Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-01
HER HUSBANDS EQUAL.
4 Girl Who Wore Boys Clothes and Did a
Mans work.
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A girl. apparently not more than
fifteen years old, with a comely face and
sparkling black eyes. and with her hair
ont short. was taken into the Central po-
lice station in Kansas City. Mo-, few
DAYS since. She was dressed in heavy
flannel shirt, a new pair OF black trou-
aers. q vest aud coat, and wore broad
trimmed white felt hat. Her little feet
were encased in pair of heavy shoes,
about fours. and evidently two sizes too
LARGE for her. Seen across the street she
looked an unusually bright and hand
some bov. With her was a companion
about thirty-fve years old, Of svarthy
features. half hidden by heavy growth
of black whiskers. He was dressed
similarly to his partner, except that he
wore black stiff hat
The pair were arrested on Third street
between Nam and Walnut by Officer
Harris. whose attention had been called
to them by person who knew the girl.
Al the police station the man grew I'M
pudent and declared that he and his
companion were brothers, that their
names we're Ben and Arthur Claire, and
that they came here from Alma, Kan,
last Wednesday, beating their way IN on
n freight train. In addition to being
warmly though plainly clothed the man
had SIS. Since their arrival in the clty
they have been occupying a room at
Fourth and Main streets and eating at q
Fourth-street restaurant. Everywhere
they we're regarded as brothers.
After the mans statement the pair
were separated and the boy-girl taken
up stairs to Matron Moore's room. To
/ her she confessed that she was girl
that she was eighteen years old, and was
married to Ben. Claire. She made the
following statement: MY maiden
name was Arthie Sandridge. My
father is dead and my mother lives at
Paris, Tex. Four years ago | ran
away and went to Wolf City, Tex,
where | cooked for gang of fourteen
menin a section-house Ben. Claire was
one Of them. Two years ago we were mar
red, and we afterward travelled ovei
Texas. We had hard work getting along
Tor no one would give me work, as | was
a woman. Last spring we came 10 Alma,
Kansas, and then for the first time, o.
my husbands suggestion, put on boy'i
clothes, and Ben and L went into Aims
as brothers. He got room near the
Commercial Hotel, and / entered thu
hotel and began work as porter. Ber
worked in Limerick 8 stone-quarry. W.
stayed there all summer, but became
dissatisfied. and then we started out to
do teamwork. Wednesday We came
here, and have been trying to get worl
ever since"
Did no one ever suspect that yol
were girl ?" was asked.
No, not till this morning, when tina
coiored policeman arrested us. thinl
young man used to know in Texas
and who recognized me, told him."
What made you put on men
clothes 2"
" Because as woman | could get NJ
work. Then we travelled easier. l meal
We had better chance of beating on
way, and when we did get work did a
much as man and got mans pay"
The CARL then recited, with grea
deal OF pride, how she cut corn in tn
neids OF Kansas side by side with he
husband. and that she did as much worl
as he and got the snsne pay. She cut
rhs says forty shocks Of corn eyery dA-
q eash cents shock. Thsy also. hnsko'