Telegram-herald., 1889-10-20

friends. NT Eiihs Root aud his cousin.
Nr. Peabody both of New YORK
BIF oF SlcE WORK
one evening Inspector Bsfnes. q tie
New York police force. received note
from Nr. Roo. asking ham - E1ees him
Al the GIiseY house 10 consult fsl2tiSe 80
Hanihons relations with has VIE
Bvrnes called as desired and Was closesod
for several hours with Root. lie was
informed q the suspicious Of the nurse
snd y as engaged 10 make Investigations
u determine the truth.
Tho next morning Byrnes detailed
three good men-McAaught. Hickey and
Grow ley-and giving them al tie means
they required, started them on stlll
hunt knowing that the child had been
horn IN Elmira the inspector sent Nc
Naueh1 there u look into TIE clrcum-
stances OF Mrs Hamilton confinement.
Hickey and Crowley were sci - work on
Josh Mann and Mrs. Swinton.
Mcknight discovered the key 20 the
subject being Investigated. al klmira-
lie found that Mrs. Hamilton had been
there with Josh Mann, and that they
had registered al hotel as man and
wife lie looked up Or. Bennett Morse,
who Eva had said Was her attendant
during her accOuchement The doctor
declared that be did not attend her for
the purpose Of bringing . child into the
world, but was once, and only once,
called IN 70 prescribe for her IN an ordl-
nary, trihing ailment.
Mcknight having reported 10 lnspec-
tor Byrnes. a flood Of light was thrown
on the case. Ii did not take the Inspector
long 10 guess the motive for fraudulent
ly presenting Hamilton with an heir to
bis estate Hamilton was sent for from
Atlantic City, where lac had remained
near the person of the woman whose
spell still bound him. that he might adj
minister 70 her wants, shield her so far
as possible and comfort her in her trial.
He at once went 10 New York and met
Mr.. Root. Mr.. Peabody and Inspector
Byrnes together.
Then commenced the task Of convinc-
ing him of the existence OF the plot.
Hamilton could not believe the revela-
tiOn that was made 10 him. 1t required
time for it 20 break through his feelings
after having been impaired TO his brain,
and become matter OF conviction. He
was told that a spurious babe had been
foisted upon him IS his own, with view
to secure his property; that the conspira-
tors were, first, the woman he loved;
second. Josh Mann, who had long ex-
cited his jealousy. and third, hrs. Swim
ton. Then the last important suspicion
must have burst upon him as it comes
upon all who know of this plot: Would
the next step be his own removal? lie
had been obligirg in every particular;
he had married Eva, acknowledged the
child as his own, and had provided that
his fortune should go to his wife and
child in case of his death. Nothing re-
manned in the way but-himself.
And who was the fend who had con-
cocted this deviIish scheme and practiced
it upon him? The woman he worshiped,
the woman he had spent thousands upon,
the woman for whom he had given up q
brilliant career, for whom he had suf-
fered the cut of his friends, for whom he
had permitted the anguish of his family,
and, more than all, for whom he had
tarnished the proud name of the Hamil-
tons.
And who was to share this i'll gotten
fortune? Her paramour, Josh Mann, to
avoid whom Hamilton had taken her
from one end Of the continent to the other.
Hamilton feelings when this revela-
ton was made to him have not been
given TO the world. Indeed, it would re-
quire pen dipped in a mixture of an
glish, remorse, humbled pride jealousy
and terror to describe them; but it does
not require a vivid Imagination to fancy
something of what he must have felt.
At first he declined to believe what he
was told But as one by one the docu-
ments were drawn out and read to him
he weakened, and at last a rcvulsion of
feeling came over him and he gave his
consent for a prosecution of the con-
spirators-of Eva whom he had loved SO
long.
As soon as Josh and Mrs. Swinton
heard that Hamilton had left May
Landing, where his wife was confined,
they at once went to New York and reg
istered at the st. Charles hotel under the
name OF Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Browne.
the son and mother, under this assnmed
name, occupying one room. Byrncs,
who had been apprised Of their move
ments. watched the hotel day and night
There was no doubt in the minds Of
those who were hunting down the con-
spirators that these two were among the
number, and it was desirable to keep
them i'm sight until sufficient evidence
could be obtained 10 warrant their arrest.
Meanwhile the detectives were work
ing diligently, and succeeded in getting
"A clew TO the fact that Mrs. Swinton had
purchased two infants up town in New
York One day Detectives Hickey and
Crowley went TO the hotel 10 find that
Mrs Swinton and her son had gone.
The clerk informed them. however, That
they were To return the next day 10 get
some parcels they had left The next
dav they did return, and were taken tO
police headquarters. Inspector Byrncs
confronted chem with sho facts of the
conspiracy he already had I'm his posses.
sion. Seeing the game was up. they
made confession of their connection
with the affair. dcnouncing IVA as an
intriguing woman whose solo purpose
was the accumulation - wealth by any
possible means Tho case had h,cn
neatly and quickly worked up. and. with
tho confession 81 Mr Swinton and
Josh. unlocked series Of vlllainics un-
prccedentod n the history OF tho New
YORK police
Eva urAEs THAT All = oUT.
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