ALLEGED MASQUERADE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19131, 28 September 1936, Page 13

ALLEGED MASQUERADE

MAN DRESSED AS WOMAN COOKED AT HOTEL ARREST BY POLICE (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. An hotel guest who booked in at an Auckland hotel yesterday as -Miss Patricia , with flaxen hair and wearing a smart brown .costume and high-heeled shoes and the etceteras of a smartly-dressed woman, was arrested this morning, and it is understood that at the police station later changed into male attire. A young man will appear at the Police. Court on Monday on a charge Of unlawfully converting to his own use. at Wanganui, a motor car valued ut £230. fc It is understood That the guest arrived at the hotel carrying.a bunch of drooping i'reesi.as and subsequently kept, the door of the bedroom locked. This morning, a housemaid entered by using a master key. The guest was absent, but parts of the room were covered with powder. Later, Detectives Hayes and Wilson inquired of the proprietor if lie had seen any signs of a young man masquerading as a woman. lie replied: "Yes, 1 think I can take you to Mier' right away." When the detectives approached "her" on the backs stairs, asking, "Are you Miss Patricia ," the reply canto in a somewhat deep voice, "Yes, I am."

After inquiries in the room, the arrest was made. The prisoner left the hotel dressed as a woman.