The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-19

a lady, accompanied by little boy ap-
parently about five years old arrived at the
Union Depot Sunday on the 12. % Atlantic
d Great Western train, and went to the
Beckel House, where they were registered
by Mr.. d. l.. Harrington, the clerk, as Mrs.
Burke and daughter, Pittsburgh, Pa. The
lacy sent card to the office on which were
written the name and address as above, ex-
cept that the child was designated as
"nephew," and not daughter, as the clerk
inadvertently got it. The lady was of
medium height, thin, very sharp features,
had cold, greyish eyes, appeared to be
about forty-five or fifty years old, and was
respectfully dressed, but not so fashionably
as the lady guests OF the Becke House
usually are Every person who has read
(and who has not p a personal description
of little Charley Ross, who was kidnapped
some time ago in Germantown, Pa, will
have good idea of the appearance of the
little fellow that accompanied Mrs. Burke,
with the exception, perhaps, that the eyes
were not OF so positive blue as Charleys
are said to be.
The offer of a reward of $4,000 by Mr..
Ross for the recovery of his son has put the
detectives everywhere on the alert, and
Mrs. Burke and her little companion did
not escape the observation of the officers
here Constable Denis Regain and ex-
CHER of Police Isaac Hale saw the child
yesterday morning on the verandah of the
Beckel house, when the resemblance
between it and the Pennsylvania lost
boy struck them so forcibly that
they went into the Office and made inquiry
us to who the boy was. Mr. Harrington
gave them all the information that he had
and then accompanied them up stairs,
where they intercepted the child in the
hall and examined his person. A scar, ap-
parently from vaccination, was found upon
the arm, just such mark as is said to exist
on the arm of Charley Ross. This dscoy-
cry elatcd the hopes of the officers that
they had really recovered the lost child,
and the large reward which had heretofore
appeared to them as dim vision now as
sumed the shape of a reality.
They went into the parlor and interroga-
ted Mrs. Burke, but she did not talk and
act as a lady would be supposed to DO when
she found that she was suspected of
crime, and was under the surveillance of
police officers. She was perfectly calm,
and made no explanation of her visit to
Dayton further than that she came from
Cincinnati Sunday, and proposed going on
to Cleveland on the 1923 p. m. G. c. c. and
l. train. She also gave her street and num-
Der in Allegheny City where she had lived.
The officers told her that she would have
to remain at the hotel until they could
communicate with the officers of that city
To this she cody replied, every we'll" A
telegram was at once sent to the chief of
police of Allegheny city, The reply did
not come until 3. p. m. 1t was to the
effect that Mrs. Burke lived at the place
she claimed, and that she was travelling
through Ohio accompanied by little
nephew five years old. The telegram did
not state what she was travelling for,
neither did she explain it, Upon the
strength of this information Mrs. Burke
was permitted to pursue her journey, and,
by Il rapid drive in carriage which was
kept in waiting for the purpose, she inter-
cepted the 3.23 train for Cleveland at the
Third street depot, and consequently was
delayed by leason of the suspicion that her
nephew was Charley Ross.