Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 17, 1874, Page 2

2 [HE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUN _—— e SOCIAL MONSTERS. Chief Among Whom Are the Abductors of Charlie Ross, Particular Account of {he Late Aflray on Long Island, Two Desperate Burglars At- tacked and Killed. They Oonfess to ~Know1edg"'e" of Charlie Ross. One of Them Identified by the Police 'as the Abductor. But the Child Is Still Missing: His Recovery Doubttul, Minor Criminal ltems. THE CHARLIE ROSS CASE, TAK KILLING OF THI: ABDUCTORS OF CHARLIE ROS8. From the New York World, Dec, 18, Apparently o clow bas been ab last discoverod to the abductora of Charlio Ioss, Two burge Yars, named William Moshor and Josoph Dong- 1as, wero shot and killed yosterday morning while loaving o country houso &t Bay Ridgo, occupied {n tho summor by Judgo Van Drunt of this city. Just beforo dying Douglas charged Moghor with bying tho abductor of Obarlie Ross. Judge Yan Brunt's summer-houso is closo to the Shoro road at Bay Ridgo, somo thrac-quarters of a milo be- Jow the forry-docks, Duriug the fall and winter montlis Judgo Vau Brunt clores up the houso aud thosorvants aro sont back to his residenco 1n this city, tho house being looked after by his brothor Iolmes and family, With a view of affoading better protection and safoty to the proporty loft in the unoccupied house, & burglar-alarm way fixed, ‘which communieated with the houso oceupled by Holmes Van Brunt. In appoarauco tho houso is & modest summor-house, and presonts o out- ward appearanco of groat wealth, Iiis asquaro whito building, with o porch in the front aud one in tho roar, Sinco Judgo Van Brunt baslels tho biouso, William Seott, a man employed to do odd work, has acted as watchmoan during the doy, but bo resided in tho ndjoining houso with Tiolmes Van Brunl, Lasb ovening ot dusk ov- erything appearod to Lo quict, snd all regiding in Ilolmes Van Drunt's louso rotired to rest, The inmates of 1{vlmes Van Brunt's houto con- eiuted of himaelf, his zon Albert, his daughtor, end Scott, tho watchman employed to look after tho Judge's bouse, Herman Frank, a aborer cployed around tho buildings, and two sorvant irls. : ¥ TIL ALARY AND TIE FIGHT, Shortly afler 2 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Vao Bruut, who hins been unwell for the past ton duys, was startled at bearing tho sounding of the burglar-alsnn, He, to silay his nervousucss, called to his daughter, wha slept 1n tho noxt room, nnd roquested ber to tell his son Albort to come to bim, ©On Atbert's arrival his Iather told Bim what ho bud heard, but at that time, not thinking thoro was suy particular couse for alsrm, requested him to go over tho houso and ascertain if any ono bad effected an entranco iu- toil. Young Van Drunt called up Scott, and cantiously commenced o search over tho house, bul no trace of suy burglars could be discovered, aud, on his returning, atteution was_drwn to the unoceupied house of tho Judge. Shudivg the light of the lamp, tho father aud_son cautiously Jooked through the window-blinds at the uuoc- cupiod_houss, and_thero they aw distiucily o feehlo light tlickering through one of tho rooms of tho Jndgo's rezidenco and two men moving whout. 'Phero was bub little time for action, as it was plain burgiars hud_ offected an_ontranco for the purpose of ransucking the houso, Lho men i Molines Van Brunt's wore quickly but quictly gathored together, =il being woll-armed with guns and mvufvuru is caso ol any scrious contlict taking place betiveen thom and the burg- tars, Tho older Von Brunt said ho wos detor- nined not to let the men escape if pos. gible, und called upon his son aud the two farm nosistants to follow him and act under Iny iwstructions, Iaving lefl iheir own houso thus srmed, they surrounded tho tiouso of the Judge, Albert Van Bruut and Scott Jeoping guard in the front of tho houee, and his fathernud Horman Frank stationing them- telves ab tho rear of the houso, about 15 paces frotn tho collar door, where they supposed tho Joraon or persons inside the housoe had outercd. E'llfly waited thus for nbout half an honr, when fr. Tolmes Van Brunt, becoming tired of the do- Iay, told Frauk to make somo alurm which would yignily to those insido that they were watched. trauk accordiugly advanced to tho back door and rattied tho knob. ''ne mnoisy produced the Tosired effect, ‘L'he lights wero immcdiately ox- }iuguished, and the house wuy vrapped in durk- ness. A moment afler tho watchers at tho back of the house perceived that the cellar-doer was raifed slightly, and cought n glimpso of two heads cantiously ecmerging, * The burglars evi- dently woro woll eatisfied thet they bad rome unknown friends to deal with, aund nothing dauntod prepared thomeclves quickly for sn affray, ‘Then they started for the trap of the eollar for the purposo of beatiug a retreat, but the watchers, who had Leen abla to undorstand their movements throngh the ineide light, had posted themsolves ab the eniranco of tho cellar, “Btand!” shouted Mr, Van Brunt. Two pistol shots instantly answered tho summione, The buralars -bad prepared themgolves for attack. Fortunately neithier shot took eifect, AMr. Vau Bruut’s woeapon spoko and one of tho men re- seived the charge of shot iu his body. 1le gave xeryof pain and grasped tho cellar door for suppoct, Hig compamon slarted on a run to- watdo the gato, 1[0 way called upon to stand, His roply was another pistol shiot, r. Van Brunt wud Scott sent the contents of their weapons in nia retreating direction, Meanwhile, the man who had heen shot firat had manuged to get evuy Irom the cellar and run, Tho socond man had reachied tho pate when ho cncountered Albort Voo Brunt, who eulled out to him to *Btand.” Tho burglar flred enco at his intercoptor, For the third tinto Lis ball missed. Ife wus sbout to firs again, whon the young wan raised his gun tud brought the stock of it down on hia leveled wrm, The blow wus struck with such foreo that tho stoclc of tho burrel wau broken, snd the man nrithed i dreadful pain. With an outh lo turned quickly upon young Van runt, as if to yogage in o hand-and-hand content, but Van Bruut instantly drow his 1evolver aud dischargad two successivo phots iu tho breast snd lower part of the body of the man. With woundorful pluek Lo utill endeavored to maintain tho fight, and exclumed, “¢You —, T will dio gameo,” but nlmost immcdintoly after bo foll on the hurd ground doud. ITia body foll ?uut opposito the gato leading to tho honko lo hed outered. Tho man who recoived the first shot had maensged during this confusion in the durk to crawl some fow yards from the houso, but, owing to his snortal injurios, ho hnd gleo to succumb, and foll down ln great agony. TIE CONTESIION, ‘Whilo ha laid upon the ground in extrame ain, he asked for s drink, aud enid ho would iko Lo now u epitunl aavisor, Noue. wero at band, however, and ho, bolug told that ho could not reo une, volunteered to makio & statemont oy to who ho and his compenious were, The dyiug man wak informed that his partuer in erfine was dond, when le said hiv name wus Willinm Moshor, and that his own name was Joseph PDouglas. 