, 1874-12-17

to ho In ono handwriting. T!ley wero
posted in PHILADELPHIA, Now York, New I'rnt'a-
and nero writton by bIosl,or. Ilnsa III Thy chain
OF ovidencc were ctoorfnily suprlto1 l'y illo
fhtller of Tho boy. wlso visited Nov York for tho
l'llspoHo, anu money was furn,shod by tho N1ba
easo % out II n1 eanr ss on " to ioies @ Board. @ a. a
Ing to find AtoBl,er in New York or Brooklyn.
sunt. Wa1ling, remembering tllat Moshor used to
commit rohbcrles along, the shorcs q a. l.o,lg
saa ard S soupd So,t sa a m S nSe NG5l i 5s5 sey
bio thai io Ind lnt ltttlo money. and would be
obliged 10 sseal 10 liye, do.oruined o1, organizing
~ expedition a!opg Tho Sound and up tho North
niver, to overhaul every sailing boat that could
chartered steun-tug at Koyport, put T. crow or
board. oto. Dctccllvcs Gellcck ind Doyle, Of
New York, Detective Wood, Of Philadelphia, and
aeyorhl citizcns Of PHILADELPHIA. crniaod .1onE
Long Island, overl,at,ling orory vesacl tLat they
encountered nnd exninining tho Inhabitants OF
every hamlet. Nothing waa discovered there.
and trip up tho North River to Sing Sing proved
equally tr,'itSHs ;' robbery larpeMsrsted M H., by
Dotoctiges Doylo and sollect passed. week ia
oyorhau!ing ovory suspicious poraon md craft
botweon sPuyton Duyyill and Sing Sing wltlout
succcss. a cat-rlggod boat Sas atolon Ut b.ldKo.
port. Corn. and eyery ofro, was n'ado to recover
1t, as hlosler was beloved to be tho tllof, but
tho Bonrcl, for tho craft was abandoned. 1t is
possible, however that tho lont used by Mosllcr
aud Douglas 10 40 to l,ay Ridge on Sunday may
10 the one stolen from Bridgeport alosbor ;and
Douglau wore within an acc OF bong aught Q
fow Scoks ago. They wero both rerY superstt-
tiona and wore constantly III tho habit Of whiting
h[nlo. Morrow. clairvuyant Of No. l8l East
Houston streot, who know 1losher's namo mud
character. An officer whose duty 1t wins to watch
tho PLACE vory ltnprudontly Gought 10 haston
mntters by gaining tto confidence OF tho madam,
aud when llo thought that hc was sufficiently in
tinlate Nilh her ho announced hinsHolf ab o
'spn u of BILLY Mosber, aud nskad her II elo
could get loltor to him, Tho woman WIS cum
t1,ng n1,l nut him OIL dc. X couple Of layB nftor
it was ascurtainnd that 1Loshor had somehow o.
otllor been warned mud hal c1lNpgcd camp.
ponted At bis want o{ a..cceas lint 10 roaandod
to ordinary duty several officers TINT had boon
working on the caAc. md only rctninel tho scr-
vices uf Doyle alia soltcck. When hc received
tho telegram announcing TINT alosher and Doug
las wore dead,. and TINT Doagas had eoufesse1,
lie was ono Of tho happiest nlen In Now {ori.
Deteutivo Sotlock WAS sent to Bay ]sldgo, and
fully identified tho burglars ns Mpsher aud
Douglas. IN regard to Charlie Ross Mr. Willing
afrins that no knows tho name Of tho pnrson III
whose oustody ho is, but cannot find him. IGoo
believes that when tho deaths of N1oshor aud
Douglas are known to Charities custodian ho will
either give him up or abandou him.
THE SEARCH LAar NIGHT.
Tho activity III police circles continued through
tho night lnrgo portion Of the detective Bqnad
being engaged in working up various cicws which,
1t waB thought, won1 lead to the unenrthing OF
tho fayorito haunts Of tho dead burglars, and
OF the retrcat in which thonissing Chnrio IlobB tB
hidden. Capt, Heddon, Of tie Thirty-tnird Pro-
cinct. won't to tho scene Of tle shooting, anti
identified Moahcr fully ~ ono Of tho men ho
had specified, hut did not 90 recognize Douglas.
