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CHARLEY ROSS
The Abductors of (he Missing
Boj Shot Dead Yesterday
at Baj Ridge*
A BURGLAR'S DYING CONFESSION.
Haw the New York and Philadelphia
Detectives Obtained <a Clew.
WHERE IS THE CHILD?
Superintendent Waiting's Suspicions and (lie
Way They Were Justified.
.
THE BAY RIDGE THAGEDY.
The public Interest in tne Hobs abduction ess?
was revived and tne Identity of the men who ab
ducted the child established yesterday beyond a
^ , way that was as tragical as It was an
e^eaed It woaid seem that ever since the de
cSonrUn w to. I. ?l.6row?ot Cfrlcf
t?? or t'n, mes m ? MOT" ????
nubile Superintendent Walling of the poilce felt
ferum that 11 answered the description of two
burglars, named Mosher and Douglas, whogener
^y-iorked" in company. Starting out un
hesitatingly with that conviction, the police(have
with the greatest secre -y ever since, under his -
rectlon. been laboung day and night in order to
ESS* .coundrels to their lair.
of causes they failed, but the dvtng
^ or the two men. botu of whom were Li .d
yesterday while perpetrating a burglary at Kay
Ki'lge, near Fort Uamilton. shows concluB' I
that Mr Waiting's suspicious as to wlio the a u
we're were well founded, and that his starting ;
nolnt was the correct one. What bearing the deat
Sr?ao ^?ors.whod,ed without glv.ng a clew
as to the child's whereabouts, will have uponi the
i.'nances of the discovery of the boy is a ^ |
vshlch depends now, seemingly, upon the wil e
of a tnird party, who was an accessory ^
t'.e fact in the abduction, to produce the child,, or ,
ipon the still of the police in lerreting out ?
otrty's hiding place, if unwilling to produce the
uoy voluntarily. But as to the tragedy and what
ir jujht it about.
the tragedy.
About one mile irom Fort Uamilton, and just
ai.joining the little cluster of houses which lonn
tot vu age of Bay Ridge, is located the summer
residence?? handsome irame structure, aur
rounded by ample grounds-of Judge Van Brunt
of the Court 01 Common Fleas, or >ew *ork.
building is not occupied in tne winter season, its i
care devolving upon a brother of the Judge, Mr. J. |
U. Van Brunt, who is a larmer and resides with
W8 family in a building distant about two
(eet. l.etwe n the two houses stands a stable,
where William Scott, a laborer, ltves. The Judge,
last summer, recognizing the exposed position or ,
the place, which overlooks the river, caused bur
glar alarms to be p.aced on the window sills and
Hoors of Ms house, and the wires were connected
wiin an alarm bell in the sleeping apartment or
Mr. J. H. Van Brunt. About three o'clock yester
day morning the Utter named gentleman was
aroused rrom his slumbers by the sharp metallic j
BINUlNG OF THE Bl'BOLAB AI.AKM BEf L. (
ne at flrst supposed that the noise was due to tLe
uct that as he had been in his brother's house
that flay he might have left the windows raised,
and the wind doubtless caused the alarm to
iound. On second thought he determined upon
sending his ?ou Albert, a young man twenty-four
rears of age. to close the windows in the house.
Albert proceeded to obey the order of bis father,
but belore doing so called the servant man Scott, ,
who was sleeping in the stable, to accompany i
him. On approaching the house they discovered
a light in the upper part ol the domicile, and at
once determining that there was something wrong
within they quietly withdrew. Albert said, on
returning to his home, "Father, there Is some one
n the Judge's house.'' The old gentleman, spring
ing out of bed, proceeded to dress himself rapidly,
*nd said, "Get the shotgun.', my son, and call up
Herman Frank," another larm laborer who slept
on the premises. When th*y had seen well to the
loading and priming of their pieces the tour men
sallied forth quietly to protect their property and i
punish the daring robbers who hail invaded the
premises. The forces were deployed expedi
tiously and quietly by Mr. Van Brunt, Sr.. who,
in company with William Scott, lay down in the
grass on his belly, In Hie rear ol the Judge's house.
Albert Van Brunt and Herman Frank went to the
front of the building. Frauk screened himself
rrom view and Albert boldly shook the rront door,
making a racket which at once alarmed the
burglars within, as they blew out the light In
stantly. In a moment he heard them moving
down stairs, ana. peering through a window, he
saw two men, one of whom lit a Inciter ma'c 0
pass across the par.or. Ihey then made their
way down into the cellar and were emerging from
the cellar dooi waj in the rear when the men w 10
were i\ing in the gras-s covered them with their
lowllng pieces and
CRIED OCT
"Halt'stop!" The only response was two pistol
shots which tne fleeing burglars fired in quick
succession. One of the men uttered an exclama
tion or pain, indicating plainly that be had been
wounded by a snot which was fired at the same
moment by Mr. Holmes Van Brunt. Both bur
glars turned to run op an alleyway at the leftoftae
house. Albert then came up and fired a shot at
the man first hit, and turning upon the other
fellow snot at him. The elder Van Brunt came up
to the assistance of nis son, who was engaged
with burglar No. 2, while No. 1 ran out into the
yard. The man Frank fired a charge of shot into
the latter rellow, who fell down upon
fellow who was IB combat with Albert fired
shots at him from a Bmall bmlth A Weaaon re
volver, and again he raised the pistol, pointing
the muzzle in the youug man's race. Quick as
thouiht Albert clubbed and raised hia musket
?truing the burglar with such lorce on the right
loreai m that the stock or the piece was shattered
to splinters, the pistol fell from the hand of
TU? WOCLD-B1 ML'BDBBKlt,
and turning about with a yen, he ran away.
Albert then drew a pistol from his pocket and
iired three times at the lleeing man. Two shots
t?k effect an-l death waa almost instantaneous.
The defenders of the Van Brunt house then being
makers of the situation proceeded loexa?Je l''?
condition ol their game. Toe man wao bad been
brought down bv Frank's shot waa dylnf, but .till
conscious. A light was procured "pending
over him, Mi. Van Brunt, Sr., aald, Youn* '
jour time is pretty short now. If you j1**? * *
thing to say you had better be about It
Wh?. are yon? What is your name? and wnere did
j on come rrom?" The dying man replied,
TBI REVELATION.
'??We came from Sew York. MJ nam* 1? Joseph
I>oufl**- l'uat man lying over there If William
Mosher. He lives in Philadelphia, and haa a w e
and a?x chridreo. (Superintendent W*11U?* woul l
fflve a good deal to get hold of that man. It he had
not beeo wiled ouwtgfct he might havetold you
where that bey who waa stolen irom oerauntown
<rherley Koae) is to be round." "Have yop any
re-iatlvee about beret" Inquired Mr. Van Brunt,
TS1 have was the answer, "two sisters living
?omewhere, out 1 have not seen them lor more
tnan ten year* Tou will find in my pocket $40, and
nil I auk of jou ia w see that l get
ail l mm* V 1 ^ DBCBtfT Bl'BiAL."
r,imvered for upwards of two hours In
r?"*! , ndexpi red about hall-past five o'clock.
i carried out of the cold rain which
was tailing U bene^h the abetter of the porch ot
tnVho!^ whl?h tuey had^auempted toroG.
