St. Landry democrat., 1879-11-08
I'm Male Attire.
/ WOMAN WHO FOR TWENTY YEARS
PLAYED A MANS PART AND
WAS MARRIED AS A MAN.
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covered III malc dtllFe. IL stppodls tttee
the woman, who for the past twenty
years has passed as man under the
name Of Edward De Lacy Evcns, has
married three different women. The
secret of her disguised rex has never
been even suspected, although she
worked continuously as q miller for
many wears. and had been following
this occupation in Sandhurst, where
she was an ordinary wages man.
breaking quartz and doing her work
with the best OF the other workmen at
several mines.
She might possibly have carried on
the fraud unsuspected to the end OF her
DAYS, but that for the fact that a few
weeks ago she began to show symp-
toms of insanity, which gradually be-
came more pronounced. Some fifteen
months ago, the woman, between whom
and the SUPPOSED man the form of
marriage had been gone through, gave
birth to Il child. This is strange, rs the
statement undoubtedly is that this
woman, passing as Even's wife, stoutly
maintained that she never knew the
secret Of her presumed husbands sex.
Since the child's birth, Evans has lapsed
into an absent minded and letharglc
condition, and seemed to have lost all
heart for work.
On july 22d Evans WAS admitted to
the hospital as a lunatic. The hospital
records of the occurrence ran Us fol-
lows: Edward De Lacy Evans, male,
married, admitted July 90, native of
Kilkenny, Ireland religion, Church of
England. Dangerous TO Others: de
mcnted." On the day OF admission the
attendants AS usual proceeded to give
"bim' a bath" Evans struggled violent
" and finally got away from the place.
He WAS recaptured and brought
back next day. He" remained in the
hospital six weeks, during which Il
warder slept in the room every night
without discovering the secret. She
says she was born at Paris. others say
she is q native of Jersey, while the hos
pital record gives Kilkenny rs her
birthplace.
She speaks with an Irish accent. and
claimed to be nephew Of the late
General Sir Charles De Lacy Evans.
DR.. Poland. resident surgeon at the
Rendigo Hospital. having examined
Evans, states that slle herself has had
one or more children. 1t is rumored
that Evans was married several years
ago in Melbourne, but regarding this
evidence is not complete. One otSthe
nurses. at present ut Bcndigo Hospital,
saws she can almost positively identify
Evans as a passenger Whoeamo out IN
tho ship Ocean Monarch twenty years
ago. The girl, for this interesting
character was then of girlish appear
ance, went under the name of Ellen
Germanic. 4 singular feature OF the
story is that the nnrse in question
states that the girl had with her on the
ship box bearing the name Edward
De Lacy
The girl on arrival in Victoria went
up country, aud the next the nurse
heard was that site had sent for the
box and had married fellow -passen-
ger. The second marriage was cele-
brated eighteen 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
a word about the imposition. The
third marriage between Evens and
"hie" present wife was celebrated at
Ballard on the 18th of September, 1868,
by the Rev. ". Henderson, at the
Presbyterian church. On the latter
occasion Evans put her name down at
tventy-eight. Accepting this as cor
rect she is now about thirty mine. The
certificate showed that the bridegroom
father was Edward J. De Lecy Evans
police magistrate and that "his" moth
rr's name was Ann Dora Waugh, q
| Welsh woman.
wife was Julia Marquand. She statef
| that she was twenty five years of age
7tE,y1 fS,., u rrll lCya roy
| formed, and first BECAME acquainted
with Evans through. her sister having
been friend of "his" former wife
Evans proposed marriage, but Wang
hans parents opposed the match
Evans. however, induced her to 90 tc
Rallarst with "him.N The marriage
| took place there. For fortnight after
thev were married they lived separate
ly, she residing at an hotel; sllbseauent-
! ~ they lived together.
In appearance the man personator il
| feminine as regards the formation oil
! features, but carries a decidedly mascn-
| ine EXPRESSION, though her face is de-
void Of iiaii' 90 an infants. She il
| rather short OF stature, regarded as 8
| man, being about five feet four inches
or live feet five inches. Her hair
| since her confinement in the hospital
has grown almost to her shoulders
Some time ago sl,csmet with an accident
| in the mine in which she was working
and thereby sustained severe wound
on her head. The doctor who attended
her never had the slightest suspicion
| OF her sex.
The same gentleman was afterward:
called in to attend Evans while she ual
suffering from dangerous attack oi
fever, but then again the imposition
escaped detection. Miss Marquand, tht
young lady with whom one marriage
was celebrated, says that Evans repre-
sented to her that chez had two chill
dren by his former wife in France, ans
that these bad been sent to Ireland
Two gentlemen visited her soon aftel
the case was made known at Sand
hurst. To them she said in reply t
interrogations: ooh, it's all over now
you maysas we'll finish me at once.a
4 perplexed German who had mad'