Murder of Charles B. Gillis, Henry County IAGenWeb

Public Opinion Decorah, Iowa, May 23, 1917
PROVES TO BE MERE MAN. ---- Man Arrested in Female Attire at Mount Peasant (sic). ---- Mount Peasant (sic), Ia., May 21. --His voice gave him away. A beautifully gowned "woman" visited Mount Pleasant yesterday. She rented a room in the Pixley home, saying she was canvassing for corsets. She said she expected a woman friend of visit her. Then she went to buy some shoes and ladies' underwear.	In the store one of the clerks be- came suspicious. He called the authorities, and the "woman" was arrested. She proved to be a man. His name was Schaef- fer, and his home Fairfield. He was sentenced to thirty days in jail, but this was changed to $25 fine. It was learned he bears a good reputation at his home. He said that a Mount Pleasant man had been insulting his wife, so he planned to trap him, and punish him.
Transcribed by Conni McDaniel Hall, Dec 31, 2020. Source: Chronicling America, Library of Congress.