DEATH SENTENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 October 1920, Page 5

DEATH SENTENCE.

.WOMAN WHO POSED AS MAN. . AMAZING CAREER OF CBIME. . By Telempb.'-Prsss Assn.r-Copyrljfet. Received Oct. 7, 1.10 a.m. Sydney, Oct. 6, TJIO trial has ended of Eugenie Fallini, a woman who dressed in male attire, who twice went through marriage ceremonies with persons of her own sex. She was charged with murdering Annie Burkett (or Crawford) at Chatawood in 1917, and she has now been found guilty and' sentenced to death. The case aroused great public interest (luring the two jays the trial lasted, the Court precincts - being crowded. In earlier appearances in Court, Fallini garbed in male attire, but on her last appearance resumed woman's gar-ments.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [This case presented remarkable features. * According to the story she toiil the police she married a man nam' Martello, in Italy. The couple cm.,'- . to New Zealand and resided here i'.iv j several years. Subsequently with In v i daughter, the woman went to Sydnc; 1 under her maiden name, and Bhe sumed male garb and worked as a man In 1917 she went through a ceremony of marriage with the widow Burkett, and some months later Burkett's charred remains were found in the ashes of a fire in the bußh at Chatswood. The supposition was that she had fallen into the Are in a fit, or while drunk, and an open verdict, was recorded. Further evidence came into the hands Of the police, which led them to charge Fallini with murder. In November last Fallini married another woman.] 1 :