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DAILY CAP..AL JOURNAL, SALEWOnEOON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1904..
iTHREE I .
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Grief Over Ingratitude of Her Debtors
Said to Have Hastened Her Death
Career of the Famous Colored Woman Who Has Been a
Noted and Mysterious Character In San Francisco
for Over Half a Centor,y v
"Mammy Pidasant. tho weird and
mysterious colored woman who has
boon a noted character In San Fran
cisco since 1819, and wielded a
strange Influence, the career and des
tinies of somo of Its best known citi
zens nlmost down to tho present hour,
Is dnnd. Sho passed away at 10:55
o'clock yestorday morning at tho
homo of L. M. Sherwood, 2751 Filbert
stroet, whore sho had been living
slnco November 19 last, and hor re
'malns will bo Interred In tho Shor
wood burlnl lot nt Napa on Wednes
day. Even In the final days and death
of this romarkablo woman Is found
tho dramatic element which, for more
than half a century was so strongly
a rart of hor life and surrondlngs.
Born nearly ninety yoars- ago, old age
was obviously a leading cause of hor
death, but thoso who have boen nenr
est hor bedsldo In th last few woek3
declaro that grief over the Ingrntl
tudo of thoso sho felt were her chief
dobtors greatly hasenod her end, nnd
that tho primary cause of her death
was a broken heart. In her long ca
reor "Mammy" Pleasant has handled
many fortunes; has hold proporty In
hor nnrao, and clalmod others valued
at hundreds of thousands, but her af
fairs bocamo so Involved a few years
ago that sho was declared a bank
rupt. Yet she still held Interests In
certain suits Involving not less than
$160,000, and in the final settlement
of hor esUito a very considerable
amount promises to be left for bar
heirs.
Soveral wills have been made at
ono tlmo and another, disposing of
thoso interests to thoso who hava
boon regarded as her friends, but
thrco weeks ago a final will was
made, revoking all former wills nnd
making such disposition of hor prop
eray as will unquestionably como as
a big surprise to thoso who havo for
a long tlmo rogarded themselves as
hor chosen heirs. Neglect on the pnrt
of thoso sho folt had a right to de
pond upon and failure to keep prom
ises cnuscd her to brood and grjevo
throughout tho days or hor Inst I"
ncss nnd the revocation of hor torm
er wills and tho making of n new
disposition was tho final result. Thoso
who had been named in other wills
wore even ns Into as last night inter
esting thomselvos in the disposnl ot
her affairs, and this announcement
will bo tho first intimation they will
receive that old "Mammy's" plans
were changed in tho past few wooks,
Litigation Will Continue.
The litigation which has been char
acteristic of her career tor tho past
dozon or moro yoars promises to con-
tlnuo ovor her estate , Moro thnn
ono will will undoubtedly bo filed for
probato, and slnco thoso who are tho
beneficiaries under prior documents
aro closely involved In other lltign-
tion in which sho has wloldod a great
influence, tho fight over tho latest
document Is Hkoly to bo bitter. It
can bo said that tho will last signed
makcB a totally dlfforont disposition
of the' proporty from that generally
counted upon by thoso who havobeon
associated with the dead woman.
In connectldn with "Mammy
Pleasant's death, thero aro also
charges that much of hor personal
property, kept In trunks and boxos,
had disappeared during hor Inst Ill
ness, provlous to hor being taken to
the Sherwood homo. In 1899 Mrs
Pleasant had a falling out with Mrs.
Teresa Bell, ovor whom sho had had
a mystorlous lnfluenco for many years
nnd sho was evicted from tho Bell
homestend, at Octavla and Bush
streets. Tho rosldenco was long
known as the "Housoof Mystery" In
connection with "Mammy" Pleasant's
affairs, and where sho lived for a
quartor of a century.
