The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-12-28
FOSTER VS.. roY.
Miss FOy Brands Foster as a Fraud
The other Side of the Story.

-Lhe Vther sue Oh tue story
Mrs. Brown, the mother Of Mrs. John
Foster, nee Miss Foy, who. like most
mothers-in.law, considers herself greatly
aggrieved, called upon us yesterday
| and requested that she and her daughter
be given a chance to set themselves right
before the public, with regard to ''That
Foster Affair."" She then produced the
following, which we hope will at once
convince all candid readers Of the STAR
that ''common niger singers" are, as a
class, very dangerous individuals, and
like the heathen Chinee, for ways that
are dark and tricks that are vain, de-
cidedly peculiar:
ED. STAR: Noticing an article in your
paper of the Oath date, and, although it
isn't worth thinking of, and don't care
pin about it, can not help contradict
ing few sentences which are untrue.
7 ou state wrote to man whom you
state is an "actor and comedian" but
who, however, is and can claim to be
nothing but. a 'scommon negro singer"
In this lettef you state begged this man
Eos ter to marry me. 1 have only been
acquainted with this man four weeks;
during this time he followed and dogged
after me the entire time. His attentions
were very insulting t0 me, for l did not
wish to associate with such a notorious
character. Proof OF this can be ascer-
tained by him telling how many times l
disappointed him in mis- engagements,
because l didn't wish TO see him. l at
last met him six or seven times. He did
nothing during this time but send me
letters, three and four daily, and many
hoc cG Of IN N tn
favor. He proposed to me, and asked
me to marry him on Monday. said that
'yes, would-not," merely Joking. l
certainly didn't mean to keep such an
absurd promise. Neither did l meet
him Monday, although he had the Ii
cense and came after me several times,
besides sending me numerous notes, &c.
The reason / didn't meet this man on
Monday was because l didn't wish to,
and not because my mother locked and
kept me from 80 doing, as you stated.
He Foster) then dogged after me, asking
me to marry him. l promised then on
Tuesday to be married to him at the
Gait House. did this through my fear
of him and his dire threats. 1 was abso-
lutely forced into the marriage which
was anything but pleasant to ME; it was
consummated in such a short space OF
time didn't realize what / had done
until the deed was done. l was sorry
the moment the ceremony was over. l
wished to go home that very moment,
but he (Foster) objected. I then wrote
to my mother telling her of the marriage
and saying would be home the next
day; this Foster would not let me do
but tore it the letter) up. l came home
the next day, purely OF my own accord,
and fully bent and determined to stayJ
1 was not locked or kept home by my
mother, but went home and remained,
and Z. stituted petition Immediately
for divorce. The grounds l stated are
-strictly true.
1 write this merely to justify my
mother, as your article leads every one
to believe that she was cruel to me and
locked and kept me at home against my
will, which she did not, and l should
like the public in general to know the
truth. And now, Whatever the villain
Fosters reply may be, or whatever slur
or taunt he may publish, shall not take
any notice of whatever, as 1 do not crave
newspaper notoriety, neither do l wish
a newspaper controversy, but am per-
fectly willing to have the matter settled
according to law.
Respectfully, ADA FoY.