Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-12-24
THE ROSS ABDUCTION CASE.

The PhiIadelphians reached the
morgue about two o'clock on Tuesday
and when the bodies of the burglars
had heen prepared for. inspection they
| went down into the vault, and were
placed with their backs TO the light.
The coffin containing Mosher's body
was first brought forward and placed in
the light in a slanting position. AZ
soon as little Waller Ross, brother Of
Charlie Ross, was allowed TO Hook, he
took long stare, and exclaimed quick
", .''Why there he is that's the man
with the nose, only when i saw him
with Charlie he had spectacles right
back here pointing over his ears. Cal
lahan also identified Mosher, but not so
carefully as the boy, as when he saw
him at Germantown Mosher put HAND
kerchief up to his face, hisintention hes
| ing no doubt to conceal his nose. Mo-
sher's corpse was put back and Doug
lass body was brought forward and
placed in slanting position, - alters
| Identification was instantanee IFS, fWhy,
said he, turning around to his uncle,
that's the man who gave me and Char
lie the candy, and who drove the way
on That's the man" Callahan had no
hesitation in identifying Douglass, who
was not disguised when the abduction
took place.
Later in the day two women, one
supposed to be Douglass sister and the
other Moshers wife, called and looked
upon the bodies with considerable ex>
preston Of feeling. They were the
first in all the long line of visitors who
uttered a word of commiseration at the
hard fate which had befallen the mar.
aade1s Ore OF the women was dress
ed in black, and used her tongue pretty
freely In berating those who had slain
the nten. ''No matter what they did,
it was not right to shoot them down
like dogs" she said The other wo.
man said nothing, but looked long aad
earnestly at the two stiff and stark fig
ures. A tall man accompanied the wo
men in an unconcerned sort of way, but
neither of the trio gave their names nor
their connection with the case, repeliipg
all effort to gain information
Shortly after the departure of this
party woman entered the building a
lone. Expressing wish to see the
bodies, she was led through the crowd
of curiosity seekers, who made pas.
sage former, in the inner room to APP
preach the body Of Mosher. " hen she
reached the door Of the room her eye
fell on the face of the dead culprits, and
she drew back with shudder. Then
she retraced her steps, the tears running
from her efes She shiyeled like the
other, from the cold of the place, and
accompanied a reporter to the keepers
office, where she confessed to identify
| ing the remains of one of' the men as
those of William Mosher, and stated
that she was the wife of Alfred Mosher.
resident of Long Island, and brother
Of the deceased She professed to
know nothing of the whereabouts of the
wife Of William Mosher, and said she
| had no. seen the deceased for six years
She stated that neither she nor her hus
band believed one word in regard to
| Mosher's beng engaged in the abduc-
ton of Charlie Ross. saying: William
was always too fond OF his own chill
tlren, and OF every body else's. He
wouldn't harm child, though he might
kill a man. The life of thisvine he
took to was his only vice He never
drank drop OF liquor in his lie, never
took a chew of tobacco, and never
| smoked cigar or pipe Ineyer hesra
him even use a foul word. He never
had a fault, but the one of wishing to
acquire sudden riches, and he had a
beautiful education. His people were
all born in New York-all from around
Little Neck, Long Island. When
met William Mosher, six years ago,
he was keeping little oyster saloon on
Grand street, near Wooster. He was
just making his living the hest way he
could, until just after that time, when
he lost his child and tell into bad com i.
pany with thieves and detectives Of
Ross Mrs. Mosher knew nothing.
| Later in the afternoon Young wo>
man called on Cornoner Jones, and rep
resenting that she was friend of Dug
lass, requested that his body be given
up to her after the inquest in order that
it may be decently inferred. After
considerable questioning by the corno.
ner the woman confessed that she was
the wife of Douglass'.sShe said he had
left her two y easssago; that she had one
child; and thatswhen she. married Dug.
las she did not know of his bad ante
| cedents.
INTERVIEW WITH MosuER's WIFE.
The New York Evening Post OF
yesterday says Inspector Walling had
an interview on Tuesday night with the
wife OF Moshers who is believed
to be the principal in the kidnapping.
He says she is entirely ignorant of the
whereabouts OF the boy, snd that Mosh>
er did not communicate with her after
she came to this city. She was 80
closely watched that letter could not
have reached her without the knowl-
edge of the police This was also the
case, he said, with other persons to
whom Mosher was expected to write.
The superintendent also knew the ad
dress and signature which would have
been used had Mosher tried to commu~
nicate with his wife through the perso.
nails OF the newspapers.
[By Telegraph
PHILADELPA1A, Pa, Dec. I6-Jas
NJ. Ross, who went to Chester, Illinois,
to investigate the child there, sends