The New York herald., 1874-07-20
THE STOLEN BOY.
Developments in the Case of
Little Charlie Ross.
WORK. CF THE POLICE
The Arrest of Wooster as an Ac-
ooxnplice in the Crime.

PHILADELPHIA, July IL, 1874.
Just'one week ago the general reading public OF
the United States were through the medium of
these columns rendered familiar with all the hor-
ribie details oil the kidnapping of little four year
Ole lad, named Charles Brewster Ross, with the
many N ysterious personals which had from time to
time appeared In OF the leading local journals,
but more particularly with the nature Of the cor
respondence communicated by the robbers to the
parents forpnrpOses OF blackmall; this was re-
ported exclusively in the HERALD, was afterwards
reproduced IN several OF the Philadelphia news
papers and has since been extensively quoted else
where.
Aside from the original expose of the case,
which your correspondent first developed, but
little else has occurred since its publication worthy
Of note. The other metropolitan newspapers OF
the country have done little else than to elaborate
Its particulars and expand it's minute and accu-
rate details.
Never within the history OF the Quaker City has
a circumstance arisen that has SO wholly monopo-
hzed its public press, or that has called to Pha-
delpha greater number OF correspondents from
elsewhere. SO great is It's Importance, and SO
direct its bearing upon the human family
in general, that no particulars OF the
asair should be allowed to escape public
observation, nor should any OF its details
be permitted to pass without general comment.
theft Of the little personals were inudlciously
inserted in the public press by the father tnat he
was wiling to negotiate with the kldnappers for
the child's return.
Tim KIDNAPPERs RESPONDED
! through the mail that they would deliver up the
little one in case ransom OF $4,000 was paid at
paid that the life OF the little one would at once he
placed IN extreme danger. Hence arose the great
complexty Of the case. Had the father, instead
OF publishing
ROs-We be ready to negotiate
inserted the following In the PERSONALS
,ns Kosnw pay nothing for the recover pi the child
borrow to hunt down its kidnappers
the opinion is that this the child would have
been returned to Its home. But, acting under the
WEAK AND XAUDLIN DETECTIVE MANAGEMENT,
the father lailed to do this and as natural result,
Is still without his child.
The HERALD in a former article clearly and accu-
rasey portrayed the nature Of this correspond
menting upon 1t, speaks as I0llOws:-
Could that correspondence be reprinted word for
word could its significance De brought fully to light;
be clearly displayed through the reprodncon of their
s6
wonted degree 9f Jury would break every barrier and
found and its Persecutor tramped in the dust ""'
In the meantime the Mayor OF the city was called
home from Long Branch: Many meetings were
held by the citizens while the detective police,
under Its peculiar and eccentric management
else that was rash in order to discover a clew.
They found none after laboring day and night for
more than week. II Is true that While the most
inexperienced of the force were at work the best
sch0Oed were except indirectly, entirely left out
OF che case; out such as worked turned up no clew
at all
AN ARREST MADE.
All at once the most celebrated detective oficer
in the city, Mr.. Taggart, arrested notorious crim-
inal, and charged MIN with completely in the
crime.
The name Of the party arraigned Christian woos
was notorious as criminal as panel house thief and
every variety and species Of biackmai Upon Consider
son the os nS1shs Wo0ssr Who
sed the shrewdness 70 thus tar avoid detection he
CERTAIN etfers q 5aSR
ma rs st %s Wooster tie had, had written in and he
these and the letters addressed MI the alb
seD ssenns @ WIN the crime
yef ssr asS
writing and phraseoogy 50 srikingly alike were Ger
cireunsa in connection with many others which
oi Wooster who resting within ine guarded
confines Tdn n,1tb OF bA1yamI;ensing GniI;e .n,s
% be aegaed an ne hss a @ pa . m
s,t the mystery TO the bottom and until he has had the
Wooster does or does not stand principal
complice In the crime.
Aside rom the arrest nothing has been accom-.
plshed.
SECRET CORRESPONDENCE.
1t has been stated that the correspOndence
between the father and the kldnappers had
ceased. The detectives claimed tnat the news
papers were to blame for the sudden lull In the
negotiations, while they also insisted that had
the correspondence been allowed to 90
on they could have easily discovered
the Whereabouts OF the thieves. in face of this IL
may appear somewhat strange that the cOrre-
spondence has steadily been kept up, ana that
despite frequent letters which the father has re-
ceived the thieves are not detected alter ALL The
announcement that the correspondence had ceased
was simply blind, for Saturday last the father
received letter from the kidnappers urging their
former claims, and threatening the child with
everything dangerous unless they were complied
with. Their last letter was the most cold cruel
and In human that has yet been received and the
pubic would indeed be astounded and shocked
could Its iul contents be made known.