The New York herald., 1874-08-04
THE LOST BOY.
The Case Still! Shrouded in
Darkness.
THE POLICE INACTIVE
Another Interview with Little
Walter Ross.

PHILADELPHIA, August 8, 1874.
! Another long day in Germantown. Its hills
seem just as steep, Its roads just as dusty they
did ten days ago when | last visited the place.
The residence Of Mr.. Ross, nestled among the
trees and in close proximity to the Washington
avenue station, on the Germantown branch OF the
Reading Railroad, seems quite as lonely and
desolate. was bound to this house. to once more
see it;.a Walter and talk with him regarding the
clrcums tances Of that memorable ride which re-
suited N the loss Of his brother. After waiting
few moments the little fellow came out on the
porch wnere was seated In reply to my ques-
tion as 10 whether he knew of anything which he
had forgotten to tell me before he saiu:-
"Yes. Gid not think TO tell you that in the
morning OF the same day In which we were taken
away saw the TWO men In the neighborhood.
They drove around into Chew street. and after
going into an ale house at the side Of the road
they came out, one carrying q black bottle. 1t
was the same men. know 1t, because followed
them and watched"
"Can you tell me where this place isr, asked.
"Oh, yes; l will walk round there and sho W
you," ne replied
"Do you remember any other place that the men
stopped atr"
| "They halted in front Of tavern down on
Broad street. At just what corner it was l cannot
now remember. Poor Charley was very hungry
and cried for. something TO eat; so they stopped,
and one man got out and bought MIN some cakes.
We stopped further on and got drink OF watern
"Were the men drinking liquor along the route2"
inquired.
eyes, they brought out the black bottle fre-
quently. don't know much about such things
but thought the large man acted as II he was
drunk. He might have been fOoling me.n
"Dd you say to the man who brought you home
you down town ~ asked.
al don't think did; was 80 frightened tnat 1
don't know what did say" replied Walter. 'The
men took us up northward and around by the pike.
They stopped again, / forgot TO say, near the old
tollgate One Of them got drink Of uQuor in
saloon not far from that place. The gate ls free
now, but used to be tollgate."
GERMANS IRISH vRow.
After some other conversation we lelt the house
to go down to the tavern where walter said he
had seen the men go on the morning preceding
the abduction. Walter led the way up Washing
ton lane to the corner Of Chew street, and after
a snort tramp we reached large stone tavern
covered with stucco. 1t was presided over by a
large German, who, on my declaring the object OF
my VISIT conducted me into the yard and intro.
duced me to his wife. This lady was quite tall,
with an unmistakable Irish hrogue. Questions
innumerable failed ehcit any information,
although little Walter himself narrated an incident
TO recall the visit Of the men. Walter turned to
me and said -
''DJrt you see, they are afraid Of getting sent
to jail that they Will not tell even what they saw ri
about leaving. when an ice cream wagon drove
past, and Walter became frantic to have some
lie haa repeatedly spoken Of his love for cand,
and sweetmeats. He began to PHILOSOPHERS
"Now II spend this ten cents for ice cream viii
have the cream but Will lose rhe money. AS l cant
| have both the cream and the stamps, I'll give VI
the one easiest 10 part with. Here, young man
grveme nalf pint" And as bid hum goodby ht
his house to eat his cream. l became satisfied
that an uncommon desire for candy existed II
approached the children on their most vulnerable
point.
MOST MYSTERIOUS PERSON.
"Have you heard" said merchant on the man
! street In Germantown, after he mad taken me ack
into his private office and closed the door, .that
seen going up Washington lane to she Ross man.
slonf"
.'Wel, the great secret of all Is that, although
apparently woman, she was man dressed IN
.'wnat, man disguised in woman's clothes
Who saw this2" exclaimed.
met the person on the street and sent man TO
follow 'ner' to the house. But We were all sure
tnat she must have been man."
"Dio this person 20 into the mouse Yn ] asked
'She did but MAINTAIN that she was man In
disguise and should have been arrested" SAID the
storekeeper, most mysteriously
"The deuce you dol" exclaimed. "How do
you knows Tell me at once give me some clew.o
earnestness. "You see we watched 'her' very
closely and my brother. .in-aw saw black trowsers
below the skirt Oh 'ner' dress. The dress she wore
evidently belonged to some smaller person, for is
was very short-too short ior safety as disguise
We'll, as was % saying, we noticed the bottoms
skirts OF her Dress Then the strange actions of
the person. She did lot act like woman, but
appeared to want to put ner hands into her
breeches pockets. This was another mistake. The
make up" Us woman was very poor. l never
think could beat that Job We'll; '.she,'' as the
person looked, or he, as maintain, went down to
the Ross s mansion hung around the place awhile
sure % he or she" was one q the .sang.S' 80 "A-
had been gradually breaking in my mInd regard
ing the identity OF this mysterious person. Re-
the weii-meaning citizen OF tins quiet village had
concluded, burst INTO an uncontrollahe ft OF
laughter, which lasted for several minutes. At
ask - '' ~
"asve you ever seen Mrs. DR.. Walker ?" He
said he never mad. seen that individual and could
not see what she had to do with the Ross case.
There are great many who think just as does tins
quiet Germantown vender OF merchandise.
AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS
everything moves on in the same languld order.
Lieutenant Crout is stu very much interested in
working out the identity Of the boy who was seen
spondsns So gave such detailed and clrcumstantis
make q grand strategic move, put as l have
during the last month, passed some very anxi0ns
hours waiting for the developement Of Central
once theories, l shall not borrow anxiety in this
instance "The truth harms no 0ne," says the
Old maxim. and, II so, the truth In. this case may
be plainly stated when declare that tue police
have neither clew nor theory. The case practically
stands just where II did ave weeks ago.
The Kidnapping Case.
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