The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-06-14
SORROW CAUSED BY
OLLIE WILLIAMS
He Destroys the Happiness of
Two Families.
FLIGHT OF FANNIE SMITH
The Guilty Pair are Flying Towards
North Carolina, but They are Being
Pursued and Will Likely
be Captured.
FLIGHT OF FANNIE SMITH
fsnec,al Dispatch to The Times.)

SUFFOLK, VA, June 81 love him
dearly, as dearly as I ever did, but 1
shall never live with him any more after
this I would beg first" These were
the words spoke to-day by Mrs. Rosa
Williams, wife of Oliver, better known
as Ollie Williams, the gypsy. who for
sock his wife and eloped Sunday night
old daughter of George L. Smith, of
uAiberty Spring near whose home the
gypsies were camped.
And I was deceived SO badly" she
went on. only two days before Ollles
going he came to me, and, patting me
on the shoulder, he said affectionately.
Rosa, 1 love you better than all the
women in the world.
Mrs. Williams cried and cried. She
has been crying pretty much ever since
Ollie deserted her. Mrs. Williams left
to-day for Portsmouth, Va, where her
home viii! be with her husbands mother.
She leaves by the country road. She
had seen an attorney as to her right to
sell the horses and other things left by
her husband, and he told her she might
sell them. Her mother-in-law has done
all she could to comfort Mrs. Williams
since the great sorrow came into her
life.
II have heard that it is rumored
Ollie and I were not legally married.
Mrs. Williams said again. THAT is a
falsehood. I suppose I am getting too
old for Ollie. I am 50 years Old
Ollies mother said her son had trav-
eled much and been in good COM
pany and bad company. but she had
never known him to do such a thing
before.
THE SADDEST FEATURE.
The saddest feature of the whole case
is the grief-stricken home of the Smiths
The mother has wept by day and night
and the father has shed bitter tears of an
guish.
II thought once that I would not care
if Fannie never came back" said Mr..
Smith. "but now I feel like I want to see
my girl A fathers love is very strange.
I want to see and talk to Fannie The
girl just gone was the only daughter
in the home. There were three sons
Fannie Smith was enamored not only
Of Ollie Williams. but of his rowing care
less life. She used to go around the
camp frequently. and she grew to be
very friendly with Mrs. Williams. Ses'-
eral times she slept with Mrs. Williams
when Ollie would be gone for day or
so.
Once or twice Fannie was heard to re-
mark when referring to the camp. How
nice it is to lead a Gypsy's life! I wish
I were a Gypsy
GAY AT GOING.
The day before Fannie left, she was es-
pecially gay. She tripped around tho
house and hummed q gay tune. The
principal words were: Just One More
Day
Before Fannie went into the world with
the Gysy. she cut from a paper a SEN
timental poem. which was left where
it might be seen.
On Sunday Fannie declined to go to
church. She told her mother she had
written letter to relatives in Ports
mouth, and she was going over to Frank
Turner's. who would be in Portsmouth
next day. and get him to deliver it.
She went to Frank Turner's. Home
folks haven't seen her since. She is
said to have gotten in Williams buggy
and ridden some distance under cover
of the lap robe. Williams told his wife
he was going to look for Tom. who was
employed to see after his horses.
TOOK HER CLOTHES.
Fannie carried two frocks, both of
which were worn. and some changesq
of underwear. She and Williams also
stopped at a country store and bought
some things.
They drove almost to Petersburg, where
Williams learned he was being sought
by officers and changed his course.
It is believed that the couple is making
for North Carolina, and that they will
soon be captured.
Photos of each are In the bands Of
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