is from Joseph Kunz
mann stating that he has been unable Il
make personal service ON the defendant
another from Edward II. vollnier r~ecitins
the trial, conviction, and Sc ,tencing al
Mrs. Hamilton at Mays Landing, and thu
third from Mr.. kunznann describing
visit Of his to the prisoner at Mays Land
ing when he was informed that she wa
soon to he taken to the state prison n
Trenton, N. j.. Mr.. K~Inznann's visit Ia
already been described i'm the Sum.
II was on the strength of Mr.. Kuzmann'
testimony that Judge Patterson ~ortcrct
that the he published I'm threI
papers in this city, and that a copy h
mailed to the efendan in the county jai
ut Mays Landing, and another addresses
to the state prison at Trenton, n. j.
Josh Mann and Mrs. Swinton wer
taken to the Tombs after their long tai
with Inspector Byrnes. The inspectn
had nothing to shy concerning their visit
but il il supposed that the interview wa
held i'm the interest of Ray Hamilton.