New-York tribune., 1902-06-23
RECALLS MURRAY HALL.
STRANGE STORY OF AN IMMIGRANT on
ELLIS ISLAND.
CAME HERE FROM sAXoNY AS A WOMAN
TO BE DEPORTED AS a MAN.

CAME HERE FROM SAXONY AS A WOMAN;
TO BE DEPORTED AS a MAN
"Otillie' Castnaugle. who came to this country
four days ago in the hope OF getting employ
ment as a woman servant is man. and now
awaits deportation Ellis Island. The books
of the immigration Bureau at this port snow
that ''OtiIlie'' was recorded arriving here as
a single woman "Oullie' Will be sent home as
a man: not because he Nas found to be one, but
because he was likely to become public charge.
He came dressed in the plain garb Of woman
peasant; he will go back in a suit of men
clothes made in this city and furnished free 10y
the government He had long Uesses OF ploha
hair arranged as neatly as if done by woman :
hands wher he was taken from the steamship
to Ellis Island for examination; he now mas
short locks for the beautiful tresses were cut
off by government employees tc prevent turther
deception
But "OtiIlie" says he did not knowingly de
ceive His parents had always dressed him
as a girl and treated him as a daugh-
fer In his teens he was taught TO do
housekeeping, and later found work as
woman servant in SaXony, near where ne was
born While washing dishes and scrubblng floors
in his native place, a woman employed IN the
same household left SaXony for Philadelphia
She secured a good place, and "Oullie~ decided
follow her 10 the QUAKER C4lE. 10 bI O'''iN %
maid of all work in the house in which his COM
panion works But the officials made this I'M
possible.
"OtjIlie-' is twenty-five years Old, has rosy
cheeks. smooth face and is short and stout HIS
voice is strong and husky. His education has
evidently been sorely neglected and his mind IS
sluggish He looks if he could do three days
washing in one day. He says he made an IDEAL
servant in Saxony and he might have helped 10
solve the servant question here
The officials on Ellis Island know nothing OF
his history except what they learned by talking
with him. from his baptismal papers and from
the passport which given to him before lIe
left Saxony TO come 10 this country The papers
prove that he was baptized as a girl
.,OtiIIie'. saws his parents paid little attention
IN him when he was a child. His home was in the
mountainous section Of SaXony. and IN ms ma
tive town the women did more work than the
men, His childhood companions were girls. ana
most of his friends later in life We're OF the gen
t1er sex His resemblance to Nine. Recalner Is
NOT striking but he says that while he was
III of y eir1' he had admirers who took him TO
narties and dances in the winter time and 10
pcnics in the summer days
on the voyage TO this country "OtIIe ; MAN
friend was a Hebrew. who is to be deported,
TOO The latter never doubted that Oullle was
German woman coming - otilS 1, 3 " bs,,c13
seek work. The Hebrew was seated on d pei'tIl
in the detention pen yesterday morning. When
a door opened and "Oullie' dressed IN the SUIT sui'
Of male attire given to him by Uncle sam, was
led in by guard .-,.-.-.
"Ach,' he said, he looked in astonshment
AZ .O+iIlie" " What strange country! She
WIS a woman yesterday. Now they make her
a man. Take me away
Not only were the Hebrew and all the other other
messengers deceived by "Otilhe's" appearance
on the steamship but "Otillie' almost passed
the rigid scrutiny of the government ofhclals
without arousiEg suspicion kach lnhllSi5iI
passes the medical inspectors in single file
! !Otillie'' wore small shawl over his head as
/ he walked by the officials But when he was
taken before the board of special inquiry the
/ ralm of his hands and his fingers aroused the
! suspicion that he man. and the meulcaI
/ staff was asked TO set all suspicious at rest
! "Otillie" is to be sent back with the passport
! that was issued him in SaXony. But when
/ he appears there in mems clothes he Tears NE
| will be made miserable for him.
/ The case recalls in some ways that OF Murray
! Hall who lived in this city for many years as
| a man But Murray Hall was a woman and
/ knew she was a woman. She became \ member
! Of Tammany Club, opened an employment
! bureau in Sixth-ave. near the jefferson Market
/ Police Court. and successful. Some years
/ before she died she married a woman, and the
! strangely welded couple lived happily together.
! She died last year