Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1897-08-12
THE CHARLEY ROSS CASE
An ABDUCTION CASE THAT sTTRA..
TsO WCRl DIVIDE ATTENTION.
III" story Revived ny the Death of tks
Boy. fath~r-rhc Eoy was Carrt~A
pT far Heavy Ransom. bas -
Never Recovered by uis rar~nfS.

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gay .aA''e.' aeSso'aiae 'm .ha story
.o'd ~ "4Ise'' had
H7Ae,s 'iio ,'ieii io' t'de' iae men
so'H h'in ''iss "o"id give MN. 'iao
''i ''' ''r VI i.'A' 10y h'i, ata
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Il" Nv" hosS "atA.a u '!e Top 81 no
h'ii' anu 'heF were 'aeh 'ah"h into Tue
WAGON.
"Ai'eI wanted '''e ''i's. !" 'aA' ''.'ih
/" Nam street Tor 'he h'e""fhS 'sit
'ne a'o"e''fs Sa'i thes """''' 'ass
'"e'h - Aa"' susie. i''''"s i',
Sot'- II" men pie" 'he hHs WIN
+ candS, "hie the team was dfi'eh
i rapldiS toward htnsihIsoh tfaFio
i erled and bee1ed to +" taken h"in".
Al faimeT and Elehm"nd streets
Waiter was gwen quarter and al
rceted = get fireworks III cigar
store. The boy oheyed. AMI returned
I" ma Tie. wagon. the men ana hlf
curly haired brother gone. Ill tears
| brought crowd, and IN thls crowd
was II. Z it"cork' if'end 81 III" lam
iS. WHO TOOK me "os !" hi@ parents
me cider brother ioid an accurate
and coherent story OF the abduction
and gave inil description 81 The ai-
ductor* lis story was c"rf"bora'ei
and general alarm vas sent "a' l. mo
ponce, \ reward 81 95,"' was "nered
Tor the return 81 u" boy aht hl'eF-
ii@cinehts we're sent 10 all ht"apapers
III this part OF the country Mrs.
isoss was III at Atlantic tify, and tho
news of her loss was kelt from her
for some days.
1he police were unahle I" discover
trace OF the child, ana u was hof un-
til july / that anything III the nature
OF cine came To the h.aFchefs. Ihi'
was III the shape of letter from the
supposed aipduciors. IL was grossly
lliIterate and evidently phFpoSets 40.
Ihe letter informed Mf h"sh mat mo
andnctofs heia thc boy 20 seehf.'y
that no earthly power coald'f'hi' hi'a,
and that lie would not he d.h'tfea
without the payment 81 hts ransom
me ih'her was warmer 'na' nay a'-
tempt - recover 'i" my - ~,
would result IN his instant death ne
writer PROMISED I" e"inih'ii''"'' " i'h
hT. hos8 within ie" ohf
lwo days later 'hev "r''e 'i'i''a''''. :.
Ing So. ooo ransom Tor II. rs'ifh ~
~" boy lAls fhhl was lf"mF,y
raised hy friends "i MI. hoes, hut 'h'
police stepped III and asked - -
gwen the conduct of the cas- ihls
was granted, aud Mayor S'"k"ley Of
f~red reward Of s-h,"'n Tor the Ar.
rest of the hhhapers ana '1e return =
ine Toy. lhis hh'hefls" re" 81 = AZ q. :
ed worid- "ids attention anu s'' 'f'"'i-
sands q detectives a. "ofh anu H'i'-
hons oi tongues "asgihg
During several weary months hr.
h85s recelved sixteen letters from u"
ahductors, but they wer" 80 carefully
disguised that 10 ciu" to IL" writers
could l." found The "ntire c"m.
l4unlty had t'ecsn1e intensely excited
, OYER tn. case, and volunteers stood
guard ovcr almost every better box IN
the city, hat with 7" re~aii fhi'iac
interest vas 81 fever beat, and meet
inEs ri citizens were held III every
part q tAe city.
1talj men q business dropped
thelr coiumcrelal pursuits ALL beeat2c