A CURIOUS CASE.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 8736, 9 February 1907, Page 1

A CURIOUS CASE.

An action to recover £SOO damages for injuries received in a New York tramway accident has come to a surprising termination. The claimant was a young man of engaging manners and appearance, named Gus Soib, employed as a waiter at a popular restaurant. He was badly hurt by the sudden starting of a tramway-car, which he was in the act of entering - . There was a number of witnesses of the accident, which was clearly the driver's fault. The company's inquiries failed to reveal anything to the youth's discredit. His employer's family, with whom he boarded, testified to his exemplary character, and stated that he was a teetotaller and passed his leisure time in quiet study at home. In these circumstances the company was willing to compromise, subject to a medical examination confirming the statement of the claim in respect to the nature of his injuries. a

The discovery was then made that | the supposed youth was j;esJly a I woman, and the action has failed on. the ground of misstatement of a ! material fact. The girl had followed male employment and worn male attire ever since she arrived in New York from the West, four years ago, none suspecting hec sex. Except for her soft brown eyes, there was nothing in her appearance to indicate that she was other than she seemed. She is well educated, fond of reading, j a clover musician, and a good con- j versationalist.

Since the discovery she has completely disappeared. It is supposed that sho is a girl of good family, who for some reason cut loose from her homo and adopted this means of bafiling the efforts to trace her.