From tho Bell houso "Mammy"
Pleasant wont to a flat at 21071& Web
stor soreot, and romnlned thoro until
she was removed to tho Sherwood
hbmo. Thoro was also living there
at the tlmo of her removal Reginald
Bell, second son of Thomas and Te
resa Bell. Mrs. Pleasant hnd been
ill' much ot tho tlmo for two yoars,
leaving tho houso only in case of
groat bmorgoncy and rarely leaving
hor bed. Mrs. Sherwood, who had
been a visitor at tho houso at frequent
Intervals, states that sho. found her
last Novcmbor in a sad stato of neg
lect, needing even tho necessarlos of
life, nnd on that account took hor to
hor own homo. It is stated that num
ber of peoplo hnd koys to Iho house.
In ordor that thoy might onor when
Mrs; Pleasant was unnblo to yorson
ally admit them, and It is also stated
that many articles, Including clothing,
Jowolry, otc., havo disappeared during
tho past few months.
Aided John Brown.
To those- of tho prosont day and
gonoratlon "Mammy" Pleasant's
name vis moro particularly known In
connection with the Bell ostnto nnd
with tho claims of Sarah Althca Hill
against Sonator Sharon, but her
claim to notability goes back a good
deal further. It was claimed by
"Mammy" Pleasant to somo of her
most intiranto friends that sho fur
nlshdd John Brown, tho abolitionist,
with $30,000, which constituted, in
tho main, the fund which aided In
tho organization of his famous raid.
"Mammy" was born In Philadelphia
August 19, 1814, her fathor being a
Kanaka and her mother a Louisiana
negress. Her maiden namo was Mary
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B. WHHamB and hor fnthor was an
importer of silks.
At G years of ago she was placed
with a family by tho namo of Hus
soy at Nantucket, nnd later move.d to
Boston, where she marrlod James W.
Smith, a wealthy Cuban. Smith was
a frlond of Garrison, Phillips and
othor well-known abolitionists, nnd
boforo his donth In 1S44 ho mado his
wlfo promise to dovoto a portion o
the' money left her In freeing th
slavos. Tho groator part of his for
tuno consisted of bonds to tho nmount
of $45 000. In 1848 "Mammy" mar
ried John J. Pleasant, who had boen
an ovorscor for her former husband
and soon after came to California
nround the Horn.
On tho day of hor arrival In San
Francisco many of tho wealthy mer
chants nnd mlno owners participated
in an auction of her services as a
cook, and as high as $G00 a month was
bid. Sin finally declined to agree to
tho arrangement, however, and opon
ed a boarding house on Washington
street, which was for years tho lead
lng bonrdlng houso In tho city. Among
thoso who lived nt the placo woro
tho host-Known mon of Snn Francis
co of that day, Including Sharon,
Newton Booth, Broderlck, Terry and
others equally famous.
In 18S8 sho returned East and met
John Brown, with whom sho hnd had
considerable correspondence. She.
claimed that sho had a meeting with
Brown nt Chatham, Canada, at which
tlmo she presonted him with n Cana
dian draft for ?30,000. Brown was to
organize the raid and "Mammy" was
to work as an np'tator among thd
slavos. Sho stated that the falluru
of the raid was duo largely to tho fact
that Brown was piemnturo, starting
tho attack beforo his forces word ful
ly organized. On Brown's porson at
the tlmo was found a noto slgnod
"W. E. P.," as It was supposed. Mrs.
Pleasant claimed that tho slgnnturs
was "M. E. P.," the M signed by hor
giving tho nppcaranco of a "W. After
tho failure of tho raid Mrs. Pleasant
returned to San Francisco.
The Bell and Sharon Cass.
"Mammy's" connection with tho
Bell and Sharon enso Is filled with
hiystory. Thoro havo beon claims
that sho practiced voodoo rltea in
both cases. Stories wero circulated
of strange ceremonies In tho Bell
mansion, and In tho Sharon caso it
was testified to that Sarah Althea,.
acting under "Mammy's" advice),
went to a graveyard on a certain May
day and planted in the ground a shirt
and pair of socks belonging to tho
millionaire,
Mrfl. Pleasant was tho backer of
Sarah Althea In her fight for thq
Sharon millions to tho extont of many
thousands of dollars, nnd after the
death of Torry looked aftor tho un
fortunato woman during tho early
stages of her insanity, flnnlly having
her sent to Stockton. It has boen
claimed that tho monoy paid out in
tho Sharon case came from tho Bell
estate "Mammy" wnt housokoopor
In tho Bell homo for mnny years and
handled tho money expended in run
nlng the housohold. After Bell'"
dfa'h sho lookod after his widow's
business affairs.
