PLUCKY WOMAN

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8629, 9 July 1924, Page 2

PLUCKY WOMAN

HOLDS UP INTRUDERS. U„der exciting circumstance s. \|r> Paulson, proprietress of Pfahert’s Hotel, was responsible for the invst of two alleged thieves (says t Svdm-y paper). One evening Mrs Paulsen.' was sitting in her private •oom writing letters. She was disurbrd by the night watchman Sorenson coming to tell her that there vas a bell violently ringing in one ,f the rooms which he lould not discover. The watchman uad<* inquiries and found that omcone had twice tampered with he door handle of a certain room. Hie occupants, on getting out of tod to investigate, had seen two auspicious-looking men moving lown the passage. Mrs Paulsen tearing this, despatched the night torter to investigate, and instructed dm to search in her own bedouin. The porter returned to say hrd he Rad clone so, but had seen nothing suspicions. Mrs Paulsen, lowever, was not satisfied, and givng a loaded revolver to the night vatchman, she told him to* follow \er, and ran quickly upstairs. She iad barely got to the first landing vhere her own room is situated, vhen she saw two men coming out >f her bedroom-, one of them carryher fur coat over his arm. kVivhoufc a moment's (hesitation Mrs Paulsen rushed at the two intrud>rs and asked them to give her the :oat. demanding what they meant iy coming in her room. ‘‘Hands ipl” she commanded, at the same ime telling the night watchman to :over them with the revolver- “We cucw all about your revolver, miss*’ aid one of the men. “Cut that ort of guff out.” “Hands up I” ailed Mrs Paulsen, once more. The jurglars. seeing they had a more ban ordinary resolute woman to leal with, put up their 1 hands. Mrs hiulsen calmly searched each of lie men for concealed weapons or to] ell property. Finding they vere unarmed, she ordered them to

march in front of her 'downstairs and into a parlor. Realising that telephoning for the police might mean a long delay, Mrs Paulsen gavei orders for the night watchman to mount guard over her prisoners, and further to prevent their escape, she* called in a, labourer who- was working on some road repair job just outside the hotel- Then she went to get a policeman. A member of the force was picked up in George Street, nearby, and he was on once apprised of the facts. In a. few minutes both intruders were safely handcuffed and marched off under police escort.

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