The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-10-12

M, State and city government NAYS ~
,im,,eJ In bim that pardon will surely
Imam ,-,",cJ i he conIcsscs. All has been
~ 1|I, avail, however. The prisoner
oiway, ba, the same answer to such OIL
%,, II know nothing more than ! have
, ali IJonot know where the child is,
a S nv lie depended on it | could not
%Il" One day not long since, however,
when thc taller was talking to him, he
,Iiilrt ali amgsestlOn that may be worth
allowing up. lie did not speak from
Do.itiyc knowledge, he said, "but tell Mr.
Ross to
.r,Rcu RAG CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS"
Rcipg asked what institutions he refer.
reito. he said, "The orphan asylnm' and
pII he know Of any such places in
particular or any city where this had
bet be donel "No," he replied, search
them all, The boy may be found in
one
GLOW did he know"
uI do moi know" was his pettish an.
wer. II only hopeso How should !
know! / only adyiscit, have a the
Org; that's ALL"
aWhat was bis reason for suggesting
mi, stcp?o Ills answer showed the
shrcwlpess Of the man. 1t was . thought
worthy Of the subtlcst detective.
"CharIcy Ross" he said, might be in
one Of those institutions in our most
public streets in this very city, aud be as
lar away rs II he were on the other side
Of the globe, lie would he rs much out
Of the world as il he were dead, The
sister or brother having charge OF these
places might innoccntly have possession
Of that child he could he given into
their hands in a thousand ways-and
they be profoundly ignorant that the
whole world is looking for him, Every
newspaper proper in the land has pub.
li.hcl the story Of the abduction and the
description Of the child, yet these relig-
iousorlcrs would not hear word Of it,.
Why2 For the simple reason that sec.
ular paper never enters their walls. Only
religion. papers are ever found there"
This suggestion, which was made in
language substantially ~ that given
aboyc, was too valuable to be passed un.
needed. The institutions for the recep.
ton Of children, both Catholic and Prot.
C'Ian,, religious and secular, were visited
at the time the police made domiciliary
visits tocycry house in this city last year;
but not only was that search not q thor.
Ough one NJ fur ~ went, but II did not
extend to any other city than Philadel.
phia,
THE rLAS Is ADOPTED.
The plan proposed by Westervelt is SO
admirable that every one else will natnr-
ally wonder why somebody else did not
think Of 1t before, which Is always the
case when u bright idea Is evolved in an
emergency. Perhaps some may claim
that il has been preached before, or even
that 1t has been done in the police search
before alluded to; hut it cannot I've dispu.
ted that anything approaching thorough
investigation in ali the religious instiln.
tons Of the United States has never been
attempted.
WcItcrvclts suggestion has been adopt
ed, A leading Catholic journal which cir
cualCs in every Roman charitable or re-
lIgions institution in the United States
and Canada il about topublish-pcrhNps
by this tiule has pubi1hed--a description
Of the missing child. Whether anything
comes Of ii time will show.
wEsrERvEIT's IGNORANCE.
vi one thing think the public may
rest assured, Weservelt does not know
the hiding place Of Charley Ross. II he
did he would have saved himself before.
Only day or two ago Il rich man, II
Western merchant and man Of influence
In public affairs, asked to sec WestcrvClt
In his cell. lie introduced himself and
said "lt yOu will tell MIR. Ross or any
person you choose to name where or how
Charley Ross can be found will not only
pledge yOn my word that you shall have
free pardon, but will give you q large
sum Of money, enough to take you away
from here and make you comfortable"
L. 1t likely that u man who has shown
that he has affection for his children
would have refused such mn offer Ns this
when he sees the gates Of prison closing
on him perhaps for life, and his own
little ones suffering as much as he? 1t is
unreasonable to hope that this man knows
nymOtc than he has told. Ills sugges-
lion was merely that Of an unusually
acuIe man who has thought much on the
matter.
wEsrERvET SENTENCED.
Judge ElCock, who presided at the
!'lal Of Westervell, was also the Judge,
oy an absurd law Of this State, before
thom the prisoners counsel was obliged
'omSEe the motion for new trial. It
was not to be expected that M occupant
OF The Bench would do otherwise than
y" laVorabIy upon his own previous di.
e'Ion', so that nobody was surprised this
morning when Judge Elcock announced,
aICf the opening Of the Court, that in
,ns cae o. the motion for a new trial In
%haIl OF We'tetvelt he had carefully re-
, mvSea the reasons, found them the same
m ,a, he had passed upon during the trial
nu . therefore oyCrruicd the motion. The
p lt'.,r, who was already in court with
IiVa'ch OF Others awaiting trial, was then
G,'SlSd to stand up. lie did 40 III what
' Ea'.'d the dock and Judge ElcOck
'poEeto him M follows:
THE SENTENCE.
Inc sentence Of the COURT is that YOU
s sni,,e olSl, the costs Of prosecution
s +Gl'hat you undergo animrrisonment In
rE,.,aty confinement at hard labor in the
' "n1efn PenitCntiary for the term Of
,si itn years and that you stand commit
''Vu'll That sentence is complied with.
r, SEVEN YEARS AT HARD LABOR"
,, ,ay prisoner listened with apparently
IW,gI~lnLete't to the words Of Tie Judge.
,sJ IvI 'ne severe sentence was announced
h, s S.e words "sevcn years at hard Ia.
w.. pronounced, he bent his head for.
" b,u AMI shook like a leaf, Az the tip.
S ',a removed him to the large dock Il
,nj s W. mat he was crying like a child,
h,l .,net' he took his seat he bowed his
ltg. '''' "''" CONTINUE" "'eP'
n 90.