The Morning herald., 1875-09-18

culisr point There was nothing in # that
would have drawn the mind of an ordinary
citizen to the Ross case; but there was one
point, one word In 1t, that would iinm6di-
ately arrest the attention of one familiar
with negotiations between the Ross family
and the abductors. The latter had been
contending for a payment of the ransom
first, and then after an interval the child
should be delivered up, while the family
meditated upon the two things being con-
currently done. Therefore, when t he person.
al "Saul of Tarsus, ,"said faction must now
be simultaneous" that at once caught the
eye Of one cognizant Of the negotiation, and
he copied it in his memorandum book. He
said he had not read the personals, but this
one he read aud copied, and said he thought
it referred to the Ross case. The date Of
that personal was November 13. Wester-
velt said he had last before that seen Mosh-
er and Douglass in the first week of Novem-
ber. By the correspondence it appears that
on the 5th of November the abductors wrote
that the name "John" in the personals was
becoming too common, and directed It to be
changed to "Saul of Tarsus." During the
time he said he was with them "Saul of
Tarsus'' was introduced. Another reason
why he should know that personal referred
to the Ross case, and why he should copy it..
..', t.t,r HE SAID
he did not, until after the killing, inform
Walling of the letter to the woman at
Roundout, which Mosher wrote in this city
but dated in New York, inclosing an enve-
icpe addressed to him at Westervelt's house
and telling her that would be his future ad-
dress, and which Westervelt carried by
hand to New York, until after the abduc-
fOr oho1- int oto n bo
tion this, though he knew the authorities
were; reaching high and low for Mosher's
handwriting 49, l"' ~ 'I'
Then what relations of perfect confidence
subsisted between this man and the abduc-
tors They took him to see the horse and
wagon with which they were to commit the
crime. He was entrusted with the care of
Mosher's, family, because Mosher knew his
visits to them would be covered up. With
perfect frankness and candor about
the crime and his plans for an ex-
change, he would not have talked
so with a man except that he knew that
man would not give him away. Constantly
they furnished him with money, trusted
him, conferred with him and put themselves
completely within his family; there was
such trust and companionship as was utter
ly inconsistent with any other theory than
that of common purpose and common in
terest among them. His part of the bust
ness was to control the police while the
other two kept up their batteries upon the
distressed family; and he gives Walling just
enough information to give him something
to do; he deceives Walling and decoys him
off on false trails, while his colleagues un-
timber their guns and shower their volleys of
brutal threats upon the child's family. This
was the heart of this mystery, the true ma
ture of the prisoners connection with it.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Sheppard's re-
marks the Court adjourned until tomorrow
morning in order to give one of the jurors
an opportunity to attend the funeral of a
member of his family.