Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1870-02-03
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4 Woman ,-ho hasa Right 10 TAX Of Saf-
frtge-- firo Years in the Volunteer Car-
dirg-i Year as n Government Detsctire
Laying ont q Ner York Rough.
From the Meriden Republican. Jan S.
On Monday evening masculine
looking woman named +. l.. Siegel
came to Meridcn, and asked for as
sistancc from the members Of the Grand
Army of this city. She was directed
to ). 4. Smith. Quartermaster of Mer-
riam Post, and a committee investiga-
ted her claims. Her papers were
found to be quite correct, and the Post
paid her board for the night and her
fare as far as Hartford. Her case is
very extraordinary one, and she verv
extraordinary woman. if all told of
her be true. She is a German bv birth.
but speaks good English, is about 80
years of age, stands nearly six feet
high. has dark hair and eyes. is of
ron III. wcathcr-bcatcn complexion.
chew- tobacco, aud swears like pirate.
Her story Is this: The beginning of
the war found her and her husband in
Missouri. and i'll prepared for the bad
time coming, So she dressed herself in
male attire and joined the Thirteenth
Missouri Cavalry as private She
served two years. and her sex was new
cr suspected. She fought in the bat
tiles Of Shiloh and Stone River. and
took part in eighteen sSirmishcs, be-
ing once wounded in the arm. The
gentleman who favored Us with our in
formation inquired il her sex was not
then discovered. She answered in the
negative, and, barring one ol' her brawny
arms. displayed a muscle a navy might
envy. Her general ,yelopment /,
Ike that 81 a man, beln. Hat breasted
aui having scarcely any waist. She
admits that il IS onl5 by tight lacing
lie can make herself al all Of fcmin-
iue appearance. During her career in
tn armv she had inu-s with one of
hrr comrades, and they fought it ont,
the woman proving the best man. She
wIs discharged at tie cnd OF two years
service, and produced her papers to
our informant for examination, to1rth-
cr with other ducumcut, from wrli-
known Inru IN support of her story.
pu obtaining hrr al~, harI" sic pro-
cared an engagement Id the Govern
meat detective service. in which She
continued 2 Year. arrcsting bounty
jumpers aud dcscrt"r-. excepting three
months 10 the time. when -hc wa- en-
plptvei u- nurse on board the | =
-hp TamrrlaHc. stationed at Calves
tom. IcNas. We hard omitted - state
that between her discharge and EN-
piu1 mtut i'll tlr detective service She
Nl- taken prisoner hy rebel gIcrrlla>
inI kcpt fur fifteen dAN,. She was
thea pcr.alttcI T. - "h t. Missouri.
iirr husband il npV III \cW York. Sick
Hud without employment, amt She is
striving tu obtain fund, to cm crate 10
tbs Nr,,. For this purpose She j.
ujW on Her way tp friends at Nashua.
y. H.. where -hc expects 10 obtain
assistance. \ short time ago she was
In>ultci ia the streets bv New ork
ruililn, but she administered terrific
len hau,tYr On the eye and put the orb
into eclipse. Both She AMI her assail-
ant were arrested and taken before II
Police Court. The Police Judge in
quirc'l With what weapon she had
struck tn" insulting individual, and She
replied. with natures weapon" dis
playing fist that would fell An OK.
The Judge presented her with Il haw-
thorn billy, loaded with leatl. he had
just received from a prisoner, and told
her 10 use that in future when nulcst-
ed. She handles the weapon like Il
Trojan and displayed it 10 great adj
vantage among the a,tonishtd board
crs Of the hotel where She stopped last
night. She leaves this morning on
the : 10 cars To Hartford, where she
will apply foT further assistance 10 aid
her IN rpaclinB Nashnu