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She Was Dressed Like A Man

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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
September
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Dr. George M. Bassett, of Vandalia, and Miss Allen Bumgardner, alias Mattie Murphy, alias Mattie Howe, of Hillsboro, 111., were arrested In St. Louis the other night, because the girl was masquerading in the attire of a oung man. At th -Hce station bot declared tneir mascullnlty. Tne etfeminate looking one was taken to the city dispensary, where the wise doctors soon discovered that the prisoner was a sure-enough woman. "This is simply a spree, and I acknowiedge the corn," said Dr. Bassett. "When I get out of here I shall go home to my family. I have two pretty little children, 4 and 6 lears old, resnectively, and I love them dearly. While I cannot get along very well with my wife, yet I c.-vor dreamed of eloplng with the young woman who is with me."

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Old News
Ann Arbor Register