The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-19
White Skirts


for did not use my maiden name.
which had regained through the d.
vorce courts, until / took up my resi-
dence in Tacoma.
The block where / was reported to
have lived in Spokane was in course of
construction when 1 came away. My
life there was extremely quiet. 1 at
tended church regularly and Ii was in
Sabbath school l first met Mrs. Tun-
NELL After closing up my busiesss in
Spokane / went to Tacoma, where my
parents had moved. During my stay
of perhaps a year in the former place
1 began dressmaking in families and
with the exception of two or three
months found steady employment as
long as / remained there. My parents
since leaving the old farm had many
reverses and misfortunes, and as the
older children were all married or
away from home IL was the pleasure
and happiness of my life to give them
some comforts which they might not
otherwise have enjoyed.
II was never fond of the gayeties of
life, my whole time and attention being
given to work and study, that we
might be blessed with music and good
and wholesome books with which to
cheer our fireside when we gathered of
evenings when the days labors were
finished. My sister. with whom 1 had
formerly resided in Spokane being then
a widow, resolved to take up her resi-
dence in Seattle. After her dressmak-
ing business had sufficiently increased
I spent a portion of my time assisting
her. 1t was then had an unpleasant
business experience which has been so
recently widely heralded. met a
party whom 1 now recognize as my
Seattle slanderer, and as / was in pos
session of unpleasant facts concern
ing him this was an opportunity to
strike me, which he could not resist.
The cause of this mans bitterness to-
ward me is simple. / had unwittngly
revealed to his wife that he was reg
ular visitor Of a lady. ] thought that
he was merely n relative.
Il positively deny that / ever at
tempted blackmail on any prominent
man of Seattle. or that ever behaved
In public or in private in the disgraceful
manner accredited me. But 70 return
to Tacoma. My work there was main
~ among church people. Incidentally
let me say that never at any time. did
l work in any but respectable families.
The horrible statement that / visited
disreputable places is utterly without
foundation
while engaged In a pleasant family
met Mrs. Brown, who expressed a de-
sire TO have me assist her with some
dress work. SO, after a time il came
about that at her dinner table was in
PRODUCED to her husband, DR.. c. O.
Brown. My acquaintance with him in
Tacoma was slight and principally of a
business character. Mrs. Brown was al
ways kind, and our acquaintance. by
the time Of her departure from Taco
ma, had ripened into friendship to the
Of
and evenings spent in social inter
course. She had noticed my failing
health, and kindly invited me to ac-
company her to San Francisco for
rest and change of climate. At that
time I could not accept.
I'm the winter of 1898 I decided, on
account of my ill-health, to visit my |
sister. who had in the meantime moved !
to San Francisco. 1 lert home in De- |
cember, stopping in Victoria a few days |
TO visit the sister who had formerly re- /
sided in Seattle, and had, for business /
reasons, taken up her home in the first |
named city. Three or four days after |
my arrival there l was taken down |
with neuralgia. and for two weeks did /
not leave my bed. AS soon as l was
able to travel, took the steamer for |
San Francisco. My stay In Victoria al |
together did not exceed three weeks,
and my habits necessarily were of the
quieteSt possible character. i met no /
one in a social way.
"Since this trouble came 1 have been
literally harrassed to death with letters
and callers. Some of the letters were
amusing. others insulting, and many
full of expressions of confidence and
There have been offers of
and theatrical propositions
Such as these have not
given a second thought.
Now as to my stay in San Francis
20. can say nothing at present, ex-
,ept that when | have told my story to
the council, DIR. Brown will be cleared
Of all the charges resting against him.
THE Tunnel letters are of easy ex-
as are the other acts with
which / am credited"
Several times during the recital of her
story Miss Overman showed deep emo
ion. particularly when she referred 70
he reports of her career in Spokane. !
Seattle. Walla Walla and other North
I'm cities. There was apparently moth
ng of the manufactured" in her recit-
ectly plain. Straightforward way, with
,ut any affectation and with no other
purpose. seemingly. than To tell the
ruth. She is at all times a ready con-
quick TO answer ques-
ions and never nervous. Her appear
nee before the council will be an event
Z nothing more.
For sale.