The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-27
rs :, The Wheeling raseiasesscsr. ESQ )
4 STRANGE LADY

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u,owtN DRESSED IN NEWS ct'ofhts :.
cnp sryrEgN YEARs-AEREsTED sofe an
.nrraED THRIFT OF 4 wo HUNDRED Oh =. Aso
FIFTY DOLLARS
asont ten DAYS or two weeks ago James
.patinson ESQ. farmer living near no.
,,ay,e point. this county, went TO sne,.n
T;ne,e,s office In this city. ana toid MN
sha. no had been robbed OF 5000 IN easn,
ond sha. he suspected o Sad calling bsmseI
Tra,k Van Brrep, or Curen, OF conmitstne
.,,a theft Frank had been employed aDouI
.he tarm since tho 18th OF May last as
Sarm.hand. but had never stolen anYtnlng
before bnt had disappeared about the tune
me money had. he had told Mr.. Robinson
that he lived on the Island at No. s1 norm
Work street. The sheriff undertook 10
work nm the case, and told Major Mitcoe'i
70 look out for the above No., which NJ
failed to ind, as no such NO: is snese;
Frank. however, is not to be found, aao
information was received that lie nao so'e
20 Cincinnati to the Exposition. o.
or S sa;d ahont Il until last Saturday week,
~ hen Frank resppeared at the Robinson
sarm-horlse. saving that he bad been SICK at
home ON the Island, III this city. de went
ahopt his work IS usual, and on iast Ges-
dav. the 18th, came to town with MT: no
i,;nson In the wagon, and did not 60 oack.
Shortly afterwards $50 more were m.ssea.
Deputy.Sheritf Creighton also was on Tue
lookout, but nothing more was seen y,
Trank at the farm. Sheriff Tingie aho
Denutv Mitchell, however, were on Tue
alert. md Monday night, when Ma1or
Mitchell started for his residence on
the Island, was told that FRANK auu
another party had gone over SHORTY
before in buggy. Notifying In I'M.
ole of the circumstance, the tWG .ooh
IN their station at the toii-house,
and about O'Clock the party tney
were looking for came from the alrecIlono 10 vi
Bridgeport. Frank was promptly a,fo % ha
and hiS companion suffered to depart, as ne
had mo connection with the affair. Inc on
GERS took their prisoner to the county JAZZ
keepinp a close watch mean time lest any,
thing should be thrown away tnat Wouiu
;deniisy him as the thief in question. AT
the iaii n search OF bis pockets showed up
s1O2I in money. Deputy Mitchell lheh
made some remark as to the sex OF the prls-
oner. and proposed that one OF the teinase
prisoners examine her. She then admiGteu
that She WAS woman, and Miss Moihe NC
T,.uob,in. an inmate of the Jail, was sent
For To identify her, and as soon as sne ap-
reared exclaimed: :" Why. -GooseDefry'
when did you get out OF the ONO Denlten-
tiarysv This settled the question OF sex,
and she was assigned cell with the Iemaie
prisoners. .,.,,
A reporter of this paper, in company WIN
Deputy-Sheriff Patterson, called al me JAN
Yesterday afternoon for The purpose OF as,
certaining the history OF this "strange lady.
We found Der dressed up IN rather nopoy
Fni snit OF bows clothes, and becoming
acquainted with her felow-prisoners. AT
the time we went in she was very interest
edly watching the movements and listening
to the incoherent rawlings OF maniac IN
cell on the aeor on which she is confined.
We spoke to her and asked her II she careo
to give brief account Of her past life, ana
especially that part relating to her eXperl.
ence as q man. She said that she would
willingly answer ANY questions put TO ner'
and told us the following story:
was born In Muskingum county, o., IN
1S47, and am in my thirty.third year. MY
name is Florence tGoldsbo:ough, some
times called Goeseberry. I lived there some
time, and then my parents moved TO thls
civ. thence to a farm in Belmont county,
0. We lived there until was sixteen years
OF age, when Iran away. had never done
any work in the house or about 1t, always
assisting my father. in his farm duties.
When l ran of l.coHld not do work as
domestic, and could not work IN g'rfs
clothes on farm so, to make matters easy,
7 assumed q mans clothes, and have worn
them ever since, or about sixteen years
in all. I began working on farm near
Melbourne, Guernsey county, and IN sew
eral other localities. i then went to Gin
cinnati and went on the Alaska steamboat
as clerk. She piled between that place and
New Orleans. { afterwards returned to
farming. AT one time I was employed at
Days barber-shop, in 'CeFelnn d.. then as
bel-boy in the Sherman House, Buffalo, n.
T., but principally worked on farms. On the
9Th OF last May / came back to the vicinity
OF this city and staged arouud until the
10th, when Mir. Robinson employed me TO
work on his farm NEAR Roney's Point.
Since that time, with the exception OF
little while was sick ON the Island, have
been; there ever since.
"The sheriff tells me you said you had
beenfsn this Jail before; is this se!" " 1es'
sir. When little esrl, two or three OF US
Maggie Jones. Mary Hart, and nm5seit-
were in on charge of stealing preserved
fruit, but the grand jury found NO Dlil
against Us and we were discharged. rms
was under Seybold as sheriff, a long alme
ago. ...-..
"Wben did you become saca naintedW lth
that distinguished female, Molhe .MeLaNssu'
1in?o 81 knew her rs a schoes-gri.
eWhat did Mollie mean 'lastAlignt VEL
she asked YOU, VIXEN did Ena get oa'' u
the Ohio penitentiary p"
"WeiL there was some ste&lingelone fro'k
Mr.. Noble, who lives in F,raukiE county,
Ohio, near Columbus, and got .tts ee. years
for grand larceny in that priseh:
.tWere these the only tlmas yea nave
been in prisOn?"
eyes. sir, the only"
She then won't ,on to say that she .had
never been detected before as 1emHie' al
thonph the fact was known 10 several ;Dut'
thew 8, had never given her away aler
satpar and stepmotbe. live on the Islaad.
Nc name is John Gsldsborough, comnoAly
tnown by the euph onious title Of john
sooseberry. Ber moE,er had been dead
For some time. and her father bad remaF-
ried.
In appearance she resembles lad OF If
teen or sixteen years Of age. Her hair is
dark brown, closely cut, aad parted like
bows. She is small and sIender, and does
not look able to do heavy work, although
she says she can plough, s&e. Her hands
are small and delicate although rough and
worn by hard work. Hor: feet are also very
small.
Long exposure to the ,elemests and con-
tact with male society OF all descriptions
has given her decidedly masculine ap-
pearance, both in manners and talk,