Evening star., 1889-09-04

EVA, BELIEVING HE WAS RroHrrSe A vpoxa-
FOUR INFASrs WERE TAKEs BKFoRs ONE WAS
PALnED OFF on HIM-NRs. swrSrox AND xASS
ARRESTED.
There were some very sensational develop
ments IN the Hamilton-Donnelly case yesterday
inspector Byrnes has been investigating the
antecedents Of the woman who calls herself
Mrs Hamilton. and has brought to light, he
Claims, the details OF Q conspiracy by which the
child which Nurse Donnelly was caring for was
palmed of as belonging to Mr.. Hamilton. Mrs
Swinton and her son, Joshua Mann. have both
been arrested. and the former has made con-
fession Of her part in the conspiracy, the SUBJ
stance Of which is as follows:
about November 10 of last year Eva Hamil-
ton told me she was going to Elmira and would
De back about December Is. During her alb
sence she wanted me to make o set of baby
clothes. l asked her what she wanted with
them. She replied that friend Of Rays had
got lady in trouble, and that when the child
was born she was going to adopt it on Rays ac-
count and bring it up. Mrs. Hamilton did not
come back until Christmas morning. ! was
then living at 4th avenue and Slst street. She
asked me II / had a cloak and cap. / said no,
and we went together to the Bowery and pur-
chased the articles. Then she told me to 60
home. She returned in two hours, having a
female child wrapped in a big green shawl
MANN EVA
"The same day engaged board at los East
2sth street for Joshua, Eva and the child. They
represented themselves as Mr.. and Mrs Mann;
they remained there one week and then moved
to a fiat in I4th street near Third avenue, where
they also lived as man and wife. There the
child was taken sick and we sent for DIR. Kemp
OF No. 267 West 23d street, who attended il.
1t died after a few days. Before il was buried
Eva went to a midwife and got another child,
bringing it to the house. The first child was
then buried. few days later the second
child was taken sick. Eva said to get doctor,
but l told her it wouldn't do to get DR.. Kemp
again. So we sent for DIR. Gilbert Of No.
401 West 23d street. The child was re-
moved to my house at 81 East 31st, where
1t died In the DEATH certificate the name
OF the child was given as Ethel Parsons
and the parents names Walter and Lydia
Parsons. The death occurred on January IA
The child was twenty-eight days old. The first
child died on January f. ten days old. The
name given was Alice Mann, George and Alice
Mann, parents. In both cases the cause of
death was given as want of breast milk. Un-
dertakers Adair & Aldred of No. 354 4th avenue
buried both children. Before the second child
was buried, said Mrs. swinton, Eva went and got
third baby. This one was three days old and
dark complexioned and much unlike the Others
Eva said she hated this one. 1t looked like q
Dutch" baby and she could never kiss it. She
told me to take it back to the midwife and tell
her that she did not want il. Before doing so
".
placed the Dutch" baby in the cradle, left il
there and locked the doors.
THE FINAL PURCHASE.
''We went to a midwife and bought q child
for go. 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 midwife at first did not want to take the
baby, but gave her IS and she took it.
Eva wanted to have a child in order to make
Hamilton haliaya that he yvaa fha foth ~ .
On such representation she begged him to
marry her and give the child a name"
According to Inspector Byrnes MIR. Hamilton,
believing the woman true to him, and also that
he was the child's father, finally married her on
January .. at Paterson, NJ. The witnesses
were Edward Dryden, an insurance agent and
brother of Mrs. Swinton.
SHE WAS MARRIED TO MANN
Mrs. Swinton told the inspector that Eva had
frequently represented that she was married to
her son Joshua and she believes it herself to be
fact. 1t has been learned that last March
Mrs. Hamilton gave Mann q check for s., 600
on the Union Dime Savings bank. He drew
the money and deposited it in his own name
On April Is he drew out the money Mrs
Hamilton heard Of it and 1t angered her. She
went to the bank, made a statement that she
was the wife Of Joshua Mann, and that he was
demented and had run away. She wanted the
bank TO make good the money, but Mann had
drawn II and the officials could not help her |
Mrs. Swinton 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 her scheme in
order to get the family jewels and silver ware
left by Mr.. Hamilton's mother in her will to
Robert Rays wife. When she got possession
OF these she would make plenty Of money.
Joshua Mann has been living with Eva three
or four years as man and wife.
THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD KNOWN
Inspector Byrnes has investigated all the
statements made by Mrs. Swinton and finds
them to be true. The inspector says he knows
who the mother Of the child is that Hamilton
believed himself to be the father Of She is .
young unmarried woman, living on the east
side. The child is an illegitimate one, and the
mother disposed of it to a midwife. The in
spector will not tell the mothers name.
A brother of Mrs Hamilton was arrested at
Towanda, Pa, for larceny, and she and Joshua
On the stand Mann swors that he was Mrs
Hamilton's husband
DIR. Gilbert, who attended the second child,
told Inspector Byrnes that Mrs. Swinton and
Mrs. Hamilton begged him to save its life IL it
was possible. They stated that large amount
of property depended on its living and that its
life was worth 500, 900 to the mother.
Joshua Mann says he met Mrs. Hamilton
eight years ago In disreputable house in 32d
street. They have been living as man and
wife on aud of ever since. During the past
year she has given him O.. 900 to live on. He
admitted that he knew OF the deception of
which Hamilton was q victim.
NURSE DoNSELLY RECOVERING.
II was rumored at Atlantic City Yesterday
that certain facts are now in possession of the
lawyers regarding Nurse Donnelly 1t is init
mated that her career is a checkered one and
that she will remain under police surveillance
until some disposition of the case is made DIR.
Crosby has declared her out Of danger but has
not given another certificate, as il has not been
requested by the prosecuting attorney
Baby Hamilton and her nurse, Mrs Rupp
and Counselor Perry went over to see Mrs.
Hamilton. The latter was in a most deplorable
state OF nervous prostration and paid but little
attention to the child. This was a surprise as
well as annoyance to Sheriff johnson and the
adult visitors.
Mrs. Rupp is credited with saying last even
ing upon their return from Mays Landing Jail
that Mrs. Hamilton's chief anxiety seems TO be
fear that Mr.. Hamilton had lost interest in
her case and that he will desert her. No dis
patches are known to have been received from
Mr.. Hamilton yesterday.
Where to Wear the Ring.
From the Chicago Tribune.
II had supposed" said the jeveler, ''by this