, 1874-12-17
Drook1yn, In tho following telegram dispatched
BY Jutl4c Church, Of Fort. Hamilton

QlloklYut Ill ku9 lUllQHiHH tGlUHIA11. NleiusEuUA
by Judge Church, Of Fort. Hamilton:
s Ts1 " sS !s1 %s :sas: III sa 'ts 5sasp Doug
!s :;; g. @ss s: 's Rs :s$ 1s
In auswer to this. supt Walllng replied,
1I1ADqUAnrrn4 Pot1cE DrrAn9MEar,1
NEW YonK, Dec. II, tb74. !
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n ln very ahart time cept. Irving and Detective
soIlici received Instructions to Btart for Day
Ridge, and reached there carly In tho morning,
with supt. Folk, Of brooklyn, with two toteet-
iyoa from the Central Office. They woro quick.
ly shown tho dead bodiea Of tho men by conatn-
bio Holland, OF 1,sy, Ridge. who had taken
his Instructions. aclltck at once identsAod thn
mon as being ~oll-known thiovee, aud said that
10 hnd heel, On tho lookout for Moshor long
tmo past IL connection with tho Charlie Ross ab-
gers had boen Injured during previous burg
lary, and t!iat ho nad well-known inarls iinmo-
dIatoly un'lcr the. nostril Of hia nose These
marks woro found upon tho body Of Musllor,
neomed much ehegrinod at tho doatll
tho 'ne rea1 a auetos soe of yo1e snRs'eh hess
at least ono Of tho principals. Douglas ms
gagged for yoars raAs In various ou1G,ares il THIS
city md other place.. Coroner Whisehill n!Ao
arrived, and took Charge Of tho bodice. Aftor
honriug tho RtatemontH Of Atr. Van Drtlnt n,,d
to taRo tic boiIos to tho Dtooklsn aIorguo to to
| nvait Ills further orders. No complaint .was
mado against Dir. Van Drlnt or any Of tlloso
who took. part III the deadly afEray. az all
prosc to attSn ~ ,p aqsst a q y to,
tribunal. They chin TINT thoy merely sctcd in
Holf-defonee and in tho protection Of their prop
ery, and did not attempt to fro until thoy woro
attackea. Tho men, as thoy e'ncrgcd, from tho
| house, wero called upon tosarron1or tl1cmEe'Ves,
| hut tls they rofuacd to lo, nud their death 1a-
| suited from tho shots tltcd nt theul..
| Willie tho bodies woro lying outside tho house
Of slr. Van Drstnt they woro looso!l at BY = col.
| nrci nurse IN tho employ Of Judge Church, OF
| Buy Ridge. uoro nn extraordinary Htaton,ont
was ,nado by tho woman. She said: Last July
an attempt wns madc to carry on tue son OF ny
mastor, 1Ir. Church, who wns about years OLD;
Tie child hnd hccn playing about tho grass. rt,a
| WHOM / went to look for him found hc could
not he Hoo1,. I hoard that llo vas walktng on tho
road with strange mn,, and went ont to 500
who tt war; thinking 1t was Bo:no noghbor who
know tho child. found ho was In company Of
| a strnigo man. md Immediately took tho child
away" Size insisted that the bol!y Of N1osler
was that OF the man sllo had seen With tho child
! on that occasion. whom glc had noyor soon bo-
| foro nor Hlnce.
| WORKING UT THE soEs CASE.
| Supt. Wallny yesterday described at
! iongth tho stops which havo been taken ~ tho
| detoeLiyes TO BeGuro tho two meu killed 1T Buy
kidnappcrs Of Clarlio lsoas. Tho first Glow to
| connecting Moshcr and Douglas was furnlgl!ca
| him by Capt. Hcddou, Formerly Of the Thir-
| tecutl1, mud how Of tho Thirty-third Precinct.
after Charlie WAS abducted, md made up his
mind NJ to tho possibility of William Moshcr
| being ono OF tho mon that carried Charlie of
within twenty days from the latc of tho occur.
