EVIE GREENE TEMPLE BORN 1876 - 1917 

STAR OF GEORGE EDWARDES MUSICALS INCLUDING ''FLORADORA'' AND ''KITTY GREY''

IN THE PAPERS OF 1902 EVIE WAS AT THE CENTRE OF A ROBBERY , A FRIEND A LIEUTENANT GEORGE DUPREZ OF THE 2nd DRAGOON GUARDS ,HAD STAYED AT HER HOME IN MAIDENHEAD  WHEN SHE HAD TO LEAVE TO PERFORM IN A PLAY AT DALY'S THEATRE . 

HE WAS LEFT AT HER HOME , WHEN SHE RETURNED SHE FOUND HER JEWELLERY AND CASH TO HAVE BEEN STOLEN . 

THE POLICE CAUGHT THE LIEUTENANT. WHO AT THE TIME WAS WEARING ONE OF HER RINGS , HE WAS IMPRISONED AWAITING TRIAL FOR SEVERAL MONTHS BEFORE BEING GRANTED BAIL. 

THE OFFICER ABSCONDED AND LOST HIS BAIL WHICH WAS SET AT £200 A LOT OF MONEY AT THE TIME .

I CANNOT ASCERTAIN  WETHER OR NOT THE OFFICER WAS EVER RECAPTURED BUT POOR EVIE DIED AT JUST 41 FOLLOWING A SHORT ILLNESS.