The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-30
MYSTERY OF A RED DRESS.
1t Was Miss Mollie GREEN'S, and 1t
is Ruined, Nobody Knows How.
Fr0m the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
The ruin of costly dress belonging to a
society belle from Savannah and a mys-
FERROUS and somewhat threatening mes
sage to her have disturbed the peace of
mind of the society belle, her relatives,
the employees of the hotel where she is
staying, the firm that made the dress and
numerous friends of all concerned. After
two weeks of mystery the ease is in the
courts, and on Wednesday next Judge
Murray of the Eleventh judicial district
court will give his solution of it after hav
ing heard all sides of the question.
Two weeks ago yesterday two dresses
were delivered at the Victoria hotel for
Miss Mollie Green Of Savannah, cousin
of Gen. c. NJ. Sorrel general manager of
the Ocean Steamship Company Miss
Green is about -, an attractive lady of
wealth and refinement, who has many
friends in this city where she has fire.
quently visited.
The dresses were made by Haas Bros.
of 53 West Twenty sixth street, and de-
llvered III their usual manner by one of
their employees.
The records at the hotel show shat the
Packages were delivered there at 1850
o'clock and at once taken to Miss Green's
room. When opened, two hours later, one
OF the dresses was covered with red
mixture, resembling earmine ink, smelling
strongly Of carbOli, acid. The dress was
ruined. On its inside was a card bearing
in a rough scrawl the inscription;
Dun for now"
Miss Green promptly notified the firm
and refused to pay for the dress The
hrm sent man to investigate, and to him
Miss Green gave the card bearing the
words above quoted, The firm claimed
that the dress must have been ruined
after Miss Green received it, and at
length began suit TO recover the price.
On behalf of Miss Green sworn state
ments were made that the package was
delivered to her room by o'clock. and
that the maid whoopened it at about 10
had been out all the evening, after Z
O'Clock, so that she could not have been
responsible. No one else had access to
it.
Haas Bros. and their employees tried
to establish the claim that the mysterious
card was one that a clerk had given Miss
Green's maid, making an appointment
when she might call for the dress
When this card was produced before
Judge Murray the figures $3.50" appeared
| written in pencil just beneath the words
and apparently almost erased The firm
| also produced evidence of employees to
show that the dress had been delivered in
good condition.
If all the statements made were true
| the soaking of the dress in the red fluid
! would have been impossible. Still it was
there in evidence, and Mrs Sorrel, Miss
! Green and others living at the hotel gave
! testimony which showed that in all
| human probability it could not have been
| put there after it reached the hotel.
Neither the firm that made it nor Miss
! Green knows of any one that would be
likely to vent spite on them in this way.
and the meaning of the words are equally
as mysterious.
! Detectives have been unable to solve
the question, and the mystery of the red
dress, y as 1t is called, is as deep as it was
two weeks ago.