Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-09-10

! boy was to he sent home. On the day
named (July 23) MIR. Ross put per
! sonal' III the Ledger in these words:
81 will agree to the terms in every
particular. He put the S20,O in his
pocket ard walked about the streets
expecting every moment to be ap-
/ preached by some one who should de-
mand the package. There is some
thing inexpressibly touching in the
+ spccJacle of this anxious father IT.
rylng purse of $4,000, which he was
! ready to deliver to any ono that would
! approach him and ask him for the
sum J. '.''~ VI" t:;;s: h:t- wti, nv :
| Mr.. = " :. arch Jur Etrtt. jimiiy
! can re1 .."'L iron tear ut tie eiGi.T q;
! Chrlst Dr." Hos wandering :s3Out tht.
| streets, viii, all his. worldly fortune
IN his H'.ch",. hn;itir.g tor the unIino n
! man 'i'o shOud CONSENT to rec Ne
! thu sHnn" aud pr mise to bring bacA
/ his b. ?
! But Nr. Rp~a did no! meet his mau
| MOsh"r took fright 1T snIIe demoustrs
ton made bvgAr detectives and changed
ms tactics. In few days Mr. Ross re-
celY1d an anonymous letter telling him
that he proposed plan Of receiving
the money had been abandoned, and
that he shOulG put the money in a
white leather satcnel, and on the af,er-
noon OF a certain day should take
train for New York, ride on the rear
pl stfOrn- and hold the satchei in his
hand. If any person along the route
should display white flag in daylight
or whlte lantern at night, he was to
drop the satchel, and in stated time
Charley WIS to be sent home. If no
signal was displayed between Phila-
dajphia and New York, then he was to
proceed to Albany III tho same way
and to look ont for the same signal.
On the morning of the Both of July
Mr.. Ross informed Mosher through
the LedQer that he was ready, and on
the AFTERNOON of the same day he set
out on the trip, going clear through to
Albany, but seeing no signal. 1t hap
pened that the story about little
Charley having been seen in Pottsville
was artt 4 Oh that very day, and the
newspapers stated that Mr.. Ross hadr
gone there to IG,Ltijy Lin. Nc sic
saw this and supposed that Mr.. Ross
had not kept his promise hence he
notified his confed crate not TO give the
siguaJ. It may be remarked that Mr..
Ross kept the police authorities advised
of his Movements. On the same train
that pore him to New York and Albany
were two sharpshooters with riffs
ready to bring down the man that dis
played the signal the instant that they
got their eyes on him. MIR. Ross did
uOt know that these men were on the
train.
Negotiations were opened again, and
the correspondence was kept up for
some months. He made one or two
trips to New York to pay over the
mo. ey accord :ng to directions given
ia the anonymous letters, aud advis-
ed Mosher Of his presence in the city |
n a "persOual' in the Herald, bat |
something always interfertd to prevent |
the 5coundreis from carrying ont their |
part of the agreement. The vigiIence |
of the detectives made them excessive !
Iy cautious. Il the mean time Mr.
Ross's health gave way under the
strain upon his nervous system; and |
for some weeks he was unable to reply |
to the letters mt him by Mosher, and
before the correspondence culminated
in the restoration Of the lost child the
abductors We're sent to their final re-
ward. Vengeance could not suffer
them to live. Since their death Mr..
Ross has received no anonymous let
ters prop osing to return his son. and
the mTStery remains unsOlved. If the
wretch now on trial knows anything
about the boys fate, he has thus far
refused TO tell.