The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-10-30
GrandchId Of Gen. Wade Hamp.
ton Destitute in New York.
IS KEPT OUT OF A FORTUNE.
As.H!ss 4 RslstiW She AbandHsd The
Stage 10 Order 10 InhsTlt Estate Under
The Terms Of Her MsibMs VIII.

New York. oct. SO.-"l have half a loaf
cf bread between nae and starvation and
fNs cents in my pocket. ( want work TO
keep my baby from starving and TO pro-
vide shelter for The little one coming"
Beatrice Hampton Gordon. General Wade
lismptcus grAnddauxhter thus told
The story Of her suffering yesterday 10
Mrs. Harriet Hubbard Aver who found
her IN p back attic room in downtown
street on The east side
The room was cold aud eomfortlcss. A
bshy boy. perhaps year old. lay Oh a
wYetshed bed In one corner. The woman
WAS sitting At deal table sobbling aloud
when Mrs. Aver reached the room in re-
sronse 10 4 letter written b. Mrs. Gordon.
II don't dare 90 eat my bread Tor fear
my baby will 30 hungry" Mrs. Gordon
wrote. 'AIS room rent was due last We'd
ncsdsy. j have got the landlord Ia walt
uDui tomorrow.
u 10 NoT WANT CHARITY"
u DO not want charity. ] want work
work 10 keep my darling baby from
starvation can't afford to pay for my
foom. although It Is damp aud cold"
Mrs. Aver said the womsn's plight was
even more pitiable than described In The
letter Of appeal
There was no response To the knock oil
the attic door. and when it was opened
the room was seen TO be barely furnished
aud without fire
The woman. watching the baby through
streaming eyes. was but few wears past
20 and scantily clad. Her white face told
= story OF privation and anguish.
II am the granddaughter or General
Wade Hampton. Of South Carolina she
told Mrs. Aver "My mothers name was
Tend Hendricks. and her family came
from indianapolis. She was second
cousin OF Goyernor Mount. nv father
was Horace Hampton, eldest sou 0f Cen
erai Wade Hampton by his first mar
riage."
FATHER DIsINHERITED HER.
Mrs. Gordon told OF her gentle breed
Ing and the refinement with which she
had been surrounded mp 10 the time she
hecane infatuated with the stage She
disobeyed her father and Joined a travel
ing company while visiting relatives I'm
Indiana. For this her father never for
gave her and she was dlsinherited.
II remained upon the stage until Just
before my mother died. four years ago,
continued Mrs Gordon she left me q
small fortune on condition that I was
not TO again appear on the stage The
money was held an trust and was to
get a small annual income for two years
~ within that time / did not again appear
on the stage I was 10 get the fun amount.
IL ] broke my word the fortune was 70
&c 10 my dead sisters children.
Il have faithfully kept my promise. but
my brother-in-law has prevented me
from getting the money. through legal
proceedings in which he declares broke
my word. So my little fortune is in liti-
sation and ] am powerless to act In the
matter
SAYS HUSBAND LEFT HER
Mrs Gordon said that nearly two wears
sgo.she married 4 professional man who
had won her heart by his devotion to
hst when she was IN. shortly before the
birth OF haby Raymond Airs. Gordon
saSs, her husband deserted her Through
the Influence OF friends she secured p
vlsss In elocutton. and with this aud
needle work she managed 60 save $500
When her baby was horn she com -
municated with her husband and re-
cancellation followed. When her say
lpkN AoN bVHfs nbNfNtft Hilf saws the
abuse aud neglect We're renewed aud
subsequently, he again left her.
II can do any sort OF fine needle work
can clean and men lares beautifully,
and there is nothing | am not Wiling to
do IL | can only keep my baby with me -
Mrs. Gordon sohbed.
III Will gladly elNe Mrs. Gordou's ad-
dress 90 any one authoriZcd 10 Know II =
Mrs. Aver SAYS. "but I DO not intend 10
increase her sufferngs by putting her I'm
the grasp OF her husband or her proven
enemies