The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-10-12
A STRANGE BUT TRUE STORY.

An. incident is justnow being discus
sed in military circles SO extraordinary
that, were not its truth capable of be-
ing youeled FOR by official authority,
the narration would certainly bo deem
ed absolutely incredible. Our officers
quartered at the Cape, between fifteen
and twenty years ago, may remember
q certain DR.. Barry, attached to tho
medical staff there, and enjoying q
reputation for considerable skill in his
profession, especially for frmness, de-
cision and rapidlty in difficult opera
.tions. This gentleman had entered
the army in 1913, had passed of course,
through tho grades of assistant.sur-
geon and surgeon in various regi-
ments, and had served as such in va
'rious quarters of the globe. His pre-
'fesional requirements had procured
for him his promotion to the staff at
tho Cape. He was clever and agreea-
BILE, save for the drawback ola most
quarrelsome temper, and an inoHdihato
addiction to argument, which perpet
ually brought tho former peculiarity
into play. He was excessively plain,
offeeble proportions. and labored un-
der the imperfection of a Iudicfously
squeaking voice. Any natural CHAT
fling" with regard to these, however,
especially aroused bis ire, but was at
length discontinued On his ''caIling
OUT a persevering offender, and shoot
ing him through tho lungs, About
1910 ho became promoted 70 te med;
ical inspector, and was transferred to
Malta. There he was equally distin-
Sguished by his skill and by his pugna-
cious propensities, the latter becoming
SO ihconv nveniently developed upon tnc
slightest difference of opinion with him
that at last no notice was allowed to be
takcn of his fits of temper. lie pro
Coeded from Malta to Corfu, whore he
was duartered for many years, still
conspicuous for the same peculinri-
ties - -, ,;a
= Whom our Government coded the
Ionian Island to Greece, and our troops
Of course, Quilted the territory, Dir
Barry elected 10 leave the army and
take up his residence for the rest Of his
days al Corfu. He there died about O
month ago, and. upon his death was
discovered TO Be d @omanl Very pro
badly this discovery was elected du'
rine the natural preparations for inter.
mcft, thorG Seems to DO On idea preva
lent that either verbally, in the last
illness, or By some writing perused
Immediately after his (for we mus
still use the mascnline5 death, ho had
begged to bs buried without post
.mortem examination Of any sort. This
most likely, only aroused the curiosi
ty Of the two NURSES who attended hin
for it was to them, itappears, that the
disclosure Of the mystery is owing
Under the circumstances, the fact wal
deemed so Important that medical tes
timony was at Once called in to- repcr
upon and record its truth. BY thi'
investigation not only was the asser
'tion placed beyond q doubt, but it wat
also Brought 10 light that the individ
rualin question had at one time or an
othcr been motherl This is all vha
is as vet known of this extraordinary
story. The motives that occasioned
anath time whom this most ,extraor
diharS deception eommenced, are botl
sbrouded in mystery. But thus i
stands, an inddbitable fact, that wo
, man was forty years an officer in th'
.,British service, had fought one due
'1 and had sought many more, had pur
sued a, legitimate medical education
bati-rceeised a4egdiat diploma; ;-anC
had acquired aimostra celebrity TO
skill as q surgical operator There Il
no doubt whatever about the fact, 'bu
we doubt whether Miss Bfaddon her
o. self would have ventured to make us'
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