MASQUERADE AS WOMAN

Southland Times, Issue 23006, 28 September 1936, Page 8

MASQUERADE AS WOMAN

Arrest Of Hotel Guest

POLICE COURT CHARGE TO FOLLOW (United Press Association.) Auckland, September 26. A guest who booked in at an Auckland hotel yesterday as Miss Patricia Blank, with flaxen hair, and wearing a smart brown costume, high heeled shoes and etceteras of a smartly dressed woman was arrested this morning and it is understood that at the police station he later changed into male attire. A young man will appear in the Police Court on Monday on a charge of unlawfully converting to his own use at Wanganui a motor car valued at £230.

It is understood that the guest arrived at the hotel carrying a bunch of drooping freesias, and subsequently kept the door of his 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 he had seen signs of a young man masquerading as a woman. He replied “Yes. I think I can take you to her right away.” When the detectives approached “her” on the back stairs asking “are you Miss Patricia Dash,” the reply came in a somewhat deep voice “Yes, I am.” After inquiries in the room an arrest was made. The prisoner left the hotel dressed as a woman.