AVhon Bell died ho was supposed to
bo worth $10,000,000 at least. Tho
appraisement roduced the amount to
less than a quartor of that sum, and
tho litigation ovor the oetate Is still
polng on, with Hltlo show for evon a
few hundrod thousands when final dls
trlbutlon Is made. Bell died sudden
ly ns tha result of a fall over the ban
isters in his own house, nnd them
wa- much talk nt the tlmo connoct
ing "Mammy" with the affair, but
nothing came of It, Later thero was
a mysterious assault 011 Fred Bell.
Mammy" always seemed able to
obtain an unllmltod nmount of monoy
from the Bell oetnte. In the settling
up of tho Bell affairs doeds were
found showing that tho Bell homo
Head was actually In Mrs. Ploasant's
name. Sho also mado claim to dia
monds and other jewelry In a safo
deposit box In the Donohoe-Kelly
bank appraised at $120,000, and tho
ownership Is still a mattor of lltlgn
t.cn "Mammy" claimed that sho lot
Ihr Jewels out to those who desired
to llsplay thorn at functions.
' Mammy" Ploasant was supposed
to bo tho guardian of more family
sUflotons than any person In San
Francisco, but while it was bolloved
she was connected with many ques
tionable transactions, it was always
asserted that she nevor betrayed n
jccrot of oven hor worst enemy, eith
er for gain or for rovonge. Aftor hor
breaking off with Mrs. Bell, It was
supposed that the secret ot hor In
fluence over tho Bell homestead
would bo oxposed, but all efforts to
Induco Mrs. Ploasant to talk failed.
It is said that recently, when she was
In great want, an offer was mado to
her of $50,000 If she would subscribe
to certain facts concerning a promi
nent San Francisco man over whom
It was desired to bold a club to pro
vent threatened action on bis part
She declined, with the remark that
sho bad never needed money badly
enough to betray a friend.
GAY-AND
FRISKY
DANIEL
Lady Has Her Feelings
Hurt by Him Trying
to Kiss Her
Ifvtlie Attempt Was Worth
$20,000. Says Daniel,
What Is the Price of
Kisses
A dispatch from Spokane, undor
dato of Tuesday last, has tho follow
ing stery:
"R. T. Daniel, Cuban sugar plantor
and potentate of Spoknuo's burnt ilia
trict, is painted in tho light of a gay
and frisky Lothario by charming Mrs
Loulso Wright, his tonnnt, who Is su
lng him for defamation of character.
In an amended complaint filed in tho
suporlor cdurt yoGtorday, Mrs. Wright
charges that Mr. Daniel 'entered snld
lodclng apartmont and provoked and
grossly Insulted plaintiff, Loulso
Wright, by attempting to embrace and
kiss hor.'
"In this talo of woo, howevor, thoro
Is ono gleam of sunshine. The com
plaint contains the comforting assur
nnco that Daniel's attempt at lovo
maklng 'was instantly resontod nnd
robukod' by Mrs. Wright. What sho
did to stavo off Daniel's caresses de
ponont sayoth not. Like unto tho se
rial Btory, tho 'to hoi continued' sign
Is put in tho moat interesting placo
"In Mrs. Wrlght'B first complaint
sho moroly alleged defamation of char
actor, and Intimated that about $10,
000 would sootho hor ruffled feelings,
nnd rostoro hor standing in tho com
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munlty. Now, however, that sho has
recalled Daniel's attempt to spoorr
with her, Mrs. Wright doubles hop
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"Tho how complaint nllogos that
Daniel's amatory stunt was done bo
foro ho wroto tho lottor which fur
nlshed tho basis of tho first action, It
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of transforming her apartmont Into a.
veritable bedlam during unseasonable?
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rebuked' in his lovo-wnking, wrote the
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