The New York herald., 1874-08-02
The Kidnappers Of Charley
Ross Still Uncapaured.
sTRANaE AND STARTLING SURMlSES.
Our Correspondents Theories Accepted by
the Philadelphia Police.
WEST EYgTEE ALLENTOWN LINE


Sor result s apparently lust lar cn ever, vet
an glad 70 be'abie to state that mach OF the mys-
terry regarding the case Is gradually disappearing.
The police now accept ii as fact that The child lett
,hs city on the evening Of the day OF his capture
Oh a western bound train. and, after stopping in
Harrisburg a short time, proceeded TO Pittsburg.
Finding that no general excitement foE
lowed, the custodian OF the child started
east sgsrn after few days. 1t is clearly estab-
nshed may-say, that the boy left this city, either
tempcrarIy-or permanently, under the charge OF
only one man. Carefully avoiding Philadelphia
the same mysterious and child were seen at
Harrigburg gain on the 9Th; at Reading on the
mOrrlng or the 7tn; at East Penn Junction in the
lorer OF the sth, 9th or 10th, and at Allentown
on the afternoon OF the same day as they appeared
in Fast Penn. This date cannot be positively set
tled, although the buik OF testimony is
IN faror OF the 10th OF !uly, as l stated
In my letter from Allentown yesterday.
EV Varywnere the traces Of the boy are clearly de-
med The stories, whether rom Harrisburg,
Reading, Allentown or Mauch Chunk, are nearly
enough ankle 10 show that the same child was seen
IN these places, and yet not so parrot-ke as to
rive rise TO a suspicion OF a stock narrative. In
s ali cas- the details differ somewhat but the gen.
eral descr options OF tie child and his keeper corre
spOnd.
HAS THE BUGGY BEEN FOUND!
The theory which worked up in two of my
letters early last week, regarding the identity
OF the mysterious" buggy, seems to have
E1nce borne fruit although it has been
carefully Kept back from the HERALD
correspondent until this morning. The belief
whIcn led 10 spend two whole days in the
neighborhood OF Richmond and Palmer streets
was simply this POSSIBLY there might be a third
party in the case. person who employed the two
villains TO bring the child Mrs. Ross thinks
the two chlldren % hun. At any rate, the driver
OF that buggy would naturally go either in a gen.
eral direction toward the place at which the horse
was hired, or the place OF temporary concealment,
or the point OF meeting with a third party. All
these places might very naturally have been near
together. In the first place 1t would not be sale
relv upon the chds walking any great distance and
they certainly would not take him into a street
car. One man would probably be expected to re-
turn the buggy, while the other took OF the
child For choice OF this duty they probably drew
lots, for one some what more hazardous than
the other. These ana many other minor thoughts
suggested themselves to my mind After long
search, with the assistance of Mr.. Peacock, who
entered heartily into the theory, found on Robe
son street a vehicle which resembled the descrip-
uon OF the buggy. 1t was true the stable boy
gave partial history OF The conveyance. but we
were not satisfied, and gave the statement on
Tuesday or Wednesday last boplng that the police
would go more thoroughly into the matter.
NEW COMPLICATIONS.
Row comes the sequel One OF the most expert
euced officers the Central once states that the
buggy when described is believed by the police
to he the Identical one that carried the Ross chill
drer and the kdnappers. BE IT understood give
4 wholly on the authority oil this oIlcer alone.
hesitate about giving his name only on account OF
the personal injury 1t might DO him. If this be
true, then, aud the police have satisfied them
selves OF tue correctness Of this conclusion, is
, obvious that for the past foriy-eignt hours
/ hey have been working on an entirely new clew.
Z he conclusive evidence IN the Investigations
q Allentown goes to show that the child has gone
o, u. OF the hands OF his original captors The the
or that the men in the buggy were merely
Die ed to do the job by some third party, and that
ala II. the child was handed and the fee re-
ces ytM these men washed their hands OF the whole
ms ter, must now hold Practically speaking, the
joes done after poor fashion all through and,
n 70 hidden exist for secrecy. this proba-
blyc chief reason that there tracks left
behn d. scientific job always shows the work or
mas Ter hand These men have evidently blum
deref nt0 good plan, and they have stuck to 1t
resc.a ely
Ecue who have given this case c. ose attention
express The opinion that the men VINO took the
children were not the persons who we're previously
seen by. I>r. Walker and Mrs. Ross. This involves
the coIcl ,hcity OF two o'her persons in the plot
which a " inclined 70 doubt In one way or an
stner sue o. men so employed have had too mary
temptat6 r,s placed before them TO turn States
evidence. They could have been chargeable
with the kidnapping they devoted their time
enly to tudylng the HABITS OF the boys
Tney VIZ have taken the best care to
establish En 'aho, and would have put in an ap-
f.af
stories Aoaang; about which give rise to all
Of rumors regarding the identity OF TINS third
party wanh be worth recording were they based
on any iOuD1atDn except Idle rumor. Whether
he be das ratecredtor, disA Apponted lover. or
n n,erce Esry villain whose only incentive to rhe
act is his love~of goid, do not profess te be aIe
70 .;ud0e. The chances OF the villain salts
fyins his desire for the money grows
siimrper every day, and had there not been
some eper deadly motive, II is tnat
the man wound nave tried TO cash IN" the boy
before now. The statement by Walter Ross that
enc OF the men was known 10 bis parents sdds
addr1oLal mystery 70 the case. This the boy told
to the msn who returned him homo, and he made
the same statement TO me. More than this cannot
sbe KNOWN and tits possible ior the boy to be
taken.
~ IuE CHILD IN NEW YORgf
Some ho1csto the theory that the child is now in,
New York. The dIsappearance OF the hoy, now
supposed tosfe Charley Ross, after leaving Mauch
Chunk and the thorough securing OF the
adjacent couE1ry leaves ~ highly probable
that the party went down the Central New Jersey
Vailroad to the metropolis. The man did not seem
"a be actuated byyany definite plan, and on going
NJ 80 Mauch Chunk the mere sight OF New YORK
trai " ~ the depot m,y have suggested the t,ip
en-, er. Bill sykes. after he had killed pcar
Nancy was no more" the creature Of whIm ana
caprice tnan the man appeared to be who had
the chil,t at Allentown. he we're ~the third
partyn or one of the twofrst parlesn In this ter
r1ble crime <,f child stealing then see that re
100 was pt vsued with tne curse OF conscience. |
vh,ch IL seld wp seen to affect the hardened GRIM
NAL