A LOVELY LITTLE LIAR.

NZ Truth, Issue 58, 28 July 1906, Page 4

A LOVELY LITTLE LIAR.

Ida Houldsworth's Hallucinations.

Committed to the Receiving Home.

That little minx, Ida Houldsworth, who, last week, toM.such a terrible tale of having fallen into the clutches' of some lecherous, briite of a man but whose awful lies made it utterlyimpossible to believe her, was again brought before Dr., McArthur, S.M., at the Magistrate's Court' yesterday (Friday) morning on a charge of being a neglected child found wandering. Sub-Inspector O'Donovan said that since the remand enquiries had been made concerning her. On the Sunday evening that she escaped from Mr Hartley she wertt to a house in Taranaki-street where' a Mrs Dingwall resided and represented that she had come from a party at Newtown, and asked to ■be taken in for the night. That lady knew her and, offered to take her home, whereupon Ida SKEDADDLED OFF AGAIN, It Would seem from the indications, in a chaff box near a cow-shed on a Mr Thew's property which vvas near the Nairn-street Reserve that Ida had slept in it one night. With regard to the statement that a man had taken her to the Nairn-street Reserve, Dr. Henry had examined her and found no evidence of assault or any indication that she had been violated. She had made purchases amounting to nearly lGs, but it had been proved that Ida had stolen this money from her uncle, Mr Jones. Dr. McfArthux ; (to the girl) : Where did you sleep on those nights ?— ln the Naixn-street Reserve. Who slept with yon"?— A man. Now you tell me thft truth— there was no man with you at all ?— Yes there was. You have been shown to have told so many stories that nobodv can believe a word you say. It mierht not be your fault, probably there is something WRONG IN YOUR HEAD. Did you sleep in the chaff box ?— No, I never: It was next stated that • she had been seen earlv one morning near the chaff box by Mr Thew. She was then near the tram line at Brooklyn. He called after her and she ran away. Dr. McArthur said she would yet telLt-he truth and committed her to the Receiving Home, and ordered the girl's father to contribute 6s a week towards her support.