New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-01-28

Extraordinary Career of an R,.,:.
from the North British Daily Mai,

| TWENTY AEAhS DISGUISED,
| Extraordinary Career of an R,.r.
Woman.
from the North British Daily Mail
During the latter part of last summs
there was working in the ship-building ya,d
Of Messrs. Henderson, Coulborn & e. A. y.
Renfrew, person who was known tn tbe;.
wOrkmen as John Campbell. He w.s =.
gagged at the forge in company with II tbs -,
others, and won the esteem of all arornS
him by the handy and intelligent mann,
in which he executed any task allotted !.
to hun. On the twenty-ninth of Noyemb.s
Johnnie" as he was Familiarity called tsu
sick in the house of Thomas Early. laRo,s.
Pinkerton lane. where he lodged during ii,
stay in Renfrew. and DR.. Allison was csi.S
in. He at once pronounced the maladv "a
be smallpox, and intimated to the patiis,.
that a removal to the Paisley In6rms,r
would be requisite. The patient d,,,'
proved of that step, but the doctor poina9
out that it was impossible that ssr
person laboring under such a disease coud
remain in such dwelling. Seeing thatth
medical gentleman was SO determined. M
patient wished to be clothed to leave H.
town. This raised the curiosity of Or. A
lison. and he at once put the questjm
"Was it because of sex I" The reply VA
in the affirmative, and the subsequent 9,
PLANTATION was that the supposed Johns
was a lassie, and had worn male atis
since she was thirteen years Of age form
other purpose than keeping "clear O tiy
BLACKBOARD men," Her present age W
about thirty-two. The doctor apprlsedth
landlady, Mrs. Early, of his discovery, ai
to her surprise informed her that she mr
o1o IL.
lOdger, SO that she might be admitteds
the Paisley Infrmary as none other thu
Marie Campbell. This was done, and MAJ,
has at last recovered from the disease frn
which she has been suffering. Her brs
sOjourn, however, in the infrmary b
not been without its interruptions a.
further remarkable disclosures. As thew
month was drawing to a close. the reside
medical officer Of the intirmary, Dr. Lew
received letter from the inspector OF d
poor for the parish of kirknewton, init
vicinity of Edinburgh. stating that thes
tentiOn of the parochial board of that lx
had been drawn to the case Of his patiE
Marie Campbell, and they believed
might be tie person wanted by the parS
since May of 1870. DR.. Lewis having repE
to the letter, the inspector of kirkneva
visited the infirmary in company with
woman named Mary Ann Mckennan. Ii
led to complete identification of MARI
with the John Campbell who, in Decembs
1869. married Mckennan, and aftervaN
resided with Ter in the village Of ES
Calder for time. subsequently,, they \
moved to kirknew ION. and to all apes
ances they lived happily together till MAJ
1870. when johnnie disappeared. II
wife at the time raised the cry that her hui
not credited, and she having had tv
riage with Campbell became chargeabi
to the parish. The woman McKenna
had another child few weeks ago, and
difficulties arose with regard to the regis
tration. At the intirmary Campbell main
tanned that Mckennan knew her sex be
fore the marriage, and that there was
mutual understanding in the matter, but
the latter declared that she was not aware
OF the truth till some days after the cert
mony. The climax was reached on Wednss
day. Acting Superintendent Stewart, Of
the Paisley police, received warrantfron
the Edinburgh county police authOrts
with request that he would at once sF
prehend Johnnie" alias Marie" Camp
bell. on a charge of contravening tine regs
tration act by making. or causing to b
made. a false entry in the register at tht
time she was married to McKennan, b
representing herself as John CampkI
This was done, and the patient, who M
recovered from her illness. was removed.
custody to Edinburgh. The woman Nh
Early with whom Campbell lodged in Rsi
frew, states that she knew Campbell obi
as man five years since. The lattervs
then engaged as farm laborer at llaH
called Howden-o'th Brig, in the neighM
hood of Tranent. She came to the laite
place, attracted by the high wages givtnG
the railway, and was employed as ssu
faceman between Dalkeith and Ormstor
She remained as iodger with Mrs. EGf
for about six months, and though occasa'
ally exciting suspicion regarding her ~
cieverly dissolved any doubts by her ak
conduct. During the greater part OF
time she lodged with the Earlys, she sa
with feilowmale ledger. CampbelIh
in love with Highland lasse named NJ
Martin. and conducted herself toward
an atiecti0Aate beau. On one occasions
returned in the evening they bo
stayed at Campbell's lodgiug. There bel
only two beds i'll the house, tue 9
slept with Mrs. Early, and Campbell rest
that night in bed with the unsuspecul
landlady's husband. In Renfrew she So
adhered to the old habit of loving and ass
clating with the lassics, and, in splrlt
opposition to a fellow LODI GER displayed
a,fectionate regard for girl in the toSI
At all times Campbell would make heTS
so handy in household matters, and esF
cially in sewing and mending the feICs
dodgers clothes, that she gained the alH
ton of all around her. When Mrs. Ealp
was / IL on one occasion Campbell was
obliging in her conduct to the sick WOMB
that some OF the neigh bors. who only khes
her as johnnie" We're kind enough tota
culate very unkind stories, which caused Wv
husband to issue his instructions for "JVDL
ME" to leave. This had almost GUY
to pass when the secret of "JohnnHof
sex oozed out. Camphelfs explanation -, n
her extraordinary procedure Is, that III t Son
sequence of bad usage when she was aovi
thirteen years OF age. she left her paienhss
home to shift for herself. Some time aN'
ward her brother when he was dying, S hi,
for her. and requested her to take VI y,
clothes and wear them. as that Woais
probably enable her the better to MAKE w
way in the world. She complied. ana
the garments wore our she renewed tHsn
and became so accustomed 10 the garo We;
habit became second nature. lDeio
some talk of the workmen in RentreW -
ting up subscription for Marie, as they On
acknowledge that while she deceived tle-
Is to her sex, a more kindly and oblsp7
worker never was engaged in the va
They will regret to hear of her untOrtup''
The editor of the Omaha Bee is nam.s
'osewater There was sting enough IN ol.