, 1874-12-26
CHARLIE ROSS.

4ltH EAthcr7s Offer OF n Howard for
IHis Return.
Front fha Philadelphia fnqairtr, Dec. 81.
!, III another colnmn we publish this morning
tho card OF CllrIstian Il. 1soHs, which begins With
''s s', 0osa' r.. '''''f!as; ssssdoo REWARD.
rvo Thousand Dollars viii ha paid for sl,e ratusn,
WITHIN TEN DAYS
from @ tI!a aae' to ny ono Of tho ssrcaaes named bo
CHARLES nnEwEHEN noss,
ftnnt dcrmautowt.t OIL July I, 1874.
Thorp II something curioualy nalhot,c In this
laht appeal Of tho horoly atrckoii parent, Which
10 other parent will fail to fool or rocpuuizo.
And tlls, wo think. Is good tiino to aclnow-
otlge tio maryolots llcroisin md ael-nogation Of
months, has suffered every pl,yatca. and montaj
agony TINT ulntl, having lost what ho Inns lobt
could suffer. It is possible, and oven probable,
that. had lie offerod the aboyo reward md upo,,
tskon from him, his child would havo boon lo.,g
ego roatcred to him, aud that Ills grent suffer-
ings OF mind and body would hnye boon nvortctl
from lin; But, though paIn nl,a sorrow aud
MhEsn Ri1n tna ten a 'oh hhoo though ealuny struck
heavy upon Tim, SGT he nescs once y'eItod to
the torriblo temptation to bog for the restoration
Of Iia little child, unlcBs they who atolo him
SHOULD bs doteotot arrested and punished.
lto know that wore io to do 80 no otilor ittlo
child would ho aafo III is homo; that any efforts
n.ato for tic return OF lila boy, anart fro,,, his
abductors. would result in making tho crime nf
understanding. trade. Ard SO, with that moral
hoIoism which demands our highest admiration
great burden. suffered infinite agony and diBtrobs
month nfter mouth. hoping, whom nll changes
seemed to l,aye faiiod, that Justice would yet
bring his little child to bis arms again. und por-
mother who boro it. And TINT when Justice did
10 much It wond aao bring to their terrible pun
islitnont those mon who. in robbiug ORC hotnc,
bad sont terror ana droad into every homo In tho
land.
We all know tint this hopo Was futilc,-that
tho child waH not restored, mud that tho kiduap-
pors bado defiance to aIl tho HkIl and onergy
that dotootiyo scienco could bring agsinat tilcin.
At last however. their swift and torrble punish
mont camc. Thoy wero shot :tlown In tho night,
tlooing from tho pcnaltioa Of another crimc,-
shot down like aogs, aud dying in torriEe pain
and utter loneliness upon the ground. 50 ttG-
lon was their doatlH TINT only QUO Of thom lived
long enough to confogs TINT theY, atolo Charlie
NoBB. Tho first had lle 1iyod l)ittlo longer,
might have told whore tho boy waa hid away, but
ho died befnre tho cllauce was offered him, and
thus the last Glow to tho boys recovery vas lost.
Now. however, Tho father says: ''l}eimg oi1-
trofy satisfied tint luis abductors wero killed at
Bay ifitlgo. L. l., IN tho 14th inat., now ofrer
tho above SUM for his roturnt Or for information
which shall loud tloreto. promising to nsk no
questions"
IlIa lb fEAt anu pfoner to1 Him TO 40. Nh1lc
hn believed they woro yet n,ivo and likely to
provo enemies to society, it was right md proper
| tbnt ho should offer no reward for tia produc-
tion Of tlo stolen Guild which did nos provide
Tor tue production OF tho robbers also. 1t Was
necessary for tile safety Of all homes Ii, which
littlo Children nre that the mon w,o introduced
tho hoinous criu,o Of CHILD stealing into tho
country should DO punished 30 terribly that noue
coming after tllom alould repeat tlieir oflcnHu.
They hsvo been punished. They have paid tho
oStreula paualty-th1ir lives.
They aro. therefore, off the record, nnd tho
reward ta offered for tho hoy alone. II fanythinG
could hoigbtcn the happiueas nud render moro
cheerful tho kindly cheer Of this most gracious
Of atl SEASONS, it would be prompt reply to
thla offered reward aud tho carly rcatoratlon to
his parontn' loving caro- Of Charlie ltosH. THAT
mas-Day tint tho country has known since Sher-
nlan sent as Clrstmas gift to war-wcnry
pcop'e tho scabunrtl city Of tho sonth whose
capture waa guarantee of certaln and oarlY