Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-09-20

found to be written by Mr.. RoSS,
father of Charlie, declaring that if he
did not come 10 terms the Blood of
his son would be on his head. The
letters were not shown to the father
of Little Charley, because it would
only distress him more At that time
Mr. Ross was SO Frustrated that all
letters of information were turned
over to his brotherin.law, Joseph
Lewis, who then consulted the head
of the detective squad. The letters
Just discovered are dated November
22d and cath of the year of the alb
duction. In the first letter the alb
ductors say: 1--WE have now arrived
at a critical point We have decided
to fix day when this matter must be
settled We must have $50, 900 or
you will never see your boy. You
seem to think more of the money
than you do of your child, or you
would have settled this business long
ago. You can look at your $50, 600 a
thousand times, but it will not bring
your child. have never been bless
ed with a child, but it seems to me
| if | was father, | would long since
paid the money and got possession of
him. We are not murders yet; God
4 forbid but unless you meet us in
New York Tuesday, the oath of Nov
ember, 1874, this business will be over
/ forever -Four of us kidnapped the
/ boy, and to have HIM liz their posses
sion and have had him ever since
and your $50, 600 would only be s.,
/ 600 apiece That is nothing TO what
we expected TO make ont of the scheme
ON hand. If we had known your
financial coalition we would not
have touched your boy, Now that
we have him we must have ransom.
So that is all, We must have money
or his blood will be on your head.
You say you want more proof that
we have got your boy. You fail to
meet us or our agent in New York
November 81, and you will have
awful proof that have him. "Fhen
/ the father, who never gets glimpse
of the dreadful threats, is directed to
change his signature, Saul of Tarsus,
to the newspapers To advertise
ments notifying the villains of the re-
ception of their letters to Abraham
The note proceeds This is the last
chance we will give you in this bust
ness. We tried to meet you before,
and waited sope time, but you did not
come, and VIC left We give you
four days mere. If you don't meet
us, that decides the fate of your
child.
The second letter was sent, in which
Ross is impressed with the gravity of
the situation. This is the last letter
ever penne! by the actors in the great
crime, and bore the post mark of New
York and was dated Nov. %, 1874
1--WE wrote you yesterday it begins,
Saving we would settle this business
Tuesday, Nov "A. This is such a SER
ious business we write you again to
let you know this affair must be set
tied. We saw your boy as we came
over and he is all right Ross, this
matter must be settled or it will be too
late. Your boy is in charge of our
two confederates If the matter is
settled satisfactorily we can send by
wire all right and he il delivered all
right To YOU. If we send all wrong,
then no power on earth can restore
him TO you alive This matter then,
must be settled by Tuesday, Nov. a,
at noon, or never If you want your
child alive, keep true faith and meet
us in New York ~
Upon the heels of this letter came,
it proved to be, one dated Nov. %,
with an addition of a foot note, say
ing: I'VE send you copy Of letter
mailed to day This subject is SO i'm
portant we send You two letters 50
you will be sure to get one or the 9th
err.