The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-02-05
Little Charley Rosa Letter from /.
Relative.

Little Charley Rosa Letter from a
Relative.
A relative of little Charley Ross has re-
Gently made a visit to the house of his par
ents, and contributes a very interesting let
ter to the Boston Globe. He says:
1.-THE writer passed couple Of days
with Mr.. Ross, at his home in German
| town, short time since, and would like
to inform the reading public that every
night and morning from that christian
family fervent and earnest prayers are
offered for the return of the little lost
boy. The days are spent by the father in
every effort that promises the slightest
degree of success in finding Charley.
Letters arrive by the dozen, some of SYM
pathy, some making inquiries, and some
simply ridiculous. A letter arrived (which
the writer of this letter saw, written in
German, from an apparently intelligent
man, stating that if Mr.. Ross would take
young hen that had never laid an egg,
and cut it in four pieces with knife that
was new; lay the four pieces of chicken
upon a newly planed board at midnight;
walk three times around the board, repeat
ing the words enclosed three times, he
would have Charley returned to him the
next day. AS Mr.. Ross is the most courte-
Gus of men, these letters are all answered.
Letters of sympathy from England, Ger
many, and in fact from all over the world,
have been received. Soon after the disap-
pearance of Charley, letter would be re-
ceived from, say Wisconsin, Come on at
once, Mr. Ross, we have found Charley;
there is no mistake etc. Mr.. Ross would
start by the next train. Upon his arrival,
he would find boy with red hair, blue
eyes, or perhaps he would have an unmis-
takably Celetic caste of countenance.
The writer saw photographs of over
twenty different boys who had been look
ed up in this manner. Mr.. Ross is now
obliged to do the Identification business by
telegraph, and decides the matter by few
questions.
AT the table the writer met little Walter,
an exceedingly bright and knowing boy,
who was taken with Charley and left on
the road, eight miles from home. Poor
| little Charley was quiet, sensitive little
fellow, who was the good boy of the fam
ily, full of affection and kindness. How
he must have grieved his poor little life
away among the brutal men with whom
| he was surrounded!
| The mother informs me that she feels he
is alive, and that God will not fail to an
swer the many prayers that have been Of
fered for his safe return.
Little Walter has always persisted in
saying that the horse used by the abduc-
tors would turn round and laugh at them.
Repeated reprimands would not cause him
the abduction, horse wandered into New
ark, n J., covered with burrs, emaciated
and woe begone. He was carried to sta
BILE, and Mr.. Ross notified. Upon the ar
rival of Mr.. Ross, the horse was harnessed
to the same kind of buggy used in steal
ing the children, and little Walter was in
vited to ride. Upon being touched by the
whip, the animal turned around to his
driver, dropped his under lip, puckered up
his upper lip, and showed his teeth, while
Walter clapped his hands and shouted
There, papa, didn't l tell you he laughed"
The best detective talent of this country
has been engaged for six months, without
success, in tracing that horse and buggy
from Germantown to Newark. The writer
saw the original letters written by the abb
ductors to Mr.. Ross. Imagine the feelings
of kind father when he reads, "Charley
has been secreted in place not fit for
human being to live in. The light Of the
sun has not shone on him for six months,
and if any of your detectives discover the
place of his concealment, that will be the
signal for his instant death. We have it
SO arranged that his body will disappear,
and nothing be left to criminate."
Mr.. Ross is a gentleman of high social
standing in Philadelphia, was never "fast
man, has no enemies, has noble Chris
tan woman for wife and as interesting
and we'll behaved family of children as
the writer ever met and the public may
rest assured that Charley was stolen, and
stolen for the purpose of extorting ran
som of $50, 900. Mr.. Ross has made and
is now making every effort to recover his
boy.
Fearing have trespassed too much upon
your columns, l will close by saying that
there is faint clue now being run out i'll
a Southern city that promises to elucidate
the mystery of the fate of poor Charley
Ross. UNCLE SAM.
Boston, January 10Th.
eB-A popular science monthly informs
the world that, elf man falls asleep in
the sitting posture with his mouth open,
his jaw drops; the tongue not being in
| contact with the hard palate, the suctorial
space is obliterated; the soft palate no
longer adheres to the tongue; and, if re-
| SEPARATION be carried on through the mouth,
the muscular curtain begins to vibrate.'
The meaning of this is that eff man
doesn't keep his mouth shut when he is
asleep, he will snore," and anything but
scientific paper would have said so.