The Monmouth inquirer., 1889-09-05
HOW THEY TOOK HIM in.
Another Interesting Chapter in
the Hamilton Scandal.
MRS. HAMILTON's GREAT SCHEME.

She introduced Variety of Children
to Induce Marriage-Mrs. swinton Con-
fssses Her Part in the Deception.
New YORK, Sept. Another chapter in
the Hamilton-Donnelly tragic scandal at
Atlantic City has been laid bare by the aid
of Chief Inspector Byrnes While Mrs.
Hamilton, alias Evangeline Steele, etc, is
.languishing in her comfortably furnished
cell at Mays Landing her co-conspirators,
Smother" F. j. Swinton and "Dottyn Joshua
Mann, are pining behind the iron bars of
6eparate cells at police headquarters in this
city They were both arrested Monday at
mo. 335 West Twenty ninth street.
1t has been claimed that prior to the al
legged marriage of Hamilton to the woman
the latter had become a mother in Elmira.
The child was said to have been born Dec.
IL, 1885, About that time Eva lived at
Ellnira, both at hotel and a boarding
house, with Mann as husband and wife.
That the woman was sick there at various
kimes is attested by DR.. Burnett Marsh,
physician of twenty mine years standing in
the place, but he positively denies that she
was ever the mother of child.
TX Mr.. Hamilton Learns the Secret.
All these facts and others were learned
there and telegraphed to New York by De-
tective Mcknight, of Byrne's staff, and the
latter lost no time in apprising Mr.. Hamilton
of what had been CLEANED. Mr.. Hamilton
came on from Atlantic City Friday night
last and put up at the residence of Charles
A. Peabody, No. Is Park avenue. When he
had heard all the facts Hamilton said 'The
woman is my wife and as such l shall pro-
tect her, but if conspiracy was resorted to
and spurious child palmed off on me, then
am as anxious as any one to hunt down the
conspirators and have justice meted out to
| Them
| The same night, and in fact, the same
| train that brought Mr.. Hamilton to this city
also brought Mother Swinton and her son
Joshua who registered at the ST. Charles
/ hotel, at Broadway and Bleecker street, as
ksAlr. and Mrs. J. W. Brown" and occupied
the same room Detectives Hickey and
Crowley went to arrest the pair at the st.
Charles Sunday night, but they had gone
during the afternoon. At noon Monday she
came back, remained at the house a few
minutes and left, being followed by the de-
tectives She went direct to No. 1856 West
| Twenty ninth street. where both she and
Mann were stopping, and she was then ar
rested and taken to police headquarters.
/ Mrs. Swinton Confesses.
/ Joshua did not make his appearance until
! ) o'clock in the evening. He was beastly
drunk and was at once taken into custody by
Detective Hickey. Through the usual meth
ods adopted by the inspector he succeeded in
unsealing the lips of his prisoners, and thus
from Mrs Swinton's own confession, drawn
out, of course, by strategy on the part of the
shrewd inspector, the story Of treachery is
unfolded.
s'Nov. 10, 1857 said Mother Swinton,
s.Eva came to me and said: i am going to
Elmira and shall return Dec. Is. In the
meantime want you to get me a child's cos
tune Joshua and myself Will be back about
that time
"What do you want it fors" asked Mrs.
Swinton.
sob, there is friend of Rays" meaning
Mr. Hamilton-Nwho has just got a lady into
trouble, and when the child is born | want
to take it on Rays account and place it away
until such time as can use it"
Eva came back Dec. 25, Christmas day
and went to Mrs. Swinton's home at Fourth
avenue and Th1ty-fourth street, coming to
the house at o'clock in the morning
"Have you got those baby clothes?' was
her first question.
| Eyes, everything except a cloak and cap"
replied Mrs. Swinton.
Il "Well, let's go and get them, and together
they went to the Bowery, only stores on that
thoroughfare being open on that day. They
| finally bought the cap in second hand store,
! and Eva said, ssYou go back home and I'll
go get the baby"
Brought the Baby with Her.
She returned in about three hours, bring
ing or days old baby with her, wrapped
up in a rough, green striped shawl The same
day Mrs Swinton secured board at No. 105
East Twenty-eighth street for "Mr. and Mrs.
Mann and child,n and in the evening Eva,
Joshua and the baby came and stayed one
week as ''Mr and Mrs. Mann"
Then a fiat was rented and furnished at No.
20S East Fourteenth street, and the trio went
there to live A week later the baby was taken
sick, and, though DR.. Kemp, of No. 267 West
| Twenty-third street. was called it died few
days later This child was named "Alice
Mann and was IA days old, and died from
the want of mothers milk. The death GER
tificate gave the parents names as George
and Alice Mann.
/ Another Child Produced.
| So anxious was Eva to have girl that
while the body of the infant still lay in the
house unburied she and Mrs Swinton started
out on the hunt, and before long returned
with another baby they had bought from a
midwife. This child was days old At the
expiration of the second day it also sickened,
and Eva said to Mrs. Swinton: 'sWe must
send for a doctor or the child will die, but
we can't send for the samedoctor, as it would
look suspicious"
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