1o expressad somo worrow whon ine fosmed that Mosher hnd died, and rematkod, $CThat's o pity, for ho conld tell whero littla Otiarlio Rtoss {u,” or words {0 (DAt olfeot. Ha wanted thoso around him to sond to Hapt, Walling, thut ho wmight kuow of Lis trouble, and ndilod ¢ #1linvo a hrothor and & sluter whom 1 huvo not eeen for twelve years, 1 havo §10 in wy pockot, which I wish used to give mo a ducont Piriol, Moshor aud 1 abducted the boy Charlio Saws from Germantown, Bupt. Walling would have given a great deal to have got uk, Mosticr wera alive ho gonld toll whera the hoy i3 now. YN{:H}IBI‘ Lins u wife and children Tivlng in Nuw York, After making this statomont, the man died in grest pain, and, as they wero both lud ont to- gother, thoey presonted horriblo spectucle. AOTION OF THE AUTIORITILS, . Tha firat oflicisl intolligonco was sont to Hupt, alling, of this cily, uud to Bupt, Folky of .worl of no smail magnitude to Brooklyn, In the tollowing tologram . dispatchod | by Judgo Churoh, of Foit. Hamilton ¢ Supl, Walling, olire Meailquartcra, Nuw Vork City 1 w0 _burglars, Willism' Moshor and Josoph Dovge 1am, wero kijled horo Inst night, Da loll Xnow them 7. Doliglan declared when tying that Mosher koow ahout Charilo Ross, G W, Cuoner, In nuswer o this, Supt, Walling roplied ¢ UZADQUANTENA POLICE DEMARTMENT, NEW YORK, Dec, 14, 14T } huitge Ohurehy Fort Hamilion : ‘Donglas fold tho truth, = T tave been looking for thesn ever since tho boy was stolen, Wil send an offi- cer who knowa them, . W, WALLING, Bupt, In o vory short time Capt, Trving aud Dolective Sollick recelved fnstructions to atart for Day Ridge, and reached thero early in the morning, with Supt. Folk, of Brooklyn, with two dotect~ ives from tho Cantral OMoe. Thoy wore quick. Iy shawn tho dead bodles of tho men by Conatn. blo 1lolland, of Bay Ridge, who had taken chargo of them until the Coroner ehould issue his instructions, Sellick nt once fdoutified tho mon a8 being woll-known thioves, and said that ho had beew on the look-ont for Moshor a long timo past in connection with the Charlie Rosa ab- duction, It was known that ano of Mosher's fin- gors had boen iujured durlng a provious burg- lary, and thut ho had a well-known mark imme- dintoly umder the nostril of his nose, ‘Cheso warke wero found upon the body of Moshor, and {dontified by the doteotive, ellick soomed much chagrinod at tho death of tho mon who s supposed to bo tho real abdustor of young Ross, or at least ono of the principals, Douglss was also well kuown to the officers, having beon on- gaged for yours past in various burglaries in this ¢ity and other placee, Coroner Whitellll also arrived, and took chargo of tho_bodies. Aftor honring tho atatomonts_of Mr, Van Brunt und his 8on, he ordered tho Constablo at Bay Ridio to take tho bodles to the Brooklyn Morguo to await his further orders, No complaint wns mado ngainst 3Mr. Van Brunt or any of thoso who tooks part in the deadly affray, as all promiucd to atteud tho imgm!tnml nubject thom- sclves to tho order of the Court, if it wasthought necessary they sbould go boforo any other tribunal, They claim that thoy moroly scted in aclf-defense atd in tho protection of their prop- erty, and did not attompt to firo until thoy wero atthcked. 'Iho men, as thoy emerged from the hanse, wero called npon tosurronder themeolves, Tt this thoy rofused to do, and thelr doath re- eulted from tho shots fited ot them, While tho bodiea woro lying outsido the houso of Mr. Van Brant they ware lookod ai by a col- ored nurso In the employ of Judgo Church, of Buy Ridgo. Hore an extraordinary statomont was mado by the womnn, Sho said: Last July an attempt s mado to earry oft tho son of m: master, Mr. Chureb, who wrs about 8 years old, Tho ehild had heen playing about tho grase, end whon I went to look for lum I found ho could nat bo seon. I heard that ho was walking on tho rond with o strango man, and I went ont to seo who it wau, U.Iilllklll}{ it was somo neighbor who know the child. I found ho was in company of & strango man, and I hnmedlnlnl{ taok tho child away." She ineisted that tho m\i{ of Mozhor wns that of the man sho had seen with tho child on that occasion, whom she had noyor scon bo- foro nor since. WORKING UP THE ROSG CASE, Supt. Walling yesterday deseribed ab Jongth tho stops whivh bavo been taken by the deteclives o securo tho two meu killed at Buy Ttidige, whom they have lovg suspocted wero tho kiduappers of Charlio logs. The flrst clew to connecting Mosher and Douglas wag furnislied him by Capt. Hedden, formerly of the Thir- teenth, and now of tho ‘Chirty-third Procinet, Ho was busy in the Rogs caso in logs than o week aftor Charlio was abducted, and made up his mind as to tho possibtlity of William Mosher being onc of thomon that carriod Charlio off within twenty days from o dato of tha aceur- rence. Now, Moshor had » peculiar nose, enid sy born and brought up in tho Lhirteonth Ward, The noto bad seon troublo in its day. T'bis de- formity would have made Moshor a conspicuous object among & thousand persone. Mosher yonrs ag0, t00, had & felon on tho firat finger of tholoft Ll which nte awoy tho flesh and loft tho nail- joint a skoloton, and ho was in tho habit of al- Ways wearing o stall on this finger, and sometimes wota & glove on the loft hand, 1Ieddon built up his theory very carefulty, sud was nided by Ofiicers Doylo “and Moran, of the Thirteonth Precinet, and Ofticer