l Al
wns born aud brought up In she ThIrtoonth Ward
| Tie nose had seen trouble il its day. Tlis de-
formity would have made NIoshor conspicuous
object among Thousand persons. Mosllcr yoars
ago. too, had fcon on tip first finger Of tho loft
hard w!,icI, etc away tho flesh and loft tho nall
joint skeleton, and ho WAS in tho habit OF al
ways wearing stall on this tiugor. aud sometimes
| woro glove on tho loft hnud. lIcd1on built up
| hiH theory very carefully. aud s7aa e aided By
Officers Doyle and Moran, Of the. Thirteenth
| Precinct, anil Orlcor Lswlcr of tho Twenty
| fourth trecinct, both Of whom know h1osher
well and they were, 1t is said, aided by n lacn-
Der of a1oBhor'a family, Who, for a Share in tho
reward, vas willing to assist in his relatives
arrest. When .natlorB Ind arrived at certain
stage Capt. 1lctlden communicated tho infornla-
ton ho had obtained to 6npt. Wnlling. Mr.:
| Wn!ling Ind to move very cautiously. He could
trust certain monbors Of tho phlaaolphia ,po-
lice. but there Was laugor that information
would leak out that would give clues to cortain
private detective agencies and nina.our detect
iyea nll oyor tho country, aud tho regular Po-
licc could not afford to 60 in partnership witt!
rivals likely to attain success. 10 giyo inttrma-
ton to suspected persons aud place tho reward
out Of the reach Of any but themselves.
| 1DEsT1Fy1sG TIE MEE.
Tho first step WAS to thoroughly verify the
descriptions given Of tho men who stolo Charlie,
aud Of Charlie himself. Capt. Hines, OF the
Philadelphia Police Force, without ashing my
questions. kept supt. Walllng constantly iu'
rrtni, 3n11 vrHn
scriptiona Of tho men WHO Htole tho boy and
Charlie laoss were rs accurate as could bo got.
ton up. Every point in these descriptions i,ad
been laboriouBly canyaascd, but Mr.. Walling wns
determined to rc-verfy the descriptions OF tile
ktduappers. Detective selcuk was summoned
before tho Superintendent, who did not inform
him Of what lis Object vas. and requested hin
TO look after a man who had broken jail. so1
No, Q. When hc ca1no to tho noso SoiIcck smilot
mud 8ad, "Why, thata Billy AIou'ler. aud ms
Immediately informed Of tho suspicion thnl
abducted Cllaro lsoHs. Description No. ap
nearetl familiar to those who knew NIoslier nM<
Lis habits. aild it waa soon agreed on that tht
J rerson described could bo no other than Joanpt
WORT Of no small magnitude to Anl a1oaller mt
Douglas III philadelphia. The next tliaeoyer,
was worry important ono. a. fow wecis rrlo
: to the abauction two men fully answering th
| ueEtftIltlOnH VI IouHIAh A!A H1oelGI !lA uEtt
! driving around tho suburbs Of philadelphia
aalug bca-bng aud roach poison. Ihci
vistB wero in I,sny iustances followed b.
burelarlcs, and il Ia believed that they fol
loved tho rcdtlling Trade ns eoyor to thsir rea
} occupation, and willie out pcddlng marked dow
. houses easy 10 rob. Aloshes'n noso travelc
l round with the buggy, and MAS romarkcd evosy
: where. mud pointed the detectives to stable III
, Monroe street, where the vehicle was put up q
r several OCCASIONS. Tho buggy wns identified Il
: this manner, Tho u,an who Kept tho stable wa
requested by supt. Walling to draw sketch q
t the vehicle, which vas locked up. SUPP
Walng tl.cli requested Capt. Hines to send hit
!, on sketch of lilo vehicle furnished by tho Ill
= lilo girl who last INV Ctarlio and tho kdnappers
! Tie two Sketches wero compared. aud tallie
t exnctly, There IL littlo doubt iu Supt. Mailing
y mind that Alosler md Douglas would have bee
N ca.ody tlree mouths ago, had t. not noon e
i,rcspnnHiblo hunters after tho reward, and til
l unw'nsnesa Of tho family 10 take any at,o!!
t toward arresting the supposed abductors viii
0 iu doubt. Besides Chare's relatives .so'
O ia cu1,Btant state OF excitement over tho r.
| nFJ ftAf I'm iIu1 her