The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-29
[From Burlington Sentinel, tuesday,
CHARLEY ROSS EXCITEMENT IN BUR
LINGT0N.
A Concert Broken Up-Master Boyle Taken
for the Lost Boy-Mr. Ross Again Disap-
pointed

Burlington was the scene last evening of
short lived excitement connected with
the Charlie Ross mystery which occasioned
considerable uproar and succeeded in
breaking up the advertised concert at the
City hall
1t seems that detective whose name we
have been unable TO ascertain arrived here
last Thursday, and put up nj the Lake
View house on Battery street. He at
once proceeded to busy himself day and
night in watching the houses oii North
Bend street and vicinity and especially
flat ofa Mr. Boyle who moved here about
three months. ago from Montreal. Here
was stopping bis little son of seven years,
Master William Boyle, who is quite mu-
steal prodigy and for whose benefit con-
cert was to take place at the City hall last
evening, and who resembles very much in
features the lost Charlie Ross. The per-
sistent watching of the detective attracted
the attention OF the residents Ia that section
of the city and they were greatly annoyed
by it and officer McCune OF the police took
his turn at watching the detective, and
yesteid day morning arrested him for va
grancy. lie was taken to the court house,
where he owned up to Deputy United
States Marshal Failey that he was delec
tive in search of Charlie Ross on which
statement and his showing of proper
| al al. e.,
custody. The detective remained about
town during the day until the arrival of the
New York train at 4:4G p. m which
brought from Philadelphia. Mr.. Christian
| X. Ross, accompanied by two officers of
that city. Mr.. Ross and party met the de-
| tective and companion Of his whom it
seems had been about the city for the past
few days dressed in womati's clothes, os-
tensibly selling new invention for wash
ing dishes, and oil proceeded a little after
6 o'clock to Mr.. Boyle's house, where they
stopped on the sidewalk and the little
Boyle boy came out when they examined
him closely and then returned to the Van
| Ness.
Just before the advertised hour of the
concert last evening, the Boyle boy, his
sisters and brothers, started from theii
fathers house to go to the City hall, es
corted by Officer McCune, and when op
posite Michael McKenzie's store, on The
| corner OF North and Battery streets, they
were met by Mr.. Ross and his detectives
who said TO the officer Snow bring thi
boy to the light, and we viii show you
photograph of him" The boy was brough
up, the picture of Charlie Ross shown him
and he was asked if it was not his the
little fellow promptly replied at Is no
mine" The Boyle party then went on t.
the City ball, Mr.. Ross and the detective
following close behind them. On arriving
at the hall, the Boyles got in readiness 70
their entertainment, but before the hour o
commencing had arrived, they de
termined to postpone it for a wee
on account of the uproar which ha,
been occasioned by this Charlie Ross ex
element, and the consequent lhinness o
their alidicnce Mr.. Ross soon ap ieare,
on the stage and apologized for the iroubl
he had occasoned the Boyles and gav
4 young William Ten dollar bill AZ well II
picture of his lost Charlie
Nr. Ross, left. heavily disappointed. o
the 0 O'clock train for home. The resenl
blance OF the Boyle boy to the photograph
of Charlie Ross is very estlihing, and it
not wonderful that the detectives though
that they had got on the right track a
last.
The affair drew together u large and Vi
rorious crowd not only III the Third ware
; but in and about the City Hall.