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HUSBAND LEARNS WIFE IS NEGROTwo wrecked homes, pupils banished from schools. ft church torn by dissension and doubt, and society of two populous communities In the western section of St. Louis and lu the eastern section of the county shocked by the declaration that twofamilies, one posing as descendants from the old Spanish grandees and the other as descendants of the original inhabitants of America, negroes, have wrought consternation in Maplewoodand Kllendale.As a result, a war, that promisesto be confined exclusively to thecourts, has been inaugurated. Thefirst, step was taken Friday, when John B. Collins, son of one of the wealthiest men in Kllendale, appealed to the courts to have his marriage with a woman he supposed to be white when he married her. annulled. For* mer Lieutenant Governor Charles P. Johnson has boon employed to represent the Collins family, and has pre* pared the annulment petition.For four years the family of Louis P. (Glamorgan have lived at No 7122 Marie avenue, in Kllendale, in the ex* uome western part of the city* It was a daughter of Glamorgan, Cora Glamorgan, whom John B Collins married, unknown to his family, August 15, 1910 Collins, at that time lacked :i few days of bring li years old, and his wife was but 16. They kept their marriage a secret from their parents until last December, when it became known, and young Collins went to livewith his wife’s parents The Collinses have a baby* 6 weeks obi The story of the Chtmorgan girl’s discovery that she is a negro isanalogous to the stories written by the late Kate Chopin, only it ig thetruth. Such occurrences are not infrequent in the state of Louisiana, but Co are comparatively rare in thisset; t JOUThe young wife in this case, when accused by her husband, went to herparents and demanded to know the truth. She returned sobbing and said it was best for them to separate
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Maryville Daily Democrat Forum
Maryville, Missouri, US
Sat, Jun 10, 1911
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