Connecticut western news., 1893-08-17
A SCANDAL UNCOVERED.
The Wife of General Alexander Hamiltor
 Says He Is Insane.


 TARRyrowN, N. Y., Aug. 1i.-Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Hamilton. wife of General Alex. ander Hamilton, the grandson of General Alexander Hamilton of revolutionary fame, has secured from Justice Dykman of the supreme court at White Plains the Ap- pointment Of Elihu H. Frost Of the firm of Frost & Frost. in the Equitable build. ing, as a commissioner to inquire into the sanity of General Hamilton.
 The application was made and granted at the home of Judge Dykman for the pur- pose of keeping the affair secret. AL though the regular papers were signed, they have not been put on record in the county clerks office at White Plains and will not be until after Commissioner Frost has made his report The following is the petition;
 In the matter of Alexander Hamilton, a sup posed lunatic, the petition of Sarah Elizabeth Hamilton of Tarrytown, N. Y.. respectfully shows that she Is the wife of said Alexander Hamilton, and that the said Alexander Hamil- ton now Is and for space of eeveral years last past has been deprived of his reason and un- derstsndng as to be altogether unfit and un- able to govern himself and manage his affairs. that the petitioner is the second wife of said Alexander Hamilton, they having been married in 1878; that the first wife of said Alexander Hamilton died In 1874; that there is no issue of the said marriage of the petitioner and said Alexander Hamilton.
 On Aug. s, 1891, tho said Alexander Hamilton and your petitioner legally adopted their daughter Mabel Hamilton. ne appears more fully by an order entered in the offioe of the clerk of the county of Weetcheater Aug. S. 1891; that the issue of the said Alexander Hamilton with his first wife, Elizabeth $. Hamilton, are as follows Alexander Hamilton, IT,. who sides at Lyons Plains, Conn; Henry Hamilton. whose residence is unknown, and Minnie Hem derson, whose residence Is alao unknown.
 On May 18, 1898. the said Alexander Hamilton resided with your petitioner at Tarrytown. but that since that time the said AlexIkdcr Ham, ilton left his home. and your petitioner for long time was unable to discover his where abouts, but that your petitioner is now inc formed and verify believes that he is tempo- rarily residing at 1Sl West One Hundred and Twenty-seyenth street, New York city. fin the custody of one Mrs. Freeman. who 10 no rcla- ton to the said Alexander Hamilton.
 The income of the said Alexander Hamilton is $3000 year. He has been suffering from weakness of mind. He has several times threat ened tho life of your petitioner and also threat ened to kill himself on numerous ocoasionsA He is very careless with his money, and has not contributed to the support of your petitioner, and has been spending his money on trivial things. Said Alexander Hamilton was 77 years old on Nov. 10, lsa2.
 The said Mrs. Freeman Is no relative of said Alexander Hamilton and has not known him. to the knowledge of your petitioner, prior to lso0
 TARRYTowN, N. Y., Aug. 1b.-The elders of the Reformed church of this village have accommodated General Alexander Hamilton. The recent application of Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Hamilton, his second wife, for the appointment of a commissioner to take testimony as to his sanity brought to light this phase of the unfortunate scandal in the Hamilton family.