The evening times., 1896-12-01

lamentable mistake and that should he re-
| iinbursed for the loss OF money and time
| sustained by me.
| Il reached Geneva and went at once to
| the hotel. | sprnG two da ys in seeing all
that was To he seen and then purchased n
ticket for Paris. l went to the depot
about s O'Clock and locked around for d
| trunk and other large baggage whicn
| had ordered sent on from Lucerne.
Suddenly man tapped me on the
shoulder ami SAID mus, ga with nirI To the
Gendarmeua. | was again under arrcs,
and mad. too. | said. See here, I've Just
| gotten out OF prison at Interlaken. | am
not the Inau you want. am an American
| cIuZen and established my identity To tile
| satisfaction OF the Intcrlaken officials
| have nuugat a ticket to Paris and will
lose II If ! am detained.
Then / showed my passport and other
documents. but the police were like ada
mant. | was told | must go TO the Bureau
DIES suretics. aui they started me of through
tie streets or the town with four men guard
ing me. Rain was falling in sheets, and
we had stiff walk of twenty minutes
HIS APPREHENsIoN.
After going some distance told them
was not a desperate criminal. and that two
men were enough, so the other Two lefs Us.
We proceeded, one man in front and the
other at my side, through the older
portion of the town and then the thought
flashed upon me that perhaps | had not
been legally arrested, and was being de
coyed into dark place, where | would
be assaulted and robbed. / stopped but
was immediately pushed onward. and see
ing no chance tp, escape, had to submit
AT the bureau | was usherei into long
room, barred and closed, and there | sa W
my trunk and other luggage, which Irhad
directed TO be sent me from Lucerne. They
hal no right TO take my effects from the
train. II was irrfgufar and Illegal
Il again protested and explained, but
all touo purpose wassearched from head
to foot. Then tiry took my keys and
opened my baggage Everything was
dumped out, and the letters and papers
We're minutely examined. g.
They refused To let me telegraph the
American minister, or send To the consul
Ill the town. and csen prevented me from
communicating with the bus driver who
took me TO the depot All of this aroused
me greatly, but there was nothing to do but
to wait.
AT the end OF three hours they received
Il telegram from Berne. ordering m release
and they hurried very much about it, They
started to dump my effects back into my
trank, and asked them to give Inc time
at least to dispose of the III n ord crl Y fas hion
Then they put me in gigand drov erne back
to the hotel had left hours before.
MINISTER TO THE RESCUE.
Il telcgraphed at once to the American
minister ut Berne that had been arrested
a second time and wanted him to come to
Geneva TO see that got safely out OF the
miserab bic little country without being
snapped up a third or fourth time. Hecame.
and so also did Mr.. Ridgely. the consul.
] made affidavits to the facts in the case as
] had previously done after the first arrest
and they were sent to the state depart
ment and president of Switzerla nd
The police officials insisted that / had
been rearrested because the original order
which took me into custody at Grindel-
wald had not been countcrmanded The
chief of police said he was not present at
the time or should at once have been re-
leased They tried to shoulder the blame
on everybody else but themselves.
We'll. soon was en- route to Paris. and
after Delightful stay there returned to
Washington
Mr.. Curtis story became know n at the
time he reached Paris. and there the news
papersinterviewe ed him acai and again. and
he was lioniZed in the American colony to
some little extent.
Mr.. Curtis wonders now what benefit he
derived from the passport Mr. OIney's let
ters, his bank book, and the private letters.
Next time he goes abroad he will avoid the
Alpine people.