The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-05-27
LEAVES LOYAL SPOUSE FOR
LOVE OF LURING SPINSTER

and gawky. She is illiterate. and | fail
to see how she could attract Il man. but
infatuation j.: something indt>crhahlc
and beyond comprehension. She has
never been At tins house but Mr.. David
I'm had three pictures of her here Yorl
would like to have one to publish.
wouldn't ynu: Well, he took them
away with his ether belongings. |
would he only too chad To think he had
laot run away with this woman. but my
cool Judgment docs Ent permit me to
entertain such an idea. My dominant
thought IT, rot indignation or anger but
pity. We never quHrrrlrd. and his at
tcnuiOES i" me never dcviated from
l"v"r'> to husbands He called me his
queen. and 10 two people in the world
were ever happier or more congrnial
until this trouble came between us.
Shortly before the great fire Mr.. David
>rn began drinking hard and for Il while
he came home ,Hp.y night in a state of
intoNication. | urv,r Sruldrd him but
just talked tn HIM He WAS formerly
a trustee of EutHw Place Bn,diSt
Church. and for IS years wa< secretary
Of the SuuGaN SchoDl. but resigned to
give room for = younger mgln. He con-
tlMuri. however. To attend church nearly
every Sunday" The wife SAYS the lie
>clirtinn of her hu>hand'< companion
tHll,> with thlt ~f Al,> Moves. He i
travelling urd,r an assumed name but
amy ore who ever knew him would
rr""gniz" his face. Mrs. Davidson says
She WAS with her husband when he first
met Mis- \rY,> ut Nantucket. His con-
nrrrinn with her WAS broken off for ii
h"lt time but w"> resumed. and his in
fatulti"n crew stronger.
Mr.. Davidson w;!>' born in Nirgiuia in
1870. When Il youth he entered the
firm of Daniel Miller " Go. of which he
later h"camr Il member. Fer settling up
tn" Miller estate he received So. .UOO.
which was the foundation Of his fortune.
II" WAS successful generally in business
ventures and often made notable hits
in the stock market. In 1889 he was
elected Mayor of Baltimore ON thcDrmu-
cratic ticket. He made, Il good record
and later became President of the Bal
timrrc Trust and Guarantee Company.
He waS involved in Nashville street
railway deals and defended several suits.
y short time ago he severed all conmrc-
tion with the company. He WAS cnn~pi-
ruou> in the Sound Money League in '9G
arl fought Bryan tooth ami nail. and
again. but less actively. in 1880. He
was one Of the best dressed men in Bal
timorc. always natty but never la>hy.
and wore DEly watch and diamond
stud in the way of irwclry. His fnv-
,.itr divrr>ipI Wa playing upon the
violin. of which ,hr was quit" Il master.
Mrs. Davidson is >aid IL he Il pretty
little woman with gentle winning man
rrr>. whom her husband called queen. :
She is, daughter of the late Samuel
Jackson. Il wcll-known merchant of
Baltimore. but j. chiIdc,e>
Miss Noyrs. "th, woman in the case.
Is WelI-kloWE /" mary r,<iC,nt> of this
c,mr1y. tn which her father. the late
trl Eroch NovrS moved from t"uHrr-
ticut. The family occupicc! for many
yeats the Mt. ArnlAt property near
Port Deposit. recently -olI by Mr..
Noyt>, t. Mrs. j. |. France Mis-
Nny,cs' brother William +. Noyr>.
graduated last week from the Dental De
paItmrnt of the University of Maryland
and WAS located in Boston. Mis-. NryoS
n"w r, sides III RlHckhgll. Conn.