The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-07-26
MAY LOSE HIS JOB.
Talk of Petition Asking Removal of
the Pension Commissioner.

Clinton, Ill, July l26.-"Pash" War
ner, or Vespasian Warner, United
States commissioner of pensions, as he
| is known in Washington and New
York, may lose his position as a result
| of the public charge he has made that
| his stepmother, Mrs. Isabella Robinson
| Warner, has negro blood in her veins
! and for that reason is not entitled to a
large share of the late John Warmers
| millions
| The residents of Clinton and the sur
| rounding country side with Mrs. War
| ner. There is talk of petition being
| circulated asking President Roosevelt
| to remove his pension commissioner
because of this scandal he has brought
upon the Warner name.
Mrs. Warner appeared in the court
| room during the hearing of the case
| today She was smiling and apparent
| ly bore the blow dealt bv her step
son with courage. Commissioner War
ner left the courtroom when she
walked in. He has never spoken to
his step mother, members of the fam
lily say, since his father, nearly so
years of age, brought her from Ohio
as his bride.
Vague RumOrs Basis of Charge?
The evidence in the case brought
out more vague testimony from the
residents of Huron county, O., that
Mrs. Robinson's father, Stephen Rob-
inson, was dark and had curly hair.
He was known as Curly Robinson,
and his father before him bore the
same characteristics and was named
BLACK" Robinson. Gossip and rum
ors growing out of this are the basis
for the whole charge against Mrs.
Warner, her attorneys say, and so she
maintains.
Love letters written by John Warner,
the wealthy Clinton banker to the Ohio
girl he met during a railroad accident
in Kansas were offered in evidence to
bear out the contention of Mrs. Warner
that her husband loved her and that she
did not deceive him and force him into
marriage, as Vespasian Warner claims.
One letter especially is considered of
Importance by Mrs. Warmers attorneys,
L. r. Herrick and Nathan Somyser of
Chicago. 1t was written after. a visit
that John Warner made to his Ohio
sweetheart's home.
Bankers Love Voiced in Letter.
This is the letter:
Clinton, Ill, Dec. 9, 1S73-Sweet OAR
ling: 1 am home once more, but cannot
say that 1 am glad, nor must 1 think
me sad, though far away from her I
adore. had a pleasant ride home, but
how much more pleasant would it have
been had my Isabelle been in my arms.
made close connections at every point
but Monroeville, and there I had to wait
some three hours, and don't you think /
wished myself back in your arms nv
beloved? L know the time will be long
during the five months to come but /
suppose 1 have no other choice but to
wait with patience. 1 am shook up so
badly by the cars that can't write, as
you will see by this scribbling But all
the shaking the cars could do they could
not shake the thought of my dearly be-
loved lisa out of my head. You have
been right before me every moment
since left you. o, how hope you got
home all nice and right, and may God
bless your dear, sweet SOUL as love
you. My love to all the rest; tell Ara
she is an angel. Bye-bye for this time.
Your w.
This letter was addressed to Miss Isa-
BELLA Robinson, Steuben postoffice, |
Huron county. Ohio.