The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-22
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Miss Aico Holmes was detained In thr
police station IN Astoria ye-ierdn, to give Ofnr-rs
nu opportunity t. procure suitable we,rus ap.
parel IN which 20 send her to her home In Mas
sachusctts. She wore . midshipman's cap,
heavy pea Jacket. blue flannel sailors shirt,
pautaloons, and mems boots and her hair. at
auburn shade. was short cropped. and parted on
the side. making her appear "a stout and
comely lad ~ sixteen or seventeen years. She
was taken 10 tle police stati on ~undny. for
Disgusting herself In male uttirc. Her scx was
discovered in toe boarding house oi Alfred
Horn. to whom she was sent IA bonrder 10y MIR.
Anton Pc rsc the proprietor Of tho Cunpla
Chemical Works at Dutch Kills. The latter was
crossing the ferry to Hunters Point on the sth
inst. when he " IA arcOsted hy n boy. ~ lac cup
posed, who asked for employment. rhe boy
said That he would work az fnm lahorer Tor
pruyide him with board ana clothes and give
him g. n month " no would work for hlm. He
accepted tie uffer and was employed In the de-
tartment tor mai.,rg chlOrof0rm. lie gave thU
name OF Waiter Holmes. lilo whs sent 10 live
young men. ON Sunday last ne was acru-.- oi
stealing a shirt. and II WAS theu that ne wis dis
covered To be young woman.
Miss lIOlmer "a between Is and 10 years old,
with blue eve, snd fair cOupicXion. she ~ i've
feet 1se inches in height. Her Ory. ~ told To
others, Is tn 1T she is from Marion. Mas~achu-
sets. where her muthor llves. Shc was secretly
a "A
I sgraph operator named Barst bl.. and went
with hin to lndi4na. She has ouild three
year. old that her mother hnA the custody uf
she 4, serted her home IN Marion nine months
ago. because she could not get some money
that shs thought belonged to her. Her adVrn-
tufes in male dress began In Providence. She
tried 10 OBTAIN work there suitable fur awODian,
and. failing 20 do 80, she hIed herself To a
former She deserted him To 90 on the sound
ste itner schulz as deck hand, and was alter
ward steward IN the coa-twt~s schOoners James
town. Gar, and VIII IN H. Baker. She kept
her sex "a secret wherever she won't In gust
or September last -he became acquainted with
two Young men named jackson and Brier. one
Of whom told her that he had run away from
hi. father, king large amount of money.
I ney per.uAdcd her TO enlist with them IN the
United States Navy, und she then revealed ~
them who sns was. she taken "a "A ward
room boy Oh the steamer Puwhatan Ut the Navy
Yard. Sne alleges that her two companions
y lid the examining surgeon Ss5 each 10 pass her
without exposing Der sex. She uverstayed her
leave from the vessel one dav, and ON her re-
turn she and one OF her comp ntuns were put
In the " brig under arrest. On her releuse she
deserted.
she told Recorder PArsells that she had never
tasted Intoxicating drinks. Her hands show
how she has toied. The palms are hard and
Housed. She s.ys she belongs to "A good Mas
| -lchu,ett- family. Alter hearing her story lte
| cnrd-r PArsells di-charged her, and Ponce Conn
| missioner BOdine gave her some money ~ taks
her home.