Lywler, of tho Lwonty- fourth Pracinct, both of whom knew Dlosher weli ;_and they were, it is 82id, aided by o mem- ber of Mosher's family, who, for a share in tho roward, wag willing 0 asslst in Lis rolativo's arrest, When mattors had arrived at a cortain stage Capt. Iedden communicated tho informa- tion ho had obtained to Bupt. Walling, Mr Walling had to move very cautionsly, e could trust certain momburs of the Philadalphia po- lico, but there was davgor that information would leak ont that would give clues to cortain privato detectivo agoncies and umatour detect- ives all over the country, aud tho regular po- lico could not afford to go in partnershin with tho outsiders, wnoge tactica aro, if thoy slod rivals likely to attain success, lo_giva infbrma- tion to suspeeted porsons aud place the roward out of the reach of auy but themseives. IDENTIFYING THE MEN, Tho first stop was to thoronghly verify the descriptions given of thomen who stolo Charlie, and of Charlic himself, Capt. Hines, of tho Philadolphia Police Force, without asking any qestions, kept Supt. Walling constantly iu- forniod, and finally it wag agreed that tho de- seriptions of the men who stole tho boy mnd Charlio Rloss were as nccurate ag could bo got- ton up. Evory polut in theso descriptions had been Iaboriously canvaesed, but Mr. Walliug was detormined to re-vorify the dosoriptious of the kiduappers, Dotectivo Selleck was summoned ‘Detoro the Superintendent, who_did not inform Litn of what Lis object was, and roquested him to lools after & man who had broken jail. Sel- leck usked for o deseription of the ian, and Mr. Walling_ slowly wont over desuription No, 2. When he cnne tothe nose Solleck emilod ond suid, *Why, thet's Bily Movher,” sud was immedirtely informed of tho surpicion thay oxigted that Moshor wus ono of the mnon who abdueted Charlio Koes. Description No, 1 ap- eared fumiliar to those who Imew Mosher and. s babits, oud it was soon sgreed on that thoe person deseribed conld bo no_otlior than Joseph Douglas, ono of Mosher's old “ pals,” 1t wasn nd Mosher and Douglus in Philadelphie. Whe noxt discovery wns & very important one. A fow wooke prior to the abduction, two men fully answerivg the desvriptions of Dougias and Mosher had been driving around tho suburba of Philadelphia solling bed-bug und rosch poison, ‘Cheir vigits wers in rpny inatances followed hy burglaries, and i" 12 bolioved that they fol- Jowed the peddling'trade oy o cover to their real oceupation, and while out peddling marked down houscs ozsy (o rob. Mosher's noso traveled round with tho bnfigv, and was remorked every- where, and pointed the detectives to o stablo on Mounroo strest, whero the vehicle was put up on -wovoral oceaslons. T'ho bugry was idontifiod in this manner. ‘The man who kept the stablo wag Yoquestod by Supt. Walling to_dras a sloteh of the vehicle, which was = locked up, Supt, Walling then requested Oapt. 1lines to send him on n skotehof tho vehicle furnished by tho lit= Lo ir} who Inst saw Charlio and tho kidnappers. The two skotches wero compared, aud tailied exnctly. There is little doubt lu Supt. Walling’s mind that Mosher and Douglas would have been in custody threo montha ngo, had it not been for tho tactics af the dotoctive apeucics und othor frreaponsible hunters after tho roward, aud the unwillingness of the family to tuko any stops toward arresting tho supposed abductors whilo tho possibility of secwing tho hoy was in douht, HBesides Chatliv's velatives avero in a constant state of excitement over tho re- ceipt_of lettora nunouncing thut lo lad been found, sud s eavh rumor of his discovery was thoraughly investigated, tho arrost of tho kid- nappers was madv n_gccondury consideration to tho recovery of the boy, Thiii caused & rumor {lat they were watched to reuch the enrd of Mosher aud Donglus, and whon Bupt, Walling aud Capt, Ilines waro ready to mako an attempt to arredt thom they had flown. Had Mosher's bunds been clean he would, in all probability, have attempted to negotisto witls the polico, but: tho rewardd published offered $20,000 for tho ro- covery of the vhild and the conviction of hiskid- uappérs, and AMosher owed ubout soven years' Hervice Lo the 8tate of New Jorsuy, Abouc flve years ngo Mosber broke fnfoa country grocery store near Red Bank, Monwouth Connty, N. J., and, placing the proceeds of the yobbory in a sail-boat, went to Herrlan's Tsland, and hid tho property thoro, Yo thon kept out of tho way for soveral duys, and, whon he thought the coast wag cloar, ho took the goods from tho islund, and was urrestod whilo disposing of them in Brook- Tyn, and locked up an the County Jail at Froce liold, fiom which ha succoedod in escaping in about forty-viglit honrs, VOLLOWING UL 'DIEE: TRATL, Bupt, Walling felt cortan that NMosher and Douglns wonld tall into his hisnds sooner or later, und took mensures to cateh them, Moshor's hubits and nnfocedents wors carofully studied, and every haunt of his in Whis eity win coverad by oflleors in citizens' dresd, ‘The evidouco againet Mosher and Douglos was ngain cavefully u"nud, and luformntion muruulhlg tholr movos monts camo in plecomeal, but confinming Mr, Walling's theory in overy respeet, Once Moshur ontored an eating-houte fn Now York, took wupper, and loft about half an hour boforo the oftticor who had beon detailed to watch him ar- rived. On snother occsslon hoth Moshor and Douglus wero sean on Brondwny, near Lrince atrect, und o dozen oflicers scoured the eity for them without result, No_fuith, howovor, was lout by Supt. Walling, Evory lolter writlen by the Lidunppers to the Hous family .way_ ghawn - him, and Lo . ‘found thom to bo 'in omo posted inPhitadelphin, Now Notv Dritts- wiale; nmokl;;u. aud In vovoral eountry tawhs, and woro written by Moshor, Tjuke In the chatn of ‘ovidence wera choorfutly suppliod . by tho nther of tho boy, who visited va-‘Yark for the purpose, and monoy was furmehod by tho Ioss fanaily to auablo Mr, Wallng to go_ott with the cago without ealling on the I'olice’ Board. Fail ing to find Mouher {n Now Yarle or Brooklyn, Supt. Walling, romemboring that Mosher used to commit rohberies nlong the sbores of Tiony Asland and tho Sound snd up the North Rivor by means of o sailiug boat, and thinking it proba- Dlo that ho hind Lut little money, and