Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-06
SHE WAS NOT A BOY.
Two Ladies' Accused of tduItcrs with
EHch other A Queer cas-.

ANfh NAhfF "A NEN'fF eitN's
From The Lcaycrworh Commercial
There ha, lived at Fort Lincoln, in Bour.
bon county, for some years 70 Mr.. IS. {.
Smith, engaged i'm the grocery business.
Mr.. Smith and hj wife dad uot live hap
PLY together, and finally, By mutual com
sent, separated
A young lady Mis- ellison 10y name.
whose father resides in this city says the
Fort Scott Pioneer. taught toe Fort Lin
coin school and boarded az Mr.. Smiths
prior to the separation othu,haud and wife
Between Miss ellison and Mrs Smith IA
warm friendship existed and in Mrs.
Smith difficulty with her husband Miss
ellison ospouscd the wifes cause.
Some four or five weeks ago Mrs Smith
went to llattsvile in this county. and re-
sided with Miss ellison on farm. Thus
matters stood on Wednesday, the Sth inst,
when Mr. A. c. Smith filed bill of COM
plant with Justice Cronkhitc, of O-aga, in
this county, in words following.
" Albert c. Smith, being first duly sworn,
dcposcs ard says tlal one Shirley ellison
and Caroline Smith, the sand Caroline
Smith being the wife OF Albert {. Smith.
did at the county OF Bourbon and State of
Kansas, ON or uhoutthc 18th day of August,
1873. and ON divers and sundry ether uc-
cBsions, to-yit: Between the 18th day of
August, 1870 and the Gth day oC ScpJem-
Der. 1873, commit adultery. and did then
and there lewdly and lasciviously and I'M
lawfully abide and cohabjt with each other,
them the said Shirley ellison and Caroline
Smith. at the county of Bourbon ard State
of Kansas, contrary to the form of the
statute IN such case made and provided
against the peace and dignity Of the State
OF Kansas. A. G. SMITH
Subscribed and sworn to before me th,
Tth lYy az Spttpu, hpr 1874
!. l.. CRONKHITE,
Justice Of the Peace
Upon this complaint the Justice actually
issued warrant the ladies were arrested
and brought to Fort Scott and from there
taken to Osaga, some twelve miles distant,
arriving there near daylight Thursday
morning
As soon ms his honor Justice Cronkhite.
was ready, tho fair defendants wc,o taken
before him, n very large crowd having in
the meantime assembled Miss ellison
took the management of matters in her
own hands, and put in plea of not guilty
aud asked the Justice TO delay proceedings
until nOon when her attorney from Fort
Scott would arrive, which after considera-
bic hesitation, was granted
While the court is waiting for noon Miss
ellison is the object of general observation
most people surprising of course She must
be horrd man in pelticoats She is a
very small young lady, weighing probably
less than 90 pounds, some % or u years old
cuts her hair short, wears n plain straw hat.
and very plain clothes. with no gewgaws or
tlummery about them, is independent,
resoutc, and unaffected in appearance, but
there is nothing masculine or coarse in her
make up, but is decidedly ofthe petite or
der, though her dress and unrestrainod
manners give her a boyish look. She is
/ known to be an excellent school teacher.
keen and sharp as a steeltrap, and has al
ways borne an irreproachabie character.
AT noon, attorneys being present and all
ready, the attorney for the defense moved
TO dismiss the action on the ground that it
was impossible, in the nature of things, for
| females to be guilty of committing with each
other the otfense charged.
Solmon Smith appeared forthe State. and
opposed the motion, and in the most lofty
and eloquent terms advised the court to be
very cautious, as this was Il case "where