The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-07
tFrom ST. Adams Messenger of last EVENING"
THE BOY GONE.
Mrs. Blanchard did not come-The Boy Ia
ken Away on the noon Train, Mr. Kimpton
sent with him-They are Recalled by a
Telegraphic Dispatch They Come 7


| ken Away on tho noon Train, Mr.. Kimpton
sent with him-They are Recalled by a
Telegraphic Dispatch-Will They Come 7
| "Measureless liar, thou hast made my heart
SHAKESPEARE.
| At last he has left us. Our elephant has
gone. The young Ross claimant was taken
south on the noon train to-day.
All manner of rumors were circulated
yesterday about the affair. At one time it
was said that Col. Crosby had been arrested
as one of the abductors of the Ross child,
and this found more believers from the
fact that it had been given out that the cap
and coat belonging to the Blanchard boy,
which the colonel had brought from Mil
ford, were much too large for the claimant.
This was true as far as the cap was con-
cerned, but the coat was tolerable good
fit.
When it was learned that Mrs. Blanchard
had telegraphed that she was coming to
get the boy, the proposed trip to Philadel-
phia was postponed. AT $50 p. M, Col.
Crosby received the following dispatch
from Milford.
Mrs Blanchard did not go tonight. She
wants You to remain till you hear from her
, again. Bring the youth home and save
her the expense of coming, if you can.
At S:15 o'clock this morning Mrs.
Blanchard sent another dispatch to him, as
follows
Come to-day. Bring my boy if you
can, if not will prosecute for him.
Quite a number abstained from their
usual morning maps, and presented them
selves at the depot TO see the mother of the
renowned boy alIght from the night train,
which arrives here at $50, but no Mrs.
Blanchard put in an appearance. The
Ross stock" thereupon took another rise,
Mrs. Blanchard was voted fraud, Col.
Crosby an impostor, or worse, and the in
nocent "waii' the Simon pure Charlie
Ross. 1t was declared for the hundredh
time that he hadn't drop of either Irish
or African blood in his veins.
AT 100 this forenoon the Weldon house
coach, containing Col. Crosby and Mr..
Mcguire of the New York Herald, quietly
drove to the Jail, and taking in Tie hoy,
drove to the depot. He was delivered up
by order of the selectmen. The lad did
not seem to care much whether he vent or
not. He trpped up into the telegraph of
flee with the colonel with half-smilc up
on his face, and when jokingly questioned
by some present there, virtually admitted
Blanchard boy, though when the direct
question was put to him he denied it. Some
one said to him, "You have got better
clothes than you had when you left home,
haven't you, Jimmie ?" He answered Yes,
and laughed. When he was taken into the
car, however, he cried little.
1t was soon learned that the lad was to
be taken away, and quite a crowd gath
cred in the depot before the train started,
and, for moment, it looked as If they
would forcibly take the boy out of the car.
and purse was hastily made up to defray
Mr.. L. P. Kimptons expenses to Milford,
and back. He got aboard of the tram just
before 1t started, and some one told Colonel
Crosby that Mr.. Newton desired Mr..
Kimpton to take charge Of the boy. Col.
Crosby said he was very glad TO resign his
charge, and instantly vacated his seat,
which, we suppose, Mr.. Kimpton took.
The train moved off juct then, and those
who had crowded into the car to take
last look at Charlie got off with difficulty.
This afternoon, about $50 o'clock, an
informal indignation meeting was held In
front of the Weldon house, and it was de-
cided to telegraph to have the boy brought
back. Accordingly, Mr.. Rugg telegraphed
to Mortified to Mr.. Kimpton to come
back with the boy if the latter so desired.
The dispatch was signed by Mr.. Rugg and
several others, and in it he stated that the
people Of st. Adams were not satisfied
with the manner in which the youngster
was taken away.