The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-30
HER SEX WAS NOT
EVEN SUSPECTED
Jennie Vernon Masqueraded as
q Man Until the End.
CLOSE OLA STRANGE CAREER
TRUE CHARACTER REVEALED
ON HER DEATHBED.
CLOSE STRANGE CAREER
Especial to The HeraId)

fEPGCldl 10 ne 11EEIl4-B
Cheyenne, Wyo.' July 29-Masquer-
aiding as a man, doing manual labor
and living among rough, uncOuth Ia
boring men in Shanty Town in South
cheyenne for two years. ever guard
Ing her secret. and with but few suS-
pecting her identity, Jennie Vernon
hnally gave up the struggle OF life and
now lies dead al ST. Johns hospital
from cancer of the stomach. Taken
% the hospital d few days ago as
Thomas MaxheId. her sex was discOv-
cred by the attendants, and an effort
was made to learn something of her
family before she died but Jennie y en-
non did not want the world to know OF
her past life and died with the secret
IN her own heart.
Some effort has been put forth by the
authorities TO learn Of the past history
OF this strange woman, but without
result. The Herald correspondent.
after working on the case for several
hours, learned mUCh that heretofore
has been known Onlv-sSto those who
were intimately acquainted With the
woman, and this information may re
suit III the disclosure of her past life.
Was Married Woman.
Jennie Vernon came to Cheyenne
from Pueblo Colo. July 18th. 1892.
She was accompanied by Al Vernon.
" tip " a. fAilCI III tAlE WEST AiiF1 EiiilE
yards on May 20th, 1903. The pair
lived in a hut in South Cheyenne. and
recently Jennie Vernon told a friend
that she and Al Vernon were man and
wife.
a Vernon and Jennie came 10 Pueblo
from Pittsburg, Kansas. where Vernon
owned a valuable house ande other
property which he sold before coming
west Aside from these facts little is
known of Vernon.
Shortly after the death of Vernon,
Jennie got on a drunk and was thrown
into jail. After serving q short sen
fence she returned to South Cheyenne
and took up residence with David Aue,
= kentUckian Wk0 is employed in the
Union Pacific yards as a wood chopper.
Aue never suspected Jennie's sex un-
III few weeks ago when she admitted
that she was not man and that Thos.
MaNfield was not her true name. She
objected to going into details. but Aue
learned much about her past life.
Mother Still Living.
Today Aue informed your correspon-
dent that Jennie Vernon was a years
OF age. and that she leaves a married
daughter and grandchildren in a small
town in Missouri Aue could not re-
member the name of the place He
says that Jennie's mother. who is very
T.
Jennie Vernon left Missouri seven
years ago and about the same time
donned mans attire. Her first nus
band was dead and being unable 70
make living at home she set out for
the west. She said as man she could
get better jobs and receive more pay
than as woman. and after once
changing 10 mans clothes she liked il
50 we'll she concluded TO abandon
skirts forever.
During the past Year Jennie Yer
mons health failed rapidly. She drank
TO excess and often went for many
DAYS without paTtaking of food Re
Gently she became SO weak that she
could not help herself at all. Three
days ago physicians were called in and
II was then that her true sex became
known.
The remains viii be buried tomorrow
IN the pOttcr'S field, as all efforts TO
Ind relatives have failed