The New York herald., 1874-07-28
THE STOLEN BOY.
Release of All But One Of the
Prisoners.
!, MYSTERIOUS BUGGY.
Interview with the Brother of
Charley Ross.
FACTS AND CONJECTURES.

TITO the wcment OF wnHng enere IL not the
sh>Aow OF cew developed in tse minds of the
r,,,ce regarding the abducvors or little Charley
S~oss There nave been several arrests, hut they
mean nothing The men who ssfect the airs OF de-
~ectves stin 'rannng outn all their threads of
.sheory piping ohe Post 0fsce aud -shadowing"
the Central once for lear that the guilty persons
NAV ceme 10 headquarters and surrender them
selves The. people OF 'this city and the unhappy,
Distracted parents, have has enough OF
an such slang and mysterious praying.
The polNe have at length concluded that
"A would RE a good thing TO uy TO md the
Su,gy AZ suggested in Roy letter last evening. 10
was learned by'them yesterday that day or two
,u1or ~ the abduction two men sad endeavored
70 secure a horse snd buggy from Eoulke's
stables No aSs New Market street. SO on this nior-
uattoH the ponoe went to work and arrested TWO
men snd two women and charged them with
bens the kldnappers OF the Ross child One or the
men alad the misfortune 10 resemble the descrip-
tim given OF OF the kduappers, so he will pass
q few days in the station honse. The other three
tersons liberated to-day, after being, u is
stated, cross-examped by District Attorney Mann
and being confronted with Tire brother of the stolen
boy. This Is what people IN Philadelphia get for
Nying 10 hire horse and buggy on the
eve Of q great crime. 1t not charged that the
persons had hired buggy. but SIMPLY that they
tried Ia do SO very nenous offence truly-'six
months" " as Humrty Dumpty would remark.
GONE ABROAD.
me latest theory which has the Central once Tor
It's starting point. is that ,ns chld has been car
ried 10 Liverpool or Antwerp on one OF the steamers
having this port. This is reasoned out from the
hypothesis that the kidnapping is the act OF Eng
RsbInen. THIS theory is too ridiculous to discuss
here. n there any Englishmen who are in
want OF any children they can be accommodated at
any mission IN New YORK. There is need OF
stealing them. II there is even the shadow OF a
possibility that such a thing mas taken place the
failure OF the police TO have called the cable into
requisitlon would have defeated ali efforts at
capture.
TIE THEORIES oP "vINpEx.n
Az went INTO the Central once This morning,
Captain HeInes looked at me in very severe
manner, and said IN way that was expected to
take my breath away.
do you know, you are charged with the author
ship OF the 'VindeXi letterN'
The serious, crushing manner in which this was
Ha1d made me laugh heartily. then proceeded TO
enlghtfn the gentleman regarding the duty OF
newspaper correspondent While do not admit
She right OF any living man, outside OF the HERALD
establishment, to ask me whether or not am or
AIN not the author OF that letter. have an opinion
regarding It's contents which shall express be-
sew. Because some citizen IN philadelphia writes
y letter 10 the HERALD the police want TO know OF
me what it was printed tor without their author
EatiOn. The idea that the police are to dictate
what shall or shall not be printed in
newspaper is purely local idea. SO generally is
A. held mere, however, that the newspapers never
have any news regarding the Ross abduction ex-
sept tna' copied rom rom tne & hERALp Of the previous
lOerate such servisude.
AN INJUSTICE no THE FATHER.
had long talk with MIR. Christian X. Ross to-
day. The more see OF him the more thoroughly
Am impressed with the injustice OF "Vlndex's'
manner OF rumors and by great numbers OF calls.
All sorts OF people visit ms ONCE daily with all
kinds OF theories. The brother OF Mrs. Ross eX-
planned to me At length every apparent connic:ion
efstatement regarding the absence OF the mother,
ether poinba rhe conn fusion and fright OF house
Keeper rs 10 blame for the latter. After drive
over the entire route Am convinced that the
father who could spend the whole night threading
out that intricate road, and who went nearly wild
with grief when the last hope failed him, is guilt
less OF any eonnivance or connection with tnis IN
famous abduction. The sorrows and cares OF ne
past month weigh heavily enough on his hes d
without the addition OF any more such letters as
that from 4,vlndexr Ihe poor mother. too.
whose sadness seemed 10 me something 1Dle
10 hopeful and so womanly never deserved This
Tbe leader IN yesterdays HERALD on ''The New
Crime" IL the subject OF general comment here
to-day Toe people commend the resolution OF
that paper not 10 let THIS CRIME be forgotten or
buBheo Up.
rHF STORY OF WALTER BOSS
hao conversation wit6 the elder boy, Walter
Ross, to-day. He is an exceedingly telligent boy
Ior MS age wncn Is eght years HIS words, ana
the way IN which he tells the story, carry conylc-
ticn with them.
NOW, " alter said !, tsi want hear this story
from your hps-tbe whole OF. III
He repbed as Jollows:-
''rhese men mad been the habit o. passing our
house, as Iny mother told roU, Tor some days pre-
vioUs; had seen them they had talked 10 both OF
N boys mean Charley and J. They had given
us candy, aud, 10 tell the trnth, we rather liked
the men. i did, At least sold mother that they
were good men. ] formed this opinion OF them
because they gave ns cancy, These men had
saw them coming along we slipped cut the
pavement 10 talk 10 them Ia The hope that they
would give Us more candy
'DId they ever ask Won to ride before the day OF
The kidnapping ~ asked.
Yes, believe they did once, .brt l would not
60 replied the boy.
Now, tell me about your rise. How did they
get you into the buggyTr
"Tne men drove along up from the railroad
saw hem coming. Poor little Charley saw
s,s sne" wren tney came close and clapped
MS hanos, saving, Please, sir. got any
candy" The big man--tne sond one-sald
tLat ne hadn't any thai day. but that II we would
get I'D aDu rlue ne %ouJd take where we could
get some. he also sad ned give US frecrackers
for The Fourth Thinking that he would carry rs
han nelped Charley IN The man driving at once
1nrned around and started back ia the Same was
az he mad come. asked MN where ne was gong.
lie sad, Will take you no 70 Aunt
snsIe's, Just above here, where YOU can
ger more candy add frecrackers for lie
money Ike TO have plenty Of frecrac1ere, and
we drove along each moment expecting to come
10 Aunt SusIe's Now. OF course we knew
there was such place. This ls the reason /
Know the road Sc well. was watching all toe tune
The men never spoke to each otner. they asked us
the names OF our little sister and our parents.
taken, but knewit was FAR away rom nome At
lAst grew very impatient, ss IL began To get
70 60 afier drecracters for myself and esndt 4or
Gbariey. "hep ] went back TIE buggy sod meD
were gone That ~ al know"
Another View Of the Case.
PHuADELPBJA July ~ 1874
TIE moor 1tre Charley Ross is stiu