The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-03

70 como again. There would he consser-
nation when the poor fellows found them
solves despoiled OF what had cost thesn
slave tAsks. The most indignant .f all
would he Dillon, who would swear to pas.
World sas I Bus . i%'s ncsro GO we're sns e due al .. s shs
river plantation before daybreak and
the correctness of his Tradition.
About thi. time there lived in Savannah
muiIatto woman, named Rachel Verleny.
She vas eepin . stall Ina the city market,
supplemented y 9 cake stand: and by
very fast. She knew that Dillon was max
mn. %s, % s%Ss 70 H ssr s To- e. e end r s. herr i.se 80 they r.,
began 70 live together. and 10 children
wa the result Of oonnec-
rode with the chivalrous code, and would
not detract from the social standing of any
.es e cd more i"ve f"r the "n mo n , of p III.
children, or n keener scnse of honor than
the average chivairy of his time. for about
Rachael Nerlery il il could be accom-
plished. To this end he procured the
passage OF an act through the Georgia
eyes of q white woman. Distinguished
there was no negro faint in her veins,
the offspring OF n white woman and
of Savannah, knew that she was a mulat.
tn woman, and her blood brothers are
r. Fnf Dillon as G"aari.a m Rachael 10 ems v aaS; Da sha.
mother of his children, aud the most inn
portant factor i'm the production of his for
noblest act of his entire life, is the one
which fixes his social outlawry in the
community in which he lives. The act of
marriage legitimatcd the children. These
were educated IN Germany, and they
were all splendid. The boys grew
as beantifnI AS a pocts dream. Two Of
the girls died i'm Germany, one of whom
was the afIianced of u physician of note.
A third married n man named Pellotier,
and is residing in Canada.
Until some time after the close OF the
relations. In 1855 Rachael was fearimiiy
burned and disfigured by the explosion of
n coal oil lamp. Then the began abusing
and even beating her, and ciided by de-
sorting her and taking up with u pretty
miliiner named Jennie kriich. for wh.hm
he built a most beautiful residence just in
tile outskirts OF ann He began to
spend money free ~ upon Jennie and her
brothers., setting one of them up in bust
ing the claims of his own family, and
those of them in savannah had frequently
tai depend upon charity. for subsistence.
As the children returned from Germany
they were refused recognition or AID by
the father.
"S ""fss y
turned from Germany. He came in for IA
large share of the abuse and vituperation
of his father. Ii is robable that he would
have accepted this for himself i'm silence
or have Withdrawn from It's influence by
leaving Savannah. but lac could not tolcr-
ate the neglect and cruelty, even unto
stripes with ~ cowiide. winch Dillon ad- |
ministercd to- his mother. One day he
fssner az his Office. Wiu, a ne.ur SSas a, that ms
interview Will never bc fully known. From
the after pleas of his father, il is presumed
IL negro wo AN. the bastard SON of "a white
man. Shortly after he had gone To the
office persons in the vicinity were startled
by tw pistol shots quickly following each
other. Rushing to DIlions office they |
found him shot through the head and Al
exa,,.ier dead, shot through the heart. II
In only known positively that Alexander
first shot his father, rs lac thought fatally.
and then took his own life beyond recall. |
ing from Germany he met his father and
Jennie Erich Oh the cars in upper
Georgia. They told him his mother was
dead, the whole family broken up and adj
viss.l him TO avoid Savannah. Their con. |
duct and what he was told soured him
enlisted i'm the regular army at Atlanta,
and may be still serving as u private SOL
dier. Another son, James, WAS living ut
of the other mcmb. rs of this unfortunate
family ! never learned.
ihe records Of the courts OF Georgia de
lease himself from his obligations to his
wife. Term after term he fought her mp
plication for niaintainance. He pleaded
that she was u negro and therefore could
not he the legal wife of "a white man
to be met with the Act of the Georgia leg
islature endowing her. with all the rights
of u white Woman the passage of winch
WAS procured 10y himself. Finally the mat
ter WAS compromised and Jennie Erich
was discarded and lie returned to live with
his wife
This is but u skeleton of the story az
detailed by the persons intcrv ewCd in
connection with the claims of David II.
Dillon.
TRANSFORMING In MISSISSIPPI.