Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-04
DUPLIClYY.
1 Novel Conspiracy Enters Into the Ham.
ilton Scandal.
Mrs., Hamilton Got Husband and Family
Jewels by Paiming OH a Child Pro-
cured OF Midwife.

NEw foRK, Sept. \.
Mrs. Swinton and her son, Joshua A.
Mann, who were concerned In the Hamilton
scandal At Atlantic City n. j.. are prisoners
al police headquarters charged with con
spiracy. The fact has been established be-
yond doubt that the child which Mr.. Ham
ilton believes he is the father Of has no,
drop Of Hamilton blood In its body In
spector Byrnes has conclusive evidence that
the child was bought from midwife for the
sum of ten dollars and palmed OF to llamil-
ton a. his own.
The conspirators in the plot were Mrs.
Hamilton and Mrs Swlnton. The latter has
made n confession of the part she took in il
In b r statement Mrs Swinton says About
November 10th of last year Eva Hamilton
told me she was going To Elmira and would
BE- back about December 18th. During her
absence she wanted me to make set of ba-
BY clothes, ssSing she was going to sdop,
child Oh IA, 5 account. Mrs. Hamilton did
not come back until Christmas morni q
She asked me IL had a cloak and cap.
said no and We went together TO the Bowery
and purchased the articles. Then she told
me to 20 home. She returned in two hours
having female child wrapped in big green
shawl.
The sane day engaged hoard at l0i East
2stb street for Joshua. Eva had the child.
They representa- themselves as Mr.. and Mrs.
Mann. They remained there one week and
then moved to fiat in llth street. There the
child was taken sick and died in few days
Before IL was buried Eva went 10 u mid
wife and got another child, bringing it to the
house. The first child was then buried. Al
few days later the second child was taken
sick. The child WAS removed to my house
where il died. In the death certificate the
name of the child was given as Ethel Par
sons, and the parents names as Walter and
LYDIA Parsons. The death occurred January
10Th. The child was 2s days old. The first
child died on January ath. The name given
was Alice Mann
Before the second child WAS buried. Eva
went out and got third baby. This one
was three days old and dark.comple xioned
and much unlike the others. Eva said she
hated this one and told me to take il back to
the md wife and tell her she did not want
it Before doing so we went out looking for
another baby. We placed the Dutch"
baby in the cradle. left it there AMI locked
the doors. We went to the mid wife and
bought child for ten dollars When we
got back home ! took the other one away
Eva told me to tell the mid wife that the
lady who got the child had died. The mid
wife at first did not want to take the BABY,
but gave her five dollars and she took it.
Eva wanted to have the child in order To
make Hamilton believe he was the father of
it. On such representation she begged him
to mary her and give the child name.r
According TO Inspector Byrnes, Hamilton,
believing the woman true to him and also
that he was the childs father, finally married
her on January 7th, at Paterson, N. J. The
witnesses we're Edward Dryden and brother
of Mrs. Swinton.
Mrs, Swinton told the inspector that Eva
had frequently represented that she was
married to her son Joshua and she believes
it herself 10 be fact.
Mrs. SwintoD says that Eva has frequently
told her since her marriage to Hamilton how
she had imposed upon him and made him
believe the child was his in order that he
should marry her. She said she carried out
the scheme in order to get the family jewels
and silverware left by flamilton's mother in
her will to Robert Rays wife. When she
got possession of these she said she would
make plenty Of money.
Joshua Mann has been living with Eva for
three or four years as man and wife.
Josbua Mann says he met Mrs. Hamilton
eight years ago in a disreputable house on
SD street They have been living as man
and wife on and of ever since. During the
past year she has given him $1,000 to live on.
He admitted that he knew of the deception
of which Hamilton was the victim. Mann
is 81 years cid and his mother 81.