Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-10
SOMETHING NOVEL.
led woman Sues n White Man for
Breach of Promise.

cd woman Sues white Man for
Breach of Promise.
nm Ian. ga novel suit for
of promise, in which the plain
nd colored woman named Jane
sues white man named Geo.
n for 81, 900 damages, was heard
superior court to-day. Stafford
Z az old, at least, as the fair suer.
hy. who was accompanied by q
but select coterie of colored
seemed calmly confident of
ility to bring merited retribu-
ION the gray head other faithless
lent lover. Jane is of a rich cop
br, is thirty-nine years of age and
some 1S5 pounds. She is by no
n beauty, her front teeth being
k,inent as to be constantly ex-
Ito view, between lips of re-
bic thickness. She alleged that
I met the recreant Stafford in
hen she was housekeeper for an
h, whose name does not appear,
|contre taking place at the office
r. Smith, who managed the
{y. Without any nudging on
II, as she AYERS, Stafford said
thought he would like "a col
bman fora wife, and asked her
Nould marry him. She changed
tbiect. and nothing more was
bout marriage until the next
Men one day Mr.. Stafford asked
in to marry him, saying that
in earnest, and that if she
mot marry him he could find
4ther woman who would he
and to marry a colored woman,
She laughed and in
"What would people say 2"
Dly was that they must keep
for a while" 1t was settled
- them that they should "wait
II old man diedn (meaning the
leman for whom she was keep
ke). He told her to go ahead
her things ready, so that as
Hthe cold man. died they could
IS one. But alas, after she had
lfd her little all in purchasing
liz presents, and had told her
bhll her friends, Stafford told her
had been joking all the time,
III made witness feel very bad.
previously told her all about
billy, and had shown her his
's portrait. Witness said that
night as much of defendant as if
her father, and expected that
lid be both father and husband
1. Everybody knew OF
matter. In conversation
Mr.. Randolph, a colored
err, who used to call on her, wit
old him that "the Lord had
b husband for herr Witness
Embarked that "the Lord points
bur husbands and wives, but
n't always know it;n and after
of religious philosophy she re.
her narration of the circum
II attending her courtship. She
ID several conversations with the
nd gentleman about her APP
hing marriage, and afterward
ldhim that somebody was trying
b her life. She didn't think il
Mr.. Smith himself, but that ht
Ered some one else TO do the job
ed got frightened and had armed
Lfwith a hatchet,a spade, and hal
bn briclbats, which she kept in
0n1. She also had a man put som,
aH in the floor, so that no on,
N&sh the door open against hel
In. Smith wanted her killed sc
44p her out of his family, as he
Stafiord's cousin. Stafford
De her to the theatre, because
p Christian. Witness RECALLED
9u with II long story of her low.
defendant and of her frequent
Esations with him about mar
Stafford denies the story il
lyd swears that he never entered
pIlan's abode on any pretext
I'd never seen her except occa.
lySat the real estate Office, where
Employed as book-keeper, and
ehe made excuses for calling
tkher declares his belief that the
k1s "crank and q liar Chf
&efdld Special.