ENGLISH GIRL SHOOTS A THIEF

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXII, Issue 8832, 7 June 1907, Page 1

ENGLISH GIRL SHOOTS A THIEF

Pahis, April 18. Miss .Nellie McCarthy, an English girl of nineteen, who had come, to Paris to take a situation as governess, had an exciting experience last night with a would-be robber in the Eue Eambuteau. She lost her way among the Paris streets, and asked a woman named Basset to direct her to her hotel in the Eue St. Honorc. The woman offered to show her the way, and led her instead to her own apartments. The woman induced her to enter, and then locked the door and demanded Miss McCarthy’s jewels and money. The English girl answered by producing a revolver and shooting the woman in the shoulder. The police were, called by the neighbors, and explanations at the police station led to the release of Miss McCarthy. The woman Bassett is in hospital, and will be charged with attempted robbery.