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LOBENGJLA'S JJELL.ROMANCE IN BLACK AND WHITE.A Bad White Woman and Her Black Beau.Somi months ago. tha Sydney papersthought It worth while to publish i-nblc-in .tograms annooni'ing that MiM Jowoll, a Caucasian moans, had endeavored tomsrrv a buck nigger employed at Fillies Souib African show in London.To lie aura tboro was nothing surprising in that. Tlia nigger in i|Uo«tlon was Lobcngula. son of the dusks king of that name, voa,ui»hod by l)r. Jim, au or novm years ago. He was, therefore, a king in hs own right, and no duskior then Rmiji, a more prince, at whn«e feet many of Auslro lia'a fairest mmdena llnog themselves a abort time hack. Our womeu are not aa ready as the pug-» in drawing the color hoe.In a Sydney police oourt. a few weeks ago, a wluto woman oouid not get costa against har husband, a negro uiinulral, and no beauty at that, because■ho was pweessed of means I Tbs whole troable was because the nigg had left har and was now living with Mr i. . The da.ly papers oimtuid tba name,to we mast assume that Mrs. —— was a person of eome consojiionco, utberwiao her name would havo been given ui full, and alias” added, if any.Tha Syrian hawkers brag of tlieir conquests in Australia, anlt;l Use manner in which their white trade rivals lisva beea a nulled out shows that their boosting U only loo wall founded.We ware told that Mias Jewel) and bar dusky mash ware subsequently DHmod, bet it aeeiui that onoe baulked they disregarded the proprieties. Anyway. bleeiod or not, the course of true loao does not appear to havo run smoothlyAt tha West London Police Court on Saturday, December 2, Peter l»bongulo, described ee an African iatyect, wa* charged, before Mr. Hose, with stealing £o, the property of Kate Jewqll, and furthor with committing an aasault upon her.The prisoner exhibited a eomawhat dejected appoarancc, soaring the collar of his coat turned up and fastened rouud Ins throat.Tba complainant, who had her thumb bandaged aud wa* tba same peraon who attempted to go through the cemuony of marriage with the prisoner, auid »bc was in as occupstion. $he and the nriiooer had been living together as roan aryl wife. Sinoo he left the Karl's Court Exhibition ha hod not been m any occupation, .She hac! kout him.(Jueationod as to whether that saw with her earnings, she said no, bnt with money left her by hot father. The niuooy she sccukJ the prisoner of stealing wan in an envelope lying'an a chair under sorno newt papers. Sho was in hxl, and at the tinio ofher going to sleep he was walUin; round the n. She *room. She found him gone when she awoke and missed a watch from under tlia pillow. Tho wutch belun.-od to the prisoner, who pledged it, and sho redeemi-1 it. SUo then looked far the money nnd found it gon?. Sho got up and spuko to tho landlady, who ■aid tho prisoner had gone out for a walk. He retnmod about two o'clock in tho morning with threo policemen, and alio stkod him what he had done w.th the watch. anJ money. Ho handed her the natch, six •hillirgs. ami somo copper*. He said bs had not takon her roonev. She then gave him into custody. Un Wednesday ho took £10 from her pocketa.The prisoner, who spoke in a low tono of voice, and was ro-juostctl by tho irugietrste to raise it, said he did not taka the money. A lady who wa* known to him gave him half a sovereign, lie then ac. cused tha complainant ol having a man In hot room on Wedne-day, and said he waa atruck on the head by him, and ibo nearly killed him. (He unfoatened hit collar to abow how ho had been treated).The ooraplainant waa lt;|ueatiooed about tha man in tha roorp, bnt aha did not ranly, and wool on to auto what occurred an Wednesday. She said she had arranged to go to Faria for a we-’k. and tha prisoner wanted har to lei him have £100, but alls rwfuaed, and said £10 would ha anfficient if eho paid all tha expenses. She was again aak.d if there waa a man in har room on Wednesday, ted ah* aaiil there waa, that ha waa a man •ha did not know, and that aha uked him to oome in far har protection. Furtherqees lioocd.^ahe aald that after the prisonerthumb the man streak him. 200 B aald ha woe on duly, and waa called by a man. He saw the oompUBmirt, * the prisoner Of eteslbtt Awho accueed the prisortaTol aieiliaf A aad Hving upon her immoral earnings. They took hitn into custody. The oomplsin-They took him into custody. The complain-ant waa sober.Mr. Roe# eventually came to the conclusion that it waa a com whfch he reuld allow to be withdrawn.The prieuiMir wot then dincharwU, and be « Immediately left the court, 11
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Sydney Truth
Sydney, New South Wales, AU
Sun, Jan 21, 1900
Page 5
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