Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-07-04

and prominent young bsHAer OF New
York, has been practising most surprl.
sing an! succcssfyl deception on The com.
munIiy al large. by assuming the dress
and spc,ug the manners Of one of tho
stcrnef sex, but unfortunately ios herself
she came 10 gri,' on Sa,urLly by sn ~
numinIuus arrest at Tie hands Of lynx.
eyed sergeant OF The police. This yuuag
woman, known 10 her intimate female
friends az Juhs, bat rejoicing IN tie cog.
nomen of Charlie Morgan smong her de-
cCivcd mae scqualnisnceS, - abeauty of
the brunette order: bul her features are.
as may be supposed, Of the masculine or
Ger, yet not sufficiently so to render her
less good looking. She Is Of medium
height, well formed, yet has none OF that
peculiarly OF form which renders decep-
uon IN such cases almost impossible. She
wears her haIr cut short and parted Ut the
side and tsck, and usually has il well
brushed forward, Il tie stories shout
this remarkable womsn sTc to be credited.
anu they come from authentic svU;ccs,
she has worn tie usual dress Of her sex
for LeaTIy four ycsrs past. but has con
sian,ly sPpeared, both In public and PrI-
vsIe, IN male auIre Of The latest sly lie and
most expensive materials. During all
this time she has been in The company Of
the wealthy banker mentioned above, aho
has lavlshed large sums upon hes 10 graf
Ify her peculiar whlm OF cUun,erleiting a
last young man. As tho nephew OF tho
banker she hos been introduced into snne
OF the best families OF Ihis ci'y, and ha|
necessarily been on intimate icTus IIh
the last young bloOjs about Town, and
la,ir companion to many spree Ia
the character she assumed. she spen, her
money freely, drank champagne cock.
tails. aud smuhed cigars ith Iho iasies,
ol her boon companions, and occasionally
INDUCED ina swear" Her "uncle'
supplied her with The nsetlul TO grsrily
her cATavsgant ilsics and many OF lilo
bloods sLouI town will remember tho
champagne supper, succeeding visits -
the opera Of Which Charlie Morgan"
acted the hu,t With such natural felicity
that hGr real sex wss not for @ moment
suspected. During the summer the "un.
Gle" accompanied by his nephew" made
the rounds OF the watering places where
the nephew paid such court to the fair la.
dies as TO cause many heaI,scie Her
team was the iastesl and the most styl,h
on the road, end ,hc handled ITO ribbons
with such = mastery hard, that riIo
behind her spanking team was considered
so greats boon that the ladies' Almot,
fought Tor the privilege.
Another singular pha Of the case is.
that Charlie Morgan was always favor
ed and acceptable visior at the fashiona.
bic "maiSonS de joic' IN this city, and
there u no doUbI lhaI som" OF the queens
Of lhc icmi monde wore ~ her secret.
But her career was doomed TO al ar
rupt iCrmlnstor. Some tmo ago this
cn,ctprising young female was guest Il
the New York HoIel, registered Ss Chas.
(. Morgan, and wss q frequent vI'itnr at
the hsunlc OF the dCmi monde IN the FIJI
tecnih ward. During her p,ranbuIslions
by night and day. she attracted lhe olrcn-
lion Of Sergeant Lucien p. Fields, Of tho
Fifteenth Precinct. who lhcncolorward
kept strict watch upon her movements
whenever che went abroad. Becoming
convinced that Charlie Morgan. u ho was
well known by reputation throughout tae
ward, WAS woman IN male attire, he DO.
icrmIncd to arrcs, hcr on tho fret oppor,
tuniiy, aud yesterday afternoon tie Set
Gesul carried his resolution into eject.
"Char.ie" had Jusi left the fashionable re-
sort keptby LouI.e Wa'cou. IN Mellon
Place. when he arrested her.
Sne ueslcd Ihe aTfcst,e cooly laugh.
ell 1l he absurd idea thai ihu was any
thing but what she appeared 10 be. and
81 nonchalSni was she. and 80 perfect
h'r disguise. that Iho Sergeant was fora
moment staggered. He however took
her 10 the sIallon house, where she gave
her name ss Charles i. Ward, to which
the police added The aliases Of Morgan
and Julia. BY order Of Capt. Csarey
she was locked up IN one Of the rooms Of
the station house. She was aiiIed ina
black broadelolh frock coat, dsrk ,e.t cut
low to show broad plated shlri bosom
adorned with handsome diamond studs.
light cashmere paH'sloonr. patent leslher
boJls. sud fne black Derby hai. All
lbese articles are OF he finest quslty and
most exquisite cut. She also vorc
heavy Pnl neck ch5in and an elegant
gold watch. Her entire outfit was per-
leci. and her appearance would sand the
closest scrutiny. She rpsIly appeared 10
be bssTdless you'h Of perhaps eighteen
summers. She persisted for some ume
thai she was a man, but on a proportion
being made 20 pcrsohsl examination. she
admitted tie truth In the mFsniims her
r. ends had heard Of her mish1p. sBd were
making extraordinary efous 10 procure
her release. Miss Louise Wslcoit called
and had long interview with her, s5d
numerous other friends cs.led. Finally
the services Of Justice Lsdviib were pro-
cured, and that Official called 81 the sta
ton house TO order her trebarge, but
lha, beng contrary 70 police regulations.
ihe magistrate procssded ~ the JefTrrson
Msfkci Police Court. where he orsned
co9u and ordered the prisoner TO be
brought before him. Csplsin CsTey
produced the pri'oner. and sf,er hearing
The complaint Of Sergeant Fields. the
magistrate reprimsbded Julia and die.
charged her. She Ieh Ihe eoUrI room &C.
com panied t7 keyy ol frierts and a. IA