Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-09-25


aud OF course bad not seen Eva dur
ing that tine. Her plan was to g"
to Eimirs IN the rnidi'- OF Sovem =
aud return month later. Sue IN
tended to claim t5at during this
mouth o: absence Hamilton child
was born Upon her return sh.
would get an infant from some mid
wife and pass it off upon Hamilton
as ais own The plot did not work
as smoothly as she expected. but il
was successful She returned from
Elmira on Christmas day, and that
evening visited a mid wife, and
brought back a female child for
which she had paid ten dollars. The
same day Mrs. Swinton secured
board at los East Twenty eighth ST,
for Joshua, Eva and the child, the
couple representing themselves as
Mr. and Mrs Mann They remain
ed there = few DAYS and then remov-
ei TO flat on Fourteenth street,
where on January Ain, the child sick
ened and died Before it was bur-
led, Eva got another child from .
nid wife The first child was then
buried under the mama OF Alice Mann
On January ii, the second child
died but not before the adventures
had accomplished her object and be
come the wife of Robert Ray Hamil-
ton.
THEN HAMILTON MARRIED HRR.
He had been out of town for some
months as has been said before, and
when he returned in the first week 10
January he was shown the second
child procured from the midwife and
told that it was his. Eva assured
him that she had been faithful to him
ever since he had raised her from
her life of degradation, and begged
him to legitimatize their child. In
spite of his liaison, Hamilton WAS an
honorable man, and though he im
periled his good name, he had the
moral courage to marry the woman
at Paterson, N j., on January Z.
The child died Z days later and fear
ing that its death might lessen her in
she bought another infant
before it was buried. Hamilton
knew nothing of the death and the
second child wos buried as Ethel
Parsons. In both cases the cause of
death was given as want of breast
milk. The third bahys appearance
did not please Eva. She said 1t look
ed too Dutch, and visited another
midwife and bought 4th child for
ten dollars. The Dutch" baby WAS
returned with bonus of s., and
the fourth child lived and hourished
as Beatrice Ray Hamilton.
At this stage nurse Donnelly en-
ters upon the scene. Hamilton had
his wife in Injurious
apartments aud Mary Donnelly was
procured as wet nurse for the child.
idolized the little one as he
worshipped his wife. He visited
Eva frequently and kept her well
supplied with money. She in turn
lavished money upon Joshua Mann,
and gave him during the present
year about $1,000, besides keeping
him and his mother in apartments
near by IN handsome style. When
Hamilton would leave her to be
gone all night, she would send the
nurse for Mann who took his place.
This deception continued for several
months Mann always being sent sfor
the moment Hamilton left. Finally
Hamilton became suspicious and
took his wife and child aud nurse to
California to get her away from
Manns influence. But Mrs. Hamil
ton kept up a correspondence with
Mann. and gave her husband no rest
until he returned east. They travel
led by easy stages stopping at sever
al western cities and also in this city
for few days. They then went to
Atlantic City, intending to spend a
part of the summer at Noll cottage.
As soon as they were HfIed at
Atlantic City, Joshua again be
came a spectre to the husband The
story Of the stabbing of the nurse on
August 26th. need not to be retold
at length. Hemiltou and bis wife
had been talking about the S1O) u
week pin money he nad allowed her.
and he thought that since sh. WAS
living with him she ought to be sat
isfed with less. This anSered her
and she made some ugly remarks to
nurse DoDnelly, who had entered
the room AS only Hamilton, his
wife and the nurse were present, the
details of the stabbing have not yet
been revealed. but It is kno Sn that
Mrs. Hamilton accused the nurse OF
not taking proper care of the baby,
and discharged her. The nurse
then threatened TO tell Hamilton oi