would be obliged to steal o Nva, dotermlned onorpanizln, an oxpedition along thoe Sound and up tho North River, to overhinul every sailing hoat that coutd bo fonnd, In oxder not to vrealo susplelon, he clinrtored a stenm-tug nt Koyport, put & erow on bonrd, oto, Detoclives Selleck and Doyle, of Now York, Dateetive Wood, of Philadelphia, and aovaral cilizons of Philadélpbis, cruised slong thio Bound, skirting tho shores of Connecticnt an Long Inland, overhauling evory vesnol that they oncotntersd and _oxnmining the inbabilanis of overy hamlel, Nothing waa discovered thore, and trip up tho North River to Sing Sing proved equally fruitless, A robhory perpeirated by monns of anuil-boat wns roportol at Nyack, and Dotoctives Doylo and Helleclk passed a weok In ovorbauling every muspletons Emm‘ nnd_ eraft botweon Spuyton Dugvill and Bing Sing withont BlCCOBY, X t-riggodl bioat was utolon at Bridge- Furk‘ Corin., sud every offort iwas mado to recover t, o8 Moehier was beifoved to bo the thiof, but tho soarch for tho craft sas abandoned, it is possible, however that tho boat used by Mosher and Dovglas {0 go to Bay Ridgo on Sunday may Lo tho one atolon from Bridgeport, Alosher and Douglan woro wilbin an aco of belog czught a faw weoks ago. They woro both vory supersti- tioun, and wore constantly in tho hiabit of visiting Mnio. Morrow, n clairvoyant, of No, 181 Easi Touston streot, who know Moshor's nemo and character, An oflicor whose duty it wus to waich tho place vory imprudontly cought to hasion wmnttors by gaining the confldoncoof the madam, aud when ho thonght that ho was sufliciontly in- timato with hor ho announced himwelf as o Y pnl " of Billy Mosbor, and asked her if eho could get & lottor to him, T'ho omnn wes cun- ming and put bim off, &e. A couplo of dnysnfter it wau ngcortained that Moshor had somohow or othor been warned and hind chitoged camp, Laet Saturday Supt. Walllng was so dlsap- pointed at his want of auccoss thnt bo romanded to ordinary duty several officers that nd Deon workiuy on tho case, nnd only retnined tho sor~ vices of Doylo and Selleck. When he reccived tho tologram announcing that Mosher and Doug~ Ing wore dead, and that Doaglns hind coufossed, ho wos ono of the bappiest mon iu New York, Detestiva Sollock way sent to Bay Ridgo, and fully idontificd tho burglars ns Mosher and Douglas, In regard to Charllo Ross Mr, Willing aflinng thet ho knowa tho namo of the porson in whose custody he is, but cavnot find him, Ho bolloves that whon tho dontbs of Moshor and Donglas aro known to Charlies custodinn o will cither give him up or ebandon him, _ TIE BEAROI LAST NIGHT, The activity in polico circlos continued throngh tho night, o large portion of the detcetiva squad TLieing engaged it working up variouselows whic, it was thought, wonld lead to the unearthing of tho favorito haunts of tho doad burglars, and thereby enable tho officers to fix thewhorenbouts of the retrent in which thomiasing ChnrlioRossis hiddon. Capt. Hoddon, of thie Thirty-tuird Pro- cinct, wout to tho scene of the sbooting, and identitied Mosber fully as ono of the menhe Lad spaciBled, but did not_so recognize Douglas, Capt. Hines, chiof of tho dotoctivo squad bf Philadelpbis, arrived during tho afternoon, and; becoming convineed that thero was ground for notion, tolographed back to sond on ell thoso who had witnessed the abduction, or who had como in contact with the snpposed abductors, An supwor was ab once received, saying that they would come on immediately. An unclo of the missing boy called aldo ot the Suporintend- ent's oftico, and bod o _long interview with Mr. Walling. Datective Solleck, of Capt. Trving's squad, made a caveful examination of the bod- iod, nnd roported that nb papors or other indicn tion of the wherenbout of “the thioves' guartors wero found upon them. At 10 o'clock p. m. Supt. Walling, who s very povitive in hiy nsser- tions that tha Jong-looked-for child is lving in {ho suburbs of this city, left his ofico with Deo- tectivos Clapp, Lesly, aud other reinforce- ments, on a presumed tour of fuyostigation, All think that the mystery is now nbout to bo solv- %fl. and aro working with renewed enorgy and opo. TIHE ABDUCTION OF CHARLIE FOSS, The story of the abduotion of Charlia Ross moy bo briefly told. Toward tho end of Juno Inst two men wore lurking about Germautown, & quiet suburb of Lhiladolphin, Theeo persons niut thoro tio boys, Walter and Charlos 1toss, of tho npo of 8 and 4 respechively, Whose paronts regido in tho neighborbood. Thoy professed to be friendly to the boys, and_gave thom toys and candies. On Wednosday, July 1, botween 4 and 5 o'clock, the men in queation’ drovo upinn buggy, and meoting tho boys asked them to ride. The econfiding children did so, aud aftor riding sonio distanco one of tho men asked Walter to gob out and buy somo fire-crackers. o com- plied, but as soon 03 ho had entered tho store the buggy dravo off rapidly with Chorloy Lloas, who was goen no more. Mr. Ross, who was momber of & Philadolphia firm, roturned at 9, and was groatly diatressed at not Hading his on at home, ~ I1o eoarched ovary- whore for bim, and thon_eought the ald of tho rollca, who also suu;i‘hl for gevoral daya to find ho missing child, Finding bis offorts fruitless, Mr. Ross ndvertised as follows: §300 REWARD WILL 1K PAID TO TRE PrngoN relurn. ing to No, 5 North Sixth strect a Suavz Loy, 4 yeans old, hnyhig long, curly, finxer hinlr, hazel eyen, cler, Hgtit_ekin, and vound face; dressed In a brown lison ault, with whiort alirt, broad-brimmed liat, and laced ehota, The child wan lost from Germantown on Wednesday aflornoon, Ist fust, belween 4 and 8 o'cloek, ‘Thia ndvertieement brought no responso until Tuesday. July 6, when tho personal column of the Dhiladelyhin’ Ledger contained the following: Ttoss—Wi: 1z READT TO NLGOTIATE, On the smno day Mr. Roas received an ruony- mous lotter throngh tho Post-Oflico, in which it wus stated that Churloy would bo returned for £20,000. It also uaid that tho child was in good Tauds ; that it bad cost the partios o great deal of money to ot him, and that they could not think of returning him for less thou 20,000, * Wo know," tho lotter eaid, * you aro not worth mueh money, but wo are awara that you havo rieh frfends, of whom you {eun borrow. If