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The Tragic End of a Woman's Masquerad ing in Male Attire. letter from San Francisco says : The persistency of Jennie Bonnett in vem male attire, after making her. whim for several years a diversion for ® and her has end or 80 in the poorer theaters. After that he was employed in a mercantile estab lishment. Jennie grew up about as she would, and her ways were wild. One of her fancies was the wearing of male at tire, and she wore her hair short in order to assist in the dr . “Her features were not femininely delicate, nor her voice as light as is common with her sex ,and consequently no stranger would guess that she was not a good looking, boyish fellow. Her dash in amusement was in keeping with her isiness vim. She dealt in frogs, sup plied the large hotels and restaurants with them, and derived from them an ample income. The m thus se was spent in luxurious living. Yesterday Jennie, started out in her favorite disguise, with a young com panion named Blanche Buneau, on an aan of fun. Jea hired a gar and carriage at a livery stable, drove to San Miguel, stopping there at the San Miguel Hotel, a small establish ment that thrives on its restaurant, be ing close by the railroad depot. The landlord knew Jennie because she had often been in his house, and her free ex aditures made him a safe guardian of er secret. That day Jennie and Blanche went horseback riding, and in the even ing they dined sumptuously at the hotel,, drinking more wine than women usual he had intended to return to a city earlier, and had co informed the livery man, and, alarmed by their con tinued absence, he followed them to re gain his property. He quarreled with Annie and was about to strike her, whereupon the landlord told him that she was a woman and he desisted. The horse and wagon were then taken away by the owner, the women deciding to remain all night. ‘Blanche had ano accepted lover, William Deneve, whom she was engaged to . He was ‘a Frenchman, and extremely jealous. Once he saw her with Jennie, who was unknown to him, and whom he at once ed as an in- Sodtopine, young man, were at that time upbraided Blanche, but she did not undeceive him as to Jennie’s iden tity. It is believed that he saw, or in some way learned of her departure yesterday for San Miguel, was furious, excited her apparent fickleness, fol lowed them, and watched their move ments until the terrible end of the ad venture. The room in which Jennie and Blanche were to sleep was in the first story, ad joined a balcony. They retired late. Janche got into bed and Jennie was preparing to do so. Suddenly, without previous warning, there was a gunflash and a report at the window, and a heavy hero of buckshot entered Jennie’s side, killing her instantly. Blanche ran screaming to the door, arousing the household with her cries. The frightened landlord hesitated to go to the balcony, and before he braced his courage sufficiently to make a search the murderer had escaped.
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McHenry Plaindealer
Mchenry, Illinois, US
Wed, Oct 25, 1876
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