Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1874-08-20
THE EXCITEMENT suBsIDINe.

child case is somewhat subsiding,
although there are some persons, strange
as it-may seem, who are not yet con-
vinced that the child is not Charlie Ross.
There are Others who make harsh criti-
cisms in regard to Mr., Lewis, the uncle
of Charlie Ross, and the haste with.
which he left Bennington. They are.
so unkind as 10 say that he did not take,
time enough to decide certainly rs to the
identity Of the child, and that the Ross
family so not wish the return of their
boy at present None of these state
ments do we believe. In conversation.
with the writer, Mr.. Lewis stated his
reasons for leaving Bennington in such
haste. These reasons were, briefly,
that he was DESTROYS of reaching New.
y York as quickly as possible after visit
ing Brookfield, and had he not caught the
! train which was in waiting for the
HERALD reporter he woiild have been
detainetl.a number of hours And had
(, he been delayed there over night, he.
would have been besieged by a%thousand
enqnjrers with score of. questions
each. 10 be detained in B,tntngt ~ .
and subjected to this seiges Mr.. Lewis
thought was entirely .unnecessary,
especially as there was not the shadow OF.
doubt in his mind as to the 1sssfep - i
s the CHILD Thus deciding he came oAY: tes z
!, Rutland md took the. midnight train
East. 4 ,9 II.
The case would appear to be more.
Rnysteriops Than ever fronithe certificate.
givet, below. This certificate docs away
....:..uuSl be s'Gross" theory of Hamilton,
efTaet q, leading the bssy to think I
Ihis Nine was Ross. 1t will be seen by
the certificate that the name of the par
,ties who gave the child to Hamilton
was "Grooms," as the woman Hamilton
asserted and not "GrOss," as Hamilton
asserted in Boston. It will also appear
that the paper is drawn up and signed
by very ignorant people, and does not
seem to be legal document.
That this bright, intelligent, well-bred
little condemnation he is one already
was brought up by such ignorant people
as the following document shows them
10 be. no one who has seen the child be-
lieves; and that he has been with this
coarse, illiterate, drunken and profane
woman any length of time, is absolutely
H. ilHcredlble.
Th,'a little waif has probably been
- It is child of shame abandon
ed by its hear. 'ess parents
Every possible eA. u "aS -l';.e .,; ,,;Io 40 ~
the child kept away !. '0ih 'nls ,, Vl.e W. W.,
man who claims to be its 'no'n' - ';lS
thus TO save it from the IA "li-on
would surely come upon it but a. ~ "
examination of the statut, =
en made, the conclusion was reach |
THAT nothing could be done. This
Honclusion was strengthened by the re-
ceipt of the
CERTIFICATE
of adoption from Fred Hamilton at Bos-
ton, which we give verbatim:
New York, March 8, 1874.
This is To certify that | Henereta
Grooms do transfer Child adopted BY
me to Mr. Fred Hamilton on the Sd day
of March 1874 under the conditions that
he Shal Be well Taking care of and that
will be Permitted to see the childWhen
convenient to me to do so.
Witness Miss A Wood,
William Groolns.
Signed, Henereta \ groom.
Hundreds of women implored the Off
GERS TO take the law in their own hands
and hold the child at all hazards. Ii
really does seem as if the matter has
ended too quickly.
AT 8 o'clock Tuesday evening the wo-
man was taken before Justice White,
who questioned her as follows
Q. How old are you?
A. Twenty-one on the Goth OF last
July.
@. Where were you born r
A. In Schoharie county; I don't re-
in Bennington.
@. What is your occupation
A. I have been keeping boarding
house in New York.
Justice White then said "You may
think that you have been unfairly treat
ed, but you must recollect that this is
peculiar case. You come here where
YOU are known, with q strange child,
who in age and appearance answered
the description of the lost boy, and Your
husband, in his printed statement, admits
the resemblance. The paper sent ,,n
here in the morning confirms your stor y.
This paperis sufficient to show that the IRE
was an intention that the child shot I'D
|, be yours by adoption.
y Mrs. Hamilton-Now, | want he
child, and I'm going to have him.
MJustice White You can claim hi N,
Dd nobody can hold him from you.
+ Charley was then taken to officer F ul-
efs house and turned over to the vo-
IAN, who wept over him and then sts srt-
q for her mothers house. 1t is said she
elebrated his restoration by getting