The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-10-07
OTHELLO AND DESDEMnNA.
A Sensation in Davenport. Black and
Whit United in Sacred Bonds.

! A Gaze of miScrgeuation in Davenport
last night created considerable of a sen.
sation, and the Getsete describes the dis,
| gu~ting aft air AS follows:
The name of "Hatties Sixties" charged
. with vagruncy. appeared on the police
| register yesterday. She was arrested by
Officer Howard in the morning at the
home of Mrs. Quick, a colored woman,
| living in a small. yellow colored frame
structure on the south side of second
street between Rock Island and Iowa
streets. Having been seen there for a
number of days, and the policeman con :
Guiding that it was not the most proper
place for a young white girl, concluded to
place her under arrest, which he did.
Hattie was locked up at the station and
the denouement of her Incarceration has
resulted in case of miscegenation. For
some time past she has been keeping
company with Il young saffron colored
negro named Thos. A. Quick, who lives
with his mother at their home on Second
street He is exceedingly small in stat
ure, will probably not weigh aver 10
pounds but is ordinarily intelligent. He
has served in the capacity of a servant at
the hotels, also as a tonsorial artist and
has engaged III work of various
descriptions. The correct name of
the girl he married is Hattie
Coke, instead of Sixties, as she caused
her name to be registered at the police
station. Her former home is said to be
Oxford, Iowa, and it is understood that
she now has two brothers residing in that
town. She came to Davenport eighteen
months ago and engaged rs servant
girl. About "A year ago she was employed
at the old Newcomb house in the capaci-
ty of a domestic and here it was her ac
Quaintance which has eliminated in mar
rage was formed with young Quick.
Yesterday afternoon Hattie remarked to
one of the officers at the station that ''it
was strange that girl could not marry
any one she pleased in a free country like
this" This was the first intimation that
she entertained matrimonial intentions
Later in the day the modern Othello ap
peared at the battle armed with mar
rage license and Desdemona was released
and conveyed to the home of the groom
eXpectant, while the latter started out
after minister or justice of the peace
Use not gwine to let you see dat child, y
responded Mrs. Quick in reply to re-
quest for a conversation with the bride.
Mrs Quick said she loved both her son
and her daughter. in-law and seemed
determined that there should be no inter>
ruption to the nnptials, evidently fearing
that before its consummation develop
ments might occur which would necessi,
tate its postponement Quick stated to II
reporter that he had been engaged to
Hattie for Il period of six months, that he
had kept her company during that time
and that she had agreed to marry him
through her own free will and accord
He added that there had been no persiss
tent solicitation on his part and that she
seemed to fully realize the important step
she was about to take in life. This alb
normal infatuatiou dates from the time
the principals were thrown into each
others company at the Newcomb house.
Hattie is nineteen years of age has II
good form, a clear complexion and is
good looking, if not prepossessing. The
wedding ceremony was performed last
night and the couple will enjoy the honey>
moon in Davenport. There was no osten>
tatious preparation for the wedding, but
it was celebrated in an ordinary, matters
of>fact way. There were no orange
DlbSSonlS, ntSl llltH OF bTlutSinhiu. HtTt
was no one present save Mrs. Quick and
several gentlemen as witnesses.
Davenport seems to be harbor for
such incomprehensible unions, rs there
are now no less than five couple in that
city where the male member is of the
African hue. Dudes must be scarce over
there ust now.