Year: 1879

Get work He then gave me an order to a
hotel for weeks board | had been at
the hotel three days when he called and
asked me to take public woman in my
rooms, for a friend Of his, and because
refused to do it, he then told me that he
would neither loan me the money nor pay
my weeks board The next day the land
lord came to my room, and because l
would not submit to his base proposals, he
caught hold of me, tore the sleeve out OF
the only dress have This man had read
my letters of recommendation, and said
they oughtto command respect anywhere. |
left his house, and called on ----- who adyis-
ed me to arrest the landlord, and then hc
went to the landlord and told him to
compromise with me or would
hurt his business. Acting on this sug-
gestion the landlord came 10 me and Of
fcred me three dollars if I'd say nothing
about hissattack upon me. / refused it,
and toMhim was no blaclmailer, and
that HI could stoop SO low as to blackmai
villain and libertinc il would not be
done on so small a scale | then visited the


-, minister showed him letter had
from Rev. G. A. Bateman. lie replied he
could do nothing for me- didn't know
whether the Rev. Bateman had written the
letter or not, aRd then slammed the door in
my face. Almost heart broken and dies.
perate, and so sick | could hardly hold up
my head, sat on the Steps of nclghbor-
ing black woman's house until II O'Clock
that night.


have been insuItcd and slandcrcd by
men in Paaucah for no other reason than
because they could not make public pros
utute OF me have done nothing to dis
grace myself, yet the viIcst word is too good
for me.


lam at the city marsha!s house and have
been for two months would have starved
to death in the streets had
it not been for thus good man and his wife.
l have no money to recover my clothes that
are still in St. Louis, and am Il disgrace
to be seen. am wearing q thick winter
dress that put on over six months ago,
although have earned enough money to
have kept me better clothed, but | have
been swindled out Of every dollar Of It.


\ SPCRT or INPoTENT RESENTMENT.


This is a pretty way for the people Of
Memphis q to treat Northern lady, alter
all the favors they have received from the
North. only hope the North will not
give them another cent to save their lives.
Since the treatment | have received from
them would not turn over my hand to ban
ish the scourgr from their land. The same
man who caused me to lcavc Los Angeles,
and to whom charge all my trouble, is
again asking for money II is not for the
sick they want Il; but the thieves and rob
bcrs. | can speak from experience, as |
went through the epidemic in Galveston in
1867, and know that more die from want
OF attention and starvation than from the
disease. You can write this up and pub
lish it, for there are lots of people
who know that it Is true. responded to
their call and have been robbed of my
rights and all my clothes, which were all
had lett me; and now they are trying TO
rob me OF my character. Be it said to
their eternal disgrace, | have had married
men of this town come to me and tell me
to my face that they would help me if l
would sell my body TO them; but that
otherwise might starvc in the street


am Respectfully,