The daily sentinel., 1907-09-10
WHITE NAN WANTS
A NEGRO WIFE
G. F. Wells of Colorado Springs Ad-
vertised for One and is Made
to Leave the City.


Much space has been devoted DUR
ing the past few days by the Colora-
do Springs papers to the sensational
circumstances surrounding the efforts
of G.. f. Wells, white man, to Sc
cure IA negro wife,. Wells, being a
street falIir who has been a familiar
character on Colorado Springs streets
for many months, inserted the fol-
lowing advertisement in the Western
Enterprise, "A negro paper published
in Colorado Springs; WANTED, n
Wife-White man of 81 desires col
ored wife; must be of good moral
character; not over 30; dark and
good size; Christian lady preferred.
Address G. +. Wells, Colorado
Springs, Colo, care of this Office"
The Colorado Springs Telegraph
reproduced the advertisement a few
days ago with big picture of Wells
and a signed statement in which he
gave his reasons for wanting a ne
gro wife. The article created big
sensation and a wave of disgust and
anger swept over Little London"
Wells declared that he believed he
could make a colored woman happi-
er than one of his own race and fur
thermore he would be happier him
self.
In brief. some of his other reasons
are as follows:
II believe that If l marry col
ored woman, as dark as possible,
and of a calm, pleasant temperament
the children of such a union would
likely be strong and healthy.
when new blood is introduced in
to race. the people as a whole are
benefited by 1t. Why, then, should
not the children of white man and
a negro woman be better than those
of white man and a white woman"
THE amalgamation of the races
in the United States will produce the
finest people the world has ever
known.
"The union of the Write and black
4 races is the best method of solving
the problem of the degeneration Of
the race.
81 think the amalgamation of the
white and black races is not far of. Z"
| He gives a lot of other reasons,
none of which would stand up un-
der attack. Wells is an Ohloan. He
seems thoroughly in earnest about
wanting a negro wife and says he
will yet find one.
However, his plans received a rude
shaking on Saturday night when a
large crowd of angry citizens called
on him at his rooming house and
once or he would be treated to a
coat of tar to shield him from the
cold and trimmings of feathers
placed on that coat, and then he
would be escorted to a point out
side the city and told to hike
Wells got busy at once and left Col
orado Springs for Pueblo.
AS soon as his determination to
marry a negress became known in
- 1.a 4 "A
on every side and was pointed out,
hissei at and scorned by scores of
people as he walked along the street.
His landlady made him give up his
room. The Evening Telegraph de-
clared that he spent all one forenoon
seeking lodging and board, but was
turned down everywhere. The no
toriety received made IL impossible
for him to secure accommodations
anywhere in the city.
Many colored people were as In
dignant as the white people and feel
ing ran high. One colored paper de
nounced him bitterly
AS far as known Wells had re-
ceived one answer to his advertise
ment before going to Pueblo to s.
cape vengeance. The writer is col
ored woman of Colorado Springs who
states that she is "a years OLD,
WeiEnS lou pOunus, 10 III peIleSl
health and has good form.
According to the laws of the state
of Colorado intermarriage between
the white and negro races is posi-
lively prohibited, and marriages con
traoted between negro ana white
in other states is not legal in this
state
The Wells affair is the first of its
kind ever known in the state.