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

manner of their termination cap
ped the climax and placed the
crowning sheaf upon the greatest
farce e-comedy that was ever enact
ed, at least within the walls of
Nevada temple of justice. On the
third or fourth day when the court
adjourned for luncheon recess, Mir
anda, who was seated near the
District Attorney, while "Sam"
was standing a few feet distant,
suddenly arose, exclaming, ooh,
my dear Sam" and darting toward
"him," they were instantly folded
in each others arms. The crowd
cheered vociferously, "Sam" and
Miranda walked away arm in arm
and that was the last Of the legal
proceedings in the celebrated "Fe-
male Husband" case at Tuscarora.
Perhaps not the least remarkable
phase of this most remarkable
affair, was the fact that Miranda
admitted to the Times-Review re-
porter and others, that "Sam" had
not deceived her in regard to her
sex, which had been confessed to
her before the marriage. Her rea-
son for consenting to the ceremony
was that she was badly treated by
her uncle, aunt and grandmother,
and that Pollard had promised to
take her back to her people in the
States as soon as the means could
be raised for that purpose. After
the trial the couple lived together
for a short time and then separat-
ed although Pollard remained in
Tuscarora for some time afterwards,
always habited in male attire.
During the height of the sensation
lecture was written for Pollard
by a literary gentleman OF Elko
county, but as a lecturer Samuel
NJ. or Sarah Maud, which was her
true name was not bowling sue
cess. She made her first appear
ance in the lecture field in Tusca-
rora delivering the first section in
male and the second in female at
tire. 1t was mainly history of
her reasons for masquerading as a
nan. She was born and raised in
an interior town in New York
State where for number of years
she was engaged in the shirt man
ufacturing business. Not being
successful in that line she immi-
grated to the then territory of Colo
rado where she run for a while a
boarding house in a small mining
camp. Being again unsuccessful,
she left for Nevada bringing up in
ruscarora. She had never assum-
ed male apparel until she left for
Nevada. For this she gave as her
reason that she could earn a better
living as a man than as woman.
She returned to her native town,
where when last heard of was mar
ried and was the mother of a num-
ber of children.
There are many persons in the
State who remember the sensation
caused by the publication of the
details of the affair of which this
is brief and incomplete condensa-
ton. The newspapers of the coun-
try east and west teemed with the
sensation, especially the illustrated
sheets of the Police Gazette class
which Published numerous cuts, il
Illustrative (or alleged to be) of
scenes enacted during the progress
of the affair. Many people regard
ed the entire story as a hoax got
ten up by the Tuscarora newspaper
solely for sensational purposes.
But such was not the case. What
was published in the Times-Review
was plain unvarnished truth, with
out the slightest exaggeration or
attempt at establishment. That
truth is sometimes stranger than
fiction is verified in the story, bad
ly told as it was and is, of the "Fe-
male Husband" :" of Tuscarora.