Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-12-25
The Search for G harley Ross.

On Saturday Superintendent Walling, of
the New York detective police force stated
that on Tuesday evening he went to 8 Ridge
street, to see IL Mrs Russell, who knew Mosier
we'll and had set him up in the oyster business
on Grand street two years ago. MT. Nallng
pretended TO be a sanitary inspector, and com
planned OF The bad condition Of the cellars OF
the house to the occupants. lie was informed
that Mrs. Russell was in the country, and her
son, who lived in the house, could not tell
" here she had gone. After Nj. Walling left,
Detectives Selick aud Titus watched the house
and saw Mrs Russell and her son come out,
followed them 10 Twepty-iourih street, and
from thence to the Grand Central depot, where
they took tickets for New Britain, Conn. The
officers followed and ascertained that little
boy, aged about three years had died there
OF membranous Group abont a month ago
Mr.. Walling suspected that Charley Ross had
been hidden by Mrs. Russell and had died on
her hands III New Britain. lie went there
Thursday and satisfied himself that Mrs. Rus
sell knew nothing about Charley Ross, and
that the boy that died was the son Of Mr..
Cummertord. Mrs Russel's nephew
The E0eHing Jounaiof jersey City states that
the corpse OF boy, three or four years old,
was found floating on the 10th ult., in Newark
Bay, at the foot of Sixteenth street, Bayonnc
The slain burglars made Newark bay and the
Kills one of their fIvori,e haunts, and they
were both known to the police of Bayonne.
A frequent anchorage OF the yacht was at the
entrance of Newark bay between the light
house and the railroad bridge, near the place
where the drowned child was found. The To-
calily where the body was found is one where
such a child would have been unlikely TO
stray. These circumstances, taken in counec-
ton with the almost unprecedented fact that
no one ever appeared TO claim the body, point
10 the possibility that the body was that Of the
missing boy, and the propriety Of examining
the remains is suggested.
Saturday morning, however, the fisherman
who found the body of the boy in Newark
bay was questioned by Superintendent Wal
ling, and shown a photograph of the Ross
child. He said it bore no resemblance to the
features OF the drowned boy. The superin-
tendent says he shall not rest content with
this, however, bnl shall have the Newark bay
mystery so thoroughly investigated as TO
leave no doubt whether the boy was Charlie
Ross or not
A letter received by Waling asserted that
the bov was seen in Fair Haven six weeks ago,
and escaped detention Only through blunder
of some of the local officers. The Superinien-
dent alleges that he has made no further dis
coveries OF Importance, at least nothing which
can be made public.
The captain of the detective force at New
York on Saturday said that the prospects Of
finding Charlie Ross looked brighter than ever
before, and they hoped recovering him soon
A Brooklyn afternoon paper says Constable
Holland Of Bay Ridge, is willing to swear
that the New York detective who visited Bay
Ridge on Monday morning told him lthe con-
stahle) then that if he had Mosier at police
headquarters he would vouch for obtaining
the knowledge of the whereabouts of Charlie
Ross, within fifteen minutes, because he had
hat WQuld