The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-26

N uuy vi bWO aHO dn dAtAokS VINO pun
lished In the REPUBLICAN copied from
West Chester paper which reflected
severely upon q young Wilmington
lady OF high social position. but hei
name was not then given to the public.
Since then the West Chester Republi
can published the name, being request
ed to do so for the protection of Others
with whom the young lady associated
at Indian Deep, Chester county, Pa. O
summer resort whsre a large number
of ladies and gentlemen spent few
weeks during the hot weather.
The lady referred to is Miss Anna
Harbert nged about IL, and residing
with her parents at No. 1923 West
Eighth street. 1t was a great shock
TO her many friends to find that she
had been guilty OF petty thleyery
while q guest at Indian Deep, where
she had the family OF Mr.. Frank as
her intimate friends.
For a long time the guests at IN
dian Deep had missed first one little
article and then another. A domestic
about the place was taken to task, but
| she soon proved clear sheet. Al
length suspicion fell upon Miss Har
bert. and one evening she forgot Il
lock her trunk while she spent til,
time In q dancingi pavilion.
On that EVENING" Mr.. Frank. who's
wife and sister had both lost money
and other boarders, opened the unlock
cd trunk, and taking out a skirt SHOOT
1t, when there came from 1t an ava
lanche OF missing articles and $14 IL
money, S10 of the latter having beeI
taken from Mrs FRANK and Mr.. Frank.
sister. A IS note recovered had beer
given to Miss Frank by her brother tt
make good IS bill she thought she
had lost before. Miss Frank kept he
note pinned beneath her belt so sh,
would not lose it, and the note fount
In Miss Harbert trunk had the tell
tale pin holes IN 1t.
After this discovery Mr., Frank wen
out to the pavilion, and calling Mis-
II Inside told her all that had beel
found out. She stoutly denied tina
she YVES the guilty party and becoming
hysterlcal remained In that condition
until O'Clock in tho morning, whe
coming to herself she frankly confess
ed that she had taken the articles an
said she did not know why she ha
done 50.
The next morning the proprietor o.
the boarding house would keep Mis-
Harhert no longer and she came hom
to Wilmington.
Two weeks ago an article In n IVES
Chester paper stated that Miss Harder
had lost a pocket book and sum u
money while returning with Mr.
Franks family from w. Chester to vii
mington. Mr., Frank graphically de
scribes that nights experience In thi
way.
He. his wife, sister and Miss HUI
bert constituted the party. The dis
lance from Indian Deep to West CheS
| IL, Il a.
their way home n wet rainy night
when Miss Frank found she had los
hcr pocket-booa in which was So q
her own and some 81 OF Miss Harbert's
Mr.. Frank took his lantern aud wen
back some distance but failed to FIN,
it. After reaching Indian Deep he un
loaded the ladies and went back sec
ond time, all the way TO West Chester
ana returned in search OF the pocket
book and tho stationery Miss Fran
Thought she lost, but found nothing.
lie waited there until day break, an
going over the course tho third tim
found the stationery but not til
pocket book, after having travelle
back and forth SO miles.
Soon afterwards the empty poke
book was found in n water closet, IN
on the night of the pavilion surpris
Miss Harberts 81 and Miss Frank
two s. bills wero shook ont of IL
skirt found ia Miss Harbert's trunk,
At the time OF the skirt, shaking
diamond ring belonging to Miss liza
bert and which she said she had los
dropped from tho skirt, Us did dli
mond pin belonging to one Of Il
boarders.
Great sympathy Is expressed 70
Miss Hurbert, as she Is young, prepo
sesslnR in appearance, weil.educate
and Intelligent. Tho general idea
that she is victim of kleptomania.