The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-26
CO|MESIl0NGIWAY
[0ESE:..G GOVERNOR { ! {. { /.
Woman Walks 81 Hest Look
at SwanAon's Face Sees II
d u Ben Owen.
J FROM A p | n J I q n
Halls.
Catherine Hampton Tells Strange
Story, Then Starts tai; Back ia'aE; sto g55
H er Home. ..:ss

story lle = 70 = = ~
Her Home. IS 8.
"A very weary and II wayworr bit OF OF
fernininlty drifted into Governor Swan =. !.
sons office yesterday morning Io 4 her
shoes fingered the dust % 800 miles lo {,
more, for this watf Ok g TAT co s!snaI.
omnipotence Of the Governor az strong.
~ rhaps, as &the trust In her some what y,
etifeebled mind ir, the vlsible proser1 ce---
ahnd come 70 seek the aid and hclp Of
Governor swanaon,9 whom she quafnSly
observed, has power TO do anything"
81 The woman is atharhie Hampton, an
her home Is In Abingdon whence, IN h .H
has traled In the dust ever since the
SA' She 81 took Is I. the roads and bxways Of
the country, securing a. night lodging
ana her sustenance h from friendly farm
houses for, obey1ng the soriptufal In u ,l J!
ton, except for one change Of clio thing,
she brought neither scrip nor purse. rll-
woman Is one OF those wsps3 Of human
frailty which, cast up from the !t I'VE
every wind that biows 77T Though evident
lySnot Of the "a &c, K she ID Il Very gypsy
like, and appears to- be more at home on =
the road than in a. house. N Unan chored
as she ID, there Is little TO- hold her an y !
where that she may 60, except for her
sister ana little nephew in bingdon
III The woman came to the executive Of
flee at noon, and asked for the Governor.
fIcr worldly goods 4 are & small and s ~
carried them all In her hand--5a few bite
Of clothes neatly wrapped up ~ 9 sbundlo.
a no
has become accustomed to meeting with
all kinds OF people. and no I had q loag
talk with her sis could tlol n Very IN
ltclilgebly explain the reason toF II nor
Tar tourney except. that shb, " according
W her story, had suffered III treatment,
ana came 4 to Richmond \ With the idea
that the Governor could help her. AND Ant,
then she wanted to look upon his faeo.
She thinks he Is the greatest and mos s.
powerful sovereign alive, ana the We y
mans curiosity Is strong In her. She! dld
not sea tina Governor, however, as MI,
owen did not wish VI to elnbar the
Executive. Some one goo d-natureFdllly snid 9
Mr. owen told her HI was the Governor.
she said later she thought the Cover
nor a very hnndsom o III 2, IL NJ 4s d
Her Husband Dead
The woman says that nhe was born IN
$3.50 "A and txnt she was married fifteen
Years ag6 Her husband. ii O tert eleven
months OF married bliss, transgressedIt the
laws Of the State by stealing o horse; and
was sentenced 70 the State peni ~
OF Tennessee for ten years, Threet'S 5 s
ago she heard Of his death, and since tina
time she has been one Of the disc sec =
solates, * st3f3i,ss.5
which do not show the marks OF dissi-
tsa sum- sss sHe
FL sn a alsS eai1 aa thaisi strong and
1 hearty Is much weatherbea ten. 55
n After talking with her Nr some time
Mr.. Owen finally persuaded her to go t.
| the City Home, and she was accordingly
sent there In the ambulance.
81 Arrived there, she was shown to d the
| lwoman's ward, but did not seem very
i much at home In her new surroundings
Sitting there. with her hat Off and hel
little bundle by her, she told something
Of her life. # Il 4sts q n III I'VE '
~ don't have to stay .here,ado r.. she
appealed. S She moved Vncomforta bly,
81 believe I'll go to Washing qslS II and sec
i tho President,I sSiSsgs as " -
i \. She was persuaded shat 1t would Il bs
rather an: unwlseit Undertaking. for thert
was little more likelihood f5of her helms
satisfied there than Shcre. Sg j
She told ,of3hertravels, saying that she
never lacked for food or bed, as every
one she met was kind to- her, and re
/ 5ferred gratefully to ( o woman In Yves
/. Virginia who had given her dollar an,
thirty cents she was asked II she hat
i any relatives In Abingdon. She said tina
i she has sister, who has a little son
4 ana spoke Of them very feelingly. sht
said that she "hred out earn i I, he
livelihood ana that w hen / she H was TT
teen she lived in the family OF Dr. Georg'
Ben Johnston's father, ddtng, - wish 4
A could see Mr.. Ben and Mr.. Joe. The!
wanted me to come hore with them, bu
\ I wouldn't leave my nanny.
corning 'one Kelly" which endeared hin
/ Has Brother Living a. q 4.
She said that she also lived with Law.
A YER, Dickinson, as she; describe him, y y
Abingdon. She spokeof many people "
Abingdon and lot many who y have re
! Tyler Castle. living In n ussell county,
4 The woman does not seem to- DO De.
ranged. or really mentally intlrn. Indeed
1t is difficult to describe her ut all, She
1 is simply an ulnnchored piece OF life's
shipping, and her homo seems h to DC
4 where her feet grow wear1ed and stoI
A for a nights rest q N 81 81
AS tho reporter arose to so she turned
to him and appealed: -s
.|sf"What must ] do; go \ back to lttlt
Jimmy? He's tho sweetest little-boy tina
ever lived" She sighed and her under
4 lip trcmbled q little, and she looked ready
A to weeep, But shc Gained he,Gelf, e N
&"I've had 10 Two this life for flfteer
\ years. which perhaps holds her story II
q nutshell, d K (. X, 81 ~ 81. ii
~ think I'll go back to Abingdon t
see little Jimmy" and picking up hel
4 little bundle she went out OF the room
and out Of Richmond. II All :. 3 q u &
NELLY NOT BRONSON. "a