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SHE SAW THE WORLD.Experience* of a llelaware tiirl Who Started Out In Man'* C lothe*.Mi-- Nettie Dickey «»f Manton, Del., who ha- ju-t returned to her home there, t * * 11 - an intere-ting story of Imw she -aw the world. dre-sed a- a man. \Ji* Diekey i- a pretty girl of 2d years tall, slender and of ldond complexion On the after* no«m of March 24 she-lipped out of her house and w • 'ii T to the woodshed, where she donned i ,.de attire and went to Newark. from w‘ ieh place Mi-- Dickey took her depart urr.Detect i\e wen* sent in ptir-uit. hut theywere unahle to find her. All tlie nn neyshe had was a f2M goldpiece, and whenshe arrived in Chicago -h«* had just f-l. Isin her poikct. For thre** days and nightsthe young woman tramped tie* street-.he finally went to a lumber yard, whereshe spent live night- The food she atewas obtained at tie* rheap iv-taurautFor several week- -he lived in lumbervards ami box ear- until -he beranie siek •and was taken to tin* C«»4»k County ho-pilal. wliere a doetor di-eover-d her sex. and the girl told him her name and where she belonged A ft er li-tening to her narrative the doctor not ified her parents. On April 2 4, one month from t he t imo of her disappearance, -he wrote to her mother, de-cribing in*r sulTeritigs and asking forgiveness.In three week- from tin* time sin* was admitted to the ho-pital -he had recovered sullieiently to walk about. There was) some doubt in the doetor'- mind a-to her sanity, and -he wa- ordered To appear in eourt for examination. Tin- resulted in her tran-fer to the Dunning In-atte a-y- 1 luin. wl * re -he remained a month. Tin n on an order from her parents she wa- re 1 lea-ed During her incarceration at the 1 a-ylum a trunk tilled with clothe- was ^ -eni 111 her. and up«»n her release she started for home. v
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Kokomo Daily Tribune
Kokomo, Indiana, US
Fri, Jul 19, 1895
Page 3
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