Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-10-15

!, ton, g. @. He vAa q mam about twvn
t ty-four, sunbnrasd, svfdss&iy oss %
. customed to labor With hfS heads. II,
subsequently said that hts ossupaksr
was that Of q sarpent.p. He ve. q
stout build, light sonplerios, ssa htu
. appearance not Of that kisa of a1sr
E usually styled as wide Awake" n@.
. had been inquiry for hiM. ha said, sud
he was anxioua to know What fer. Mr
r Ross did not Immediately sxpIair
, to him. but holding up tha anouyaosl
letter al distanee, so that he soufa
see the handwriting but not the words,
/ said:
I" Do you recognize that hand
!, writine?"
Why. thai looks IKE Sells.
Boothe's," be inra.Its.s.y sspEsa.
KHL<B BooFH4
Who il Eelsc BoasAss" danMEa
ed NJ. Ross.
Why. man who ass& 10 vsrk
with s,a down in scx.h Oasoi4aA, got
hng out barrel ss~vc<."
Further Qusasoni:,g eeouGAt eut sAs
facts thst Bo<othA va fx9m .hs Gsxte.
that hs soughs Beksr Gus W.sss Ia vas
iowa there two ysAFs Azs, - q tsAos-
N"rtherrer, aud shat Bakss sAd pro-
o1red hm work he oslis4 siResa
Nelson CT rNslsa BcoAha, AID BAAsf I'D
not regard him sa " rt.&lsht" (his ex-
pr~ss'on for implying neral ohGQnHy.
He had been cct.sac.<d .itb Q siscss
:a.npeuY. ba hei.oved. HA ssxoa-as.
mouutebank, but was hard up Asa dis
reputable. He iral proposed Ao BaAse
once TO rob thu village posAnss asz as
6sorgs's St~tion. aud 10 share size
plunder. This Eaksr dissuaa>d him
from, and shortly after the fellow came
North. after borrowing sonA Reosy
| from him, and he had nevar SAsa kam
since. 1t appearsd that Booths left
| South Csroliua about thsss Msat ths be
| fore the Charley Ross ahdHstioa.
YoU MUsr IIHD FMAT Nah.
After lisss ling ts this history. Hr.
Rosa said, "Yoa must end thai nan.
You owe it to yourself and 10 ne.
Then lie eho~ed him O portion OF the
extraordinary letter vhieh MsItioaed
bis name. After @kiaG his addEsrs,
Mr.. Ross dismissed bis visitnr. wto
promised TO aid him at all haGARds. On
'h- following day 0hs 7sh) At~ 'per-
sonal" appeared:
sKCOND ANosYHoUs AVaR8A
Early on the following asrsinE t&ia
letter, postmarked "Philsds ~ die" %
before. was delivered from the ssIf- ~s-
cused kiduapper, showing ehAt bis
boldn-ss or hiS knowledge Of ths issf-
dciency Of the police was So greet that
he still dared to remain In the city,
under their very noses:
Mr.. Ross: You should have let me
know his address through the L.dger
[ have everything ready whsn / know
whore he is Let M know in the Star
just his postoffice, or the nams aud
number of the street. You can put it
in the 'Stsrbrsnp" co!umu or the Per |
soma" cnlumu. You are delaying me
Hurry mp and keep quiet. Let your
notice be this way: !
". B, p. O.,
or the number Of the street Fill the |
blank with the name or number OF the |
street or citv, This must be closed |
to morrow, for must get this nan. / |
will give . full account to [himl bat 10
no one else. So make haste.
Accordingly in the Rvening Star of
that date there appeared the following
persOnal:
WALTER BAKER. NO. 1,619t
MARKET street, Philadelphia.
This was recei, d too late for The
and IS published only
in the fifth edition oil the paper. in an
obscure corner, lost am ng many others |
40 that Mr. Ross had reat difficulty
in finding it. Nevertheless Baker came
TO see Mr. Ross early next morning to
snow why it had been published. Mr. |
Ross explained to him; but was much
that he should have chancad
to see it so soon when lie himself, who
Inserted it and looked for it, had the
greatest Il .f1icnlty in finding it. Baker
said that the bsrkesprr at his hotel
called h. g attention to IT
Meantime word had been received
from South Carolina that young Baker
had lived IN G'-nrge's St%tisTn, had got
married aud ran away abou: hin"
months ago. He had epent few
M nths there--tir>t working at his
ra>!2 aud sftef ward as coantry scln0I.
nAeter. HIS cnnGncf there WAS look ed
:uto aul nothing objectionable was
discovered, un'ess the flight from his
slfe be 81 c:;usi,}-r>ti.
After leaving Mr Eo*= AZ TIA aoes
Of the Coort OF Q,sTscF S-<sinrs.
where Wexenrvc!t "a. E.si 1S LSiea, Re-
2"r zen; 70 his Lottl sAa sasr@ he
.nurd TIE foil"x,As ssArt.,nE istt-r -
l
,lmc;erad 70 be NeIse B,a3tae.
~ETsz BooTI14's Cos ssP<-T~~.
EGkcr q: L ha:i If a1r. ;s>,ss fst ~
'-.t,.z whore n <ss xor'e. TIT
:, Y. {" = 2 80 s.sz g [ ~
?rt Y'es ,.zv,. 80. = -, a fs:rr
ma -rA -.te olc g'hA 49, -
VA .is,'r, .>..cs. Taa k%ot rs
{ I Hc-~,o., e. st nv :lu f..r
gst h'n2a- Nov: { IN Vii fol:cw my
~. IA -':;i #sv~ sIs ',cnor -
iudrR Char.-F Eots. a. [ had a hao@.
= stealing s,it,. : vept v0s Al L"
o2t bdt fon, - 60. 90 -.y, ga n'r
NJ: Ross cith"~. will ever Est hin. |
L viii koow Al sbo7t IL ii y"a g.
CHARLEY Ro.s - HHGi.AND. !
Gl first t. Ltv>"1'H,l; :hrn go t.
Dr ,tfUrl He II -nIn. hire between |!
shers. ard York. t@1 ~*c .iaced IN the I
'a07< "i 3 family = IL, now ia in ther'
s.,n1awher@. ft,r" people who calls |
IN sEins'~> i,7' thar not Fipsie<. |
Bat thare travelling with a wagon
,he".- 7 saw Yoa ,nnet g there 7ars |
CAREFUL. or yoa VII rot get him Ytu
ltd p"tt+r trav-l Gs tramp Rod OVER (
heui every band OF gipaies you find II |
DC. .ubtr /
After he was taken we all cot skear |
ID aud he WIS left III my CAR. I did
not want to kill him, as BIZ Moeher
did, for | was in enough siu, ahd |
waut4d to get out of what 1 vas 10.
Bat am not out OF it yst. and will 7
never he contented until the boy L. |
home again. So for Gods sake try
your best to get him. |
HOW TO FIND MIN.
His hair Is cut ali off close, his skin |
is dark from being 10 the suu, and his |
front teeth is out. His family thinks |
be- is my son, and 1 told them his
mother wanted to ct him and to be |
very careful not to let any body havr
him, never, or deth you'd be then
loom. Thi, family was in York Stat |
when | gave it to them. The b. ad |
mans name is Gusto, aud heard from |
him by letter III July or August, frr
g-t which. Mr.. Ross aud you 10 all |