The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-05

~ Ak kELallLs4e 1k9Ah 5IhGTE1s
Che -. attorneys for James ReddEck,
pn6Iie administrator. Most Of the doc
uEnents and aIo tie diary are in the
Russian language.
The diary and q letter from her
mother received through a go-between
more thin q year ago show De Ray
Inns real family name to have been
TaIetsky Her given name IS not
shown b any Of the documents The
diary eoyersa period between the years
1858 md 1s92 the year Of her arrival
refugee IN Chicago.
Iie first phase Of her life traced In
+ Ief 0trna many pages OF which In
die. that she was a drunkArd, gam
hleE and I profans 70, e, depicts her as
sch6eIeirt Her mother had placed
heF ii government school for girls in
ISieS, Russia. where the TaletsEy fam
Home was situated, and between
II fifteen and sixteen years
81 WIS to graduate, Somewhere
oand tits period her mother, who had
been wen to DO before. suddenly &C
fIIiFed 2J0.e00 rubles tabout $4,000.
eoEai discovered the existence Of
tits sum and became suspicious con-
II. In some way she found
81 had been settled on her mother
IS trustee BY some member Of the no
6iifty. 10 be conserved in the interest
II .Sieulat This discovery made the
Young girl curious as to the reasons for
Element and caused her to wish
fcr her father, to ind from him what
NJ steIy surrounded her origin. Nico-
Iii writes Of various Interviews with
hsr mother in which the latter refused
8 give Information
As the time Of the graduation from
the girls school drew near the girl con-
,ceifved Napoleonlc scheme to force
y her mother to pay her considerable
sum ot money or at least to diyulge
ne information she sought so eagerly.
81 both. She had her Inspiration In two
tatutes Of Russia, one making It a
crime punishable by Imprisonment, to
MIN entrance by any means for boy
INTO i girls school. The other was the
NV regulating compulsory milftnry
seE.rice, which made 1t 4 serious crime
10 hide the sex Of a male Child.
The completeness Of detafl with
which the sixteen-year-OId girl set
about. to prove herself boy shows
.ler to have possessed originality and
imagination to the point OF genius
No detal was left mcompleted. Be
fore She made known to any one her
purpose she made final and conyineing
arrangements to provide for evidence
Is ease her sex was Questioned
& she had been watched over from ear
eHildhood BY French governess,
Louise Ratnne, about nine years her
senior. Affecting to take her gov
eEness Into her confidence. she said
eeording to the diary:
L1uEse you've seen me in the house
posing as girl. when In fact all
tie time / have been boy The pur-
Pose cf my mother In Disgusting me in
this way was 70 procure this money
tt Has cone to her"
eonyineed Louise Of the truth Of
tenent: and they entered into
e6Epae according to the diary. to
Ivs KEY together and enter on
ign the purpose Of which should
) IS IS fcrCe the mother to give up the
information and the money. NIcolai
tofd de goyerness she long had been
eeFetiy 81 love with her and would
fiarry her Is soon as the money was
otafuef.
me Pre- aratton fpE the assuming Of
rille disguise consumed about two
Years md tie SEXUAL occurrences b.
IN b take plaee IN 1892 It was ~
batentIy II 1891 that Louise Ratupe,
afsef ts Two giris had been Ct ST Pc
burg 4 hort time wrote 4 Ietter to
tle lafe Pobed0nost telling him
the I'll 4 III Ol NieoIaFs aIisgeI eass
ana Sssin f6s al lnteryieN
The .liesInsI ma ehdrc con-
1lential allyiser q he err ana Mo