The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-03-23
MRS. Green 5 Secret
A LIFE Sacrifice
Cared More forAno:her $ ) Hap
piness Than Her Own.
A PATHETIC TELEGRAM
Peculiar Relation of Che Woman
Who Stood as Husband.
| DECLARED TO BE NOBLE SOUL
Genuine Grief Of Mrs. Map dreeu ior The
Woman Whom She Marsisd. Believing
Her to BE q Mau--A fhlef cap-
tursd ia Store With His
Booty on BIS
Person.
Peculiar Relation Of Che Woman
Who Stood as Husband.
DECLARED TO BE NaBLE SOUL
Especial Dispatch to III. Times,

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PETERSBURG, VA, Narcn 2g.-Et.
trick is still astir as TIN result OF the
profound sensation that teme to Hghe
II: that town yesterday Che uui.r wa
awoke this morning to fiaj itself famoll%
all over the country, foy. it had giveN
q genuine sensation George Green. =
woman, lived for seveEty-two years
known to the world as Il ben. For forty.
one years no has been widely known ~
the husband of Mary Gree1> The wonlan
who was deceived into marrying another
woman. believing her to be & man. sacri-
feed the best years of her Life rather
than divuge the secret which the obs
ject of her affections begYad her to keep
unknown to the world.
It is a pathetic scene 10 see the dc.
voted woman weeping by TIE form of her
loved one who in life was known as hex
husband, George Green. For thirty-five
years Mrs. Green has carried upon her
heart the secret and never even by inti-
nation made known the fsct that whom
she married for a man Mas Il wonail-
And this secret would have been buried
with the form had not strangers becis
called to perform the laas Offices for the
dead. Mrs. Green deeySS depores tho
fact that her sorrow has been exploited
before the public. ;,
A HARD STRUGGLE
When asked why she did not prepare
the body for burial. she said she strug-
gled with herself for time but could
not gather courage to prepare the body
of ofie She lo.ed so dearly. and thac
after the men hal offered their services
she accepted them and turned the body
over to be attended by item.
after a courtship, extending over a
few MONTHS she said George Green
and J. then Mrs. Mary Raitl1e. were mar
ried in Erie, Pa. thrty.five years ago.
the ceremony being performed accord
ing to the Catho',c faith n few days
after the marriage. Green told me he
was not a man and implored me NOT
to divuSe the fact, but live with him
and let each be a help to the other.
When the secret was revealed 70 W. q
was almost overcome with establishments
but promised Green thu
be granted and since that time we have
lived together as brother and sister,
WEPT BITTERLY.
Mrs. Green wept bitterly when she res
f1ected that the world now knows this
secret she had so long guarded lr
has been the sacrifice of my life. She
ssi i'd but / believe am happier now for
the sacrifice" She speaks of her cons
panion's memory as tenderly as only n
woman speak of Il loved one Stand-&
ing by the bier. she placed her hand upon
Green's brow and said: II am not afraid
to put my hand on him. He was the
nobIest soul that ever lived He has
worked hard through his life, and has
been all I had to cheer re. NO man
can say he ever wronsed him. He was
a Christian and I believe he is now with
Christ, Here the woman broke down.
She could speak no further, and turned
away, weeping as il her heart would
break.
She is q large s'oman with inteilt-
gent refined features, and no mora at-
fectins scene was eYsr witnessed than her
weeping at the cold, dead form of the
woman whom tho world knew as her
husband. Green always associated Witt
men and engaged in pursuits ana dlser-s
sions common to them She smoked. o1ts
seldom cllewed, and was not addicted to
drink.
A SEALED SUBJECT.
Mrs. Green was asked if her husbana
had always worn male apparel. She
promptly responded. Yes. but when
asked is her husband told her this. sne
said it was a matter they never discuss
ed and that no word referring TO the
fact was ever spoken beCitwesn them after
he revealed to her he truth She said
that after she found she had been de-
ceiyed she considered it her own afaip#
and therefore, made it known to no oHes
bearing all her sorrow alone. She would
not wrong him for the world and alter
pIedgine herself kept sacredly the pledge
The members of the family living hers
with Green did not know the truth. no1
would they believe it when they Wero
told that their Uncle George was a
woman. Mrs. John N1oriarity. her niece.
who was born after the death OF her
father, was raised by her. and looked
to her as a father. Green. during hers
illness. seemed miserable when her conf
panion was not present. and the woman
is almost overcome with fatigue from
waiting at the bedside. Green has eiilea.
all the property to Mrs. Green, Wnicn
she SAYS consists mainly OF raluaote
plantation near Raleigh. \. T.
PITY INSTEAD OF CENSuRE
Those who at first censured, now pity
5the, woman and recognize the noollltY OK
character she has shown in carrying rr-
told I, sorrow. because it gave happiness
to another. Her course IS commences
nv everyone now, and those who dared
offer suggestions against her. are repent-
ant The case is, indeed. one that cans
NOT he solved by any to whose notice
= has come. Physicians fail to give cone
conclusive explanations. One physician.
however. who has been interested In tbs
case described 1t as one which the We
man had the .sensibilities of a man. He
believes that whatever there Is mascc-
tine in expressions OF features is due
to the fact CT hahftual associations with
men and the mental attitude OF che per-
son who assumes he role OF man. 10 =
is case the study OF which many are
interested In. and a more satisfactory exc.
planatioI OF this reInarkable Sensations
may be found out before LONG.
The funeral OF George Green took place
from st. Josephss Catholic Church In this
city. at o'clock this morning. and sthas