Evening journal., 1895-08-10
YEARS IN MASQUERADE
Man Arrested In New York City
For Wearing Dresses.
HAD WORKED AS A LADY's MAID.
Reginald Culton snys That lie Has Passed
Most of His Life In skirts, He's Been on
the Stage as soubrette and Was Locked
Up Once For Wearing Mems Clothes.

Most OF HIS Lie In skirts, Hos Been on
tho Stage as n soubretto and Was Locked
Up Once For Wearing Mems Clothes
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-Detoctive Nc.
Ginty of the Central park police force,
while patrolling the Ramble last even
ing about O'Clock, noticed a well dressed
woman acting suspiciously. She carried
"A satohol In her hand and paced anxiously
mp and down the walk.
She wore stylish silk skirt OF slate
color, with "A polka dot silk waist and tan
shoes A becoming sailor hat surrounded
her black, curly hair She was pretty and
well formed McGinty sauntered up to
her and passed some remark about the
weather. She smiled and answered him.
Her voice was rich and musical. Then
they fell into conversation, during which
the detective asked her what she was do
ing in the ~ k.
Surely not TO DO catechised by stran-
gers, she said, with a laugh She never
theless told him that she was Estolle Law
renoo and livedA at Dol Third avenue
with her mother
For park policeman Detective McGin-
ty is n very suspicious man. When he told
Miss Lawrence that she would have TO ac-
company him TO the arsenal, she nearly
tainted. Then she protested with flashing
eyes, but accompanied him just the same
Before Sympathetic Sergeant.
When arraignod before Sergeant Hodg-
ins, she declared her arrest an outrage and
made such fearful picture that the SER
geant seemed touched
HudRins is a gallant man. The distress
Of Miss Lawrence was SO genuine that he
was about thinking that MoGiIfty must
havelmade blunder. He scratched his
head in perplexty Then the detective
stepped up beside him and whispered in
his ear.
The sergeant's face frightened. my
dear miss, no said suayely, Il am pained
to put you TO any Inconvenience. can
appreciate your anxiety about your moth
er, who will be awaiting your homo com
ing tonight Go with the detective, and he
will do the best to get you out of your un-
pleasant dilemma"
Miss Lawrence smiling through her
tears, said, ooh, that's so sweet of youn
and followed McGinty out of the station.
He led her over TO Lexington avenue, and
between SiNty-sixth and Sixty-soventh
streets entered a building. 1t was tho
Mount Sinai hospital.
Ing the end Of ponholdor when the do
tective and Miss Lawrence returned after
about an hour. The detective looked tri-
umphantly at the sergeant, and turning
TO his shrinking prisoner, said gruiily:
"Now toll the sergeant the whole bust
ness.
She hesitated a momont and then, nerv-
ing herself, said firmly
My right name is Reginald Culton. 1
am 81 years old and liYe at Dol Third ave
nue.. I was born in Nova Scotia and mp
TO my eighteenth year wore girls clothes.
associated mostly with women, cultivat-
cd their manners and habits and felt as
they did. then came 20 New York and
discarded female attire. From here Iwent
TO Hartford, where / was taken for
woman by a policeman and arrested for
masquerading in male attire. Afterward
/ went TO Boston, where 1 resumed skirts
and passed under the name of Estelle An
gel.
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