Surrounded by friends, somewhere in the heart of Kent, a 42-year-old American actress is trying to forget an experience which had no counter part in her stage career.
She was arrested, and wrongly charged with a jewel theft. Completely vindicated, she left the dock at West London police-court after the magistrate, Sir Gervais Rentoul, had told her:—I wish publicly to assure you that you leave the court without the Slightest stain on your character.
In this drama of the Court figured Miss Louise Cook, who is well known in London's theatre-land.
She was acquitted of a charge alleging that she stole a handbag containing jewels worth £5,500, the property of Mrs, Helen Stanton, wealthy property owner ind playwright, of Stanhope-gardens, W.
Mi Cook and Mi Stanton had been friends for year:
The latter, in court, admitted that she had made a mistake and withdrew the charge. Mrs. Stanton, who appeared to be distressed, wanted to speak to her friend. Cook, however, left the court without giving her so much as a glance.
Overjoyed that her innocence has been proved, Miss Cook told the "News of the World" the story of what she called "My Ordeal."
In the course of my career as an actress she said, I have played many strange parts.
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