Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-05-20

A White Woman and her Black
Paramour.

Monday night our officers made an arrest
OF a white woman and u negro man at . log
cabin between Wellington aud Waterloo.
The loving pair were In bed but were brought
TO town and placed In jail. Tuesday morn
Ing they had an examination before Squire
Callahan, plead guilty to q misdemsanor, and
were both sent to the county jail for six
months. An I"ntelligeacer reporter inter-
viewed each OF them, and found the case q
rather bad one. The M Is not 30 de-
PRAYED looking as the above statement would
suggest. With q good cleaning up, mi q
nice dress on she wOul not be . bad looking
woman. Her statement was secured by the
application Of numerous questions, and 10 as
follows:
my name Is annie Lawson, and l will be
% years old the 22d Of next December ; have
bsen living with Tom Roberts six months F;
my father and step-mother are living In MIL
Ter county I; father owns two large farms. and
Is q Squire ; l had three sisters, and We wore
all driven from HON by our stsP-mother ;
father never interfered In our behalf; one
sister Is married, and living In Gasconads
county, one is dead. and enc is living with
grandmother; 1 have one home four times,
but INV stepmOther would not let me live 1T
home l was living at Jefferson City when l
got acquainted with Tom ; he was serving .
term In the penitrntiary, aud bis term being
nearly out. he Was n 'trusty ; his term ex-
pired while 1 Was IN Jefferson City. and 10
be did not leave the county he was sent back
TO the pen. and made to serve out bis full
term. About live or six months after his
term WAS out We commenced living toselh-
er, at Springfield, Mo. l dbl hot thInk 1t
was exactly right to live with q negro man,
but could not 10 any better; we lived In
Springfield about . week, and IN SedsIia
about two weeks, and then came to Lexing.
ton ; We lived in the willows near town lust
before Christmas ; We left there about sun.
down one evening, aud the officers came
there that night /; while l lived ut Springfield
l worked at q hotel; l had gone to the bad
before l commenced living with Tom (; TOR q
while l staId vt Sue Whites, who 10 married
to and living with a negro man In Spring.
field"
Tom Roberts said 81 am % years old /: l
have never been In the psniteutiary /; got &C.
quaintsd with Annie Lawson In S%prlngfeld;
was married to her u year ago last Septem.
Der, by Il justice of the peace In Springfield :;
huve forgotten his name; never was In JEFF
tsrson City more than two hours In my life ::
lived In Springfield six months after we were
married then came to Appleton City awhile;
then to Sedslia Que month, then to Leaven.
worth about three months, and then to va.
terioo."
The above is q short outline of bis state.
ment, given with much hesitation, after be.
ing thoroughly piled with questions. He
stuck 10 the statement till he found that the
woman had been interviewed when he nc.
knowledged that all his story was false, and
gave a statement verifying nearly every
statement the woman had made. Hs said hs
WAS sent to the pen from Jackson county for
being found with some stolen goods iu his
possession. He says bis name IL Tom Roberts.
but went by the name of his old master
(Purvls) while In the pen says he can read
and write, but did not know 1t was contrary
to law for = white woman and . black man
to cohabit. He is q heavy set, dark brown
fellow, about five fset eight or nine inches
high. with heavy chops, thick lips, low fore
bead, aud looks ~ though he would not
long hesitate 1t sny piece OF mesnness.
In regard to their being In the Willows,
We understood that 1t was reported to our
officers on the first day OF January that q
rOupi' were living there. That piRht the Of
hcers went TO the camp, but the bros had
gone. The campfire was still burning, and
an iron Kettle was 0und 10 which the cool K
Ing had been done. 1t was brought to town.