The Savannah morning news., 1902-04-24
WAS NOT KIDNAPPED.
Pennsylvania PaIInist Sought out by
City Detectives.


Believing that she had been kid
mapped by some bold man, the city de-
tectives searched the Tenderloin dis
trict during the early morning hours
yesterday for Flossie McCosker, a
Pennsylvania palmist, % years of age.
The woman was found in Perry street
house at o'clock by Detective Stark
The officers reached the conclusion
almost Immediately that they had been
sold, and made the most of case
that they had believed would culmi-
nate With sensational arrests, by es-
corting the young woman and her fe-
male companion to northbound Sea-
board Air Line train. The second wo-
man gave her name as Rose Adella,
a masseuse, also of Pennsylvania She
appeared to be several years older than
the other is homely and was response
BILE for the activity of the police. She
was sure that Flossie had been stolen
fore the detectives made them equally
as certain that such had been the case;
that is, until they found the victim.
A trim figure and a knack of dress
ing are her only claims to attractive
ness. She is not pretty, and the de-
tectives were impressed with the be-
lief that she would be able to look af-
ter herself under any circumstances.
For this reason no arrests were made,
although had a crime been committed
the officers could have Immediately
placed their hands upon the guilty per-
sons. 1t was their belief, however, that
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fair that almost threw her friend and
boon companion into Mysteries and that
caused them to lose several hours
sleep. Although the woman did not
admit that, this is the firm belief of
the detectives and they are naturally
not at all pleased with the stunts that
they were forced to do.
The two women came to Savannah
about a week ago from Florida and
put up at one of the hotels. Then
they changed their address to a State
street boarding house of unquestioned
responsibility. Tuesday night the trim
little palmist appeared surprised when
a letter was handed to her. She tore
il open in the presence of her friend
and read aloud. An alleged guest of
one of the hotels had offered her a
position at $50 a month and expenses,
and she was to leave at once with him
for Florida. A few minutes later a
hanson cab arrived at the boarding
house and the palmist stepped inside.
After her departure the masseuse
suspected that there was something
strange about the affair She hurried
to the hotel and found that the man
who signed the letter had never stopped
there. The same thing was true of the
ether hotels. 1t was IL O'Clock, and
she visited the depots, where she
learned that no trains departed for the
south at that hour. She spent some
time in searching but Flossie McCosker
could not be located. Then it was that
the services of the detectives were Sc
cured. They were equally as unsuc-
cessful in their trip through the Ten
derloin.
Bright and early yesterday morning
Detective Stark and Miss Adella went
to work again. Their efforts were re-
warded by the discovery made at the
Perry street house, and the women
fell into each others embrace They
Rugged and cried, and the detective
turned away in disgust. They followed
him to police headquarters, where the
matter was laid before Snpt Reilly.
No crime had been committed and no