I.M
gitVfw7Jr?e. or atout build, aandr luu. a*"
siue wntsterssnd mustsehe, five feet nine inches tn
height. His leatures were decidedly unprepossess
ing, a portion 01 his noee being eateu away by can
cer. Tne tlrst joiut ot the flrm Auger 01 the riglit
baud Is missing. Iu dw pocket was lound a caiistio
pencil, aud a few matches. Douglas, woo wai also
a desperado Id appearance, wai about ihlriy-nve
fear# old, had carroty red hair aud mustache or
tbe same hue. crooked noae. but O herwt*? r>*guUr
features. He hud evideaily eujoyed a furer share
of intelligence than bis elaer companion in crime.
At an early nour iu the morning
THE COUNTRY PEOPLE, f
among whom the story spread with theri^ldttyo'
wild Ore, gathered about the scene ofthetrageay
aud peerea curiously at the de*J.??(ldJ5?14 ^?er
l?'>rch. Among the curious ?!,n
vant (rtrl, who recognized in tbe
whom she had seen ta ?*??" inokeeusa
the night. A mau named YanBrun*
Sl?rSXX'or ??reanm.nt. at hi. place a, a late
hour on Sunday mguu BotH men were vet j siiat)
W1J DOV^tka IDENTIFIED 48 A CHILD STEALER.
A domestic Iu tne employ ol Justice C. W. Church,
of Fort Hamilton, identified Douglas at a man
who dad attempted, In July last, to at dustt.narley
rnurch a ?ed live >ears, and a son o the Justice.
Tiie man Ine woman .aid, had fondled tbe boy
until he had trained his entire confl'ieuce, and
then, taking him by the band, was aliou to lead
the child away. Th? worn n ssrs ?s noun as she
missel the boy she proceeded alter the man, in
company with a girl, and, overtaking Dim, u-nl
considerable trouble be,ore ihcy could regain pos
session ol Chart y. This rem.irKabie recognition
oi the dead enhanced the nteresl ol the rustics m
the tragedy una aioveoutail feelings of soirow
lor the laie or the deceased.
Constable John llo.lund, of Bay Utilize. took the
Van Brunts, sco i aud Prank, luto custody to aimie
the result ol tUe coroner's inquest. this action
la, oi course, nothing more than a matter of lorui,
as they were entirely justified in their conrss.
Jus'ice Church reached the soeue at an early hour
ana telegraphed the iacts to Coroner Lawrence
Whitehiil, oi Brooklyn. That offlcial ordered city
I'nuertaker Coay to remove the bodies to the lty
Morgue, where mey were taken in tt.e aiternoon.
Arrangements nave neeti made by Coroner W "t'e
bill lor hoi.iing the inquest on W eitnes<iny. l>r. A.
M. Shepherd will hoiu a post-morten. examination
over the bodies to-day.
THE TELEOKAFU CALLED INTO REQUISITION.
Justice Church Hint tne toilowiug telegram to
Superintendent Walling, of New York:?
Two burglars. William Moshor and Joaeph DourI**
were klllea here l*sl night. Do you know theiii.
Douglas declared, whou dylug, that Moslior kiK ? ui. ,ut
Charley Koas. 0 w CUUKCH.
The reply was as follows:?
Douglas told the truth. 1 have been looking for them
ever since the boy was stolen. Will genu tin oflicer >vlio
Knows them. G. W. WALLING, Dupeniitcudont.
Detective Selllck arrived, about tea o'clock aud
Immediately identified the bodies as those of
Mosher and Douglas, two notorious river thieves
and burglars, in conversation with a reporter
upon the subject oi Bill Mosher's connection with
tie Koss abduction case, he said:?"Mosher ha*
been a bold aud active thiet all his li.e, an l
lie U forty-five or firty years old. lie
used to wora with bis brother, John
Mosher, but they had some quarrel, a venr or
two ago. over the division oi tne spoils iu a
Keyport burglary. They got away with about
$6,000 in that burglary, and, after a .ong search,
we found them and arrested them in Monmuutti.
N J. Thev were locked up in tne Jail mere, and
we told the authorities oi tho place tlity nad bet
ter be very careiul. lor the two broti.ers would
most likely break jail. They oniy laughed at us,
and said they guessed their Jail was strong enough
to hold them. Bless you, tney were oat beiore 1
morning. They took away the whole side of the
Jail. Then, as I say, the two Moshers had a guard
over their swag, and did not work together. Bill
Mosher took Douglas for a partner, aud he and
John were ready to give each other away. We
got a clew to the Ross abduction, and 1 have been >
working with Joan Mosher for six months trying
to get noidoi BuL I've been up and down the .
river In a steamer lor fllteen days trying to And
Bill but haven't had the good iuce to and him un
til now. This is a mighty good job."
DUVULAB CONFESSES His COMPLICITY a THE AB
DUCTION.
A young man named Theodore V. Bergen, who
resides a short distance irom the house of Mr.
Van Brunt, ana who ran to the assistance of his
neighbor, gives the lollowing Interesting state
ment in relation to an interview wnlch he had |
with Donglas while the latter lay dying of ins
wounds:?"1 was asleep, wuen I was aroused by i
the discharge or firearms. 1 sprang out oi bed :
hastily and went to the window. 1 threw up my
window, and could tell by the sound that It was ?
over at Judge Van Brunt's house. I called as
loud as I could, 'Do you want any help oyer
there t' The answer came at once,'Yes,'in Mrs.
Van Brunt's voice. 1 remembered at ones tne
chicken scrape they had over tnere, and 1 thought
perhaps theie were thieves over there and tuey
miirht neea help to capture them, as soon as 1 got
the word yes, 1 hurried on my clothes and called
to my brother Thomas, who I lound was already
up, and
WE SEIZED OCE OUN9 AND KAN OVEK.
"As aoon as we got over we round tnat the two
men were both shot. Mosher was dead, having
received two wouuds in the back, one oi which, 1
think, must have gone straight through his
lungs! Douglas, however, was alive, although ,
horribly mangied with the gunshot wound, aud I
lay in mortal agony down by the lence where be |
had been shot. 1 went to him, and he asked for
whiskey. I got some whiskey lor him, and he
pushed it away alter tasting it and called lor
water 1 got him some water, and he drank It.
1 asked him who he was, and he said that uis
name waa Joseph Douglas and that he was a
single man, having uo relations, except a brother
anu sister, whom he had no, seen for twelve or .
fineen years. Mosfier, ho said, was a married
man and nad five children. Then he said, 'it's no
use lying now. ,
I HELPED TO STEAL CHARLEY BOSS. |
"When I heard this 1 sent rlgnt away to get all ;
the people together that 1 could, so that the evl- ,
dence that he might give would be fully estab- i
ltshed. lie said that he helped Mosher to steal
Charley Boss. That he was in the buggy wltn
Mosher when they stole him. 'Mosher knowa nil
about It.' said he. I told him that Mosher was i
dead, aud asked him to tell me the particulars. ;
?Inspector W alling knows,' said he,'and the boy j
will get nome all right.' 1 questioned him lurther,
bur. could not get anything more out of him, as he ,
was suffering so terribly that he would not talk.
