Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-01
A YOUNG LADY
Turns Out to be a Man and a
Murderer.
FINE FUN IN PETTICOATS.
Betrayed by a Kiss When She Forgot 10
Shave Her LIP CONSERVATION in Huntsville,
Arkansas, Among tho Young Ladies Who
Associated with Jennie Sears The Men
Crazy After Her.

A kiss is the new factor in criminal
records. 1t has broken the seal Of
seven years secret, brought a muir
derer to justice, and revealed the man
In Womans clothing who had for sea-
sons deceived an entire community.
Jennie" Sears, Of Huntsville, Ark.
who was arrested recently as the man
wanted for a crime committed in west
ern Texas, was betrayed by a kiss.
The ethics Of the kiss masculine and
the kiss feminine does not so much
enter into the evidence as the simple
physical fact that Miss Jennie" had
so long neglected the barber. There
fore, when a little girl, carried away
by the excess of her affection for the
sweet young school teacher, threw her
arms about her neck and planted her
rosy lips full on Miss" Sears mouth,
she became conscious Of a curious
prlckllng sensation. Being a child of
an inquiring turn Of mind, she medi-
tated on the phenomenon till she
evolved a theory, and it was her eX-
planation Of this unique discovery that
led to the detection Of one Of the clev-
crest desperadoes that ever eluded the
sheriff.
As has been told, Jennie" Sears had
for seven years played the woman to
an admiring audience in the little ru-
| raj settlement Of Arkansas Her ap-
! pearance was the immediate sequence
of a singularly cold-blooded murder in
| the Lone Star State The victim, an
innocent young country girl, had been
| done to her death by a jealous lover,
one Albert Sears, Of whom all trace
had been lost.
When a petite blonde with sky blue
eyes and curly hair, armed with a good
education and musical accomplish.
ments, sought pupils in Huntsville,
she was accepted much as a gift from a
benignant Providence. Charmingly
! conhuing young women, with vast pos.
| sibillties in the social line, are not an
everyday occurrence in that region,
and Madison County presently rang
with her praises,
When petition was circulated ask
| ing that she have charge Of the county
school, the susceptible trustees yielded
without a dissenting voice. Miss Jen.
ME" entered on her duties in an atmos.
phere Of worship from the gallants
round about. Her manner of handling
what might have proved an embar-
rassment Of beaux to any less astute
damsel, however, only won her fresh
encOmiums. She bestowed her favors
with such unerring discretion that each
thought himself the favored one.
The school prOspered. The pretty
young school-maam was eminently fit-
ted for her task She ruled her pupils
by love, and for several years her life
moved on like a peaceful tide
The disturbing element which sud
denly roughened the current was a too
ardent woeer, who in the person Of a
local politician, pressed his suit in and
out of season. The hesitation Of Miss
Sears was met with a hint that her
suitors influence might be brought to
bear against her in her school appoint
ment This forced her hand. She
promptly resigned.
The little drama which had, Of
course, been witnessed by the entire
country, only raised Miss Sears high
err in public estimation, and the private
school she presently opened was widely
patronized The youthful principal
made her home with her patrons and
was a figure at all the social gather
ings. Two years passed and her reign
was undisputed. Then came the kiss
and the denOument.
Il was during recess one day that
little Mary Hancock, the l2year'old
daughter Of farmer, bestowed upon
Miss Sears the fateful caress and
received in turn the prickling sensa.
fion already alluded to. Mary made
no comment at the time, but when that
evening she climbed upon her fathers
| knee TO give him a goodnight kiss,
and experienced the same singing Of
/ her tender skin from his unshaven
visage, the coincidence moved her to
speak.
Her story. at first oiscredited as
childish imaginings, and finally heleV'
ed. brought to mind other happenings,
and link by link the chain Of evidence
was welded against the school teacher.
So carefully was the matter kept from
Miss" Sears that when Detective lrY
ing. OF Baird, Texas arrived with MS
warrant he rounded up his prisoner
} without a moments delay When Sears
was searched a belt containing $4,000
! was found on him.
THE dismay In Huntsville knew no
bounds. AZ first lynching was threat
oned but Irving carried of his prison
y. successfully. Sears laughed cynic'
iii, when asked why he had worn
,,'onan's garb. asserting that It was
oosier to make a living as woman
than as a man.