Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-16
INCARCERATION.
John P. Porter, a Negro, and
Jessie Ankerney, a White
Girl, Married.


coff of the Episcopal Church-A
Small Possibility that the Girl May
be an 0ctoroon-H Heavy Penalty in
this State for Performing the Cere.
mOBy.
Yesterday negro black as Etheo-
plan darkness and known as George
2. Porter applied to clerk John +.
Price for marriage license for him
self and Jessie Ankeny Clerk
Price Intercepted the negro and
the coon swore she (Jessie Ankeny)
was a negress. Upon this statement
license was issued. They at once
went to Episcopal Hall where they
were married by Rev. Mr.. Winecoff.
AS to the negro there can be no
doubt as to what race he belongs.
He is flat nosed, thick-lipped, kink-
ey haired and ignorant Concerning
the girl. A resident of Uniontown
whom representative of this paper
saw gave the following account of
the girl II have known her for
ten years. She always struck me as
white. Some five or six years ago
she was high roller. At that time
her associates were white Only in
recent years when she had dropped
several rounds in the social ladder
did she cohabit with negroes. /
never heard of her having the slight
est amount of negro blood in her
veins
Rev. Wineeof was interviewed by
a reporter for this paper this morn
ing. The reverend gentleman goes
on record as follows: yesterday
a couple applied before me to per-
form the marriage ceremony. The
man was without doubt negro. At
first glance | would have said the
woman with him was white That
was my first impression. ] asked
them to show me the license. They
did When / saw it was properly
filled out / had no hesitancy in per-
forming the ceremony. There were
a large number of boarders present
who expressed the opinion that it
was case of miscegenation. Pre-
vious to the ceremony j. Friend
Hutchinson an attorney visiting here
remarked that if the girl were white
it was a crime against the state
to perform the ceremony"
But when / read the licence and
saw it start off, "You are hereby au-
thorized etc, saw no reason why ]
should not perform it. After looking
at the girl for some time, j thought
| could detect traces of negro blood in
her. | am from the South and she
struck me as If she were an octoroon.
She had the fat hair, the look about
the eye and the manner Of an octoroon.
l believe she was almost quadroon.
Her manner so impressed me. How
ever | would not have married them,
on my opinion that she was an octo-
room, what induced me was the Ii
cense authorizing me to do So. The
question was asked Mr.. Winecoff $50
you think the environment of the
past few years caused her to hsve the
manner of a negress?" He replied,
environments might have changed
her manner her tone Of voice but ]
think it could hardly have given that
/ look of the eye, that peculiar cnrye to
the ear. / don't think environments
could even change ones Physiognomy
In parting Mr.. Winecoff reiterated
that his reason for performing the
( n % wi hn1tf pfh ap in w no
tion was the fact the license handed
him was properly filled out. And he
also said, Had ! known positively
she was nota negress | would not have
married them.n
John e. Price who issued the licence
was seen. He was wrathy. He said
''If that niger lied to nae in regard to
the color of the woman / will send
them out of the road.
The negro said, in fact swore the
woman was black. She was not pres
ent when the license was issued. The
next niger who comes here after a
license must bring his future wife
with him and should it look like mis-
cegenation will not grant the license
until / have made rigid investiga-
tion'
The niger Porter was heard boast
to another negro "you said | couldn't
get married but / did," They left
on the 1886 train. Sec. s and 8 code
Of w. Va. says;
Any white person who shall inter-
marry with negro shall be confined
in the jail not more than one year