The New York herald., 1874-12-15


cer The nrst JOINT OF the nrst finger oil the rig nj
hand Is missing. In his pocket was found causttt
q desperado In appearance. was ABOUT rhrty-nve
years old, had carroty red hair and mustsche o.
the same hSe crooked nose but o,herwe regular
OF oi,ntelligence than his elder companion In crime
At an early hour IN the morning
THE COUNTRY PEOPLE,
among whom the story spread with the rapidity OF
wlldhre, gathered about the scene OF the trageay
and peerea curiously at the dead bodies on the
want ptrl wnO recognized IN the deceaseu two men
whom she had seen 10 her masters ysaa
saloon, distant about mile rom tne az Di un = !.
property, recognzsI 10 snem swO men VINO naa ~
hour on sunday night Both men were very snap
billy dressed.
domestic In the employ OF Justice @ W. Church,
or Fort Hamilton, Identified Douglas as q man
Church aged nve Years, and son o! the Justice.
The man, the woman said, had iondled the boy
unin he had gained his entire confidence, and
then taking him by the hand, was about 10 lead
the child away. The won says as soon as she
missed the boy she proceeded alter the mas. IN
company with girl, and, overtaking him. had
considerable trouble before hey could regain pos
session OF Charley. This remarkable recognition
OF the dead enhanced the interest oil the rustcs IN
the tragedy and drove out all feelings OF sorrow
for the fate or the deceased.
Constable John Holland, OF Bay Ridge. took the
Van Brunts, Scott and Frank, into custody TO ABIDE
tue result 0i the Coroner's inquest. THIS action
is, OF course, nothing more than matter OF form,
Justice Church reached the scene at an early hour
ana telegraphed the lacts TO Coroner Lawrence
Unaertaker Cody TO remove the bodies TO the t1ty
Morgue, where they were taken IN the afternoon.
Arrangements have oeen made by Coroner White
hill Tor holding the inquest on Wednesday, DIR. A.
NJ Shepherd will hold post-mortem examination
over the bodies to-day.
THE TELEGRAPH CALLED INTO REoUIsITIoN.
Justice church sent the following telegram TO
superintendent waling. OF New York =
Two burglars william Mo.her and Joseph Douglas,
vapa lIlAn hnra lac tAntp
pSuglas clared when dying that MesSsr Spew put
The reply was as follows:-
Douglas told the truth. have been looking for them
ever since The boy was stosn M send az officer who
Detective Seick arrived about ten O'Clock and
Immediately Identified the bodies as those OF
Mosher and Douglas, two notorious river thieves
upon the subject OF Bill Mosher's connection with
t1e Ross abduction case ne said :-,Mosner has
used to WORK with his brother, John
Mosher. but they had some quarrel, a year or
Keyport burglary. They got away with about
$4,000 in tpat burglary and, alter . .ong search,
N. j. They were locked up In the Jail there, and
we told the authorities OF the place they mad bet,
ter bs o the Sros woTd
and said they guessed their jail was strong enough
to hold them. Bless you, tney were out before
jal Then, as say, the two Moshers had guard
over their swag, aud did not work together. Bill
John we're ready to give each other away. We
got clew to the Ross abduction, and have been
working with Jonn Aosher for six months trying
river In q steamer for fifteen days trying to find
Bill but haven't had the good luck to ind him nm
til now. This Is o mighty good job"
DUCrION.
Ayoung man named Theodore V. Bergen, who
resides q snort distance rom the mouse or Mr..
Van Brunt, ana who ran 10 tue assistance OF hts
neignbor, gives the following interesting state.
lnent In relation to an interview which he had
with Donglas while the latter lay dying Of ms
wounds :-"I was asleep wnen was aroused by
hastily and went to the window. Ithrew up my
window, and could tell 0y the sound that 1t was
over 1dge van Brons house nc called as
tnerer The answer came at once, Yes IN Mrs.
Van Brunt's voice. remembered at once tine
chicken scrape they had Ov er there, and thought
perhaps there were thieves over there and they
might need help to capture them. AS soon as got
the word yes, hurried on my clothes and called
to my brother Thomas, who found was already
up, and
GAS soon as we got over we found tnat the two
men were both shot. Mosher was dead, having
received two wounds in the back, one OF which, /
horribly mangied with the eunshot wound. and
had been shot. Went to nim, and ne asked for
wh1skey. l got some whiskey for him, and ne
Il away Sm asr . and esd
name ' was Joseph Douglas and that he wa was a a
single man, having no relations except brother
ana sister, whom ne had NOS seen for twelve or
fifteen years. Mosner, he said, was married
man and mad I'VE children. Then he said, it's no
/ HELPED TO STEAL CHARLEY Ross.'
"When heard this sent right away to get all
the people together that 1 could, so that the evi-
dence that he might give would be fully estab;
llshed. He said that ne helped Mosher 10 steal
Mosher wnen they stole HIM. .Mosher knows all
about it, said ne. told him tnat Mosher was
Inspector Waiing Knows said he, and M the boy
will get nome all right questioned him iurther,
but could not get anything more out OF him, as ne
1t Is generally believed that Douglas was
srool-pigeOn, Notwithstanding what ne himself
away, IN police parance, as soon as q favorable
opportunity should present itself TO him.
HOW THEY LANDED AT BAY RIDGE.
The burglars came over from New York early In
the evening In small sloop, which they anchored
at point about half mile below the Van Brunt
farm, and then pulled ashore In rOwboat. The
sloop, which bears no name, Is painted black. The
men, on landing. proceeded to Wlnant's Hotel,
liquor maintaining short conversation IN low
tone OF voice. They effected an entrance by the
cellar doorway ana had ransacked the place when
they were alarmed by the Van Brunts. As the
man Douglas lay groanlng in his death agony q
servant woman car came @ up R ana, a, ADDRESSING MIN.
fully, ."Oh, madam, nave been very wicked
man."
Vherc was D great ueal OI
EXCITEMENT AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS
when It became generally known That the two
men mad been IN some way connected with the
Ross case. There were but very few persons even
in the detective once who had been let into the
confidence OF the superintendent relative TO their
being concerned with the abduction. and tt Is more
than probable tnat most OF the detectives were as
much surprised at the news as anybody else who
had never before heard OF Bill MOsher or
Joe Douglas. The first superintendent Walling
heard OF their death was about Line A. NJ, when,
on arriving at once, he was handed despatch
BY Mr.. George Hopcraft hts secretary, who bad
received 1t q few minutes before. On opening 1t
the superintendent found that 1t was from Justice
church, at Fort Hamilton, informing him that two
men mad been killed at Bay Ridge IN Judge Van
Brunts house, which they had entered while per-
petratlng q burglary. description OF the men
were given and then followed tine question,
''DO you KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT iHEhfo
It should also added that the Justice stated In
the despatch that one OF them, named Douglas,
before dying had confessed that hts companion,
Mosher, was the man who stole Charley Ross ana
knew what had become oil the boy. Mr.. Walling
At once telegraphed back to the Justice
that the men were the yerY two he and MS officers