REVEALED IN DEATH.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 58, 29 March 1901, Page 4

REVEALED IN DEATH.

THK SECKET 01'' A POLITIOIAN'S;SEX. J'sw Yobk, Jacuary 18. Tie name of "Mr." Murray Hal), the well known Tammar.y politician, which occurred yesterday, has re eulfcsd iD a m<st astout ding discijsnie. It apprars thai the deceas'd v;as a vomna ai d bad m.vqneraded as a man for over thirty years. The discovery was rafidj after her death by Dr. Gallagher, the sttsrdant physician, Ha i'xaicd'atrly rrpotted the. fatt to tho caroner, as the law requires that an ii quest most be held in the cue* of ptrjons dying in a suspicious or unUitiii: manner, Ihe oews has caused a treooecdous sensation hers, iven hardened Tammatiy politicians b?ing shocked and fc-indaliaed. The deceased who h»d lived in Nev York for thirty years, hud always been piominent in poliitcal cirslßs, and was one of the leading members i f iho Iroqai jus Club. "He' was fauiilmriy known as cf the boys," and all-round sport." "Mr' Hall, who waa engaged in business p.s an employment agent and professional bondswan, amassed a large fortune. He whs married twica. He was badly hen-pecktd by the first "wife," and the second died two years ago "His" sole heir ie an adopted daaght r, fcwenty-i>»o, and io is possible that hg*l complications will aris? over the will. , "Mr" Hall was sthlelio, ' his'' voice was deep, and "hit" actions masculine, although Li- f-ice was devoid of whifkera. "His appearance was that of a benevolent old gent'eiiun. Straßgely enough, "he" always preferrrd the sc ci' ty of the fairsex. "His" customers ard in imats companions were of arly all women. "Mr" Hall's ability as a pclitican is regarded here as a Bfrong argument in favour of women's suffrage.