The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-11-28
bi7S TIN THOUSAND
d DOLLARS FOR A WIFE,
.,,erR TALE OF MATRIMoNY
AND MONEY.
j.. for Divorce in the State Of
SUI MA Brings to Light a
strange Romance

.on divorce which has peen
A SUN So w, News, va.' brings 10
fed AZ strange romance OF love o g,a anu
light 'v, Nv and Mrs. Fenton F. flncn
Ponsy' hers of prominent families
m nnb was formerly Miss Martina
:; ,,a linr of that city. She is OF Scot u,
N sascent and is related to some me. o.
'n oV' ',:tr Of Scotland. Mr.. Flnch
be no Dnnt6er OF Mrs. Mann s. Valen-
the - w whose husband is the Oldest
r' Of the late Mann $. valen oant i~ "
90 a. VI the Valentine meat juice
Business hriof courtship of Miss Nelson
l Inch seems to have been purely a
y . i,n arrangement with him. he
Do3lnI sriond living in Newport News
haa J Miss Nelson's valuable proper per
Fnefe s I located. and it is reported that
y W." friend told Finch he would enao,e :
i l i,, to marry an heiress If he would
lira h him $4,000 for the information
s sias the the ceremony took place: Finch TI
'l's a;l wa agreed to the proposition He
'sau1 Moor Young man. Miss Nelson !
was a poo On orphan, was living with
I VINO was 5 %n a Mr.. Hawkins, who had
"a laughter just her age. nisnnder-
Mr. MR. Finch, through some lnisonu Ira :
..a MD thought Miss Hawkins was was
ssan Hniress, and paid her several Wis
:ne M Ia SOC soon discovered his mistake
u.s. u.s. +rna p his attentions to MISS
a anu Ys"H Who was at the time only 10
Me5son r,ora child in her feelings.
anu T, d lh', after one or two visits. gave
l ln rinI . diamond ring, which she
,Iv : in her stocking. Her gnarolaaHi 4
n wall that Finch was a1teF MS
-~~,i Is money, hurried her OH 10 r. J. !
D'l CorIick's seminary, near Ashland
w. ga, II owe C?l will find way, ana IN
va, Of the strict discipline OF the
s sppbooI and the argus-eyed doctor Flnch
sVuo Miss S Nelson and persuaded her to
clone eIor With him to Washington.
~ I EFT an orphan at an early age sn9 s
now cave her entire confidence anu
i LU% to her Young husband. He lmme'
%stoIv assumed control OF her enor-
u mon. nronertv. amounting to over ST.
ma ana and from the time OF her mai
r riora onIv allowed her a limited
amount of spending money. 1t IS sald
that after the marriage Finch 1rlenu
Who had located the quarry Tor MN
called for his $4,000 and was refused
the snm, A suit was threatened, out
comnromise was reached, the faithful
4 friend receiving $1,000 for his services
q in the transaction. :.
u Mrs. Finch is we'll known, ana is
Of modest and retiring disposition
The sympathy of the entire community
# is aroused in her behalf in her suit 10
S. free herself frsm her husband through
81 the courts
[1tbe meantime stories of the penu-
q rOusnesS of Finch are cropping up
from every quarter. 1t is said that
when he first came to Newport News
to look after the extensive interests OF
his newly married wife he slept on a
dry goods box in order to save room
rent, and various other expedients
were reSorted to by the embryo MIL
liOnaire to save expense.
Some time ago Mrs. Finch told a
milliner that she could not pay more
than 50 cents for hat, as that was all
her husband permitted her to pay Tor
such an article In her complaint Mrs:
Finch states that she was only allowed
So per month.