St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-12-18
The Ross Mystery.
HIS >ELF-CONFE>-ED ABDUCToI;S KILLED
WHILE COMMITTING \ III I;GLAIl.

MI> >ELF-Co>FE>~ED AEprCTOE> KILLED
WHILE COMMITTING \ EUEGLAEN.
The mN >tcrv surrounding the ahduc-
ton of the boy Charlie Ross from Phil
adclphia. several months since. j.
brought into flesh notice. and with adj
died interest. by the hlicf ;mtem"rtcH
confession of one of two burglars.
killed. Yesterday incoming. while rob
hing the hnIS,. ui Judge Van Brunt at
Bay Ridge. l.. l.. that they were the
;hductor> of rhc missing child. II APP
pears that the rohhcr>. in entering the
house which Was uuoccuplcd. accident
ally sounded the burglar alaIu. This
awokr the inmates of the nci.hbuIimg
residence of Hulmr> Van Bruut. who.
with his son. his gardener and German.
TUNED uut with firearms t" watch t"l
the burglars when they lett the house.
The r"hhcr~. on leaving. fired II Van
Brum and the gardener. but without
effect. and then ran I" where Young
Van Br;lut and the German were sta
toned. The IohhcI> were called upon
To surrender. but not replying. lire VII
opened ON thcni. when one tell dead.
and the other was 81 badly Wounded
that he died in an hour.
Before diving. the wnuld"d rnhhci
said his name WAS .In>rph Douglass.
and that OF the dead rnhhcI William
M">clry. and that they both belonged
L" N,N York. He then voluntarily
said that he and M">,lrN were the Hrcu
VIII" abducted Charlie Ross. hut he
didn't know where the hoy is NOW {:
that M">clcH had him concealed some
where. but had nov told him where.
Douglass said that MoSclrl WIS married.
and had >iN children. hut whether
Charlie Ross WAS with them "r not. h"
did not know. He W"ugll>>j wanted
Il minister sent for. and begged cod to
forgive him. He WIS quite sensible
when lac made the above statement.
and several persons heard him make il.
He died lust H. Il doctor arrived from
New | uccht.
OF course. now that Il confession has
been made and Il possible cl,N oh
tanned. the detectives must com" in ion
the hogs share of the game. and both
the New Workers ANA the Philadelphia
mcmhrI> of this class put i'll Il claim.
They have suspected these same parties
all along. and have had IN eye out ion
them all the time. According to- the
New York detectives. they were we'll
know rivcr-thicVc>. and the fact that
their boat was found on the shore ncal
Judge Brunt'> house lends SOME. plau>i-
bilitv to the statement. The >upcIiu-
tcudcnt of the New \ urk police state,
that they were seen. one evening. ui
Broadway near the metropolitan hotel
and Capt. lrN iug with six men watched
Broadway duIing the whole night. hut
the burglars. no doubt. got wind Z"
what WAS going on and made them
selves scarce. The superintendent va,
in communication with the officers {"
several other cities in relation to thr>,
men. and from time to time officer,
were sent to identify the men who Wcr,
arrested. hut none happened to he tn,
right ones.
According To the pr"icS>cd knoWlcdg,
Of the Philadelphia wise men OF tn,
police force. Mn>clcy. OF Mu$hcr aS they
spell his name. resided prior to the all
/ duction of Charlie Ross on Monro,
street. near 2.1d street. in that city. anc
ut that time owned Il horse and carriag,
| The team was stabbed in Il small stree
i'll the extreme lower end of the city
but since then the stable has been de
moli>hed. The Philadelphia officers al
50 say that Mrs. Mo>hcr WAS Watchc,
over three weeks i'll hopes that Sh
would communicate with her husband
but she WAS missed one day. and ha
not been seen or heard of since.