The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-12-22

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about fifty feet from the scene of the at.
burglary, and right in front of
house of Mr.. Van Brunt when be
dropped, He was in mortal agony. He
held TO life until half-past 5 O'Clock. when he
on the spot on which he fell. AS the
lay, the one dead and the other slowly
dying, the rough illustrations which We're
possible under the circumstances were freely
given, and every possible effort was made to
induce Joseph Douglass to tell the entire
story OF the Ross abduction after he had said
that he was concerned in il. These efforts
ticulars were obtained than his bare state
ment, which is given in the ecount of Mr..
Bergen, below. that he and Mosier were the
two men who stole Charlie Ross, and that
Mosier knew all about it. Being told that
Mosier was dead, he said that Inspector
Walling knew about it, and that
THE coy WOULD GO HOME ALL RIGHT. /.
He said that he (Douglas) had a brother and
sister whom he had not seen for twelve
years or more, and that Mosier had a wife
and five children who lived in New York.
AT about half-psst five O'Clock this morn
ing he died, and the two. bodies were drawn
under the back porch of the house, and laid
as decentiy as possible out of reach Of the
pitileSs rain which was falling, to await the
arrival of the coroner. There they were w.
ing when the reporter viewed them. William
MOsier, the elder of the two, is a man about
five feet eight inches in height, rather slightly
built, With sandy hair aud very light side
vhiskers and mustache. His countenance
is that of a thorough desperado, the fore
head being low and square, the eyebrows
prominent, the eyes small and of a light blue
color, set close together, the nose fiat and
spreading at the base, with the middle car
tiiage entirely gone, the teeth irregular
and different in color, some being
blue black with decay, and the others
treating. Douglass is abouo the same height
and build, with fiery red hair and a mus
tache of the same color dropping over the
lips. His nose was somewhat crooked, but
the other features were regular. A high,
well rounded brow bespeaks a fair share of
intelligence, and the features indicate a mar
of much finer nature than his older confed-
crate. Douglass was about twenty-eight,
and Mosier over ~forty-five years old.
Mr.. Theodore V. Bergen made the follow
ing statement to a reporter: 81 was asleep
when L was reused by the discharge OF fire.
arms. / sprang out Of bed hastily and
went to the window. l threw up my
window, and could tell by the sound that
it was over at Judge Van Brunt'S house. /
called as loud as L could, DO you want
any help over there?' The answer came at
once, Yes in Mrs. Van Brunt's voice. L
remembered III OnC0 the chicken RcfdD0
they had over there, and Thought perhaps
there were thieves over there, and might
need help to capture them. As soon as l
got the word yes, l hurried on my clothes
and called to my brother Thomas, who L
found was already up, and we seized
our guns and ran over. As soon as we got
over there we found that the two men were
both shot. Mosier was dead, having re-
ceived two wound in the back, one of
which, / think, must have gone straight
through his lungs. Douglass, however, was
alive, although horribly mangled with the
gunshOt wound, and lay in mortal agony
down 10y the fence where he had been shot.
L went TO him and he asked for whisky. l
got some whisky for him and he pushed it
away after tasting it, and called Tor water.
L got him some water and he drank il. L
asked him who he was and be said his
name was Joseph Douglass and
that he was single man
and sister whom he had not seen for twelve
or fifteen years. Mosier, he said, was a
married man and had five children. Then
he said, IT'S no use lying now. 1 helped to
steal Charlie Ross When l heard this L
sent right away to get all the people to-
gether that / could so hat the evidence that
be might give would be fully established.
He said that he helped Mosier to steal
Charlie Ross. he was in the buggy
with Mosier when they ssole him. 'Mosier
KNOWS ALL ABOUT IT.
said he. L told him that Mosier was dead,
and asked him to tell me the particulars.
Inspector Wslling knows said he, and the
boy will get home albright l questioned
him further, but could not get anything
more out of him as he was suffering so terri
bly, that he would not talk" Th facts
stated by Douglass were telegraphed to New
York police headquarters early in the day,
and Detective Silleck, who had been
working on the Charlie Ross case for
some time, came down Immediately. The two
bodies were shown to him, and he recog-
nized them at once He said to the reporter:
81 know both these men. They are river
thieves and burglars, and have been for
years. Mosier has been a bold and active
the all his life, and he is forty-five or fifty
years old. He used to work with his
brother, John Mosier, but they had a quar-
rel, a year or two ago over the division of
the spoils in a Keyport burglary. They got
away with about $4,000 in that burglary,
and, after a long search, we found them
and arrested them in Monmouth, New Jer-
sey. They were locked up in the Jail there,
and we told the authorities of the place
they had better be very careful, for the two
brothers would most likely break Jail. They
their Jail was strong enough to bold them.
Bless you, they were out before morning.
They took away the whole side of the Jail.
Then, as l say the two Mosiers had a quarrel
over their swsg, and did not work together.
Bill Mosier took Douglass for a partner, and
he and John were ready to give each other
away. We got a clue to the Ross abduc-
ton, n 1 / ave been working with John
Mosler for six months trying to get hold of
Bill. I've been up and down the river in
a steamer for 10 days trying TO find Bill, but
haven had the good uck TO find him until
now. This is a mighty good job" and De-
tective Silleck rubbed his bands together in
glee.
HowTHE BURGLARS CAME TO A RIDGE.
Between 8 and 10 o'clock last night, Two
men, roughly but heavily clad, stepped on
shore at Bay Ridge Dock, a stones throw
from the tragic scene which occurred sew
eral hours later. They had come in a little