Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-09-26

astounding discovery that William
Taylor, regarded for forty years as the
husband of Nellie Taylor of Lynxvilie,
was likewise a woman. Taylor was
taken to the hospital suffering with
cancer. The sex of patient was dis
covered in the subsequent eXamina-
| ton. Hospital authorities preserved
| the womans secret up to the time of
| her death, shortly after. William
Taylor was regarded by the inhabi-
tants of, Lynxville as a hard working
man, queer, but most industrious. A
| herb doctor by profession, he con-
| cocted teas, salves and medicines.
| Trade along this line was not remun-
erative, and Taylor worked out. He
was regarded as strong and not afraid
| to work Employers noted Taylor's
quiet and unusually clean ways and
| put it down to queerness. He was al
/ ways trusted. While William Taylor
thus won a living for himself and his
wife, Nellie kept the home in order
and labored in the small village hotel
to help. William was 65 and Nellie
| SO. The couple had few close friends
| but it was evident that the older w0-
man exercised a guardianship over
the younger. Her story, now related,
that she was unaware of her partners
sex is regarded as highly improbable.
More likely, the two women formed an
attachment they did not wish severed
and thus kept their relation secret.
Nels Olson, %, Tomah, died instant
ly at Appleton when he came into con-
tact with a high-tension wire on
pole Of the Wisconsin Light, Heat and
Power Co. at Kimberly. Olson, SEN
ior at Lawrence college, had planned
to complete his course with the fall
term.
The disclosure that William Taylor,
LynXville, who lived as the husband
of Emma Brown Taylor for over Al
years, is overshadoWed by the start
ling announcement that the widow"
knew not in all the years that her
supposed husband belonged to her
own sex. Mrs. Taylor's story is as
follows: II was born at Ross, near
Viroqua. My father was Munyon
Brown, an early settler. My maiden
name was Emma Brown. When l
was II William Taylor, a wanderer.
came into my life. He" was attracted
to me and l believed myself in love.
We went to La Crosse in 1882, ana
were married by peace justice. |
think his name was Glenn. From the
time l was married until after the
death of my husband" | never knew
that "he" was a woman. | was young
and innocent and had no knowledge
of how other married people lived.
My husband always guarded me
closely He never associated with
other people and | was not permitted
to mix with them. One time he
locked me in the house for three days
and threatened to kill me l told
about it. He was never sick enough
to be helpless and | never had an OPP
pOrtunity to undress him | never
knew he was a woman until they told
me in LynXville the day after hig
death in La Crosse. He always COM
planned of heart trouble and | helped
support him from the time of our mar
riage. l am So. He was &C or 81 at
the time Of his DEATH"
Phil Cannon, former assembIyman
was found guilty at Superior to four
| violations of the federal prohibition
laws. He was convicted of two sales,
| possession and maintaining nris-
ance. Gannon's bartender, John Burke,
pleaded guilty to one sale of liquor
The court quashed three other in
dictments against him. Cannon has
been running a soft drink" estab-
! lishment where he conducted a saloon
for 13 years.
When the store of Norman Bros.
Eau Claire, was opened for business
Friday it was found that the entire
stock of new suits, all silks and silk
shirts had been stolen. Entrance
was gained through a coal chute and
breaking an inner basement door TO
the main floor. The goods are valued
at several thousand dollars. Automo-
bile thieves are suspected but no ar
rests have been made.
The champion pumpkin grower of
Sawyer county is Dave Smith, farmer
in the OjibWa district near Couderay.
At the Ojibwa community fair Smith
had on exhibition his largest pumpkin,
which weighed 1852 pounds, meas
ured three feet high and more than
seven feet in circumference. How
many pies it would make has not been
estimated. Smith used but ordinary
care in raising the monster vegetable.
A Milwaukee road train jumped q
switch at Edgerton, ran off its course
300 feet and crashed into a coal car.
200 passengers were shaken up but
otherwise not hurt. The passenger
engine was almost completely
wrecked but not pane of glass in the
coaches was broken. Both engineer
and fireman jumped, escaping hurt.
The cause of the wreck is unknown
as the switch was set correctly when
the train entered it.
VIM. Pratt, Oregon, recently arrest
ed for having liquor in his possession,
and rearrested for robbing the F. B.
McDermott store of $1,000 worth OF
jewelry, was placed on probation for
two years. He will make full restitu-
ton.
Lightning struck table at which
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