The New York herald., 1876-07-31

Charley the atler's abduction and this fact
alone made the bereaycd father anxious W fully test tho
mans statements These very definite
except in the particular that he lthe mulatto had
had charge OF charley Ross Tor about nine months
knows where he now, and could get him If proper
measures taken He did not very anxious
TO get money from Mr. Ross, whom he never asked for
any, but simply it would take about $40 for himself
aud those who were to accompany HIM TO mako thsrp
To where the child Is.
Tho general impression Is that "George" should not
have been lett TO and 60 at his will and pleas
ure. II he was 'beat" and his object was TO MAKE
money he deserved imprisonment for attempting 10
extort money, and II he really knew anything mpor
ta OF tho whereabouts OF Charley Ross hc could havd
OF child and imprisoned, Wes,ervclt has been.
In either event Imprisonment would probably soon
have revealed his true character and guilty of dupc
ity and attempted swndling he would well merit his
punishment, WHILE If his statements were honest, he
would DO compelled to divugo his full information
the subject
CHARLEY ROSS TRACKED TO BosToN-DEsCRIp.
TIoN OF THE KIDNArl.Es.
OCEAN HOUSE, HAMPTON BEACH, N. H.,l
July rs. 1876 !
To EDITOR BosroN GLOBE
l present here some reasons for thinking that
Charley Ross has been in Boston. About months
after the abduction Detectives Gerraughy and Harding
were notified that named Parker wanted for
connection with tho abduction. The only party
answering the description had been living in Couch
street the fourth story of tenement house, but had
left for parts unknown before the approach of the
officers, as according to the testimony OF q French
living in the next room to the suspected family
that the boy with them but two three years old,
the matter allowed 70 drop During visit OF the
writer to Mr. Ross, while consultation with Captain
Hcncs and Mr.. Mclean, OF the Ledger, who has
taken a whole.soulod interest in the case, #
mentioned that all OF Moshers
ciaes had been traced and examined with tho excep
tion of Parker, alias Tom Richardson. a photograph
OF Parker was gwen to the writer with the request
that he would see If Parker had been in Boston With
the cordial Of Chief Savage the Bostos
detectives the matter fully looked into with tho
following rcsuts:-A party, accompanied by a little
boy called at certain house ana inquired for
She had been inmate. and then he asked
be allowed to sit on the sofa and rest He mentioned
that he would call again and left The little boy called
for glass of water, said he hungry, but had
been travelling all around and camo to Boston big
ship. Parkcrs picture and the photograph OF Charley
Ross arc called very good lkenesses OF the man and
Couch street, next door to a French woman, who now
corrccts her testimony, and says tho child with tho
parkers was four years old or more
CHILD ANSWERS THE DESCRIPTION CHARLEY
in the mnutcst particular. rhc dimpo in the chin,
even cowlck IN IT'S hair are described by tho
French woman and others without promptings from
the qucsioners Other pictures OF children have
placed picture vi Charley, and they would pick
the Ross picture being photograph of the Par
ker child. Charley Ross had habit OF placing his
hands over his ewes when he met tranrers The child
with the Parkcis would run tie door OF the French
woman's room, peep through his hngers at her and
then grab cold potato IRON her table and eat IT. hs
was always dirty, thin pale and hungry. Two well
dressed strangers called at Parkers room, while In
Couch street, and inquired for Parker. Mrs. Parker
denied that hc hved there explaining to the French
woman, who present. that Parker had ordered heI
TO do Mrs Parker got relief from the Charlton
Street Bureau IN October Mrs. Parker and chd.
We have the testimony OF two men who Will swear that
when Parker beat her Mrs Parker said she could
put larxcr IN State Prison for lie. as the child with
them was not theirs but stolen child When asked
where he got 1t she SAID
IN SEw JERSEY AND WE BROUGHT 1T TO BOSTON,
part OF the way by vessel" She told OF
at another time that she 'araid to have Parker
with the chd as he might Kill it," This party was
present Sunday when they got the child drunk
gin and says that Charley Ross picture good like
OF the Parker boy, whom he has held his kneo
many trmcs They let Couch street in arrears for
rent, with all their earthly possessions a carpet bag
Corroborative OF all this Is the act that prisoner
Sing Sing wrote to Super intendent WalI,ng OF New
York, that If he would send Sing
Sing he would give him information Of the whereabouts
OF the Ross boy The delectLve was sent aud returned
with the Information that the prisoner would 20 per-
sonay and hnd the boy, nut would impart inforna-
ton tor others to use. He sent secsnd time for tho
same detective and informed him that as he soon
to be released he would with the officer to Boston
He knew tue man y ho had tho boy and would divide
the reward with the officer The prisoner released
iew months since. The writer had an interview with
him IN New York aud was informed that tho prisoner
had heard Parker say in Philadelphia that
NE HAD CHARLEY ROSS SAFE IN BOSTON,
and would never give him up without tz0 900 reward
II he Kept him tiil ho twenty-onc. Mrs Mosler
reluctantly admits that Parker boardei with them II
philndciphia, but says he never had child, and
MOsAer would rover have trusted Charley Ross with
him. The writer has spent several hundred dollars
personally 10 find Parker. and Is willing TO liberal
sum 10 interview the young man, either outside In
side PRISON bars The child held by the Psrkers
alive i've months ago. The last information OF Mrs.
Parker IS that she I'm Lowell or Lawrence about
six months ago Any person sending Information OF
the following described persons viii be suitably
warded. Should the child with them prove 70 be Char
ley Ross | will guarantee a reward OF s.. .000:--
Tom Parker, about thirty years old. hve iect
eight inches nigh, blue gray eyes dark
plcxion; he dyes his mustacbe; his weight Is l50
pounds; he has sloping shoulders, with a sloucny
B0wcry cxprcssion walks auickiy; chcws tobaccot
talks with Bovcry "b'hoys' accent He Is slightly
pitted with smallpox He poddles hat racks or silver
poisn or patent cap which, placed upon door, OK
plodcs when the knob Is turned He has also been lhs
proprietor OF air gun. lie would be rather poorly
dressed
Jenny Parker alias Julia Clements, Is about twenty
Eve years old; height five feet two; weight 13s Sho
has black hair in curls behind; round, full face;
very swartby, greasy conpexion brown eyes; plump,
French Canadian She tr sses neatly. The child with
plexion; hair light in color and inclined TO curl.
whether short or long. There Is q cowlick lcfi
side wnere parted and dimple the chm. He has
less clews promising nearly well this have been
out, and subscriber uses that mighty engine
the press. with the hope that It will accomplish what
he with all the detective talent he has asked for have
not succeeded in. UNCLE SAN