, 1874-12-19

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THE ROSS 0AEE.
Tho details Of tho abduction Of CnAEI1E
Ross, as,a Of the subsequent discovery OF his
lsiilnappors, excel in romnntio interest my t
story Of crimo yet conceived by romnnccr or
playwright. Tho disappearance Of The cnild, |
tho alternations Of hope md despair in tho
lloarts Of tho afflicted pnrents, as news canlo |
from time to time TINT their boy Ind been
discovered the various t1lroads Of rlamor
which tho officers unrave1ed only to find TINT
they led to nothing, tho pursuit Of the real
ktlnappcrs for months by tho detectives act
ing u1ller thu orders OF Inspector WAL11So,
Of New York, and the manner in which they
avoided tllo1n and finally put them of tho
scent altogether, mud the iragical denouenlent
fow days ago, which discovered them,
and at tho same time brought swift
and terrible revenge upon them,
form sories of chapters in ouo
of the most thrilling episodes Of crime over
known in this country. Tho result Of tho
denoucmont, however, is like tho result Of
overy other step in tho strange story. No
sooner had tho sky Eghtened up than 1t
cloudcd over again. 4 ray of sunlight en-
tered tho afflicted home as tho news cano of
the discovery Of tho kilnnppep, but it is
only temporary. Tho kilnappers havo been
found at last, but tho boy is still missing.
It will be remembered that, when CHARLIE
Ross was abducted, the crino YVES witnessed
by several persons, who furnished the police
with pretty accurate descriptions Those
descriptions were sent MI over tho country,
and then followed nil kinds of haphazerd
work. CuAn1n: ROSES wcro found every
where, in the renotest parts of tho East and
West, in Southern plantations, out in tic
| Rocky Mountains, among tho mines, and ,,u~
| naeruus arrests were made, including crimi~
nals and respectable people, fortune-tellers,
| poddlors, tramps, and gypsies. Meanwhile, ono
detective, Inspector WALKING, was on the
| right truck. From tho descriptions, and from
| information ho had received, ho was con-
vinced that the two kilnappers were two
| professional criminals, WILLIAM MosHER, q
| 1ow-browod, brutal villain, the hero Of all
! kinds Of scoundrelis1n, upon whom lis own
vices had set an iudelible stamp by which ho
was recognized alter death, anu JOSEPH
DOUGLAS. man e4ua4lg desperate IN hls acts
OF cr1nlnallty' anu VINO had Been NO
s11Ehs partner III erlme Tor years,
nut man or somo 1htelleetuhl aDil-
ity and of respectable connections It
was not long before tho officers were upon
Their srach' ana 1o'lna that IN tebfuEry last
the two men had been travelling through New
jersey ane1 Eastern Fennsylvama selling m
insect powder, using tor their transportation
the very wagon they Ind when tho Ross boy
was carried oil. They were tracked MS far as
lronton, N. j., and here tho ot1lcora lost
sight Of them. Meanwhile they did not re-
LEX their vigilance. Dlfs. MosuER was iopt
| under surveillance, and every movement sho
inaele Was noted. More than once the de-
tectivcs wero almost upon the hcols Of the
two kidnappors III fortuno-tcllery' rooms,
saloons, and low boarding-houses, mud ono
day they calne SO close TINT tho two villains
became alarmed aud dropped out of sight.
Tho chase was temporarily over, md might
have remained so for long time to come
lad it not been for sut1dan and mysterious
development Of good fortune.
| One dark, stormy night, two mon ca,ne up
the river in thoir llttlo blnols sloop, which
had boon ongagcd in many naaslnding cx-
pcition, and lnnt1od ct Bay Ridge, in the rear
Of tho unoeoupicd residence Of Judge vAx
EnuST, with tho intention of robbing it, Not
knowing that tho house was provided with q
burglar-nlarln connected with tho adjoining
residence Of tho Judges brother, tho two
burglars entered. Tho alarm did its work.
Tho family was aroused, aud the Judge,
his son, and the hostler armod thcm-
selves, went over to the house, and
ut last, tired Of waiting for tho burg
lars to como out. opened tho doors and
provoked an encounter which resulted IN
tho death Of tho two villains. They were
MosnEn and DOUGLAS. AosnEn was killed
instantly, aud DOUGLAS lived long enough to
confess ho insisted in tho abduction Of CnAn-
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