The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-07-26
THE ROSS KIDNAPPING CASE.

the most cruel, Enthusiastically reptile
'Bears and lions in the mountains. and ia
gatherers and slanderers in the cities" III
recent case Of crime in the kidnapping of Il
little Ross child in Philadelphia, and Il
cruel extortion of the kidnappers in demand
ing $40, 600 an amount overlapping til
fathers immediate resources. as ransom fo
the child, coupled with threats to kill it, if tn
amount was not raised, would Justify the plao
ing Of child stealers ahead of even tax-gatherer
and slanderers
+! Look at the circumstances Two little bo
children Of Mr.. Ross, while at play near thei
fathers house, are solicited, and child-like
comply with the request of the villains to tax,
a ride with them in their wagon : the elder o
the children is shortly dismissed with triit
Of money with which to buy some tire-crack
ers while the other is instantly carried away
the liberated child, old enough to tell about
and taken home where he tells his anxious
parents that his little brother was all right,
he was in the wagon"
The parents, after many weary hours OF
waiting and searching for their darling child,
at last realize that it is lost, stolen from them,
for what purpose they are ignorant, as they
cannot imagine they have an enemy in the
world who would seek such cruel vengence:
following the course taken by the wagon, as
indicated by the elder child, the parents and
friends Of the family search through every
house and by-way, but all in vain, in quest of
their lost treasure; the police too, have all the
time been in fruitless search for the missing
one, and now that the hours wear apace, and
all hope of finding it by personal search is
for the night, the father advertises,
Offering reward Of $500 for the restoration
Of his child.
But no answer comes to this: the amount
not meeting the rapacity of the
;hild-stealers. Another advertisement offer
ng larger sum being more to their taste,
slicits response indicative of their ruffianly
character. Gross, We be ready to negotiate, "
hey say. This is followed by an anonymous
etter through the post-office, stating that lit
lie Charlie would be returned for $40, 900 !
nd they would not abate dollar! Mr.. Boss
epied, by advertisement, that he would re-
pond to the =" extent of his ability" and |
gain, that he was 'doing his best to raise
he money"
Then it is that the villainous extortioners
emand that he must raise the money, insist
lg that he can borrow it, and threatening that
ne does not get it for them the 90 childs
lood will be on the fathers head !" that any
tempt to find it, except on their own terms,
ill result in its entire humiliation; that
ley "know their business and are determined
} fight it out on their own line
Mr.. Ross, after fortnight's anxiety as to
e fate Of his child under such distressing
having at last raised the ex- {
rtionate amount demanded, advertises that I
is ready with the money and wants to be
vised how he can know their agent"
Was ever cruelty so cruelty and artfully de-
med, and can it be possible that the villains
Il get their reward without being watched
traced up, and the money as well as the
lid secured? We hope not And, unless >
police are in hand with the kidnappers,
should think a few good detectives would
able to head them off, unless they are as
as cruel in their villainy, and +
,erior to the best detectives in covering M
ir tracks.
The public are watching this case with s.
We solcitude, for heads Of families NAV -
rywhere tremble for the fate of their chill :,
n, if they can be thus stolen for the sake >,
rewards and other possible purposes of vii :.
~. In the case Of the little Digby girl !,
mt which there was so much excitement in .
city some years ago. there were at the '''
e some painful theories as to the cause -
the abduction and it was not -
lout great difficulty and till the abduct- -
doubtless got frightened at the clamor of ST
public that the child was traced after it
been in q house Of singular character,
sibly for substitution as an heir, or some
nge purpose. The little Kaufman boy, WI
which 50 mysteriously disappeared some we
IS later, has never been heard Of since inl
ainly parents can not be too careful of faf
+ children under any circumstances. de