A Strange Story.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 199, 25 August 1886, Page 4

A Strange Story.

In the liow-Hlroel I'olico Court, Luudun, Ethol Mcl'onald, 20, was charjjod with having wandered without any visiblo mean? of eubpisti-nnn. A policeman said that his attontioii was drawn to the defendant and a littlo boy abcut five yoars of ago. They wero asleep on a Boat in tho Mall, St. James's Park, near Buckingham l'alaco. Uo had noticod them in tho Lark on provious occasions at night. Tho boy wns tho dofoudant'd nephew, and her sister wae undergoing a torui of imprisonment for having broken windows at tho now University Club, Tall Mall. In reply lo Mr Vuughan, tho defendant declared that sho was tho victim of a conspiracy instittatod by hor brolhor at tho iustauco of a largo Irish landowner, who had effected hor eistor's ruin. 11 o and tho defendant's brother wore roproaonted to hnvo boon at Stonoyhurst 1 College toijothor, and t-he eaid that they had declared to ruin hor and forco her out tc die, Sho attributed tho cauiio of this to tho fact of two of hor sisters having escaped ' from a lloman Catholic convent whon thoy woro children, and eaid that the man 1 sho alleged had ruined hor sister 1 had declarod that ho would devoto all I hia money to rid himself of her. Sho I alleged that hor brother had been instrumental in cllecting hia sifter's ruin. Sho said that twenty years ago hor father wan 1 Chief Constablo at Wakelield. lie died ID yoars ago, and for eometimo after sho and 3 her sister were at school in Franco. They I afterwards_ obtained situations aa gof vornoeses in Iroland, Tho constablo said that the mothor of the little boy who was found with the defendant was confined in a ? lunatic asylum, Mr Vnnghan eaid ho should remand the defendant in order that I inquiries might bo made with reference to J, hor statement. Tho dofondant, who spoke 1 in a perfectly rational and educated manner, declared that sho was tho victim of a con- ' spiracy. Sho was remanded, and tho boy , was sent to the workhouse. j ■ === a The chaps that raise the most dust where thoy strike are the carpet beaters.