Williams news., 1910-10-29
HAMILTON WAS A
 GAY LOTHARIO

NEWS regarding Chas. Hamilton who was arrested and tried for big. amy at the last term of the district court in this county. THE NEWS made several inquiries regarding Hamilton and publish the follow ing letter for the benefit of those interested:
 Grand Canyon, Ariz. Oct. 24.
 My Dear Moore: The enclosed letter may interest some of your readers and in addition you might say that Hamilton never was a horse owner but that he bought some horses on time to run a livery business and this was when he met the St. Louis woman and married her. They left here owing every one who trusted them and the owners of the stock had to take back what of the horses they could get. He returned again in May last and claimed that he had an interest in a laundry in East St. Louis where his wife was then liv- ing. After several vain attempts to get another outfit to run the livery bushes at the Grand Canyon he went to work by the month for one of the stage outfits there and on pretext of sending for his wife he borrowed $75. and later on knocked down quite a large sum that he took in, in the absence of the proprietor. About this time a Mrs. w. H. Smith and her daughter Miss H. Smith arrived on the scene and by arrangements of Ha milton went to Grand View arriving there June 1st. Hamilton followed on horseback with two stray horses that he had picked up on the range. The following morning the young lady went to ride with Hamilton and her mother in some manner, came in possession of a letter in- forming her that Hamilton already had two or more wives and that if as they had heard, Hamilton was about to marry her daughter they had taken the liberty to give this information.
 On his return Hamilton was met with vertaible tornado and soon beat hastv retreat through the woods. On the return of the ladies to the Canyon at the railroad it was learned that she was engaged to marry Hamilton and that they were to spend month here on their honeymoon and then take a trip to California. A message was sent to Asbury Park. New Jersey saying, Do not rent our summer home, we will be home on first train," or words to that effect.
 Hamilton was arrested in Sep tember on warrant for biga amy at the instance of Mrs. Louise E. Hamilton of Oakland, and at the regular term of court at Flagsta if was indicted for the crime, but capped on a technicality under the Edmonds law that made it a Federal offence and not in the jurisdiction of the district court He is now at large but the fedora officers are on the lookout for him and it is to be hoped he will soon be jailed. He is considered a doubtful character in more ways than one among the inha bitants of this part of Arizona and his Get there quick" rush methods of bor rowing money from his acquaint- ances, with the promise to pay back tomorrow, are ever fresh in dozens of memories around the Canyon and elsewhere.
 But Hamilton was not satisfied with running the lives of young women, but has tried his hand in destroying the home and freside as well. MT. Frank M. Graham, mining man of Modesto, Califor- nia, has just secured a divorce, and it is claimed that Hamelton was instrumental in bringing it about. Graham intercepted letters from Hamilton to his wife arranging for her to come to Flagstaff to live with him.