It is geueially believed that Douglas was a
stool-pigeon, notwithstanding what na himself
said?tuat he was about to give his companion
away, in police parlance, as soon as ? lavortble i
opportunity should present itseu to him.
HOW TUKY LANDED AT BAY RIDOE.
The burglars cainc over from New York 6ariy in
the evenui* in a Hmall sloop, which they anchored
at a poin "about half a mile oelow the Van Brunt
larm ami then pulled ashore in a rowboat. Ihe
sloop, which Dears no name, is painted black. The
men, on lauding, proceeded to Winants Hotel,
Bav Kidge Dock, and drank several glasses of
liouor maintaining a short conversation in a low
tone of vo.ee. They effected an entrance by the
cellar doorway and had ransacked the place when
thev were alarmed by the Nan Brunts. As the
man Douglas lay groaning in his deatn agony a
servant woman came up and, addressing him,
said "It is just good for you l" He replied, inourn
luily, "Oh, madam, I have been a very wioked
man."
There was a great deal of
excitkmknt at police headquarters
when it became generally known that tne two
men nad been in some way connected with the
Koss case. There were but very few persons even
in the detective office who had been
1 confidence oi the Superintendent relative to their
being concerned with the aDductlon. and It Is more
than probable that most ot the
much surprised at the news as anybody else who
had never beiore heard of BUI Mosher or
Joe Douglas. The first superintendent Walling
heard oi their death was about nine A. M., vrhen,
on arriving at his offlce, he was handed a
by Mr. George Hopcrafft, his secretary, who had
received it a few minutes before. On opening it
the Superintendent lound that It was from Justice
Church, at Fort Hamilton, Informing him that two
men nad been killed at Bay Kldge In Judge Van
Brunt's house, which Ihej had entered while per
petrating a burglary. A description of tne men
were given, and then loliowed tne question,
"DO YOU kNOW ANYTHING ABOUT iHEM?"
i It should oe also added that the Justice stated in
the despatcu that one of them, named Douglas,
beiore dying had confessed that his companion,
Mosher, was the mau who stole Charley Boss and
knew what had become oi the boy. Mr. Walling
at once telegraphed back to the Justice
that the men were the very two he and nis officers
detailed lot the purpose had been In search ot lor
some time in connection with the Boss case, lie
i also immediately sent a despatch to the Pa'?hts
of the missing boy at Philadelphia, telling them
of tne death of Mosher and Douglas, and ordered
Detective silleck to proceed to the scene ol the
tragedy lor the purpose ol Identifying the dead
bodies. A Herald reporter called upon Superlu
! teudeut Walling yesterday afternoon and had a
long conversation with him concerning the burg
lars and their connection with the stealing of
Charley Koss. Before the conversation was held
Silieck bad not returned from Bay Ridge, but it
1 may be premised just here that when he did re
I turn he stated that tbe men wno had been killed
1 were, sure enough, Mosher and Douglas, ^^om he
and other officers had been trying to get hold of
Ibi* the past four or five months.
TUB HERALD ON THE TRACE.
??Is It a lact, Mr. Walling," asked the Herald
reporter during the conversation he had with the
superintendent, - that tte two men who were
killed at Judge Van Brunt's were connected wltn
the Boas abduction casef" ? . ..
"it M a fact," was tbe reply; "and, 1 tall yon
what it Is." he added with a mischievous twinkle
in bis eye, "we managed to keep tnat lact away
from you newspaper people with the greatest suc
cesa! Not a day has paased since r put my men
on their trail but I reared lest some news
naoer Darasraph mlgnt spoil oor plans. Tne
HiRALD^anie very near getting hold of It one
"me, I remember. It bad been arranged that
some or the Koss family and myse.f anuafew
l others should meet one evening at the
tan Hotel, to conrer about these iSfSi
lne my surprise that aiternoon on bema wcosted
1 by a Herald reporter who asked ma If
not to be a 'con ere nee'about the case l^?1** A
1 really for a moment thought
? had obtained information aa to the partiea we
, were after, but It fortunately had not,"
? When rfld you first suspect Mosher and Doug
' las ot being band in hand fa the fh?
I ' Weil, i will ten you. Boon after 1 received the
description as given by the boy Walter
wno bad seen the two men In tbe buMl Wuo
| took little Charley away, after a conference with
Captain Headen and the obtalninx ot other
. tnioi rnatiou, I knew my men. Yon will re
memoer that that description said one of the men
wore ?oggies and had *a monkey nose,' a* the chil
dren called It. Despite the goggiea, the detailed
denTiption of the man's deformity 01 nose aud
I the description given of the other man told us who
the men were. Let me ahow yon bow qnickly
Mother was recognized. 1 called in Detective
I smeck one day, and altar describing Mosber and
ihe peculiarity 01 bia nose. mentioning him by hla
anas of ilenderson, I told him 1 wanted to get bold
01 him, but did not tell htm for what. Bt.leck at
once . xclaimed, 'Why, I know him; that's Bill
Moaner.'"
"Then from that time forward yon have had men
< looking tor Mosher aud Douarlaa f"
I "V es. We arranged our plana very secretly, and
no one knew anything about tbem, with toe excep
tion o: the ofllcera engaged in the hunt and Borne
ol the members of the Ross family, witn whom I
1 have been in communication about the men for
j four or five months by mall and teieurapu."
"Was the search made in this cityf"
??In this cityr 1 should say it was. There was
! never made in my experience so thorough a
search for any tiling aa has been made by us in thia
case, officers have been secretly detailed every
where?at tne lerries, at the depots, wherever, in
I lact, we had an idea we oouhl get a clew to the
men. The city was thoroughly searched, and our
officers nave been in almost every >'ity In the
luiou. The country, t o. has been undergoing
A THOKOCOlI SKAIlC'll,
and for two weeks or so 1 ban a steam launch en
glided in prowling in the bay and on the Sound."
"What was the Idea of the launch on the
Sound t"'
I "i knew the men's habits. It was one o! their
cust juis to go lrom place to place In a small ooat
on their visits lor spoilt*, and 1 came to tne con
fusion that they might be come across m that
way. You see, my theory is borne out by the dis
covery that the fellows went down to Hay Kidge
In a sailboat, and that one ot their old. habits
had not been set aside. A cat-rigged boat was
stolen at brldgeport .-otuc time ago, winch 1 got
linormaiion about, and it may be that the boat
tne men used to get to Bay KldgeIs that boat,
showing that our launch on the Hound was not so
; lar out oi the way alter ail. However, I hare not
us yet obtained a description oi the boat at Bay
HldifO."
"Then Mosher and Douglas were not unknown
1 to the police as criminals?"
"They were not. Hoth of them were bad men.
