Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-18

society Whn, Nn3He VIE D1 her attempt
TO murder serving woman at Atlantic
City, N. j., year ago made him the talk
OF the country, Was accidentally drowned
three weeks ago, but 80 ehoctually had
lie hidden hiu.ssf and his disgrace from
the world that, Have his own immed ate
family, no one beside the old acquaint-
knce who found his body was aware of
his ia.e until yesterday.
Hamilton came west o short while ago
aud purchased ranch ON Snake River ia
Idaho, tie ca road INTO the Yellowstoue Ma.
tional Pnrk. Hin object Was to insks II
az on nAlng point for park tourlsts who
went into thu natural pleasure ground by
the Union Psciho.
j. U. Green, a son OF President Norvin
Green Of the Western Union Telegraph
Company, started 10 go into tie patk
about three ws0ha ago. Ho oAme VISIT
over tho Utah n Northern road, leaving
the railroad at beaver Canyon and gong
east.
After O little while he came to HAmil-
tons ranch, bat fUHnd the latter was not
ut home, ha.oHton's people telling tao
New Yorker InAt he had gone ont four OF
five days pfef.ous with morse aud dogs
On u hunt.
MT. Green started out the next day TO
look Tor LApal.ton, making patty for
the puIpode. ADM 30 mites from tho
ramon, On AIs1at 49,, while riding slous
Snake rivor, GftUE's attention was At
tTaoted to n large Tree whose branch -
touched the water. u lug uluSer he bRw
the dead bOay oI AhaIton partially Coz
coaled by II ov1thaLE Iuy branches. his
watched bad s..fPei At o'clock, ant
from It's appear. .ce the body had Eeua
in the watgr i0ur or ave days. Nc.
Green reCosL d hamilton Immediately
IA hs had KNOWN hlni quite WI i Ia Now
York, and Ia adGHiOn these were fOuni Ia
his pocket lette nom his attorney re.
lAting to the divorce proceedings agaiast
Mrs. Hamilton AMI other papers conctru-
ipg the winding up Of this buains 4 Affairs
In ths east.
MIR. Green had the bo3y taken to the
reach ana notified Heml.Iou's folks and
then continued his journey 10 the para.
After his trip 10 the parK Mr. Green re-
tnIned to Helena and told the above
story Of HAmIiton's drowning. He said
the unfortunate man WAS evidently
drowned while fordtng the river q tow
miles above where bis body WAS found.
bis dog and horse were discovered, tao
latter, with saddle on, qustiy grazing.
Mr.. Green was very muoh surprised an
arriving in Helena to md tho pubic
knew nothing about hAmiltcn's fate.
ROBERT RAY HAMILToN's RUINED LIFE.
NEW YoEK, Sept. IA Up TO August
9th, 1859, Robert Ray Hamilton had as
bright career before bin ~ any young
man in the city OF New York. A grand.
son OF Robert Ray aud grandson Of
Alexander Hamilton, he had social posi-
ton and wealth with which to maintain
it. In addition he WIS., one Of the proml-
nent OF the younger politicians. Ii wGs
born IN this city in 1851, graduated from
Columbia College In 1871 and from tue
law school two years later. After his
admission to the bar he prsctlcsd lnw
with Hamilton Fish until 1850. whom hs
went into politics and was elected TO tho
legislature. He served with honor, Cut
failed OF election the next year.
In 1886, however he vas aSain elected,
and was re-slected in 1887 sud 1883 froHI
the Rristocratio Eleventh Assembly dir.
trict. As chairman OF the committee ON
cities he made n mark and Was regarded
Va one of the Rtvnn9est and best men in
the lower house of iHs legislature.
So good y record had he made in the
assembly that no was regarded NJ almost
certain TO get the Republican nomination
for the Bens,o,.hip in his district in 1889.
Bis social standing was irretrieyab!y
lost and his Political aspirations hope.
lsssly blasted when on August Goth, 1859,
in an Atlantic City boardiog house, his
wife's murderouB dagger act all tongues
wagging over the disgraceful secret Of
his life.
Up to this time MIR. HGmilton's mot
intimate friends thoucht hp was baohe-
Tor. and when tue news came from Atlnn-
tic City that the wifo If AssemblmAu
Robert Ray Hamilton had, in . fit of
murderous rage, plurgod = knife into ths
breast of Mary DOnnel'y, her baby's
nurse, tho story was received incrsdu-
lously.
Il was found to be true, nevertheless,
that this man, the representative OF one
of the frat families 10 New York and OF
more than ordinary account in the poll
tics OF the stata, mad married woman of
worse than dnRbtful character whom no
had met in disreput bic houss.
Further investigation developed
smother" Swinton and 'JoAh" Mann,
and the successiul scheme of these delec.
table specimens of humanity, with Eva
nah.'''1n sIe ~ hnnor srT nna;tion -
,vh 5Nu Sno lis,;r, H. 800 ~ soSs,;na
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