Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-09-03
THE CHARLIE Ross CASE.
Westeryett's Statemeat Of Ht. In,
uerttOn with "a

nectten with e.
The following is the statement Of Wes,er-
Welt ~ read by he reporters In the court in
Philadelphia yesterday. and referrel T. In a
telegram IN yes terdays STAR.
To the best 81 my knowledge. Z was "a
phiiadelphis ON the s5th OF June. the day
before the letter OF hat date was taken nom
nere 10 New York 20 he posted. I told
Moshef and Douglass about that time that
,hey were SUSPECTED; learned it from Ga
MoSners Wife don't know how long they
hsd been ~ New York when told them.
Oil Mo>hers wlte also said that the officers
were after Gil and Bill for getting away win
silks, &c, and then told me that the Officers
were after them for tsis other thing. 1 told
MusEer and douglass all that she Salf
Wcstervelt detailed his movements ia New
York with Mosler and Douglass after mis-
knowleIge that they were suspected Tor this
one0se. They visited tsverns. and douglass
went 10 "A fortune tcllers 10 see ID Rill had
sent letter there. Westervelt wrote a let
ter. dictated IN him by Douglass, which was
sent 10 Bill Mosher in Philadelphia; that was
the day Mosher asked him 10 go 20 Philaiel-
phia 10 warn MoSher's sister. 10 find out
whether the house here lad been watched
anu 10 put a personal I'm the New YORK
Herald under the head OF Napoleon" 20 in
form them ~ II was all right. hut did not
put II Ia; went back Ia New York that after
noon, Mrs. Mosher did NOT so back VITA me
hat afternoon. because She could not sct
ready; she told me about
THE HOUSE BEING WATCHED;
did not see MoSher from the time I CAM
back until my sister came IN, she stayed
with me two months; MpSher agd Douglass
,au.e 10 my house shortly after and stayei
IN ne; Mosher Gid not stay at my Louise over
night, they sta yed "A few hours eRch time they
came; went with MoSher and Douglass on
TIE seth OF September on an excursion q
hnndout, aud came back ON the 21d. neither
AoShef nor Douglass spent any part OF any
| night In my rooms. never asked them where
they lived al Roudou, Mosher aud Douglass
proposed Ia commit burglary; they had q
store picked out for the purpose, made sew
! tTal excuses 10 get out OF a.. and they finally
abandoned II; hey got boat Al a lumber
hoy a.
/ haG q planned out before; when they came
! back 10 New York they went 20 an eating
house opposite the Washington market, they
| praised The place. aut SAID they always ais
| there; ali thus 4 did Wslhng on TIE trip 10
ROndout; iusiUuatod that they were sus-
pecied of having the clue, and they laughed
and said that ~ was only = J0b u get them on
the Red Bank affair
WeSteryelt detailed the circumstances ana
occasions when ~ saw Mo>her ana Douglass
AFTER mat eating with Item, travelling around
! the city OF New York, Sc., with them. ] Wa
aware they were not making "A living in a
legitimate way. Before the death OF Mosher
and Douglass, guglaSs and WeStervelt put
| up Al hotel together, Douglass registering
| himself under the name OF bay, and westeT-
welt a. Wright
THEY TALKEB ABoCI THE CHILD.
nousla>s asking how n could toe proved OF
num- that uhey would have 10 get some one
who saw them take a. Westervelt asked
how In the devil tIev could get the money
| II The parties were willing To pay IL"
douglass said the pan hal been changed.
