The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-12-19

however, was lost by Supt. Walling,
Every letter written by the kidnappers 70
the Ross fomily was shown, him, ana ne
Thew were nosted in Philadelphia, New
Yorl New brunswick. Brooklyn, and in
savaral country towns, and were written
hv Mosher Links in the chain Of eviden-
20 we're cheerfully supplied by the father OF
tho how who yisitet New York for the
nnrnose. and money was furnished by the
Ross family to enable Mr.. Walling to go
an with the case without calling on the
Police Board Failing to- find Mosher in
New York or Brooklyn, Supt. Walling,
remembering that Mosher used to commit
robberies along the shores Of Long
Island and the Sound and up the North
river by means of sailing boat,
and thinking it probable that he
had hut little money and would
he Obliged to steal to live, determined on
organizing an expedition along the Sound
and nm the North River,to overhaul every
sailing boat that could be found. In order
not to create suspicion, he chartered
steam. tug at Keyport, put acrew on board,
etc Detectives Selleck and Doyle OF New
York. Detective Wood. of Philadelphia,
Z and several citizens ofPhilidelphla, crulseda
= along the Sound, skirting the shores OF
/ Connecticut and Long Island, overhanllng
every vessel that they encountered and
o examining the inhabitants of every hamlet.
y Nothing was discovered there, and trip
; nm the North River to Sing Sing proved
= equally fruitless. A robbery perpetrated
9 nv means of sail-boat was reported, al
i, Nvack, and Detectives Doyle and Sel'eck
- nassed week in overhauling every sus-
!, melons person and craft between Spuyten
! Duvyill and Sing Sing without success
a A cat rugged boat was stolen at bridgeport
~ Conn. and every effort was made to recov
a er it, as Mosher was believed to be TIT
W thief. but the search for the craft was a
AZ handoned. 1t is possible, however, that tn
" boat used by Mosher and Doug las to 60 t
q Bay Ridge on Sunday may be the one stol
- en- from Bridgeport Mosher and Dougla
W were within an ace of being caught fe'
n weeks ago. They we're both very super
~ stitious, and were constantly in the hab'
70 of visiting Mime Morrow, a clairvoyant, o
;lt No. 1874 East Houston street, who knc
ad Mosber's namciand character. An Once
r.. whose duty it was to watch the place ve, yer.
ho imprudeptly sought 10 hasten matters y.
~, gaining the confidence of the madah!, ali'
;s when he thought that he was sulllcie ~
no Intimate with her he announced hlmseii .
IL. pal of Billy Mosher, and asked her
.nn she could get a letter to him. The woma
ee was cunning and put him off, nc. a cou
20, e. ple of days after it was ascertalned tina
A. Mosher had somehow or other been warn
Je ed and had changed camp;
Ia. Last Saturday Supt. Walling was $
at disappointed at his want Of success that h
"" reminded to ordinary duty several officer
,es that had been working on the case, and on
N, " retained the services Of Doyle and Bel
,rd leck. When he received the telegram an
~ nouncing that Mosher and Douglas wer
CIV dead, and that Douglgs had coniessed1' p
to to was one of the happiest men in New York
,ut Detective Selleck was sent to Bay Ridge
'N and fully identified the burglars as Moshe
and Douglas. In regard to Charlie Ros
.e Mr.. Walling ahirms that he knows tn
NY name of the person in whose custody he Il
ole but cannot find him. lie believes thu
mes when the deaths of Mosher and Dougla
out Continued on thrd page.)