The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-13
DUSkY WIFE De
ENGLISH LORD
VIII Make Effort to Secure
Widows Dover to His
Immense Estate.

A telegram from Ell Paso, Texas
says:
| The negro woman, Flora Wolf, borr
! in Illinois, and a servant before sns
met Delavel Beresford, brother OF the
Lord Admiral BereSford, OF the Bit
| ish navy, who will sue for a widow
| share of the estate left by the Bit
| ish of noble blood, who was killed a
| few days ago in railroad wreck al
| Enderlin, y. D., is now In Ell PaSo'
| stopping with friends. She is yell
low in color, has kinky hair, thick lips
and a low forehead. When young she
was probably good looking She is
mourning the death of the man whom
/ she saws called her wife" and whom
/ she called husband" and she says
1 that in life he loved her and that she
was wife to him.
Lady Flo is not satisfied with INC
$4,000 that Beresfsrd left her in his
will and says that she is confident IN
der the Mexican laws that she can get
a widows dowry HoweIer, Mexico
does not recognize common law mar
riages, and she will have to contest III
Texas. She says they were never
legally married, but that the ceremony
was to have been performed whel
Beresford returned from Canada.
The story of the meeting of Beres-
ford and the negro woman twenty
two years ago and their subsequent
long life together reads like 1ction-
Beresford left his home in ireland
a black sheep. He was given his
share of the estate and told TO so
where he would. He came to the
United States and dTifted TO Mexico,
where he invested in ranch property.
In 1884 he met Flora Wolf, III - city
of Chihuahua, Mexico. The Wolf wo-
man at that time was a servant in the
house of the American consul. She
had gone to Chihuahua with rela-
tive of Governor Anthony, of Kansas,
and when offered a position stayed.
She was then 10. Beresford was %.
According to the story of Lady
Flo" they loved each other when they
first met
They met clandestinely and a strong
love grew up between them. It was
not long after their first meeting that
Flora Wolf went to the Santo Denim
go ranch near Ahumada, Mexico, to
live with Beresford. They lived there
ranch up in the mountains to live.
About dozen years ago they moved
to the Ojitos ranch, where they lived
until few months ago. when BereS-
ford left for a trip to Canada TO try
to dispose of some of his properties
there
The story of Lady Flo" and Beres-
ford has been known here for years
When the 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 Beresford in New Orleans and
nurSed him through a spell of fever
when we were living together we
never considered a legal marriage
necessary" said Lady Flo" to-day.
We lived together as man and wife
all these years. Delavel said before
he left for Canada that he thought it
was best for us TO be legally married,
and said we would have the ceremony
performed when he returned. AL
though | am negro, | was his wife
am glad that We lived in Mexico, for
will get the protection of Mexican
laws, where a negro receives as fair
treatment as any othe- person"
Beresford's body is to be shipped to
his home in Caremaugh county, Ire
land. for burial, according to prOvi-
sions Of his will. His estate is valued
at $1,000 900. consisting largely of land
md not Ty,