Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-02-08
CONCEALED HER SEX FOR
THIRTY YEARS.

CONCEALED HER SEX FOT
THIRTY YEARS.
New YORK. January 1S.-By tn
death of Murray Hall, proprietor o.
an employment agency, at No. 14j
Sixth avenue, a remarkable state @
affairs was disclosed.
Hall died from cancer of the lef
breast aud when DIR. w. G. Gala
CHER made an examination of tn,
supposed man he found the victim
to be woman.
| DIR. Gallagher learned from Other
occupants of the house that MIR
Halls wife died few weeks ago
after a married life of twenty years
Many who had known Hall fol
years never suspected that she was
not a man.
For thirty years she consorted with
men as one of them; for thirty years
she voted the Democratic ticket in
this city, For the last six years she
was a member of the Iroquois Club,
the leading Tammany organization
of the Fifth Assembly District. She
took part i'll political parades and
carried torches aud banners.
she WAS A LADY"
(Ncu York SUM-
The State of mind in which the
Coroner's jury was left after the in
quest yesterday into the death of
Murray Hamilton Hall, who for years
masqueraded as man, and was dis
covered after death to have been a
woman, was shown in the verdict
rendered. IL was: MURRAY Hall
came to her death by natural causes.
He was lady"
Coroner Antonio yucca held the
inquest. He told the jury, in pre-
senting the subject of inquiry to
them, that it ought not to have been
coroDer's case, and would not have
been we're it not for the fact that
Murray Halls sex was only discover
ed after death. Miss Imelda Annie
Hall, who was Murray Halls adopted
daughter, aud DR.. William @. Gala
gher of 502 west Twelfth street, who
attended Murray Hall and certified
to her death, were the only witnesses.
Miss Hall proved to be very self
possessed young woman. This is a
verbatim report Of the material part
OF her examination by the Coroner.
.. You are the adopted daughter
OF Murray Hamilton Hall, and you
have been known as his daughter for
some years? A. Since 1885.
Q. All this time did you think
ne was man or lady? A. A man.
Q. You never thought he was a
woman? a. No sir.
q. For how long did he suffer
with this cancer from which she died?
A. He suffered with it for six years.
.. Did any doctor visit or examine
him? A. Yes; We had doctor for
year.
Q. Can you tell the jury whether
the doctor was aware of The sex, or
what you call man or woman? A.
No; | can't.
.. Did he ever complain to you
about being sandbagged? A. Well,
ne complained that he had been sand
bagged.
q. Wouldn't it be better if you said
''she" instead of "he?" A. No; |
would rather say she" He was a
man to ME all his life.
Q. Well, from the time that he
complained she was not so well, was
she? A. / cannot say about that.
Q. Did she'ever complain that that
sandbagg;ng business ever prevented
him getting well. A. / cannot say.
DR.. Gallaghers' examination pre-
sented an equally curious mixture of
genders. Hetestifed that he attend
ed Murray Hall for year before
death and that death was due to a
cancer of the breast.
q. is cancer of the breast sick
ness only woman can have: A.
No, sir; a man can have it.
Q. When you examined him in
life did you find out that he was a
woman? A. 1t is a question don't
care to answer. l was called in to
make an examination and l afterward
certified to the cause of death.
Q. When did you file the certificate
in this office, before or after death?
A. After death.
Q. viii you tell the jury whether
she was female? A. She was fe-
male.
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