TWO MERRY MAIDENS

NZ Truth, Issue 508, 13 March 1915, Page 7

TWO MERRY MAIDENS

GET HOLD OF HIDDEN HOOT AND DO A HIKE

FLING PUNDS AROUND FOR FANCY FALDERALS

Joy Rides and Race Jaunts End m the Jug

Plead " Guilty " and are Sent up for Sentence

Two demure looking damsels named [respectively Dorothy Scouliar (whoso label was previously shown as Dorothy Souter), and Lesley Reid, were charged at ' the S.M's Court, Wellington, on March 3, with the theft of 141 jim, plus five bob., from room No. 33, of tho Duke of Edinburgh Hotel. Mr. W. G.. Riddell, S.M., held the scales of justice and, when Lesley and Dorrie were put m on one of the. pans and a crowd of witnesses for the prosecution on the other, up went Les and Dorrie and banged the beam. It may be remembered that the two young prepossessing ladies m question went to the Duke on the night of February 16 and asked the nurse girl m charge of Mrs. Thompson's baby if they could see Mrs. Thompson. The little girl replied that the Thompsons were | &t the theatre and would not be home until 10 o'clock. Then Miss Reid askedj the girl to show her to another part of the house, which she did, and stayed with her until the baby; began to cry, when she returned to her charge the young' peach requested her to tell Mrs. Thompson that Miss Reid had called and "would call again to-morrow." : The fbllowing day the Thompsons discovered that their BOODLE HAD BLOWN OUT. Detective Michael Mason and acting 'Tec. Tricklebank got their noses on the scent. They discovered that two young things, one of whom answered the description given of the young lady caller of the 16th, had gone off towards Palmerston m a odor-car. By means of wires and tyres which Dorrie and Les had not taken, into consideration, the 'tecs were soon hot on the trail. It was ascertained that the buzz-box with the fleeing females aboard had gone crook at Porirua, where lota of crook people congregate. The temporary Vanderbilts had repairod to the hotel while their petrol car was being repaired! Then the departing damsels-

j She looked like one who had given up all hope m this world and the next. If the state of misery these two. tearsodden, silly damsels presented is any indication of their feelings, then they have already suffered ten times: more than the worth, of the money they wasted. • 'Tec Roddam marshalled up liis forces and called. James Cunningham Thompson. James, who with his. wife. . forms the, principal part of that' BrennanFuller Combination' known as "The Sohos." announced that "he was the husband of Kitty Thompson, at present on circuit with the Brennan-Fuller people. For the fortnight 'ending. 'February 20, they were staying at the "Dook" and occupied room No; 33, upstairs. On Monday, February 20, he received 120 golden googles, and like a dutiful hubby, gave 30 quid to^Kltty^ to. do- what she liked with... *. Kitty put them m- her : purso along, ..with: some more, hoot of her own. In the wad there were either five or six Bank of New Zealand notes, about 20 jim m soys. and half-nickers, and £25 or £30 m Australian Commonwealth flimsies, m all, about 85 quid m Kitty's purse. He placed his purse m a hamper m his room. On the morning of February 17, j it was discovered that -both purses had j done-a, "get." . He roughed up the account to tie about £141 and five roberto. He rung -up the 'Tec Department and told what hati occurred,,, Here, „he incidentally mentioned, ;j J;h ) at {he proposition of finding somebodjr tb ; look after one's child because you caii'i. look after It yourself is- HK6 l'daking < lor a needle m a hay -stack— very hard to find. The Thompson baby had had five different nursemaids since its introduction to the "Dook," and Dorrie had been one of them.; She handed m her Tesig- j nation-, at half -past two on. the .afternoon of February 16. On the' night of j the magic purse act, bab"£ was 1 Tooked