Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-05
DE RATTAN FIRST POSED AS MAN
 IN NEW YORK
Began.ln Law Office Uf Hance As Stenographef. But Went Under Name of Langei While In That City.

NEW YORK. Jan. s.-Af5eY a tspse
 Of ten years during which a sex nys teTy tp the fsv ofdce of the ta;e Col IT. c. CsmpbeI he'd hess veIi4nLsht forgotten. ths uRmaSking of StroIai d. Raytan, tho Chicago woman vhc died in Pboenix, Aria, posing ss -a
 man. reveals circumstances whLGh point copelustTe4y to the fact that Da RSyiau began his c2rear h this clay. Lawyer Hiram o. Hapea, No. ,I22a
 Broadway. vas a member Of Col. ,Csmpbens firm when it corrupted cfa- ees at No. 26S Broadway He said pcs- terdsy that in 1893 yoang nan se- cured employment in the ofiee as a stsnographer, giving the name of Ian gel. Because of Langel's appearance. there vas at first a disposition to rid tGule him" on account of his ef- feminary. Langley had a beradIess face, the contour of a woman's. small hands and feet and a nottceably nip py" walk
 It was not long before the empluyos ceased to twtt IaDgel He" proved to be the most skillfnl stenographe1 In the office, and was highly esteemed by the members of the firm. Because of his" efficiency, "his'' salary was placed at the top nOtch-$30 a. week. Soon after IanRel brought to the of flee beautiful woman whom "he" ln- tTodHoed as :shis' wife. Mrs. I.angcl was, head and shoulders taller than her 'fhUrsband," and they were Q de voted couple. The wife called for her ''husband' at the conclusion of his duties almost every day. There was no more talk of De Raylan being girl. ish.
 Langel remained a faithful employe in the office for years. There were several occasions during that time when strangers entered the office. and hearing Langel's voice, as he" sat out of view in another room, insisted that the speaker was a woman. His" appearance on these occasions some times caused good-natured bandfnage.
 Eangel was afflicted with chronic cough which gave the members of the firm, who became much ettached t0 him." considerable anxiety They ad- vised Langel 10 go to Bermuda and accepted his" resignation reluctantly lin the belief that this was his puS- pose. 4 short time after ''his" de- parture. an office boy spread the news among other employees that he had sGen Langel or the street dressed inl woman's clothes. The boy was ridi- culed. but .stOutly chung Co his story lie said he could not be mistaken be- cause of d slight scar on LangeTs face, The boy said he had made an effort to address IaHgel, but the lat ter avoided him.
 Mir. Hance and his present law part ner, William j. Miller. were walking along lower Broadway a year later when both exclaimed almost simul- taneously:
 There is Laugel dressed in wo- mans clothes,"
 They were so startled by the dis covery that 6 hurried consultation was held. and they agreed to confirm their identification. Crossing the street, they get in front Of the woman, and as she approached. confronted her
 We could not have been mistaken. Mir. Hance said yesterday We both looked for and saw the scar. Langol strengthening our belief until t amounted to certainty. I.sagel fairly ran to escape oi;r inspection
 Mr- Hance said he had studied .he recently published photos of De Ray Ian and Eas immediately impress sed with the almost complete Identity with the features Of LangeI Ar. Hance regards ss cOrhrmatory Of the con clgsion that Langel and De Raglan were one and the same. that De Ray Ian died of tuberculosis, a disease ! with which Langei was unmistakably afflicted Since the discovery Of Lan- !, gels masking was made by ALr Hance and Mir. Miller he" was never after ward reported as having been seen in this city.