Show WHITMAN FEELS AGGRIEVED Octoroon Who Figured in Recent Di Divorce Divorce DiV V vorce Controversy Makes a Statement C AV W v Whitman whose wife was award awarded ed a decree of ot divorce dorce Monday Monda feels that he has been placed In a false Calse position a aa an aa a n result rc of oC the suit Originally Mrs Whitman made some ugly charges against her husband and he came canto back with an answer in which It itaN was aN stated that Mrs Irs Whitman had negro blood in her veins Later Mrs Irs Whitman withdrew the serious charges against her and the decree was w s awarded on the ground of ot desertion d Mr Ir Whitman said last night that ho lo o came west with his wife from Toledo and left lert her In this city when he went vent to Pioche to look up a business location He asserts that upon his return he found Cound her masquerading as a Spanish woman under the name of Inez Gomez He says she f had formed new ices during his absence and showed a determination to sever all relations with him Mr Ir Whitman is very er frank Crank In admit admitting admitting ting tin his own lineage In fact seems rather proud of oC It Ho He has credentials showing that his father A A Whitman who died seven Reven years ago was known as the poet laureate of oC the colored raze rae ra e and was a aman aman aman man of oC good standing In his home city cit Atlanta Ga Tho The elder eider Whitman was born In slavery the son of ot a Spaniard and anda anI anIn a n mulatto worn in Mrs Whitman tho the mother of oC C W V Whitman Is the daughter of oC a French rench 1 woman who married a Cher Cherokee Cherokee Cherokee okee Indian C W V Yo Whitman Is thus an octoroon and frankly frankl casts his lot with the colored race rac lie He has hag excellent rec recommendations recommendations recommendations from people of or standing In the th south His sisters are now ap aT appearing appearing in vaudeville as the Whitman si sis Is Ister j ter and they too make no attempt to their colored blood Mr Whit Whitman Whitman man has a certified copy cop of ot his marriage license e Issued at Birmingham Ala In 1903 1003 which stipulates that both are colored He feels aggrieved that In Salt Lake Mrs Irs Whitman should assume the thc position of oC a white woman |