, 1889-09-19
WILES OF A WOMAN.
The Plot by Which Richara Ray
Hamilton Was Deceived
and Disgraced.
Incredible villainy Of the Conspir-
ators and Hamilton's Blind
Credulity.

country has over known ,vos fiat which
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Tempt OF the rcputed wife OF Richard
Ray Hamilton, one of Now Works four
hundrcd. IN muraer one of hor female
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tempted murder, and still more mcagcr
details of the conspiracy, unearthed nv
tho a.,oc,;,ov hoyo orno,,ro, Il, ,ho p,
.ne u',o..Ncs' n",' "ppS"'e' ~ '"o NE
VIEW, hut rom theso the reader OBJ
taincd hut an imperfect idea of the facts.
The following from the Now York s,ar
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uiscioaes ''ois Va "o'"an "cPraVity
ana mans crcdulity seldom equaled
even In novels OF sensational feature
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Now orh societV PeoNtc were shocked
ten days ago by the news that Mrs. Rob.
ert Ray Hamilton, wife of the cx-asscm
blyman from thc eleventh district. Ind
stabbed and almost killed her servant,
Mary D0nnelly, ut Atlantic City, during
quarrel with her husband, In which
the woman interfered. The Munitions
were living In the Noll cottage at AT.
lantic City, and on the day the assault
they were preparing to return to this
city.
Some dispute arose bet ween Hamilton
and his wife. Mary Donnelly entered
the room at the moment when Mrs.
Hamilton struck her husband ON the
head with an umbrella. As she had
the child Beatrice In her arms she left
the room and camc back moment later
without her Az she did so She saw Mrs.
Hamilton raise an ivory handled dagger
with u tcn-inch blade and lunge wlth IL
ut her husband. The blade cut the leg
OF his trousers. Mrs. Hamilton struck
u second blow, and this time the
blade sank into tho abdomen of the
nurse. The wounded woman's screams
quickly brought Officer William Biddlc
to the scene, who, aided BY some nci.h.
bors, sum moned medical aid. Mrs.
Hamilton was arrested and locked up
IN the county Jail at Mays Landing.
Then IL was that the family skeleton In
the Hamilton closet was disclosed Dur.
Ing her rawlings in deliritim Mary Don.
nelly said that the woman WHOM, Mrs
Hamilton called her mother did not hear
that relation TO her. She also said thnt
the man who called upon her prctendino
to be her brother was not such n relative,
and that Mrs. Hamilton was a disrcputa
bic woman before she married Hnmil.
ton. When the womanis memory re.
turned she told the people at her bedside
ion o, sr far havipe @ pee'i seapneu oy Mrs. Ham
n,on ,, iol na,n'S trlea'uhcu 70 expose ncr
Il l..
Mn sa,a Tns ,iis oiie ,o1nua Iah Mahm, WIN whom
Ne tia,;is iau oech very lltlihatc'
No ii"on .tS yuoiiuah hother was
tala Tnn ~ S... !ior h'ihe was MIS-
F,rstuoricN ,rt i'm o. Sw.n,on. =,
no uas % at.vi .nc s,hpollg, Mrs. iiam-
in', onJ arraionaJ So,o a' p''Iy MY ihnu-
T1Si u" ,ar silt sJu nolore loice justice
FhhaS io. p;y spnu;ii,i'lIsaiy eNatnlhauon'
anere, ner version OF the assault was,
,a siaIy poLii,eily, my paoy nurse, VII
i,ieu my cnais,c'er III tne presence OF my
huaopio' iis :, an9 saDoeu her WIN
sh nni,e, Mn hiiuniii.oh' WINE admitting
sns'sud vi" su is ,iis MaS uole oy ms wlie'
.eiuseui ,. V'i ,ne auv,ce oi couhsci, 10
s'1.S "nas s,,i, ~. ~ ~ 'i;e mctIon'
,hat Sf. ti,,,,it,a, wy III ariesIti,sa.loIl was
sentemher 1o Her hnsband 'o and di'et Mua pn
RUM. the propriet ress of the NolI cot.
-tage, were placed under bonds 10 appear
us witnes ses
Mary Donnelly daily grew better. and
a few days ago was believed bv her phv-
sicians TO be out of danger. Mr.. Hamil-
ton has been unceasing in his attentions
to his wife while she has been i'm iaiI.
bringing her things every day to soften
her Imprisonment.
v,,,.r poor,s s,.sr,S,,.
On THURSDAY hlght last Inspector
byrnes recelNeu note rom Elihu Root,
"''' ''s'' N' - SsNP hhviVot III tHe
case Oh afGount OF ms friendly relations
with the tiamliton family, asking him
TO Saii at the Gilsey house and consult
with MN reiatiVe TO investigating the
reIauohshlp petWeen Ronert Kay Ham
iltoh and ms nllegea wite. Mr.. Roots
ietter was SO iorclple and strong, and his
insinuntioiS were so suggestive that the
inspector culled as requested and was
closeted ior several hours with the law
yer lhey discussed the case from be-
ginning 10 emu ana from what secret i'll
formation Nir' ROOT had gathered 1t was
evident that a deep laid and well con-
uuued conspiracy nad allured Hamil-
ton into marrying this woman but what
the purpose Oh the plot WAS could not be
made apparent.
Inspector Byrnes was at once enlisted
in the cause, and detailed Detective Ser
geants Mcknight, Hickey and Crowley,
and gave them unlimited means to un.
earth the mystery underlying the alleged
Mrs. Hamilton's past life. Mr. Root
was certain that the marriage was the
result of IA plot, and with this iounda-
ton the detectives started out. Nc.
Naught was the first to report to his
chief He had been directed to 20 to
Emira, where the child Beatrice Raw, or
"Trixy,o was said 10 have been born.
The detective discovered that Mrs.
Hamilton was in the city with Joshua
Mann, and they registered at q hotel as
man and wife. DR.. Bunette Morse, the
physician whom she said attended her at
the birth of the child made affidavit
that he never administered to her wants
in caseof confinement, and the only time
ne was cailed 10 tIle hotel was to pre-.
hcripe Ior ncr III hii ordinary case oil