The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-12-31

The body was found on the 18th of
| last November. The tide had cast it
upon the rocks at Bergen Point, where
it was first discovered by an old oyster
man, who told Officer Connolly what he
had seen. The remains were taken to
the Morgue, where difference of opin-
ion arose as to the probable age Of the
boy. Chief of Police Whitney thought
he could not have been more than
three or three and half years old,
but he admits that he may have been
mistaken, ard he majority of those
who saw the body fix the age at four
years at the lowest. The hair was
light and silky and cut short; the eyes
were blue. and the forehead high.
Though the remains had been some
weeks in the water, the cheeks were full
and dimpled, though other portions OF
the body had been eaten by fishes. The
clothes, as already mentioned, were those
of girl. The stockings, which were
striped red and white, bore the appear
ance of never having been washed since
they were purchased. A red and black
WOODEN hood. which had fallen off the
head, probably by the action of the
water. hung from the neck by a blue
ribbon, the ends of which were fastened
to holes in the hood made with knife.
The dress was also red and black, and
of the same material as the hood. The
underclothes were Of white flannel. and
the feet were enclosed in clumsy shoes,
much too large, and such as might
have been purchased at random. 1t
was at first supposed that the remains
were those of girl, and when it was
announced by the doctor that this was
not the case, some one suggested that
it might be the Ross boy, but at first
verv few shared this belief. 1t is
worthy of note that at the time the
body was found, Mosher and Douglas
were lying short distance Oft the
shore in their sloop.
NO osE TO CLAIM THE BOY.
Chief Whitney supposed the child
had fallen into the water from a canal
boat, and in this belief he inserted ad-
vertlsements in several papers, and sent
postal cards bearing description OF
the body to all places where such boats
load or discharge. No claimant appeared
for the remains, however, and after the
inquest, which resulted in verdict OF
accidental death. they were buried by
the county at Snake Hill.
Very soon, however, some one who
had sent a portrait OF Charley Ross re-
marked the similarity of the features
to those Of the boy drowned in the bay.
Residents of Bayonne and Bergen
Point interested themselves in
the matter, and even Chief
Whitney admitted, on seeing -he
likeness, that the features were the
same, and added that if he could believe
that the boy whose body had been cast
ashore was four years old, he would
certainly incline to the opinion that he
was Charley Ross. On Saturday, the
portrait was shown to several OF the
residents of Bergen Point, and every
one Of them was struck by the likeness
to the boy buried at Snake Hill. A
great many entertained no doubt what
ever that the latter was, indeed, Char
ley Ross; Chief Whitney told the
writer that among the persons who had
seen the body be, in his opinion, that
it was not that Of the missing boy,
stood in a minority of about one TO
fifty. Had the hair been off, he said,
and the expression less animated. the
portrait shown him as that OF Charley
| Ross would have been an excellent like
ness of the boy whose body was cast
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