The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-04
Brother and Sister on a Tramp.

brother ana sister on trump.
The police last night arrested under
peculiar circumstances a coupe who |
claim to be brother and sister. They |
gave their names as William and Jessie
Green and their ages as 20 and 20 years
respectively. Both are coarse looking,
with many days. dust on their faces and
hands. Their arrest was made in this
way.
About O'Clock they went into Os-
terholt's saloon. on South Fourteenth
street, the woman wearing male attire
and holding her head down AS though
TO hide her face. Her pants we're bag
gy and hung loosely, and the coat and
vest seemed several sizes TO large. Her
hair was cut short and was covered
with greasy cap. Her companion
said that they had tramped long dis
tauce and that they were both tired and
hungry. Anton Ragel, a butcher, do
ing business a. 1404 Clark avenue, was
IN the saloon and hearing the touching
story, requested the pair to accompany
him to the house, adding that he would
give them supper. Ttey went with
him. and after giving them plenty TO
eat Ragel proceeded to bundle up a lot
of bread and meat, so that they could
carry enough to last them another day.
He happened to look at the woman
while Dundling supplies, and after study
ing her features for a few seconds he
asked IL she was not a woman. She de-
MED her sex at first, but admitted later
that her attire was not becoming TO her
sex. She was then turned over to Mrs.
Ragel while he " ent out to look for
policeman, being satisfied chat there
was something wrong.
Sergeant Worcester visited the house
and arrived there just as she completed
the transformation, throwing off her
coat, vest and trousers, and donning n
dress aud other garments given her by
Mrs. Rsgel. The pair were then taken
TO the Four Courts and locked up 10
await the result of further investiga-
tion. They said they were brother and
sister, and that they had not done any
thing wrong. The women said she
wore masculine attire because IL was
more convenient than petticoats and
other cumbersome garments. The man
who claims TO be her brother then made
He said that he left Omaha last Au-
gust for the purpose of coming 10 this
city.
MY sister had been working at the
Emmett House, q" he said, land 1 had
been working at my trade. When we
concluded to come here we had but lit
tie money, and we. concluded to buy a
boat ard come by river. We left in
August and stopped at every town and
village along the Missouri until we
reached Glasgow, Mo-, last December.
The ice was then running and we con-
cluded TO stop until it went out. While
we were there the river !roZe over and
we had 10 wait long time. ! worked
then on n bridge and supported my sis
ter, but | could not save anything.
We left when we had a chance to navi-
gate, and we got along nicely until We
reached Augusta, when our boa. cap
sized, throwing everything into the
river. had to rescue my sister, and
while doing it tore off most of her
clothes, As she had nothing else, l
gave her an old suit had saved. We
tramped here from Augusta, which is
about thirty-1ve miles from the CITY,"
He told of many incidents connected
with their trip, but he insisted that his
sister had 70 wrong motive in wearing
clothes unbecomiug 20 her sex.
The woman was reluctant to make
any statement, but in reply 20 questions
corrobOra.ed her companions state
ment, excepting that portion concern
ing her attire. She said she began
wearing mems Clothes soon after she
left Omaha, because her own ATTIRE was
nuisance 10 her and her brother.
Both had diaries giving a history of
their trip, with the incidents of each
DAY since they left. The police thought
that 1t must be a runaway match and
corcluded to hold them. The pair had
no objections as they were both very
tired and travelstained, the woman
complaining of sore feet and her com
panion of a cold - Chic11O Times