Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-09-06
THE HAMILTON AFFAIR.
Atlantic City's stabbing Affair the
Topic of the Hour

Mr.. Robert Ray Hamilton, whose name is
of his wifes stabbing Mrs. Donnelly, their
child's nurse, i, without doubt, in an unen.
viable position. Various versions of the
affair are afoat an1 it is difficult to
arrive at clear understanding of the case
Nobody was in the room occupied by the
Hamiltons when the assault occurred exc .pt
the husband and wife and Mrs Donnelly,
the victim, and the defence will
try to make it appear that there was no
quarrel at all between Mrs. Hamilton and
Mrs Donnelly, previous to the stabbng, aud
that the ill feeling between them caused by
the hot words that passed when Mrs. Ham
ilton discharged the nurse earlier in the day
had been settled They will claim that the
quarrel was begun by Mr.. Hamilton, who
wanted to separate from his wife
aud live alon'. In order to induce
her to consent to this arrange
ment he had agreed to allow her O
liberal sum to maintain her. Mrs. Hami-
ton had consented to this at first but on the
day of the assault refused to have the sep
aration papers filed. The fight arising from
the resolution Of Mr.. Hamilton to rid him
self of his wife, became SO violent trat
their angry voices reached the ears of Mrs
Donnelly who went to her masters room
in order either to patch up the quarrel or
help it along. Her sYmpathies were with
Mr.. Hamilton, and very soon she began to
denounce his wife, Mr. Hamilton he sped
her along, and thus encouraged, she made
many sewers charges against Mrs. H mil
ton. Aroused by these taunts, and by her
husbands Indifference, Mrs Hamilton
grabbed the dagger from the bed aid
slashed at her husband with it, Mrs. Don
nelly thrust her back. Mrs Hamilton be-
- Id II II !
Mrs, Donnelly a vile name. Toe latter
rushed toward Ter and, in her mad haste,
precipitated herself upon the dagger, which
Mrs. Hamilton was only holding with the
point extended from her person In this
way the defence will claim Mrs. Donnelly
was wounded.
a telegram from Dushore, Sullivan coun-
ty,, Pa, dated Aug, % says; Mr.. Robert
Ray Hamilton was born in Wilmot town
ship some 80 years ago. She was born and
reared in poverty. About 1876 she passed
as the wife of Walter Parsons, son of Bos-
ton man, who was the superinten lent of the
Bernice mines They lived together two
years, and in 1878 Parsons returned to Eos
ton, leaving her here. She had many esca-
pades and went to New York about
1881. She has made a number of visits to
pushors SINCE then and was always accon-
panied by man who passed rs her hush md,
and who gave his name as j. Mann, Their
last visit was during the holidays, last win
ter, Some time last February Mann came
here and requested business man of this
place to act as guardian for two of Eva's
brothers, who are weak-minded and that he
de,ire1 to leave $1,000 in the hands of a
guardian for the support of these children
Mann had just taken the train for New York
when this tDushorel gentleman received a
telegram, signed Mrs Mann, asking il Mann
had been heno
1pis understood that Mr. Hamilton mar
ried his wife from a vat,Y different circle
from that in which his family moved 1t
appears to be a case of man tr ling to make
good woman out Of questionable mat rial,
and the disgrace she has brought upon him
is the inevitable result of such alliances.
Robert Ray Hamilton of New York is tho
son of Gen. Schuyler Hamilton, who recently
married the widow of Ex-Governor Kavan-
augh, a daughter Of Mrs. James Hall of San.
ford, Me-