The Washington times., 1920-11-03
POSES4
YEARS AS BOY
Her Identity Revealed in Court
After Giving Companion a
Black Eye.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Nov. g.
Known as . boy during the last four
years, and As q tough, two-fisted boy
at that, q girl yesterday was SEN
fenced In the Municipal Court to
dresses and placed In charge OF q
matron.
DRIVER OF DUMP WAGON.
The Giri. who Assumed the name
OF Jack Mcconnell" has been driv-
ing q dump wagon. and when her ser
became known everyone In the neigh
borhood admitted they had been com
pletely fooled.
Her real name stiii Is q mystery.
although John Gray. seventy years
old. Of Eleventh and Melon streets,
told the court that he 10 her grand
father. and offered to provide $500
cash bail for her.
Probably she would stifl be known
as Jack" had she not succeeded In
giving q black eye to a boy COM
panion when q policeman happened to
be looking.
PREVIOUS CHARGES
This led to her being taken to the
Tenth and Buttonwood police station
charged with assault. on sunday
night. Yesterday morning the mag
istrate learned that she had been
arrested Friday night together with
two boys on charge preferred by
Elizabeth Hebding, sixteen years old.
and that the case was pending In the
Municipal Court She was therefore
sent to that court for a hearing.
The girl. during her career In
trousers. was known among her ac-
qusintances a. 'Whistiing Jack" AL
ways In high spirits. she was a load
err among the boys and girls with
whom she associated. and none appear
to have had any suspicion that Jack"
was not Q boy.
Jack" was arrested last July
while driving q dump cart. The girl
had stopped in front Of the residence
OF her grndfather and was whistltng
! for him when the refuse In the wagon
was dumped into the street. She
was arrested and taken to the Tenth
and Buttonwood streets station house
where she passed a night smoking
cigarettes and joking with other
prisoners. The next morning she WA
discharged.
HELD ON GIRLS CHARGE.
Last. Friday Jack" was arrested
together with John Zeck. sixteen years
old. and James Griffin. sixteen. on
| charges preferred by Elisabeth Heb
ding, sixteen years old. The three
were taken to the Tenth and Button
wood streets police station.
| Jack" was dressed in an army
shirt, a dark green suit with a belted
coat, and when brought to the sta
\ ton house "he" told his companions
to brace up as they would be free
in the morning. The grandfather o.
the masquerader offered to go bail
and the three were held for hear
ing yesterday.
On Sunday Jack" met Zeck. one o,
her fellow prisoners, and they had
a dispute regarding the case. "Jack'
proceeded to show that she could
fight and gave Zeck a bad beating
The fight was witnessed by a police
man, who arrested Jack" or q
charge Of assault.
The boyish- looking girl passed Sun
day night in q police station cell
with a man. whom she kept kidding
because he did not act more cheer
full.
Jack" was arraigned before Magis.
trate Carson. who. upon hearing that
the prisoner had q previous date In
|
to that tribunal
When brought before Judge Charles
Brown, Jack told Griffin, who had
| been arrested at the same time, that
it was a cinch they would be let of
Zeck, the other prisoner, had been
sent to a hospital as a result OF his
encounter with the two-fsted Jack.
ASKS FOR CIGARETTE MONEY.
"Give me q dime for cigarettes.
said Jack" to her grandfather. while
waiting for the case to be called.
After the charge of the Hebding
girl had been heard, Jacks" grand.
father told the Judge that the accusa-
ton could not be true. The judge
asked why not and the grandfather
whispered to the Judge. As a result
| Jack" was sent to be examined by
the physician Of the court and on
his report was turned over to the
charge Of the matron.
The Hebding girl withdrew her
charge. Last evening Jacks" grand
father refused to reveal the name OF
the girl, and the neighbors passed
the evening In laughing over the
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