#53 Eugenia Falleni, alias Harry Crawford, 1920. “When ‘Harry Leon Crawford,’ hotel cleaner of Stanmore was arrested and charged with wife murder he was revealed to be in fact Eugeni Falleni, a woman and mother, who had been passing as a man since 1899. In 1914, as ‘Harry Crawford,’ Falleni had married the widow Annie Birkett. Three years later, shortl

Caught in the Act: Mugshots of 1920s Australia

#53 Eugenia Falleni, alias Harry Crawford, 1920. “When ‘Harry Leon Crawford,’ hotel cleaner of Stanmore was arrested and charged with wife murder he was revealed to be in fact Eugeni Falleni, a woman and mother, who had been passing as a man since 1899. In 1914, as ‘Harry Crawford,’ Falleni had married the widow Annie Birkett. Three years later, shortl

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