STRANGE CRIME RECALLED
MAN-WOMAN RELEASED
ITALIAN GIRL’S MASQUERADE. )
United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright, (Received February 19, 11.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, February 19.
Eugene, Falleni, -the so-called manwoman, who in 1920 figured in a sensational murder case, has been released from Long Bay gaol. Born in’ltaly, she was taken to New Zealand as a child. As she grew up she was possessed of a mania to pose as a man. She signed on as a cabin boy in a Spanish ship, of which her father was- captain. She roamed the seas till she came to Newcasle, and then she stayed ashore, masquerading as a man.
Finally she married a widow named Birkett, ‘and lived with her for some months, neither Mrs Birkett nor her son suspecting the truth. Falleni treated them decently.
On the day of the eight-hour demonstration in 1920, overcome by a strange, mania, she took Airs Birkett to Chatswood, made (her helplessly drunk in the scrub, and shockingly battered her skull with a stone. She was condemned to death for murder, hut the sentence was commuted to life-imprisonment.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19310219.2.57
Bibliographic details
Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18257, 19 February 1931, Page 7
Word Count
179STRANGE CRIME RECALLED Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18257, 19 February 1931, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waikato Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in