Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-06
HER MIND CHANGED
Mary Gordon Il Now Ready to
Help Hang Her Colored
Husband.
White Girl Who Married Negro and
Was Declared Insane Heard
From Again.

From Again.
Her Fathers Attorney Writes to
Des Moinss Parties Colored
People Interested.
Des Moine. Nov. 6.--Joiln Early, a |
lwell-known colored man, called at the
office of Clerk j. c. Tate yesterday and
stated that as result Of the trial Of
Mary Gordon, the coiored people of the
city were going to knock" Mr.. Tate at
the election today. Mr.. Tate is the re-
publican candidate to succeed himself
Fas clerk Of courts, and as one OF the
commissioners of insanity voted that
Mary Gordon was insane and that che /
had no colored blood In her veins. The
Icolored people allowed themselves TO be
worked up to an intense pitch of excite
lment in regard to the case. and Mr..
Early stated that this is the result. Acc
cording to his Statements at the eolored
churches Sunday evening the partsnion-
ers were advised to work and vote
against Mr.. Tate on account Of his con-
nection in the Gordon trial as one of-the
| judges.
Just as soon as this word was received
yesterday by Mr.. Tate he began hurry
ing around to see IL it were reliable.
Prominent colored men seen by his
friends stated that Mr.. Early must
surely be mistaken, as no reference to
4 Ire To had 1tAcy n - n a n ~
lchurches SO the story has resolved it
self into question Of veracity between
Mr.. Early and other colored men. It is.
known, however, that the colored people
ARE still considerably worked up over
the outcome Of the case. Their feelings
| are incenssd still higher by the publish
ed report that Mary herself has de-
nounced them. This report was cons
4 tirmed by a letter received by an attor-
ney from Scott Miller, of Chiliicothe,
1.-THE attorney who aided Jack" Cham
| berlain in winning the case for Liston
4 Gordon. Mr.. Miller states that Mary
4 has told him that she would. assist In
hanging Wiikenson il he ever returned
Ito Missouri and came into her power.
IShe appears to be very vindictiye
|against Wilkinson, according to Mr..
4liller's letter. which is, in part, as fol-
lows:
Last night when Mary got on the
Wabash at Abba, Ia. and saw me on
the train she came to me as a sister
would to brother. melted, completely
broken, with full knowledge which
seemed at that instant to present itself
to her OF the circumstances which she
had been in and the actual position
from which she was being rescued. She
4 told me that words, were not sufficient
4 to express to mefthe gratitude that she
4 felt for my earnest interest in her be-
4 half. and to my great surprise she in
II sisted that I should not quit in Fighting
the wrong that had been done to her
( until all those black scoundrels were
4 placed behind the prison bars. spoke
to her of that form of man. the position
LOT which is unspeakabie to me. now
a found in the Ottumwa jail who claimed
4 TO be her husband great God, that
a such a word could be used in such con-
n nection) and she told me that il she
owned worlds she would give them to
repair the wrong that she had done to
Z her father, and insisted on his punish
ment under the law. She asked me
4 what thought the proper punishment
'&|would be, and / told her that nothing
J would give me greater satisfaction
than to take hold Of the slack end of a
rope with the black scoundrel at the
other end. The full Missouri blood
rose to the situation and she said with
a dendish action that she could assist
me in every pull Imade. Isn't this res
nnarkable? Would you have thought
Iit? She begged me not to leave her un-
protected, that she might again fal
into the clutches of this tsranical outfit
She talked and cried and wondered
what she could do to ever regain her.
4 self In the esteem OF her father. She
I5saSs I know that with the people Of
!. tbs, world I cannot, but with him
!, Imay. She gave me the opportunity d e
! sired and gave her about an hour.
wholesome advice, as I believe yo,
!, know that under the circumstances
!, would properly contribute. She spol1,
i OF the fact that she did not ask nor in
. sist that her attorney ask me to desis
&. lin my prosecution OF the black rascal
( This was revelation to me. but at tn.
/ same time did not doubt as 1t came t,
i this that human blood was to b,
weighed against dollars and cents. No
I could not believe IT.. But. however
Mary, is now in safe hands and IL per
chance this tribe whose highest am
: bition is lower than crawling reptiles
!. should find her hiding place and should
communicate with her sor attempt to
she would at once notify me. OF cours'
9 she 10 in Missouri and you know tn,
2 rest
The trial OF Wilkenson and Walter
Davis will take place at Ottusnwa OF
Thursday Of this week. Eli Hardin ant
Jack" Chamberlain expect to attend
!. the preliminary, and Scott Miller Of
= Chillicothe will be there prepared Il
prosecute on behalf Of the father, Il
9 the limit Of the law. Davis will be tried
in preliminary. on the charge Of per.
Jury. az he swore before the licens,
clerk that Mary was Of age, when She
Twas only u years old on the last da,
. OF last July, and Davis did NOT know
. her personally. Wilkinson is to be tried
j ion the charge Of inducing Davis to com.
i INIT perjury by securing him to swear
i before the clerk, telling him to say tina
i Mary was Of age.
: The Mary Gordon case has attracted
! widespread attention, which is not lin.
tied f1 this city or ~ ia Inv a nv m ea +, =