WOMAN MASQUERADER
DRAMATIC SCENE IN COURT
(United Press Association—By Eleotrio Telegraph—Copyright) (Australian Press Association)
LONDON, 27th March. There was 'a dramatic scene in the Marylebone Police Court when the masquerader, "Captain" Barker, charged with perjury, was brought face to face with Miss Haward. Although obviously distressed, Barker succeeded in keeping calm until Miss Haward was called into the witness-box, when she almost collapsed and endeavoured to hide her heard in a large neck fur, which was the only truly feminine touch in her attire. Barker, seized with a fit of anguish, shook violently and burst into tears. The Magistrate asked her to raise her head in order that Miss Haward might recognise her. "No," pleaded Barker.
The Magistrate insisted, and the accused raised her face, and the eyes of the pair met. ."That was my husband," said. Miss Haward. It was not difficult to realise how the masquerade was successful. Barker stood head and shoulders above everyone in the packed Court. Taller and broader than any policeman present, she seemed strangely out of place in female garments, even though they were of a- distinctly mannish mode. At the conclusion of the charge she almost collapsed, and had to be assisted from the Court, .where she fainted.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 30 March 1929, Page 7
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206WOMAN MASQUERADER Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 30 March 1929, Page 7
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