Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-27

.. BY lDAH McGLONE GIBSON. :.
Detroit, Mich, Dec. 25.-"Am /
black or white?'
Barred from the luxurious home of
her husband Of n year, Inundated
before her society friends, Mrs. Alma
Boone Little. wife of Arthur Little,
son Of a wealthy physician here flung
this question into the face of science!
we have applied all the tests
known to an%thropology and physiol-
ogy," replied Dean Vaughn of the Uni
versity Of Michigan and Prof. h. E.
Case, land we think you free from
colored blood, but we cannot make
affidavit to it." ~,
Divorce Trial in Spring.
The question probably will be legal
ly determined next spring when the
case comes up in court. Ts5Ya
DR.. Arthur Little is suing his wife
for divorce on the grounds that she
Is a negress. He charges that his
wife is the daughter CT a Cincinnati
AISSA OGo oilNEo WlItG HldI. ilC dllCSCS
that he first discovered his wife had
tainted blood' when he found out
she was sending money to a negress
in Cincinnati.
-, Two months ago Little declined to
live with his wife any longer. When
pressed fer explanation, she says, his
lawyer offered her $50, in the name
of MI. Little, if she would go quiet
ly out of her husbands life"
Cared for by Negress.
Mrs. Little, who claims George and
Florence Boone, as. her parents, says
that her mother died when she was 6
weeks old and that she was. cared for
by a colored woman by the name of
Luella Wade, who had been the mid
wife in attendance Of her mother Al
her birth. r..
In tbs connection she has the sup.
port Of Jldee o. N. Hilton of Denver,
chief counsel for The Western Fed
Grafton OF Miners, who says that he
knows that Mrs. Luella Wade, adopted
a white, baby, ,a -. Az ia
DR.. James Smith, a MUSICIAN OF
Denver; Mrs. Mary Cody Decker, sis.
ter of Buffalo Bill" and Bradford
Decker. her son. say they remember
The adoption also. t.
Alexander Myers, a travelling man
OF Denver, says that he knows Mrs.
Little's father, and described him as
a man WHO mined a little, but who
made a small fortune in curbStone
stock selling. .H.a&' :, er
Mrs. Boone Is described as a WON
an Of mrs. liked feature Of Scotch cast.
Was Bundle Wrapper.
The romance Of the fashionable Lit.
ties goes back to the, time when Alma
Boone. bundle wrapper in a Seattle
department store, fell in love with
Arthur Little, then o drug clerk.
Born 20 Years Ago.
Mrs. Little says that she was born
rs years ago and that her mother dieH
six weeks after her birth, attended by
a faithful colored woman who, adopt
ed the baby.
My foster mother gave me all pos
sible, kindness. My own mother left
q little money for my. ARE and educa
ton" says Mrs. Little.
II was dressed much better than
my foster mothers own children ant
sent to, the white school. She did
everything she, could for me and she
could not understand the awful posi-
ton In which she was placing me.
Il had been told that I was taken
into, court at the age of four =, find
out why a white child should be living
with a colored family,
AS I grew a little older peopis
Used TO- say 10, me, Why do yal live
with these people You know YOU are
white the same as. we are I was
torn by the two conflicting emotions
that have followed me all through
life. I wanted to be away. I wanted
to be with my own people. I didn',
! want this black cloud hanging over