The New York herald., 1874-12-15
THE NEWS IN PHILADELPHIA.
The Deteetives' Story Of Their Search
for Mosher and DOuglas-Ths Excite
ment In tho city.

The Deteetives' story of Their Search
for Mosher and Douglas-Ths Excite
ment In the city.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. IA, 1874.
Intense excitement has prevailed in this city oil
day long, owing to the unexpected news, which at
an early hour Mashed over the wires, that Two
burglars had been killed on Long Island, one Of
whom, Immediately before expiring. confessed
that he was Implicated in the abduction OF
CHARLES BREWSTER ROSS.
The intense furore which this announcement
created cannot well be described, inasmuch as the
people not only clogged the sidewalk In front OF
the bulletin boards, but around the Mayors once
filled the street from curb to curb.
As each additional particular was communica-
ted in glaring letters upon the "planks" general
rejoicing was INDUCED In, and ever and anon the
air was rent with cheers. To be sure, the child has
not yet been returned but all feel confident that
within few days Charley win be once more in the
arms Of those who love him.
have in connection With recent developments
but little else to communicate than that
which appears In the admirable narrative OF De.
tective Charles Wood, which l reproduce in his
exact language.
Detective Woods Statement.
Detective Charles Wood, OF our Municipal De-
tective Bureau-an ofYlcer who has been unusually
jealous in his endeavors to recover the lost child
this morning made, In conversational way, this
statement concerning the efforts to ferret out the
villains who committed the outrage. We give 1t
as he delivered it. 81 he sxs commenced oy sayins;-
For a long time we knew that the men who COM
mitred this act were Ia and about New YORK, and
during that ttme together with the o1lcers oi New
YORK, VINO calamity entered into the work, we
have been hunting down these men. We were
cruising ABOUT Long Island S,IIsr 1of long time.
We started from New York. Onicer sellick the
man who was oyer here concerned IN A. the ht
WaIiing, the superintendent OF the police Of that
city, to 60 and secure the boat He is = arst rate
and Knew all about coastlng. We were further
ordered to 60 up the sound, and along the canal,
had been committing Durglaries, and then taking
the sS we Ss ss ne %ons boat brsS,n sSTn
It was little tugboat, that Grew three feet Of
water, and just pig enough a, % ior the % occasion.
gineer. Selick was the head OF the concern. We
started, and steamed along under The power oil
nve.horse engine. -
We first went up the North River, examining all
ana the woods which lined the shores We went
up as far as P0ughkeepsie, and then returned, al.
rectng our course along the coast OF Long Island
and the Connecticut shore suppose we searched
thirty or forty islands In the sound, containing
from lour TO nve acres to hundred acres each,
and found them almost all unoccupied, except
few by squatters.
THE SUSPECTED PARTIES.
We had Information that these fellows had COM
mitted burglary and got to one OF the islands In
. catboat and that they moved about from place
to place Just as they thought they could best Sc
too, that they had the child In this catboar and
shat there he was concealed. We searcned a mum.
ber Oi small towns too, In the hope OF nndtng the
little one. AND must say that the New YORK Of
1cers worked hard to get down to the matter.
These parties had the man Mosner with them, and
we know that 1t was his way to commit burg.
larry, then escape TO these Islands and hide Ia one
OF the unoccupied houses.
we were cruising about twelve days, but did not
nnd the men; but we were alter the right men
weeks, months ago, and these were the rlght men.
We had to return however, without having
lighted upon any positive trace OF the men. We
found out all about the burglary, and we found
out TO our satisfaction that tnis was the way the
abduct0rs we're living. They had no means and
had to commit crime TO live. We heard nothing
OF the child, ana came to the conclusion that they
secreted him on some OF these ISLANDS while they
were on on their burglaries. Tine way In which
we fret learned or the probable hereAbouts OF
! ChArlev was from Captain WADinR. OF New YORK.