The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-11-26

bDny induced by SrokEs TO consent ~ the unfon, Va
orotr tnAi the srpesrs noe ~ rparrfod lho might
d,sIpi the tusors shoss, and enabie Kim N live In
"tsace and qiittnes." hsthsr or not tba.
the Invention, the scqusinfsuce brought about
tbss result for, aishoush there Wee sur
muc. that "BAswI" sroEn VS. . woman, and he
VAS cshs'aus,y the object of curious g'apc ., he o.
cspsd the open mo'e.ta'icn 70 rh'.n ne nsd ee pe
v'ousiy SUBJECTED HARRy and FArry took b-er.
hous" In Corporation street, salfwd, whore they
hved for two yeap, whom they "hrtci" 10 Qusy
into b. erhouse a. this house they s.syed eleven
years, during part of which tune they hold second
beeihouse In Camp street, "a Dsansgste, which
tbey ralhd "rhe Pigr,m's Rest" and was supcrin-
tendea by Mrs sroxss' son. To this houss they
themselves finally removed, and hopt 10 oi for SIX
years, when tn.y carred their furniture % No II
Richmond strte, between st. Stephen street and
Broughfon rad, SAT ford, where they still lived ~
gtther - mas and vito, though tie neghbors hsd
their little whisperin.s tosethsrsso staple q thsir
cnnverPation beng the peculiar figure Of HABKY
sroK,s, and spr culations tnercabou,.
They were living In Richmond street up to the
time OF tragedy which has revived the whole history
~ this singular person. HAKnY sToxrs appeared
Utterly TO be lii iuto eecayed c,rcumstanoos aud
d fear of poverty IL believed to have induced him
20 commit suicide. On Friday evening tho decsssed
we ut TO the swsn pubie house Pend e'on, and, asr
dr king tour ssses OF ae he Left for the purp,se
the uornins hAs found tho top OF the water
In u 70 sluicc & the rv,r trwel, at MCde wheel,
and on , examination tho body of n msu found
tspdn ,g upright In the water. Al toe inq i.st be
fore M, Coroner RulrsR, on saturday, the boay WAS
In,, Tn, d ihst Of "HARRy SroKks, the well
4 noyn ua-fer b'tckretfer OF SalN9d and IL would
nrobablv have heou buried In Its clothes IL was,
and the a oret Of the poor, courageous, hard working
III Anp,sr TukHr would thus have been buried with
her. hal ~ ono of tho jury been acliaintod with .
portion OF her past hh'ory' lie monnoned his sus.
piclon that the doccas' WA q woman aud not .
man and ~ women Who we're sent By the coroner
20 solve the my,t-ry, returned httsribg into tho
court with th, ,infrnaton that true enough the bo
dy In the man coshes that of perfect woman,
and no man She was very ful breastod, but the
shape 81 her 'manly make WAS dtto ttd ny broad
stTsp which We sbuckled round her body under the
arms
There is sonnet hing d grandeur, a'ter al In the
eharactsr Of , bat strange woman. She has
left mem.nt.0s her Industry aud sktll all over
Man ester, and In Macy psces In sLford. sne
Wa y,ry clever In the erection OF "a chmneys, aud
some of the highest In Manchester have been wholly
or partially cuustrn wed under her susrntendsnon;
she has butt Gnu, cSs, chapes, and extensive
blocks Of dwelling houss, among which ~,
N entioaed tbe a', 20 houses At the back of
Be- Philips cnurch, ssUord; She sAs most expert
IN htt,pg stoves and hre-grAtes, and her AID In
th. bt sh of her trad has been ohta ned Of
the b. 1T houses In Ma hester and the days of tho
On artist riots she wFn In ~ specis COT stable,
and vas nsde captain her Company. Her indus
try and ski st one time placed her In wry comfort.
able circumstances, ana there sru persons who
now esteemed among the foremost tnsn n Aanctes-
ter who hsVs been ent., tsn'd at the roaring sup
pcrp gwen by 'HansN" sf Oxss