BELLICOSE BEATRICE.

NZ Truth, Issue 156, 13 June 1908, Page 6

BELLICOSE BEATRICE.

Is Too Foo*a.^Bludger?

,■' -Beatrice Too Foo is a fine stopping *lumn of perspiring -womanhood whe iiSes well, and wham, it is deplorable fjto fir'!, lives with a half-caste Oteow m '•••^»i«tf^we^:h. Beatrice says she ds act&s^^r Vmiki to the piebald oerson iro^j.W^ "W,-ii«ear that &0 f **J h \\ i .!

occupation is -what 'McNeil says -it'Ss,; then the Chow is an almond^yed blud*ger, a horrible state at affairs m this parson-ridden community. McNeil is a; laborer, apparently about 30, "who works upon the railway, and on -a recent Saturday evening between ten and eleven o'clock, he was assisted by a cabby to find Beatrice's place. No. 11, Georgestreet. Amateur prosseydom is so rife m Christchurch., to the detriment of the professional moll, and the courtesan is so harried by the nolice and the pious, that it is surprising the iehu .was ' abla to take McNeil to any place of that character. Telling his story later m the S.M. Court, McNeil said he met Beatrice inside the unhall/ow.ed building, and-arranged t.o sin , with her during the > entire night for the sum of £1. They had been fracturing the moral code, ac-: Cording to 'McNeil's way of thinkine. when Beatrice told him to get out of the unvfetuous couch and depart hence, as she was expecting someonn else. This . flagrant breach of a solemn agreement annoyed. McNeil, who nationality probably impelled him to DEMAND HIS MONEYS WORTH. ; If he were to leave, she must return. 1 him part of his pound, pocketed by the ■voluptuous person. That female declined :to accede to the request, whereupon McNeil said lie "would make it awkward for 'her. • Something then struck the man ; he^, doesn't know now what it was ; it ; might have been, the fag-end of a lurid curse hurled at the . hellish "Trade" by a Christchurch Prohibitionist ; it was hard and metalßa, and was propelled with violence by Beatrice. .It struck "McNeil on the head, and inflicted an anery ,wound, so that he staggered out blindly into the night bereft of his sovereign and his esvery-day composure. He .rushed on till he found Peeler Resan, a ' thoroughfare or' two off, but being comparatively strange to» the city, couldn't locate the house again, although he believed it to be Wo. 11. From the bleeding person's description, the bobby concluded that George-street was the . c eat of ; the war. Meantime, he conveyed Mc•Neil to. the hospital, where three stitches were inserted m his scalp to keep his ! brains -m. These facts were mentioned 'by the stricken man, whom Beatrice was .'Charged with assaulting with intent to ■do grievious bodily iaxm, an offence of ; sufficient seriousness to bring her before i;iudnre and jury of the Supreme Court. ;rOn Monday McNeil went to the house of • Beatrice with Sergeant Morgan, an in-5-iellectuaUlookiDfg Irishman with a Welsh fsname, -vtho speaks excellent English. Hp. the lady, afetihough he wasn't Itoo sure of the house, and Beatrice rethat lie had been too drunk to £know anything. He certainly had a few drinks on Saturday, but he wasn't ;the worse of liquor. McNeil said no pother person was present when he made jthe sinful arrangement with the donah, »no.tue>ven the despicable Chow; Since the |occurrfince, he 3iad been approached by a Itnan nvho asked him not to proceed. ;-agains,tvthe "woman. : THIS INDIVIDUAL' OWNED PROPERTY fW?-the>. neighborhood, and appeared fear-, fful lest the occupation of Beatrice iishould make- residence m .the vicinity unrpopular. Solicitor NicboJls appeared for the woman, and cross-examined with severity. said he had been out at the itrots- and coming into town at six adjourned to Fail's hash-shop for scran. ' r iLeft -there about seven and sought the tiwiuid pleasures of vthe Cafe de Paris till eight, when he purchased a suit of clothes. He then- visited a dentist, and .knocked about the streets subsequently, *ha vine Tan occasional -beer till/ between 10 rand 1 11. when a kind cabman drove him :,:to the. home of* his, extremely .•spouse. Where did you & get the cab ifrom ?— I don't know. Y«- were, too muddled ?-r-No.-Ho-w did • you efind the woman ?— The v pabman v Tes— but was - she - not m. bed ?— No. . Was she- -dressed ?— Yes. How was she dressed— what was the $color of • her clothes-?— I don't know. . To • Sergeant Johnston : I haven't much ■^knowledge of the town. Constable Regan stated that when Mc'Nftil accosted him at 11 p.m. he remark.cd that the street of-, the mishap was j somewhere between the Caversham and. 'New Zealander Hotels. From the description the copper believed it to be George-street, and examining Beatrice's place on the following night he found BLOOD STAINS ON THE GATE. To Mr Nichblls : Saw McNeil .first between St. Asaph and Tuam-streets. and though the man was under the influence of liquor, he was-far from being drunk. Dr. Shaw, assistant house surgeon at the hospital, testified that the wound was 1-iin. to 2in. long,,,ar<d might have been inflicted with a prjker or the end of a fire shovel. The man smelt of liquor, but he wasn't drunk. Mr Nicholls ■ I suppose ? the blow would sober him ?— I have never heard of a blow on the head sobering anyone. The Sergeant stated that he visited ■Beatrice's twice on the following Monday. On the first occasion she was scrubbing the verandah, and the officer remarked upon the cleanliness of the house, which had recently been subjected ■to soap and water. When he brought McNeil along that individual remarked. "That's the woman I gave the £1 to." She replied, emphatically. "I never saw you before." "Yes, you -are the woman who struck me on Saturday night," he persisted. To which she replied, "You're not sober, and you weren't sober when you were hit." McNeil was quite sober or Monday, the Sergeant averred. Beatrice of the Chinkie name pleaded not guilty reserved her defence, and was ,%sommitted for trial, bail being allowed, * s%Slf m £50 and one surety of £50. - » i