Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-06-15
The Charlie Ross Case.

The Philadelphia Times says that a
letter was recently sent to Gov. Hart
ranft, of Pennsylvania, inquiring if any
guarantee of immunity from punishment
could be given him if Charlie Ross were
returned. In reply his secretary wrote:
"Sec. 0, Art. of the Constitution of
1874 provides that no pardon shall be
granted nor sentence commuted except
upon the recommendation in writing of
the Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of
the Commonwealth, Attorney General and
Secretary of Internal Affairs, or any three
of them, after full hearing upon due pub
lie notice and in open session" You
will therefore see that, however the Gov
ernor may desire to assist in the restora-
ton OF the boy to his parents, he has no
authority to guarantee a pardon or i'm
munity to his abductors or the persons
who now hold him in custody. Such a
guarantee can be obtained, if it can be
obtained at all, through the Board of
Pardons, whose recommendation the
Governor but rarely disregards."
The Times adds: son Wednesday
morning a gentleman who, since the abb
duction of Charlie Ross, has interested
himself in his recovery, and who is one
of the three or four persons acquainted
with the ms and outs of the latest clew,
left this city for the locality rear which
the boy is supposed to be in hiding, and
since that time nothing has been heard
of his whereabouts"
The York Pa.) Dispatch also has some
thing to say on the subject. 1t says that
James Logan, private detective, arrived
in that borough on Wednesday night, and
is busily engaged in working up the case,
and that he makes the following state
ment: Il have followed up this case for
nearly three years, and have knowledge
concerning it which no other man pos
sesses. / have confounded all the other
detectives, with their clews, and now
that MIR. Ross has given up this one l
take it up. will not give the informa-
tion which l hold at this time-it would
defeat my ends. have documents in
my possession which, if true, as fully
believe them to be, puts the Ross mys.
terry in an entirely new shape, and one
which will startle the public as it has
never before been startled All my in.
vestigations are made to add to the store
of my information, and not alone to find
the boy, but also to solve the mystery
surrounding his disappearance and where
abouts. The boy IS still alive, and do
not believe he was ever stolen for ransom
the plot is deeper STILL The cause of
his abduction, or rather the taking away
of Charles b. Ross, is the aim of my in
vestigation. / wrote TO Mr.. Ross under
date of March 27, 1875, stating that
never would give up my investigation
until found the person who was the
primary cause of the abduction. / am
occasionally alluded to in the papers, in
directly, rs a monomaniac on the subject
of the Ross case. can only answer this
with success in my undertaking. The
future will justify my work, and there is
method in my madness. The detectives
of New York and Philadelphia are as
smart and intelligent as any in the world,
and had there not been a Judas in the
camp they would have had the boy long
ago. am private detective"
The Dispatch in this connection re-
marks; "Our interview with Mr.. James
Logan is full of startling interest, and
he conided to us many things which it is
not proper here to mention, but in few
weeks they may be spoken openly, and in
the meantime the public may rest assured
that the end is at hand, and the denoue-
ment will be a surprise and sensation
10 ALL"