The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-01
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| needle by saying his occupation was re-
| sponsihle. I do not think his voice was
| feminine in the least, though 1t was not
deep or harsh. He sang hymns with Us
on Sunday evenings and seemed TO have
a good tenor voice"
Miss Dukes is right about the voice,
If the original Glenn is IN custody. The
prisoners voice is more boyish than
| manly, but il is not feminine.
Disgrace followed not far behind sue
cess in love-making. On April %, Ellis
! Glenn was arrested, charged with at
| tempting to pass a forged note of $1,000
| The complainants were John and Dun
can Mclean, two wealthy farmers of the
county. The note never was honored.
so the offense did not bring as much as
temporary financial reward. One Of the
signatures was a close copy and would
have passed, but the other name was not
even that OF The farmer 1t developed
on trial that the sewing machine agent
wrote to Duncan Mclean asking the
price Of a horse. The farmers wife an
swered in his name and hers was the
writing copied on the forged note. But
for the accident the forger might have
got safely away with the money and the
present question Of sex never would have
been raised.
Mr.. Dukes and his brother-in-law. Mar
shall Winters, had faith in Glenn and
went on his bonds for 900 each. The
Dukes holding is only one Of forty acres.
accounting for the fact that the forfeit
ure of the bond means ruin. Mr."
Glenn was less in public evidence during
the summer, but he still had many
friends. The friends were informed late
in September that he and Miss Dukes
would be married on October 8. On the
Thursday reyious ne started for ST.
Louis 10 purchase his wedding outfit so
ne said. He left a trunk behind at Mrs.
Hays, but ne took two valises. On Sat
urday Nellie Dukes received a letter
from St. Louis saying that Ellis Glenn
fell off steamboat and was drowned IN
the Mississippi river on FridaF. The letter
was signed T H. Terry and contained
the further information that the writer
hvas obliged to 90 at once to Charleston.
W. Va. where his mother was sick.
letter directed there, he said, would
reach him t. Dukes were Quick 10
conclude tina. Gem had fed and that
their farm was likely to be lost. They
offered a reward and Nellie Dukes wrote
decoy letter to Charleston. No answer
came and then the postmaster there was
asked TO what city he had been told 10
Terrys mail He said that Terry
had ordered his mail sent to Paducah.
KY, and on this clew Terry was arrest
ed at Paducah on October %. Terry, or
Glenn, made no resistance, admitted his
identity, and three days later was lodged
IN the Hillsboro Jail. Though the Dukes
family had worked hard for the capture
of Mr." Glenn, they forgave him as
soon as he was safely locked up. They
made his cell comfortable and sent him
messages of forgiveness, but did not visit
him. The prisoner made no explanation.
At this time Mr.. Dukes says he began
to suspect the sex of his daughters for
mer fance and at last went TO Sheriff
Cassidy, who only laughed at his sus-
picions. Mr.. Dukes recalled the circum-
stance today and added to II the declara-
ton that the Glenn Of his first acquaint
ance wore an upper set OF false teeth.
So does the occupant of cell l, in tier OF
the county jail. On Wednesday of last
week Mr.. Dukes and his daughters made
the first exception to their rule of keep
ing away from the Jail and paid the in
mate a visit. The scene is said 10 have
been pathetic.
On Saturday the sheriff took his pris-
oner to Chester penitentiary. where the
discovery Of sex was made. The following
day the unmarked Glenn was returned TO
Hillsboro, where she Immediately gave
out the story that she was not the Ellis
Glenn who forged the note. but his twin
sister Glenn explains tat the farewell 10
the Dukeses was part of the deception.
At first she said her name was Alice
then that II was Ellis, and that her
brothers name was Ebert. Since then
she has told a dozen contradictory sto-
ries. but has not changed her statement
of identity. The woman begged on Sun
day to be sentenced to Joliet, where wo-
men are received, saying she wanted to
pay her brothers penalty. The woman !
waited until the first sentence was set |
aside and then, on the advice of Attorney |
Amos Oner of Litchfeld, who volun- |
teered to defend her. she refused to plead /
guilty and demanded a new trial. She |
is within her rights, but she will not be |
given the trial before January, possibly |
not before April The prisoners attor- |
ney will move 10 quash the Indictment /
against her, but as the formal charge /
merely recited that one Ellis Glenn COM /
mitted a forgery and did not refer TO |
sex the prosecuting attorney does not /
believe II will be quashed II It IS ne /
will have the woman re-arrested on AMI
davit. he says. and held to the grand 4
jury. which does not meet until next /
April
In any event, Ellis Glenn, the woman,
Is not likely to breathe the open air for
some time.
univ nv THE TW0- THtR0S VOTE