Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-05
EVA MUST LOOK TO HERSELF.
Ray Hamilton Disgusted at the Trick
Which He's Been Played on Him.

Mr.. Sam1 B. Clarke, the partner Of Elihu
Root, the New York law firm who has the in
terests Of Mr.. Ray Hamilton now In charge,
declared yesterday that Mr.. Hamilton was dis
gusted at the trick which had been played
upon him and would have nothing more 10 do
with the woman who claimed to be his wife.
Mr.. Clarke had no doubt that Mr.. Hamilton
was ignorant Of the way in which the woman
had acted with Mann, and that he (Hamilton)
fully believed her story that the child was his.
She had been away from him the greater part
Of the year previous to tho alleged birth OF the
child, and he had confidence in her, displaced
though it was.
When he was asked what steps would be taken
by Mr.. Hamilton to have the marriage annulled
MIR. Clarke said that the plan OF action had not
yet been decided upon. but that the marriage
would certainly be made void. He had no
doubt, personally, of being able to prove that
the woman had been married to Mann. The
fact that Joshua Mann swore in Pennsylvania
court that he was her husband would not con-
stitute a marriage, but would be evidence to
help substantiate the fact Mr.. Clarke said
that Mr.. Hamilton would not aid the woman in
the trial for assault, but would leave her to
look out for herself.
HOW HAMILTON WAS DECEIVED.
Charles A. Peabody, jr., who is one Of Mr..
Hsmilton's most intimate friends, and at whose
house Hamilton is now staying, was asked this
morning for some explanation Of how a man
like Mr.. Hamilton could have been so long and
successfully imposed upon. Mr.. Peabody said,
in reply, that the explanation was simple. Mr..
Hamilton was a man inexperienced in intrigues
1t was always such men who became entangled.
Had he been a man who had given any por-
ton Of his life to this sort of thing, he would
never have been entrapped. But he was i'm
questionable, chivalrous. He was ready to
n
him made by this clever woman, and having
once given her his confidence, it was in accord
with the nature OF a generous and faithful man
that he should not easily withdraw it. He
never had any conception Of the true character
Of the woman. 1t was doubtful whether he
had any conception of how bad it was possible
for q woman to be- The attitude Of mind to-
ward woman which Mr.. Hamilton's education
and breeding had inculcated made it difficult
for him to realize that a woman could be SO
base as to be beyond the reforming power of
love and better circumstances. Having once
become infatuated, it was not SO difficult to
understand how MIR. Hamilton took the
woman at her word and accepted the
was nothing to open his eyes until the stab
bling occurred and the revelations which fol-
lowed it were made 1t did, indeed, seem
almost incredible that man could get so
deep into the tolls of an adventures, but it had
been demonstrated that he could, not only in
the case of Mr.. Hamilton, but of other men at
various times and in most of the instances the
victims were educated, refined and unused to
such adventures, the mans very superiority,
intellectual and moral, being the cause of his
shlpwreck. AS to Mr.. Hamilton having lost his
mind, as had been stated in some of the papers,
that was all nonsense. He had lost his mind no
more than any man may be said to have done
who becomes infatuated with an unworthy
woman.
MANN AND MRS. swINToN IN COURT
In the Tombs police court yesterday Josh
Mann. the lover Of Mrs. Robert Ray Hamilton,
and his mother, Mrs. Swinton, were arraigned
to answer the charge of conspiracy.
Josh Mann was brought in by Detective
Crowley. He ia q man of medium height and
was dressed in a cheap but neat suit of clothes.
with unshaven face and reddish moustache.
Mrs. Swlnton next appeared in the custody of
Sergeant Mangin. She was poorly dressed and
wore old straw hat. She looked careworn
and guilty. She kept her eyes fastened on the
foor and nervously worked her fingers.
At 220 the two conspirators appeared before
the judge. The audience arose almost to
man to sec the culprits. They had no counsel.
The judge asked them what they had to say,
and both replied Nothing" The judge then
remanded them until Friday next, when they
will appear with counsel.
EVA HEARS THE NEWS.
Mrs. Hamilton, as she still calls herself, in
her attic room at the Mays Landing, NJ, Jail
heard of the arrest Of Josh" Mann and Mrs.
Swinton yesterday morning. She had been
nervous and depressed all day Tuesday having
had a suspicion that Hamilton had abandoned
her. She was in the same mental condition
in the morning. When she learned through the
newspapers that the whole plot had been laid
bare she became almost hysterical for a short
time and then all her Old-time defiance re-
turned. She threw herself on the bed and,
pressing her hands to her head, refused to
hold any communication with the sheriff's
wife, who had come upstairs to see her. She
refused to say anything concerning her hus-
band or the action he had taken and seemed
intent upon studying some plan for her own
safety.