New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-12-18
SEARCH FOR A STOLEN BOY.
ACTIVITY OF THE DETECTIVES.

ACTIVITY OF The Dt lbCll'r4o
SUPERINTENDENT wALILNG ON .sKcRET MiseioN-
IMPORTANT RESULTS ANTICIPATED But NOT
ACHIEVED.
Every man in the Police Department has become
in.res,ed in the recovery Of Charley Ross and the
foroe has been interchangeable in Its efforts Early
Yesterday dispatch received by Superintendent
waning that induced him to sot out at once and TO
follow the trai! personally. Capt. Irving and De
tective Seck alone knew Of the destination of the
Superintendent, as il was thought TO be unwise to
run any risk of informing those who might have the
child in their custody of the movements Of those IN
search Of him. Superintendent Waling went away
with strong homes I'll he would either return Win
the child OF receive information that would ieau
him to discover Its fate 1t is believed that TINS
clew has been GA ihered from conversations with
Mrs Mosier and Others who have known Of the
habits and haunts of the desperate criminal who
was killed ut Day Ridge. Walter Ross. in identify
ing the men, NJ sier and Douglass, said 1.-The man
with the nose turned So" putting his finger upon
his own and turning il awry, took my brother
Charley and lifted him into the carriage, and the
other man." pointing to Douglass. gave me some
candy" This boy adhered TO his description sc
closely that il is clear that the burglars the
abductors. The reports of the police who
have secured the city make it equally
The police believe that the missing boy has never
been brought 10 this city, and that If alive he Is
now hidden by some intimate friend OF MoSler IL
some out-of-the-way place Detectives were follow
ING IN Yesterday III all directions those clews
that seemed hardly worth notice. There are now
three well-kuown detectives working IN different
sections 10 which they have been led by the develop
mentS of the case. The relatives Of Charley Ross
with Detectives Helms and Wood of Philadelphia
ore still at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. waiting for the
SUPERINTENDENT return. The clew that he Is work
Ing upon j. considered the most certain, and al arc
hopeful cf an important denOuement.
Superintendent W-iling returned at about 1880 p
NJ and went 1T orc, 10 his home at No. 81 last
Niuetcenth-St.. evidently worn out with his 1t
hours journey. r. ,ieGIaphed 20 tie Central Olce
that he had returned with news. he de-
cned TO give the particulars Of his journey TO re-
porter5 w.o waited upon lin at his house
very keen disappointment prevailed among al
interested III The case ~ the failure OF this latest
Cicw the general impression being rs the Supcrn
tend,rt had devoted himself TO It's unrayelment
that i Was me strongest and surcst hope Of recover
ing the los, Charley Ross. There are still seyera
other clcws remaining. and three detectives
from the Ccn,-al Office are still absen
attempting to unrayel them, but tin
strong hope OF iinlin: tie abducted boy, which an
mated ali Of them earlier, is becoming more an'
more faint. Ii Is claimed by slrcwd men in the De
tectve force that the death of the child could alon
have concealed him fIom the vciant thorouehnes
with which Tie vaTi, searches fOI him within TN
last three days have been conducted.