A DARING WOMAN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81875, 27 October 1906, Page 4

A DARING WOMAN.

MASOU-R-\iii:.;; i;< mai.k Ai'l'iKE. CHARGED WITH iiIRGLARY. I.ate Au-.!ra;:.:n paper, trj hand i-n';!,:i >eme patticd. > s "1 the a--I'ti.shhg tamer „f the •,•.■,.;.!,:,., f.> ; s a i,i;ii), ,-;i(l ni.o v.a- air .-;<■: liic '■■th.-r day n: a char;; ■ 10 i urgkirv. i !l' a .'• go '•:)'- .)!•. - s.;_|,p ;.-(';! 11l have b'-i-n c man;.!:;; in r.;i;:. Sue v.'.'.- dun .strop-.sal i„ !>,- n v j, ( .e,, ;, .van, and, dn nil in t:>:i:e ;:t; re, a; d various hotels, and hj; d work-d at v:t----::"t;s oti-.tn- crimes exc'nsvc'v foi-l'-vc-d b\ m:■ "i! d" tin'gr! was tin n sat;.- cd ~ bo. was a -hurt, tn ck-et figer:', wi h a do-eh'-iy n:: an la,- v i-.. ;i;; .i ;„, '.,- i-'pien- :--.t,.!i if d vn n ,hc u'.|)r :ip. | ''Ii::!-' teas k,i>nvn to U- a:,kto take .lis own p:ir.. and e-a manv ir. h j? ri'|);ic : iy behind t'u bar had bc'n cain'd up -n to i-j-et ob

■'.-.eprrou- c.i::!r. m c:<. This was aland despaicit that won the "baiman" tlie rospcia u: aw rowdy element his work brought him iiio contart with. .Many a boating, b!ultm K individual who was 'called down ' and "pastel cut" by "H Ii" Kduatds will, now that ibe.ci.iintcrfeit has bt'en reveali'il, hav e.ii-.' for I'arne.st th'-iif-'iH. For about riiv montiis -he ~;is in pannorsltip wi.h Alexander i'oliock, ;ami!iar/y known in the di-trict as •'ji(lK"'".\" and lented ;i -..able ronnec.ecl with the Studley Arms Hotel, in \WII ngton stieet. She claimed to be me owr.cr of the racing ponv. Tasnian, and Jlr Pollock leased anotlier. known a-.; Rosebud. Ta>man r.-urd .-■ Richmond. Epso m and Fiizre.y, and "William" Edward- bloke in v a-inan and did ah t'n; Ira.'iiiiiff. i.o'M-, and «.,.d a !a-so nidi a>ton-

!■•;-. us proiicii-my. M : - |>„!!-.!rk, u !„,, b'i j;a:inio. eanii' t rcrorc ik-'i);.-' rr■.ilatio.i 11., m i!i_-b..ne t.-.ar Edttaids ;•• a woman wal, antthiii- within b ■- txp.iene... He found Eduaul- to '"' pirtie.,!-,rly shnovd, and d-trid of any peculiarly which \v»u!d suK'jfsr ;:pie entcd. eei'cpi a t! : 1!!n<;- iep'Vnev -.o fa.: en,, ;,, |!„. ~,„., (lf ;,,.,. Vi| : ( . ( , . but lliero are name moa niaie d c'idediy feminine in tii.i! ie^n ( .c'- indeed in 0 her :,-..peels too. than Edwardw:,s. and 0 is only in ,!„■ H-;"it of ;),;<= i::.ea ci v.'ie[i.non[ that aiiv imtiortanc... is atf.-...'i.-d t„ |i. ()„ „„,. u ,. ca .

S'y at ih« Studlcy Aim- L.a.c, an offensive bully wa, knocked down bv Edwards with a blow which would tl'ui have c]is-i|j:,t->rl any -upieh;,, as to i.-.; s"\. if such bad b'rn cd. Men who frequented a local hotel In John-win 'tree- 1 rcWc thai tin r rcp"at<c!ly payed cards, drank and smoked wiilr Edwards, who acted throujrhout as a thoroufrh man about town. She was q>j i 0 an au.horitv on racing- matters, and was often call f<! upon to settle dispu.es a- to records, etc., in Ameiica and England, as well as Australia. A young man who resided at the Studley Arms }fotel recalls an ocasion when a -uspi cum was aroused. lie noticed thai Edwards were a bread web band, similar horse's jr : rth, across Irs c';:c t, (vic. v -itly lo p,event any conspicuous bit-- cWc'.opmi nt. She was a so very in'imato with a young wo roan who v'sitcd C'nllingw.'id. and the pair went out o good d-a] teg's,],. ct, as if they were keep ng c.omp-inv. Edwards <!-< s.-ej ivll when ou'. bur kepi an old suit for the rough woik of riding and training the hor-os. She wore agood u ,,!:( chain, with modal" suspended and Rave evidence of tote in ches-. Il'-r hair was thick, though closi-y cut. wi.h an inclination to cti'l slightly in front. A- if Ihe complexities of the case were not suffici, nt, it has ],[.,.„ -f ur . tlvr asserted that Edwards, who in her career as a man- came in for pleaiv of admiration, and mane '".•;• tokens ft cm enamored yoeetr ■;.,'.■', .-ic'ually win! through the ceremony of marriage in a city church with a widow.