The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-15
IN o OTHING ITO J. f ] FEA /: rim ! !.
TEXAS TR AN SAC CTI.O''.)NNl. 10 n.
Gives Out Statement cling
How a Business Interview
"a to Offer of Maria &c.
n sH$ SS5. Duke May Seek att' t. s
Annul The Wos
j383, Ss3 man Indicted s3sil 33s#
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Duke hose. ma SO To Isrod e I1;s sDuk
! q alf-prot 5resi Of a the the
American TO bacco Comp MS II was followed
by her band t sil sani-s
4 tariuln ana proceeding To- Inquire nto
his sanity made Il tate tlei,t to-day8 g
tiio htalis heasnletl lst
al
Mrs. Duke declared that she wanted Sts 10
30 xet right srlel8
4 nov she mot Mr. asS tho result %
/ d Il effort to secure loan on tobacco GO
lands In Texas said stic was infountded
when Duke oaed rnartia age sto " her her
and that Duke promise ed to give her STOCKS
and bonds, but had d8never done 80 S5!
Mrs. Duke sniI she had been ia rgeiy
Sintcreated In bacco raising interests an
iRedfield, III T Texas: that she formerly Il was
promoter itlS Chica go wit Charles "a &. 8
y Taylor, and that she was sa}5 Ia nd and Inns
gent &of the Southe Pa cific;
& Company q S$ t3a4 8SSf
4 How She Met Duke
II AI re-. Duke then sta ted that she req uired
he sum- Of SIS. SO to pa for the r Rcdfeld.
land s, as although she had ~ osse essio n Of
she .Iio not have IA clear title, beca use
the land belonged to the ban krupt firmy OF
Suliy and Company. icll8 could Sn OF de- d,
$llverSu deed to her. Her tirst n troducc- dllIc.
tior, 20 Mr. ukc was the out como Of her
attempt 5tG secure a & loan from him to
adoyelop her lands at Redfleld. 3 Mr. Duke
came up and; saw me n 8 New = ork. and
three days afterwards he$ asked me ~
marry nic,1 said Mrs d X e.Sds}'' wa 8:
adup,founded at the request, but he in-3
sisted that become his WI fe,f38 and !
finally consented and we were married LED
on December 10Th. When Mr. Duke. g sked
mo to marry: him wc discussed his family,
nfrairs Tho ia ct. that no was wico ma ~
fricd and had four children made me real
size 1t would be un pleasant for me n to
marry him and enter into his fan1tly.
ii However, told him that I would sign an
agreement not to ACCEPT any Of his prop. x
St.rty in case of death il only securing for
my own property at Redh held.;
which Is situated four,miles from NacogT
4 loches. Il n reply to this Mr. Duke said 3&
B & Il bel eve In you now and wi never
doubt YOU any mo ifI sha \ trust YOU
i and i Will find n wa TO give y youis vhlle
III a III alive st tocks and bonds, and what$ls
left after my deaf til the child rem can fight
d over II they want to. : .S
5tt3.Dids sAIr, Duke live you anS' such sto cks
and bonds ~ was asked (; B St 9 M II;
No lle never did, Z, 2 III N " j;si
q Mrs, Duke then told of her m arringo by
REV. w. w. coe, IN ew ~ orls .8sSt hey;
lived at a5hotei ituntilS Mr. Du Ike was Ia ken
away on January 9Th She said !; ss " ~ III
5E Has Nothing to Fear.
8}s ~ have nothing to fear a n Texas, said
Mrs. Duke. fSs'.. am not afraid to- so back
4 there ana while + have no know wledg geN OF
amy Indictment against mo t here, ~ can
conceive OF no jren son for one. THIS prop
4 8erty $of ,nino IN S'as y have t improved
4 by building houses for my help. and q
have stocked t with cat tie and made ~ q
self-supportng. have also re tsetl ~ crop
y Of Stobacc o, ~ 8 3s5I s
mrs. Duke prod uced atletter which she
said was written by her husband to his
SfatherginE which ,he wro te Of hcrS IN q nee
Tomato terms Mrs. Dnken said that she
wa & born near Butfalo thirty,seyen years
q ago and came to Mrs. Despl 8 hoard
ing house in this ci ty when sho was v !.
twelve years old Her her, sha5 : sal q \
was Helen 2. Chapman, daug teris ol y
6tIe profession Of lang agesf In he unlYef-
S 81 ty's az Il New london, Her grand fat her
was Thomas s. Webb, the ia ther of free,
masonry In this country, I, she declared!
She also told Of her MARI rlpgst IN 1883 W
George w, Hopkinson, which MAJ q es,
she said, was annulled Y and her ma rrlago
in 1891 I, to EDWARD -. Powell, and her
d divorce from hin, In 1903,
J May 8Annul the Marriage Z
ii az d. conference with his az ttorney Q. O.
81 day w /, G. I3ralnham, prl yate secMtary
to ''Brpdle ~, p Ike, gave out thes following
statement: ;{ 3 II, 8, VA b. y, .,. 1.
I, ,AIr. Duke will have not hing to do With
Ills Wife until all the charges made nag
against hin, are thoroughly leared /, up.
AiI,. Duke Is as sa ne us ms nan llYin 81,
md IN my opinion he ySil he released OH
tho charge OF insanity have Known MN Nm
s his own lfrairs, MIR. Duke told mo yes
8 terduy hc would not see MIS-. !, pkc ' ~