you love moncy bettor than_your child, the blond bo on your own head.” ‘Tho futhor suswored this cruel demaud a8 follows, in tho Ledger ;. Itosa will como to terma to tho extent of his ability, Anothur nuonymous letter was promptly ro- ceived by Mr, toes, stating that tho partios who beid the child wonld not part with it for a emaller sumn- then tho one already named. “Any asttemph,” they wroto, ‘to use taln tho child's hiding-placo wilk result in its en- tiro aunibilation.” ‘Tho_distressed father had not the ransom domanded, buk he was willing to malko any sacrifico to regain his lost child, e answered in tho snmo papor aa follows : Ross is willng] Havonotgot 81 Am dolng my ‘beut to raRo it Several othor letters woro recoivod during the succeeding weok, defying the police ta discovor tho chttd, snd doclnring thnt It * would be put away” if tho terms namod wers uot nccepted, Mozntime the public excitement wus very groat, tho police wore epurred into activity, and the Mayor of Philadelpbin offerod o Treward of £20,000, giving, st tho ramo time, tho circum- staucus under which Charloy 1toss had disap-, poared, Tho Ihiladelphin polics subscquently pearclied 140,000 houses in that city withont findingz any clow Lo the fata of the missing boy. Stimulated by the reward, as well as by imano motives, efforts huve been made throughout tho country'to tiud xome tidings of, tho obild, but nothing haa beon accompiished ozcopt the elv- culation of several falso reports. gt CRIMINAL BRIEFS, IRIAL-UDUNPIRREEITER ARe RESTED, Speclal Dispateh Lo The Chicage Trivunc, Mavisoz,Wis., Dev. 10.~Iujthocaso of Itinde- Kopt ot al,, for conspiracy to dofraud tho United Htates Rovenue, to-dny, Col. Goudwin mado & Tongupeoeh for the dofonko,mainly dovoted to poo- noolngthe evidoucesof the prozccution, hellttling tho offanee which it went to prove, and arguing the impoenibility of carrying on tho distilling und whisky business i strics complisnco with law. Homo iwenty witnosses wero culled, but they had little to eny, About all the tostimony swounted to was that Prince Ham Rindakopt wan o groat and a good mun ; that Col. Lull Loro u good charnetor, and that Itogers, tha prose- ention's Stute’s ovidones, was nunughty man; An otfort to finpench hig roliability us a witneas nud hin toetimony wad not near ng successful as un- tolpated, - Altogethor, tho dofouso Was rather thin, The Prosecuting Atlornoy will introduca teatimony to-morrew to nuplmrt Llogors' tontls mouy, and the arguments will then commence, 1t i antlciputed the chict effort of the dofonsa witl bo to socure ncquitisl on tho ground thut there wed no conspiracy, without attempting to deny ihat frauds hed beon conunitted, A countorfeitor numed Whnothy flarkes, on whoso perton wag found & coustdorable suount RINDSKOPFS of tho *quoer™ in &6 bllls and 60-gont piecns, wus nigested ab Daraboo yoslorduy by Doputy lmmlmuuw. n Thoy - wera’ ork, United Stotes Marshal Ditokly, sad brought Liore and Jodgod in Jail to-day. FOUL PLAY SUSP'RCTED. Snectal Disputoh to The Chicaae Tribune, “MaxsFtELD, 0., Dov 10,—T'his morning the romaing of two infants, ano colored, the other whito, ware discarsred buriod In the roar of the promison occupled by Phil Harrls, colored, who 19 lNving with o white womsn in tho northern part of tho city. Onoof tho babics hnd apparently boen burlod n your or moro, whilo the other had ovidontly heon doposited within & wook or two, Tho Harrls family cro strougly suspectod of fonl play, otthar with thely own offapring or that of Aome unfortunato they hnvo beon harboring. Tho Coroner is making ' an iuvestigation, Harrls is the colored man who accupied the apartmonts noxt to Mre. Tunsford wheu (e late tor wan murdored in 1870, TiATER—Tho Coranor's inquest on tho bodies found on Phil Harris' premisos oxamined wit- nossvs only fn roferonce to the remaius latest Thove wero shown to bd tho off- @pring_of Mra, Harris, & malo child burn last depositod 'huriiday, and while thioro iy no ovidonco show- ing that th vont respiration ay birth. Tho jury roturncd a verdict that decorged como to his donth by moans unknown to thoe jury. 'I'he partivs implicatod claim the child was still-bora, RAILIOAD TIOKET-OFKICE BURGLARIZED, Snecial Dispateh to The Chicago Pribune, Macoxn, Dee. I aud about 880 in money and a revolvor takon from tho monoy-drawor in the telograph tablo. Othor monoy-drawers in tho offico woro pried Ten dollars of tho amount and tho revolver was tho Fflmunnl wroporly of tho dwy operator. Tho hioves outered the passenger-room through a open, but contalned nothing valuablo. window they mauaged to raise, and It apponts thoy climbod over tho railingof the ticket-ofiico, about 10 foet high, st the window whero tho ticketn aro handed out, a4 it was closed, Tho gamonight the lumber-yurd oftico of Bartleson & Gilmore wag broken jufo and part of n hunting- Tho rail~ road oflices nt Tonnesseo and Colnar, tho second suit, boots and_pants, takon from ft. snd third stations south of here, wore entored tho same night, sud it is supposcd by the pamo pacties, ADMITTED TO BAIL. ¥ peeial Dispateh to J'he Chicago Tribune, Parxceroy, 1lL, Deo, 16.—~Somothing less than two yearango, O. N, O'Connor, of Amboy, killed Donnis C. Allon. O'Connor was arrosted, in- dicted tor tho maurder, tried eud found guilty, aud sentonced to bo imprisoned for tife, A motion for new trial was mado and allowed on thio ground of improper conduct on the part of jurors. Bubsequently & chaugo of yvonue was taken to Buroan County, and to-day O'Connor's attoruoys, Mossra, Lorgo,- of Chicago, and Tustaco, 'of Dixon, applicd for and obtained a continuance, the abseuce of matorinl witnesses being tho besis of tho applieation. Thoy also asked to have tho prisoner admitted to bail, and, oftor honring the statemonts of tho respective counsol, Judgo Lelaud decided to allow bail to Do taken in the sum of 310,000, BHLER'S DEFALUATION—ARSON TRIAL, Speciat Dispateh to The Chicagn Tribune, Miuwaukee, Dee. 16,—It hos transpirved that at o secrab sossion of the County Board the con- clugion was reached that tho Board can do pothing in the mattor of Lblors' defalcation, but must await the action of the new Treasuror when ho goes into ofiico and domnands tuo bal- anco ghown on the books. Ehlers' bondsmen hava found ont that the Supervisors disregarded the law roquiring thom to designata o county dopository, but allowed Ellers to donosit whero Lio liked, ne his own money, honco tho defalea- tion, and the bondsmen rofuse to pay one cout moro, : Tho trial of Ruflnllrbo Woise, druggist, for sotling flza to his stofo, with jutont to dofraud tho firo-insurauco compaules of £10,000, has commenced. ATTEMPTED MURDER, Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, LincoL¥, Nob., Deo. 16.