A SENSATIONAL CASE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 843, 27 April 1888, Page 22

A SENSATIONAL CASE.

>\ (FROM QU,R. O.\VN .CQPpES.LQNppNT.) ! ‘ ’ April 23. | f A r.eiparknble case of cattle-stealing is the 1 : subject pf much commept here. A ypung 1 j yogian, the daughter pf a widow who is a i large iaiUdowner ip fee Wfetop district, 1 <us4 wh9 feftP i c . a f r ii,64 ,W faxuuing feojk U i<?t .9‘ ,c£tUo fe - -4. SijafeuLa, .representing peptor *T- " -- U iTprtppse. ,i?he ; ?ai<j au ° fc f oa . sa ‘“ ’ . -> $9 get self to be JVlrs Alia.., -* she waß a widow, and w„. —« e back to her family, and pleaden . with the auctioneer, when the cattle w-.. sold, for a cheque to enable her to get home at once. The auctioneer, believing her story, gave her a cheque for £3O, which was cashed by the young woman at the Colonial Bank, Invercargill. Meautime the party whose cattle had been stolen communicated with the police, who soon unravelled the whole plot, and arrested tho young woman. It seems she drove tho cattle across the

country during the night to reach Mataura in time for the sale there. It is also asserted that she has been in the habit of wearing men’s clothe*. She is an expert horsewoman. The case promises to be a sensaticnal oue. The young woman was brought before the Justices at Winton to-day, and was remanded for a week. (UNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION.) Invercargill, April 23. Sophia Kidd was charged to-day at Winton with stealing 16 head of cattle, the property of Alexander Ross, of Forest Hill, and was remanded for a week. Bail was allowed in two sureties of £SO each. It is alleged that the accused drove the cattle to Gore, a distance of twenty miles, and there sold them, giving the name of Mrs Allan. She is the daughter of a land holder of the same name, and is of very attractive appearance, and a noted horsewoman.