The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-05-15
MRS. DANIELS STORY.
Co1lerd Wooed and Won Hell
in the Character Of a
Book-Agent.
he WAS LONELY. SHE WAS KIND.
A Runaway Adventure In Atlanta
With Dash Of Prophesy in 1t.


well known CLUB man and man about
town, OF the Heights, in the suit brought
against him by Mrs. Otis Daniel of At
lanta. Ca, still affords his many acquaint-
ances an interesting topic Of CONVERSE
fion.
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS yesterday af-
forded Mr.. CoiIerd an opportunity to
answer the charges brought against him,
and last evening I called at No.
141 West Tenth street, where Mrs. Daniel
is now boarding. in order that she might
have an opportunity to present her case
to the public without the usual legal
verbiage
1 was ushered into the presence of q
pleasant faced Young lazy Of prepossess-
ing manners. She was a decided
brunette, wish a bright black eye and
regular features. while plain black
gown Of some rich material. trimmed
with velvet displayed to advantage her
graceful figure.
szWhen / made known my errand Mrs.
Daniel looked grave aud evinced q dis
inclination TO talk. She said that she did
not desire to have any more publicity
given to her troubles than was absolutely
necessary, and that she had steadfastIy
refused TO talk to the New York news
paper men who had besieged her all day
When, however. she learned that l was
from the JERSEY CITY NRws she finally
consented to give me few of the particu-
lars of her relations with C0lierd- She
spoke in low. pleasant tone which had
the attractive accent of the South erner.
A KENTUCKY GIRL
She said she was bern in Kentucky
twenty-five years ago. Her father died
when she was young, and she was adopt
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was fourteen years old she married Mr..
Daniel, and has one child who Is now q
girl of five years. Her husband died after
she had been married few years, leav-
ing quite a fortune, the greater part OF
which, however, belongs to the little girl
Mrs. Daniel has a sister who Is married
to a sergeant OF police in Atlanta, and she
and her aged mother moved to that city.
She was boarding there when she first
met COllerd- IL was not. however, as the
son Of a wealthy Jerseyman travelling for
his health that she met him but as the
aggressive peripatetic book agent seeking
to diffuse knowledge and at the same
time replenish his depleted exchecquer by
fitting from door to door with Graem's
atlas.
while engaged In this philantropic
Dursuie he stopped one day at the house
ia Atlanta at which Mrs. Daniel was
boarding. The domestic answered his
ring, and be asked to see the lady Of the
house. She WAS out, and the girl asked
Mrs- Daniel to see the man. she saw
him and told him that the lady of the
house would be IN in a few days He
then went away.
A day or two afterward he called again
Mrs. Daniel had just come In from riding
and had scarcely passed the door when
Collerd rang. She tnrned, opened tn 6
door and they stood face 70 face. She was
arrayed in her riding habit; and. flushed
with the exercise, she must have been q
very attractive girl Sas invited Cosisra
the weather and various kindred topics
After awhile Collerd said that he was a
stranger in the town and so awfully lone
ly, and wouldn't she let him call upon her.
There were a number OF young ladies
and gentlemen in the house, Mrs. Daniel
said. and as there was something attract
i've about Collerd, she consented so far as
she was concerned, TO his request
THE WOOISG-
After that he called frequently. One
day when he reached the house he W as
told that she had just left for Marietta
He Immediately rushed down to the de-
Dot and caught the train she was on Just
as it was pulling out or the station. He
remained at Marietta during her stay
there. His attentions to her became 30
marked, she says, that she readily be-
lieved all his promises, and con-
OF the subsequent relations between
herself and Collerd, Mrs. Daniel had very
little 10 say. She did saw. however, that
Collerd was of an exceedingly Jealous
disposition, and when they we're walking
together IN the street or W ere anywhere
else in public, il she happened to LOOK at
man be flew into rage and accused her
of flirting. She was acquainted with q
Young man In Kentucky who gave her
diamond ring which she wore. She also
corr responded with the blue grass young
man and she says tnat Collerd received
several of the letters the young man sent
her, opened them, read them and tore
them up before she saw them. she also
SAYS that he became so jealous that he
made her take of the ke1tuckian's ring
and give it to him. Like all Kentucky
girls, Mrs. Daniel says she is very fond OF
horses and IS a good horsewoman- she
is also a good shot with the pistol She
mad a fine horse and buggy when in At
lanta. Tne horse was very spirited and
required a person used 70 driving TO
handle him.
RUNAWAY ADVENTURE.
Collerd said he could drive the animal.
aud one day they went out together. She
says she warned him not to 60 near the
dummy cars which run IN Atlanta, be-
cause tue horse was afraid of them. But
| CoIlerd poOpoOhed her advise and reiIer-
ated his declaration that he could man
| age the horse without troQO.e-
He drove beside the track, and when
the first dummy came along there was q
| circus. The horse stood on ais hind legs,
danced about, and IN spite OF all tnaE
| Collerd could do bolted up the Court
| House steps. A large crowd gathered
around, and Collerd was placed in a most
unenviable position. He then persuaded
| Mrs. Daniel, she says, that the horse was
vicious and she should sell him. which
she did.
Her husband, Mrs. Daniel continued.
had a fine large pistol which she fire.
auently practtced with. and which she
| Treasured highly. One day Collerd per-
| suzded her TO let him have It and be has
| il vet, for the other day. she says, when
| she went TO see him at his Office on
| Palisads avenue he shut the door, and
| grasping her by the arm, threatened her
| with her dead husbands weapon.
FUNDS FOR THE TOUR.
Mrs. Daniel also said that during her
pleasure trip with Collerd he ran out Of
/ money. and she furnished him with
means to continue the tour from the
small estate left her by her husband
/ They lived together in West Twelfth
| street scarcely a month. She was taken
sick with the grip and became very ill.,
| She asked Collerd 70 send for a physl-
elan, she says, but he refused, and eyi-
denGly becoming frightened lett her with
ont cent. One of the nelgbb0rs seeing
the condition she was IN sent for a physi-
can, who pronounced Mrs Daniel TO be 3
very sick woman.
Beng thus left without means Mrs
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