The times., 1897-07-05

kept in communication with the abb
Guctors by means of personals ia the
news papers. Letter alter letter came
in answer TO his personals; they were
mailed at widely separated points, and
the police could not trace them.
IL was In the summer of 1875 that
Gilbert Mosher told Police Superintendent
Waiting, OF New York, THAT the abb
duCtOrS of Charley Ross were his brother.
William Mosher, and Joseph Douglas,
botn comparatively weli-known criminals
Haihng obtained other evidence of the
Truth cf Gilbert Nosher' in formation, ond
satisfied himself that William Mosher had
written tue anon yuous letters. Then be-
gan aunt Tor those two men, but before
they were run To earth they were killed III
the commission of another crime.
Friends Of the Ross family had advanced
the amount demanded by the kidnappefs,
but the police persuaded Mr.. Ross not TO
give the money on the msIe word OF out
law fiends that they wouldIateT return the
child Several times Mr. Ross noUified
them by personals that he WAS ready TO
exchange the 100000 for the chiid, the
exchange 10 be simultaneous, but they
wOuId BOT agIcc TO this. The authorities
urged that il the money were paid and The
abluctoTs were not punished, an epidemic
Of chile stealing would surely follow SO
the police had their way of it.
lUiIcC superintendent Waiiing knew
Moshcf, anG knew that he nal twelve
brothers. IN his youth he had worked in
tire last River shipyards, where tie father
Of the MCSlo: family and some Of the sons
had also heen employed lie knew, tto.
that william Mosher had married Martha
Westeryelt.
Martha had brother william, who had
always been an idle and dissolate fellow,
and who made his living by selling to the
fences on the East size vaIious articles
of merchandise which his brother-n-law y
! lad stolen. Walling sent for Westerye!t
and arranged to have him appointed
! Patrolman on the police foIce III Consid-
Grafton of WesteIyelt's acting as a stool
| pigeon aud bringing about the return If
the stolen boy. Westeryelt, like his sis
| ter, was absolutely loyal TO Mosher. He
/ was Wiling to sacrifice Douglas, but was
1 unable to DO so and at the same time save
! his brother in-law. SO he deceived the
I head Of tie police fore.
il was proved that Oh tie night II De
Cember / 2, 1874, Westeryelt had Interviews
with both Mosher aud Douglas right under
/ the noses Of the police III New York cry.
/ His sister was then the pTopietIess OF a
restaurant IN the basement Of the old build
/ ing al No. 90 Grand street The base
Ment Of this building had been occupied 10y
q shl emaker, and the upper floors weIe
/ tenanycd by pawnbroker, partly for bust
ness and partly for residential purposes
! But tie fact that lie was there was not
/ then known to the police
! "esteryelt Kept Mosher Informed Of tho
police moves TO the extent of his power,
but The hunt was getting close when MoSher
ana Douglas were killed on the night Of
/ December 3, 1874, in an attempted burg
IuTly.
The building at No. 50 Grand street ad-
! jcincd that on the corner Of South Firth
avenue About 1850 and 1881 there was
a cav e-in over there and these two build
iHgs were so badly dana sed that they
I were torn down. When he gorkuen were
breaking down the walls in the basement
where Mosher and his wife had carried
on the restaurant they found in an open
ing the body OF boy, now proven to he
that OF Charley Ross
Charley Ross was born on May ( 1870
He was alive when Mosher and Douglas
met their fate in December, 1874, for he
was seen in company with this william
Westervel getting off Brooklyn car on
North Second street, in the Williamsburg
section Of that city. Douglas haI been
a car driver 10 that part OF the town.
ELLSWORTH AOsher, son Of Gilbert Moshcr,
the man who told the police who the
ahducJoTS We're, would not reveal the
Coh:idcnceS OF his dead father until Charley
Ross fat her was dead. too
knowing that the little bones found in
TIE cellar wall were those Of the Elai,.n
baby hoy. il is not hard to de,Iuce the
story cf lbs death.
When MoshrT and Douglas, the bold
spirits OF the infamous gang, Were gone
the fn@hteBed remainder, probably the
woman and her bICther, were left with
the child on their hands. They did not
dare restore him, for detection could
hardly fail, and they Were not bold enough
to continue to look for the ransom money.
Probably WesteTelt, from his connection
with the police. felt the blood money
would never tie paid.
50 % save themselves the remnant Of
the kidnapper gang murdered the baby
boy AMI hid his bones in the cellar. which
kept their awful secret well enough to
save them from the galIows.