Mosher used to live In the Thirteenth ward and
{ Douglas in the Eleventh ward of this city. They
had
WORKED T0GETfTER FOR TEARS,
and for Boute time Mosher, under tne alias of
{ Henderson, lived in Philadelphia, and Douglas
lived witn him Mosher had anotner alias, mat of
Johnson, and Dougiaa was Known by the alias of
l Clark. Mosher was a married man and had three
1 or lour children, lie was, 1 dare say, well on to
flttjr years of age, and bis mustache anu side
whiskers were quite gray. Douglas was a smaller
man, with gaudy hair and mustache, 'lney were
both veiy rough lellows. They were known as
?bad eggs'always. Douglas at one time was em
ployed as a hand on a railroad on Long island.
Mosher was a smart n,an, aud lor one o: his kind
quite well read. He foimerly kept a saloon in
Ciraud street, near Laurens street. Mosher was
the man who wore goggles and who induced
Charley Ross to get itiio the buggy."
"Now, Mr. Waiting, what do you believe was the
object oi these men in abducting Charley Ross'"
?itwas simply to make money. They undoubt
edly had an idea that Mr. Itoss was a rich man;
i.nd but lor that idea they would Dever have
taken the child. One ol their habits was to go
about with
A nORSE AN!) BUOOT
through the country semng all sorts ol things,
patent articles and all that, and under this cover
occasionally Track a crlu." They were evidently
on a jaunt like that some time before they took It
into their heads to abduct Charley Ross. When
they began to have letters dropped here and
there, addressed to Mr. Ross, telling him unless ;
he paid so aud so the child would oe killed, be i
and other members of the lamiiy were naturally
very much alarmed, and wrote to me about it.
But I lett certaiu by the way tne two men man
aged to elude mv officers that they knew l sus
pected them, and that that wooid deter them
iroui harming the boy, and 1 always told tne
lamiiy not to oe lrightened by tbeir threats."
??With all the search made lor them were you
never able to hunt tuem to close quarters?"
"The lact that they were seen out once In this
city or any place else after the abduction shows
pretty conclusively that they knew they were
b.'ing looked for very ciosely, and, consequently,
did not venture out much lrom wherever they hid
themselves. The last time their whereabouts in
this city was known was shortly after the abduc
tion. A man who keeps a saloon in this city was
asked by a certain private citizen bow long since
they had been seen at his place. This citizen was
seen to speak to an otlicer shortly afterward by
this man, aud Mosher and Douglas dropping in
some time afterward he told them an inquiry bad
been made for them. They evidently got fright
ened and were never seeu aiterward. Two men
were never bunted to the death with greater zeal
than were tbese same two scoundrels; and It is
pretty certain they never ventured into the city
bv day, and It they did by ninht it must have been
lor only a very brief term, aud then got away in
their boat."
"Mr. Walling," the reporter here asked, "what
effect will the death ol Mosher and Douglas have
on the Ross case?" "It the boy was in their care I
may he not have been concealed in some place un- ;
known to any other person, and thus starve ?"
"it is a rather bard question to answer," was !
the Superintendent's reply, "whether the death of
these men will have a good or a bad effect upon
the case; whet ner It will
FACILITATE CHARLEY BOSS1 DISCOVERT
If In the hands of other persons or not. My opinion
Is that it will be all right now," and Mr. Walling
spoke in quite a cheerfnl tone as he said this.
1 rom the way he evaded any lurther questioning
as to whether be knew of any other parties being
connected with Mosher and Douglas In the abduc
tion or rather In the concealment or the boy, the
reporter came to the conclusion that tbere are
persons who, now that Mosher aud Douglas
are dead, will be able, witbout fear, to i
point to bis whereabouts; that, in lact, the Super- j
inteudeut's suspicions have not covered Mosher
and Douglas ouiy. In answer to the question as
to whether he knew where Mother's wire was, he
repUed, "1 know she used to live in Philadelphia,
and I know where she was last Saturday night,
sne nas moved three times within a month, and,
unless she has moved since Saturday, 1 know of
her whereabouts. I would rather not say any
1 thing more about other parties who were some
1 what connected with Mosher and Douglas in this
| Ross business. This woman may, in alt probabil
ity, be able to do a great deal that will serve to
unravel the mystery which now surrounds the fate
of the lost child.
JERSET JfSTICE.
The Superintendent and Captain Hedden, who
happened to drop into the former's office after the
above conversation was held, were of the opinion
that Mosher and Douglas kept out oftbewayof
the police as much lrom the lear of Jersey justice
as anything else, captain liedden, who knew the
two men well, says that some three years ago they
committed a burglary at Freehold, N. J., were ar
' rested for it, and, while awaiting trial, broke out
I of jail and escaped. Tney were afraid of recapture,
; and ever since that time nave been flitting about
here aad there under all sorts oi disguises.
PHILADELPHIA VISITORS.
About five o'clock in the evening, while Super
intendent Walling was in his office modestly
telling to some reporter* part or what ne bad
known of the doings or the abductors of Charley
Ross, Captain nelns, of the Philadelphia detec
tive lorce, entered, accompanied bj Mr. McKeen,
managing editor of the Public ledger, of Philadel
phia. Immediately a secret conference was held
by the Superintendent and his new visitors. When
It was over Superintendent WalUng and
Captain lieins observed a strict alienee
in respect to its topics and results, and
Captain Helns and Captain Hedden, formerly of
tbe Thirtieth precinct, who first broached the
theory that ltosher and Douglas were abductoraof
the child, started out and sent a despatch to
Philadelphia calling for several persons to come
on from Philadelphia to identity tbe dead thieves,
j Among the persons called for were young Walter
| Ross and several women who saw tbe abduotors
talking to thj children before the abduction of
little Charley. Tbe two officers went together
afterward to Brooklyn to view
TUB BODIBS AT TUB MORGUE.
They returned at hair-past ten o'clock and an
nounced that they were unable to And anything
at the Morgue on tne men's persons in the way or
papers, Ac., that would indicate tbe place
] oi concealment of the lost child, they
! not having the right of search before
the Coroner's arrival. About the same time that
J they returned to headquarters, two citizens, one
or wbom was pointed out as Mr. Frank Lewis, of
i Philadelphia, a relative of Mrs. Koss, and the
other as a relative of Mr. Koss. Captain
| Hedden was now more communicative than ever
belore during the day. lie informed the reporters
! that the robber Mosher was probably a native of
New Haven. At all events, he sum, Mosher and
| bis brother Gilbert. who has been a deputy sheriff
In this city, came from New ilaven years ago and
settled la the Thirteenth ward.
jrq* MoqfBR family
used to live in Kivington street, opposite the
public school, near Pitt street. Bill Mosher was
thoroughly acquainted with the shores of both
rivets, the Bay and the Hound. He and Douglas
used to rob the stores of the villages along these
shores. Arter having met the relatives ol the Ross
family, both captains lea the Headquarters with
tbem.
Very soon arter their departure Superintendent
Walling returned to the Central Office,
and went directly to tbe deteetivea' omce.
After a short consultation with Detective
Golden, and an inquiry after the Philadelphia
party, the Superintendent started away again.
