Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1901-11-02
WOMAN IN MANS. CLOTHES.

w. McCammon. Charlie Daniels
suspicioned there was a female in
the clothes and so told Marshal
Black, who refused to believe il, but
after much persuasion on the part
of Daniels, Black consented to lock
her up. Mr.. Black then got some
women to 60 to the Jail and exam
inc the prisoner. Finding that ut"
really was a woman, female apparel
was furnished her, and she was re-
LEASED, whereupon she went to the
Norman restaurant and worked for
her board until her relatives were
notified. Her name is Pauline Wei
lington and her home is in Lamar,
Mo-, Where her father is in busi-
ness. She left home, che says, be.
cause of i'll treatment at the hands
of her step-mother, and refused to
return to her fathers house. After
much telephoning she consented to
return to Lamar if she could 60 to
the house of her uncle, Frank Ar
mold, who is postmaster at Lamar.
T,e sheriff of Barton county and
her cousin came after her Sunday.
Pauline is a fairly good looking
girl. 1t seems to be a case of too
much step-mother. Just what q
man wants to get married the Sec
ond time for is more than we can
understand. But some men don't
seem to know when they get
enough.
The girl tells her story as follows:
II left home one afternoon while
my father was out hunting" said
the girl who was free to talk. ~
was ut the drug store with my mo-
ther and made an excuse to go
home, and as soon as reached the
house I hunted up some clothes
and put them on as soon as could,
grabbed shot gun and went to the
barn where saddled our old fam
lily horse and started. intended
to go to Oklahoma, but now that
the officers have me in charge /
suppose / must yield to their re-
quests, but will not go back home.
went from Lamar to Pittsburg
and then in turn to Opolis, Weir
City, Scammon, Crestline, Galena,
Lowell and then to Baxter. At Weir
City the officers got after me and /
gave cab man S. to take me to the
country. I raised the money by the
sale of the gun, which I got $40 for.
After considered everything safe
the cabman drove me back to Weir
City and slept that night in the
hay loft at the livery stable.
IL traded the horee which l
started from home with for a pony
near Weir City and got So as booty.
did not stop in Galena and dark
overlook me just as reached Low
ell. There is no hotel there and /
stayed all night with family
named Loudermilk. landed in
Baxter the next morning and at
tempted to sell the pony for $l3.
The officers thought that had sto-
len it because l offered to sell it 90
cheap and they arrested me and
put me in Jail. Ny, but that Jail is
the dirtiest place wac ever in in
my life. The odor was simply ter
rible and az a result was sick all
night.
II ran away from home because /
don't think my parents want me
there. Ny father treats me all right
but don't get along well with my
mother. I have all the clothes I ask
for and when at home I work in my
fathers drug store. can put up a
prescription as good as any drug.
gist and as sooa as / got to Oklaho-
ma intended to try for position
as a pharmacist. / wore mans
clothes to Disguise myself and then
I can get along much bettertha If
I were in dresses. ran away from
home once before in mans clothes
and that time / felt very timid
about veuturing out. thought ev-
erybody suspicioned me, but this
time I felt perfectly secure and had
great time with the girls along
the route. As long had money I
played the part of q good fellow
with the girls to perfection. I made
several mashes and If could have
started from home with a suit of
clothes I would have had q great