The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-12-12

hand when there is u prospect Of turn
ing an honest penny. Finding so many
persons at work iu his interest MIR. Ross
became more hopeful, aud waited day
after dag for favorable intelligence. 1t
was at this point that the terrible ordeal
he had to pass through was begun in
earnest On the 25th day of July
fresh tenrs were wrung from his hear.
by telrgraphic announcement that "a
suspicious apparently crazy, man"
giving tho name of Myron Leasura, had
been arrested at Richmond, Va. while
en- route to Baltimore with "the corpse
Of child" that had died at D., yton
Ohio. His contradictory statements
gave rise to suspicion that the der
body was that Of the abducted Charlie
Ross. 1t subsequently transpircd that
deceased child was only ten months old
but it nevertheless was not considered
cruel to send special dispatch to
Philadelphia to the fore going e,fect
On the 4th OF August
MIR. ROSS HOPES WERE RAISED
by the notification that Il woman, givin.
the name of Jackson, had been arrested
at the West Philadelphia railroad
depot in company with chill th,t bore
striking resemblance t. the little
Charlie. lie ha<tcncl t, the l.p 1t. a.
may be supposed, with palpitlting
heart to find that there hal bean mis-
take. In his sympathy for the child =
mother he gave her letter tn secure her
against further annoyance
ilc had scarcely ceased to think OF
the inci'leut at the West Philadcl phia
depot when he received diSpatcl, fro n,
Bennington, Vermont, to the effect that
n Mrs Frederick Hamilton, Of that
place, had been arrested with child in
her p"ssessi,n c'rresp ndn5 to til,
description given Of Charlie Ross" The
additional iniur matipa vas vouchsarel
that ''hc has the s; NE colpred hair and
eyes; Lis hair has been recently cut
lie is about the same age, talks plainly
says hat l,is name is Charlie, and that
he had a nice home once Surely thi,
InInrmat,nn wa. ema':;!i 10 make p,or
MIR. Ross almost die Of expectation.
MIR. J"seph Lewis, Mr. Ross brother
III law, started Mt once for Bennington
and arrived there only to fiui that the
little buy was the adopted son or Il man
in the employ Of Mr.. p. 7. l'arnnm.
On the 18th Of August another tele.
gram arrived at the Ross house.
THIS TIME 1T WAS FROM ODELL, ILL
NOls,
and contained an account of the arrest
of two men and woman, "having in
their possession child supposed 20 be
the missing Charlie Ross" The trio, it
appeared, had caused suspicion throu III
having arrived from Philadelphia ab III t
mouth previously, and furthermore
through tbs indiscrcet utterance Of the
family with whom they we're domiciled
The arrest was made by direction of the
circuit attorney, so soon as it had been
represented to him that ..the child WAS
dressed in girls clothes, and bore a
striking Resemblance to Charlie Ross. >
MIR. Ross WAS greatly excited by this
news, and immediately began c,rr.s
pondence with the nuthpriti,. 1t Ol.ll.
The supposed Charlie was lf;c ward
questioned closely, but ''hc failed to
give satisiact"ry account Of himself"
In the midst Of the excitement the fact
came out that the little boy VII. tiesDn
OF one james iIencrs,n, and that like
nearly all chil'ircn of ten lcr age, jim.
inie wore II frn:k, anl this wl,r.s,rl.l
as evidences of un cif,rt to c,ace.u the
boys Sex" Alter this
A HIGHLY SENSATIONAL STORY
was published concerning the effort of
mythical Pittsburg detective, who had
traced suspicious parties" to New York
city aud WAS hourly in expectation Of
cncosnpassing their arrest. 1t was
stated in this connection that, within \
week OF a certain date, the real abdnc-