St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-27
ASSAULTED THE NURSE GIRL.
A Woman Bearing a Famous
Name in a Jersey Jail,

A Woman Bearing Famous
Name in a Jersey Jail.
ATLANTIC, N. j., Aug. 26.-Mrs. Vic
teria Hamilton, wife of K. h. Hamilton,
who is said to be grandson of Alex
ander Hamilton and son of Gen. Schuy-
ler Hamilton, of New York, was ar
rested to-day for a murderous assault
upon her nurse girl, Mary O'Donnell.
She seriously cut the girl with Mex
lean dagger. The latter is lying at the
point of death, while Mrs. Hamilton is
held without bail to await her injuries.
/ What led to the affray is not as yet
known. MIR. Hamilton is detained as a
witness.
1t is learned tonight that Mr.. and
Mrs. Hamilton quarreled frequently.
During a quarrel to-day. in which they
were both clinched in the room, as Mary
Donelly passed by she ran in to get
their eight-months'-old baby out of the
room. She had to separate the combat
ants. She half shielded Hamilton's
body with her own, when the wife
plunged Mexican dagger in the pit of
the maids abdomen, exposing her in
testineS. She coolly wiped the blood off
of the dagger and laid it away
Mr.. Hamilton is large, handsome
man of apparently forty-five years of
age. and bis wife is fine looking
woman several years his junior. He is
a lawyer by profession, he said to-day.
after his arrest, and confessed to
possessing an income of $4,000 year,
but beyond that would say nothing that
would reveal his identity. Mrs. Hamil-
ton was, upon the woman's statement,
arrested and locked up upon the charge
% Eel ncca1,1t xxrifh hnr h,,e
to await an Investigation. The WOman's
wound it is believed will be fatal. 1t
was stitched up. 1t seems to have been
INFLICTED WITH A DAGGER
driven in with great force, as it passed
through her clothing and corset and ap-
parently far in the flesh. At the hearing
Mrs. Hamilton was informed of the
charge against her, and she pleaded not
guilty, and 10 O'Clock tomorrow was the
hour set for further hearing. Meantime
neither the wounded woman nor either
of the defendants can be seen by any
body by order of the authorities, and it
makes the clearing up of the mys-
terry all the more difficult. The
wounded woman, who was intoxi-
Gated, raved in the most violent man.
ner for an hour or two after she was
stabbed. She was heard to say that an
Mrs. Hamilton was not her mother, as
she was reputed to be. and the man
who came to see her, pretending to be
her brother, was not such relative at
all, and that Mrs. Hamilton was a dis
reputable woman before she married
Hamilton. She threatened the Hamil-
tons with dire vengeance if ever she re-
covered from her injury. She said to
the doctor while her wound was being
dressed that Mrs. Hamilton was jealous
of her and of everybody else. All
sor is of stories have been told
about the motive for the stabbing. One
is to the effect that the wounded woman
herself assailed the Hamiltons and that
while they attempted to wrest the
weapon from her she stabbed herself.
This theory will probably be used by the
defense, if the woman dies, particularly
as Hamilton had evidently struggled
with some one his coat was split
open up the back and his trousers had a
knife cut below the left knee. He re-
fused to make any explanation as to
how his clothes came to be in that con-
dition. When locked up at the station
house he was perfectly calm and col
lected, inquiring if there was any
charge against him and if he had to be
locked up. He seemed utterly indiffer-
ent as to
WHAT BEFELL HIS WIFE
and asked no questions concerning her.
It appears that Hamilton married with
out his fathers knowledge. and the lat
ter came on to Investigate the character
of the woman his son had welded, and
who il now appearS was diSreDutable