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Show OLD Y70IIAN IS TO BE EVICTED Claims to Be a Granddaughter Grand-daughter of PatricU Henry, but Mast Go to the Poorhoase. CHICAGO, Sept. 10. Mrs. Emily White. 89 years old. who says she is a granddaughter f the Illustrious Patrick Henry, expects to be' evicted today front her shabby home at till Armour avenue. She Is a paralytic, confined to bed, and In addition suffers with rheumatism and heart trtuble. Dr. Andrew L. Smith, who visited the Invalid some days ago at the solicitation of the Bureau of Charities, when eviction was threatened, declared that any effort to remove the woman would result In her death. Notwithstanding; this, according to those in the house, a constable called Saturday and roughly announced that the, house would have te be vacated today, and that an . ambulance would be furnished fur-nished to convey the lnralid to' the poor-house. poor-house. . - For Six years, during which time she has been unable to leave her house, the aged woman has been eared for by her daughter, Mr a. Martha Williams, (8 years old, who also is so crippled with rheuma-tlam rheuma-tlam and illness that for many months she has been unable to cam enough money to properly ears for her mother 1 and herself. During this time they have depended solely upon a monthly pension of $13 from the Government, because the son and brother, Marcus White, served as a soldier sol-dier in the fifth Maasaohuaetu ear airy daring the Civil war and there contracted contract-ed a ehreale illness from which he died In 1SS7. x Mrs. White Is the daughter ef Reuben Henry, who, she . claims, was a son of Patrick Henry by a common law marriage with an Indian woman, who bore him two daughters and a son. Later, according to the' story, when the statesman refused to formally legalise the marriage, the Indian In-dian wpman returned te her tribe, taking with her the two daughters, but leaving the. boy Reuben with the father. |