Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-28
THE WIDOW FREE.
MRS. EvA HAMILTON CASTS OFF HER PRISON
CLOTHES.
How She Received the News Of Htr Parion-SUss
DOnnsllys Atlantic City Assailani Dons
The Bonnet and Wrap She Wore
When She Entered Jail.

TRENTON, November 27.-Mrs. Eva
Hamilton has been pardoncd. Mrs.
Hamilton's petition was filed last year.
the clemency OF the Board. which have
been materially weakened by the
death of Robert Ray Hamilton.
She cited that her husband had
begun suit for the annulmont Of their
marriage, which he unjustly wished 10
terminate before her release from pris-
on, because she could set up a proper
defense. reiterating in her petition that
she did not secure her marriage by fraud.
She further stated that Robert Ray
Hamilton had promised to assist her
in securing pardon, II she
would not resist his suit for
the annulmcnt OF the marriage
to which she did not agree. The only
part OF the petition that could have IN
iluenced the court was the one that
stated that the nurse. Mary DonnelIy,
for assaulting whom she was convicted.
was not as badly wounded as ii was gen
orally believed. She recovered so speed
lily that she was able to appear at court
IL IL nlAIiN~s anu lAl'l Alf iANNi VI AlAN
case to exhibit herself rs a curiosity IN
the Dime Museum in New York.
The petition was numerouSly signed.
The names Of Dos prominent citizens
of Atlantic City and county were APP
pended to it.
Mrs. Hamilton, since her incarcera-
tiOn, has been an Inmate OF the hos
p,tal. She was constantly COM
planning of neuralgia and nervous
ness, and this gave her release
from the horror OF sleeping in cell
and mixing with the thirty-Seycn other
women prisoners. During her conine-
mcnt IL was several times charged that
she received favors In prison. The
charges were openly made. and an Off
cial investigation was inauguratcd.
which resulted In nothing definite being
established.
The night of September - she sat Boo
her cell and for two hours discussed.
with Keeper Patterson. some plan To
reach Robert Ray Hamilton and have
him come to some agreement for her
pardon. She then promised that all her
resistance to his suit for the annumcnt
Of the marriage should cease. \ plan of
operation was reached, and the keeper
was intrusted with the mission of reach
ing Ray Hamilton without seeing his
counsel. and bringing him 10 terms.
When the keeper left her cell he was
informed by correspondent that Ray
Hamilton was dead. The wife received
the information before breakfast next
morning.
Since this change of affairs no other
action was taken in reference to the par
don. EX-Speaker IIeppcnhclmcr. ncm-
Der Of Governor Abbett's staff. was as,o-
ciated with McSsrs. Hoffman and Fuller
aS counsel. and IL Is due to the energy
Of the new counsellor that petition % %:
the present list should be- the tenth APP
plicant that received favorable consid-
Grafton of the board at It's second sitting
during this term.
When Keeper Patterson entered thc
hospital he waived the pardon, and Mr..
| Hamilton rushed toward him aud, ncry-
\ oesiy ~ .sNsns him 80 tnr aru, SAID,
MY God, hope that is my pardon"
He calmly said IL was.
She sobbed and, with broken voice
said, "At last. AT last
She then read the paper. and the
keeper at once invited her 10 his apart
ments, saying, Come, let's talk IL over
with Mrs Patterson: you are free. and
She was taken To the keepers apart
mcntS and there met her counsel.
Later She sent for her pockctbooh
which was In the Office. and examined
its contents, and she was then provided
with some luncheon. She asked FOR
perfect sccluSion and requested that the
reporters be kept at distance.
At o'clock She put on her bonnet
and wrap. the same she wore when She
came to prison last October, aud left
the keepers private entrance IN closed
carriage. Her leave-taking with Keeper
Patterson and his wife. who i'
the matron, and was her consoling
friend. was in every way touching. She
was driven TO the Pennsylvania Rail
road depot and embarked on the 5:io
train for Jersey City. She will not 20
to New York for the present, owing to
the fact that an indictment is now
pending there against her, and IL is said
that tickets were purchased for Phila-
dclphia. Another report states that She
will live quietly at Elizabeth.