Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-05
THE FEMALE HUSBAND.
Frank Dnbois Of Wisconsin Engages |
Most Entertaining Interview. ri

Frank Dubois Of Wisconsln Engages In q
Most Entertaining lateryIsw.
a BRANDoM. Wiz. Special Telegram. Nov. IL
Dubois, the man Or woman Of doubtful sex. whose
case has 80 generally aroused public curiosity. was
found By 4 newspaper reporter secretod with his
companion at afarmhouse seven miles from here last
night. The following interview was had. which il
measure clears the mystery surrounding the case:
mr.. Dubois, You. OF course. know the stories
that have been circulated concerning you?
II do, hasitatingly, and in a voice which could
not be mistaken tor mans. s#=S&I :
"You are married to Gertrude Fuller, are you
no.?' 8.
81. q. Morrison. IN Waupon.
You insist that you are man?
7 de- 4 an-as long as my wife is satisfied 1t is
: ssMr. Dubois, you look like! q woman, act ike a
woman, and there are dozens Of reasons to suppose
you are not Frank Dubois, bu. Mrs. Hudson, Q
woman roman Do you refuse to reveal yourselfs" /.
IF You are caught in this disguise you viii be ar
rested. You should place yourself In your proper
LIGHT at once, and thus avoid punishment"
over" at this moment exclaimed the young and
pretty wife, tears streaming down the face.
Dubois looked toward her. His lip trembled
with excitement. He burst into tears sobs chok-
ing him for time. Finally he said Its true"
and endeavored to leave the room. He was re-
strained and finally was induced TO
y TELL HIS STORY W
He said he was really Mrs Hudson, and had
tired of husband and family, determined to lose
identity as the wife and mother BY ASSUMING tho
Illinois last spring. Immediately assumed male
attire and went to Waupon, where had previously
met and admired Gertie Fuller. 1courted her and
We were married, she not knowing me to be a
woman until the night, after the ceremony. was
performed. I then induced her to keep silent,
which she has done. While living with my hus-
band helped him support the family, peddling
soap and compromising extracts. I was thus
led to depend upon myself. and when ! teok
upon myaef the support OF Gertie. |
felt fully able to carry the burden l
papered. painted, made and sold extracts.
and We we're happy. We were preparing to move
to Elgin, ILL.,, when my husband came upon the
scene. After he. came to the house L con
cealed myself. for q time, and then took the
of friend, following on Tuesday to Brandon,
where We stopped at the house Of an acquaint-
ance, and came here Tuesday evening !
will not return to live with my
husband and propose to wear pants AND smoke
and earn my living man" Mrs Dubois or
more properly Gerte Fuller. appeared utterly
heartbrokeu,so continuously during the recall
ment She said, when questioned. that her parents
nsss s shs had IN married sas Dapos
Tor Mrs. Hudsony, and had, on the night Of theil
marriage, discovered that her nus band was of her
own sex. They had agreed to live to-
gether, and had done SO. 1t was an
affair Of their own and nobody was concerned but
herself. They proposed to 60 to Fond du Lac and
arrange to remove to Illinois, as was intended
when tho sensational denouemenr Was made that
tina nartiea were both women.