Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-27

able spirit and one not easily 70 tc
cast aside and deprived Of hrf legal
righip, although she may have suh-
mittpd patiently 20 the iuhuman treat
mpnt Of her husband prior 60 hi7dis-
cufdlng her { 70 he woman whotu par
ne witness against him he sought TO
legally atun O. r4gh n form OF mar
nart. Mrs. We. No. ! has brought
fuii Tor divorce uy ne attorney, ans
tho Statement. II the cJmplniuhnt
brings 10 light .illl another DARK chap-
ter in ths b u.al career OF tue prisoner.
Unter the California laws feys the
-n Francisco ChrOHic's, II looks very
much gs though Mr. and hts' Dnvid
l. v.ucus Thompson o. Oakland were
not unu anu wife, for TIT slmple
resapn hut-alihourh they have both
complied with the legal iorms--their
marriage il neverthticse expressly
pratcriUcd by section 90 ui tho tlvil
Code, which provides that "nll mar
rlngss of white pttfonp with ncgTle.
~ mulntt1ts are Illegal and void"
David Lovlticus THOMPSON l. mu.
latto with pronounced African
features, and T. . porter for Broad
wav merchant lie met Annie Sophie
Luicen, pretty liitlr German girl,
who wrs iu the employ Of q local
florist, wuotd and won her. Hc told
her. she says, that ho wos OF spanish
desccnt aud IN THE way accounted Tor
HE dark skin. Auywnyi she CDnseut-
ed 10 marry him aud he procured the
license without aEy trouble. The
ceremony was performed 10y the Rev.
Milton &. Wilcox, q white mlrls.tr
and editor OF the SPIRIT ~ ne TmCs, q
weekly religious paprE Rev. Wilcox
claims that he uid not know that be
was performing the ceremony Tor an
Illegal marriage, and 1t iu very evident
that both Thompson aud ME Ufide
thought everything was all right
lAUy were much surprised yesterday
10 find out that although W tICI they
were not man Hud wilu. THOMPSON
IL going % SEQ if there D. not
some way IN which bis marriage 90
Mise Luigun can be- LEGALLY SOLEMN.
izcd. They both love each uthof, s1
they fny, nnd want 10 legally live to-
gotheT NJ man aud wife. The oulN
hope Tor Thompson Hes IN the dctlni-
ton the courts OF California will put
upon tho term mulntt0. No court In
this state has got uulueI the term.
The Massachusetts, courts have hCiI
that mulattu II the Clipping Of u
marriage between n white aud black
person. but the offspring OF "A mar.
uagv between "a mulattp ana white
person iH not mulattO. So n Mr.
Ia mUsou can show that hia Eafcuts
VorO one 70 mulnllu and one % white
pvp0u there b. yet chance 1T him, 10
under the Massachusetts decision he
would then 30 the same as "a white per.
sou a. tho eyUs OF tho law. The mar.
mage Of whites anu hlaCk8 Wns forbid
den IN THE state by law Ia 1854 aud
the statute has remained Boz force ever
since. Ai.scugCnauDn f. forbidden b,
the civil code, Du, nu penalty II pre-.
srribcd for violation Ol the section.
The cast n a peculiar one ana has OK.
cited great zeal OF comment iu OAK
lhud. The girl, Sophia LutYeu, iu
quite well known anu h fpoaun Of 4.
the highest terms by IN re- who have
her acquaintance. Thompson mas
been Uu iro tlcnsivt, Woodworking boy,
against whose character nothing eau
be taid. Hv has violated the law, tut
has done 80 uuiuteuiiOually anu n
willing o. DO anything that lies DO biz
power too right the VT Iug he has done
but has mot as yet found my renee y.