Year: 1876

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The news that the search for Charlie Ross
90 far from being discontinued, is now act
lively going on in this city will probably be


heard with no little surprise. It is hardly
necessary to remind our readers of the cir
cumstances which attended the boys ab-
duction from Germantown, Pa, two years
ago, but 1t may be we'll to recall the fact
that the perpertration Of that crime was
fastened beyond dispute upon two men who
died tragic deaths at Bay Ridge in the win
terof 1874. These men,


MosHER AND DOUGLASS,


who were shot by the Van Brunts, while


attempting to escape from house which


they had broken into, died before they could


be induced to make any confession of the
| terrible offense they undoubtedly committed.


In view of this, attention was turned to
Westervelt, the brother OF Mrs. Mosher,
who was arrested and convicted for
completely in the abduction and among the
efforts made to induce him to disclose the
fate of the missing boy was the offer OF
pardon from Governor Hartranft. Failure
In this direction was followed by the offer
of every inducement to Mrs. Mosher, wife
of one Of the slain burglars, to tell what
she knows, DuJ tne


PERSISTENT SILENCE


of herself and brother have hitherto led ir-


resistibly to the suppositon that the boy
had been foully dealt with. The search,


however, has been prosecuted without inter


mission and with unfagging vigor, and one
of those engaged in it is a gentleman who


is relative of the family, and who he's
ever displayed an active interest in the


work. This gentleman is intelligent and
not without means, and he has come to
look upon the work In which he is engaged
. as something never to be relinquished until
that boy is recovered, or until it is settled
that he can never be found. 1t may be i'm
agined, however, that he is engaged in an
occupation which will have the same in
variable and monotonous ending-failure,
and popular belief of this is no doubt justi-
fed by the


LONG ARRAY OF FAILURES


which have been the end of the most skill
fully conducted detective operations. But
there are reasons for more hopeful view
of the situation. In the first place 1t Is
known that the imprisoned boy was on
board the piratical craft stolen by Douglass
anu MosucT, anu tHeSo Acu were III Luc
habit of going ashore from time to time, to
engage in their nefarious work, they must
have had confederate who took charge Of
the prisoner and Of the boat. These facts
being admitted the establishing of the third


mans identity becomes matter of para


mount Importance to successful issue of
the case, and the gentleman to whom
reference has already been made recently


saw Chief of Police Campbell, and to him
announced the significant fact that he had
DISCOVERED WHO THE THIRD NAN WAS.
Without moments delay the Superintend-
ent sent for Captain Daniel Ferry of the


Third Precinct, of whose sagacity as an
officer 1t would be impossible to say too
much. Into his hands the case was given
and he in turn procured one of Brooklyn's
shrewdest detectives, James H. Roach, to


assist him In his search for the confederate


of the defunct burglars. Assisted by the
relative spoken of, these officers have been


unremitting in their efforts to discover him


but so far without success. 1t is ascer-


tanned, however, that they have photo.


graph of the man in their possession, and


that developments of character calculated
to inspire hopes in the bosoms of the be-


reaved family may shortly be expected.