Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-21
IN MALE ATTIRE.
The ParaIyzing Antics Of a Chi
Cago Female.
BEAUTIFUL AND ACCOMPLISHED.
She Insists on Wearing Mems Clothes,
Chewing tobacco, and Swearing Like
Trooper-A Steamboat Cook
and a Car Driver.

CHICAGO, August 20.-Frankie Chambers,
beautiful and comely young woman, ap-
pareptly about twenty years of age, and
who gives every indication OF having been
we'll educated and accomplished, was found
by police headquarters detective at the
corner of Fifth avenue and Randolph
street, this evening, attired in male ap.
parel, and was arrested and locked up to
await hearing, this being her second OF.
fense of this nature. frankie, who was
dressed in sailors clothes, including blue
flannel shirt, says that, since her last esca-
pade, which cost her an imprisonment at
the Chicago avenue station and fine OF
$50, which was suspended on her promise
TO discard mems clothes, she has been
cooking on the steam barge Duluth. When
arrested by the detective she said: Well,
by -, there amt law enough In this
country to compel me 70
Wear w0men's Togs.
tell you" she continued, ejecting quan-
tity Of saliva through her teeth and shift.
Ing a Quid of tobacco from one cheek to the
other. II bought these clothes to wear at
old Kaufmann's the justice who fined her
$50 funeral, and, by, will wear EN-
L
one by wearing breeches, and ! can't see
why should be prosecuted. Some Of these
days, when get man l like, who will
support and care for me, | will discard
these togs, and not before" frankie has
the appee rance OF an honest hearted lad,
and carries herself with such an air OF
real man" that she would almost
Deceive Her own Mother.
She was taken into the station, and odd
Sol" the Lookup keeper, Vas totally de-
Ceived. He was about TO assign the sup
posed young man to the male department,
when be was informed that the prisoner
was a Young woman. The look OF aston.
ishment which came over the old man
aS the true sex was revealed To HIM was
very ltughable. frankie was given quar-.
ters in one OF the tiers Of cells reserved
ladies' and was soon so!acing herself
with a fragrant Havana. She sighed for a
glass OF
"Good Old Booze"
as she terms the distilled juice of corn or
rye, but had, perforCe, to content herself
WI plain water. To n reporter frankie
expressed sincere regret AT being "pinched
sgain, but ayowed determination not TO
be CoPrced into incumberiug her plump
limbs with skirts, hoops, bustles and "siCh
had a romantic career. Her real name is
Aura Scott and her home is in Elmirs.
She claims TO be only IS years OF age. and
says that four years ago she ran away from
home, driven to that step by the cruelty OF
a hard. hearted step-mOther. She first went
to Cincinnati, where, for nearly two years,
she drove mule attached to
A Rounding BOb-IaiIed Horse Car.
She then struck out as sailor, and the
present is her third season on the unsalted
seas. Her sex has several times oeen dis
covered, and she has been arrested several
times both in this country and Canada
She served twenty one days sentence last
spring in Jail at Windsor, Ont, for drunk
enness and after her release started for
Chicago. She was arrested in Detroit, but
showed ticket for Chicago and was dis.
charged. She then came here and got a
situation as cooks mate on one of the pro-.
pelors, making two or three trips when
she was lodged in the Chicago avenue sta
ton. Justice Kaufman hesitated about
discharging her. feeling that it would be
better 10 send her 10 a refOrmatory ins!itu.
ton, but
So Much sympathy
was expressed for her, there being nothing
known against her character other than
drinking and swearing that he assessed
$50 fine, which he suspended during good
behavior. 1t is now probable that an ell
fort will be made to effect a reformation
in the life of Aura Scott, alas frankie
Chambers, and she will most likely be
sent to the House Of the Good Shepherd.