The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-01-27
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The rtp II that white girl had
hccn ma,qu'rldng in men ; clo,hc,
| IN TIL region for several weeks aud
/ had been workinr as a lneman frr the
Z Soutliun Bell Tc.clhonc company led
u Il good many vain tclrprlus and
/ l'r 'rr.'i>,anc" telephone mc,,a last
/ night but an Ob>'ryn rercrt,r final
j. located the young woman at New
! brrJ, ;. G., whore she is resting TEN
p'rllly without being under arrest
ii the police station. Her name is
Laura Williams; she says She is II
years old, but is believed to be -
years old, and her home in Ruthcy-
| ford county.
The girl is voluntary prisoner
though when she first appeared at the
Ncwbrry police station Monday night
i: was thought that she was a young
man named John Long, who, it is al
legged, was implicated with Squire
Stton and {. q Nanny, Of IIcndcr-
son county, in obtaining money under
false pre,cnscs BY p4lmng Of the
famous alleged pcirllied man on the
Pristine l'ctricd company for 81 800
Shortly after the Appearance off the
girl-in mems clothcs-thc chief of
police at Ncwb'iry was certain that
she was John Long, and 50 tcIc-
| ph on cd the officials in Ashcville,
whore Long is wanted, but after a
subsequent Investigation the New
berry officers 'phoned in an embar-
raised way:
"Say, this is girl down herein
boys clothes. She says she don /
know thing about your petrifed
man.
"Wc are not after girls came the
reply in effect. cts ! sure enough
man we want. You cap turn the
man girl loose SO far IS we are con-
cern cd )"
Policeman FRANKLIN, of Newberry,
In telephone conversation with an
observer reporter at midnight last
night, gave rather interesting ac-
count of the adventures Of the girl.
AS has been stated, her name is Laura
Williams, and the only close relative
she has is brother named John Will
liams, who is supposed to be in &C.
lumbia, S. G.
According to her own account the
girl has had hard time Of it for the
past two or three years, and the final
result of it has left her SO worn out
and i'll that the Newbcrry authorities
propose to raise money and send her
to hospital in Columbia.
Only four weeks ago she was in
Cha r!cttc, dressed as a mar, though
it was in Ilendersonville that she cut
her long hair, discarded her dress and
don ned trousers. For a while she
drifted; was in Asheville doing odd
Jobs, roamed through this section Of
country, and eventually got to Tryon.
this State, where she occurred q posi-
tion as lineman for the Bell Telephone
company. Her work was satisfactory,
and she remained as lineman for the
company until her identity was dis
covered by the men with whom she
worked. Then che fed in the night,
and went to Spartsnburg, then to
Gafuey, then TO Laurens, and then 10
NewSerry.
Policeman Franklin waa the first
officer to see her vhen she arrived
at the Newberry police station and
asked for a nights lodging. She
looked very young and very tired, and
the officers straightway made room
for her to sleep ;a the officers quar-.
ters.
The suspicion that the new arrival
was John Long led to the disclosure
Of the truth as to her sex. AS soon
as the police began to badger her with
Questions, she weakened, wept, said
she had done nothing wrong and that
she was only girl. When the police
found out that she was girl and that
there was no charge against her, so
far as they have been able to ascer.
tain, they became kind to the young
woman aud are disposed to help her
along as much as possible. "But she
sure has attracted attention here to-
day" said Policeman Franklin.
"Crowds flocked to see her all the
time, and finally, at her request, we
put her under lock and key, and she's
locked up now, though she can get out