The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-01-31
A. STRANGE. AFFAIR.
SOUTH CAROLINA GIRL TRIED
TO MARRY ANOTHER GIRL.
Bays Her Real Name is Pauline Web.
0tsr, Daughter Of Late Noah
Web bDter, Of eafney.

A South Carolina woman, Pauline
Webster, has been arrested at Kan
sas City, Mo-, on the charge Of mas
querading as man and frardulently
procuring . marriage license and
marrying another woman in that
city.
The case Is singular and much in.
terest attaches to it's outcome. The
license to marry was secured by the
Webster woman In the name of John
Allaiue Whitman and 1t 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 from a Kansas City paper:
II am woman, but have dressed
as man for. three years," said John
Allaine Whitman, when questioned
In the presence CT Chief Hayes this
morning. II have worked a., man
and lived as one. I married this girl
when she said that she could uo5 live
without. me. My real name is Paul
inc Webster.
II loved him and 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 Shaffsld. I'VE were
married Friday morning. I can not
believe he-she-is a woman. 1t Is
too awful. I thank God though, that
I did not leave Kansas City with
him, or her, or-oh. I don't know
what to say. he wanted me for my
money, little that 1t was" -
John Allaine Whitman, or Pauline
Webster Is probably five feet four
inches in height and weighs about l3o
pounds. She has strong features, sal.
low complexion, brown hair, blue-grey
eyes that never look long at any one
or anything. Her hair Is cut short
and 1t is stringy and neglected.
She wears a cheap dark suit and
light melton overcoat. She wears Wo.
mems shoes. She smokes q pipe. or ci-,
gars and cheWs tobacco. She talks
good English and in an interview last
ing nearly an hour she used not one
ungrammatical sentence and no slang.
She was perfectly calm and apparent
ly unconcsrned or ignorant of the Sc
riousness of the offence which she has
committed. Her voice Is unpleasant,
being soft and feminine one moment,
and breaking hoarss In the next. She
says she is twenty.one years old, but
appears much older.
II was born at Gaffney City, s. O.,
said this strange prisoner. my
fathers name was Noah Webster. He
was a big Mason. When he died,
eight years ago, he left some money
to me and my two brothers J. E.
Webster and J. B. Webster. l did
nos think I was getting my share,
and 30 after quarrelling with my
brothers, I left home and started out
to earn my own living. l have been
educated, but do not care to say
where. My mother died when I was
a child.
II worked in hotels and restaurants
until about three years ago, when,
one day in Dallas, Texas, while l was
employed In the Kimball Hotel, l
heard that cook was wanted by a
theatrical compaIy that travelled IN q
private car. The owner OF an en-
ployment agency told me If I was a
man I could get se0 month. That
gave me- an idea. / 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 me In
my new rig. I talked little to any
one. I took no one into my conf
dence."