—A mmrdorous at- tompt to Lill Marehal Campbell, of Drownsville, was mado yostorday. Ae ho was loading & man to tho City Prison, o was nsesulted by o third parly, who, flxrwh:g o hugo knifo, cuv the Mar- shal & dozon tfmes, Ouo wound fu_tho neck, it is fonred, will provo futal. The Marshel was rescued by citizons, whoroupon his assallant turned upon the prisoner aud cut him soverely before ho was arrestod. The would-bo murdorer was finnlly conveyed to prison, from whouco tho exasporated citizons attcmpted to take him to Iyneh, but failed. THT DES MOINES LYNCIING. Kpecial Disuatch to The Chioayo I'rivune. Des MorNEs, In., Deo, 16.—Ioward, the con- wict hung by the mob, was buried to-day by the side of Jolnson, whom Lo murdored, in Pottor’s Field, Nota person followed the body to tho grave. Tho citizens' moeting lust night, in strouy resolutions, denounced the action of tho mob who bung Howard, aud demaunded of the nuthorities Lo forret out tho porpotrators. Joo Price, whio aided iu convioting Iloward, was no- tifiet! to-day by an anvnyumous lotter to loave tho city in twenty-four hours, - ANOTIER COUNTERFRITER ARRESTED. Succut! Dispatch to The Chicano Tribune. Eu, Ps, Do, 10.—Ed Riley, o notorious counterfeiter and shovor of * quoer,” Wwas ar- rested and brought to this city this morning, and lodped in §ail by United States Sccrot Servico Detective Glibert B. Perkius, Riloy was operat- iy in the mountainous region of Potier and sur- rounding counties, and had got the region well flaoded when eaptured, o will have o hearing before United Stutes Commissionor Torce to- morrow ovouing. Riloy waa a womber of tha Ballard gaug, A YOUNG GIRL OUTRAGED, Speciul Dispartch to The Chicuao Tridune, Duny Rapws, Iud,, Dee, 16,—Mary Lent, a girlof 13 years, whilo on her way home from school Jast evening, wae attacked by @ rufiian nmmed Elltott Purker, aud, in spite of hor scroams and ntmgialus, ho succeeded _in outrag- ing her person, Ho threatened ber life it sho exposed him, und, belioving himeelf safo under tha threut, he did not try to escape. As soon a8 tho girl roached homo shie told lier pitiful story, and Parker was securod und talon to Fort Wagne to-day under arrost. 'Uhe girl is now in w eritienl condition. STABBING AFFRAY. Special Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, Daxvitig, 1L, Dee. 16.—A alalibing affray occurred on our strects this afternoon, by which one Cottrell received injuries thot will probably prove fatal. The circumstances, 8o far as kuown, avo mengre. T'ho only witness of the oceurrenee saw one Cummings jump out of & wagon and strike Cottroll threo or four times witl a knifo, jump in his wagon and drivo off in company with flm othera, No arrosta have boon made at thid our, ROBBERY OF A GRAVL, pecial Disputeh Go The Chicayo T'ribune, TFony Wayne, Ind,, Dec. 10.—A few deys slnoo the budy of an unknown Gormau emigraut, who commilted suicide at Vun Wert, 0., was burled in the comoiory ot that place. Next daya prominont physician of Fort Wayne, nccom- ‘mu_lml by o nogro servant, went to Van Wert. Whitotiiey wore there the emigrant’s grave was opened and the hody taken, causing much excite- ment thora, Suspiclon points strougly to the doctor referred to, who will bo arrested to- HMIOTTOW, MINE SUPERINTENDENT MURDERED, Yrrrenung, Fa,, Deo, 16.—This morning about 9 o'vluck, dir, John A, Aultnan, Superinlendont of the Duquesne Coal Works, located iu tho ‘I'hirty-soventh Ward of (his city, whilo nnklng Lis usunl tour of inspection through tho minos, wos fived npon Ly oo party, a8 yob un- Inown, und futally wouded. The’miners em- ployed by the Coripany Linve beon on u strika for somo time, and consequontly the pit was un~ ocetipted at tho time tho asenuly was made. NAVY-VARD YRAUDS, Bowton, Dov, 16,~"The Herakd snys frauds of maguitude have beon digcovered in tho Churlea- town Navy-Yard, and that the ofielul concorned Lus boon suspended pending investigalion ne Washinglon, P R N THE WEATHER. Wanmsaroy, D, 0, Dee, 10,—Tor the North- weit clour or elearing and eolder weathor will pre- vail, with north or wost winds aud vismg bar- ametoer, Vor the -Lmkoe llegion, rain or snow, followed by colder and partly cloudy wonthor, u?uthwun to northiweut winda and xising barom- oter. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1874. Phil 0 child ovar breathod, in fact tharo {8 grong evidenco to tho contrary, still thoro s Tooin fot mm]flelun that moans were uetd (o pro- The tichol-ofiico of the Chieago, Burlington & Quincy Naflrond hore wan ontered somo timo Saturday night by burgiars LLOSS BY FIRE. Hariford Sitk Factorles Suffor to the Extent of $200,000. Total Loss by tho Boston aud Obarlestown Fires, $736,000. Record of Other Burnings. NUAR HARTFORD, CONN,~LOSH 2500,90, Hawrvoun, Conu. Dee. 16,—A large’ mill at ‘Warehouso Point, accupled by tho Leonard Silk Company and the Chinpin & Darber Silk Com- puny, was dostroyed by fire this ovening. The wachiuery was valuable. TLows total, and probably over binlf & million of dollars. 1t o bolloved that tho fire was the ork of an Incon- dinry, ‘Tho q’mu works of the factory supplied the villago alko, and to fira left the inlahilants in darknege, Two huudred Londs are thrown out of employmont, Hanzvotw, Conn, Dee, 16G.—Tho loss at the Warchouso Point firo was Juss thun at firat ro- poried. It isnow etatod ol $200,000; ineurance, 63,000, AT FORIST CITY, ARK, Mryrmse, Dee, 16.—A Forest City, Arle, Assoclated Press digpatch says a firo broko out ot 7 o'clack this morning in the Court-llouse building, which, togother with a Inrgo portion of tho records, was soon destroyed, A strong gale from tho south carried tho flames to Gurloy's bifliard-hall, which, with its stock, is an entiro loss. 