The Indianapolis journal., 1883-11-03
A FEMALE HUSBAND.
Frank Dubois Says He Is a Woman, and
Her Name Is Mrs. Hudson.
Brandon (Wis.) Special.


Brandon (Wis.) Special.
The question of the sex of Frank Dubois,
the female husband of the Waupun young
lady, has been settled, and all doubt at rest
Dy statement made to reporter the latter
succeeding in tracing the couple from Wau-
pun to Brandon, where Dubois had proceed
ed to avoid arrest and finally followed them
seven miles into the country, where they had
taken refuge at the house of a farmer named
Briston, living on the Fond du Lac road.
There Dubois was found and questioned,
and finally acknowledged bimself to be
woman; the wife of S. J. Hudson, of Belvi-
dere. The woman known as his wife is
apparently about seventeen years old, about
Dnbolss height, and is rather a pretty
blonde, with dark hair. She was in tears,
and apparently greatly distressed when the
question of her husbands sex was men
toned: Dubois was uneasy, and cast ner-
vous glances toward the door, and twisted in
apparent mental agony
Mr.. Dubois, you, of course, know the
stories which have been circulated concern
ing you?"
II do" hesitatingly and in voice which
could not be mistaken for a mans
"IoI are married to Gertrude Fuller are
you not?"
Il am. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. II. L. Morrison, in Waupun."
You insist that you a man?'
II 40; am. AS long as my wife is satis-
fed it's nobody's business"
''Mr Dubois you look like a woman, act
like woman, and there are dozens of rea-
sons to suppose you are not Frank Dubois,
but Mrs: Hudson, woman. Do you refuse
to reveal yourself2'
There is nothing to reveal"
IF you are caught in this disguise you
will be arrested You should place yourself
in your proper light at once, and thus avoid
punishment"
II
have 1t over" at this moment exclaimed the
young and pretty wife, tears streaming down
her face. Dubois looked toward her, his lip
trembled, and he burst into tears, sobs chok-
ing him for a time. Finally he said, "Its
true" and endeavored to leave the room. He
was restrained, and finally was induced to
tell his story
He said he was really Mrs. Hudson, and
had tired of husband and family, and
determined to lose all identity as the wife
and mother by assuming the guise of man.
My husband" she said, went to Illinois
last spring. l Immediately assumed male
attire and went to Waupun, where l had pre-
viously met and admired Gertie Fuller.
courted her, and we were married, she not
knowing me to be woman until the night
after the ceremony was performed. l then
induced her to keep silent, which she has
done.
"While living with my husband I helped
him to support the family, pedding soaps
and compounding extracts which disposed
of. | was thus led to depend upon myself,
and when L took upon my shoulders the sup
port of Gertie felt fully able to carry the
burden. papered, painted, made and sold
extracts, and we were happy. We were pre-
pairing to move to Elgin ILL.,, when my hus-
band came upon the soene."
Mrs. Dubois or, more properly, Gertie
Fuller appeared utterly heart-broken, Sob
bing continually during the recital of the
story. She however, confirmed the
statements. She said, when ques-
toned, that her parents resided in Waupun,
where her father and brother were
engaged in the nursery business,
She had married Frank Dubois, or Mrs. Hud-
son, and had on the night of the marriage
discovered that her husband was of her own
sex. They had agreed to live together and
had done so. It was an affair of their own,
and nobody was concerned but herself.
Notwithstanding the apparent frankness of
the statement made by both parties there
is evidently something concealed, and which
they will not make public except when COM
PEELED so to do by the strong arm of the law.
Mrs. Hudson, the husband, wields a powerful
influence over the young girl who is welded
but not a wife-an influence far more power
full than would be possible for one woman to
WELD over another, unless ties more strong
bound them together than those so far known
to be existing between the Hudson woman
and Gertrude Fuller.