The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-01-26
GIRL. MARRIES GIRL
TO GET Her MONEY
disappearing as a Man. Paul.
inc Webster Wins Heart Of
Marietta Jelley.
DECEIVED BRIDES grief
Che Weep. That She Loved the Persa
She Wed, but is G!a1 That
She Did Not Lose
Her Savings.

i MANASSAS 'ClCy, Jan. l5.-JOnn Allaln0
Whitman and Miss Marietta Jelley.
cashier in a restaurant, were married
FRIDAY morning in independence by
Justice. /. 4. Buchanan. The bride had
"a little money, and some OF her friends
who suspected Whittman's sincerity
caused his arrest Sunday afternoon.
was learned that "the bridegroom" was
"a M The prisoner will be pros
ecuted for perjury committed in OBJ
tanning the marriage license.
Il anna woman, but I nav dressed
as a man for three years" said John
the presence Of Chief Hayes this norm
ing. II have worked as a man and
lived as one I married this girl as
"a matter of accommodations: she said
she couldn't live without me. My real
name is Pauline Webster"
Marietta Jeiiey Can't Believe Il.
81 loved him and thought that with
his money and my little savings we
would buy a restaurant n make a
good living" said Marietta Jelley, I'M
her home at Sheffield. we were mar
ried Friday morning. John was sick
Fridayeand Saturday and part of Sum
lsday. l cannot believe he-she-is a
though, that I didn't leave Kansas City
with him, or her. of-Oh, I don't know
what to say. He wanted my money.
little that it vas"
John Allaine Whitman" or Pauline
Webster, is probably 5 feet 4 inches in
She has strong features, sallow com
plexion, brown hair, .blue-gray eve
that never look long at anyone or any-
thing. Her hair is cut short and is
stringy and neglected. She wears a
cheap dark suit and a light melton
nVornnof n yyoo~c 49,
She smokes a pipedor cigars and chews
tobacco. She talks good English and
In an interview lasting nearly an hour
she used not one ungrammatical SEN
tence and absolutely no slang. She was
perfectly calm and apparently uncon-
cerned or ignorant of the seriousness of
the offense which h has committed.
Her voice is unpleasant, being soft and
feminine moment and breaking
coarsely h next. Her teeth are worn
n broken, and yellow from the use
of tobacco. She says she is 81 years
.old. but appears much older. She as
sumes the attitude and poses of a man
standing or sitting putting her feet up
,'on the table or hanging one leg cares
iessly e the arm of the chair. She
mas a Q memory, however, and con-
tradicts herself frequently and wanders
from the point at issue.
John Whittmah's Story.
II was born at Gaffney City, s.. c.,
said this strange prisoner. MY ia
llther's name was Noah Webster. He
was a high Mason. When he died.
eight ago, he left some money
TO me and my two brothers, j. %.
ebste and j. r. Webster. I didn't
think j was getting my share and so,
alter quarreling with my brothers i
left home n started out to earn NV
w living. I nave been educated
put do not care to say where. MY.
mother, "a woman OF good birth and
refinement, died when / was a little
child. N
II worked in hotels and restaurants
until about three years e when. one
day IN Dallas, Tex, while i was en-
ployed in the Kimban hotel. / heard
that q cook was wanted by the Isl
Perkins Theatrical company which
travelled ma private car on the kero-
sene cfrontt The owner of an EN-
q man l could get $50 a month. That
gave me an idea. I went away
and bought myself a cheap suit and
outfit, cut off my hair and the next
DAY Went hack to the agency and was
hlred Tor n theatrical company. The
employment agent didn't recognize me
IN my new rig. / talked little to ANY,
one I took no one into my. coincidence
ana no one ever questioned me. A
COOK Is not a person Of Importance so
long as the dinners are cooked prop
erly.
The Isl Perkins outnt went broke
at Detroit, Mich, the best town we'd
played IN, and ] WAS adrift once more.
BY tnat lime 1 was q man to the
world; I went to many places after
that, always working In %estaurant
and hotels 1 anne to Kansas CITY
Nbout a IA ago.