Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Thirteenth Year - Number 25
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, August  21, 1902
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ATTIRED IN MALE ATTIRE.

       A woman was arrested in Waco Sunday on a charge of parading in male attire, which as the story goes, she had worn for a year in Waco. Her name is given as Miss D. J. Crawford.
       She was arrested while looking into a show window on Austin street by Policeman Bob Buchanan.  When accosted by the officer, the woman dressed as a man was clad in a neat dressing suit with derby hat, standing collar, white neck tie and a linen suit.  When addressed on the subject of her sex, she appeared to be very indignant and even used words to the officer that were not pleasant for him to listen to.  However, that did not deter him from his suspicions, and he took her to the city hall and the city physician was called.  Seeing that her sex would soon be ascertained the woman gave way to her feelings and acknowledged then that she was a woman, and claimed that her name was the one given above and that her was in Tennessee.  She was released on bond in the sum of $25 to appear in the city court to answer the charge.

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