The Ordway new era., 1922-09-29

E-ss.-rsse has bameQ tne stss
rms ~. of the world anh In spite
t'sas'' .,,srt - that, has ibsen made. In
4, +" y ,hs 4 expenditure Of Knss sums
~ ne mystery II as deep to-
n'a.a. ;.-s.s- July l.-1s74, when
,a,' xss. first -missed---.ss---.....-----
,.,,., X Ross lived in German
ssl.. N 0utlyns section Of Phiiadsl-
w. M ..a Chsrles WAS the youngest
~ \, M MSyt ehadren. oAs the fine iof
4. =. r.au,ur, the child 'was only four
IA and was playing with his
~. walter. on the sidewalk In
sut oiiths house.
s.s,d.ys previous to the kidnap-
fSordins to the story which
r.,s Ross told the police. three
..M spoken to the boys and had
..I lem some candy. On July l.
.,;me men drove up in a wagon
N hdted The Ross boys to take a
y. ~ the nearest fireworks store.
r. M mothers got In and were driven
sm, ~ dStancs TO a ssction uf the city
I.ssG A. Ksnsington, where Walter
t".. Sss oven quarter and told
\ Il Out and 20 into the nekfsst
sor Il make his purchase. When
n elnl out Of the store the wagon
hd Hsppeared. &
A4tfssearching In vain for his broth
tG seyefsI minutes. Walter Ross
'A.ab6 alarmed and commenced to
[aJ FHIs grtef attracted 4 crowd of
mo- fnd he was taken home. but no
du, could be discovered as to the
,b,nsbouts OF bis brother. The
/ |PhuidelphIa police searched every
ut'of the city for three days and
liaVatlements were placed In the pa.
/ Nn without success until, on the
morning of July came q poorly writ
4 ten and lll.spelled letter stating that
Charley Is all rite, but you will have
II pay Us before yu get him from US
nd pay US big, too" This letter con-
dudsd with the threat that tho boy
[Rqld be Instantly Killed II any at
FlEpt we're made to put the police ON
|ii tail. 4la
On July 8 another letter arrived
Aulnding 10000. which Mr.. Ross, In
plts Of the protests Of the police and
|ltAits idstectives, asrsei,t6 pay. Ow.
|hy to the watchfulness of the police,
sEsrer, the kidnapers were fright.
ah and failed to keep the appoint.
nsntt which they made With tie boy's;
hthefsf ~ 44- y - sos.
Not only all America but Europe
" we'll Was now concerned with the
Ras Kidnapping case and the bright
Ut minds In the detective forces Of
m Continents Joined In the search,
Msd By the size Of the reward and
b fame which would ACCOMPANY an
istuil solution Of the mystery. Re
n'ti Of the missing boy came from
y sections. Of the country and Nr.
lss made more than 400 t1pa sin
INNING down clues which proved to
y false. in addition to- spending at
MS $4,000 In his frDitless search.
Almost up to the present time, men
sao have claimed to be Charley Ross
hW put In. their appesranee.- only to
an their stories shattered by Some
s'all' which fail to match In with
be facts. n
!, The nsars.s APP sbbDarosch to slal4;ai {. jl.aol4s;isa
the mystery was the deathbed con-
~ s'aSn Of two burglars naRsd Aosheri
'aa no Douglas, but the truth lot fheir;
"'ements could never be verified be-
'' .a's they died before giving an &C.
ua'e description Of what they had
''Ae WIN the boys body. Z I ~
NJ Ross continuedltke ses.reh untll
Y y osath In 1897. and the boys moth
!, VINO died only few years ago. al.
'v'malntaihed \ that hef boy, ~aa. not,
~, eat-that he would come back
s ss sePe day, Her belief wss .nsver
. Sned however. and the myifefy
marley Ross remains one Of the
.'Vtsea ,.sa riddles Of the police depart
t.u1 a. me classic case Of 64Ut6I Isful
'usspms .-ss to Which az '0tnersssfs com.