Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-03
MARRIED TO A NEGRO
per1ry ELLA TIce @HiT5, BRIDE
or LANES RANDOLPH CoLoRE0.
The latter from Richmond, Where they
May Come to Residc-A Worry re-
markabIc mssceaenstion story
Nov York Herald.

OF good lhiullN pfi"b - 49,. Den
\. Y. has become tho wife OF James i, .nl
doloh. negro cohchman. The hey, ,a 1aa'
Lamb a Baptist minister in tha' pi''0'
performed the ceremony. ep
"Did you approve of TINS marri"so
asked him yesterday. t,o-vr
.Woll.p said he. "rll tell you nov :
loolysd at IT, Miss Ella rice has a''e'uor
nv church for q long time, ana KNOW NO, -, I'm
10 be a GOOD girl and apt to Know n.I go
mind She was absolutelyset on ll intsd t"e
this colored man, whom s ,ie Io' What was I
call IL infatuation, = You M i-e o,e--twerIty
~, 10 obout jt2 She was OF az ~. fo,,r
&C. w Ior last birthday-aud ne was iv ,,a
-. ii lar. they came 20 me anu ~ i,l,,
- tIcru mau ana VIE. ~
:" i,i,s, ss;:,1st Randolph except a.,
nDd did not feel Instinct va uiam ,i,o,n
Ina AZ tbat. If | did not ma ai al not
ilnew some one else would. anu ~, W. ,'o-tbv
SEQ anv necessity OF hlell y, a-,ance So
.,,r,,Ie from my church ana I'M
Z ''ialr;ed them. and ! am glad dln.
me iiiS core straw about the tn OF ihhn
eki i as long as his heart Is right
-, y,vr MARRIED HER TO A cHISAhtAN.
~ srnnose Miss lice had been equally
-. ~, rodrrvipr Chinnman, would you
have OlIAQkuith AhN
cay :. 1Ciertainlv ! would. It's all the same to
ma whether marry q woman to negro as
Hack as tbeace of spades, to Coole, or 10
a nainted Indian. That Is her business
moi mine: and you know very well there IS
no accounting for tastes"
Nr. and Mrs. James Randolph are living
as happily as turtle doves with tne,r
friends Mr.. and Mrs. Skeyington, we'll
known people in Wiliamsbridge, and both
white. The report that Randolph had lett
the village or IN any way failed to face the
situation is without foundation. Since
the ceremony. last wednesday evening, the
vounq lovers have not been separated, ex-
cont during the hours when the husbands
work has kent him al the residence OF his
EMPLOYER. Mr.. Stickuey, a millionaire New
York merchant, who has handsome place
in the town.
Mrs. Randolph received me without the
SLIGHTEST sign of en- barrassment and spoke
of her marriage freely and with evident
satisfaction. She is glad she did 1t and
would do it again. II know" she sand,
" that have risked everything in taking
this step, Int what Of ity Ionly wish had
more 10 risl. James was the whole world
to me. and without him my life would nave
been miserable. As girl had often heard
and read about love and wondered what It
was. Now know and rs she spoke h'T
cheeks flushed and her Drown eyes flashed
proudly.
DEATH ALONE CAN SEPARATE THEM.
There is some talk Of your parents try
ing TO aunul the marriage. How ABOUT
that?D
How can they anuul it9 We are both
of age and both IN our right minds. On,
no; nothing but death viii ever separate
me from my husband. They VIII make
frouble for ne. don't doubt, but whatever
trials come / will share them with James"
"What troubles do You anticipate :"
After hesita.ing moment Mrs. Randolph
answered:
sornetbinp rash. He has a responsible
position on the New York Elevated railroad
service. and when told him week ago OF
my intention to marry Mr.: Rand4lph ne
cursed me and swore that il dld so ne
would kill me. Anyhow. [ risked that
with the rest"
And what else do YOU fear?"
well. OF course Mr.. Stickney might be
displeesed ut having his name mentioned
i'm the matter and discharge James. L
don't think, though, that he would be so
cruel. for he has always been most kind to
my husband, and only a short time ago
made him a present of O beautiful gold
watch. If he lost Misplace weshould 60 TO
Richmond, Va, where my husbands faml-
IL live. They are people of good position,
ono Of his brothers being a Yale graduate
and a successful LAWYER. while he has two
sisters who are teaching school. MIR. Kan
dolph Is not by any means an ordinary
cOachman."
/ saw the husband a little later. He is
a Unlocking young man. q little over,
dressed perhans, but on the whole created
q favorable impression. His complexion IS
light for a negro. and his hair and mus
tache almost straight.
IN LOVE WITH EACH OTTER.
"Ilove nv wife" said he, and she loves
me. and If we want TO get married II IS no
body's business but our own. We VIII live
with the Skevingtons until l can get our
home ready"
The home Of which Randolph speaks is
n suite of rooms over Mr.Stickney's coach
house.
asked Randolph why he did not ac-
quaint his sweethCarts family OF their ln-
tention TO get married.
Because" said he, smiling, my wife's
step-father. Mr.. Talman p. Hyde is very
violent man and weighs about $50 pounds.
| thought il Just "a well 10 wait TIL the
ceremony was over before sending him au
invitation 10 the wedding reception. i am
not afraid of him now, though. As mat
ter of fact. drove over to his place to-day
and saw him and his WIFE,"
What did they doY"
"Wel,n answered Randolph, grlnning.
"they weren't exactly cordial and the old
man swOre like a pirate But that won't
do any good, and thew will all cool down in
n few weeks. There's nothing else TO do"
While / was ut the home of the Skeying-
tons Mrs. Randolph proudly showed me
monster wedding-cake Respondent with
frOsting, some fragrant howers-a bridal
souvenir-and q handsome ivory toilet set
in yellow satin case, which adorned
table IN the bridal chamber.
The last words Mrs. Randolph said were
these:
You can tell all your readers that nm
the happiest girl in Westminster county.
Next Sunday my husband will lead me up
the centre aisle of the Baptist church and
we will hold our heads Just as high as any
one there. Then shall find ont who are
my true friends, and the others don't care
anything about"
Elias Broken Hearted Parents.
New York Herald Of Monday.
Never was the peaceful village of VIII
liamsbridge, Westminster county, so
stirred to its depths as ) now the case
over the wedding Of pretty Ella Tice to the
colored cOachman, James Randolph.
And never were the good people of the
Baptist church more deeply agitated than
over the announcement made by Mrs.
Randolph herself in the Herald that her
husband and herself regardless of what
anybody might think, would walk boldly
up the main aisle at the service yesterday
evening and take their places as if nothing
had happened.
Indignant were the protests madengainst
such an audacious afront-for so it was
generally regarded-to the general sense
"If that darby dares to show his face in
the Baptist church tonight" exclaimed
one hot-headed youth, There are men in
this place who would just as soon-and a
little sOOner-take him out and give him o
coat of tar and feathers"
The speaker probably took an extreme
view Of the situation, but strollIng about
the place during the afternoon concluded
something certainly would happen if the
strangely assorted couple did persist in
carrying out their project of defiance.
Would they do so! The romance of the
situation was pretty well blown over and
in its place had come a chilling apprecia-
ton Of the fact that there are things in
this world which won't mix much better
than yvatar and oil