The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-03
THE LOST CHARLEY ROSS.
WESTERTELT'S CONNECTION UITH
THE kTDNIPPERS.
The Prisoncr's Story rs Told 70 tho Police
Ohccrs Inst spring How Moshcr and
Douglass were to Get the Reward.

rue Prtsoncr's story ms Told 10 the Police
Ohiccrs Inst spring How Moshcr and
Douglass were to Get the Reward.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. AT 10 o'clock
this morning the tnh Of westervet was re-
sumed, and Root. W. Leslie, a reporter Of the
Pub'tc Ledger, was called. MIR. 1Iaeort said he
proposed by this witness TO show that, acting as
reporter, he and others present ON the oc-
casion when the statement was made 10y tho
prisoner, reduced 1t to writing AMI also to show
the statement go made. No formal objection
being made, the witness continued:
wns present at the time the statement YVES maze by
me nrsoaer at the Central station. corner OF Fihh
Wood anl Hei >, and Mr. Ross aud Mr.. LewM %crc
Thst cycnug, 4 about elshi O'Clock, rcccivcd note
| from V. Mckcan TO report to Mr. ko at the Cen
~ ordcr q Mr. Mexican to report to NJ Ross There
cav Inc pfsonr Gan knew w Up ssr he WAS wss
| custody Mr Lewis, Capt. iitins. aud Can't. Wood
| TO me M | was writing them down. / concluded that
| w.te never published. handed them 20 MIR Mexican
Diapers handed TO witnessD nave here the statement
satcmcns n what he prisoner said ON that occasion
and Mr scott The remainder. have here shortEsnd
nos akcn ot what the prisoner said the words fen
l,c.exanlned-Thc ione.tand notes were made tho
Woa oe s low wo S" '''' Tue '"0'n'nu notes. Out
THE STATEMENT OFFERED IN EVIDENCE.
Mr.. iarert then offered tho Photographic
| aiN lhIlE lbnN nnleH, taken lY witness III the
| prisoners presencc, OF what the prisoner said.
To toe followed 10y similar notes OF the remainder
| of the statement taken 10y another reporter.
Mr.. Ford objected ON the ground that the
! notes taken by the witness were never read to
| the prisoner, and quoted the case of Mara and
Dougherty, in which Mayor Fox was not allowed
| To read statement of one Of the prisoners
| made to HIM and reduced to writing In the
| prisoners presence, ana he was allowed 20 give
| only his recollection Of what was said. Mr..
! brown also Insisted that the commonwealth
was bound to show first that the statement was
i made voluntarily by the prisoner Millout threat
MIR. Hagert replied that It was for the PARTY
ob1ecting to the statement to show improper IN
iluence, but he would, to oolige the other side,
make such proof now.
men,s Terg made by the prisoner IN April last at the
wa held out 70 nm before he made that statement
told him that the Grand Jury had found true bill
against him by an onicer Of the Court ana told MIN
snd he Was free To ssy snins or noIhe @ S aI
NJ don't think could have said uythiIg more dis.
MIR Leslie was called to the stand, and upon
instruction from MIR. Hagert, he read the state
ment a. follows:
wEsTERvELTs STORY.
To the best OF my know edge in Philadelphia on
the 25h Of Jure, the befor the letter Of that
Mosher snd Douglass about that time That they were
susp,cted Learned u from Gil Moshers wllc. don't
them. GA Mo.hcrs wife also said the officers we're
iitn od me Thai he niceFs were alter tnsin Tor his
otter thing told Mosher and Douglass all that she
wcstervelt detailed bis movements In New
York with Mosher and Douglass. After hts
knowledge that they were suspected for this
offence they visited taverns and Douglass went
TO fortune tCllers To see II Bill had sent a let
ter there. Mestcryelt wrote a letter. dictated to
INN uN Douglass. which was sent To Blu Moshcr
In Pniladelpha. That was tue day Mrs. Mosher
asked HIM To 20 to Philadelphia to move Mosher's
sister, 10 md out whether the house here had
been watched. and To pat "A DtTson In the Nor
lorh Hldd under the head Of Napoleon, to
INF run them " 1t az all right. hut he didn't put
/, In, and went back to New York that after
noon. Westefvelt continued:
Mr.. hosheI didn't 90 back with mo that afternoon
because sLc could not get rtaly. She told about
the house oeing watched. dicnt e., Nosnct from
stayed with me two incDths Nosser and DSuga.s
came TO my house shortly after ana STAYED there
stayed lew hours eseh tine they eane. went viii
sIenr.op to koaeoui and came back on the, ia
Neithtr Noeher nor pougiass spent ans part VI any
ssS Al oaSSgs As.Ssf aud Douss.. SoSos S
u. s e9 E Haae several excuses 70 get ~! Of t.