'Tho largo storo of Izzard & Irewett followod ; soon Topo Bros.’ butlding win also in flamues, in which wero tho tolograph and Tinies ofilucs, Tho telograph instrumonts and ot of tho cases of the Tnmes ofileo woro saved. ‘The firo then proceedod down Washingion stroet, cast wido, dostroying Iteed & Brown's barber ghop and Dya's drug-store, tho latter naving most of his stock, The fire was chocked in this dircction by an.slley, but communicated to Mr. Inanc's storo, whovo loas will roach &6,000; in- sured in tho Amerloan Contral for 32,600, ' Gray & Stir's drug-store, and Borray & Co.'s grocery- store, werp soon also in flames, Tho totnl losy will exceed ‘880,000, with lesa than §10,000 in- suranco, Jzzard & Prewott's loss will reach %16,000, partly insured. AT ANDERSON, IND. Speeial Diaatch to The Chicado Tribune, Aunensoy, Ind., Deo. 16,~The grain waro- house of A, Walker & Son was destroyed by tire last night, with a considorable amount of wheat, corn, and flour, Loss ubout §7,000; fully in- sured on building. Tho firo was evidently tho work of nn incendiary. This is tho sgeond Limo the warchouss has been fired hore within tho lnss two weeks, the fire in the first one being ox- tiuguished before it had made much progress. AT BANGOR, ME.—LOSS, $70,000. Baxaon, Me., Dee, 16.—A firo on Main strest, Iast night, destroyed nino stores and tho Iinrrie son Houge. The losa is estimated at £5,000; the insurance ia $80,000, Lartn,—Tho Josy by the fira here, Inst night, 1 70,000, THY BOSTON VIRK. Dostox, Dec. 16,.—The losses by the Plympton and Warciam etroot firo nggrogato 590,000 : insurance, 08 far a8 Lnown, s $141,000. The lonses by the Charlestown fire nggrogato $145,- 000 ; Insurauce, 60,000, AT KT CHARL 0. #25, 000, St. Louts, Doc, 16.—The St. Chnrlos starch factory, at St. Chatles, Bfo., was burned yestor- duy, with considorablo corn and manufactured starch. Tho loss is §565,000 ; insured for £10,000. AT 1. PAUL, §7. Pavs, Minn., Deo. 10.—I'his evening tho Kilroy flouso, on Minnesota street, burnod with most of its contonts, Loss, 4,600, IN OILLICAGO, Thio alarm from Box 876 nt 5:00 o'clock last avening was ocensloned by the "discovery of fire inatwo-story framo building., No. 683 Bouth Ialsted strock, oconpied as a livory siable by Olof Brothors. The damago to building nnd coutonts amounted to S1,000; fully ivsured. 'I'ha flames cxtouded to No. 681, o framo build- iog owned snd ocoupied by Mr. Bussh os » butcher shop, Loss, 2,000 ; fully insured in the Cloveland Company. Willinm Jones' house, No, 685, wac demaged to the exten$ of £500. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS. There is no moncy inthe Alabama Treasury of any kind to pay tho membets of the Gonernt Assembly. " ‘Clao recont baquost of tholate Bamucl Stovens, ' wonlthy merebant of Bultimore, for the found- ing of & Professorship in theTheological Depart- ment of Boston University, will amouut to at leust $40,000. Tho Lawrenco (Kan.) 7rfbune, after an oxist- once of twenty yours, las glvon up tho ghost,— itn franchive, good will, snd matorlal, pussing by pusebinso to tho Lawrenco Journal. A fow deys ago we_noticed tho oxport from New York to some Luropean port of 100 boxos of sordines, into Now Yorlk, from Cardifl, Wales, of 25 barrels of pork, Honry T, Soldon, » contractorat Colt's Armory, Hartford, Ct,, bung himuelf on tho #th inst, Though enjoying an iucoms of $8,000 o year, he labored undor tho halucinution that lie wos comiug to want, and feared that hio should end his duys in the poor-house, Have you noticed that, in all the ostimates of the costof living given us, tho cost of the clothes of the *mun af tho house " is almost invariably sut dowrn a¢ £300, or thereabouts, end that that of the maduwn’s varies from £800 to £4,0007 A wingular fact, Is it not?—2Doslon Globe, 'hat's tho kiud of o wifo to_heve around tho houge. Sho lives at Lo Buer, Minn., und mark- oted 700 turkoys last wook. If thoss birds av- oraged 8 pounds a plece, and sold at 7 contsn pound, the nmount recelved was nearly £400,— o sum sufiiciont to ran tho family comfortably, and allow the husbaud Lo sit around in iny slip pors aud enjoy life. Lnst evening oue son and two daughters of Nr. Dauiel Sheesley wore murried, at their futher's residonco, in the lower portion of the city. Samuol Sheeslay and Geargo Tattuall ox- chunged gistors in marriago, and another sistor of Mr. Blieesloy’s was wedded to Joscpl Rhoads, w=llarrisburg (P'a.) Palriot. The firm of Waltor A. Wond & Co,, muntifac. turors of mowing machines, hava just recoivod an_order for 8,000 machines to be sent to Enge -nud. Che ninount of thia ovder is &1,000,000, and to il l& and otherd on lund will give am- loyment to over 600 nten until nuxt July.—dl any (N, Y.) Argus. "Plha now Lunalic Aeylum at Danvors, Mass,, iu Lo cost about §1,000, Ufll ond is to secomuo- duto 400 patients, Tho Taunton Uospital bos now 514 inmates, uad, whoen its left wing iscom- ploted, will accommodate 1005 aud ity cntiro cost 1a Iesy than $500,000. Wil some ono answer the conundyum, ** Why Is this thus 2"—Aew Dedford (JMass.) Mereury, At lnat tho voxed quostion of grado in the Cily of Lnst St. Louis is sottled by tho action of tha Olty Conneil. " Five Councituron voted to ustub- Tish the grado of tho city -on auch « basis us to admit of soworago, mid b the same timo bo & protection againe high wator, ‘tho grado ostab- Iiukncd ia 6 inches abovo tho high-water mork of 1844, Tred CGreen, son of Gen, Green, of artford, Cf., who disppearod from homo flve ‘reoks simee, loft his bomo bocauso Lo hnd quarseled with his fother, 1ls slipped from Doston for tho West lodies, but the vessel wont to bt Johnw, Nowloundlanul, for s vargo, where you tireun dogorted, beenmo disgusted with the ron- duet of thoe crow, and shipped for hume oun Now Dedford whaler, In Evosham ‘Township, Durlington Couuty, 5 N. T o yaung female toucher of w public elaol was alona I the bullding aftor dismlusal, whon two rnfllans ontered, s, eoizing hor, vtripped hor of every nrifola of eluthing, whivh thoy packed up in w bundlo nnd envprod away, They ofterad wo furthor indignity. ~Sho wus pre- vonled from muliug nn outery by the threats of tho seoundrels, who hekd hor iu » stato of ab- Ject torvor, They ware vegular tramps who Wore uaknown i tho locality, Aftor they hud dupurtod the young gl uttracted tho attention of tho nolghbors, who furnished hor with cloth- g and ensblod her to prossed to ber home, An whiean was inmadiatoly glyen, nud the perpetine tors cuptured and lodged in jail. The Towa Btuto toard of Canvassers not huv- tngg boon abilo Lo aves us to tho person that wuy sleeted Benutor from Olavke County, vico Daguo, Wa now notico the importation. resigned, the Beorotary has snbmitied tho quen- tl‘nu to the Astorney Gonoral for hig doclsiou, ‘Fho alrenmeatancos nro nd follows : ThoBenatorial Dintrict {5 composed of Tueas and Clarke Coune ties, In Clarkoe County, Benjnmin ¥, Arnold ro. celvod 062 votes; in Lucad County, 1. 