Pour detectives speedily followed him, but they
| went in a direction opposite to that taken by
Mr. Wailing. It was surmised that some decisive
I action toward
I THB RECOVERY Of THE LOST CHILD
I wns about to be undertaken, but the Idea couH
I not be verified.
I iJLtm in tua i>vemn<r Dataatlv* who ?*as
( Bent to Bay Ridge twice daring the day. returned
finally. Be had nothing new to communicate,
however, relative to the death o( the men whose
i builies be had officially identified on hi* first visit.
TUB HlSTOKY Or TUX (Us*.
It was on tne alternoon of Wednesday, Jnlr 1,
1 that little Charley Rrewvter Robs, then lour years
of age, whlie playing with his elder brother, Wal
, Mr, waa abducted irom the immediate vicinity of
his fatber'a residence, on Washington laue, Ger
, mantown. Two men in a buggy approached the
children and invited them to take a ride. The
invitation waa accepted, and the men drove the
children into Kensington by a circuitous route.
There Walter waa sentby the kidnapperstoasiore
to buy fireworks, and when he returned from bia
errand the wagon was gone. Waiter was taken
home the same evening, but little Charley waa
aeen no more. Tfcen began the aearcn for the
missing child, wbicb haa been almost unparalleled
in similar annals. Mr. Rosa began by informing
the polioe of the abduouon and by offering a re
ward of $300 for the recovery of his son. Numer
ous arrests were made inPtulapelphiaoi suspected
peisons, men and women, bat nothing came or
Ihetn, and there was even a universal seared In
stituted, every bouse In that city being visited by
the police. Meanwhile numerous anonymous
letters were sent to Mr. Ross by the kid
nappera. and advertl-.ements appeared in
the dally papers, emanating apparently from
the same source, all ofierlng to treat with the
faiber for the restoration of the child, on the busts
ot a large money ransom. On the 22d or July
Mayor Stokley, at the instance of numerous
i wealthy citizens, Issued a proclamation oOenns a
reward of $20,000 lor tbe arrest and conviction of
the aodoctori and the restoration or the child.
This proclamation bore a likeness 01 the cniid, to
gether wltb a description of him and such details
concerning the appearance or the abductors as
had been gathered, it was scattered all over the
Continent, aud resulted in tue starting of
almost innumerable clews, every one or
them that afforded tbe si glitest basis
lor hope being vigorously followed op.
On tbo aid ot August the private detective
agency at Mr. Allan Piukerton was enlisted in the
case, he relinquishing ail o:alms upon the reward
of $20,000 In case 01 his success, being remunerated
for his services and expenses out of a separate
lund raised by leading citizens lor the purpose,
from the Pinkerton Agenoy circulars were also
scattered over toe Continent, containing descrip
tions of the parties and an excellent photograph
01 ti:? child. The clews to the child's wnereaoouts
which were followed up have been too aumeroas
lor enumeration, and we can notice only the
most important and promising. On July
25 a telegraphic announcement was re
ceived that "a auspicious, apparently crazy,
man," giving tbe name or Myron Leasure, had
been arrested at Richmond, Va-, while on the way
to Baltimore, with the corpse of a child that had
died at Dayton, Ohio. Bui it was found thai tue
deceased child waa only ten months old. On Au
fust 4 a Mra. Jackson was arrested at the West
niladeiphia depot, with a child strongly resem
bling Charley Ross, and it was deemed expedient
to inrnuh her with letters which would prevent
fui tiier annovAuce. Immediately afterwards
a Mrs. Frederick Hamilton was arrested
at Bennington, Vt., witn a child re
sembling the stolen one. Mr. Joseph Lewis,
Mr. Ross' brother-in-law, went to Vermont, und
ascertained tiiat the child waa an adopted son of
a man in Mr. P. T. Barn urn's employ. On August
18 came intelligence of the arrest of two men and
a woman at Udell, 111., with a cniid resembling the
last one, but, on investigation, he proved to be
tue son of James Henderson. Then came the
operations 01 a mythical Pittsburg detective, who
was alleged to be tracing "suspicious parties,"
und on September 7 came news from Washing
ton, D. 0., 01 the arrest of an Englishman and a
woman, who proved the child in their castody
to be their own. Soon alter the counterpart of
the missing child was lound in Jeffersonvllie, Ind.
Tbe next important clew came, on September 20,
from l.incoln, Neb., where a man named Jackson
was arrested. On October 4 there were reports
from New Haven, Conn., to be followed up, and a
lew days after a child was discovered with a band
01 gypsies near West Chester. Pennsylvania, who
had to be lollowea up by Mr. Lewis. On November
12 a woman named hazard was arrested in St.
Catherines, Canada, without avaiL
THK FI118T CLEW
to the abduction was discovered by Superin
tendent Walling, who was visited by people hav
ing a knowledge of tne affair. Prom the stories
afloat at the time of the kidnapping concerning
the horse and wagon used, the Philadelphia and
New York police jointly got on the right track, as
the sequel s iows. A long correspondence was
carried on between Chiet Helns and superin
tendent Walling, whlcn was kept quiet at the
time. One of the letters from Mr. Walling, which,
In its character, is to the point, read as loliows:?
October 17, 137*.
W. R. IIexits
Since writing you yesterday I have received further
Information. I am now positive that we are on the right
track. The to an you were to meet at this office would
have given positive Information wtiere we could get
Mother aud Clark. He said to mo last niqlit that if we
got them before we got the child tne iiartles having the
cnlld in custody would fear "a squeal," and would
probably move the child, so that we could not find It.
Shortly after he left, a man whom I know well caiue to
me und told me that he knew who stole the Ross child.
1 said, "Go on and tell me what you Know about
Charley Ross." lie said, "Bill Mosher. a man they
called Clark, and another man stole It. and a man who
lives In Philadelphia lias the child. They know vou are
aitcr them, and tney would be glad to give it up ir they
could do so without being caught." They would like to
gel anything they could and be assured or not being
prosecuted. He aaid they were In his place on Friday
night, the 9th Inst., and that a man wno had been before
lue wus with thein in his place (a lager beer saloon* at
that time. I said, "Wliof" and be gave me the name of
the man. I am certain he tells the truth. ? ? ?
OEOUUli W. WALLING, Superintendent.
THE NEWS IN PHILADELPHIA.
The Detectives' Story of Their Search
for Mother and Douglas?The Excite
ment In the City.
Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 14,1874.
Intense excitement baa prevailed In this city all
day lonir, owing to the unexpected news, which at
an early boar flashed over the wires, that two
burglars bad been killed on Long Island, one of
whom, Immediately before expiring, confessed
that be was implicated in the abduction of
CHARLBS BREWSTKR ROSS.
The Intense lurore which this announcement
created cannot well be described, inasmuch as the
people not only clogged tbe sidewalk In front of
the bulletin boards, but around the Mayor's office
filled the street from curb to curb.
As each additional particular wns communica
ted in glaring letters upon the "planks," general
rejoicing was Indulged in, and ever And anon the
air was rent with cheers. To be sure, tbe child has
not yet been returned, but all feel confident that
within a few days Charley will be once more In the
arms of those who love him.
