Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-01-15
AN ETENTFUL CAREER.

\ reporter OF the San francisco ChfGhiGt
has interviewed the female who was noted
in Washington as ''Lho yelled woman" in
the great Cameron Oliver blaCk-mail suit
She communicated u history Of her life and
of the seven marriages that have checkercd
her career. She was born in 1927, near
Bangor, Maine, her father, S. z. Grant, be-
ing farmer and lumber merchant. When
seventeen years old she married john L.
Connors, sea captain more than twice her
age She had two children, who died III in
fancy but before the last one was born, she
knew that her husband had Il wife living,
and that he had committed bigamy in mar
rying her Captain Connors died III 1913,
and put an end to her first marriage advcn-
ture In 1851 she was married in Boston 10
George NJ. French tailor, Of Lewiston
Falls, Maine, who proved 60 be Il sot. She,
however, established hersefin the millinery
business and made money, which was vast
ed by her husband, until in 1858, when she
procured ii divorce from him. In 1860 she
was married to a. 7. Greendykc, a railroad
builder Of Washington, Iowa, where she went
to live. Asa had been twice married and di-
vorccd, and was the father Of three children,
senior Of his stepmothcr. This husband
proved nfathful, and his brutal treatment
forced her 10 FREQ herself by Il divorce in
1865. Her next move was TO New Orleans,
whcro she kept boarding-hollse fora while
and then removed to Chicago. She there
started the Adams House, and married in
1865 Major j. 4. Sample, who Dad just
failed as Il Gotten broker and was earning
$40 IL month as & clerk. Having saved
money, this much married woman took the
LacieGe House, installed the Major as host,
and slmmoning Mrs. jones, New Orleans
l!iend, as au assistant, departed for = short
visit TO her mother. On returning, she dis
covered tha: her husband was untaithful
and Mrs. Jones = false friend. The LaCedc
House WAS sold ont for &3S,000 most Of
which was squandered by her fourth hus-
band. IL 1873 they separated, and Mrs.
Sample huvered between Chicago, North
Carolina and Washington city. During her
visit to Washington ShC rented the Hines
mansion from John Quincy Adams and
kept swell boarders ior the session Of 1871 g.;
and during ono of her visits 10 Raleigh, \.
c.. she instituted q suit Of divorce from !Do
Major The Major Was sharper than size,
however, and, personal service being ncce7-
sary in North Carolina, he skipped out,
hurried to Washington ana obtained n Gi-
vorcr by default.
Returning to Washington, she became re-
quainted with Mrs.Oliver, the prosecutor Of
Simon Cameron in the black mail suit, who
failed through the evidence Of Mrs. Sample,
who appeared rs the ''vei!cd lady" In 1876,
Mrs. Sample opened boarding-house in
Philadelphia, which she continued until the
Close Ct The Centennial. Among her board
ers was man named lIenrique2,' seventy
six years Of age, with two sons and q daugh-
ter He was supposed to be rich, and Mrs.
Sample married him, afterwards discovering
that lie was afflicted with II cancer, which
carried him of in Il few months. In 1877
she migrated TO San Francisco, with about
$1,000 capital She bought q property, and
establishing boarding-housc, did very
well. beug forced TO add to her &ccommo-
dations \ caIpcnler named Selander, who
WAS wD,kin. for her, struck her fancy, and
she married him, The same old luck fol-
lowed her and her new husband proving a
thrifticss fellow, she freed herself BY q
divorce suit A few months later she mar
ried Theodore Haselbach No. ~ who, by
way of turning the tables, is now suing Mrs.
Conners French oendykc-Sampl
quez. .Selander Haselbach on the ground OF
adultery.