The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-11-14
IN lALE ATTIRE.
A Woman Who For Twenty Years Played a
Mans Part and Was Married as q Man.


Mans Part and Was Married as q Man.
From Melbourne (Australia) Evening News.l
Extraordinary disclosures have been
made regarding the female lunatic dis
covered in male attire. 1t appears that
the woman, who for the past 20 years
has passed rs q man under the name of
Edward De Lacy Evans, has married
three different women. The secret Of
her disguised sex has never been even
suspected, although she worked cOntin
uOusly as a miner for many years and
had been following this occupation in
Sandhurst, where she was an ordinary
"wages man," breaking quartz and do
ing her work with the best of the other
wOrkmen at several mines. She might
possibly have carried ON the fraud I'M
suspected to the end of her days, but
for the fact that few weeks ago she
began to show symptoms of insanity,
which gradually became more pro-
nounced. Some Is months ago the
woman between whom and the supposed
man the form of marriage had been
gone through gave birth to child.
This is strange, as the statement uR-
doubtedly is that the woman, passing IS
Evans's wife, should stOutly maintain
that she never knew the secret of her
presumed husbands sex. Since the
child's birth Evans has lapsed into
an absent-minded and lethargic con-
dition and seemed to have lost all
heart for work. On July the 22d
Evans was admitted to the hospital rs =
lunatic. The hospital record Of the Oc-
currence ran as follows: 'Edward DE
Lacy Evans, male, married, admitted
July %, native of Kilkenny, Ireland;
religion, Church of England. Danger
Gus to others; demented." On the day
of admission the attendants as usual
proceeded to give "him" bath. Evans
struggled violently and finally got away
from the place. "He'' was recaptured
and brought back next day. "He' re-
manned in hospital six weeks, during
which warder slept in the room every
night without discovering the secret.
She says she was born ut Paris, others
say she is a native of Jersey, while the
hospital record gives Kilkenny rs her
birthplace. She speaks with an Irish
accent and claimed to be a nephew of
the late General, Sir Charles De Lacy
Evans. DIR. Pollard, resident surgeon ut
the BendigO hospital, having examined
Evans, states that she herself has had
one or more children. 1t is rumored
that Evans was married several years
ago in Melbourne, but regarding this
evidence it is not complete. One of the
nurses at present at Bendigo Hospital
says she can almost positively identify
Evans rs 4 passenger who came out i'm
the ship Ocean Monarch 20 years ago.
The girl, for this interesting character
was then of girlish appearance, went
under the name of Ellen
Germanic. A singular feature
of the story is that the nurse in
question states the girl had with her on
the ship box bearing the name ED
ward DE Lacy" The girl on arrival in
Victoria went up country and the next
the nurse heard was that she had sent
for the box and had married a fellow
passenger. The second marriage was
celebrated Is years since, but no record
of the event has been found. The wife's
name was Sarah Moore, who singularly
enough had two children. both of whom
died. She breathed not n word about
the imposition. The third marriage be-
tween Evans and "his" present wife
was celebrated at Ballarat on the 18th
1868, by the Rev. W. Hem
dersOn, at the Presbyterian Church. On
the latter occasion Evans put her age
down at 90. Accepting this rs correct
she is now about 80. The certificate
shows that the bridegrOOm's father was
Edward j. DE Lacy Evans, police mag
istrate, and that shis " mothers name
was Ann Dora Vaughan, a Welsh wom-
an. The maiden name of Evans's pres
ent wife was Julia Marquand. She
states that she was 25 years of age when
the marriage ceremony was performed
and first became acquainted with Evans
through her sister having been friend
Of " his :" former wife. Evans pro-
posed marriage, but Vaughan's parents
opposed the match. Evans, however,
induced her to 60 to Ballarat with
'' him." The marriage took place
here. For a fortnight after they
we're married they lived separately, she
residing at hotel; subsequently they
lived together. In appearance the man
is feminine as regards the
of features, but carries a de-
IiuCuiy usioCuiHc cApTcSSIOl, IilOuSu
Ter face is as devoid of hair as an in
ants. She is rather short of stature,
'egarded as q man, being about five
Get four inches or five feet five inches.
Her hair since her confinement in the
hospital has grown almost to her Shout
lers. Some time ago she met with an
Iccident in the mine in which she was
and thereby sustained severe
wound on the head. The doctor who
her never had the slightest
uspiciOn of her sex. The same gentle
nan was afterwards called in to attend
Ivans while she was suffering from
dangerous attack of fever, but then
gain the imposition escaped detection.
Hiss Marquand, the young lady with
Vhom one marriage was celebrated,
avs that Evans represented to her that
he " had two children by his former
Vife in France, and that these had been
ent to Ireland. Two gentlemen visited
er soon after the case was made known
Sandhurst. To them she said in re-
ly to interrogatiOns: "Oh, it's all over
ow; you may as well finish me at
voo