The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-22

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vicinity of his fathers residence, on WASH
ington lane, Germantown. Two men in
q buggy approached the children and invited
them 10 take a ride. The invitation was ac-
cepted, and the two men drove the children
into K~ensington by a circuitous route.
There Walter was sent by the kidnappers
toa store to buy fireworks, and when he
returned from his errand the wagon was
gone. Walter was taken home the same
evening, but little Charlie was seen no more.
Then began the search for the missing
child, which has been almost unparalleled
in similar annals. Mr.. Ross began by in
forming the police of the abduction and by
Offering a reward of $500 for the recovery of
his son. Numerous arrests were made in
this city of suspected persons, men and
women. but nothing came of them, and
there was even a universal search instituted,
| police. Meanwhile numerous anonymous
letters were sent TO Mr.. Ross
by the kidnappers, and advertisements
appeared in the daily papers, enIanating
apparently from the same source, all offer
ing to treat with the father for the restora-
ton of the child, on the basis of a large
money ransom. On the I'D of july, Mayor
Stokley, at the instance of numerous
wealthy citizens, issued a proclamation Of
fering ereward of $40, 600 for the arrest and
conviction of the abductors and the restor-
alton of the child. This proclamation
VIZ oAA0 ~ W
gether with a description of him n such
details concerning the appearance of the alb
ductors as had been gathered. 1t was scat
tered all over the continent, and resulted in
the starting of almost innumerable clews,
every one of them that afforded the slightest
basis for hope being vigorously followed up.
On the I'D of August the private detective
agency ofMr.A Allan Pinkerton was enlisted in
the case, he relinquishing all claims upon
THE REWARD OF S20,0 600
in case of his success, being enumerated for
his services and expenses out of q separate
fund raise1 by leading citizens for the pur-
pose. From the Pinkerton agency circulars
were also scattered over the continent, con-
tanning descriptions of the parties and an
excellant photograph of the child. The
clews to the child's Whereabouts which
were followed up have been too numerous
for enumeration,
The same paper gives an account of De-
tective Woods story in relation to the alb
d~uctors, Mosher and Clark, from which the
following is taken We first went up the
North river, examining all the islands, and
occupied and unOccupied houses, and the
woods which lined the shores. We went up
as far as P~oughkeepsie, and then returned.
directing our course along the coast of Long
Island and the Connecticut shore. l
suppose we searched 80 or 40 islands in the
sound. containing from fou or five acres to
100 acres each, and found them almost un-
occupied, except a few by squatters. We
had information that these fellows had COM
mitted a burglary, and got to one of the
islands in a cat-boat, and that they moved
about from place to place Just as they
thought they could best secure themselves.
We had further information, too, that
they had the child in this cat-boat, and that
there be was concealed. We searched a num-
Der of small towns, too, in the hope of find
ing the little one, and l must say that the
New York officers worked hard to get down
to the matter. These parties had the man
Mosher with them, and we know that it was
his way to commit a burglary, then escape
to these islands, and hide in one of the I'M
occupied houses. We were cruising about
twelve days, but didn't find the men. But
we were
AFTER THE RIGHT MEN
weeks, months ago, and these were the
right men. We had to return, however,
without having lighted upon any positive
trace of the men. We found out all about
the burglary, and we found out, to our
ductors were living. They had no
means, and had to commit crime
to live. We heard nothing of
the child, and came to the conclusion that
they secreted him on some of these islands
while they were off on their burglaries. The
way in which we first learned of the prob
able whereabouts of Charlie was from Capt.
Walling, of New York. He sent us word some
three months ago that he knew who did it
that is, who carried off the child. This was
only a short time after the child was taken
from this city. When this intelligence was
obtained from him we went to work and
found out where the men lived in this city,
and where they had their horse and wagon.
and what their business was and all about it.
Mosher, alias Johnson and Henderson, and
Clark, alias Douglas or Dunlap, and Mosher's
wife, lived in Monroe street, above Second.
Mosher, since his escape, was here in Phila-
delphia off and on. He was a peddler, and
had a horse and wagon, and used to peddle
with it. He was assisted by Clark. Their
business was to peddle and steal. Mosher
took the house in Monroe street about a
year ago, and vacated the house
AFTER THE CHILD WAS TAKEN AWAY.
1t was with this horse that the child was
driven away-the same horse they did their
peddling with. The child was stolen on the
LIST of July, you know. Hewas at once driven
to New York by Clark and Mosher, who kept
on going until they arrived there. This they
did in a manner to avoid suspicion. They
went Through Trenton on the day after the
abduction. 1t was not until the 18th or Goth
of July that Mosher's wife went off. They
did not keep the child here at all but drove 1t
right away, leaving Mosher's wife to fix up
matters, ward of suspicion, and then follow
them. We suspected these parties, and knew
that two men from this house had suddenly
left, in a wagon. and under circumstances
which justified our opinion of their being
concerned in the case. After they went the
officers here watched Mrs. Mosher, to en-
deavor through her to trace the two men.
1t is known that Mosher was the man who
wrote the anonymous letters. He sent that
one about the proposition for the
restoration OF the child for money con-
sideration from New York, as well as some
others, and we are inclined to think that he
sent a number of the latter ones to his wife
in Philadelphia, and that she posted them.
Mosher and Clark answered the description
of the 'two men who were seen TO drive off
with the boy" The question was asked the
detectives: Are you nearer the child now