The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-10-03
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is Jas, nos tsiae discussed m military eir.
clos 40 extraordinary thss veee ugt us
,rulh touched ieg by oslles4l pe'mEtY. tho
narration waul3 certainly BE- deemed 5.s
credible. OaF utHetFs oaafgsrcd :, the
Cape between hiiscn aod twenty years
/ ago may Weatef a certain noelor Bar
~ attached ta lhe m,dital slaH there, and
+ iefgoyine reputation ior considerable
skill tn be profession, especially for FIRM
ness, decisitn, and rapidly ~ l.ll9c'll op.
ersaoo 'ftis gentleman entered TIE NJ.
my 10 ISL 3, had passed, of eeafse, through
The grade a assistant surgeon and sur.
geoa 10 "a ious regiments, and scrvei Ne
such ~ various quarters OF ine galie.-
lis professional requirements had proeurs
Ell for him bis promotion to The staff at the
Cape. lie vas clever and agreeable, save
for The drawback o. most quarrelsome
temper and an inordiuate addiction to ar.
gumeni,which perpertuly btoagkl the ior-
mer pecuIariiy into play. lie was exocs-
siVely PLAN Of feeble proportions, aud la
bored ander the impcrfoclions Of ludi.
croasly squeaking voice. Any natural
chatting With regard 10 these. however,
especially reused his ire, but was al length
discontinued on his calling out parse.
yering offender and shooting him through
the lungs
" About 1910 he became promoted TO
be medical inspector, and Ma transferred
10 Malta. There he MAS equally distin.
guishcd by his skill and by his pugnacious
propenslIies, the latter becoming so incou.
veuiently developed upon the slightest
difference Of opinion with him that At last
no notice ~ss allowed TO be taken n his
hts Of temper. He proceeded from Nal.
IA to Corfu, where he was quartered for
many years, still conspicuous for the same
peculiarilis. When our government ced-
ed the Ionian Islands to Greece, and our
troops, OF course, quilted the territory,
Dr, Barry elected TO leave the army and
take up his days at Corfu. lie died there
about month ago, and upon his death
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probably this discovery was eliciied dur.
ING The natural preparations for intcrmont
but there seems 10 be an idea prevalent
that either verbally, during the last illness.
or by some wiring pursued after bis (for
We must still use the 'nasculine) DEATH.
he had begged TO be buried without post
morton examination of any sort.
"lhis, most likely, only aroused the Gu
rlosty OF the nurses who attended him,
idr IT was to them, il appears, that the
disclosure OF this mystery is owing. I'M
der the circumstances the fac, was deem
cd SO important that medical testimony
was sailed ~ to report upon and record
It's truth. by this investigation not only
was The assertion placed beyond q doubl
but il was equally beyond doubt brought
to light thai the individual in question hal
at some time or another been mother
lilis IS all that is as yet known OF this ex.
traordInary story. The motives thai oc
casioned aud the time when ommcnced
this singular deception are both shrouJed
"a mystery. liul thus it stands an indu.
btable fact, that woman was for forty
J ears an officer IN the British service, had
fought one duel, and had sought many
more han pursued a legitimate medical
education, bad received regular diploma
ana had acquired almost celebrity for
skill as a surgical operator !"