The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-11-17
PASSING OFF FOR WHITE.
Experience OF Steve Cuney. n T.xa
Colorcd Man.
ORDERED FROM THE PLANTERS HOTEL,
Was Posing ns u Cnstilinn uad Made
Love 10 Benutifui White Girl.
He Was Fully Identified.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.

wns invited to leave yesterday evening aud
did so with all the grace no could summon,
Manager Harry Weaver draws the color
line, and when he found that the blood
which flowed In the scnor's veins was far
lihclicr Ethiopian than Castilian he had
the young man advised to make himself
scarce.
The plcasan, duty Of bouncer fell to the
lot OF chief Clerk Cunningham. During
the morning when things began 10 look
black for tho dlsconsolate Mexican swain
the tall and stately attaehe OF the hotol
had irsinuatod in his suavest manner that
the best thing the senior could do was "
get The senior, however. did not get. lilo
hung ON und looked Caucasian to the best
OF his ability,
by afternoon sufficient proof us TO tho
guests extraction had accumulated to war
rant sterner measures. Again Mr.. Cum
bingham Went TO the front, lie presented
MIR. Cuiioy With his bill. remarking that
his room was needed. Quincy entered 10
protest, but paid UP and lott. lie ordered
Ills baggage sont to Sixteenth and Locust
streets. Tho number OF the house Is not
known, but he engaged an unknown cx-
prcseman, unconnoctcd with the hotel.
lie had announced earlier In the day
that he Intended leaving the city for Mex
leo at o'clock this morning. Whether or
not ho followed this plan IS no, known.
but tho removal of his baggage to six
tconth and Locust streets would warrant
the impression that he might have decided
TO remain here for some purpose.
II, however. Senior Estcbon BENJAMIN Gu
noy of Mexico. who used to tc Just plain
steve Quincy in Galveston Texas, should
rot have gone, and should be In town TO-
day. he can find out considerable about
himself by calling upon James d. llowth,
an insurance agent In tho Union Trust
building
And II porchance he be not satisfied
with tho Information that Mr., Howith can
hnpart to him. he can learn few adii-
tional particulars about himself by apply
ing TO Jamcs S. Brown, also an insurance
agent In the Union Trust building,
These two gentlemen know tho Mexican
senior whom no lived IN Galveston. and they
say. Without any humming or having, that
lie is Just u simple "niggor.' who cut u
wide Hwath IN the Texas city until he pre-
tensions to social equality with white poo
pie led to HIS leaving town with great pre-
clpitan,y.
Mr howith dropped around to the Plant
ers' yesterday and took u look at Quincy Just
to make sure that he could not be mis-
taken. He recognized him immediately as
the individual from whom no used TO buy
lottery tickets IN Galveston.
According to both Howith md brown,
Quincy 10 a nephew of Wright Quincy. tho
big negro republican politician OF ra~aH.
who Mas collector OF the Galveston port
during the Harrison Administrations Gu
ney, the poliueAp, was born IN Waller
county. Texas. where Howith was also
born. and he says there can be no mistako
about It,
While Wright Cuney was collector steve
Quincy waa employed In tho custom house.
In addition 10 his salary from tho govern
ment lie made tidy sum selling Louisiana
lottery tickets. liowith often tried to find
riches IN this way, and was a steady cus-
toner OF the good looking. smooth spoken
young fellow, To got even, he tried "
insure his life, but failed.
At that time iiowith was representing
tbs Now York Life aud Brown the Equlta-
bic In Galveston.
This business of trying to be a white
man with negro blood Is not n new one
for Quincy. Among those who did not know
him he worked sometimes the Cuban AMI
sometimes the Creole bluff. Az he waa
well educated and spoke both French and
Spanish. as 40 many Creolcs In Louisiana
ips u Wuh Ubt u AlllCult Nuhh WIN u
tain class.
But one day In 1892 he played It u little
too strong He Btrolled out on the beach
at Galveston with u white girl. and the
first thing he knew there WAS a roar from
a lot OF angry Texans. Quincy made his
escape irstantcr ana In short while left
Galveston,
Howith does not know who the girl was.
hut Jennie De Huclle, Cuney's mistress,
IL, I.uIv . Tint tlnp and ahe
have been the one.
a telegram from Galveston corroborates
In the main the details concerning Cuney's
stay In that city. II says. however. that
Wright Cuncy denies any Relationship with
the man. although admitting that he came
from the same county. According To tho
dispatch, he associated with both whites
and negroes. going mostly with the latter.
II also refers TO the affair on the beach.
This seems to pretty effcctually explode
the dappcr little scnors claims 70 n birth
in Cuba IL also explains the diploma
lrnnted 10 him from the colorod college.
The Leland institute. IN New Orleans. now
held by his former mistress,
His dcnins that he has negro blood In
his veins goes for naught In the face Of
such testimony.
In other words, this "cullud gcmman"
" the South. incorporating as n Cuban
Mexican. came to St Louis with tho In
cntion OF marrying a beautiful white girl
N the person Of Miss Minnie whitney.
When abe thinks OF what she narrowly
escaped she will undoubtedly be thankful
or even all the notoriety her vanished love
lrcam has brought her
Last night she was said 10 be Frustrated
With grief and modification.
When Post-Dlspatcb man asked Quincy
{ he did not know that II is a crimo in
for the two races TO intermarry.
10 brazonly replied that II ought to be
whether II was or not.
III Ind = sister" he said "and coll
,rod man. pretending TO be white should
make any advances to her 7 don't know
shat ! wouldn't DO TO him"
That's the way good many people Del
bout the senior. II he happens to have
tayed over In ST. Louis he may meet some
u them today.