I bave in connection with recent developments
but little else to communicate than that
which appears in the admlraole narrative ot De
tective Charles Wood, which 1 reproduce in bis
exact language.
Detective Wood's Statement.
Detective Charles Wood, or our municipal De
tective Bureau?an officer who lias been unusually
zealous in bis endeavors to recover the lost child -
this morning made, in a conversational way, this
statement concerning the efforts to lerret out tbe
villains who committed tbe outrage. We give it
as be delivered it. He commenced by saying:?
ON THB TRAIL.
For a long time we knew that the men wbo com
mitted this act were in and about New York, and
during that time, together with tbe officers oi Mew
York, who gallantly entered into the work, we
have been hunting down these men. We were
cruising about Long Island lor a long time.
THB CRUISI.
We started from New York. Officer Selllck (the
man who was over here concerned in the Hilt
case) was tbe pilot. He was ordered by Captain
wailing, tbe Superintendent of tbe police o' that
city, to go and secure the boat, lie Is a first rate
omcer, but nad been formerly a seafaring man
and knew all aDout coasting. We were lurther
ordered to go up tne Sound, and along the canal,
because we knew that these men Mosber and Clark
had been committing burglaries, and then taking
reiuge on some of tue islands in and
about tbe place. We got the boat down
; at Long Branch, or near Long Branch.
I It was a little tugboat, that drew three feet of
water, and Just big enougn lor the occasion.
There were six in tne boat, all officers but the en
gineer. Selllck was the head or the concern. We
started, and steamed along under the power oi a
five-horse engine.
TACKINO AnorT.
We first went up the North Kiver, examining all
tbe islands and occupied and unoccupied bouses,
and the woods wblch lined tbe shores. We went
up as rar as Poughkeepsie, and then returned, di.
recting our course aloug the coast or Long Island
aud the conneotlcnt shore. I suppose we searched
thirty or forty islands In the sound, containing
from lour to live acres to a hundred acres each,
and found them almost all unoccupied, except a
few by squatters.
THB STHPBCTICD PARTIES.
We bad Information that these teilows had com*
milled a burglary and got to one of the Islands In
a catt>oat, and that they moved auout from place
to place just as they thought they could best se
cure themselves. We bad further information,
too, that they bad the child In tols catboat and
(hat there be was concealed. We searoned a num
?r pi small towns, too, In the hope of finding the
little ond, And 1 must say that tbe New York of
ficers worked hard to get down to the matter.
These parties had the man Mosner with them, ahd
we knoW (bat It was his way to commit a burg
lary, then escape to these islands and bide In one
or the unoccupied bouses.
We were cruising about twelve days, bat did not
find tbe men; but we were alter tbe right men
weeks, months ago, and these were the right men.
We had to return, however, without having
lighted upon any positive trace of tbe men. We
found out all about tbe burglary, and we found
ont to our satisfaction that tois was the way the
abductors were living. They bad no means, and
had to commit crime to live. We heard nothing
of tbe cuiid, anu came to tne conclusion that they
secreted him on some of these islands while tney
were off on their burglaries. Tne way In which
we flrrt learned or the probable whereabouts or
charlav waa irom, Captain Wauws. of New York.
He sent us word noma three montna ago
that be knew who did it?that ta, wuo
carried off the child. Itua was only a
short time after the child was taken ft Din this city.
When this intelligence was obtained 110m bun we
went to work and wuud out where the men lived
lu this ciijr, and where tney bud their horse and
wagon, and what their business was, and all
about It.
WHKRI TBI ABDCCTOM LIVED.
Mosher, alia. Johnson and Henderson and Doutr
lass, alias Clark or Duulap, and Mushei 's wile, lived
in Monroe street, above second. It was a iraine
house. Mosher rented the house. Clark lived with
hiin apart or the time only, and Mosher rented
out the third story to another lamujr. I have
given you Mosher's aliases. He was a fugitive
lrom Huntington County Jail. Be commit
ted a robbery in that town, which Is In New Jersey,
and was arrested and placed in that JaiL This
waa nearly two years ago. About eighteen months
alter ne escaped lrom that place, and alter sailing
around a little came to tnla city. He was a burg
lar, notwithstanding the opinion of some people
that this crime 01 kidnapping was not done by
proiessionais. Moaner, aiuoe his escape, was here
in 1'hUadeiphla off and on. He was a pedle;, and
had a horse and wagou, and useu to peddle^wnh
it. He was aaslsted by Clark. Tneir business was
to peddle and steal. Mosher took tuo house la I
Monroe street about a year aj;o and vacated t.'ie
house alter the child was taken away. It was
with tbls horse that the child was driven away?
the same horse they did tneir peddling with,
'i no child was stolen on the 1st of July, you kno*. I
He was at once driv&n to New York by Clark and >
Mosner, wno kept on going until they arrived
there. This they did jn a manner to avoid sus- i
piaon. They went through Trenton on the day
after the abduction. It was not until the 19th or \
20th ol Juiy that Mosoer's wue w -ut off. They did
not keep the child here at all, but drove It right
away, leaving Mosher's wue to Ox up matters,
ward off suspicion and then lollow them. We sus
pected these parties and knew that two men from 1
tiits *uouse had suddenly leit In a wagon and un- '
der circumstances which justified our opinion of ;
tneir being concerned in the case. Alter tney !
went |the officers here watched Mrs. Mosher, to I
endeavor througu her to trace the two men. It 11 !
kuuwn that Mosher was the man who wiote
T11E ANONYMOUS LETTERS.
He sent that one about me proposition for the
restoration of the child lor money consideration
from New York, as well as some others, and we
are inclined to think tnat he sent a number of the
latter ones to his wife here In Philadelphia, and
that she posted them. Mosner and Ciaik answered
tue descriptions published ol the "two men" !
who were seen to drive off with the j
boy. The beat description of the former
was given by Dr. Walker, of German
town. who said that the man "seemed
to have something the matter with his
nose." So he did: the cartilage was partially
eaten away. 1 ought to tell you that we fouud
out that on that drive to New York. After tne
kidnapping rrom Germantowu the child's hat was
lost. We always thought tnat there were four
men concerned in thl* affair. We know of these
two, but uot tne others. All our efforts have been
to locate, 11 posuble, this
OANO OF rOl'R MEN,
but these two, Mosher ana Clark, particularly.
Our first luiormatlon was this that tue cnlid was
stolen by Mosher and Clark and taken to some
place and secreted; and we are not certain as
to the oompuclty lu the aff.ur of the two
other men. But we were always certain about
these men (the lormer), lrom the tact that Mosner
and Clark lert tne city with tne horae and
wagon, and that they corresponded with the de
scription whlcn was publisned soon alter tho crime
was executed. They answered in almost every
? articular. We know there was a reason way
[osher should want to keep out ol the way, because
he had broken out ol jail; but there was nothing
"down" on Clark at tne time, and there was
no earthly thing why he should secrete
himself, except, as we concluded, he had a
hand in the matter. They were told that
Walling was alter them, while in New York, lor
stealing this child, by parties wno were "playing
double," and finding thai out they leit New York
except to return occasionally, commit a burplary
and then retreat to some sate place in the Hound.
