The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-12-19
CHARLEY ROSS AVENGED.

Long Island, which was unoccupied, was
entered by two burglars, which the sequel
shows We're the ahductors of Charley Ross.
There was burglar alarm connected with
the next house t. the one entered by the
burglars and which was the residence of
the Judges brother and his family. About
, o'clock in the morning MIR. Van Brunt
heard the alarm and reused up his son who
took lantern and went over to the house
of the Judge, in which he saw light.
fastening back he related the circumstance
to his father and the two men with two
others, hired men, armed themselves and
went across to the house where the robbers
were at work. Stationing themselves so as
to intercept the burglars when they came
out the party waited an hour. The fol
lowing is a description Of the battle which
followed:
A SHREWD PLAN OF ATTACK.
He sent his son to call the gardener and
the hired man. and when they came, he
said: s. Now, boys, we have work to do.
and must understand each other. We
without killing them; but if they resist,
we'll defend ourselves. Albert, you and
Scott stand before the front door; Frank
and | will take the rear, and whatever hap
pens afterward, let us remain III the posi-.
lions we take up, because if we move
around We'll be certain to shoot each other
in the dark instead of the enemy. Which
ever way they come, let the two who meet
them take care of them as best they can.
Ii they come out and scatter both ways,
then will all have a chance to work"
Albert and the gardener went to the front,
as directed, and the old gentleman and his
hired man took up position close to the
rear entrance. The night was ptchy dark,
cold and wet. The watchers waited pa
tiently for nearly an hour, while the intru-
ders went through every room in the house,
searching for booty, with the rays from
their dark lantern flashing now and then
through the chnks in the shutters. AT
length they came down to the basement
floor and into the pantry. Through the
window of this little apartment Mr.. Van
Brunt could see the hard looking faces of
the two burglars distinctly. He could have
shot them down there and then in perfect
safety for himself and his companions; but
he still wished to refrain from taking life
until he could be certain that they would
show deadly resistance. He did not wish,
he said to kill them in the house, nor in
any way than in self defense. They left
the pantry and went into the dining room,
where they delayed long enough to make
the watchers think they meant to remain all
night But the cold and damp air of the
inclement night soon began to tell on the
elder Van Brunt, and he could stand the
waiting no longer. Finding that he was
q wing numb and weak, he determined %
'push things and standing in front Of
the back door he ordered the hired man to
open it quickly. Frank proceeded to obey,
but in trying to get the key into the key
hole, he made a poiss which the burglars
heard. Their light went out Immediately,
and their footsteps were heard descending
the cellar stairs.
THE BATTLE BEGUN.
Mr.. Van Brunt and his man moved to
ward the trap-dGor of the cellar. This was
soon opened and tina body of man pro-
truded, followed by the head of another
Mr.. Van Brunt cried out, "Stand - and
called to his son and companions to remain
still and "look out" In response to his
command two pistol shots from the cellar
door flashed almost in his face, but moth
ing hit him. He then leyeled his revolver
at the foremost man and pulled. and cry
of agony followed. The other man fired at
him a second time, and then ran toward
the front of the house. He dashed almost
into the arms of yonng Van Brunt, at
whom he fired two more shots, luckily
m issing him also. The fellow having got
between Albert and the white wall, the
latter could see the arm raised for another
L r. L. al.
was struck down and broken near the
elbow by blow from Mr.. Van Brunts
shotgun, which was also smashed. Chang
ing the pistol to his left hand and calling
his adversary a vile name, the burglar
attempted to fire again; but before he could
do SO young Van Brunt had whipped out
his revolver and sent bullet into his
would-be murderer's lack The burglar
staggered, received another bullet into his
head, and fell. Meantime the villain from
whom the elder Mr.. Van Brunt's bullet
had brought the howl of pain, continued
to fire away in the dark, and the hired man
replied with a discharge from his shotgun.
In short, as far as any of the survivors can
now remember, the fusiading here became
general, the only thing positively known
after the second or third shot being the
gratifying fact that while none of the de-
tenders of the Judges property were hurt,
the two burglars were literally Iidd!ed
with bullets. One was stone dead, with
his empty seven shooter under his head ;
the other lived until o'clock-about two
hours
The battle was heard in their houses by
many Of the neiGhbors, and the awful sui.
fering of Mrs. Van Brunt and Miss Van
Brunt, who watched the whole aifray from
their window, is something that San not
very we'll be told. 1t was no more nor less
than the woman, the wife, and the mother
that soon afterward spoke, when Mrs. Van
Blunt, i'll reply to request for some whisky
for the dying burglar, said: " Whiskey for
him for the man who tries to kill my hus-
band? Oh. no! l don't want him to live
let him die. At all events he gets no
whisky from me -
The names of the men were William
Mosier and Joseph Clark, alias Douglass.
The latter confessed before he died that he
and Mosier were the abductors of Charley
Ross, and that Mosier had wife and sew
eral children, and knew where little Char
ley was He died before further informa
ton was obtained from him, and the police
WIFI tueSe UeW ueFtlOpHtubS have StiIteu
afresh in the search for the lost child. At
the time of the abduction of the child, the
two men lived in Philadelphia, owned
horse and carriage, and followed peddling
and stealing. This was the carriage and
horse used when they carried off the child.
The police, it seems, have long suspected
these parties of the abduction and have
been in search of them for four months
without being able to come up with them.
Superintendent Walling has had an inter
view with Mrs Mosier and is satisfied that
she knows nothing of the whereabouts of
the lost child. She says she did not see
him after his capture, nor does she know
what became of him.
James NJ. Ross who went to Chester,
Illinois, to investigate the child there, says
that he is not Charley Ross.
SPECIE PAYMENTs-A PLAN PoR RE-
executive council of the
National Board of Trade have been in SEES
sion in Washington several days, and have
submitted to the banking and currency
committee of the House of Representatives