Evening journal., 1889-09-04
HOW THEY TOOK HIM IN.
Another Interesting Chapter in
the Hamilton Scandal.
MRS. HAMILTONs GREAT SCHEME.

She Introduced Variety of children
TO Induce Marriage-AIrs. swinton Con-
fesses Her Part in the Deception.
New YoRK, Sept 4-Another chapter in
the Hamilton-Donnelly tragic scandal at
Atlantic City has been laid bare by the aid
of Chief Inspector Byrnes While Mrs
Hamilton, alias Evangeline Steele, etc, is
languishing in her comfortably furnished
cell at Nays Landing her co-conspirators,
"Mothern T. J. Swinton and "Dottyn Joshua
Mann, are pining behind the iron bars Of
separate cells at police headquarters in this
city They were both arrested Monday at
No. S35 West Twenty-ninth street
1t has been claimed that prior TO the al
legged marriage Of Hamilton 70 the woman
Che latter had become mother in Elmira
The child was said to have been born Dec
II, 1883 About that time Eva lived at
Klmira, both at hotel and boarding
house, with Mann as husband and wife.
That the woman was sick there at various
times is attested by DR.. Burnett Marsh, a
physician Of twenty years standing in
ths place, but he positively denies that she
was ever the mother Of a child.
ntr. Hamilton Learns the Secret.
An these facts and others were learned
thsre and telegraphed TO New York by De-
teetive McNaught, OF Byrnes staif, and the
latter lost no time in apprising Mr.. Hamilton
of what had been CLEANED Mr.. Hamilton
came on from Atlantic City Friday night
last and put up at the residence Of Charles
A. Peabody No Is Park avenue. When he
had heard all the facts Hamilton said 1.-THE
woman is my wife and as such / shall pro
tect her, but if conspiracy was resorted to
and spurious child palmed off on me, then
am as anxious as any one 10 hunt down the
conspirators and have justice meted out to
them.n
The same night, and, in fact, the same
train that brought Mr.. Hamilton to this city
also brought Mother Swinton and her son
Joshua, who registered at the st. Charles
hotel, at Broadway and Bleecker street. as
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Brown and occupied
the same room Detectives Hickey and
Crowley went 10 arrest the pair at the St
Charles Sunday night, but they had gone
during the afternoon. At noon Monday she
came back, remained at the house few
minutes and left, being followed by the de-
tectives She went direct TO No 1856 West
Twenty street. where both she and
Mann were stopping, and she was then ar
rested and taken to police headquarters
Mrs. swinton Confesses.
Joshua did not make his appearance until
8 o'clock in the evening. He was beastly
drunk and was at once taken into custody by
Detective Hickey. Through the usual meth
ods adopted by the Inspector he succeeded in
unsealing the lips Of his prisoners, and thus
from Mrs Swinton's own confession drawn
out, Of course, by strategy on the part Of the
shrewd inspector, the story of treachery is
: unfolded
''Nov. 10, 1SSS,r said Mother Swinton,
"Eva came to me and said: i am going to
Elmira and shall return Dec Is In the
meantime l want you to get me a child's cos
tune Joshua and myself will be back about
that time"
"what do you want it forr asked Mrs.
Swinton
"Oh, there is friend of Rays meaning
I Mr. Hamilton-"who has just got a lady into
trouble, and when the child is born / want
30 take it on Rays account and place it away
y until such time as i can use it.n
Eva came back Dec. %, Christmas day
and went to Mrs Swinton's home at Fourth
= avenue and Thirty-fourth street, coming e
= the house at 9 o'clock in the morning.
"Have you got those baby clothesr was
her first question.
yes, everything except a cloak and cap,
replied Mrs. Swinton.
, "Well, let's go and get them, and together
< they went to the Bowery, only stores on thai
a thoroughfare being open ON that day. They
" finally bought the cap in a second hand store
and Eva said, "You go back home and II
I, go get the baby"
Brought the Baby with Her.
ing or days old baby with her, wrappe,
!, up in a rough, green striped shawl. The sam
y day Mrs. Swinton secured board at No lO
IS East Twenty-eighth street for "Mr and Mrs
Mann and child,n and in the evening Eva
Joshua and the baby came and stayed on
week as "Mr. and Mrs. Mann
Then fiat was rented and furnished at No
q 20S East Fourteenth street. and the trio wen
J. there 10 live A week later the baby was takel
y sick, and, though DR.. Kemp Of No. 267 Yves
q Twenty-third street, was called, it died a lev
a. days later This child was named "Alic
70 Mann and was "A days old, and died fron
" the want of mothers milk. The death Ger
A. tificate gave the parents names as Georg
a a and Alice Mann.
Another Child Produced.
Or So anxious was Eva to have girl tina
= while the body of the infant still lay in tn
id house unburied she and Mrs. Swinton starte
Il; out on the hunt, and before long returne
with another baby they had bought from
midwife This child was days old. At tn
expiration Of the second day it also sickened
and Eva said to Mrs. Swinton: 1--WE mu;
send for doctor or the child viii die, bu
we can't send for the same doctor, as it woul
look suspicious
Dr. Gilbert, Of No 40l West Twenty-thir
street, was summoned by Mrs. Swinton, VIII
took the baby TO her own home, No. 81 Ea
I- Thirty-first street, where it also died Jan. l.
se aged 2S days This child was called Eth
l1o Parsons. On the death certificate its parent
N, names were given as Walter and Lydia Pa
re, sons, and its death was recorded as OccurriI
n,, from the same cause as the other
by Eva Didn't Like This One.
ng While the body of the second child still Ia
,te in the house Eva went out and got anoth
", baby from midwife, and laid it down in Il
=, same room with the corpse. Thisi waif w
re-. of German parentage, dark complexion'
DTS and black eyed.
"a 81 can't love this baby exclaimed Ev
H. ''I couldn't kiss it and hate it, as she turn
the little head from side to side like SO mul
merchandise.
So the next day, after the second baby hi
been buried, the women bundled the da
scomplexioned babe in the cradle, locked {
door and went skirmishing for somethil
Eva could love and kissn
One Eva Could Love.
In this they succeeded by paying $40 fol
4t.s l..