The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-01
WOMAN PASSED AS A MAN.
STRANGE CASE REVEALED BY
DEATH AT NEW YORK.

''Mr. and Mrs. Hail." Arriving To-
gether From Naples by Steamer,
Prove Both to Be women-The
Former, suddenly Taken III
Aboard the Steamship, Begged the
Surgeons That Her Secret BE Kept,
but This Could Not Be Done-Had
Adopted Mems Dress Because She
Could Get About Better I'm the
World, Said the Companion Who
Passed as the Wife,.
New York. Sept. 30.--A strange case
OF woman who preferred to pass for
man was revealed by the death. to-
day of Miss Caroline Hall of Boston,
a cabin passenger on the steamship
Citta di Terino. which arrived from
Naples and other Mediterranean ports
on Sunday. On the passenger list Miss
Hall appeared as "Mr. Charles Wind
low Hail." and with him" on the
ship was Mrs. Hall. 1t was not until
the former was stricken with a NOR
tai illness that the ships surgeons
made the discovery that the supposed
man was a woman. Before that no
one suspected that Mr.. Hail. was not
a man and "he" and his wife we're re-
ceived as such. The woman addressed
her companion as Mrs. Hall" and
spoke of her as my wife"
The woman was 80 years old and is
said to have been the only daughter
of a Col. Hall, a well to do retired
army officer living in Boston. She was
of slender build, medium hight and
with a short crop of light hair cut POM
padour. She dressed we'll and carried
herself with the air of man. Her
voice and gestures were masculine.
her Secret Came Out.
After MIR. Hall" was taken i'll the
ships surgeons were called in and then
the secret came out. The patient beg
ged that 1t be kept but the surgeons
were forced to tell 1t to the captain,
who, however did not disclose 1t to the
IS cabin passengers. The surgeons said
the patient was suffering with con-
sumption.
The vessel locked at this port Sun
day, and the young woman died at
1873 a. m. to-day. During the day the
coroner's Office was notified. and
coroner's physician visited the ship
and held an autopsy on the body. AZ
ter this the other woman telegraphed
to Col. Hall in Boston.
All day long in the saloon of the
Terino Mrs. Hall" remained nea- Ire
dead. She was there tonight waiting
for the dead woman's relatives to come
for the body. She is an Italian of about
SO years of age and rather good look
ing. She cannot speak English, and
did not seem willing to tell all of her
strange story. 1t was learned, how
ever, that she had known 'Mr. Hall"
for some years, and was well aware
that her companion was a woman.
This evening a telegram from Albert
J. Hall was received aboard the steam
ship for Miss Carolina Hall. saying
the sender would come to New York
1t was dated Boston Highlands"
Travelled Together Two Years.
1t was learned Knight through the
Italian woman that Miss Hall had re-,
sided abroad about ten years and met
her companion, Guisseppina Poriana,
in Milan. about three years ago. Ac-
cordlng to the story Miss Hall decided
that men get along better in the
world than women. and so adopted
male costumes. She Travelled thus
with the other for two years, and as
she was an artist, went about the art
centers painting and working at her
profession. Being a good rifieshot Miss
Hall Ia said to have entered several
tournaments and won prizes. When
she decided to come home she asked
the Italian woman to accompany her.