Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1902 — BETTER HALF SAID TO BE A MAN [ARTICLE]

BETTER HALF SAID TO BE A MAN

Plea Made by Fred Westfall to Charge of Desertion. Elkhart, Ind., Special: A sensation was created In court here when Fred Westfall, arraigned for wife desertion, declared he had left his wife because she proved to be a man. The couple were married July 5 at Garrett, Ind. They lived together for two weeks, when Westfail left and the woman returned to her mother at Syracuse, Ind. It is expected she will return to prosecute the charge of desertion, when the mystery may be cleared up.