The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-21

GLOBE, SUNDAY Y, IA
| AS was afterward learned, she was at
| the time the wife of Joshua Mann.
| For the next four years after their
meeting Hamilton was completely under
her spell. He lavislned gifts upon her.
| He sent her to Europe. The rich prey
was we'll plucked. No one knows better
| than women Of the Eva Mann type the
! Inconsistency of man. r. She was not salts
| fled, despite Hamutons liberal gifts to
! her A new chapter IN the tragedy open
ed Enter "Mothef3 Swinton."
Mother Swinton" came from Balti-
more. Her first husband, DR.. Kyrle, had
| lived only year of two, and soon after
his death she married. Mann, the father
7 of Joshua Mann. : Her Second husband
| soon followed the first to the grave, and
in 1860 she had become the wife OF Prof.
F. J.. Swinton connected with the New
York geological sufvey.a Swinton lived
until 1878 After his death the woman
| thrice widowed supported herself, some
times as a dressmaker,i sometimes as. a
housekeeper. Her son, Joshua Mann, mad
/ little to distinguish him when he flrst
t came into notoriety, unless, perhaps MS
I craving for liquor, but. nevertheless, ne
| had become the husband of the woman
T who afterward charmed Robert hay
I Hamilton.
/ When the relations between Hamilton
/ and Eva Mann had continued for four
wears the plot was conceived that a few
| months later resulted in the arrest OF
/ e1Mother Swinton' and "Josh" Mann. The
| ostensible charge against them was
| the grand larceny of $500 from RopeFt
/ Ray Hamilton 49 uo
t In December, 1883, statements were
I made to Hamilton in regard to Eva Mann
+ that led him to pay $500, and few Gays
/ later-Jan. Z, 1SS9-led him into having q
/ marriage ceremony performed. Or the IN
I nari,,s Juggling of live and dead babies
I that followed many details were tolo
later in the courts, but the outcome OF II
+ al was that child was christeneds Beat
t rice May Hamilton. a
ELIMINATING QUARREL.
Tho crisis came soon afterward. Ham
;,+on did not find the role of HUSBAND
nortic,,larly the husband of Eva Mann d
noreenial one Violent quarrels follo~eo-
In august, 1889, they had practloaliy oe,
cided on a separation Hamilton asfsea
- Give the woman $4,000 She demanded
s6io00 A violent quarrel followed IN tnsif
home at May Landing, N. }.
Mrs. Donnelly, employed as nuise
She had torn her husbands cfotnlhS Aeai
was called in.s. Eva Mann was III
w off. she had hurled a whisky oottle d.
his head: she called the nurse names
Mrs Donnelly resented it. Eva Maii.,
nicked ND a hunting knife OF her husoanu
and stabbed the nurse. 1t was tliousi'
for a. time she might die. For thls W. vs..
Robert Ray Hamilton, otherwise IN"
I Mann. was sentenced 'ftG.two years IN
nrisonment in the Trenton penlte,llla i :
Her husband, driven to despair anu seaii--
nj
ing an insight into her true ch"i 49,
sonsht the aid of Inspector Byrne, at tiiaI
So ~ head of New York's detective
bureau. - ,oar
The plot to lure Hamilton into MAJ ,
riaee was quickly UNCOVERED. "Motner
cwinton. and her son, josh Maiii
- 80 arrested and indicted. Hamilton
7 mer on the stand and/ rather against
his viii. told how he had been entrappS ~
After the conviction OF Eva mann ne
succeeded IN having thezmarr1age annul,
ed. but gained possession Oh the en-
proceedings against Motnef owiiilo4t'
and her son were droppeu.
WENT WEST TO DEATH.
Hamilton went West. He had ranch
Marvmere-in Jackson's Hole, near the
border. between Wyoming and laane, Jus us
south of the Yellowstone National PARK.
Ta went to lavish expense In fitting up
tho stone ranchhouse on the shore ol
Jackson lake, and there. he spent ms tlliie
hunting. John D. Sargent and ms WlIe
ord family lived on the ranch with MIN;
4 nnarently they were :on1the best OIL
terms. On q
On Aug. %, 1890, Hamilton went on a
hunting trip. He was expected oacA Inc nc
same evening. He aid not return, ana IN
few DAYS a search was begun. Oh
river 500 2 \ & ,.l,,,,.
/ tpbe Rcoroner's jury, after examining
! MANY witnesses. declared that Hamilton
4 met accidental death Resident s. of y aek-
sons Hole did not hesitate to say II was
| murder. ~
| Sargent put in a claim for MARINERS e
! and Hamilton's relatives let MN nave IL
without contest Eva Mann refused TO
/ haijal,e that HamiltonSwas. dead, and later
there were, reports that he was seen allFe
| in various parts of the world, but the
| courts of New Jersey in-1S9l declared MIN
| dead and ordered his estate settled up
| according to his will, one of the pequcslS
| IF which was a handsome sum for
| drinking fountain in New York city.
Eva Mann contested the settlement OF
| the estate at various times once siie
| COMPROMISED for $40, GOO. Suit was brought
| in the name OF the chilat Fiie'iAs . ~
| Element was reached.
But the evil spirits were not yet content.
| The sad story and sad fate of Hamilton
| are recalled every few months In some
manner. Now 1t is the arrest OF JOSH
Mann for intoxication, now some escac
! made of Eva Mann, now the death y,
Mrs Sargent and the arrest of her hus-
| band. ~, -,
Who can say when the end Will BE-
| when the malice Of the evil spirits that
drove Hamilton to hiss death Will pe
satisfied? q p