The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-09
SHE WAS A QUADRooN.

Gnu w u n " " - DhOON.
Posed as a parish Widow of Wealth
and Turned an Chic Boys Head
From The Gin cinnatt Enquirer.
One of the strangest stories ever told cut
of the realm Of fiction comes by telegraph
from st. Louis concerning an adventures,
who is quadroon and the wife Of colored
man.
Despite her colored blood she has within
twelve months risen from literally mo
where" in the language Of society, to a
place among exclusive and wealthy society
people, who believe her to be rich Spanish
widow.
What makes the matter one of the livest
interest to Cincinnati people is the fact that
a wealthy Cincinnati lady, now in st.
Louis has made the quadroon her most in
innate friend, end that
THE CINCINNATI LADY's SON,
young medical student. is waiting anx-
iously to make her his wife. How affairs
came to this strange pass is an interesting
story.
A little over year ago colored man,
more Intelligent than most of his race in
the south, earned living for himself and
his wife as retoucher of negatives in u
photograph gallery IN Montgomery, Ala
His wife was quadrOon and beautiful
woman. She was born and 70 red in Mont
gomery, received a good education, became
a school teacher and married Samuel S.
DodsOn, the photograph ret9ucher, in 1888.
In the latter part Of 1890 Dodson's health
began to fail because Of the close cOntine-
ment TO which his employment subjected
him. He wanted to obtain employment of
a different nature, and in 1891 the Dod-
sons went to Los Angeles. Cal Mrs. bod
son did not like the colored society in Los
Angeles.
SHE GREW HOMEsICK
and decided to visit some of her relatives in
Springfield, Mo. To obtain money for the
trip she peddled a paten5 medicine from
door to door IN Los Angeles. She thus obs
tanned money enough TO travel third-class
to Springfield, Mo. There she continued
her medicine business, and with phen0m-
email success. Whether 1T had been her in
tention from the first to deSer6 her husband
only Mrs. Dodson can tell But her success
in SIP iugfield aroused the mad1est anbi-
tions in her brain. She started out TO con-
quer the world and overcome her birth =.
She meant to take up a new existence.
Her SUCCESS has been phenomenal a1d start
ling.
Early in the present year a woman in the
prime of life and beauty appeared in ST.
Louis and engaged apartments al fashion
able boarding house. She had
RICH OLIVE COMPLEXION,
wavy black hair and eyes that were full of
the lauguorous fire Of the SOUTH She was
dressed richly, but in excellent taste, and
her manner was that of a woman of wealth
and refinement. What added a peculiar
fascination to her speech was trifling for
eign accent and a softly spoken Spanish
word, which dropped from her lips now and
then when anything reused her from her
usual languor and self-possession. She
opened offices in a business block, where
her clerks sold Spanish complexion lotipn
and other patent toilet preparations. She
announced that she was a Spanish widow
who had acquired a comfortable compe-
tency through the sale of preparations Of
which she had learned the formulas when
she was
AT HOME IN SPAIN,
and before her fathers great wealth had
been conhscated for the part he had taken
in rebellion.
At the boarding house she struck up
warm friendship with wealthy Cincinnati
lady whose son was attending medical lect-
ures in 81. Louis The young man became
infatuated with the beautiful senorita and
finally proposed marriage TO her. She re-
sisted his impetuOus proposal however, say
ing that she must make Il trip to California
to attend to affairs concerning her ranch
property there When she returned to st.
Louis She would give him final answer.
She closed up her agency and left st. Louis.
That was about a month ago. The senorita
started for the west IN the drawing room
of Pullman palace car. Coupled to the
Pullman was the private car OF
A WEALTHY CAL FORNIAN.
who was bringing a party from the east
with him. The Spanish wido in the course
Of the long journey struck up an acquaint-
ance with the lad es in the private car ana
one of them, Miss Sharp, daughter OF
wealthy merchant Of Emporia, Kan, intro
duced the widow to the gentlemen Of the
party. For the rest Of the journey she rode
in the private car aud was quite the center
of attraction When the senorita reached
Los Angeles she took rooms at the Ardmore
hotel. On the day after her arrival she
drove 10 cab to a small house in San Pedro
street near First, and here she found Mr.
Dodsou penciling away at his negatives.
He did not recognize her as a Spanish
widow. In her
lie SAW HIS WIFE,
who had deserted him. His interview with
her was short and fiery. She wanted to talk
about a divorce, calmly. but he ordered her
10 leave his sight If she valued her fe. She
returned TO the Ardmore and the husband
returned to his negatives
On the next day the senorita left Los An
geles and went to Oceanside, where she is
now visiting Miss Sharp at the celebrated
Coronado hotel
The Cincinnati medical student is eagerly
awaiting her return 70 ST. Louis.
1t is what Hoods Sarsaparila actually
does that tells the story of its merit and has
given it the largest sale Of any medicine.
dd.