The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-28

Jaws. can't live Mrs. Hamilton was for
wears the most conspicuous adventures IN
New York, and it is said many young
blood spent a fortune upon her before she
captured Hamilton, it is thought, for his
fortune. He is thirty years of age
and she about ten years younger, and
hopeless victim of the morphine habit.
About two years ago they were clandeS-
timely married in New York. When this
became known he was Ostracised by the
four hundred as well as his parents. Alter
his marriage he lived with his wife at liz
West F'iftieth street, near broadway. Al
though an outcast he had an immense
fortune, and after standing it as long as
possible in New York he, six months ago,
took his wife and child, two months old,
and Mary Donnelly, to Southern Gail
fornia with the intention of locating per
manently in the west. He returned dis
gusted and temporarily took up MS resi-
dence at Atlantic City two weeks ago.
Mrs Hamilton's display of diamonds and
gorgeous attire at the seashore created
sensation. Then she was robbed, and to-
night the officers of Atlantic City are search
ing for the thief who stole $50, 900 worth
of diamonds from the room in which the
tragedy occurred, during the excitement.
This afternoon officers and pawnbrokers
throughout the country have been notified
of the tragedy of to-day, which will prooa-
DIV END IN q IIlal LOT IL ScilO
about as follows:
Joshua Mann. of No. III West Fifteenth
street, New York, whose mother keeps
house of bad repute, is an old associate OF
Mrs Hamilton. He followed the couple to
California and back. A few days ago the
husband who did notknow Mann, saw him
in Atlantic City, and remembered having
seen him at New York and at nearly every
point in two months travel in the west.
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Mann met Mrs. Hamilton in one of the beer
gardens. Hamilton had them watched but
said nothing until to day, when his wife
said she was going to New York city, but
would return in few days. 1t was then
that his Indignation and temper overcame
him, and grasping her by the neck he said:
''You are my wife and you remain here.
Let Josh Mann take care of himself"
The name of Mann called by herhusband
astounded her. She became desperate, and
with Mexican dagger made lunge at her
husband He grappled with her and
pushed her over a chair. The nurse, Mary
Donnelly, hearing a noise ana having had to
separate the couple several times before TO
prevent bloodshed, interfered The wife
no sooner saw her than she darted at her
with the dagger and the words, lyon she
devil, you are the cause of this; you'll
never be about me again ~ plunged it into
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the floor.
Mrs. j. F. Swinton, who formerly kept
a questionable house at No. Ill West Fiji
teenth street, is prominent in connection
with the tragedy. She is the mother of
Joshua Mann, who is the son of her first
husband She is bent and withered, and
talks about the bloody affair with the cold
manner of vice-hardened woman. She
and her son and daughter are stopping at
the Verona house. She claims to have
been instrumental in bringing about the
marriage of her prOtege TO Hamilton, and
since then she and her family have been
dependent on his well filled purse.
Justice Irving said late last night that
Mrs. Donnelly had made o statement in
which she accuses Mrs. Hamilton of an at
tempt to take her life. She says Hamilton
is infatuated with her, who is really his
wife, as a marriage certificate is in exis-
tence. Some startling developments are
expected concerning the woman Swinton
which will no doubt include the history of
the theft of 1000 of Hamilton's money A
race across the continent TO apprehend the
culprit and some other private matters are
fast coming to the surface. The life of the
Hamiltons here was one continual rc1nd
of extravaganza. Mrs. Hamilton's COS
tunes were elaborate and varied, and her
diamonds were the envy of the seashore.