The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-24
THE CIRCULATION OF THE DISPATCH
.HCER THAN THE CONFINED CIR
,T,oN OF ALI THE OTHER DAILY
,ru>r.pERS OF TIRE CITY.
,,ura n. Fatr-She Tells the Story
OF Her Past / ifc.

,aurn u. Eair-she Tells the Story
OF Her Past iEc.
TO THE PrRIlc.
make the following statement, with
proo( attschcd in support Of the same.
with the view 10 correct certain false and |
wicked reports that have been circulated
hy 2t signing persons against me. and which,
for fhc >gke OF my fitherlesS and. perhaps,
soon 10 be mothcrlc>>. child. feel IL duty
~ make. have
STRONG CONVICTION
~ my own mind that right will ultimately
rr,urirh in my case, and that the Supreme
Cnurt Of this State will, by its adjudica-
.fnu. place me once more where stood be-
J,rc nv trial. and where I can again be
heard in defence OF nv conduct before \
wcy or my coUntrymen. who are true.
honest. and Just. bearing no hatred and
malice whatever toward poor woman
who has never done them harm. Tn this.
my statement. l shall give names and dates
81. nearly - eau remember them, and if,
-, accident. should make any mistakes,
Inn those referred to can correct them
n9t. trust. they will have no occasion so
IN 10. II has been publicly charged against
me That
NY FIRST MARRIAGE
WAS 10 a wealthy OLD man, whose wealth
was squandcred by me after his decease.
The name of my first husband was William
II. stone. who WAS about 36 years Of age Mt
The time | married him. being young
and fhoughilcss girl only 16 years OF age. |
was married 10 him Mt the request of my
father. We were married in New Orleans,
where Nr. Stone lived. being one of the
commission house and wholesale liquor
store Of II. l.. Stone & Co. Mr.. Stone died
IN about one year after my marriage 10 him,
and let Inc without flrthing, although /
l,yr no doubt his estate was worth money.
n pyoof that ! have never received any
llinw from Mr. StoneS estate | refer the
IuhlC -
LETTER From H. L. STONE
IN me, written since | have become in
yoycd III this difficulty, which letter reads
~ follows:
NEW ORLEANS. March 6, 1871.
Mrs. Laura Fair: am informed that you
are my cousin Laura. formerly Laura
.rour. from whom | have not heard tor
i..,,.y yeas. | regret - learn that YOU are
ia trouble, ana suppose you will need all
Your resources 10 get out OF Ii. l once
Wroir you that il | could save anything for
Won nom the estate OF W. Il. Stone would
do 80. he left nothin. at his death except
an interest Of one.third III twelve hundred
acres Of land i'll Texas. Mr. Roberts and
mys,If own the other twuthirds. 1t cost
twenty five cents per acre. l think 1t VIII
uow .ull for Hltv cents per acre, or $500 for
tb,. Nlutv. his would he 800 tor his es-
tate which, by law, would be divided be-
tween you and his mother-S100to each. She
viii lake SlGU tor her portion. Presuming
YOU viii do the same. have caused an act
ol sale 10 be prepared. which will he for
l,l = fhrr,,ch tho hnnSo oI
Dunn Il Co.. of your city. On signing that
act o; sale they will pay you 800. shall
have to be at some expense to sell the land
at tiity cents per acre. and may have to keep
il some t.mc longer; but for the purpose
rl getting control of 1t. so thit | can sell
il when have chance. ain willing to
take it at the price. Please write me 4
good long letter. Tell me all about your
troul.l">. | fully slmpathize with YOU,
and hope The Lord will show you the way
out Of them speedily. Yours truly,
Ii. l.. STONE.
Direct to care Of John a. Roberts, box
-. A-w Urlcan>.'
After MIR. stones death | entered the
C,nycut Of the Visitation at Mobile, under
nv M itcn namc. there TO finish my cdtira-
Jlon. ] had no money OF any means, and
luy niutGcr paid my EXPENSES there out OF
iho small means lett her 10y my lather. l
hit the Convent in June, 1896, and re-
turned 10 New Orleans, where met
THOMAS i. GRAYsoN,
= ,.tsen had formerly known in that city,
and hcing without money or friends who
could ASST me. married him il the month
1T Au.r!>t. 1876. He proved to be a bad
man and terrible drunkard, and he be-
raInr ~ hop, leSSly lest | was obliged to
leave him aud i'll January, 1857, leaving
han there, | came with my mother and
brother to san Francisco. He demanded
tiIat | should return TO him, but | posi-
tivciy refused, and he applied for Il divorce
upon the ground OF deSertion, and none
other. lie employed al attorney by the
name Of i. ". ncunun, then Of Ncw Or
lcunS, but now Of New ! A0rk city, and
William Hunt, of New Orleans, acted for
Inc. la February, 1853, Il decree was
granted diyorcing him from bed and board
the law oi that State requiring one year
L. rap>c before a divorce could be entered
l., III Tie bonds Of matrimony, or what was
called final divorce. l became acquainted
with
COL. WILLIAM d. FAIR,
who was Il lawyer in this city, and put the
matter in his hands as my attorney. Prior
10 this had advised with Governor Fontc
IN relation TO the same matters. In 1859
tolnrc! Far, as my attorney, advised me
that the final divorce had been granted, and
hter being assured it was so, married
Colonel Fair. We were married IN the
town OF Shasta. and soon after left for
Yrcka, where Colonel Fair was then settled
in business. 1t was hero that
NY ONLY CHILD
was born in The month of August, 1860.
Judge Bagcs is now living in this city,
and knows of our marriage, and knows
also, that Col. Fair was poor then, and was
always poor. ! did not marry Col. Fair for
money; and there is no truth in the base
charge made against me that l was eXtrava-
yunt and impoverished him. | append to
the end OF this statement the affidavit of
Judge Baggs. sustaining me fully On these
points. ! did all my own work when we
kept house in Yreka. and kept no servants.
Every person who lived i'll Yrcka at the
time we lived there will bear me witness
Of the truth of what say. Col. Fair lived
only three months after we left 9reka. In
October Of the wear 1861 Col. Fair made his
arrangements to move to San Francisco,
and sent me and my child in advance, while
he remained TO close up his business, en-
prcting loon TO follow, and OH the 1st OF
December of the same year he came down
and settled here. | was stopping with my
inutHcr In mouse SLc nitl TenJeu from NJ.
Hitchcock, on Bush street, where the
Brooklyn Hotel now sland.. Col. Fair
came Immediately to the house, andswe
lived there together I
IN NPEACE AND oUIETNEss -s-
till he died. He sent his books and other
things TO DIR. Murphy's office, and took au
office there with him until be could get one.
1t has been cruelty reported that Col Fair
was jealous of Inc, and that we had separa-
ted before his death. This is
ALL ISLANDER, ..... ...
and h,s II, IL M truth On the morning of