The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-19
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reversed.l Witness wanted 10 stay y
Atlantic City. 1t was then that hi
night shirt was torn and also the Goa
which was lying on the bed the. defend
ant ripping II during her 1T OF angeI!
Later the nurse came Into the room viii
two letters, giving witness one and re
tanning the other, This she refused u
give up and the defendant told her shl
was discharged, Mrs, Donnelly said sh'
would mot 70, and witness told her shI
must Witness said there had been con
siderable argument between the defend
ant and himself that morning relative Y
separation and an annual allow
ance for her. Witness said hI
had agreed to give her s.. 900 year, bll
she wanted more. He said the knitt
used had been In his possession four o.
five years, When the ROW first began
he tried 10 put Nurse out Of the room
and was assisted by Mrs, Ruppe, who
had entered in the meantime, and who
took the baby which had been sitting
on the floor to aplace Of safety, Wit
ness succeeded In getting the nurse out
OF the room, but she rushed back ex'
claiming: "Let me at her" and calling
the defendant foul names,
Mrs, Elizabeth Ruppe, the proprie.
tress OF Noll cottage, was next placed
upon the stand, She was present when
Mrs, Hamilton attempted TO ASSAULT The
nurse with an infants: bath tub. Mrs.
Hamilton made the remark IN her pres
ence Ray Hamilton, you will have me
sent to the gallows yet
MRS. HAMlHoN's EVIDENCE,
When Counsellor Perry called Mrs,
Evangeline Hamilton to the stand, she
walked with Arm step and had ceased
weeping, After seating herself she ner.
vously twisted a fan which she carried
She related her story In q hating man
uer. Robert Ray Hamilton covered his
face with bis hands as II in dread OF the
revelations about to be made Of domes'
tic infelicities. She stated that the
nurse was Of q quarrelsome nature, and
on the morning the ARRAY occurred
had remarked that 'Sho was tired OF
seeing me OF that poor devil all the
time, meaning Mr.. Hamilton. Wit
ness was afraid to call her lie
her own during the entire time
Mrs. Donnelly was in her employ. Mr..
Hamilton upheld her, the witness
said, which only tended to make matters
worse. II often spoke to her. the wit.
ness continued, "about the neglect OF my
baby. She was in.the habit Of leaving
1t at home and going out 10 drink. Her
abusive Language was more than | could
stand and | discharged her"
Mrs. Hamilton related how the nurse
threw her on the bed. The nurse was
leaning over witness and her knee was
pressing on witness stomach. She said
she picked up the knife from the bed
aud reaching around her husband, who
was trying to separate them, she struck
her assailant In self defense. She did
not think she had cut her and did not
know Of the w6man's injury until the
officers came 10 arrest her. The nurse
had previously made threats against her
life.
Prosecutor Thompson then took the
witness In hand and made the most
searching inquiries into her past life and
career. She was very reluctant to an.
swer several questions and sought her
counsel to object, but was overruled.
HER STORY.
She first met Hamilton, she thought,
at the house Of a friend named Mrs.
Brown, residing in New York, but was
not sure.
In answer to q question as TO who her
parents were, she said they were dead,
aud she had previous TO meeting her
husband lived on money left by them.
Her father lived in scottVllle, Sulll'
van county, Pa. Witness said she
was married to Hamilton last jan
uary in Patterson; N. j. Her
child was three months old when
she first employed Mary Ann Donnelly
as wet nurse. When asked II the child
was born in Pennsylvania witness re-
fused to answer and appealed to tho
protection OF her counsel, who offered
objection but was overruled, and the
question was only withdrawn when
Mrs. Hamilton stated to the court
that the answer would be eliminating to
her. Again did she look upon the court
appealingly, when Prosecutor Thompson
asked: "Are you the mother OF that
child2"
This question was withdrawn under
the same ruling, but the incident clear
ly made an impression upon the jury.
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