The New York herald., 1874-12-19
THE WRONG TRAIL.
Finding a Friend OF Mosher's, but
Not an Accomplice.
Movements Of the Burglars Previous to the
Battle at Bay Ridge.
THE BODY or THE BOY REPORTED FOUND.

decided And this in despite OF the facts that the
original apductors nave met with the untimely end
shsy richly merited. and the authorities have all
the and capacity they require, backed up
by the moral support OF great community, ready
1T any moment TO develop itself into active assist
ance. Not for many years has 30 profound an IN
terest been felt In deteeve circles as that which
centres around this lost child, and every effort
Is being made, and, as a Police Commissioner
stated yesterday, every available man In the
Police Department In the city who can be spared
has been placed on duty with view OF solving
the question. The stories OF detective successes,
which in every country are given to the public,
while history OF the 10y far more numerousl
failures is not recorded, are told over and over
again to stimulate the activity and acumen OF
ofncials and everywhere prominence Is given to
tnts matter In which the public are feeling so pro-
found an interest
An unusual quietude prevailed at Police Head.
quarters yesterday. The short despatch sent by
the superintendent the evening previous an.
nouncing his return, and that he had no
news to communicate, led those espe.
clally interested to believe that while his
statement might be true there was at least
story to tell. he arrived at hts rooms at
the usual hour In the morning. and was soon after
closeted with Captain Heins OF Philadelphia, ana
relative Of the boy. Following the consultation
the superintendent sent for Detective Selleck and
Of1cer Moran, and after giving them some instruc-
tlons left the office and expectation was again on
tiptoe. In vain were the detectives and Others
appealed to- Nothing OF Importance was encited.
81 know something" said prominent ofncial;
s'but am not at liberty to make 1t public" In
answer to the all absorbing question,
Is THE CHILD YET ALIvBf
he answered, Hnave no doubt ne is. 1t is not the
custom OF the abductors OF children to DO them
any harm unless their personal safety demands
It, and with the death OF Mosher and Douglas,
who are admittedly the parties that stole
the child, every reason for dong harm to him il
done away with. am Of the opinion that the boy
IL In the hands OF ignorant people. who either do
not read the newspapers, and so have no idea who
the boy Is or Of the efforts being made for his re-
covery or, having knowledge Of them, are fear.
1ul OF the responsibility which would attach 70
them should their completely in the affair become
known, and SC they remain quiet, allowing events
10 shape themselves" Nevertheless, there are
those who are of the opinlon that the child has
been made away with, and that, as detective re-
marked upon Thursday, the search viii eventually
have to be changed from that for the living boy to
MS dead body In the grave or the river.
The return OF the Superintendent put an end to
speculation, ana soon . demand was made upon
him for the result OF his journey OF the day prev
Gus. from which SO much had been expected. The
story was one often repeated OF following up
clew which promised the most complete solution
the slightest importance. "The child Is dead,n
satd the superintendent at an early hour yesser-
day morning. IL 90 to establish the fact recover
She body and so put sorrowlul emo TO the sus.
pense Of the afhicted parents and the puolic, who
20 deeply sympathize with them.n
THE sUPERINTENDENTS STORY.
'From information received" !" said the Sqperin.
w
tne dead burglar, and that she had assisted MIN
very materially IN his efforts 70 gain livelihood
l learned, moreover, that her residence was at No.
lis Ridge street. From another source iniorma-
ago, woman had arrived at New Britain, Conn.,,
with CHILD about nve years OF age, and that
wish you to bear this IN mind as 1t is necessary
70 proper understanding Of the & case: Naturally
Aconclnded TO visit Mrs Russers resiaence n
against the premises by the Board OF Health, did
20 IN the capacity Of an agent Of the
about the premises, which l thought called ior
my attention IN my new capacity; you see, and SO
and the responsible party IN the premises. Alter
some little trouble ascertalned that Mrs Russell
ns oos snd pan TO &C. y
character as agent OF the Board Of Health, and
soon young man found there thought ne would
ever, he didn't know where his mother was, which
thought was suspicious. finally lett the place,
action. detailed Detectives Seleck and Titus TO
keep strict watch on the house and report to me
the nc house. A' Soon a'' after ''' received de.
spatch stating that the yoang man, &C.
y an Ga aa ssa an
they seemed likely 10 remain there Later there
came another despatch saying, we have taken o.,
woman and the young man, Now. gentlemen:
put this and that together-the strange Guild
name OF Russell, the intimate iriend OF the dead
burglar Mosner going tnitner, and what was the
to the house In New Britain aud visited it. They
reported nothing found there WHICH coud give
any cew to Charley Ross-oniy girl about % eleven G
an early hour Thursday started Tor New Britain
IN the capacity o. private private citizen; 1snn met met
came very near betraying me when ne
spoke to me; but I managed to give
Arrived at the place l proceeded at once to the
house, where found the Old woman ana the son
sna young woman evdeny tine day o sae
concluded 1t would be as well to be open with
them and 90 asked the young e man; aa who recog
al suspect you are the superintendent OF
Police, SAID he.
old lady II she knew Mosher.
Indeed do.' said she, very well indeed. ana
know what ye're alter now; IL Is the lost boy
"'You set Mosner up In busnessS
".lndeed aid, and he owes me money to this
= s.And when did you see Mrs. Mosherr
''.An DON'T know; not since my son died.
...And wnen did your son dlei'
al don't know Maybe TWO years ago.
Sand you have not seen Mrs. Mosher sinces
".Perhaps.'
"'wel, when was its A year ago' Six monthsp'
".Why don't you tell him, mother, when yon saw
herr said the young man.
:, We'll maybe il was eight weeks ago met her
IN New YORK, with the baby In ner arms, and sne
void me they bad been driven out OF Philadelphia
oy the police for some thing william had done.'
"'Where Is she now?'
Sure don't know,
"'Y0u lost q child lateiyY
5, 'Here the old lady turned to the younger one,
Wno burst into tears. Yes, twas her child she
said, and the tears came to her eyes.
i" And have yon q picture OF III,
1nR 1t.
al looked At 10 with some interest, as You may
fancy. There was no sort OF Resemblance to
Charley Ross. asked, OF what did 1t dier
.oi memoranous no , cToap,' was the answer.
The name Of che physician. wen known in the