The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-05-24


where it runs along the borders of a
roclky bluff. Investigation follows and
eventually results in the rescue of a
young woman who was caught by the
clothing upon point of rock half way
between the top and bottom of an almost
vertical section of the bluff This young
woman is so badly injured internally
that she is incapable of giving the least
clew either to her identity or to the
strange position in which she was found.
Nothing remains but to make a careful
examination into the circumstantial
evidence in the case. This turns out to
be exceedingly moager, but such as it is
it all points one way.
"One Of the pockets of the girls
clothes is found inside out, and the rest
are empty. She has no ring upon her fin
gers nor jewels in her ears, although
the ears are pierced. The dress of the
unknown indicates that she belongs to
the middle class, but the refinement and
delicacy of her face and hands, which
are singularly white and free from the
trace of hard work, are even stronger
evidences that she is not an ordinary
shopgirl, to ST, the least. This turning
of the pocket and utter absence of rings
or ornaments lead naturally to the CON
clusion that she has been robbed and
thrown from the road. In substantiation
OF this, the snow is trampled just above
the place whore she was found and
smooth all along the roadside. One of
the sleighing party is positive that she
saw man leap over a fence and run
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way. A close scrutiny finds footsteps
leading into the field at the point indi-
Gated. They are followed, and after
short detour lead around in the direction
of the city into the road again, where
they are lost irretrievably. In the alb
sence of all other evidence we must sup
pose, then, that the girl was set upon
and robbed by a person unknown and
thrown over the bank to get rid of her.
Let us suppose the police take this for
granted at the outset =
1T is all they are good for, taking
things for granted, commented Miss
Maxey. II can't see that they ever dis
cover anything"
VERY well. So far it is ali plain and
natural But whore did the victim como
from, and how came she upon the cliff
road alone at that time? At this point
we find ourselves utterly unable to
form any plausible theory. There is not
single clew to her identity, not mark
on the underclothing, not even an ini-
tial on the handkerchief Suppose we
are the police under the circumstances,
what can we do? Nothing in the world
except what they did do, photograph the
girl and send her description, not omit
ting the smallest detail of clothing
which she wore, and including the curl
Gus fact that one of the toes of her left
foot is missing, broadcast over the COM
munity. The result is that the first day
She is brought here the stairs are worn
out with the footsteps Of. people whose
only possible interest is that of curiosity,
who come to see the victim under tho
pretext Of attempting to identify her. "
And who stare and gawk about with
open mouths until they have fairly to
be pushed out of the room, :" added Miss
Maxey
In short" continued the artist, 1--WE
are in danger Of being turned into a
museum for the exclusive patronage of
all the idlers and deadboats in the city.
This clearly will not do, and we must
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