umncr ,aru near Il ineb,cS They AZ, elrcd q have
Ia, n .q % W ws .s' s-s eaeS 'S Sea Ios
NJ e.t l,' prai,ed ne o.a.y an4 .aid 80. siSa,s
w. aud they 'su.n anu. "a tia; Il wac oniJ loo
set t.cn CA tac t,a oonc' uunr.
TALkiNG ABOUT IHE Stolen CHILD.
Westetyclt detailed the circumstances and oc-
clsions when he saw Mosher ana Duuelas iftor
the city Of New York with them, anu continued:
~ was aware that they were not m4Aing living m
toset1,f Mosier rrr,,terhs hi. unaefP lie :istt
Of Dy, and Doug 49, a. Nrgut. lheg als "a uout
iaEs it, sscr,cIt Ssked now The ar,it a. eoeid c
tue none, u the parties were willing 10 pay H. Doug
- sae the pan he'd been changed that he Sas To
part inat the uOuey could be ea,Ily obtain q that
"a m SSSS , o s Low T., woa s June me
S Sat te, ' w. ur aa vs Iu IN s9uSa &c,
lol hm about lheir gone across y Astoria and hos
%siaas Seat Tor them but ioSnd he Was II e 'i loo
aie. stayed there with Douglass u. ~ after break
Douglas, again on the l3th, IAN, " 18Th Gleasous
the New England House. Tue next ! heard OF them
wac mat tnsi were shot a. FosI hamilton. cauI
opiuon tia he l. with the parties have mentioned, ~
om,nl ia June concerning tue chi and Kew no
G n ,na s% eIe mere IaoG sn never 9ad NE
FAY ihYss parties ,pen. InG night a. nv house - 10
Ing anu wac keeping him on tue track
ANOTHER STATEMENT.
Mr. Leslie now read the statement made on
the 18th OF Aprll, which was substantially as
follows:
wa born 10 Paterson, but was raised IN New York.
ly,d ~ tL aelL- IN January MN Mosner', fin.
went Dics to Sow lor. ia April Mo.n,i sas ia The
slice. Mo.h,r and Douglass had hor,e ana asisii
~. lore acnt 10 NV YORK never 6cird tlrn
az u a% and dress sood e once come nacs
tue house by eKpre-s. about ~hch / had a
june. snd stayed two DAYS pcdding MS
moth pow der On the evening the secoud aav yn,n
| saw Was going back to New lork mat d4y kosner
asked mt 10 MAS with Alm to Washington ayruup. and
showed me horse and buggy. He taid he mad lusi
bought them The horse was medium siz d btt, uul
thc Ouegy VAS NINA, ulack, light bOdcd autug
downward lie said he had pai4 S6j Tor the horse nv
suspicion was that he lad solt IN, Mosher wrote
etter that af crnoon, Hnd tooA II to New YORK and
mailed II 70 Rondonl; dd not want 10 give Mosher
aSay. but was willing to gave Doug ass away, and
that why tod allng that could get the Md
BY taxing DOUG ass. mt beard OF this abduction
when It N The papers. IL made lnlprus lOI ON
ne. 1 met Mr. MOlrssey soon after ami he spOke
about this aDLctlOn, aud said he hOus II Moser
and Doug and tls was the nTAt time he had
ntun directed to these men IN connection with the
crime but placed no credit IN tne tory.
wEsTERVELT INTERESTED.
Wetervelt listened tntently To every word
leaning forward on the hing Of his dock with
an interest greater than any he has shown be-
fore. MIS- Mestervelt shared her husb bands con-
Germ about the document, never taking ner eye
from the reader until he had finished Every
one In the COURTROOM seemed to appreciate the
importance of the declaTntIo there being no
noise to interrupt the witness, except what
came from the street below.
Mr. Scott, he phUnographeT who had relieved
Mr.. Leslie, In taking down Westervelt's declara-
ton, continued to read that portion which lie
had transcribed from his own notes. The dec
laIatiun Is "a volumlnous document, covering !
about one hundred pages Of fOOlscap paper.
George W. Walng was then sworn aud the |
court took a recess.