Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1898 — Maine Martyr. [ARTICLE]

Maine Martyr.

Among the seamen who lost their lives on the battleship Maine the death of none is mourned more sincerely than that of “Jack” Hamilton, chief carpenter’s mate. Hamilton was one of the American sailors who were attacked by a Chilean mob in the streets of Valparaiso seven years ago. He received seventeen stab wounds from his cowardly assailants. His life was despaired of for some time, but he eventually pulled through. He received $5,000 from the Chilean Government, which he invested in a home in Brooklyn. He was immensely popular with all the officers and sailors with whom he served.