A THAMES SENSATION.

Northern Advocate, 28 August 1902, Page 3

A THAMES SENSATION.

* SY*Il WOljtAtf m MAN'S •: ■ ; '. ; cLQTmj©.,;; ; . ■ Prew A«Bociation.-^pi)jrright. ; „ , THAMES, August 28. "• Mrs. Taylor, who was arrested for silojating the man Whelan on his ar- . xWii.'by' the Paeroa-Thames train on Tuesday night, was attired in men's clothes, her hair was cut short, and she was dressed in the latest fashion, having on a close fitting dark suit, with a straw hat, and had a dark moustache glued to her upper - -ilff^w-r-*— — •*■■-■ - ■" ' i She took lodgings in an hotel, and must have waited for Whelan at his ' residence. .; After the encounter she decamped in the opposite direction to that taken by the man, taking his hat, which Was found in an hotel yard a hundred yards away. Mrs Taylor then proceeded to the •hotel, arriving at midnight. ' At breakfast she declined food, and said she had had too much drink on the previous night. She left in the morning for Paeroa| but her appearance aroused suspicion, and the matter was reported to the police, who arrested her. - A portmanteau containing a change of male attire was also found. When brought to the Thames the false moustache was removed, and the identity of Mrs Taylor revealed. Accused is a married woman and has two children. 1 Whelan was married to a Thames girl yesterday, and left on his -. ioneymoon as the accused was being conveyed in a bu^gy from Paeroa to the Thames Hotel.