Thomas Stokes Now Under Arrest for Murder.
Item
- Title
- Thomas Stokes Now Under Arrest for Murder.
- Source
- The Montgomery Advertiser (AL)
- Date
- 7/18/01
- page
- 4
- Identifier
- Image 4 of The Montgomery advertiser (Montgomery, Ala.), July 18, 1901 | Library of Congress (loc.gov)
- Crime
- Murder
- Subject
- crossdresser
- Race of alleged offender
- white alleged offender
- Gender of alleged offender
- Male alleged offender
- Law enforcement involved
- Detective
- Stage of the Legal System
- arrest
- Location
- Out of state; Van Buren, Ark.
- Length of story
- 173
- Description
- Thomas Stokes Now Under Arrest for Murder. Van Buren. Ark.. July 17.—Today T. A. Irvin of Baird. Tex., was in the city having in custody Thomas Stokes, whom he arrested in Huntsville, this State, charged with the murder of a prominent citizen of Baird three years ago. Stokes, who is but 24 years old and beardless. has been for the past three years masquerading in female attire, and being a young man of education, secured a teacher’s license, and representing himself to be a woman has been leaching school near Huntsville. Stokes Is very reticent about the affair, and claims that he Is not the man wanted. He says that the donning of female attire was from choice, as he better succeeded In getting employment as a female teacher. He had become quite popular among the people of Huntsville who are both to believe that he is not the woman he had represents himself to be. He was taken toTexas today. Detective Irvin is quite positive that he has the right man.
- Site pages
- Geography of Murder
