Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-06-08

lFrom the New York World. June1l
Arrest of a Woman I'm Mans At
ffre-Her Career at the Water
ing Places and i'm New York
Four Years In Borrowed Cos
tume-Female FlirtatIons with
Women.
For some four years past young female,
the particular protege of wealthy and
prominent banker of this city, has been
practising most surprising and successful
deception on the community at. large, by
assuming the dress and apeing the man
ners of one of the sterner sex, but unfor-
tunately for herself came to grief yesterday
by an ignominious arrest at the hands of
lynx-eyed sergeant OF police. This young
woman, known to her intimate female
friends as Julia, but rejoicing in the cog
nomen of Charlie Morgan among her de-
ceived male acquaintances, is beauty of
the brunette order; but her features are,
as may be supposed, of the masculine type,
vet not sufficiently so to render her at all
less good looking. She is of the medium
height, well formed, yet has none of that
peculiarity of form which renders decep-
tion in such cases almost impossible. She
wears her hair cut short, and parted at the
side and back, and usually has 1t brushed
well forward.
If the stories about this remarkable wo-
man are to be credited, and they come from
authentic sources, she has not worn the
usual dress of her sex for nearly four years
past, but has constantly appeared both in
public and private in male attire of the
latest style and most expensive materials.
During all this time she has been in the
company of the wealthy banker, mentioned
above, who has lavished large sums of
money upon her to crafty her peculiar
whim OF counterfeiting q fast young man.
As the nephew of the banker she has been
introduced into some of the best families
in this city, and has necessarily been on
intimate terms with the fast young b1oods
about town, and has been their companion
in many spree" In the character she
assumed she spent her money freely, drank
champagne cocktails, and smoked cigars
with the fastest of her boon companions,
and occasionally indulged in "swear."
ful to crafty her extravagant tastes, and
many of the bloods about town will re-
member the champagne suppers succeed
ing visits to the opera, at which Charlie
Morgan" acted the host with such natural
felicity that her real sex was not tor mo-
ment suspected. During the summer the
"uncle," accompanied by bis charming
-ucpn6W,.-I gdc round5 OF the Water
ing places, where the nephew paid such
court to the fair ladies as to cause many
heartache. Her team was the fastest and
the most stylish on the road, and she
hand, that a ride behind her spanking team
was considered so great boon that the
ladies almost fought for the privilege.
Another singular phase of the case is,
that Charlie Morgan was always favored
and acceptable visitor at the fashionable
s'nsaisons de joie'' in this city, and there is
no doubt that some of the queens of the
denai monde were in her secret.
But her career was doomed to an abrupt
termination. Some time ago this enter
prising young female was guest at the
New York Hotel. registered as Charles F.
Morgan, and was frequent visitor at the
haunts of the denai monde, in the Fifteenth
Ward. During her perambuiations by
night and day, she attracted the attention
OF Sergeant Lucien p. Fields, of the Fiji
teenth Precinct, who thenceforward kepta
strict watch upon her movements when
ever she went abroad. Becoming convinced
that Charlie Morgan, who was well known
throughout the ward, was a woman in
male attire, he determined to arrest her on
the first opportunity, and yesterday after
noon the Sergeant carried his resolution
into effect. "Charlie'' had just left the
fashionable resort kept by Louise Walcott,
in Nelson Place, when she was seen by the
Sergeant, who at once arrested her.
She treated the arrest very coolly, laugh
ed at the idea that she was anything but
what she eappeared to be, and SO noncahalent
was she, and so perfect disguise, that tho
however, took her to the station house,
where she gave her name as Charles f.
Ward, to which the police added the aliases
of Morgan and Julia. By order OF Captain
Caffrey she was locked up in one of the
rooms of the station house. She was attir-
ed in black broadcloth frock coat, dark
vest cut low to show plated shirt bosom,
I'D ,rned with handsome diamond studs,
. light cashmere panraloons, patent leather
boots, and fine Derby hat. ALI these arti-
cles were Of the finest quality and saost ex-
quisite cut. She also wore heavy gold
neck chain and an elegant gold watch. Her
entire outfit was perfect, and her appear
ance would stand the closest scrutiny. She
really sppeared to be fast beardless youth
of perhaps eighteen summers. She persist
ed for some time that she was man, but on
proposition being made looking to per-
sonal examination, she. admitted the truth.
In the meantime her friends had heard of
her mishap and were making extraordi-
nary efforts to procure her release. Miss
Louisa Walcott called and had a long in
teryisw with her, and numerous other