The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21
Dressed in BOYS Clothes.

Mrs Myra McHenry who is now in
Wichita watching afar the progress of a
suit against her in Elk county has gone
through an interesting experience. AT the
age of nfty-three she donned boys clothes
and Travelled through the county getting
away from the minions of the law-from
what she believes to he the minions Of
persecution. IN the different phases Of
her DISBURSEMENT while under the same
stress she admits that she put on a
worn and faded sunbonnet and removed
her teeth SO that she would look like an
old woman. This was all done about
six weeks ago and when she was chaTg-
ed with insanity OF which charge she
has much bitter complaint TO make. Mrs.
A1cHenry is Mrs. Nation in a smaller
package. She was The daughter OF Mis-
souri, slaveholder-Mrs Nation lived there
too-and was. like Mrs. Nation, originally
from Kentucky Another parallel likeness
she bears to the famous hatcheter is that
her husband quit her And this Mrs
Mrs. McHeury was rebei-an awful rebel
she admits-sud shook her fist viciously
at The Union flag when she first saw it,
She did not know how TO dress her hair
or make bed I'll she was married at
tho ase of I5-slaves did that work There
Is stin another common likeness between
her and Mrs. Nation she claims 10 be
'sanctided But Mrs Nation was born
q hater Of whisky and an eternal hater
OF the fragrant weed Mrs. McHenry
was not. She was a normal woman until
she was over half a century on this beau
tiful sphere. one day she was sitting ut
her sewing machine and all at once with
out any previous contemplation OF the
subject. she took notion to take d hand
ia the universal war against an old foV-
orite Of her native state-John Barley f
com. This was t. that sedate drug store /
town of Howard. this state. To make I.
q long story short Mrs McHenry went I.
into the highways and by-ways. princi- /
pslly the former and challenged J. r. {. (
10 mortal combat As n necessary STRAIT +
egic vancouver she admits that she be-
came d detective and had stealthily provl-
ed aDou, back fences 10 see what the
town ard its people were doing From
vain detective work she went to praying
Tor that strength 10 come into her arm
which Joshua and other eminent Biblical
and nor Biblical people prayed Tor And
from praying she vert NJ last 10 using
that most formidable weapon of oTense
ana ,ve~ defense ever used by a woman
her ongue She made speeches that made
the marshal OFF Howard wish he had
never been bor- ~Myra." said one gray
harod old gentleman who had long she
alleges been oa intimate terms with mo
los a person shan King Alcehol what
ae you doing au this for or words 70
rat effect He immediately Vithe~ed and
.sked the highest peak ~ The Flint Hills
% fan upon him. Ser she said. You old
Seer Keg. how dare you call me Myra.
after many incidents OF This character
the town marshal arrested her and took
her 20 jail. The window ~ thar Jail had
been raised tri-fe % coax inward a
breath or two OF fresh air. As the fresh
air didn't choose 10 come inward Mrs.
Aclienry concluded tn meet II more than
half way and escaped through the WIN
Sow she was arrested "a fsp davis lsr,r
md then tho insanitv PROCEEDINGS BEGAN
proceedings fru OF interest from Mrs
NcHenTy.s descriptic1 CT them Ii vss .
while these proceedings were in abe,- =
lnce. that an o6d Fellows meeting miah-
Re held in the court room-that m~- {,
Ncienry dressed Up in boys cloth.nr ),
and escaped 10 Scvery ana thence To Il
Wichita where Mrs. White gave her =
asylum.