The New York herald., 1874-12-16
Identification Of the Kidnappers
by Walter Ross.
STR RANG STORIES.
Constant Activity Of the Authorities in the
Unrayeilng Of the Mystery.
PoSt-MOrtem Examination
Of the Bodies.

The tragic death OF the two men who were en-
gagged In the abduction oil Charley Ross was the
chief topic OF the city yesterday. SO mucn has
been said and written about the Ross case during
the past nve months that many people have been
led to believe that the police really never knew
anything about the parties VINO took the little boy
away from hls home. 1t Is old habit OF the or
dinary detective detailed To work up a case, and
who fails TO follow the clew gwen him by his
perior, publish MS failure as a success when the
object OF his search longer among he living.
This idea seemed TO prevail yesterday among
many people, VINO sneered at the reported work
OF the police IN the nunt alter the lost boy
when they were told that the Identity
OF the aoductors ascertalued only when they
had been shot to death. Why not have captured
them before How was 1t tnat the two men were
able to go 10 Fort Hamilton unhlndered on the
Sunday evening when every ferry aud every rail-
road depot was guarded by detectives who
"Knew their men ~ such were the ques-
ttons which banded about from mouth to
mouth. But IN justice to the New York police it
may be said that the very fact IN this case tnat
even some OF the detectives were ignorant OF the
circumstance that the men they had been in
structed to hunt Ior we're
IHg ABDUcroRs OF THE CHILD
shows conc.uslvely that the Ponce Supsrnten-
dent knew Wat he Was about from the very be
ginning. HIS letter 10 captain Helms, OF Phiadel-
phia, In October last, exclusively published
in the HERALD yesterday bore such an
impress OF he truth OF the police work
ings during the past five months tnat he
VINO ran could read. MIR. Waning and the loice
detectives OF Philadelphia 1t would seem, were
all the time in accord, and the result is that,
that the principal IN the stealing OF the child Is
out OF the way, they are hand IN hand In the effort
TO recover the missing boy. lhe developments
yesterday were OF little moment; in fact nothing
new resulted from tie activity OF the detectives.
who were all day long-tnose specially detailed
hard at " ork 70 reach the end OF the case the
delivery oflttle Charley rom the parties who have
him now conceaed. HERALD reporter had
conversation with superintendent Waling about
the case, and was informed that he ielt certain
that the missing Doy would be recovered. MI.
Wailing Is
MAN OF cASDoR
He never pretcnds 10 know what he does not
know, and, unlike some great men who are sup
posed to dictate at the head OF a mighty police
the way ordinary people shall walk and move and
have tncir being, he beAeves, apparently, that
there are some things which the pubic have a
right to know something about, so long as the ends
OF justice are not defeated by the revelation.
What he is dong TO reach the parties who have
Charley Ross iu their power Is matter OF his own.
at WORK, he and his onlcers; that he ex ects to
get the boy; that he pelieves the death OF Mosher
will facilitate the search for the chio he
does not hesitate To assert In the most emphatic
manner. In answer to a question oil the
reporter he SAID -"i do not think the boy Is con-
cealed in this city. To be frank with you never
believed that ne was concealed in this city. 1t is
not for me TO tell you all know about the case IN
It's present aspects out am OF the opinion that
We are still
on THE RIGHT TRACK"
Mr.. Wallins added that he did not believe Mrs.
Mosher had tie child, as sore people lad gwen
out that he did believe. THIS woman, he said, mad
heard OF the death OF her husband; he knew
where she was, and II by any circumstance sne
could learn any thing about Charley Ross wnere-
abouts he would nave no trouble in securing the
child. One thing can, therefore, be set down
as certain, that Mr.. Walling knows the parties
who were connected with Mosher ana Douglas
after the ABDUCTION, and that they are under po-
lice surveillance, or, at least that the police are
on their tral; tnat they, not having anything to
fear from an arrest-tne real steaers OF the child
being dead-will put no obstacle in the way OF
the detectives VINO are endeavorlng to secure
him. my idea is,r sid Mr.. Walling to the re-
porter, "tnat the boy may be picked up now.n In
answer to a question as TO what he meant by this
he said :-'You see, there Is no hope OF reward
any more than there Is for fear or CONVICTION or
the parties who may nov have the cnlld-and
think know what Pm talking aoout-and he Wal
be burden to his Keepers of no use TO them, in
TACT. How easy Will 1t be Ior them to set him
anoat, put m out IN the Streets with the knowl-
edge taat he woull sooa oe
TAKEN Up BY THE POLICE
as a lost ch laYv The arrival or walter Ross at
Police Headquarters yesterday, accompanied by
hta a | al
among the detectives. No one was allowed TO
converse with him and while he was in the super
intendentis once the greatest care was exercised
by the atte adants TO prevent the little fellow
being spoken to by the reporters. The reason for
this, as given aierward, was tnat Mr.. Walling was
anxious that the BOY should see the dead bodies
OF Mosher anu Douglas before any one could
speak to him about what had taken place az Bay
Ridge on Monday. This Idea was certainly the
correct one, as before the boy was taken TO The
Morgue In Brooklyn he was kept In per-
fect ignorance OF the object OF his visit
or the tragedy which had necessitated
It, Detective Iusenoury and the boys two
uncles. and Callahan, the gardener, we're with
him when be entered the Morgue. Tne bodies had
been slowed away In vault the night before, and
the first one brought out was that OF Mosner. the
man who, according to Walters account wore
goggles when ne anu his companion in the buggy
took him and his little brother away. The moment
the body was brought out walter exclaimed,
.swhy, that's the man VINO gave me candy in the
buQQyp, When questioned as to how he recog-
nlzed him 80 easily, he sad:-"1 remember him
by his nose; never saw nose Ike that before I
saw him that day." Callahan. the gardener, wno
had also seen the two men In the buggy the day
they stole poor little Charley, recognized the body
OF Mosher as that OF one OF the men who were In
the buggy; but he said, after
LOOKING AT THE FACE
carefully, al am certain that he was one OF the