The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-06
TEE COLORBD MAN TALKS
Says the White Girl Holtgreve Per-
suaded Him to Marcy Her.
BaItimore's Mismated Couple still
Under Arrest, and Both May BE
Prosecuted for Miscegenation-G'he
Maximum Punishment for the Of
fence in Maryland Is Ten Years.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 6.-Lena HOltgreye,
the nineteen year-old daughter of William
Hoftgreve. a grocer, 1901 Edmondson
Avenue, and Robert w. Burnside, colored
to whom she was married on July 10, are
locked up at the Central Police Station and
will be delivered to Sheriff Schwatka to-
cay They are charged with miscegena-
ton under section 200 of Article XVII
Of the MarylanP'Code, which provides pun
ishment by Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary for from eighteen months to ten
years.
An account of the marriage was publish
ed in The Times yesterday. The ne
gro and the white girl have been indicted
by the grand jury and they were arrested
in Washington on a bench warrant De-
tective filler went over and brought them
back to Baltimore Saturday. Taeir names
ara entered on the station house blotter
as 'hooert W. Burnside, coIored," and
Lena Burnside, alias Lena Morrison, alias
Lena HOltgreye. white" The woman has
been Kept locked in an upstairs room and
in charge of the matron. The negro has
been locked in one of the regular cells
downstairs.
The girl was visited several times yes
terday by her father and a sister who very
much resembles her. The meetings we're
distressingly sad At Arst the girl said
she still loves Burnside, world join him
again whenever she gets a chance, wanted
all the blame to be given tc her, ana asked
that the negro be let go. Later she re-
Tented somewhat, cried and promised her
father that she would come back home
again if he got her out of the trouble,
stay there forever and give up the negro
The father says he will take her and for
give her. She wanted TO send a note to the
negro yesterday, but this was refused. The
pastor OF the church to which her family
belong also had a long talk with her. Il is
though that Acting Captain OF Detectives
Hall viii advise her to plead guilty. with
the understanding that the States Attor-
uey request the court II parole her for
year IN the care of the Prisoners Aid AS
ISOLATION. Burnside viii be prosecuted and
says he will plead guilty in the hope that
the court viii deal ieniently with him
Captain Hall said that as the preacher
who married them, H. A. Carroll, coiored,
of the Ames Methodist Church. Division
Street, claims that he believed the girl was
q mulatto. he does not think he can be ar
rested and prosecuted. The marriage took
place at the preachers house, 2207 Divis-
ion Street Burnside talked freely about
his sensational marriage to reporter last
night.
Lena had been following me around and
putting herself in my way for long time,
said Burnside. i never cared Tor her and
tried to make her think so. Two weeks be-
fore we were married she came in the
store and asked me to marry her, telling
me: If you don't say you will do so l
will go upstairs. turn on the gas ard Kill
myself l told her I would let her know
that night. and before l quit work she
asked me what I intended doing l didn't
it would have worried me so that / might
have killed myself. So I said: Yes. l viii
marry YOU
she teld me to use Lena Morrison for
her name in getting the license. because
she didn't want her friends TO know of it.
The man who gave me the license didn't
ask her color. The preacher is not to blame,
because I know he thought she was mu-
latto. We wanted her family to know IL,
and after we were married | went to tell
Mr.. Holtgreve, and the first thing he said
was: Lena has gone away ard think she
is cut at Roland Park l said | hoped she
would come home soon. l could not tell
him. though l went back the second time
to do it. The truth is, I was afraid he
would kill me. I went to Philadelphia to
get work and a room for us and was robb=d
Of $50. Then we went to Washington, and
her father came TO see US
He said I could have her If I wanted
and she could stay, and he would have
nothing more TO do with her. He told her
he would send her trunk and clothes. but
he didn't do il. The people where We were
stopping found she was d white girl ard
drove US out My bTother-in-laW gave us
away- / got job to work for a cabinet
mak5r and was TO start in Monday. 1t is
all M Holtgreve's fault. because tc always
had ne with his family and made a fuss
over me before Lena. / was going 70 Ari-
IONA to iOin nv brother | told Mr. Holt
grove l was going to leave him. and he
begged me TO stay several weeks. I VII
go row if they let ms.
4 know I have done wrong. because I
did not know the law of the State l lever
went 20 school much, as have been work
ing since l was thirteen years old. I will be
tWenty-one in November. l am willing to
serve couple of years and hope they Will
let re work at my trade. but l rever want
Lena again.