Capt. Hines, clliof Of the dotootiro squad Of
Philadelphia, arrived during tho aftornoon and,
becoming convinced that thero WAS ground for
action, to1ographe1 buck to sond OH I'LL thoso
who lad witnessed tho abduction, or who had
como in contact With the supposed a1ductorH
they would como on immediately. An unclo Of
the missing boy called alHo ut tho Suporintena-
ents Office, anti bad d long interview With alr.
Wall1ng. Detective ,seltock, Of Capt. Irylng,,s
ca, and reported thnt 1o papoFs or other indlca-
tton Of tho wl,eronbout Of t1o thieves quarters
wero found upon them. At 10 O'clock p. III.
snpt. Wa1ling, who, ia very ponitiye n his asscr-
tho suburbs Of this city, left his Office with De-
tectvos clapp, Leahy, aud other reinforco.
monts, on presumed tour OF Investigation. AL
think that the mystery fs nov about to 10 solv-
ea, and arc working with removed energy anil
hopo.
THE Annucr1oN or CHARLIE Eoss.
The story of tho abduction Of Charlie Ross
| may bo briefly told. Toward tho end Of juno
Inst two men wore lurking about Germantown, q
quiet suburb Of Philadelphia, .Theso persons
| tho aEo Of 8 and reBpect1yeiy,, whose. paronta
reside in tho ueiRhborhood. Thoy profeaacd to
bo friendly to tl,e boys, md gaye thom toys aud
Candida; on "Wednesday, Jnly l. between =, an!! q
| buggy, and meeting tho boys asked t!,em to ride.
| Tho confidiug children did 30, mud aftor riding
| Homo distance one Of tho 1nen nsked Walter to
| get out mud buy son1e 1irc.crackcrs. Tic COM
bal
tho buggy lrovo OH rapidly with Charloy l,oas,
| Nllo wnH Eoen no more.
hIr. Koss WHO was member OF q Philadelphia
firm, returned at 0, md was greatly distressed a'
| not nlng hig 6on nt home. lilo eearchcd cynry.
whore for him, and t1on eought the aid of tht
police, wl1o nlso sought for several days to iind
tho missing child. Finding his efforts ftuitlcss
Mr.. Rosa advertised as follows:
| $500 MrwAap WILL TX rAlp TO ynE pEnsoS relnrn
Ing 10 No. North Sixth atreet SMALL GoY, yrarr
o1d having long, curly, aa.er ha'r l,aze cyes. seHr
light sku, and Taunt face; dressed ID brown uni
o:, WI Ths eh xas lost fro aeranIon o.
o'ciock.
Thia advertisement brought no response uuti
the philladelplhia Iclger contained lie following
1.oss-WI: lii READY TO NEGOTIATE.
On tie Ea.no day alr. RoaH received an anony
nous letter through tho post-Oflieo, In which. il
WIS stated TINT Clnrloy would bc returned fol
S2b, UU4. IL also Hniu that tho cHilu Nha IN Boot
hands TINT 1t Ind cost the parties great dea
OF money to got him, and that they could no
think Of returning him for less than $40 900
We know" the letter said, "you nre not wurtt
n,uc!, money, but VIC a,o aware that you ha1,
r!eh friends. Of whom you lean borrow. If 20,
]ovo money better thnn your child, the blond b.
Oh your own head." Tho fatllor answered t1i
cruel demnud ~ follows, III tho Ledyer:
l.oas will come 10 tcr,ns to tho e1trn. o hts ability
Another anonymous letter waa promptly ro
cciycd by Mr. Ross, stating tbut tho parties VIII
held the clild would not part with 1t for
Gma1lor sum than tho Que already named
"Any attempt" thoy wrote "to A6ceE
tain tho child's hiling-placo will result In its eli
tiro anniiiation." Tho distressed fnthor I'M
not tho ransom lcmapdea but ],o was willing t
make my sacrifice to regain his lost child, II
answered III the sumo papor aB followa:
! noss is willing' Have not got I'll Am doing III
bout to rain 1t.
Several other letters woro rccoiycl during til,
succeeding week, derying tho police to ti,coYo
tho child, and declaring That 1t u would be pu
| away" it tho terms nanlnti woro not acceptot
Meantime thu public excitement WIS very great
| the polite wore epnrred into ncliyity, and til
, Mayor OF Philadelphia Offered reward G
s2G, 400, giving, ut tue samo tiulo, tho circum
nj t,,flnr yy1ljaf, Ghartoy 11nSI had Him,