The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-11

BENNINGTON, W., Aug. 8.
TO Chief of Police, Philadelphia, Pa
Send full description of the child Ross. A
child answering the description is here with
mysterious woman.
JAMES f. FLEMING
Monday morning the following answer
TO the above was received
PnmADELpnIA, Pa, Aug. 10.
70 .Jamcs Fleming The child is four
years old, has long flaxen hair, and answers
his name plainly. Full paE,icuars by mail
KENNARD III. JOKES,
Chief of Police.
Before this dispatch had been received
Chief of Police Olncy Fuller of Bcnning-
ton, whose suspicious had also been arous-
ed had arrested the woman, the arrest
being made about . o'clock Sunday even
ing, Fleming going to the house while the
officers were there and demanding the ar
rest of the woman, who with the child was
taken to the residence of Fuller, she max
ing no resistance or objection to going but
claiming that she was the mother of the
child.
MoNDAt hoENlNh.
Fleming forwarded the following
BENNINGToN, Aug. TO-
Chief of Police, Philadelphia Woman
and child have been detained for Identified
ton. JAMES +. FLEMING.
This brought the following reply:
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. TO-
James f. Fleming: boys name is
Charles b. Ross. Ask him his name and
where he lived in Germantown, and tele-
graph his answer and description of
child. Have sent description by mail.
KENNARD II. JONES,
Chief of Police.
THE BOY
is blue eyed, fair checked little fellow,
with fiaxen hair, which seems to have been
lately cut, but inclined to curl, and looks
rs though had been kept well oiled, (pro-
badly to keep it straight; under the right
eye is scar. He is attircd in plaid
Bingham dress, with white waist, wide
scarf of pink, blue and white, and blue
sacque trimmed with white braid and gilt
buttons. He has on pair of high button
ollOts, iIOlll WHICH liuIy VI iut DultOuS
gone and sailor hat trimmed with blue
ribbons. He answers all questions prompt
ly, and further says that he was taken into
a place where his hair was cut,
and for boy of his age, talks quite
plainly and shows concluslvely whether he
is Charley Ross or not that he has had the
best of bringing up in society, and that he
could not have been long in company with
the woman who has HIM, as she is coarse
gaudily attred woman. In fact,
the Child appears to care very little
If anything for her, while
she manifests little concern for him,
although she insisted all the afternoon that
she was the only mother that he ever
knew, and that it would be proved so in
the end, which statement is strongly
doubted by all who have seen him and
heard him talk.
| IN THE AFTERNOON
the boy was taken to the store of j. II.
Shurtlcff, IN which is the telegraph office,
| NnINu was III communication WIFI
the Chief of Police at Philadelphia,
who propounded questions that were asked
to him bv Messrs. John V. Hall and
others. When questioned as to his name
he would reply that his name was Charles
Augustus Hamilton and again that it was
Charlie Ross. He also stated that he had
two names, one being Hamilton and one
Ross. This statement lie made several
times, saying Immediately after "that
mama will whip me- or THAT mama will
scold me-" He also spoke of some things
that he had been accustomed TO play with.
among them being a drum and Jumping
jack, but when questioned in regard to his
father he said that he used to come out and
drive horses, ride in a car, and other state
ments that were supposed to refer to the
hippodrome. lie said TO Mr.. Hall that he
would like to go home with him, ard then
as if recollecting himself suddenly said
"she will scold me, | don't like that mama
The answers to the questions were tele
graphed to the chief of police at Philadel
phia and about five o'clock the following
message was received
PHILADELPHIA, Aug, 10.
Olney Fuller, Chief of Police, Benning
ton :--Detain woman and child. Uncle o.
Charley Ross leaves tonight for Benning
ton to identify child.
KENNARp fl. JoNEs,
Chief of Police.
THE RESEMBLANCE
of the boy to picture in Frunk Leslie
Illustrated Paper is quite striking, especial
y the mouth, the nose, and the parting o
the hair. The picture shows the hair lonl
and curly, while the hair on the boy is quit
short, yet the resemblance between the tw,
is very striking During the day drum
/ mer from Philadelphia who was in town
stated that when at home he lived only
! short distance fIom the home of Charli
Ross, and after looking at the boy he sal
a positively that it was the lost one.
A IN CONVERSATION
l with our reporter Monday afternoon, tn
a woman stated that she had husband, VIII
t is Fred Hamilton, and that at present he
T with Barnum's hipprodrome in New Yorl
In regard to the boy, she said that he ha
@ no mother living, and that she is the onl
i mother that he ever knew. She told hi
e that the child was first adopted by Mr.
I North, the wife of an actor in New York