.hat ne was ID 90 to Europe and write as N
| ne rad split on the other party, that the
money could he easily obtained, that "A party
could stay ola tine platform OF one car aud
/ Jump the money OF. i asked how they
would get the child 10 Them and ne salt
| they couldn't get ~ until three or four DAYS
after. ! went Ia Walllng and told him
about their going across To astoria. and how
Ihey Were dressed, anu that they carried
nshlLg iOles. NallnC went for them, but
found ne wa a little trst late. I STAYED there
with Douglass until after breakfast, aud AZ
pnVARpFfllTH f.VFf
| lass again on the l5th, 18th or lj'h, at Glea-
sons billiard room. Douglass went Of 70
meet MOsher a. The New England house
! The next J heau of them was that they were
| shot al Fort Hamilton. can q make A guess
as TO where the child Is now. ] am OF the
| opinion llat ne = with the parties / have
! mentioned. OF they have cent him 20 other
parties. j made 40 arrangements Ia June
/ concerning the child, and knew 40 more OF
! him than child unborn. / never had the
curiosity 10 inquire where The child was
Whoever says those parties spent a night az
my house lies. l did not tell them that
was IN communication with walIing, ana
! was keeping him OF their track.
| TIE HORSE AND BUGGY.
| MI Leslie now read statement by Wes-
| tervelt, made on the litE OF April, which was
/ substantially aS follows :-Nosher asked me
! 10 walk with him. and we went 10 Washing
! ton avenue and he showed me horse aud
! buggy; he said he had just bought them; thO
! horse was med, um-siZed bay, aud tue bug
/ gy was, ! think, black, Ight-bOdie1, and
slanting owuwards; he said he had paid
| SlNiy-nVe dollars for the horse: nv SUSPICION
| was that he had stolen them; MOsher wrote
! letter That afternoon, and l took ID 10 New
| York ana mailed IL 10 kDudOu.; 1 didn't
want TO give Mosher away, pat was will
| ing TO give DOUg glass away. aud that was
why told Waliing he could get the child By
taxing Doug lass; ! first heard Of this abduc-
ZION when j saw IL IN The papers. !; made nc
impression on me; I met Nr. II srrlSgey soon
after, and ne spoke about this abduction.
and said be thoCghi N wa NiD.iler and Doug
! lass, and this was the first Tine BE had hIs
| attention directed 20 these men ia connection
with Tie crime, but placed credit in thu
story.
George W. Waiting was then s.vorn, ana
| the court took recess.
WALLING's EVIDENCE.
superintendent waiting testimony wa
| 10 the effect that MeSterVeIL o.fera! 10 aid An
The search for the child, and that he arranged
| WIN him 10 Inform BIN (the superintendent.
| Of the moNementS OF Mosher and Douglass
/ jor the purpose OF securing their arrest: that
! he had repealed interviews with the wit
| ness, and that while he was pretending d
! act with him, failed - give him infOrIna-
ton which he possessed, which would have
| led 20 the arrest OF Mosher aud Douglass,
also, that he Westeryelp made false state
Inents
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE WIDOW OF
MOshER
The New York Herald publishes what pur-
ports TO be an interview between Que of its
reporters and Mrs. Mosher, the widow OF
VIM. Mosher, one Of the burglars killei last
winter al bay Ridge, Long island, alt the
universally acknowledged aUiuctOr OF Char
ley Ross. Mrs. Mosher denied ever havinr
seen the missing boy, but IN reply 10 a dire
inquiry "a 10 whe her the boy was living.
dead she replied: al am sure he j. living q
Will turn mp before long. 1 am sure hat hL
is living a. am that / breathe; ! would not
belleve him dead unless ! should see ais dea
body before me-" She said she was a mother
and knew the feelings OF Mrs. Ross, and N
she knew where the Toy was She wOGid make
IL Known. In reply 10 lire inquiry why she
was 30 oSit.vc the Toy was alive sac said.
81 Know ne Is. Nh husband Wo - IDi harm
a hair Of his bead .quicaly rccOvtriUg ner-
self and very nervous ~ mean AZ ne hal
any thing TODD with it." MIs. Mpsn p is also
sister OF Nestervet {, now On trial IN PhIla-
delphia.
SINGULAR ACCtDEST- Nestcr1ay morn
ing very singaifr iEcidoLt occGrrC 4 Ia tb8
EarbOr, which O. nae very Lear resulting IA
fb. death a. A man "a lie r.,la- As vu.Tf a. -