The New York herald., 1875-09-12
CHARLEY ROSS.
THE TRIAL-MRs wEsTERvELT SEVERELY CROSS
EXAMINED BY THE DISTRICT ATToRNEY-CLAIM-
ING AN ALIB1 ON THE 9TH OF JULY-ANoTHER
PurLApELpHIA, Sept. IL. Is

EXAMINED BY THE DISTRICT ATToRNEY-CLAIM-
ING AN ALIB1 ON THE 9TH OF JULY-ANoTHER
LETTER.
PHILADELPHIA Sept IL, 1875.
Mrs Westervelt, the wife of the prisoner was the
witness stand during the entire session of the Court
day to answer the questions OF Assistant District
Attorney Hagert in examination.
6TH July
The questions regarding the 9th of July, the day
when Mrs Peers testified having Wcstervelt in
street car with little boy answering the description
OF Charley Ross, very minute and On that
morning witness about O'clock leaving her
husband in bed she did not him again until nearly
noon and she had every reason to believe that that ho
remained in bed all that time although she did
him after she left him there. ntt
AT about he came, dressed out of the bedroom
into the where the wife did the cooking and asked
for his cohee there door from the bedroom into
the cooking room and one from the cooking room into
the hall; the bedroom dark room, lighted only
by hall window, above reach; the door between the
two rooms was kept open all the time for the sake of
venating the room; witness explained that when she
said she did her husband between O'Clock
and nearly she meant that she did not him up;
she passed the bedroom door several times in the
terval and saw him lying in bed; this she was positive
Of he did not go out at all in the afternoon but took
pillow and blanket and lay down In the hall; In the
evening he went out.
The visits of Mosher to the Westervelt house were
closely inquired about; Mrs. Westervelt judging from
her of speaking of Mosher did regard him
cordially and said she had idea why he came to their
house. as he never invited there 10 her knowedge
she herself mailed letter that her husband brought
from Philadelphia but she could remember that he
told her whose letter why he brought it to New
York to be mailed, or what the address the
velOpe although she thought II probable that she read
it, certainly having curiosity enough for that; the
tents of the letter she entirely ignorant Of At this
time the composure of the witness gave way and for
time she wept violently shaking with sobs that she
could not answer any questions
INTERESTING QUESTIONS
Toward the close OF Mrs Westervelts cross examin-
alton Mr. Hagert asked her few startling questions
He first asked her-she having stated that she knew
Mrs Manning--f she did not say to Mrs Manning.
the Bay Ridge affair." that Mosher had stolen the
child to get money to build floating palace and that if
Hosher had lived until December H. 1874 Charley Ross
would have been given up, as the papers had been
drawn up at a hotel in New York;
Witness responded ''No, sir | did not; | didn't
say anything like it, for never heard it,"
Did you tell her at that interview that Mosher break
tasted with you and your husband the first Sunday
morning after you moved into the Henry street houseY
was the next question Witness said she remembered
saying something like that, but she did not remember
that she specified the first Sunday morning that they
said during the conversation about the stealing of the
child. Mr. Ford objected to this as improper cross ex-
replied that she didn't know anything about the abduc-
ton say, and never said anything any one about
the stealing of the child
Witness was then asked If Mrs Manning did not ask
her, ''Why Mosher If he represented
should steal the child?" The reply the mega
tive
MYSTERIOUS LETTER.
Mr. Ross has received another letter in relation to
Charley Ross. He in and out OF the court room
all day, though something important was on hand
OF course he declined to give any information to the
purport of this last letter but official who saw il
intimated that it announced that the child was still
alive and would be returned