The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-08-12
WANTED TO BE A MAN.
rhe Young Woman who Went to Chi
cago In Mems Clothing.

cagO In Mems Clothing.
Miss He;ae Dickey. the young lady
from Delaware who recently visited Chi
cago In mems clothing, has told the COM
plete story of her adventures. 1t ap-
pears that for years she has had an
overwhelming desire to be a man. The
impulse to see the world as a man sees
1t 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 coon 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 to kiamensi station on the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad. 1t was then
about 1:3O o'clock In the afternoon.
she followed the tracks three miles
without meeting anyone. Then two
men came In sight. and. for fear Of de-
lection. she turned aside into a field
ana made her way to Newark, where
she took the o'clock train for Balti-
more. BY this time her parents were
searching the country for her in the i'm
mediate vicinity of their home. Reach
ing baltimore, she stopped for an hour.
Then she bought a ticket to Chicago.
ana left on the o'clock train over the
baltimore & Ohio railroad. All the
money she had on leaving home was
w. She reached Chicago on the night
or March rs with $3.48 in the pocket Of
her trousers. Her original intention
was to 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 mead. She was afraid to 60 to a
iodging-house, SO she concluded to walk
the streets rather than run the risk OF
peing detected. For two nights she
tramped the sidewalks Of Chicago be-
tore hnding 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
tood she ate during this time she pur-
chased at cheap restaurants. In all Of
tnese she seated herself at tables along
size men. For three nights she occupied
a corner In box car standing on side
track OF the Illinois Central railroad.
One or the employees discovered her and
demanded an explanation Of her pres
shce. She maintained her fortitude and
succeeded In escaping arrest. She went
on In this way for two weeks until, over
come by exhaustion, she .ell Ill, and
was removed to the Cook County Hos
pital. The incessant tramping and the
ciumsiness of her brothers shoes caused
severe Injuries to her feet. Upon re-
moVai or the shoes at the hospital flesh
came or with them. A diagnosis of her
case was made by the physicians in
charge. While making an examination
Oh her lungs he discovered her sex. She
told him her name was Hettie Dicker-
son. but subsequently admitted that 1t
was Hettie Dickey. and that her home
was In Stanton, Del. After listening to
her narrative the doctor notified her
parents. On April "a. one month from
me time OF her disappearance, she wrote
10 her mother. describing her sufferings
ana asked forgiveness. She reached
nome week ago. and. with the excep-
non OF slight feebleness. she was none
The worse for tho ovnar,anoo