The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-10-05
WANTED TO BE A MAN.
The Young Woman Who Went to Chit
cago In Mems Clothing.


Miss Hettie Diclscy. the young lady
from Delaware who recently visited Chi
oago in mems clothing. has told the com
plete story OF her adventures. II ap-
pears that for years she has had an
overwhelming desire to be man. The
impulse to see the world as man secs
II grew upon her to such an extent that
she finally decided to leave home. She
secreted suit of her brothers clothes
In the woodshed. and soon after noon
on March "a she slipped quietly into
the shed and put on masculine attire.
Then she walked calmly out OF the yard
in front OF her home to the road lead
Ing 10 Klamensi station on the Balti-
more a Ohio railroad. II was then
about 80 o'clock in the afternoon.
She followed the tracks three miles
without meeting anyone. Then two
mon came In sight. and. for fear OF de-
lection, she turned aside into a field
and made her way TO Newark, where
she took the 3 o'clock train for Balti-
more. BY this time her parents were
searching the country for her In the inn
mediate vicinity OF their home. Reach
ing Baltimore, she stopped for an hour.
Then she bought a ticket to Chicago,
and left on the O'Clock train over the
Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad. All the
money she had on leaving home was
$50. She reached Chicago on the night
OF March 26 with $S.4s in the pocket OF
her trousers. Her original intention
was 10 go to Denver or San Francisco
In both OF those places she has relatives
After her arrival in the Windy city
she was at loss to know where To lay
her head. She was afraid to go to a
lodging-h house, so she concluded 20 walk
the streets rather than run the risk OF
being detected. For two nights she
tramped the sidewalks OF Chicago be-
fore finding a place OF shelter. AT last
she found a big lumber yard near the
lake, and there she spent five nights
among the piles Of lumber. What little
food she ate during this time she pur-
chased at cheap restaurants. In all OF
these she seated herself at tables along
side men. For three nights she occupied
a corner In box car standing on a side
track OF the Illinois Central railroad
One OF the employees discovered her and
demanded an explanation OF her pres
enee. She maintained her fortitude and
succeeded In escaping arrest. She went
on In this way for two weeks until, over
come by exhaustion. she fell III, and
was removed 10 the Cook County Hos
pital The incessant tramplng and the
elumsiness OF her brothers shoes caused
severe injuries TO her feet. Upon re-
movai OF the shoes at the hospital fiesf
came of with them. A diagnosis OF heI
case was made by the physicians In
charge. While making an examination
cf her lungs he discovered her sex. She
told him her name was Hettie Dicker
son. but subsequently admitted that 4
was Hettie Dickey. and that her hom'
was In stanton. Del. After listening e
her narrative the doctor notified hei
parents. On April "a. one month iron
the time OF her disappearance. she wrot'
to her mother. describing her suffering
and asked forgiveness. She reached
home a week ago. and. with the excep
tion OF slight feebleness. she was noni
the worse for the experience.