The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-02-17
IDAHO WORLD.
A LADY WHO HAS A RIGHT TO SUFFRAGE.
TWO YEARS IN THE VOLUNTEER cAvALRl-A YEAR
GOVERNMENT DETECTIVE


On Monday evening notwithstanding wo
man named I. L. Segel came to Merlden ana
asked for assistance from the members OF the
Grand Army of this city. She was directed to
8. A. Smith, Quartermaster Of Meriden Post
and committee investigated her claims. Her
papers were found tc be quite correct, and the
Post paid her board for the night and her fare
as far as Hartford Her case is very extra
ordinary one, and she is q very extraordinary
woman if al told Of her be true. She is a
German by birth, but speaks good English, is
abont thirty-fve years OF age, stands nearly six
feet high, has dark hair and eyes, is of rough,
weather-beaten complexion, chews tobacco aad
swears like pirate. Her story is this:
The beginning of the war found her and her
husband in Missouri, and ill prepared for the
bad time coming, so she dressed herself in male
attire and Joined the Thirteenth Missouri Cav
airy as private. She served two years, and
her sex was never suspected. She fought in
the battles of Shiloh and Stone River, and
took part in eighteen skirmishes, being once
wounded in the arm. The gentleman who IN
yored US with our information inquired II her
sex was not then discovered. She answered
in the negative, and bearing one of her brawny
arms, displayed a muscle u navy might envy.
Her general Development is that OF a man.
being fiat-breasted and having scarcely any
waist She admits it is only by tight lacing
that she can make herself of 4 femme appear
ance. During her career in the army, she had
q muss with one OF her comrades, and they
fought it out, the woman proving the better
man. She was discharged ut the end of two
years service, and produced her papers to our
informant for examination, together with other
documents, from well-known men, in support
of her story. On obtaining her discharge she
procured an engagement in the Government
detective service, in which she continued
year, arresting bounty jumpers and desertcrs,
excepting three months of the time. when she
was employed as nurse on board the United
States ship Tamerlane, stationed at Galveston,
Texas
We had omitted to state that between her
discharge and employment in the detective ser
vice she was taken prisoner by guerr!llas and
kept for fifteen days. She was then permitted
10 20 on TO Missouri. Her husband is now in
New York, sick and without employment, and
she is striving to obtain funds 10 emigrate 10
the West. For this purpose she is now on her
way tn Nashua, \. H., where she expects 10
obtain assistance. 4 short time ago she was
Insulted in the streets by New York rutiian,
but she administered terrible left-hander on
the eye, and put the orb into eclipse. Both
she aud her asSalart were arrested and taken
before Police Court The Police Judge in /
CURED with what weapon she had struck the |
insulting individual, and she replied. "with ma
lures weapon" displaying fist that would /
fell an OK. The Judge presented her with q |
hawthorn billy, loaded with lead. he had Just
received from prisoner. and told her TO use
that in future when molested She handles /
the weapon like Trojan, and displayed it to
great advantage among the astonished board /
ers at the hotel where she stopped last night /.
She leaves this morning on the 5:i5 cars 10 /
where she will apply for further rs.
sistance TO aid her in reaching Nashau.-Mri. /
den Republican, Jan. }.