The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-02-02
A STRANGE AFFAIR.
SOUTH CaRoLlNA GIRL TRIED
TO MARRY ANOTHER GIRL.
Says Fer Real Wame is Pauline Web
ster, Daughter Of late Noah
Webster, Of gaffney.

A S.uth Carolina W. man, Pauline
Webster, has been arrested at Kan.
sas City, Mo-, on the charge of mas.
queradlDg az a man and fYaudulently
procuring marriage license and
marrying another woman In that
city.
The case IS singular and much In.
terest attaches to it's ou come The
license to marry was secured by the
Webster woman In the name Of JohD
Allaine Whitman and it Is on the
charge Of perjury that the woman is
now to be prosecuted The story OF
the marriage Is told In the following
extract ffom a Ka 1sas Olty paper:
II am woman, but have dressed
as a man for three years," said John
Allaine Whitman, when questioned
Tn the presence CT Chief Hayes this
morning. II have worked as man
ard lived as one. / married this girl
when she said that she could uot live
without me. My,ireal name is Paul.
ino. Webster"
Il loved him nd.thought that with
his money and my little savings we
would buy restaurant and make a
good living" said Marietta Jelley in
her home at Shefi,l ,ld. "We we're
married Friday morning. can not
believe he-she-is a woman. 1t is
too AW full, thank God though, that
| did not leave X ansas Oity with
him, or her, or--oh, I don't know
what to say. He wanted me for my
money, little that it was"
Tnhr AIlot,o Myt,tk,.o., V...Ia.-
Webster is probably five feet four
inches In height and weighs about 1870
pounds. She has strong features, sal
low complexion, brown hair, blue. grey
eyes that never look long at any one
or anything. Her hair ia cut short
and 1t is strlngy and neglected.
She wears cheap dark suit and
light melton overcoat. She wears wo
mems shoes She smokes a pipe or oi
gars and chews tobacco. She talks
good English and In an interview last
ing nearly an hour she used not one
uugrammatioal sentence and no slang.
She was peri, c!ly calm and apparent
ly unconcerned or ignorant of the Sc
robustness OF the offence which she has
committed. Her voice is unpleasant,
oeing soft and feminine one moment,
acd breaking hoarse in the next. she
says she Is twenty. one yeara old, but
appears much older.
~ was born az Gaffaeys City, $. Q. 81
sssFE ys-s--r7s s-r-.--Fs :, rssa q ,---,-sss,s ~. -
fail .,'s name was Nos,. w ebsteY. He
was g big Mason. When he died,
eight years ago, he left come money
TO me and my two brothers j. e
Webster and j. r. Webster. 1 did,
not think was getting my share,
and 80 after quarrelling with my
brothers, left home and started ou
to earn my own living. l have been
educated, but do not care to say
where My mother died when 1 was
a child.
II worked in hotels and restaurants
until about three years ago, when,
one day In Dallas, Texas, while I was
employed In the Kimball Hotel, l
neard that cook was wanted by
theatrical company that travelled in
private car. The owner Of an em--
ployment agency told me IL / was
man l could get 500 a month. That
gave me an idea. 1 went away and
bought myself q cheap suit, cut off
my hair and the next day went back
to the agency and was hired for the
theatrical company. The employ
ment agent did not recognize nae In
my new rig. 1 talked little to any
one. took no one into my conf
dence."