The New York herald., 1874-12-15

soos little Charley away, afte, conference With
Information, ! knew new, my men. You riii re, re,
wore goggles and had = monkey nose,' as the chill.
drsn called r. :, Despite as goggles sns detailed eS
the description given OF the other man told US who
the men were Let me show you how quickly
Mosher was recognized. ! called IN Defective
the pecuIiarlty OF his nose mentioning him by mis-
alas OF Henderson. told him wan ted to get hold
once exclaimed. why, l know him; that's Bill
or ao% ss anne have mad men
'Yes. We arranged our plans very secretly, and
tion o. the oicers engaged in The hunt and some
OF the members OF the Ross family, with whom
our or %ee monns nn ana sne w
.was the search made In this cItysS
Tin this citys should say 1t was There was
never made IN my experience so thorough q
search for anything as has been made by us in this
case. Officers have been secretly detailed every
| lact We had an idea we could get clew to the
men The city was thoroughly searched. and our
o11cerS nave been IN almost every city In the
Union. The country, to- has been undergoing
THOROUGH SEARCH,
gaged gag ID N prowiing IN the bay and on m the sound
What was the idea Of the launch on the
II knew the mems habits 1t was one OF their
customs tv go from place to place In small GOAT
on their visits for spos, and came TO the con-
/
covery that the fellows went down to Bay Riogs
had not been set aside A cat.rigged boat was
stolen at Bridgeport some time ago, which got
Information about, and 1t may be that the boat
the men used to get TO Bay Ridge is that boat.
showing that our launch on the sound was not SO
lar out OF the way alter all. However, have not
Rldge.r
'.Ihen Mosher and Douglas were not unknown
srney were not. Both OF them were bad men.
Mosher used to live in the thirteenth ward and
Douglas In the Eleventh ward or this city. They
WORKED TOGETHER FOR YEARS,
and for some time Mosher. under the alias Of
Henderson, lived IN Philadelphia. and Douglas
lived witn him Mosher had another alias that Of
Johnson, and Douglas was known by the alias OF
Clark. Mosher was married man and had three
or four children. lie was. dare say, well on TO
fifty years of age, and his mustache anu side
whiskers were quite gray. Douglas was a smaller
man. with sandy hair and mastache. iney were
bad eggs always. Douglas al one time was EN-.
ployed as hand Oh railroad on Long Island.
M0sser % was smart IT, man. snd pr one o. ms xna ~
Grand street, near Laurens street. Mosher was
the man who wore goggles ana who induced
"Now. Mr. Walling what do you believe was the
object OF these men IN abducting Charley RossSn.
edy had an idea that Mr.. Ross was a rich man;
and but for that idea they would never have
taken the child, One OF their habils was to 80
HORSE AND BUGGY
through the country selling all sorts OF things,
patent articles and ali that, and under this cover
occasionally crack a crio" They were evidently
into tneir cir heads to abduct Charley Ross. When
they began TO have letters dropped here and
there, addressed to Mr.. Ross, telling nim unless
he paid and so the child would be killed. he
ana other members OF the family were naturally
very much alarmed, and wrote to me about 1T.
aged to elude my onlcers that they knew sus-
pected them. and that that would deter them
family not to De frightened BY their tnreats.n
with all the search made Tor them were you
never able to nunt them to close quartersSn
'The lact that they were seen but once In this
city or any place else after the abduction shows
Being looked for very closely, and, consequently,
did not venture out much from wherever they MD
themselves: the last time taelr Whereabouts t % IN
ton. A man VINO Keeps q saloon in this city was
asked by certain private citizen how long since
seen to speak to an ofiicer shortly afterward BY
TINS man, and Mosher and Douglas dropping IN
been made for them. They evidently got fright
ened and were never seen alterward. Two men
than were these same two scoundreis; and it is
pretty certain they never ventured into the city
for only very brief term, and then got away In
aMr. Wallins.n the reporter here asked, "vhat
on the Ross case 2" sIl the boy was in their care
may he not have been concealed IN some place un-
known to any other person, and thus Starve ~
'.It Is q rather hard question 10 answer" was
the Superintendents reply, "whether the death OF
these men will have good or bad eject upon
the case +; whether 1t win
FACILITATE CHARLEY ROSS DISCOVERY
II in the hands OF other persons My opinion
Is that IL will be all right now" and Mr.. Walllng
spoke IN quite cheerful tone as ne said this.
from the way he evaded any iurther questioning
as to whether he knew Of any other parties being
connected with Mosher and Douglas In the abduc.
ton or rather in the concealment OF the boy, the
reporter came to the conclusion that there are
persons who, now that MOsher aud Douglas
are dead, will be able, without fear, to
point to his whereabouts; th8t in TACT, the Super
intendent's suspicious have not covered Mosher
and Douglas only. In answer to the question as
to whether he knew where MOshers wife was, he
replied, IL know she used to live In Philadelphia,
and know where she was last Saturday night.
Sne mas moved three times within month"; and,
her whereabouts. would rather not say any
thing more about other parties who were some
what connected with Mosher and Douglas in this
Ross business. This woman may, In alI probabil-
lty, be able to do q great deal that will serve to
unravei the mystery which now surrounds the fate
OF the lost child.
JERSEY JUSTICE.
The superintendent and Captain Hedden, who
happened to drop into the formers office after the
above con versat1on was held, were OF the opinion
that Moshcr and Douglas kept out OF the way OF
the police as much from the lear OF Jersey justice
as anything else. captain hedden, who knew the
two men WELL says that some three years ago they
committed burglary at Freehold N. j., were ar
OF jail and escaped. Tney were afraid OF recapture
and ever since that time nave been hitting about
here and there under all sorts OF DISCUSSES.