Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-13

Oh MS cruel captOrs, ana sODDlng 1OT
his mother and little brother. They
described the silent anguish of the
father, the wondering grief of the
brother and heart-rending tears of
the mother, as week followed week
without developing trace of the
whereabouts of the golden-haired
one. They said, these writer's, that
the captors would probably murder
the boy and escape the country un.
less quickly apprehended. They
declared revengeful mutilation upon
the little boy was likely to be perpe-
tratcd; and they cppealcd, by one
means and another, to everybody to
join in the search.
Christian Ross friends later came
to him and rendered the money he
had asked and more in addition, and
said
"Givc the kidnappcrs this-in our
name !"
And individuals all over the
country rose up and offered rewards
for them, and for the child. And in
Philadelphia party of rich men,
among them Childs, Drexel, and
others, met together and resolved to
employ the best detective talent in
the world at their own expense.
They sent to the Pinkertons, these
millionaires, and told them to put a
man on the trail and spare no ex-
pense.
eve will pay all costs and add
five thousand dollar bonus, they said.
Later they doubled the bonus.
Then they said $4,000.
Then they said S50,00O
Then they said $4,000.
Then they said 100000.
And finally they offered "any
sum !"
Altogether million dollars, it is
estimated, were offered in rewards.
Wherefore it came to pass that
such a hue and cry was raised and
public feeling was so aroused that
the entire world was looking for the
criminals America, Europe, South
Africa, and even Australia.
The Pinkcrtons, Immediately upon
receiving the commission, set all
their wonderful machinery, silent
and invisible, to work. And they
learned who the kidnappers we're in
comparatively short space of time.
There were two of them-an elderly
wretch named Moshcr and youth
ful pal named Douglas.
This pair was not unknown to the
police. But their offcnses against
the law had always been Of a petty
character. They were given to
driving through the country in a
ramshackle wagon, peddling ostcnsi-
bly,, stove polish. But their real
business was sneak thicving when
nobody was looking, and the burg
larizng Of unoccupicd houses.
They had passed through German
town, and seeing Charlie stole him
upon an inspiration. 1t was a crime
that, ordinarily, was far beyond
them.
And these detectives also turned
up many friends and relatives of
Moshcr and some acquaintances of
Douglas. And they also traced the
kidnappcrs themselves from the
moment they first spoke to the child
while playing on his fathers lawn
until they reached New York City.
But these friends and relatives
knew nothing that was of value.
They were, those people of tho
low east side class, as anxious TO
deliver the criminals into the hands
of the law as were the Pinkertonc
thcmsclvcs--thc rewards offered
them to do so were not to be re-
sisted. And in the hope Of gaining
them they told many stories of the
mcn-none Of which gucsscs hap
pcned to be right.
The Pinkertons, in the meantime,
had 100000 copies of a circular, dcs-
cribing the boy, giving his picture
and Offering the tremendous rewards,
struck off and distributed. These
were printed on very thin paper in
order that they might be more easily
mailed to foreign countries.
The belief, however, all along pre-
vailed that Moshcr and Douglas
were in the vicinity Of New York
with Charlie Ross. They had been
followed there, and then the great
metropolis had been miscroscopically
watched and their escape thcrefrom
was matter of impossibility. AT
the same time the most marvelously
pcrfcct search of tho citv ard all lis