Year: 1874

A sudden fr OF activity seized the police yester-
day. They began TO work with their early vigor
IN the Ross case IL was quite evident some new
idea OF the mystery had been developed, and the
police were working 1t out to ascertain
It's value. Mrs. Mosher was sent for BY
superintendent Wallng, and so were TWO
other members OF the Mosher family They
we're closeted with superintendent walling
for long time ana he doubtless went over The
whole story with them. Whether ne was satisfied
mot could not be ascertained, but Mrs.
Mosher suddenly changed her residence last
night and rs she seems anxious TO do all IN her
power to assist In the recovery oil The boy, that
looks significant She was TO nave gone TO her
husbands grave yesterday, but the weather Kept
her back. IT is likely she VIII have to go out or
town on business for the superintendent she ls
desirous 20 get the body removed from the vault
and buried as soon as she can. Her children have
been great impeachment in the way OF here use
mlness to the ponce so far. She has been
able only TO tell them what she knew or
suspected, but now IL appears she is going to
lend her assistance in looking for the missing boy
This Will be valuable aid TO the Superin teDdent;
for, although Mrs. Mosher retains strong reserve
over many OF the ways of her late husband,
1t is sale TO conjecture she was well ac-
quainted with them. He Is dead. She
Is confident he stole Mrs. Ross son
and processes she would DO anything in her power
to repair the loss caused By Mosher. There is
nothing then more likely than that she would prove
most valuable agent IN ascertaining his
movements at the time OF the abduc-
ton. Mrs. Mosher knows where he worked
at that time, how long he was away
nom her. what distance he could probably
go in the time, and she Is just the person to send
after him. The cue wanting previously was the
disposition in her, and now that has come to the
proper pitch. She knows exactly when Mosher
and Douglas left Philadelphia and when they re-
turned there. Mosher according to her. was q do
nestle man, and he would naturally 60 to his home
Immediately on arriving In the town where his
wife was living. She was In Philad elphia then,
estimate can be made OF the distance he carried
the cnlls TO get rio OF hum. II the police have not
much at fault. The route they took on leaving
Germantown has been ascertained. Superinten-
dent waling Is OF opinion


THEY DROVE OVER


the ferry and across Jersey to Raritan Bay with
rated rom Mosher and the child. He (Douglas)
was leit oehlnd TO get nd ol the buggy. 1t was
i9und IN Jersey CITY two months a.erwardma CIR.
walllng's theory, and the only point wanting
L. the cha chain H. here & Is the time they we're
She Is an intelligent woman, lull OF resolve and
nerve-a woman that II sne once took matter in
hand would devote all the energies OF
her nature to fatnOm Its depth. she Is
beside womaniy woman, full or sympa-
thetic, kindly, feminine feeling, capable OF
apprecatlng mothers sorrow placed in
the position Of Mrs. Ross. That Mrs. Ross was
placed In that position by her husband Mrs.
Mosner seems to feel keeniy, and there can be no
doubt, II the pretences are real, that she will
make strong effort to undo hls wrong. That
she loved Mosher devotedly there can be no doubt
Strange as II may appear, with her knowledge
OF his crimes and the great differences IN their
ages ana that she should feel deeply hurt at his
committing crime so foreign TO her estimate
Of mis- character is very natural. Taking these
viii find a compelent instrument in her
thing they have much needed from the
beginning. superintendent Wallmg Is devoting
and they are valuable. His detective knowledge
cannot be questioned, but he Is IN sore want Of
intelligent and. he is IN the position Of an able
anu experienced general at the head OF an unols-
cipnned, disordered soidlery. He has a police
force that he cannot trust, either to carry
out his commands - KPep his secrets, and the re-
suit Is he is compelled to do all the heavy work of
this burdensome case himself. 1t is telling ser
ously his health, and there Is danger II his
labors are not crowned with good fruit In due time
serious consequences may result TO him. Female
detectives are being urged upon him. aud IL they
are good ones and car be made to understand
the WORK the sooner they are sent TO help Mrs.
Mosher the better. An arrangement mas been
proposed to put her children INTO an Institution
IN the city, but hel consent has not yet been OBJ
tanned. The man who caused the renewed


EXCITEMENT IN POLICE CIRCLES


arrived in this city on SATURDAY night, He was
WaiiiDg and then he is SAID TO have gone 10 the
Filth Avenue Hotel to see Captain Helms





formation was OF that rlling nature that super
lDtendent Walling was unable 10 think 1t over
his house Is situated till near daylight sunday
morning in deep meditation. some OF the points
communicated By TINS man are SAID to be tnat
WORKING for third party. Who this party Is and
what his OBJECT .aay De in stealing the boy no
one knows, but the theory tnat such a
view OF the case is possible is quite natural.
1t IS said that this man employed
Mosner and Douglas to carry of tue child, and ne
q m
IN boat III Rafitan Bay. Mosher and Douglas got
their


MONEY FOB THE BUSINESS


then and were despatched. Ine man, they say,
p.ooaDy crossed the Gay alone with the child, or
company MIN, leaving Douglas behind
It Is much more likely that ne
and Kept up communication with him at least
u couple Oh DAYS. What this mans object
money, and he Was class OF scoundrel higher IN
the scale OF criminal lie than Mosher. man
was arrested oy the pohce last week. but whether
he IS 10 any way connected with the otner is not yet
known. This man was arrested In connection with
the Ross case and locked up in the Thirteenth
precinct station house, where he has been closely
guarded since his capture. lie was not conducted
10 deadqusrter and confined there. because the
au horlties were AFRAID his arrest would become
known, and tnat tact getting abroad would
give intelligence 10 people outside the city, with
wnom he Is supposed TO be in connection.
1t is now known-havIng peen ascertaineu since
his arrest-that his connection with the affair i'm
pncated but himself SO tnat the act or his confine-
ment cannot In any way injure the move men s
OF tne police at this stage. The Philadelphia au-
tnorties are stlll In town, and that tance
goes 10 snow all the mysterious workings OF the
case centre here. 1t mas all along been believed
The BOY was concealed IN Jersey or close TO It, from
tae TACT that Mosher lowered around there 80
constantly, but 1t Is now suspected the boy
has been been conveyed West, and that would
account Tor Mosher's trip 10 Chicago. Mrs. Mosher
can give vaiable iniormatlon on TINS point-
tnat -, she ought 70 be able to-and the
police should lose no time In putting her
knowledge TO use. Mosher has been re.
ported travelling q good deal about Long
Island and Staten Island, and IL certainly can
not he very dif1icult matter for the police
20 follow In his footsteps there. He was moving
In tue vicinity OF wnere Charley Ross was con-
cealed: there can be no doubt about that-at all
events Tor a time-and II superintendent Walling
Can md proper men TO work IL out, the public be-
lore long VIII have an opportunity to applaud his
Application and sagacity. Taikauve


oLD-DAAE DETECTIVES


won't DO It. and the longer he continues those he