The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-01-06
A Girls Adventures In Male Attire.

In Recorder Parsells' courtroom, in
Astoria, yesterday, sat rosy. young
woman of eighteen, the picture of health,
wearing rough suit Of mems clothes and
looking like nice boy. She was arrested
in Long Island City Saturday evening,
and yesterday she told her story with
composure. Her maiden name is Alice
Holmes, but she has borne several aliases,
among them Jennie NJ. Doten. She was
born in Wareham, Mass, although her
relatives now live at Marion, Mass. Her
father was English, while her mother was
a native of Massachusetts. Up to the
time she was fourteen years old she re-
manned at home and attended school.
During a vacation she made visit to the
West, where she made the acquaintance
of a telegraph operator named Bastable.
The acquaintance ripened into intimacy,
and they concluded to get married clan
destineiy, she being in her fifteenth year
and he in his sixteenth. After brief
experience of married life, however, they
separated, and she returned home, while
he remained in the West. The fruit Of
this marriage was child which is now
in its third year. Alice got employment
as book keeper for Messrs. J. E. LUIS
combe s. Co., at Plymouth, Mass, where
she was known as Nellie Archer; her
child, meantime, being placed with her
brother, with whom it still remains. Her
father dying left considerable property,
fused to give her any portion. She finally
had some serious difficulty with him, and
had, as she expressed it, "a choice of
LAYING the State for few months or be-
ing placed in confinement" She accord
ingly left home on the 18th of February
last, went to Attleboro, Mass, and worked
at the straw business. Here the idea
struck her that she would adopt mems
attire, and, DOMINIC a suit, she went to
Providence, where she was engaged in the
coal yard OF Hopkins & Pomeroy firing
of this, on the 18th of April she went to
Clark's Falls, Conn, where she was en-
gagged on farm, and remained until the
last Monday in June, when she returned
to Providence, and found employment
upon small river steamer called the
Shultz. After few days, becoming dis
satisfied, she went to Newport, where she
shipped on board the United States steam
frigate Powhattan, being enabled to pass
examination by the surgeon, as she
alleges, by the connivance Of two young
fellows of her acquaintance who shipped
with her, who knew of her sex, and who
each paid the surgeon twenty Live dollars
to pass her. She shipped under the name
Of Albert B. Clifton. The Powhattan
went to New London, and subsequently
came to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Orders
coming for the Powhattan to proceed to
Port-au- Prince, and not desiring to 60 so
far away from home, " Albert deserted
and made her way to New London, where
she shipped on board the wood-schooner
jamestown, running to Virginia. She
made two trips, when she returned to New
London and shipped on board coal
schooner, the William II. Baker, Charles
| B. Baker, commander. After two trips
she left this vessel at New London and,
being short Of money, struggled herself
on board the steamer City OF Boston, and
arrived in New York on the 7th of No.
vember. The next day she shipped on
board the coasting.schooner Gear, Capt
DIV. Hammond, running between Bos.
ton and New York. At the end OF q month
shc left this vessel in New York and went