The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-01-23
In Male Attire.
A Massachusetts, Girl who Couldn't Live
With Her Stepmother--she Travels to
Chicago in Effective Disguise.

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With Her Stepmother--She Travels to
Chicago in Effective Disguise.
Captain Hickey, of the South Di-
vision, received dispatch from po-
lice headquarters night before last,
ordering him to send an officer forth
with to Englewood to meet an lncom.
instrain. In compliance with the man
date from the superintendent the
Captain sent one of his men unln-
structed except as to the fact that he
would there meet the conductor, who
would direct him. When tho officer
arrived at Engelwood he was told.
by the conductor that gentleman on
the train had been robbed OF $50
Who the pcrpetrator was he had no
idea; but the nervous demeanor OF
one OF the passengers who wore a
INossuth hat and a brlsallish cloak,
had excited his suspicious. When
the train arrived in Chicago, among
the passengers VINO debarked were
two parties, one Il scns,bly.appearing
matronly woman of 80 and the per
son with kossuth hat and cloak.
The latter was tho first to leave the
train. With the assistance of this
gallant the lady of 30 stepped TO the
platform, and tho two in company
walked to the Gault House, whittier
they were followed by the suspicious
conductor. When breakfast was al
most over at the Gault House, yes
telday morning, police officer
named Slaytun appear, ana requested
the parties to hurry by, rs they were
wanted at the Central Police Station.
The officer took them before Super
intendent OF Police Washburn.-
When the door had been closed very
softly, shutting IN the two prisoners
and Superintendent, and shutting out
the officer, the occasion OF the arrest
was discovered. Tho Kossuth hat
and bngandish cloak did not cover q
masculine head or masculine lisure.
The disguise was quite perfect, but,
on being accused OF being OF the lem
mine gender and Of having donned
mems attire, the prisoner admitted
her sex and told her story. She
came from Massachusetts to EN- Joy a
trip in no particular direction. When
she started out, week or so after
Christmas, she had no intention of
ending her travels in Chicago more
than in any other locality she would
return home if she could. She lett
there, she said OF her own will, and
thought she had perfect right to do
SO. See had met with no trouble
since her departure until now and
she could not imagine how she got
INTO her present fix. She would be
II years old next June. As to the
cause of her leaving down East
vague reference was made to the OK
istence OF q step M other. As to love,
or any other foolisness of that sort,
it was perfectly preposterous She
was not susceptible nor was she pur-
suing-like Nemesis, anybody who
had wronged her or her family. Her
sisters, she was rejoiced to- state were
we'll married, and her family was
eminently respectable. To spare
them modification she desired hc,'
name should not be known II her
time she had beon in lots Of places,
among others the Boston Museum
and at Cape May She was not
afraid of any question. that were
gentlemanly. Ii she was disguised
in mems clothes, it was nobody's
business where she got them. She
didn't steal them, ut all events Who
the girl is is mystery. but tho OBJ
.ject of her trip is evidently nothing
else than love of adventure, main
ly due to too much stepmother.-
Superintendent Washburnl Twill :ele-
graph to her family when he can as
certain who they are and where they
live. lie took the girl home with
him last night.