Show Dr Mary Walker The public are aware that for some days past Dr Mary Walker has been seriously ill at Providence Hospital It is very probable that this notable woman is drawing near her end and unless all medical pre dictions prove false she will in a few days be where unkind sayings and thoughtless penthrusts wIll have no power to give her pain The subject of our sketch has acquired ac-quired an almost national reputation reputa-tion and yet the circumstances connected with her checkered career are known to comparatively few persons Dr Mary Walker was born about the year 1830 in Oswego Oswe-go N Y Her parents were the best of people who looked upon their daughter not as a wayward but as a peculiar girl Mary was a superior scholar and made good use of the few opportunities afforded her She is a regular graduate in medicine although many have be lieved that medically she was an imposter Quite early in life she married a Dr Miller but the match was an unfortunate one She de tested alcohol in all its forms while he was fond of it and besides she believed that he was not true to her About twelve years ago she tried to obtain a divorce but he success fully resisted and defeated her on the ground that he had always been ready and willing to live with her but that she deserted him without cause When the war broke out Mary espoused the side of her sec tion with her whole soul At one time she had charge of the United States hospital in either Kentucky or Tennessee She was captured and confined in Libby Prieon four months The confederates believed her to be a spy and treated her harshly but her unbending will never yielded When they learned her true status in the United States army she was liberated She came to Washington at the fall of Richmond Rich-mond Of her personal eccentrici ties Dr Mary Walker is known particularly for the astpnishing tenacity she has exhibited upon the subject of dress It may be that she IS partially insane but no per so er lived who had sonjeyer a kinder or purjjjf heart At the time of the hanging of Mrs Surratt the doctor made repeated and successful efforts to obtain permission to witness the scene This curiosity may or may not have arisen from a morbid desire de-sire to see a woman suffer the death penalty but is nevertheless a stain upon her otherwise fair reputation |