Omaha daily bee., 1889-04-28
MANAGER LAWLER'S LATEST.
The Black and White Twins Found at
Topeka, Kansas.

topeka, haUsaS
Will Lawler, manager of the Eden
Musee, is always on the search for
something interesting in the way of
freaks and attractions for his popular
place of amusement, and he generally
succeeds. Lawler's latest is pair of
twins, one of which is pure white and
the other jet black. This is regarded
as the greatest freak in existence. The
twins will be on exhibition at the
Musee for one week beginning to-mor-
row. Speaking of his remarkable find
to a BEE representative, Manager
Lawler said: "Well, when [ was in
Topeka with the Barnum show some
years ago, l heard about a wonderful
pair Of twins somewhere in the city,
but | had no time to look them up. l
heard about them again several weeks
ago and concluded to run over and see
them, which | did, and found them
more of curiosity than l expected.
One of the twins is boy, black as coal,
the other beautiful little girl with
snow white hair and pink eyes; per-
feet Albino, and the only case on
record where an Albino has been
born of colored parents. The
father and mother of the twins
are both very dark, the father
being several shades darker
both bright, smart and handsome, and
am naturally elated in being the first
one to put them on exhibition. When
| went to the house the last time to get
| the children. there was large gather
! ing of colored people. seemingly deter
! mined to keep me from taking the
| children. One man threatened to
''shoot large hole through me-" as he
said, and another man had a paving
| stone with which he SAID he would
| knock out my eyes. l finally made my
| escape with the mother and children,
| while the men in the party were having
a free-for-all fight among themselves.
| The windows in the hack were broken,
| but that was all the damage done and
| consider that | got off with my usual
| luck. The cOlOred people seemed to
| think [ was going to take the children
back into slavery again.
"This incident forcibly reminds me
| of a similar occurrence which happened
in 1884, when | was on my way to the
worlds fair at New Orleans. Like
many others, | started for Louisiana
with big company, and one night at
BaloXl, Miss, l was informed by the
local manager that as soon as our show
was over the colored people were going
to have Il church festival and ball in
the same room. The principal feature
of the afternoon, however, was a ''cake
walk" a ring being placed in large
cake which was on exhibition. The
colored Romeos, each with his blushin G
Juliet, appeared when the floor was
cleared, and marching around the
room, seeing which could walk the
prettiest. l being a stranger and the
manager of the white men" show, was
chosen as the Judge. and awarded the
prize TO very handsome mulatto girl
as graceful as she was pretty. Un known
to me, unfortunately, it seemed that
her reputation was not such as Caser
wanted his wife to possess, and when
my decision was rendered 'kick' was
made by nearly every one in the hall
The cake was destroyed and the more
boistrous of the party wanted some OF
my gore. gradually worked my way
to the staircase leading to the band
stand on the second floor. Once there,
/ murmured NOW | lay me!' and
jumped. The ground being soft, l was
uninjurcd, and ran for big lumber
yard near the hall, where l remained
for several hours, when L rejoined my
companions at the hotel, who were won
deridg what had become af me-.