The Washington times., 1907-08-18
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the estate going 70 each one Of the chill
dren. her own sharing equally with the
two by the first marriage. $4,000 apiece
But Mrs. Warner was not satisfied
She went to law. Then "Pash" Warner,
rather than air the family troubles in
court. offered to settle an additional
$50. 600 on his stepmother. This she re-
fused through her attorneys. setting up
the claim that Dr. Warner had deceived
her as to the amount Of his wealth AT
the time of the marriage. and tnat she,
an innocent country girl in love with her
fiance, who then was ffty-seven years
old, had signed the antenuptial contract
without knowing It's import.
Dated After Marriage.
The issue was also raised as TO
whether the contract, which bore date
after the marriage, was really an ante
nuptIal agreement or had been signed
aftcr the couple had become husband
and wife. Mrs. Warner is the only liv-
ing witness competent to testify as to
this point, and she was not called 20
the stand. Neither will she declare
what her testimony as to whether the
contract was signed before or after the
marriage would have been had she been
put upon the witness stand
Colonel Warner declares tnat when his
steplaother and her daughters swore
that his father was a deceiver and a
falsiher his indignation was kindlcd
against them and that, as not only his
fathers son, but his fathers chum and
close personal and business associate.
he could not do otherwise than attempt
/ to carry out the provisions Of his faith
er's will. no matter what the cost.
Stories of Negro Blood.
So the preparations for legal battle
over the will were taken up, and the
chase lea both contestants back 70 Ohio
/ the childhood home of Mrs. Warner.
/ There It was, according 10 Colonel War
ner and mis- attorney. that they discov-
! cred evidence that led them TO believe
! that Isabella Robinson had deceived Dr-
| John Warner in that there were many
/ rurnors. current that she came Of fam
| fly in which there was negro blood.
As the story goes. an ancestor of Mrs
/ Warner was treated very harshly by
her -ather. It was in the early Ohio
davs. There were Indians all about that
gecticn of Ohio. It was also on the
border between the save and free
/ States, along the line OF the under
/ ground railway, by which slaves were
| smuggled to Canada and freedom. one
night this young girl, ancestor Of Mrs
| Warner, was locked up in the smoke
house by her irascible father.
Negro Delivered Her
the smokehouse and the excess Of heI
indignation at the harsh treatment she
was receiving at her fathers hands
that she would marry the man VINO Sc
her free from the smokehOuse- As II
happened. her Ieliverer was fuH-
blooded negro, black as the ace oi
shades. She married him in tulhllmeh'
OF the vow, so reads the legend an'
thus came the atrain of negro blood IL
the family Of the RCbinscns-
However true or untrue may be thes'
rurnors. IL is a certainty, sworn to By de
positions. that the father of Mrs Warn
or. Stephen Robinson, a few years be
fore the civil war, had 50 many OF IN
characteristics Of the negro that he wa
known as Curly Robinson, and com
monty reputed to be the PosesssoT o
negro blood.
Questioned Right to Vote.
In the turbulent times, when the Re
publlcan party was being born. wheI
Fremont was blazing the Western tral
and the partlsans OF Buchanan wer
fighting might and main against tn
tenets Of The Pathfinder" the issU
Of the racial heritage Of stephen Rob
Ingon became one OF prominence IN
buchanan boomers, realizing the growtl
OF the sentiment favorable to Fremont
undertook TO lessen the vote for the lat
ter in Steuben county, by one
Stephen Robinson, not a brilliant sue
cess as a farmer, nor, as the records ap
pear to show, at any other kind Of en-
ployment, was known withal as a sin
cere. well-meaning. courageous mar
When his opponents tried to stop hiT
from voting ne went to law. The tria
vas memorable one in Ohio
The litigation was heard at NorwaIE
the county seat Of Huron county. tn
countryside for miles around hocke
4 into the county seat to hear wha
Stephen Robinson had to say in defens
Of his blood. The case as presented b
the prosecution, according TO deposition
procured by Mrs. Warmers counsel, wa
almost entirely based upon circumstan
tiaI evidence. and in the end Stephe
! Robinson was declared a Caucasian wit
the right Of suffrage
Such Is the tasis of the allegation tha
Isabella Robinson deceived DR.. Joh
Warner by rcfrainirg from informing
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