Bill Shaffer - The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Fathers Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at the Dawn of Tabloid Journalism
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An Alexander Hamilton heir, a beautiful female con artist, an abandoned baby, and the shocking courtroom drama that was splashed across front pages from coast to coastthis is the fascinating true story behind one of the greatest scandals of the Gilded Age, and the story that gave rise to the sensational tabloid journalism still driving so much of the news cycle in the 21st century.
Fans of Erik Larsonstyle histories and anyone who just loves a fun, gossipy read will love The Scandalous Hamiltons.Apple Books, Best of the Month Selection
Adultery? Check. Attempted murder? Check. Baby-trafficking? Check. These are just a few of the missteps of the woman who rained humiliation onto the House of Hamilton. Marlene Wagman-Geller, author of Women of Means: Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls
Its a story almost too tawdry to be truea con woman prostitute who met the descendant of a Founding Father in a brothel, duped him into marriage using an infant purchased from a baby farm, then went to prison for stabbing the couples baby nurseall while in a common-law marriage with another man. The scandal surrounding Evangeline and Robert Ray Hamilton, though little known today, was one of the sensations of the Gilded Age, a sordid, gripping tale involving bigamy, bribery, sex, and violence.
When the salacious Hamilton story emerged in during Evas trial for the August 1889 stabbing, it commanded unprecedented national and international newspaper coverage thanks to the telegraph and the recently founded Associated Press. For the New York dailies, eager to capture readers through provocative headlines, Ray and Eva were a godsend.
As lurid details emerged, the publics fascination grewhow did a man of Hamiltons stature become entangled with such an adventuress? Nellie Bly, the world-famous investigative reporter, finagled an exclusive interview with Eva after her conviction. Hamiltons death under mysterious circumstances, a year after the stabbing, added to the intrigue.
Through personal correspondence, court records, and sensational newspaper accounts, The Scandalous Hamiltons explores not only the full, riveting saga of ill-fated Ray and Eva, but the rise of tabloid journalism and celebrity in a story that is both a fascinating slice of pop culture history and a timeless tale of ambition, greed, and obsession.
Historical true crime buffs will be engrossed. Publishers Weekly
Shaffer has an appealing writing style and a talent for sneaking up on the reader with each big reveal...Rich period detail. Booklist
Fans of Erik Larsonstyle histories and anyone who just loves a fun, gossipy read will love The Scandalous Hamiltons.Apple Books, Best of the Month Selection
Adultery? Check. Attempted murder? Check. Baby-trafficking? Check. These are just a few of the missteps of the woman who rained humiliation onto the House of Hamilton. Marlene Wagman-Geller, author of Women of Means: Fascinating Biographies of Royals, Heiresses, Eccentrics and Other Poor Little Rich Girls
Its a story almost too tawdry to be truea con woman prostitute who met the descendant of a Founding Father in a brothel, duped him into marriage using an infant purchased from a baby farm, then went to prison for stabbing the couples baby nurseall while in a common-law marriage with another man. The scandal surrounding Evangeline and Robert Ray Hamilton, though little known today, was one of the sensations of the Gilded Age, a sordid, gripping tale involving bigamy, bribery, sex, and violence.
When the salacious Hamilton story emerged in during Evas trial for the August 1889 stabbing, it commanded unprecedented national and international newspaper coverage thanks to the telegraph and the recently founded Associated Press. For the New York dailies, eager to capture readers through provocative headlines, Ray and Eva were a godsend.
As lurid details emerged, the publics fascination grewhow did a man of Hamiltons stature become entangled with such an adventuress? Nellie Bly, the world-famous investigative reporter, finagled an exclusive interview with Eva after her conviction. Hamiltons death under mysterious circumstances, a year after the stabbing, added to the intrigue.
Through personal correspondence, court records, and sensational newspaper accounts, The Scandalous Hamiltons explores not only the full, riveting saga of ill-fated Ray and Eva, but the rise of tabloid journalism and celebrity in a story that is both a fascinating slice of pop culture history and a timeless tale of ambition, greed, and obsession.
Historical true crime buffs will be engrossed. Publishers Weekly
Shaffer has an appealing writing style and a talent for sneaking up on the reader with each big reveal...Rich period detail. Booklist
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
While the idea for this book began on a stroll through my neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, it is only with the diligence of librarians and archivists that Ray and Eva Hamiltons story can be fully told. In particular, I owe a debt of gratitude to Julianna Monjeau, New York Public Design Commission; Matthew Laudicina, New York State Library, Albany; Nora Haskell, Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum; Nora Plant, American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming; Lynn Raume, Monroe (MI) County Museum; Carl Farrell, Hamilton (NJ) Historical Society; and Jocelyn Wilk, Butler Library, Columbia University.
Additionally, the staff of the New York Public Library, New York Historical Society, New York Municipal Archives, New York City Parks Department, Norwalk (CT) Public Library, Freeport (NY) Memorial Library, the International Center for Photography and the Avery Architectural Library, Columbia University, have all been of enormous help in providing material that has found its way into this book.
