The New York herald., 1874-12-15

sent to Bay Ridge twice during the day. returned
however, relative to the death OF the men whose
bodies be had of1iciay identified on HIS hrst visit.
THE HISTORY or The CASE.
It was on the afternoon Of Wednesday. july j,
that little Charley Brewster Ross then ioar years
o. aye rom MIN e Scny
his fathers residence on Washington lane, Ger
mantown. Two men IN buggy approached the the
children and invited them to take q ride. me
invitation was accepted, and the men drove the
cnildren into Kenslngton by circultous route.
TO buy fireworks, and when he returned rom his
errand the wagon MAS gone. Waiter was taken
sssn no TEen SssSn the
missing child, which has been almost unparalleled
n similar Mr. Ross .hs an oS rs
ward of $500 for the recovery OF his son. Numer;
GUS arrests were made In Phlapelphia Of suspected
them, and there was even . universal search In
sttuted every house In that city being visited BY
the police. Meanwhile numerous ANONYMOUS
nappers. and advertisements appeared In
the daily papers, enanatlng apparently rom ON
father for the restoration OF the child on the basis
OF q large money ransom. On the 22d OF July
Mayor Stokey, at the instance OF numerous
wealthy citlzens issued proclamation Offering
reward OF $20, 900 for the arrest and conviction OF
the snd the q @ toe ceS cn'o o
gcther with description OF him and such detal,s
concerning the appearance OF the abductors as
Continent. and resulted IN the starting OF
almost innumerabe clews, every one OF
o osm nps sa' Dsns ooWed np
ON the 2:d Of August the private detective
agency Of Mr. Allan rnkerson was enlisted IN the he
OF In case Of his success, being remunerated
for his services and expenses out OF separate
From the pinkerlon Agency circulars were also
scattered over the Con tInent, containing descrip-
OF the chiid the Gle VS. to the chiids whereabouts
which were followed up have been TOO numerous
for enumeration, and we can notice only the the
25 Geographic announcement was re-
ceived that 20 suspicious. apparently crazy.
been arrested at richmond, Va, while on the way
TO Baltlmore, with the corpse OF Chlld tnat nad
y. c was oy ten months DID, On
gust a Mrs. Jackson was arrested at the West
Pniladelphia depot, with child strongly resem.
to furnish her with letters which would prevent
hF
ssmens ss1nns'0a sns Stolen one VIM Mr. Joseph o Lewis
; ascersaped % ssas Inc Child was an adopted son Of
. man in Mr.. p. I. Barnum's employ. On August
Is came Intelligence OF the arrest OF two men and
o woman at Odell, III, with enid resembling the
last one, but. on inyestigation, he proved to De
the son Of james Henderson. Then came the
operations OF mythical Pittsburg detective. who
was alleged to be tracing suspicious parties."
and on September came news from Washing
~ xSo S 'nc e o. chd All IN her CUSTODY
TO be their own. Soon alter the counterpart Of
the missing child was found In Je1ersonvtle, Ind.
The next important clew came, on september ~,
from lincoln, Neb., where man named Jackson
was arrested. On October 4 there were reports
from New Haven, Conn.,, to be followed up, and
few days after child was discovered with q band
OF gypSies near West Chester, ennsylvania, who
had to be followed up BY MIR. Lewis On November
II woman named hazard was arrested III ST.
GATHERINGS, Canada, without avail
THE FIRST CLEw
to the abduction was discovered by Superin.
tendent Walng, who was visited by people nav.
ing q knowledge OF the affair. From the stories
the horse and wagon used, the Philadelpna ana
New York police jointly got on the right track, as
the sequel SHOWS. long correspondence was
carried on between Chief Helms and Supertn.
tendent WalllnR, whicn was kept quiet at the
time. One or the letters from Mr.. WallinR. which,
IN Its character Is to the point, read as Ioliows
OCTOBER IL 1874.
W. r. HKINs:-
Since writing you yesterday have received further
Information. positive that the right
track. The you were to meet at this Office would
have given positive information where we could get
got them before the child the parties having the
child in custody would fear "a squeal,n and would
probably the child. SO that we could not find IT.
and told me that he knew who stole the Ross child.
Charley Ross" He said, "Bil Mosher, man they
lives in Philadelphia has the child They know YOU
them, and they would be glad to give up they
could do without being caught" They would ike TO
night the 9th inst and that man who had been before
with s h; S ms Ssss ss 81
GEORGE W. wALLlNd. Superintendent