The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-10

their marvellous resemblance, allowed her
self to be arrested tried, convicted and
imprisoned in his stead
Now, here, 1t will be seen, is a choice
of stories that are equally romantic,
equally improbable.
The police and the Illinois public be-
lieve there is only one Ellis Glenn. They
take no stock In the twin brother yarn.
But, granting it is true, such sisterly de-
Votion and a resemblance that would en-
able a girl to pass as her brother In an
interview with his sweetheart Is almost
without precedent.
To begin at the beginning, this young
man. Ellis Glenn, arrived in Litchfeld,
| ILL.,, three years ago from Texas. He
went into business. seemed to have plen-
| ty of money, dressed we'll, was fond of So
| ciety and became favorite with the girls.
| Last spring he moved to the town of But
| Ter, where he represented a business con-
! Germ. He got a room at the home Of
James Duke, wellto-do and respected
! citizen of the place, and made love to
| Dukes daughter Ella. Their engage
| ment was recently announced.
In April he began negotiations for the
purchase of some property al Litchfield
| and offered In payment a note for $4,000
! purporting be signed by two Hillsborc
| farmers. The note was declared a for
| gerry. Glenn was arrested. James Duke
4 his prospective father-in-law, believed In
| his innocence and bailed him out
| The wedding was set for, Oct 49, and all
| preparations were made, but two days be-
fore the young man disappeared. Shortly
| after stories were circulated that he had
| been drowned, but the police discredited
| them, and few days later Glenn was ar
rested in Kentucky and taken back to
| f1illsboro for trial. He was convicted and
! sent to Chester penitentiary.
| All these developments had ben suf-
! f1ciently sensational, for Glenn was widely
| known and the Duke family highly re-
| spected. But it was nothing to what fol-
| lowed. When the sheriff turned over a
neat, dapper, blonde young man of small
| stature and keen, penetrating eyes to
| the keeper Of the penitentiary on Satur-
| day night he handed in a commitment in
regular form. The name of the prisoner
| was Ellis Glenn. alias T. H Terry. His
sentence was indeterminate, under the
state parole law, for the crime of for
gerry.
The prisoner was received In regular
form, receipted for by Deputy Warden
| DoWell and sent to the receiving Office
| There his hair was clipped close in con-
Wet style and his photograph taken
l.
zens' clothes for the prison garb and then
the bath. 1t was while these prepara-
| tions were In progress that Glenn's real
! sex was discovered.
There was great confusion among the
attendants and the sheriff hustled the
| prisoner back into her male attire and,
because female prisoners are not adj
mitted at Chester, she was taken back to
| Hillsboro that night
STARTLING DISCOVERY.
The news of this discovery made at
Chester had created intense excitement
| in Hillshoro andN Butler, where Glenn was
well known, and when the train arrived
nearly the entire population Of both
towns was at the station to catch a
| glimpse Of the interesting prisoner
When they alighted the Sheriff had some
difficulty making his way through the
crowd to the jail The prisoner, who was
hand-cuffed, walked with Gowncast eyes
! and impressive face, needless of the re-
marks Of the crowd. Arrived at the Jail
! she was at once placed in cell and the
! handouts removed
The prisoners face is a peculiar one 1t
! is n large slender oval the most prom
| Trent feature of which are pair Of large
expressive eyes of a peculiar shade of
+ green, and large Grecian nose. There
! is q drOop about the upper lip, and the
1
! of her face gives 1t a masculine appear
ance, but a front view develops the fem
! mime characteristics.
! Her voice Is soft and pleasing Her
| hands are large for a woman. ard so are
| her feet She is about five feet tall, and
will weigh not ever 100 pounds. The Of
! ficials who have had her in charge do
not feel called upon to provide her with
feminine attire, and she is still attired N
! mems clothing.
! Ellis Gle1ns story, reduced to simple
narrative. Is as follows:
I'm the first place, / want to say that
| my brothers name is Ebert Glenn and
my name is Ellis. We are twins and
| were born in Ashtabula, O., th;lty-eight
| years ago. The resemblance between US
| was so marked that our friends and our
| own relatives we're puzzled to distinguish
! between us when we were children As
we grew older and adopted the habit
! ments of our respective sexes there was
no such difficulty, although IN form.
feature and general complexion the same
startling resemblance continued.
81 have photographs OF myself and
! brother taken in Texas two years ago
which will bear out my statements.
about fifteen years ago l went 20
/ Texas and settled on cattle ranch about
eighty miles from GreenVille. My
! brother Grifted about the country and
! about six years ago he obtained employ
ment as e private detective with an
| agency at Fort Worth, Tex. He travel