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)BKR 7. 1911.Icoins HE DIVORCE CASEST. LOUIS STOPPEOCOLLINS, THE WHITE HUSBANO, REUNITE8 WITH CLAMORGANGIRL WHO WAS CHARGED WITHDROP OF COLORED BLOOD—HISFATHER PROPOSES THE RECONClLIATlON.St. JamiIs—The most sensational divorce case which St. Ix)uis has had in the memory of the oldest residents hascome to a sudden settlement, it seemIn the announcement of the droppingof the Glamorgan suit, an action fora marriage annulment against adaughter of a successful octoroon colored family hereJohn Collins, so nof a prominentfamily, and Cora Glamorgan Collins.his beautiful wife, whom he renouncedtwo months ago when it was aaid shehad colored blood, are to be reunited.The suit which Owen L. Collins, thefather of John Collins, brought as his next friend” to annul his son s#«marriage is to be dismissed and the trouble which has almost wrecked thetwo homes In KUendale, a fashionablesuburb, Is ended.John C Higdon, attorney for Cora Glamorgan Collins, received a letterfrom Louis P. Glamorgan, her father, saying that a reconciliation had been effected. The letter reads:• «John Collins called on me lastevening as expected and made theproposition to withdraw the annul ment suit and let the whole matterdrop out of existence If we wouldagree to do likewise and promise notto enter any suit in retaliation.• •He said hia father bad authorizedwhim to make this proposition. I told him I would be glad to settle the matter out of court, and if his proposition met with the approval of Mrs. Cora Collins’ attorney, and I thought it would, we would join them in bringing this notorious sensation to an end. He seemed much relieved and assured me that his father would request bis lawyers to withdraw the papers atonce.“LOUIS P. GLAMORGAN The Olamorgans had moved in thebest society in Ellendale, representingthey were descendants of Spanish nobility. Collins’ father is a wealthyreal estate owner. Blanche Glamorgan. a sister of Mrs. Collins, was areader in the Christian Sciencechurch. All the Clamorgan girls werebeautiful and were educated in thewhite schools. The laws of Missouri do not allow coloreds and whites toattend the same schools. The Cla-morgans separated after their childwag bom, two months ago.II(II
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Cleveland Gazette
Cleveland, Ohio, US
Sat, Oct 07, 1911
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