I am especially grateful to my editor at Kensington Books, Michaela Hamilton, for her willingness to take a chance on an author with only a minuscule collection of published worknone of it in book-length form. Michaelas enthusiasm for the story that I wished to tell was evident from our first conversation and has remained unfaltering from my initial proposal to publication day. Without a doubt, her knowledge and love of history informs these pages.
And a sincere thanks to everyone at Kensington for their thoughtfulness and creativity in turning an MS Word document into the finished product you hold in your hands.
It is customary in these book acknowledgments to thank ones agent for their unwavering support and hard work on the authors behalf. Although this book has come about without benefit of an agent, I have to thank my attorney, James Gregorio, for shepherding this writer through his first book contract.
During the fall of 2020, in the depths of the Covid pandemic, I had the good fortune to be introduced to a talented author, Adin Dobkin. Adin read my manuscript in its entirety, offered a thorough, and honest, critique of where it was at the time, and prodded me to explore the overall organization of the book and how to best amplify its most salient points. As a result of Adins encouragement to look anew at what I had written, the book attained a vitality that it hadnt had previously. I am most appreciative of his insight.
My friend of thirty-plus years, Frank J. Oswald (aka the Archduke of Alliteration), is a creative soul to his core and an incredibly talented writer and wordsmith. I was fortunate to have Frank review my manuscript in its nascent form and offer his always-thoughtful, distinct point of view, suffused with his usual wit and candor.
A history buff and my best friend of a lifetime, John Mc-Donough, was the first person (other than my wife) to read my first attempt at writing this book. While that version was abandoned long ago, Johns encouragement throughout the entirety of the project has remained steadfast. And my childhood buddy, Marty Meyer, a forty-year resident of the Tetons, set me straight on the flora, fauna, and geological features of Jackson Hole, for which I am most appreciative.
And a special thanks to my sisters, Adele Corbin and Susan Luebbe, and my brother, Tim Shaffer, for their love and support not only of this book, but for all that their little brother has attempted to accomplish in life.
For twenty-five years, my daughter, Caroline, has provided me with an endless reserve of love and humorall desirable qualities to have by ones side anytime, but they are especially nice to have nearby while researching and writing a book.
And most importantly, I thank my wife, Christine, the most accomplished writer in our family. She has read every false-start, every draft, every re-write, and for three years has offered not only insightful commentary and suggestions, but stellar proofreading skills as well. Beyond that, though, there were times throughout my research and writing that I questioned my resolve to see this book through to completion. Christines unwavering love, support, and belief in my ability to do Ray and Evas story justice sustained me when I wasnt so sure this book would happen. For this, I am forever grateful.
Photo by Peter Larioni, MannoMedia
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
B ILL S HAFFER is the author of George Nelson and the Design of Time and contributed the introductory essay for Baranger Displays: 55 Moving Scenes of Love, Courtship and Surrender . He has been published on designobserver.com and the online site of Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, where he was a Smithsonian Fellow. He holds an M.A. in History of Design and Curatorial Studies from Parsons, The New School. He and his wife live in New York City, not far from the historic Hamilton Fountain endowed by the subject of this book. Visit him at billshafferbooks.com or on Twitter @bilshaffer.
EPILOGUE
T he etched inscription around the base of the Hamilton Fountain bearing Robert Ray Hamiltons name has worn away over time, a victim of 105 years of rain and snow that has fallen onto Riverside Drive. The outlines of the letters are barely visible to even those who know to look for them.
The fountain has been compromised by man as well. In a period of neglect during the 1970s, the beak of the majestic eagle was broken off (since replaced by the New York City Parks Department) and the lower trough at the bottom of the retaining wall has long been buried under shrubbery. More than a century after the fountain was erected, it stands in anonymity, save for a small sign put in place by the Parks Department, providing a brief synopsis of Rays untimely demise and explaining that the Hamilton Fountain is one of the finest and last surviving examples of the decorative horse troughs that once dotted the landscape.
In 1906, though, the Hamilton Fountain was more than a decorative horse trough. It was, despite the resistance of the Hamilton family, an unintended chance for an heir to the legacy of Alexander Hamilton to clear his name. In August 1890, when Robert Ray Hamiltons spurs got tangled up in the sedge of the Snake River, the entire Hamilton family got tangled up with him as well. His reputation, muddied by the circumstances surrounding his sad death, remained in a state of uncertainty until Whitney Warrens jewel of a memorial was erected. Sixteen years after Robert Ray Hamiltons death, the cool water that trickled into the basin of the Hamilton Fountain ran clear, as if to finally absolve the fallen son of an American legend.
NOTES
INTRODUCTION
1 appetite for news: N. W. Ayer & Sons American Newspaper Annual (Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1889), 17.
1 recently arrived immigrants: New York Citys long list of defunct newspapers, http://ephemeralnewyork.com , July 28, 2009.
1 daily readers: N. W. Ayer , 17.
1 Brooklyn, 806,000: John S. Billings, Vital Statistics of New York City and Brooklyn. Washington DC: Bureau of the Census, Dept. of the Interior, 1894, 2.
4 financial holdings, New York City Parks Department signage, 2010.
CHAPTER ONE: IN THE WOMANS POWER
7 power : In the Womans Power, Washington Post , September 7, 1889, 1.
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