The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-12-22

trunk was searched, and the detective,
'sfinding nothing which by the widest
stretch OF imagination could be termed
yaluables, restored my keys. To broth
er detectives who had come in and were
staring at me us If were some new spe-
cies of wild animal heard him say,
There's absolutely nothing against her
but the number of the check"
Finally this message was sent to Buff
falo:
We find check on woman who says she is
Edith Sessions Upper, and that she has been
correspondent of the Buffalo Express. She has
also pass from Panama, N. ", to Buffalo and
return by the w. N. Y. & p. II. II. Is this the
woman you want2
Then followed an agonizing wait of 81
hours, during which Mrs. Upper was
put through another examination. Mrs.
Topper tells what followad:
At last--nearly o'clock-n messenger boy
ran up the stairs with telegram. My heart
seemed TO stop boating and through a mist |
saw tho room-the open door-the next room,
where, with folded arms and plying express
sion on his face, stood a young, fair haired de-
tective, the only one who had given me a kind
word through nll that fearful ordeal-and Re-
burn bending his dark face over tho yellow
document.
He wants mo to hold YOU" were the words
1hcnrd, but I'm not going TO do II. II would
be Us absurd TO hold you as 1t would be to hold
u man. don't believe NORM ever went near
the Buffalo Express office to find out who you
are"
lie paused. The fair haired detective cd
bless him.-sent me kindly smile and grnlil-
ally the blessed truth stole upon inc that was
not to BIO locked up in n coll.
Walt moment" said Rcburn sdddeniy.
~Givo Inc your keys"
Once again saw my poor, simple / title cot
ton and muslin frocks tumbed over and the
mysteries of my wardrobe laid bare. Then
broke down and sobhed aloud but only for n
moment or two, for Returns sharp Now,
there's no use of your doing that" quickly
mado me rcSummOn all my pride. He replaced
the articles in my trunk; thon, taking up tho
telegram, read 1t slowly aloud. 1t was in sub
stance as follows:
"Ono OF our officers leaves for Toronto nj IL
O'Clock. Wilson girl has short hair or switch
tied on behind Trunk contains silk dress.
lace dress, gold watch, jcwelry, towels, night
gowns. Hold this woman anyway"
hope every FREQ American citizen who reads
this story will carefully note the malicious in
sanity of this message. NORM gave test by
which Mary Wilson could be positively idcnti-
fed, but added, "llold this woman anyway"
Nomattor ii she he innoccnt, hold her. You'vo
got her Ia your power. Hold her. Mako her
suffer ul you can.
And right here want TO give Sergeant Re-
burn all the Justice due him. Harsh and auto-
cratic as he waa, can never forget that ho
had tho humanity 10 release nc ia the face Of
that pcrcmytory and cruel order from Buffalo
Take OH your hat and let me sec your hair"
he enid.
| oheyed. The only bcnuty with which na-
ture has gifted me is wonderfully long nd
thick hair ! unpinncI the rlats and let them
down. Even then the sergeant could not be-
lievo his eyes.
"rhnt's II switch tied on, isn't it?" he asked.
Then ] removed the string which confined
my hair close 30 my head, and tho two bruids
fell over my shouders-indtsputabl my own
hair and not GnOthcr's. With II half muttered
exclamation of disgust, Sergeant Reburn tossed
Morin's message on his desk.
you are discharged" he said.
Mrs. Upper was then driven to the
house Of a sister-in-law and thus she
concludes her story:
1t is yet a mystery why the mere fac, that
Mary Wilson went from Buffalo TO Toronto
should have been deemed sufficient ground Cor
NORM TO intercept a woman who Glanced To
pass through Buffalo Cn route for Toronto the
day tho robbery was committed The iube-
cility Of Morln's detective methods is only
equaled BY tho brutality Of his final message
To llcburn.
Such is a chapterof international outrage. l
give II TO the American public for their con-
sideration. | especially be. American men to
remember that their wives, sisters or daughters
may be subjected to Just such fearful ordrnls
unless the police system Of this cuntry is ri IL
cally reformed. would respectfully call my
governments attention to ihu mnuucrin which
an American citizen may he treated lna foreign
city-refused II privilege which would scarcely
be denied Il suspected nhili,t IN I'm. sin.
And IT, by giving my sad story Ia the reading
public, can In any remote fashion shield ono
sensitive, refined woman from the agony,
shame, suspense, iphisnity aud torture / en-
dured on that frighttul night, shall feel that
have not told It ia vain.
Mrs. Upper has written many short
stories and some poetry. She has pleas
ant home Oh the banks of the Passaic in
New Jersey, where most of her work is
done, She is thoroughly domestic in her
tastes, though necessarily much in pub
lie places and is the wife of Mr.. Horace
E. Upper, Il gentleman connected with
the Erie railroad Mrs. Topper is young,
handsome, and her big eyes are fine and
expressive Her story "A Transferred
Identity" is considered one of the best
that has yet come from her prolific pen.