The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30
LADY FLO" SEEKS
WIDOWS SHARE
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


Ell PASo. Tex, Dec. 2s.-A negro
woman, born I'm Illinois and a servant
before she met DelaveI BeresfOrd,
brother of Lord Admiral Beresford of
the British navy, Will sue for a widows
share of the estate left by the English
man, who was killed n few days ago
in a railroad wreck at Enderlin, n. ID.
This is the announcement of the fnfen-
ffon of Flora Wolf, known among her
friends as aLady F1o," who claims to
have been the wife of Beresford during
the twenty-five years that he lived I'm
Mexico.
Lady Flo" is now In FL Paso with
friends. She is yellow in color, has
kinky hair, thick lips and low fore
head When young she was good look
ing She is not satisfied with the
$4,000 that Beresford left her In his
will and says she is confident that un-
der the Mexican laws she can get
widows dowry. She says they were
never legally married, but that the
ceremony was to have been performed
when Beresford returned from Canada
She will return to the ranch where they
lived and institute proceedings to break
the will.
Beresford left his home In Ireland a
black sheep He was given his share
of the estate and told to go where he
would. He came TO the United States
and drifted TO Mexico. where he In
vested IN ranch property.
In 1884 he met Flora Wolf in the
state of Chihuahua, Mexico. At that
time she was q servant In the house OF
the American Consul She had gone
20 chihuahua with q relative of Gov
ernor Anthony OF Kansas. and when
offered q position remained. She was
then 1s. Beresford was 20.
According to the story Of Lady Flo
they loved each other when they first
met They held clandestine meetings
and q strong love grew UP between
them 1t was not long after their first
meeting that Flora Wolf went to the
Santo Domingo ranch. near Ahumada,
Mexico, to live with Beresford- About
a dozen years ago they moved TO the
OJitos ranch, where they lived until a
few months ago, when Beresford left
for q trip to Canada TO try to dispose
of some OF his properties there
The story of Lady Flo"' and Beres-
ford had been known here for years.
When they came to town Beresford
mixed with the negro friends Of the
woman and called her his wife. All
over the state of Chihuahua she was
known as Lady Beresford" The
woman denies the report that she first
met 6eTeSlOIQ IN new OfleanS duo
nursed him through a spell OF fever
When we went living together we
never considered a legal marriage nee
essary," said Lady Flo" today. I'VE
lived together as man and wife all
these years. Delavel said before he
left for Canada that he thought 1t was
best for us to be legally married and
he Would have the ceremony performed
which he returned Although 1 am a
negro, ] was his wife I am glad that
I'VE lived in Mexico, for / will get the
protection OF the Mexican laws, where
g negro receives as fair treatment as
any other person. ! will contest the
VIII and ask for a wife's part OF the
estate"
Beresford's body is TO be shipped to
his home in Caremaugh County Ire
land. for burial. according to a provi-
sion Of his will His estate is valued
at $1,000. coo. consisting largely of land
and cattle IN Mexico. He left all but
$4,000 to his two brothers, Lord
Charles and Marcus.