The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-01
But the Discovery Was Not Made
That Reve' I'd the Identity of
Miss Caroline Hall of Boston
Till She Was Dead
SPOKE OF COMPANION
Mysterious Woman Is Said to be
the Daughter of Col. Hall, a
Wel-to-do Retired Army Off
Cer-Death Was Due 10 Con-
sumption

New York, Sept. 3O.-The strange
story of a woman who preferred to
pass for man was revealed by the
death, today, of Miss Carolina Hall Of
Boston, a cabin passenger on the
steamship Citta di Terino which ar
rived from Naples and other Mediter-
ranean ports Sunday On the passen-
ger list Miss Hall appeared as MIR.
Charles Window Hail. and with
him on the ship was Mrs. Hall. 1t
was not until the former was stricken
| with mortal illness that the ships
surgeon made the discovery that the
| supposed man was a woman. Before
mat no one suspected that Mr." Hall
was not man and "he" and his wife
We're received as such. The dead
woman addressed her companion as
wife" my
The dead woman was 80 years old
! and is said to have been the only
daughter of a Col. Hall, a welI-toado
Tetlred army officer living in Boston,
she was of slender build, medium
nelght and with a short shop of light
mar cut pompadour. She dressed we'll
and carried herself with the air of a
man. Her voice and gestures were
masculine.
| After Mr." Hall was taken i'll the
shlp's surgeons were called in and then
the fact became known. The patient
begged that the truth about her sex be
Kept secret, but the surgeons were
| forced to tell the circumstances to the
captain, who, however, did not dis
close it to the rs other cabin pas
Lsengers. The surgeons said the patient
was suffering with consumption.
The vessel locked at this port Sunday
and the young woman died at .33
a. m. today. During the day the
coroner's office was notified and a
coroner's physician visited the ship
and held a9 autopsy on the body. After
this the other woman telegraphed to
Col. Hall in Boston
All day long in the saloon of the
Terino Mrs" Hall remained near the
dead. She was there tonight waiting
for the dead woman's relatives to come
for the body. She is an italian, about
30 years of age, and rather good look
ing. She cannot speak English and
did not seem willing to tell all of the
strange story. 1t was learned, however,
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
D. NOE W HAIL was received aboard
the steamship for Miss Caroline Hall
saying the sender would come to New
| York. 1t was dated Boston High
| lands"
1t was learned tonight, through the
Italian woman, that Miss Hall had re-
sided abroad about 10 years and met
her companion, Guiseppina Poriana In
Milan about three years ago. Accord
ing to the story Miss Hall decided that
men can get along better in the world
than women and so adopted male cos
tune. She travelled thus with the other
woman for two years and, since she
was an artist, went about the art CEN
tres painting and working at her pro-
fession. Ching a good rifle shot Miss
Hall Is said to have entered several
tournaments and won prizes. When
she decided to come home she asked
the italian woman to accompany her.