The New York herald., 1874-08-02

-.apping, that very child which passed
thNbu<h AieutOwn would nave aroused Suspicion,
have been detained unul Mr.. Ross ana his
friends conld have arrived. But the telegraph was
not used; the press was muzz'ed; the ne s OF the
develt pneus OF the case was Eept strictly secret
tae peo Dle OF Allentown knew nothing of it; and
thus it was that IA child with soiled garments and
matted hair could roll on the porch Of a leading
hotei and cry Mamma. mamma, mamma, without
the people interfering with those who had MIN Ia
charge.
.'Fancy Bill" is also to blame for adding so much
romance SO TACT he was late in communicating
10 the police mere his peculiar theories; and by
adding "a closed carriage drawn 10y two Jaded
horses' ne put Lieutenant Crout upon the
Tran OF the latter, while In reality there were no
Jaded horses nor closed carriage TO find. Lieuten.
rnaiy realizing that the closed carriage a
mytn am the two jaded horses simple fancy OF
''Fancy Bill"
INTERVIEW WITH LIEUTENANT CIRCUIT.
met Lieutenant Crout this morning and had
talk with nin. lie Is one OF the most popular men
on the force, and seems to have lar more inteli-
gence than the cap ain OF the detectives.
"Did You see the communication in to-day's
HERALD IRON Allentownr' asked.
'No," lie answered, "nut heard about It,"
What do yol think Of the closed carriage ana
jaded horses ~
IL don't believe they ever had al existence he
replied II could find no one who knew anything
aboul them upon whose Information could at al
''Did you hear about the child ?"
yes" returned Lieutenant Crout 81 did. !
heard that mau nau ueen seen and with him
strange and apparently neglected child"
''Was the child taken to IA barber shopY'
she was, and Fancy Bill cut his hair Then Fancy
BIZ. created the carriage and horses that was
sent out to ind. OF course my trip in vain;
no sucn turnout had been seen anywhere around
the nelghOorhood.o
"You heard the child described sr said l.
ayes aud the description appeared to tally with
that OF CHARLEY loss Bat my clew was the horses
ard carriage. The clew was u alse one. The man
with the cllld could not be found, ana so re-
turned nolnc.n
"Were there no means of finding out the direc-
tion the man win the little child took ~
''NO. ne long before i arrived In Al
lentown. and no one had taken Iote OF the dlrec-
ton oI his Departure
''Do you think that the child the man had was
the Identical Charley Rossf'
'Wen," added the Lleutenant, II don't know
II may have oeen and II may not have been. am
sure the descriptions OF the two were similar"
At the time OF this interview Lieutenant Crout
appeared 10 be in great hurry. his business Ut
the moment claiming his attention 10 other things.
He moreover showed an unwinngness to answer
any but general questions, 80 that was forced to
! draw my conclusions more from his manner than
his words. am sure tnat L'eIteaans Vrout, tiSe
whose hair was cut In Attention. Is the very little
one IN whose behalf tue sympatnies OF the entire
country are nov aroused.
| THE PAINFUL SUSPENSE
/ Is telling very greatly upon Mr. Ross health, and
his friends state that he Is not the same man.
/ Every day seems to leave its mark on him, and
! lately he appears to be utterly bewldered. MIS-.
! Ross has more hope, though she Is greatly DIS
tressed. Sue states that In case the boy Is found
he can easily be Identified by asking him the
sim tlest questions. lie Knows his own name, as
well as the names OF his brother and sister. lie
was such q quaint and oid-fashioned little elbow
lnat MS parents used to call nm William Penn.
THE DUTY or THE PROVINCIAL POLICE
The Philadelphia detectives under their manager
have failed-utterly, hopelessy aled. Since the
! Allentown story appears. and is lelieved by every
body to be he right 1t IS the DUTY ol the provin
! cla police TO take the matter up and find out the
direction TINS party took alter lie turned his back
upon Allentown. Ii this can be ascertalned the rest
! Is an easy matter, provided, OF course. that the
police elsewhere are OF different degree OF com.
mon sense AMI intelligence than Captain Helms.