The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-01-06

stances Of the and who cool headed enough 70
appreciate the FOLLY Of placing reliance upon the iaor
cations Of noorety seeker the sensations OF
pennya-liner when this St Adams story was arSi
published It scarce worth moro comment than the
word "untrue" But the credulity Of the verdant
Vermonters them far TO insist that their
precocious youth Charley Ross in spite OF the re-
peaed contradictions Of Christian X Ross, the one
person in the world who above all others, certainly
knows the dear person OF his loved child who is lost
but 1t
NEEDLESS INSULT
when the asue editor oil the local paper at st. Adams
blunders into the cruel injustice Of ntimatng that Mr.
Ross does not wish to end his boy. While the de-
tectives and all who know anything about the matter
laughing at the tempest in teapot among the good
people OF St Adams. il may be well to squech the
whole matter by briefly showing few Of the unruths
in the ST. Adams boys story.
He FIRST stated that he lived in West Albion street,
Germantown. and afterward in Wabion street Both
places utterly unknown in Germantown Charley
Ross lived in Washington lane Germantown, and no
where else
The ST. Adams boy says that he went t., school,
names his schoolmates, claims NJ Hall Stanton's son
for OF them, &C. Charley Ross never went 20
school in hse, and none Of the names he gives are
genuine.
In every particular his description Of Germantown is
false except the fact that il has Nam street In It,
AZ II would be hard to find country town that has not
Nam street there is nothing strange in this Neither
the street he claims 10 have lived in nor any OF the
others that he exist did il German
town. Neither 10 there park there he describes,
a prison. ''horse' drawn by mules. Mr..
Ross house which he saws IL near the cars only our
1--we houses - Is about half mile away. The 'stores
at the corner exist only tho fertile imagination oil
this bogus Charley Ross The "Mr. Wovington,"
who 'keeps the largest ice cream saloon" in German
town, not known there and has never been heard OF
by that name.
depot from Main streetrn eyes, sir; and when you go
INTO the depot you have to pass through place, and
there is man there who makes you show a ticket"
Now, in nine cases out of ten this ingenious youth
would have been right in this assertion this being the
usual practice of railroad companies But it happens
this that he has overdone the
reached himself Passengers do not show their tickets
at this depot
LIES ALL THROUGH.
In not one instance does this ST. Adams boy give
true If the persons who induced him to per-
senate Charley Ross had consulted ordinary map OF
Philadelphia his typographical knowledge al least
might have been improved.
THE "MR. GREGORY"
who claims to have beon four years in Philadelphia
and TO be "well acquainted with Mr. Ross aud family "
declares his place Of business, the Masonic Temple to
have been sin the immediate vicinity Of Mr. Ross resi-
dence." The fact Is that the two places wide
apart they possibly could be within the city limits
being about eight miles from each other. Further
more Mr. Ross does not know "Mr Gregory -. and
never knew of that name, except entirely
different sort OF person Neither has he heard Of
the creduous "Mr. Kenyon" who declared himself
fully convinced and If this individual is not fraud
be at least knows nothing OF Germantown. In brief
the ST. Adams boy is consummate liar. Charley
Ross If living is i've years ana ten months old, while
the St Adams fraud is evidently ten twelve years
of age, but very much older in precocious villany.
POSITIVE
have just Mr.. Ross the father Of the lost boy
He knows that his child has not yet been found and
feels very keeny the almost incredible cruelty OF charg
ing him with not investigating the ST Adams case
The truth is the poor gentleman neglects all his bust
affairs and spends his whole time in investigating
stories that even more plausible than this Tho
public does not know and never will, the agony OF
pense and disappointment that he endures, and the
wonder not that his friends see him daily kening
under strain but that human nature endure
much without breaking down utterly
That there is not word OF truth in this ST. Adams
hoax the public rest assured.