Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-12-25
A STRANGE STORY.
Massachusetts Heiress w naers rr,..
Home and Marriss Disguised

'''ss disguised
Female.
Boston Special
me remarkable story recently nuh-
iiSheu OF Two women being legally
married, one of whom was for Year.
disguised In male attire, appeared IN
nave originated In Pennsylvanin hnt
an interesting part of the romance on.
Cured IN Arlington, one of the mnst
purltanic towns in New England
Here lived Colonel Aaron
HOBART and Benjamin Ho.
bart, the latter "A noted lawrir
They were brothers aud Influential
men Among the children born Ia
Colonel Hobart was daughter, Mar.
VINO receiveda fine education and wa.
Drought up In refinement, with every
luxury at her command. She fell In
rove with young farmer, by name
DANIEL Perry, and was married TO him
much against the wishes of her
parents. The match proved inform
nate for her, she being naturally of a
high spirit and of very sensitive
nature and unable to helm
the hard-toiling farmer. He was nrn.
deht and did not give his wife the
comforts IN lie TO which she had been
accustomed, and her unhappy life
rendered her almost insane. Maria
hnally deserted her home and was
found one morning behind pile of
wood in the town of Rockland. Mass.
clasping To her bosom newborn babe,
The child was named after lis MOTH
er, Maria Perry, and was taken care of
by friends until the mother died. She
grew up beautiful girl, but when
about seventeen years old she seemed
to have an inclination to wander
about. She would be zone
for weeks and then return. FINELY
she went away and when heard fiom
was In the state of PENNSYLVANIA A
few years later she returned 20 Abinp.
ton with husband, whom she intro
duced as Joe LaOdell, and visited her
uncle, Benjamin Hobart. She was
kindly received and her husband was
hired to work about the place.
One day suspicion fell upon the
mind of Lawyer Hobart that Joe was
woman in disguise, which, on investi-
cation, proved to be fact. and the
old man was so indignant that he
eau ed her arrest. She was impris-
oned for four months, during
which time Maria visited her and car
ried delicacies To her. AT length
in the vicinity OF the law
yer's home prevailed upon him to
have the young woman release /.
When she came out of prison she lived
with Maria again.
AT that time the estate of Maria's |
mother was settled 10y T. b. X tiur.
ney of South Hanson, and the share
which fell to Maria was real estate
valued AT several Thousand dollars |
This property she has not claimed, !
but is still in Pennsylvania, leading
her curious and most remarkable lie, |
although "Jor." her husband, " is AT
pr, sent in Ito Willard asylum for
he insane. ijenjumin H0Uarl, her
uncle, dieu two years ago. Maria has II
,rother named Da lei Perry, Il pros
porous business man in South Abiug-
on. She is now about forty wears
bid, while "Joe,n her curious thus.
band, " is n few We, Is her senior. The
Abingdon people believe that Joe"
was the mother of n child that is now
living, and that joe aud Maria
we're married in due form by IA Justice
If the ptace of Wayne county, Pa
several letters written by Maria are
n the possession of Arlington people,
which show her 10 he an educated and
econ plished woman.