The question was asked the detective by the
Herald correspondent:?
"Are you nearer the child now than before ?"
Detective Wood?1 don't think they can keep It
out of the way. Either the "two otner men" have
got it or Mosner's wue has It. 1 dou't th nk she
can keep ont of the road. She has no means?nei
ther have the other two men?tor we know
that the whole gang are reduced so low that they
had to make Jorays into the town and commit
house robberies. It was while upon snch an errand
that last, night Mosher and Clark were killed. They
liad to steal to live, and to steal to be uble to hide
the child.
Anotner question:?
Is there any likelihood that they will kill the
child 1
Detective Wood?No, no; I don't think that,
They may "drop it."
By that you mean set down in some place where
It may be picked up?
Detective Wood?Yes; something of that kind.
MB. ROSd,
the brother of the lost child's rather, appeared at
the station, and was asked If he thought the child
would be recovered.
"As to that l cannot Ray. I can only hope It may
be so. At least this development show* one tning,
that the officers were ou the right track, li the
wue nas the child l believe Bne will be found. 1
have just received from Superintendent Walling
this despaicn:?
To Tim Katbkb or Charmbt Rosa. Gkbhaittown, Pi.
I here were two meu killed this morning at Hay
Kidge. near this city. One. bolore ilylng. confessed that
they stole Charley ltoss, and said the other inau had
him concealed, but did not know where. Both are
burglars, known to the police.
THE QUAKERS 11 NEW ENGLAND.
Their Annual Confeieneea to be Per
manently Held at Newport?Value of
their Church Property In Rhode Isl
and?Next Vear's Gathering.
Newport, R. L, Dec. 13, 1874.
At the last annual meeting of the New England
Society of Friends, held here In June last, It was
decided in the future to hold the annua! meeting
alternately here and in Portland, Me. There
was at the time a good deal of opposi*
tlon to the arrangement, and It was not
believed that the transfer conld be legally made.
WUUln a few days It has transpired that snch is
the case, and It has been found that by taking the
| above mentioned course the,? would be obliged 10
' forfeit their valuable church property here and
also the more valuable school property in Provi
dence, R. I., known as the Friends' School, where
so many of all religious views have acquired an
I education for many years past.
l'ne peculiarities of "Quaker meetings," as they
< are called, at this place is known throughout the
length and breadtn of the land, and "June meet
i lng Sunday," with all us holiday aspect, is a
household word In New England. Here the fol
lowers or Penn and Fox have annually assembled
to worship from different parti or the land
for more than two hundred years m
America, and Hie gratifying intelligence that
they are to assemble here uninterruptedly, as of
yore, will be hailed with Joy by the citizens of
Riiode Island, who have ever been brought up to
look upon these good people with feellogs of great
1 respect. Pecuniarily it is a good Item lor this
, fashionable watering place, a* the advent of a
conple of thousand or Friends prior to the com
I mencement of the "season" gives the hotels a
i chance to pay expenses until the rush of the
world's people commences a week or two later.
I The headquarters oi the leaders of the meetinz
i will be at the Aquldneck Bouse and rooms have
, been secured at this early date for the leading
I members, a tact which confirms the above im
portant announcement. The property in this
Slate ownea by the society is valued at $600,000.
THE LIQPOB DEALER8.
The Association Confident In Its Strength
and Determined to Appeal to the Legis
lature.
The Executive Committee of the Liqu or Dealers'
Association held a meeting last evening and
elected the following members to be added to the
committeeHarry Cunningham, Colonel B.
Schwartz, John Cary, C. Hllkemyer, James Moore;
to OH vacancy, Edward McOovern; to fill vacancy,
John Hay.
The meeting was very largely attended, Herz
berg, Lanigan, Frers and the other leading mem
bers being present, There was an informal dis
cnsslon about the excise outlook, during which
the sentiment was cxpreased that the association
was ready and willing if the license was put down
to the uniform rate of $S0, to aid the Excise
Hoard In securing licenses. They were opposed
to the high tariff system however, and declared
that It was an outrage that infamous saloon*
should be licensed wtiHe respectable dealers
were hampered about their business. Oen
eral confidence was expressed that through
the influence ol the association, winch
now numbers among Its members a large propor
tion or the respectable dealers in this city, and
which was daily gaining in strength, the next
Legislature would pass a uniiortn and just excise
law lor the whole State. Meanwhile they were
determined to stand firm, and as they had em
ployed eminent counsel to look oat for their in
terests, every member of the association might
reat assured that his rights would be protected.
WESTOH'S FIVE HUNDRED MILE WALK IK
H?WAJX
At 13:05 yesterday morning Edward Payson
Weston started, at the Rink tn Newark, on his
third attempt to walk 600 miles in six days, lint
few persons were present to see him strike out.
He walked the first mile in 13m. 27s., the second In
12m. 03s. including two halts, of five and sixteen
minutes, he made his first flrty miles at loh. 24m.
39s. yesterday morning. Throughout the day he
walked with snap and vigor. Although he de
clines to say anything onklnd on tn? subject, there
Is no doubt but h* feels greatly enoouraged over
poor Professor J udd's failure. During the evening
ihu attendance aroiuaena was atutt large.
RELIGION AND SCIENCE.
Lecture by B?r. Dr. Howard Crosby oh
?'The Bible ?? the Side of Science."
Last evening the Rev. Dr. Howard Crosby de
Ilvered the Introductory lecture on the above sub
ject before toe "New York Association for the Ad
vancement of Science and Art," In the church of
which he Is the pastor, Fourth avenue Presbyterian
churoh, oorner of Twentj?second street. The
house was well fihed by a highly respectable au
dience.
The lecturer commenced by saying that the
"oonfiiot between religion and Bclence" and the
"conflict between the Bible and science" are not
equivalent expressions. Religions are manirold,
the Bible is one. Religions are largely subjective,
the Bible in its letter is objective. In
Its coniest with religion, as religion has
been represented by courts and councils,
science has often gained ? deolded victory,
tor she had been the advocate of truth, while roll
glon was the advocate of error. Suoh a ooutest
has frequently taken place, and in these the world
was indebted to science for deliverance from the
bondage of superstition and ignorance. But be
tween the Bible and science we deny that a con
flict ever existed. Scientific men assault the Holy
6crlptures, but the Scriptures make no counter
attack on science. Tne Bible is on the side oi
science. ')
The lecturer divided his discourse Into rout
parts, viz.The first was a consideration of the
fact that all scientific Institutions, both in Europe
and America, bad their origin in the energj
and tne mouey of Bible men. In this conuee
tion the lecturer referred to the endowments to
different universities, both here and in
Europe. As discoveries multiply, much more
do inventions multiply, for every new principle
may have a thousand applications, and so the
means of settling and civilizing the whole earth
have given our age an energy aud growth utterly
wituout a parallel in tne history of mankind. Who
can doubt that in the advancement of science we
ate obeying tne- command given by out- Maker
to the race at the beginning?"Replenish
the earth and subdue ft." The men ?!
the Bible louuded all the great Institutions ol
learning and science, at Prague, Vienna, Heidel
berg, Leipzig, Ttlbingen, Jena, Halle, Gottingen,
Berlin aud Bonn. Also at Salamanca, Oviedo aud
Vailadolid, at Oxford and Cambridge, at St. An
drew's aud Aberdeen.
