Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-20

WOuuSIs lever C2a3ey auu memphis
has its share Of the miraculous, for only
yesterday AnGS Casey, O2ia3 May Por-
ter, mulattO, was re ssed on suspicion
OF being male, although dressed in
woman's clothing. The arrest was mGde
at the instance Of woman named
Bgecby Pullism, who had reason to su5.
pect the accused Of bsing man. As our
readers remember full well the late
Crutehy st. frances Thompson case, it
will not be smiss to publish the follow
ing
FACTS OF THIS SENSATION.
Several months ago 8 man kept COM
pSuy one might with mulatto woman
~ residing on Jefferson street in this
city, and had forty dollars stolen. There
upon he had the mulstto arrested, and
The accused was tried as female under
the name of Aune Casey. The proof
being insufficient to establish the fact
that the prisoner stole the money, Anne
Casey was arrested on the charge of va.
graney, and being convicted thereof by
the criminal cOurT, was sent, along with
others, to General Fouest's Workhouse
on Presidents island, about a month
sgo. While in the county jail awaiting
trial by the court, Anne Casey f3igned
sickness and was treated Iy DR.. J. NJ.
Morrison, the jail physician, who had
no reason to suspect the sex of the pris-
oner, as Casey had been committed as
woman. About 8 week ago DR.. MOTri-
son visited Presidents is.aud to attend
the sick cOnVicts, and among the indis
posed was "Annie Casey" whose ap-
pearance indicased "her" to be enciente.
In fact "she" was so reported to DR..
Morrison, and as Annie Casey
WAS CONSIDERED A WOMAN,
there was no cause for suspicion. Even
General Forrest, as Well as others, who
saw Casey had no reason 70 suspect
'hcr." Believing Casey to be in the
condition above mentioned, the prisoner
was released from the farm and allowed
to return 10 this ci y. General Forrest,
whose kindness is always liberal and
willing, purchased articles necessary for
the use II Casey, and he did this through
feeling of charity such as characterizss
him In all cases OF distress and helpless
ness on the part Of those who appeal to
him for assistance. Yesterday. however,
Bsechy Pulliam, q colored woman, gave
information to the effect that Anne
Casey, alias May Porter, was not
woman, but man disguised.
in female clothing, and upon her sfi-
davit the said man. woman was arrested
by the police, and put in the Adams
street statiOnhouSe. DR.. J II. Nuttall,
DR.. Julius Wise and Dr.. w. V. TAylor
were summoned, and proceeded To ex-
anime Anne Casey, who
SEIZED A BUTCHER KNIFE
aud attempted to resist any effort to as
certain her sex. The police disarmed
Anne Casey and held the prisoner while
The physicians made the examination.
A large bundle of rags wss discovered
just below Anne Casey,s waist and under
her dress, which had led to the belief
that she was enciente. Upon further ex.
animation, Anne Casey was found to be
q man, though Ifail in stature and
somewhat smaciated in appearance.
de is about thirty y-five years Of age, and
has light growth of beard and MUS
tache, which heretofore have been
shaved too close TO attract attention or
arouse suspicion. Inquiry into the case
developed the fact that Casey has lived
mere at intervals for seventeen or eight
cen years, he having bsen, previous to
the war, the slave of French sea-cap-
tain, Poltsau by name, who resided is
New Orleans. Casey states that
WHEN QUITE A BOY
the ladies of the house where he lived
made habit Of dressing him in girls
clothing, and In this kind of garb he
acted as table servant, his frail appear
aDce being suited to the female dress. In
this way he acquired fondness for fe-
male clothing and has since then al
ways dressed as q member of that sex.
He has been several times arrested in
different places upon suspicion of being
a map, but managed to be released in
every instance. He came to this city
eighteen or twenty years ago, but has
been away much Of the time until about
eight years ago. His is wonderful case,
and he is now satisfied that he ought no
longer be considered q woman, although
no Radical congressional committee has
ascertained that he was outraged, and
reported the same, as was done in the
'CIutchy" Frances Thompson case sew
eral years ago. Casey was last night re-
manded to Presidents IslanC.
STILL ANOTHER CASE.
Not only in Memphis, but elsewhere,
the habit of men assuming female dress, |
and being considered women, prevails, |
for the New Orleans Times, OF the eight.
eenth, has the following:
"StTange, hut nevertheless true, there |
is In this city gang OF men of femi- |
nine appearance who, in long clothes, |
impersOnate women, and as such secure |
employment as domestics, preferring to |
be thus rather than be fas nature des- |
tined them. The case OF the man who |
assumed the alias Of Esther Shaw, and |
lived as q woman for q number OF years, |
until his sex was discovered in the CHAR |
tty hospital, is doubtless familiar to the |
readers OF the Times, and now, in |
the person of one Mary Edgar, 8
similar character is found. At quar-
ter after eleven O'Clock on Wednesday
night, Officer II. Dorsey, first precinct,
was called on to arrest what he supposed |
to be woman, on complaint of q man
who alleged that the accused had in
weighed him into an alley on DIyades,
near Julia street, and robbed him OF
three hundred dollars. Dorsey took the
person in charge and brought her, or
rather him, to the station, where it oe-
cured to Colonel Loan that mascu-
line name would look better on the re-
cords than Mary Edgar. Therefore,
Mary was taken into the office, where IL
soon transpired that Mary was not that
kind of an individual. The question of
Mary's sex being settled beyond perad-
venture, he was returned TO his cell.
When questioned by Times reporter,
the man said he never had any other
name for ten years, during which time
he lived SIS cnsmbermaid, mentioning |
the names of number OF families in |
upper circles from whom he holds rec.
as to his character and
honesty.
The Internal Revenue Reductions,
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