The Morning herald., 1875-10-05
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Another strange story has Just been MAJ
! public in regard 10 The Charley Ross cas- cas-
It appears that on the Sd ef Sept. Last N
R0's @Fy received asfhs the following lstts5 S ,s
.1MR. Ross I'D o,o4 - tatlM ",9Il1G
Ifyou find the address Of William u,
Walter Baker, snd let me know through II
paperiyou shall you { sicl son. Baker is II
only man who hands will TRUST it In. Yo
boy is alive, but will take timet gst hin
Advertise for Walter pr William Baker, VIII
wqqnee wgqa lived ~ Georges, $tatiop,. 5. c.;
think he Is in Philadelphia Q Il want thi
thing ended soon, for sm worried to det
about it. 1waptto leave the country, an
fwant you to have you boy, ias our game
now gone up. I did not take him, but %a
to have a shair in the money. I kpoy
where he is and you shall, have him, In
weeksr-no .sooner--and NO money. ,Mes
terveil don't know where he is. Nor doe,
Mrs. Mosher. am the ONLY one. wan
to gel, out Of it the best I can. .-.-o..5 "A
Don't publish this but hold quiet and find
Baker, and believe me I k,sosc. When you
have found the address Of Baker put this IL
the persnel column of the Ledger:,,,,. o.. r
One Of che 4. I have found him. T.. nd 0
Don't show this to tho newspaper men fol
1'want It quiet, and work fast now. YIfpaty
you much. los rnseylnr'! u .nIitl
'itn9l"s "4' !fa '". Y1OFTHE 4. ID
TT Was evidently written by an ignorant
person and was In scrawlihg hand. Il
Walter 7. Baker was found without tfitfi-
Guilty, and upon being questioned he said
that the writing looked like Nelse Booths
Further questioning brought out the fact,
that Booth was from the North that he
sought Baker out when he was down there
two years ago, as fellow N ortherner, and
that Baker had procured him work. He
called himself Nelson, or Nelse Boothe, and
Baker did not regard him as "straight."
He had been connected with a circus COM
pany, he believed, as strolling mounte-
bank, but was hard up and disreputable.
He had proposed to Baker once to rob the
village postmaster at Georges station, and
to share the plunder. This Baker dissuaded
him from, and shortly after the fellow came
North, after borrowing some money from
him, and he had never seen him since. It
appeared that Boothe left South Carolina
about three months before the Charley Ross
abduction. o"' ".
Baker promised to find Booth, and on the
18th, the following personal appeared in the
T1<7uo,s G0no Of ho T hor y
Early on the following morning Mr.. Ross
received another letter, as follows, post
marked Philadelphia:
Mr.. Ross: ,f
You should have let me know his address
through the Ledger. I have everything
ready when know where he is. Let me
know in the Star just his Post-of1ice, or the
name and number of the street. You can
put it in the "Starbeam" column or the
"Personal" column. You are delaying me.
Hurry up and keep quiet. Let your notice
be this way: g.
W.B.,-P.O. ''a
or the number of the street. Fill the blank
with the name or number of the street and
city. This must be closed tomorrow, for I
must get this man. Twill give full ac-
count to [him but to no ono else So'make
haste. '3 ''.
Accordingly in the Eventng Star of that
date there appeared the following per-
sonal ".' .' WIZ.
"* Walter Baker, No. 1919, Market
street, Philadelphia. ..,,...nr,
The attention of Baker was called to this
personal, y and he waited on Mr.. Ross to
zee why it had been published. Opon reach
ng the hotel where he was stopping Baker
ound the following letter: r.,l ,pI;iaanfii
said if Mr.. Ross let me know where. you
vas would tell where Charley Ross was.
10 will, Baker. You have been a. good
riend to me and gave me good advice when
1e was down South. You kept me out of
scrape when we was down South I'd You ]
ept me out Of scrape and set, me up, to
ct home. Now, if you will follow my ad-
ice, you will have the honor Of finding
harley Ross, as I bad a hand in stealing
i'm. i want you, and no one but you, to
0. IF you don't 60, as ! say, you nor. Mr..
oss either, will ever get him. Twill know.
Il about it if you Igo! ..s.. a,rj' .,a-,' IL
Go first to Liverpool, then 60 to Bradford.
e is somewhere between there and York.
e was placed in the hands of family who
wv is nj there somewhere. There are people
no calls them gipsies, but thare not gipsies, @
ut thare travelling with wagon WHARF ! 4
". You must 60 thare very careful or u
,u'll not get him. You had better travel 8!
tramp and overhaul every band Of gip- il
IS you find in October. :,
After he was taken we all got skeered +
ID he was left in my cair. did not want 81
kill him, as Bill Mosher did, for was in al
ough sin, and wanted to get out of what . .
vas in. But I am not out of 1t yet, and al
II never be contented until he is home W
ain.. So, for Gods sake, try your best to st
t him. *
His hair is cut all off close, his skin is dt
rk from being in the sun, and his front til
,th is out. This family thinks he is my H.
!, and told Them his mother wanted to =, ,''
! him, and to be very careful not to let DC
ybody have him, never, or deth would be tn
,ir DOOM. This family was in York State -,
en / gave it to them. The head manisI"'
ne is Gusto, and heard from him by III
ter in July or August, l forget which. ri