Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-12-29
WOMAN IN man S
GARB TOOK A WIFE
FOR TEN YEARS "HARRY" NOR
MANS BUFFALO FRIENDS
NEVER SUSPECTED
HER SEX
New York World.

After ten years of masquerading as a
man, Harry Norman, of Buffalo, has
been found to be a woman. Harry slip
ped on an icy walk in this city last night.
A fractured leg resulted. Harry was
taken to the Emergency hospital, and
there. on the operating table, the surgeons
hade the discovery.
When asked to give her real name after
her sex was discovered. the woman insist
ed that she had been known as Harry
Norman since she was years old. She
gave a vague account of her life. saying
that she was "a years old, and was born
in England. She never. knew her parents,
and had been obliged TO earn her own
living as long as she could remember. She
refused to name the place of her birth
or to tell where she lived previous to five
years ago.
For the greater part of the last five
years Harry has been a cook at the
Canandaigua hotel. in this city She said
she had worked as cook in several other
places, and was to go to work In res
taurant at Washington and Swan streets
this morning.
The woman's most surprising story was
that she had been married six years ago
to Agnes Norman, who left her recently.
Harry stated that she had been living
recently at No. 325 Seneca street, the 9TH
er occupants of the rooms being two cats
named Babe and George. She begged the
surgeons not to tell her sex, and limited
at resorting to the lake ''to end it air If
the disclosure was made After the opera
ton she was transferred to the Sisters
hospital. n
on September &c. 1896, Harry Norman
was married by Alderman Joseph Butler
to Miss Agnes Gordon. Norman was 30
and the bride 26 The marriage certificate
stated that the supposed bridegroom. who
gave the name of George H. Norman, was
born in Yorkshire. England The brides
fathers name was G. H. Gordon and the
mothers maiden name Caroline Bow.
Harry had been married before to
man in Rochester. where she lived before
coming to Buffalo. 1t is said that a son
is years old, living in this city, is hers
by the Rochester marriage. 'Harry's"
wife left him about year ago.
AT Seneca street lunchroom where
Harry had been employed as cook, it
is said that he took a weeks vacation a
short time ago, giving as reason that he
was going to get married again. The wo-
men she worked with say Harry al
ways acted like a perfect gentleman. +"
She used to remark once a week or so
that she was going out to get a shave
The landIady at 325 Seneca street where
Harry" roomed, said that she had sus-
pected he was not a man. He had lived
there for more than a year. and Mrs.
Norman called often and did her ''hus-
bands washing. but did not room there.
She said that Foster. another ledger, often
routed Harry out of bed to buy drinks
for him in a saloon and get information
about his CFoster's) wife, who had de-
serted him. Foster always supposed ''Har-
ry was man. The landlady said Nor
man swore like any gentleman"
ct never 9 more SfIT-r1y-fSad in M y life
than when ] heard this morning that
Harry is a woman" said Alderman But
Ter. "He-she. l mean-was well known
about here for years. Everybody knew
Harry the cook. The only funny thing
about him was his voice"
Harry drank beer, chewed tobacco,
smoked cigars and affected a swagger.