The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-10-15
HAMILTON DEAD /
NO LONGER ANY DOUBT ON
THE SUBJECT.
HIS REMAINS ARE DlSINTERRED
A Coroner's Jury PronouncesT Them
to be Robert Ray identified
by the Teeth and a Frac-
ture of the Leg.

MARKET LAKE, Idaho, Oct. 15.-Coro-
ner Henry Code, Of Evanston, Uintah
County, wy, arrived here yesterday
after journey of two weeks duration
to Jackson's Lake, in what is known as
jackson Hole in the northwest corner of
Wyoming, where he held an inquest over
the body of the late Robert Ray Hamil-
ton, of New y York who was drowned in
Snake River more than "A year ago. The
story of the last days of Mr. Hamilton,
already partly known to the public, is
now complete.
The story of Hamilton's liason with
Eva Mann; the latter's attempt to MUIR
der a nurse; the trial and the disappear
ance Gf Hamilton from public view, are
an 700 we'll know to need repetition.
Sept. 10, 1890, q dispatch from Helena,
Mont. conveyed the startling intelligence
that Robert Ray Hamilton had been ac-
cidentlv drowned in Snake River, in
Jackson's Hole, some three weeks be-
fore.
The story seemed so vague and in
complete that people soon commenced TO
doubt it, for several reasons, among
| them tho brief announcement of his
death; that his father did not seem much
worried over the account; and because of
the statement of Henry Strong, of
Greene, Chenango county, n. Y, who
had been in the Yellowstone Park, came
East and declared that he had seen
Hamilton alive in the park having
recognized him by his voice as well as
his features.
The Hamilton family tried to keep the
matter quiet, but it would not down.
n l.. 4.l IL. H.
lief that Robert Ray Hamilton was alive
grew stronger in those who thought
most about the facts. Tourists return
ing from the region brought strange
| stories. The men who conducted the
| search were, with one or two exceptions,
not acquainted with him in his lifetime
and not willing to swear the body was
his.
Thursday, Oct 1, to set all doubts at
rest, Coroner Code left Market Lake
! Station with party to disinter the
body and hold an inquest. The body
was exhumed, and certain marks upon
it agreed so exactly with the description
that had been taken along that all fur
ther doubt that Hamilton was dead was
forever settled.
The distinguishing marks were the
front teeth and fracture of the leg.
The witnesses were all reputable citl-
zens. The jurors in the inquest were
Robert E. Miller, Andrew Mattson, and
Q. f. Hamm. They render the following
verdict.
State of wyoming, County Of Utah:
We, the toroner's jury, empunnelled to in
quire into the cause, time and manuor of the
death Of the person whose body lies before us,
do find that the name Of the deceased was Rob.
ert Ray Hamilton native of the Unitee
States, aged about 80 years, and that he came
TO his death in the State aui county aforesaid
by being Rcciuentaiiy drowned while attempt
ing to crossl Snake Rivor below Jackson's
Lake. According TO the evidence furnished
by his watch, which had stopped when he en-
terod the water, and by a note which he left
on a tag Mt the south end of the lake, Robert
Ray Hamilton was drowned at 0;3O O'clock on
Saturday night, August 20, 1890.