The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-10

After / met Mr.. Hamilton ITleu W keep II
| from Grandmother Swinton, but she found
it out, little by little, and then my trouble
began.
every time they wanted money they
came to me. If l refused they would
threaten and then-then | would give up"
! "What would they threatenW asked.
'sThey threatened to tell my people and
they threatened to separate me from Mr.
Hamilton, so 1 gave them money to buy
their silence and my own happiness. MIR.
Hamilton knew l supported them, but he
never made any objections"
'sWhy did you not get rid of them2"
"You ask me thatp' she said scornfully,
with a hard, short laugh. Il couldn't; L
was afraid of them. They followed me
everywhere, and they threatened until
was glad to get peace at any price. They
somehow learned everything that had
done in my life and they held my own deeds
over me.
"Mr. Hamilton claims he gave me $4,000.
That is not true l will tell you how 1t
happened. He and friend of his went out
on the road with - (she again gave the
names) They stopped at road house
and they all drank too much wine, and
when M. Hamilton came back he
| told me all about it and all that had hap
pened, which was something dreadful. l
got angry and we had a quarrel, and
| threatened to go to the husband of the lady
| giving his nance and tell him the whole
thing. Mr.. Hamilton begged me not to and
said if l promised never TO tell, he would
give me $4,000 1 promised. He gave me
50, 900 with which | intended to pay for
| house l had bought at Passaic Bridge, N.
J. In few days he asked for $4,000 back.
l gave it. Afterward, he borrowed 81, 400
of my own money, and still again $, 250.
| He said he had never paid the other he
had borrowed back, so this time said to
him: Ray Hamilton, you will promise to-
day to pay this but tomorrow YOU will
deny every word of it, so l won't
give you cent unless you give
He wrote out: 4 owe Eva Hamilton Dor
rowed money, Sc This receipt is with
my papers in the Atlantic City bank. At
three different times after this he Dor
rowed $3.50, 500, and $3.50 from me. He
paid not one cent back, and they have all
been saying l was taking his money from
him. My diamonds they talk about are only
worth 1880. The majority of them l
owned; Mr. Hamilton gave me very few.
Besides, have S2,70O, all of which is in
bonds and mortgages, except 5000, which is
on deposit in the bank.
''Mr Hamilton, as l have told you, never
raised any objections to my giving money
TO the Swintons. l kept Mrs. Swinton,
Josh Mann, Mrs. Swinton's granddaughter
lCdrTle oWlnJOn OF COIlluS, aS ueF FlSuG
name isl. At last Kate Collins, Mrs. Swim
toms daughter, found out about Mr.. Hamil-
ton, and she also made me pay her money.
| When / went to Jersey they all went along
and lived with me, and Mr.. Hamilton knew
it and did not object. Josh Mann got
knocked down with my horse, which was
very vicious, while in Jersey. He was
struck on the back of his head and lay in
sensible for almost twenty-four hours.
IUbau Cd 70 NaHEr Nnrl- I 4opl-
him to DR.. Bull, DR.. Paine and half
dozen other doctors. He has never been
| right since that, and should not be held re
! sponsible for what he says.
lone year ago last spring | told Mr..
| Hamilton l wanted to 90 to Europe. He
gave me $1,000 to so on. | told him
wanted to take Josh Mann for company,
and he said it was all right. | went in
| May. left Mr.. Hamilton as 1 knew l
was going to be a mother. l did not tell
him then, because 1 knew he would make
me go to doctor again and do as he had
me do before.
II returned from Europe sooner than l
had expected, and went up to the noun
tains, still taking Josh with me. Septem-
Der l, returned to the city and took fiat
in West Fifty-seventh street Then l told
Mr.. Hamilton / was about to become
mother He was very angry and wanted
me to go to a doctor. | told him it was too
late then, and so matters rested. He was
very angry though, and We fought over it.
Just at that time Mrs. SWinton became
high in her demands on me. told her
could not give her money; that is, had
| been to great expenses all summer travel
ing about and Josh, too. She threatened,
but for once l would not yield. I went to
ny. fiat and Josh went to hers for his trunls
h. was to come back to take diUner with
me. The Trunks came. his with them, but
hers did not come. Next morning sent
down to find out what had become of him
and Mrs. SwintOn said she thought he was
| at nv house For several days we did not
hear of him and Mrs. Swinton was at me
all the time to advertise in the papers and
| offer reward for him. She seemed to be
| in such distress about his disappearance
that | at last consented and advertised
offering 800 for any information as to his
whereabouts, Mr.. Hamilton knew this, and
one day as we were together, the negro
| janitor from the house where Mrs. SWinton
lived came in and said he would tell me
where Joshua Mann was for $50 Mr..
| Hamilton said, Give the Niger so and see
| if he can tell you / gave him the money
and he told me that Mrs. Swinton had Josh
hidden in Edward Dridmen's fat. l went
there. 1t made big fuss and did not find
Joshua Mann, so made the
Niger give back the $50. Then
/ V1OIuGE OWlujOu SdIu SIG Hdu JOSH
and she wanted $50. l gave it TO her, and
in few days she came back for SO. 1 was
too ashamed to tell Mr.. Hamilton how they
worked me about Josh, so just told him
ne had returned and we dropped the sub
| ject. After this Kate Collins threatened
me until gave her SIS week. After her
husband had got in fight with her and
Judge Patterson gave him three months on
the island, Kate went with the Rockwell
Dramatic company and haven't seen her
since had chance to go with the same
company, but MI Hamilton coaXed me to
stay with him.
Il kept very quiet about the fact that I
was going to become mother. Mr. Ham
ilton knew it. and he knew l didn't want
| Mrs. SwintOn to know it, because it would
! be something more for her to threaten me
about She accused me several times. but
I always denied it. l slipped off to Elmira
! to my brothers, Mr.. Stole, who lived in
/ Third street. Mr.. Hamilton gave me $500
to buy baby clothes and $3.50 for myself
before 1 left. He also sent me check for
with me. had not been at the
house three days until Josh
came He followed me up and
l slipped away and went to the home Of
some good honest people in the country. On
! the 18th my baby was born. On December
I IL, returned to Elmira and on the oath of
/ December 1 returned to New York, having
| left my baby at the house where it was
born. Mrs SWinton was the first to see
me on my return and she told me Mrs. Jen-
nings wanted her to buy her baby; that
Mrs. Jennings offered $500 for the right
kind. In the meantime Mrs. Swinton had
| taken a family named Priestman into board
and she was trying to get rid of them.
EOp rho morning of January 9 had nv