A WOMAN'S PLUCKY ACT.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3226, 1 November 1881, Page 4

A WOMAN'S PLUCKY ACT.

A pluo_y.act on the part of a woman, though certainly not a creditable one, is reported from Masterton. It appears that a xn__ named "William Walker had been sentenced to twenty-eight days' imprisonment for stealing a crosscut saw, and he was duly lucked up prior to being conveyed to town on the following day. The "Daily" state? that early in the morning Sergeant McArdle awoke and prepared some refreshments for this,expectant traveller, then, opening the cell'door, he invited Walker to come forth and get a cup of tea, but like Mother Hubbard's cupboard, the cell was bare, and the call of " "Walker" was eminently suggestive of Hookey Walker. The "child-like and bland" saw artist had been allowed an interview with the " wife of his bosom" on the preceding evening, and brought hi? native talent to bear on the situation. Mr? "Walker, no doubt, ascertained the whereabouts of the key of the oell, and when all wa3 quiet gave him his discharge. The whole affair was planned with great skill, and carried out in the most careful manner. The lady made her entry through a window which lights the passage between the - cells and the office. The latch of the window was broken off, and, when once inside, it ■was an easy matter to seoure the keys, ■which are kept in the office, and open the cell door. Nothing was done hurridly, iowever. The cell door was reclosed, bolted, and locked, and the keys hung carefully in their usual place. The back ""gate was properly secured, and everything"'was left in the usual" order. The Bergeant proceeded to the house of Mrs Walker on discovering his loss. He found her at home, of course greatly surprised on hearing of her husband's sudden departure.