  We present an X-ray spectral analysis of a sample of 8 bona-fide Seyfert 2
galaxies, selected on the basis of their high $[OIII]\lambda5007$ flux, from
the Ho et al. (1997) spectroscopic sample of nearby galaxies. We find that, in
general, the X-ray spectra of our Seyfert 2 galaxies are complex, with some our
objects having spectra different from the 'typical' spectrum of X-ray selected
Seyfert 2 galaxies. Two (NGC3147 and NGC4698) show no evidence for intrinsic
absorption. We suggest this is due to the fact that when the torus suppresses
the intrinsic medium and hard energy flux, underlying emission from the host
galaxy, originating in circumnuclear starbursts, and scattering from warm
absorbers contributes in these energy bands more significantly. Our asca data
alone cannot discriminate whether low absorption objects are Compton-thick AGN
with a strong scattered component or lack an obscuring torus. The most striking
example of our low absorption Seyfert 2 is NGC4698. Its spectrum could be
explained by either a dusty warm absorber or a lack of broad line clouds so
that its appearance as a Seyfert 2 is intrinsic and not due to absorption.
