The New York herald., 1874-12-16

ever, Iuly." When the body OF Douglas was
brought in from the vault little Walter started
and exclaimed, In his quick, boyish way "ohl
know tnat man: ne drove tie horse anu gave me
candy. too, and tnis. Notwithstanding tnat ony
the mans face exposed, as, owing TO the
irigatlul wound IN the stomach by which he had
been killed. the bod from the neck down was
covered with cloth. IL VIII thus be seen that
there can no longer be any doubt ABOUT one act
In this wonderful case. and tnat Is that the real
aoduc,ors oI Charley Ross were the burglars
Mosher and Douglas.
SATISFIED OF TINS the police set 10 work to hunt
them up in the CITY. Mosher at that time lived la
Maugin street. Delaney. and was in the
habit OF moorlng his boat, whenever he did
moor her, In a dock close by. HIS brother re-
sided Rvington street, but worked at
boat building anything OF the kind he could
get 10 do along the water side. Mosher's vile and
her lour children renamed Tor nearly year IN
Mangln street. The location was good one Tor
her hu bands business. 1t was near the water,
quet ami little requented. From Mangln
street she moved iu:0 Houston street,
and rom there went into the Seven
teentn ward. she has moved recently 10
two Inherent parts OF the city. completely doub-
ling on h rsef once, and this has led TO the sup.
position that on this last occas on she put the ooy
Chariey Ross into place safe ping. There
were originally tour brothers in the Mosner fam
lily. Three OF these are dead and the other IS
still In the city. One OF tue family has the repute
OF having been straightforward, honest man. and
the one now remaining IS said TO have been .
hard working man Tor years. Orcer Parish. or
the Thirteenth precinct, VINO mas lived for hall
century within two blocks OF the station
mouse, knew the whole family. He watched
their gon,s and cotings into his district
carefully. and was always able give
wanteu about them. 1he night before last Oflcer
Parish saw some thing that led HIM watch q
house In his ne ghborhood pretty narrowly for
time. Not feeling quite certain even then he
went to
THE CENTRAL OFFICE
and had an interview with Superintend-
ent Walling. At nine O'Clock In the
evening Captain Irving. accompanied by
two detectives, appeared in the Thirteenth
ward They met on the corner OF Delaney and
Columbia streets Tor moment and then dlsap-
peared. At hall-Dast 1ye O'Clock yeste rday morn
ing Captain Irving returned 10 the Central ONCE
and Immediately teegraphed to superintendent
Wa Ing who had but just returned 10 his home
from search In one OF the uptown precincts.
1t is evident the pohce believe they are the
right track and have some good foundation
Tor the suppositlon. They not looking for Mrs.
Mosher they are simply looking AFTER her. Tney
can find her al any moment; IN fact, there Is not
the slightest douor they have, lost SIGHT OF her
Tor long time. 1t was her husband
they were wanting, but his death has turned
the current OF their inquiry INTO another enamel.
that OF Charley Ross. At the outset they mad
two great OBJECTS IN view, to nnd the thief and
the child the thiei IS disposed OF, but tne boy
Is still miss ng and the police are straining every
nerve to get at him. The reward nls notnlng to
do with 1t, superintendent Wallin1 SAYS. ..5everal
pc pie" he said yesterday, shave come to with
proposals that, If they should fad the child they
would do so and so wta tae reward | tolo all
these people, and say 1t now for everybody who
ever discovers the child will get tue reward-aii Of
It l DON'T want any OF it, but | do want tn.
boy. II had na1 the little steam launch (ne con-
tinusdl couple OF weeks lpnger am sure could
have caught them. MY had been down the
Sound, up the East River, In and out OF all the
little bays ana nlets looking, and IL was only
question o. time. We were to catch them.
Their boat was q Dlack one, drawing little wa er,
and l had to keep my launch hunting her
in quiet hooks all the time. | would have got
them here In town but for the stupidity OF the
policeman sent there. He went TO the bar and
asked Tor them. Tne next time they visited the
house the basKeeper told them 80 and SO, naming
the Officer has been looking for you. OF course you
knoS soon as they learned ne was
ISQUIRlSG PoR THEM
they knew l wss looking Tor them. Since that
night they have not beeu TO the saloon. The
launch hao was pad ior by the Pnlade pnia peo-
pie. Ispent all their money and 500 OIL my own.
They paid me back, naturally, and would Ike
to have continued that hunt, bur 1t was ex-
pensIve.n Although the police genera ly are
Tree with what ,ney have done they are very
guarded with what they dong. Still there is
no doubt but that for the accident hca happened
to tue Two men overtures Tor The return of the
child to its parents would have been made coon.
Most OF the arrangements, 1t appears, were per-
iected, and the persons who to make
the frst proposition had been Sc ecled.
Charley Ross Is among these parties and they
are naturally in a better position to guard him
from the pubic than the Moshers.
SCENES AT THE MoRGUE.
The remains o. the dead burglars attracre
dense throng to the Brooklyn Morgue yesterday.
Mosher's body placed IN an ice box aud was
exposed on the elevator used tor hosting bodies
from the vault, where during the heated terms
rcorpses are generally kept The body OF Douglas
lay in the vauit beneath, to winch access
gained by the descent u steep lad Ter. From
an early hour crowd succeeded crowd. those as
cending from the vault being glad TO escape the
horrible spectacle which the corpse below pres
enIed. kosher, VINO nlty-two years oil age
and who received the fatal wound a little to the
right the spinal cord, lay at uli length,
with gaasuy look, ior the eyes were still open
and many who gazed Tor moment reconed IN
horror. The lace, nevertheless, preserved a natu-
raj appearance, as was proved by the readiness
with which the remains were Identified during the
day. IL was noticeable, however, that the cartll-
lage which separates the nostrils absent, and
this, 1t may be observed tends TO corroDorate the
description OF one OF the parties suspected of the
abducuon OF little Ross. The BODY OF Douglas,
who must have been powerful young man. few
cared to look upon. His abdomen mad been COM
pleteiy riddled with shot, and as the bowels pro-
trnded, lew could witness the sight without a hor-
riDle snrug. 1t may be mentioned tnat each
garment belonging to the deceased as Thoroughly
examined. The keepers went so lar as to
tear the lining from the cloth In the