The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-12
A Dashing Daughter Of General
Oesha.

She says she is a daughter of Gen. Robt
Desha, of Mobile, who served a term i
Congress aud raised a troop to go to tn
relief of Gen. Zachary Taylor in Mexico
On her fathers death she succeed {,
$50 900. and married somebody (no
pamed) with whom she eloped to Phila
At heir boarding house she met Geo. D
Coolidge, who didn't have any cash, bu
was captivating, and they patched up
scheme for divorce. The divorce came
one afternoon at , o'clock, and the sam,
night she was married to George. The
lived together l3 years, had Ave children
and came to Kings mountain, where h.
got a situation as Supt. Of a gold mine.
We condense a portion o! Mrs. Coolidge
statement. 1t is cary to discern a ''morai''
on the face of the story, if not much
morals in the underlying facts. 1t repeat.
the last words of Ben Gillian at Bay boro,
You mems and womens-married
folks-ef you can't git along peaceable,
don't QUARREL, just quit" Mrs. Cool
idege says:
''All of thi. comes from the misre-
presentation Of others. One Of these in
particular, is j.. q. Horton, from New
York city. Neither myself nor Mr.. Cool
idge ever saw or knew him till he came
here TO Kings Mountain with a patent
for washing gold. His daughter, a Mrs.
Fancher. from New York city, being
parted from her husband, came to him.
and while here she stayed at All Heal
ing Springs. While there her behavior
was such that Mr.. Garrett appealed To
Mr.. Horton, her father, to take her away.
This was done, and when she came to
Kings Mountain she stopped at nv
house and spent the night, this being
the first time she ever stayed with me.
and her father, Mr.. j. G.. Horton, then
tried to say that had something to do
with his daughters getting INTO trouble.
Ali her trouble VS. long before she came
to my house, having occurred at the
Springs Mr.. Horton is not a model as
GO hi habits and character. and he is the
one that has parted myself and husband.
with the help ota Sidney ~Ilinson, a shoe
maker. Ny husband took TWO of nv
children from me. A short time ago. by
giving George E. CoUiid,e a thousand
dollar bond that ! would not take M
youngest child out of the State, he
brought it back To me. Nv other child
he still keeps and will not ever allow me
to sec him, although AT The time of Civ
ing up my baby child. he promised me
to brig the other at once to see me.
Now he will not do SO. My husband,
when | married him. did not have a hun
bred dollars to his pane. His very
clothes ! bad to Ply for that he married
me in. For the years since we have been
married my family has had to support u.
almost entirely until he last three years.
Ny money Coolidge ran through with in
d little over two Years after we were mar
RED. His mother is a divorced woman
her name is Fuller, Coolidge being her
first husbands name. My husband has
treated me most shamefully. The aft
davit he made to get possession of the
children is such that he can never sub
s~tantiate before any judge or jury. |
hope to be able to prove that his state
ment is utterly without foundation 10
facts. For a while he had nearly the
whole population of Kings Mountain
against me. but now many of them feel
that Justice and right are on my side.
When Coolidge left me he left me 10
a house without any furniture or any
thing to eat or any money. He went to
all the hotels forbiddlng them TO give
NE and the children shelter. My mother,
Mrs. Ellen Desha, came down here to
my aid, getting the best lawyers in the
State to defend me in the divorce suit
which comes up at the next court. Ny
mother is a lady of large means, and is
n ara-rn1na al m saa M SllaaI IN ha rIrht 1
position.
The men that came here from Spartan
burg did not intend to kidnap my chill
dren. | intended doing that part my
set. They were going to stand by me
! went in to get my children | have a
them. and have never done anything to
be deprived of them. The men that
came here to get my children as was said
made 40 attempt in getting theul. The
moment they got here MIR. Coolidge made
thetown people surround the house where
lived, and got the men. He did not turn
out with the others, as he was afraid.
H. kept in the hotel where he boarded.
nine. the public ought to arise and take
from him. As yet there has been no
trail and 40 one knows me to be guilty or
innocent. No one but God above knows
how have been treated by my husband.
He tried to rive me out of the town and
did not want me to have a chance to
prove myself innocent. He did all he
could to put me out Of the town and to
get others to do SO. Ny mothers family
aad my fathers are considered the best
anywhere. My mother wa a Porter.
tom Nashvil e, c usin to Governor POr-
ter Of Tennessee. Mr.. Coolidge's family
are very plain persons living in Phila-
d-.phIa | lived there also at the time
O.. NY marriage to him. All my family
were down on me when | married him.
For years they neither saw Coolidge nor
knew bin. Now the wife hat has been
bg his side for years, and has done ali
she could tor him and the mother of his
I've children. he leaves on the world T r
III lies of Others says he never knew
NE TO do a wrong. All he knows now is
VIA, others have told him. and they are
Low going back on what they said.
10 SUN up the whole matter, | will
state that my children were taken from
he by false testimony before Judge Gil
mer IN hariotte, and that | will be able
- prove by good men and ome here in
Alngs Mountain, that | have been mis-
REPRESENTED. When the divorce sIit
comes on in Shelby. | think | will be
s..e 70 show w the vln1ictive malIce OF
lis pretended friends, and show to the
PE1r.i that | am an innocent wo who
has suffered a great and eternal disgrace
d the hand Of that man who had
pFIml-ed to protect aud defend ne
10 the digor.e ,:ase | have employed
9ir. W. j. Montgomery, Han Jones,
NJ. MrBra ypr Ganroa II Stic and w ID