The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-17

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Ridge dock Two men, roughly and
heavily clad, landed They went into
Winant's hotel and took several drinks,
and then went away. They were seen
afterwards with bread and meat, carrying
1t into their cabin, where they lived. These
two men were Mosher and Douglas, and
their sloop is in the possession of the police.
1t was rumored IN Bay Ridge that the
coroner would hold the Van Brunts to
await the result of the inquest, but the no.
ton was laughed at in other places.
THEIR IDENTITY ESTABLISHED.
All day long strangers visited the scene
of the tragedy, and curiously gazed at the
bullet and buckshot holes in the sides of
the Van Brunt mansion and in the fence.
In the drain pipe, just over the cellar door,
several ugly holes had been made by the
contents of Mr.. Van Brunt's gun
The bodies of the dead burglars were
later taken to the Brooklyn morgue and put
in the vault. Coroner Whitehall will hold
the inquest tomorrow. The men were
dressed in very plain dark clothing. Doug
las wore II light-colored SLOUGH hat, and
Mosher dark one. Mosher's pistol was
under him when he was picked up. and
Douglas was in his hand. Douglas was of
medium height, but not so tall as Mosher
CERTAINLY THEY WERE THE KIDNAPPERs.
81 am confident" says Superintendent
| Waling, "that they are the men who did
the kidnapping. As soon rs we began to
investigate ! was satisfied that the man
with the goggles and Mosher were the
same person. All last summer Moshcr and
Douglas were living in Madison street,
| Philadelphia. Mosher went by the name
of Henderson there and Douglas by the
name of Clarke. | was certain that MOsh.
er was the man with the goggles. lie has
lost portion of his nose, and you remem-
Der that the man who abducted Charlie
Ross was described as monkey-nosed
While the two were living in Philadelphia
they peddled roach poison and other arli-
Giles through the suburban towns. This
was only stall, of course. While they
were peddlng they fixed upon the houses
to burglarize, did the Job in the night, and
wheeled the goods away in their pedder's
wagon. | sent word to the detectives in
Philadelphia where these men had lived
and where they stabbed their horse. NV
information was verified there bat the
birds had flown. Since then they have been
hunted all over the country. We knew that
these men lived principally in their
beat on the river. They were in the city
occasionally, nights Every officer in the
city was on the lookout for them. We
would have had them a month AGO but for
the stupidity of one man whom | put on
the track. | sent him to see if they were
in a certain place which thought they
| frequcntcd. An officer was sent with him,
and waited outside some distance from the
place. The men were not there and my
man foolishly asked for them The result
was that he was followed from the place
and seen meeting the officer. OF course
Mosher and Douglas were notified. and
they haven't been near the place since.
We sent an expedition on steam launch
to try and find them on the water Every
bay and inlet in the Sound, the bay and tho
rivers, were explored, but we failed to find
our men. The expedition was searching
for ten days.
THE PHILADELPHIA OFFICERS.
The detectives employed by the city Of
Philadelphia and the Ross family to find
Charlie Ross have been looking for Moshei
and Douglass for four months. Their story
is that Mosher and Douglass are wei
known sneak thieves, and that they were
seen in the cnyirons of Philadelphia at Tho
time of the abduction. They pretended
to pcddle patent medicines in order to gair
admission TO dwellings. They disappeared
from Philadelphia on the lst of July, tht
day that Charlie Ross was stolen. On tho
22d of August the detectives mailed zoo, 900
circulars throughout the United States
Canada and Europe, in which reward OF
100000 was Offered for the recovery OF
Charlie and the detection of his abductors
The circulars contained photographs of til,
missing boy, questions to be asked by
which he could be identified, and descrip
tons of the kidnappers as quoted above
The theory of the PhiladelphiaANv aiceEa ]:
that Moslier hid the child without iTstlnq
his accomplice know where he was
MIR. Charles Watson of Font Hamilton
visited the morgue and recognized the body
of Douglas as that Of the man who at
tempted last July 10 abduct the young sol
of Mr.. T. r. Church of Fort Hamilton. 4
nurse who was attending the child also saiC
that he was the man who tried to steal Mr.
Church's boy.
1t is thought that The wife Of Moshcr vii
now reveal herself, and that the restoration
of the Ross child will be accomplished.
is said that the police are able to uneartl
her, and il there is good prospect of Tho
reward being paid for his return, Charli,
Ross will probably soon be in his home.
Capt. Hines, chiet of the Philadelphia
detectives, arrived in New York at one
o'clock. Later he telegraphed TO Phila
delphia for the little girl who saw the mer
who kidnapped Charlie Ross, and othel
persons who might be able to identify the
dead men. Mr.. Lewis, Charles uncle, alsC
came in the afternoon Late last night @
consultation was held at Superintendent
Wallings house.