In his second part, tne lectarer argued that the
j very first scientific minds, mat ked in tae
annals or science lor tueir discoveries, have
I been Bible men. Newton loved and craved trie
1 Bible. Faraway, l'orbes, Carpenter, lUtchcook,
! uaua, Torrey, were in no hostile position to the
| Bible. If the Bible is opposed to science, how
I asrange it is that these acute men, who knew or
have known tne Bible from constant study, should
never have perceived it, while It was lelt to others
wtio do not know It at all to make the
Important discovery. A man might make a
mistake In his physics, but God uever. The
taird lact In tue lecturer's proof that the Bible Is
a scientific book is lis express allusion, bold state
ment and facts or science which nave only lately
become known to scientific men. A careful
examination of the Holy scriptures will convluce
any cauUid searcher that the God of Nature Is
speaking In the words of grace; tnat He who
I made uaou atom of matter and each |oint in
| causation is the direct lnsplrer or a phraseology
| that had no support in the general knowledge of
i phliosupuers, but that has been confirmed
: by the discoveries made thousands ol years
aiterward by the investigators ot nature and her
laws. A number of instances were adduced In
support of this position, particularly from the
Book of Ecclesiastes, the 139th psalm, the Second
Epistle of Peter, Ac. Instances of the solentlfio
accuracy of the Bible mlgut be indefinitely multl*
piled.
In his fourth part, the lecturer claimed that
the Bible supplies the lluks in the scieutlflo
chain which our experimental science would
ever tail to reach. Experimental science
always finds itself at last upon the bonier
of the great unknown. All modern civiliza
tion rests upon the Bible. All the discoveries
and appliances of art and philanthropy
lor the elevation and well being of manUnd,
which make modern civilization so contrasted
with tne pseudo civilization of Abyssinia, Babylon
and Egypt, sprang irom the titble. Tae lecturer
left the subject with the coutldent expression that
our experimental examination of nature's at
tractive field will always be best performed by the
devout mind that recognizes God and Uia Word
in the investigation.
THE QDQMT0I.09I0AL SOOIETT.
The Mew Tork Odontoiogtcal Society yesterday
held a special meeting at the house of Dr. Bronson,
Mo. 8 East Thirty-fourth street. Mr. A- E. North
rop acted as chairman aud called the meeting
to order. The roll call showed that there
were twenty-six members from the different
cities in the Union present, together with
a very full quorum from New York. Before pro
ceeding to the reading of the papers which were
made special orders for the meeting, the President
said he had to make announcements of the de
parture of two members since the last meeting of
the society. On November 26, Asa Dill, a cor
responding member of the society and resident
of Norwalk, Conn., bad departed this life, and
yesterday (Sunday) Dr. E. Parmley, one of the
oldest practitioners of dentistry in the city, had
ceased from his labors. A motion was made and
recorded that the President should appoint a com
mittee of seven to draft resolutions expressing
the regret of the society at the loss It bad sus
tained In the persons of the two gentiemea
spoken of. In compliance with the motion Dr.
Northrop appointed the lollowing gentlemen to
draft such resolutions as the motion suggested.
Committee on Resolution#?uea. Lord, of Neir
Tork; T. H. Chandler, oi Boston; Louis Jack, of
Philadelphia; Robert Arthur, of Baltimore; E. J.
Dunuing, ol New York; W. B. Bronson, oi New
j York, and J. Smith Dodge, of New York. )
Dr. Bonwlll read a paper regarding bis electro
I magnetic mallet and several other Improvements
in mechanical dentistry. Dr. Jack, of Philadel
phia, then read an essay on nls elcctro-magnetio
mallet, in which tho Patent Office received soma
hard hammering. The rest oi the eve Ing was
pass d in inspecting the new appliances witn
which the parlars were crowded.
The meeting will be continue to-day In the
parlors of the Presbyterian caurch (Dr. Crosby's),
corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-second
street, with the following programme:?
Mormno, nine o'clock?Materials for filling
teeth. Papers on amalgams, by or. Cutler, the
late Proiesaor Thomas B. Hitchcock aud Dr.
Bogne, embodying the results of the latest inves
tigation*. on gold, by Dr. Black.
Avtbknoon?Dr. N. W. Klngaiey. on "The Cause*
oi Irregularity in the Development or the Teeth."
Evkkino?No. 34 West Twenty-eighth street. Dr.
Lord's.?Dental Education: Papers by Dr. Garret
son, Dr. Iruman and Dr. Chandler.
AST H0TE8.
Copley's equestrian portrait of the Prince of
Wales, afterward George IV., is on view at Will
iams A Everett's art gallery In Boston. This woric
belongs to the artist's descendants, who reside In
Boston.
The December number or the Aldine contains
four beautifully tinted landscape engravings rep
resenting the seasons. They are by Maurand.
The Montpensier collection at Boston still at
tracts publio attention. When will our publio
| have an opportunity to see those works in New
York t
The Metropolitan Museum or Art holds a recep
tion this evening.
William Hart has Just completed a large picture
of Keene Valley aud the Ausaoie Kiver, with "The
' Giant" in the distance. The artist has introduced
into this work a group of cattle, which are admir
| ably executed and evidence the result of his sum
mer's studies, lie is also engaged upon a golden
gray sunset scone of great strength and beauty. 1
' Mr. J. B. Bristol is painting a view of the Housa
; tonic Vallev, in which the rendering of the broad
I expanse or Champlaln Is very ttne.
< Mrs. E. Orentorex now occupies the studio In the
I Association Building vacated by Mr. Swan Gifford.
. This lady IB busily engaged upon the series of
1 etchings Illustrating "Olu New York," m which
she will preserve many of those fast docaying
monuments oi antiquity which the ruthless hand
or progress will soon sweep away. The series
win consist or some eighty-six etchings, or which
It Is probable that Btty will be published soon after
Christmas. Mrs. Greatorex has also obtained
panels irom the woodwork of the various old
mansions in the city and purposes to paint pic
I tures or the buildings or these relics, so that tho
1 works or art wiii have a double value. Mrs. Great
orex Is engaged In an interesting labor or love,
and will be greatly assisted by the loan of rare old
prints Illustrating the city in early days.
AMERICAN JQCKEI CLUB.
The spring meeting of the American Jockey
Club will begin on the first Saturday In Jane, con
tinuing the two lollowtng Saturdays and Interven
ing Tuesdays and Thursdays, making seven days
In all, extending irom the &th to the 19th of the
month. There will be given In added money
123,000, a much larger sum than ever before
offered by a racing clnb or association in thia
country. Tho autumn meeting will begin on the
first Saturday in October, continuing the two fol
lowing Saturdays and the Tuesdays and Tnurs
I days Intervening, seven days, extending irom the
2d to the loth of the month. The American
I Joexey club will give the same amount oI added
I money as at thuaoruu mooting.