The evening times., 1896-08-07
N|FE's SID Tale Of WOE.
Welded a Minister Who Proved
to Be Worthless.
TRIED TO LIVE BY FRAUD
He Made q Speciality of Beating Board.
ing House Keepers and Merchants.
Wanted to Live Off His wife's
Relatives-She Is Ill and Cannot
support Her Children.

WANTED-Good home and adoption
Ior healthy Child two years old, OF
good pareDtage; mother unable TO provide
properly. Address WIDOW, tnis office.
The story behind the boye ad yertisement
shows how easily two lives may be en-
bittered and partially wrecked by q care
less marriage. The advertiser is a woman
who has evidently seen much trouble, but
retains some Of her girlhcod beauty and
spirit. She Is Mrs. A. T. Smith, living on
Massachusetts avenue.
Times reporter called upon her. II
must Tell you frankly at the outset" she.
SAID, 'thatI am not widow, as / adyer.
tiseo. am divorced woman, but nv
husband has no power to interfere with nv
children. got divorce here a few
months ago, with custody of my little
ones, and besides, il be should attempt TO
Interfere, have letters from him which
would incriminate him in a way that he
would not dare face"
..Then he is bad nan?'' asked the re-
porter.
HE is; but nobody actually knows 1t
but me, and very few believeit. He makes
a good appearance, and has even made my
blame me for everything, and think he is
conscientious, Christian gentleman.
He married me TO get a home, and
when he didn't get it, he tried TO ina ke me
his partner as dead beat. He would go
TO a place and run up bills without ghost
OF chauce OF paying them. His smooth
manners and genteei appearance, together
with his church connection, era bied him to
do this. His rela tions to school authorities
also helped him."
is A BAPTIST MINISTER.
"What was his position
"He was a Baptist preacher and school
teacher. He Is now studying theology
aud preaching al Louisville, Ky. or course,
when he went any where TO preach, every
body thought he was all right. He would
buy things on credit wherever he could
Then he would pay little on the bill, and
go off, leaving the grocer or hotel keeper
or merchant to whistle for the rest. He
would play this game at one place till there
was no more chance for him, and then he
would move.
II was disguised, and finally made up my
mind to have nothing more to do with him.
He expected when we were married to go
to n y home and have US take care of him.
I didn't expect anything of the kind and
wouldn't have it." I.
'.IIow did you happen to marry him."
81 was on a visit to friends in Lexing-
ton. KY. My home was at Gordonsviile.
Va. My maiden name was Smith. lived
with my grandparents.
AT Lexington met this man. who was.
In college. Soon after went 10 Texas, and
he took school over at Morehead. KY. We
kept up correspondence. and when his
school was ont we met at Huntington W.
Va. and were married. / always had my
own way with my grandmother. and no
great disturbance was made overit.
Fright away my husband wanted to go
TO Gordonsvllle TO live on my grandparents.
I refused. Then began the wretciied exist
ence have described.
when found he could not make a liv-
ing for me used some of the money grand
mother sent me- She had always sent me
check regularly when I was away. and
she kept 1t up after l was. married. /
hadn't SO much trouble as long as she lived.
putthe moneyaway and oni y usedit when
obliged to do SO. had to take some of it
W hen 10 Y boy was born. five years ago.
MY husband wanted Co keep on study
ing all the time insteaI of earning living.
He thinks he Is one of the smartest men in
the world and has made my relatives
think the same way. But know him for
contemp.ible sneak.
'He wanted to go to Valparaiso. Ind.
to study, and wanted me to COOK and wash
dishes to pay his way. I wouldn't do it,
so he went alone.
UNAB BILE TO SUPPORT HER CHILD.
II came here, and was employed for
awhile in one of the Hospitals. Ny baby
was born here. and when could get moth
ing else to do / went out as a wet nurse.
have done sewing and any work could
find. I have been in very poor health for
months. My little girl is only two years
old, and I can't provide for her as have
for my boy by sending him to my relatives.
have worked for Mr. Heiskell, the real
estate man, and for Mrs. Slack.
"Yes. 1 know about Mrs Slack's trou-
blcs, 1 first met her at White Sulphur
Springs when I was girl. years ago I
don't believe a word OF the stories told
about her here. have worked for her in
the pa st two years. and think there isn't
thing against her.
''You know. her half brothers name Is
Julian Buckley. and the man they told sto-
Yies about with her was Barry Bulkley.
think people sa " her brother at her house
and confused his name with the other
mans, and so created the scandal"