The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1904-02-12

ed Hoverton whose spinster sister
was connected with him in the bus
iness, and whose niece, Miranda
Huse, a rather comely young girl
OF about eighteen years, acted as
attendant in the d ming room. 1t
was not long before the boarders
noticed that "Sam" and Miranda
manifested most decided prefer
ence for each other, which the
frowns of the uncle and aunt and
their verbal protests failed most
signally to suppress. Matters
went on in this way for few
months when one evening the young
couple quietly slipped out of the
house, hastened to the Office of the
justice of the peace, and license
having been previously procured,
were married in accordance with
statutory provisions OF the State.
Shortly afterwards, the couple, ac-
companied by the man Gallagher
removed to Richmond mining dis
trict, about ten miles from Tusca-
rora where Sam and Gallagher
worked prospecting a mine which
they had located. After about a
month or so sojourn at Richmond
Sam and Miranda had quarrel, of
which it was said Gallagher was
the cause. Miranda returned
afoot to Tuscarora, where she
made the startling announcement
that her husband, Pollard, was the
same sex as herself. The report
spread like wildfire although many
questioned the truthfulness of Mir
anda's statement. A reporter of
the Times-Review, local paper at
Tuscarora, interviewed the alleged
husbandless wife who declared to
him in the most positive terms that
her story was true which declara-
ton she verified by a sworn state
nent as to the fact. The publica-
ion of the report of the interview
IN the next mornings paper, with
he affidavit, increased a hundred
old the excitement which the first
rport had aroused and there was
oud clamoring for justice to be
neted out to the female "Lothario"
md imposter. The District At
orney of EIko Co. was importuned
take the matter in hand, and a
omplaint was filed with the Tusca-
rora Justice, charging Pollard with
perjury in getting the marriage Ii
cense. The warrant was placed
N the hands of Deputy Sheriff
Weaver, who proceeded to Rich
nond TO arrest the defendant, but
the latter had got wind of the pro-
eedings and had "lit out" on hors'
'ack in company with Gallagher.
The officer, however, got on their
trail and overhauled them near
Paradise Valley, making the arrest
md returning with the fugatives To-
Iuscarora, where they were receiv
ed by a reception committee COM
,osed of nearly the entire popula
ton of that then booming and red
hot mining camp. In an inter-
,iew with the es-Review re-
,orter Pollard refused to answer
ny questions in regard to the mat
ter of his or her sex, stating that
such was the advice of the attorney
ior the defense. The reporter nc
ticed, however, that Pollard's aui-
cular orgons had been pierced for
earrings, which was in his opinion,
strong, if not conclusive evidence
of femininity, but when the prison.
er voiced the sentence, whether 1t
is proven that / am u man or a
women, | will assure you that |
have always lived strictly virtu-
Gus life," the pencil pusher would
have wagered his entire bundle of
wildcat mining stock, representing
millions, against a Waterbury
watch case that it was not the ut
terance of person entitled by law
and custom to appear in public in
bifstulous garments. In this his