The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-08-17
Not the Right Boz.

The story OF the lost Ross boy, Of
Philadelphia, having been found In Q
gypsy camp, is thus told: A dispatch
was received from Harrisburg, Pa,
making the announcement that the
Pottsville officers had arrested band
Of gypsies, in whose possession q child
had been found answering the descrip'
ton Of Charley Ross. An evening
paper at once published the following
at affords US ine1pressible satisfaction
to be able TO announce at last 10 the
sympathetic people OF Philadelphia the
joyful tidings that little Charlie Brew.
Bser Ross has been restored to his
family The lost is found, md there
is sunshine once more in the dnrkened
cottage home. We have barely time
now TO announce the fact. The details
will be given in another edition. Mean.
while wo heartily congratulate the Ross
family, and rejoice that what was so
sad stigma on the fame Of Philadel.
phia has thus been happily obliterated
at last, The report is that n Reading
detective recovered the boy. he was
recovered at small town named Ham
burg"
Aspecial train at once left Philadel.
phia, and the friends OF the lost boy
went to bring him home. Later came
the sad intelligence from the party that
had gone on the special train, at is
not the child" This sad news was re-
ceiyed with dismay, and had the most
depressing effect.
The detectives confess that this is the
best clew they have ever had to the
mystery, and report says they were put
upon the trail by some New York
thieves, who were employed to assist in
working up the case. The band OF
gypsies first fell under suspicion two
weeks ago. They were encampsd about
six miles out OF Wilkesbnrre, and were
trading horses with the people Of that
place. A Mr.. Stewart, Of Lancaster,
who is building q bridge at Wilkes
barre, his foreman, and a gentleman
engaged in mining, saw child at differ.
emit times whom they feared the gypsies
had not come rightly by. They COM
municated their suspicious TO each
other, and resolved TINT something was
wrong. Mr.. Stewart resolved TO visit
the camp again upon the pretext Of
trading q pair Of horses. When he
reached there he found they had gone.
His son, about fifteen years Of age,
had in the meantime seen o little bare
footed gypsy boy playing in the road.
He said they called him Charley, and
he was about tho size OF his own little
brother, who is four years old. The
three gentlemen then believed more
firmly than ever that the gypsy child
was Charley Ross. Lieutenant Clost
was sent in pursuit, and he was Joined
by the Pottsville detectives. While
lowering about the camp, officer Joseph
Kaercher, Of Pottsville, noticed what
he took to be m unusual commotion in
tho gypsy camp and awaited develop.
ments. At night n close wagon was
started of from tho camp, and the OFF.
GERS stopped it on the road. In the ye.
hicle they found two men, woman,
and child about Four years old. One
Of the men answered the description OF
the taller Of the kidnnppers. The child
was quietly sleeping embedden in
straw. The party was taken to Ham.
burg, and the gypsiss lodged in jail.
The child was taken to the house OF
Mr.. Ross friend. Then followed what
has already been related, the discovery
that II was not the lost boy Ross.