1Y, Arnold recofved 121 votes,—a total for some Arnold of Arnold iy a Ropublican. James Rco, onopolist, yecolved in tho two conntion 1,20 votes. 1f 15, I, Amold and onjoruin 1. Arlnfld nl\'o me{z m;}l the gamo ]ml‘!rgl, then Are nold is elooted : if not, Rico will bo the noxt Honator from thnt distriot, 2 Tho cheeso market-songon cloned in Utlea, Wedueaday, Dec. 0. 'Tho wstatistios of the vonson's fraflic are as followa: ''io total offoriny of chiecso during tho sonron was 211,48 Tioxes, with a valuntion’ of $1,777,002.80, 'Tho extremo pricos on tho dlfferont market-duss varled from 163¢ cenls nt tho Leginuing of the keason to 118{ conty July 18, with an advanco again ns high ns 16 cent In tha fall, and 148¢ centsasthe oxtremo on Wedueaday, Tho uverago price ranged from 1614 centd Lo111 conte, ad- vanelug with tho fall’ to 1077 conls, with 1514 cents o tho closlng avorago of tho konton, T.aut toanon tho offering: amounted in valuo to 21,403,- 066,60, showlug su incroaso tuis season of over 250,100, The cnso of Miller vs, Matthow Tayn, for breach of promise, is familiar to overy dwellerin Dubnque, where tho caes originnted, ag il hns for yoars dragged its slow lenglh along. In finnily deciding it, at the last tern of tho Su- premo Court, ot dignified hody tompered the lnw of tho case with s little lovity. It wasin ovidenco that, ufter the cotnmoncemont of the action, iho pluintift declared sho * would not marry tho defendant sny more thanif ho waa o dog, if it was not for his property.” This was offered iy mitigation of damagos, aind rejeet- «d, Judgoe Colo rematking, in the opinion : “'The plaintiT may woll have thought, in view of {ho dofendant’s failure to keup his promiso, aud ali that oceurred, that there was nothing desirable remsiuing to dofendant except bin property, and lio Iacked oven tho dog's chicf proporty, fidel- ity,"—Dubnugue Times. TELEGRAPH LINE LUEASED, The %Wires of the Pranklin Telexraph Line Leased by the Atluntic & Pua= cific Company. Suecial Dispateh to The Chicaga Triline, Bostos, Mass, Dec. 16—Tho actlon of the moeting of tho Franklin Telegraph Company to-dsy takes away tho last hope of tho minority, unless tho Bupremo Court shall interforo nud grant their applieation for n Recolver. Tho mooting was called in rosponeoe to a pelition of a minority of the stockholders, ropresenting 8,710 shares, for tho purpose of considering tho sub- ject of lonsing tho property w tho Atlantle & Pacifio Telograph Company for the sum of £30,000. Mr, W. J. Lyon, Dresident of tho Compauy, called tho nieoting to order, and the records of the last meoting were read. Mr. Jobn R. Bullard, of Dedham, tool oxcoptions to tho records, and contended that ho offored n protost vorbally bofore tho vote to LEASE THE LISE and thon reduced it to writing. 1o insisted that his protest should hayo been entered in the order in which it was offored. ‘Thu vota on eaonding the rocord was 1,645 shintes to 5,172, aud thoy wore approved. A motion was then offered approving tho leaso {o the Atlantic & Preiflo av 27,500 per anuum. Mr. Georgo I, Willinmson asliod for tho veading of & Jetfer in which he claimed ho hind in bohalf of cortain parties made an offer to louso the line for 15,000 pior year, payable somi- nonunlly, and protestivg mgaivst tho lensing of the liva to nny parties for a Joss sum than 235,000, 'Tho President took the ground that no on‘nnlr h“\?‘{i'fm mado bl,\lr Mr. \]‘qumnaun. r. Williameon read o roply to this lottor, in arhich: Mr, Lyon stated that fiu bad no power to 1dago the line to any other parties than the ATUANTIO & PACIFIQ TELEGRAPH COMPANY. In reply to n question, the rosident read a lettor nddreseed by him to Nr. J. I. Brown, in which ho said: 1 think that it s greatly to the interost of thie Frank- lin Comprny {o leaso wpon tho erms that T hnvo yro- cured for it, for the following reasons: Thu bools of thie Company show that a net profit of $119,135,68 hine been enrned during hio years commiencing April 20, 1870, to April ), 1874, During twenty-threo monthn of that'timo tho Compariy had tho skyual service busincss, which thoy had not before, have ot naw, and msy not hnye again, which profited §54,000, at an extra cost to thic Cotnpntyy of $12,000 for espeuses, which reduced Teaves £42,000 to bo deducted from’ the $119,15,08, which leavea $38,000 for tho averago earniogs of the Company for tho four years, whicli 13 about £10,000 per vear, Lcan ouly find that all liat timo twa dividends iavo heen paid (o ntockioldera aud this Gompay Lo round debt of $0,600 tnpaid. 1n reply, it ¢an bo sald that the Looks do show that as muchns $44.600 has Deen mado in one year, Deduct for Signal-Service Luninear, now lost, $37,000, less its cxpensc,—say £6,000, and the result will 'bo for that year $2,000, o initch’'less amount thun has Leen ohialued for tho Company by leasing it to tho Atlantic & Paclle Com- pany on 1he terma i tho Jease, Tha resolution pasved at the etockholdera’ meeting in Novembler inotructed mo to lewse ot nol lews ihan 25 found upon the record of thie Company mecting of stockholders held in October, 1873, a reso- Iution was parsed to lenre 1o tho Atlantic & Pacific Company thio Pranklin Lino at not less {han $25,000, Au appenl wag made to thie Committen of ‘the Atlantic & Puciflc Company thot the Frankiin Company bad incurred indobtedners by Teason of contracts for {be extension of lines, eay, two lincs from Ryo lleach (o Hoston; nleo, for the fuishing of the lno from Provideuce to Newport, and somo _extensions o New Jersey, which, with the expenscs, would amonnt to $25,000, or Forhapy 230,000, for which thio Frauklin suauid Leeome rented, as {ha Company biad some indebtadness yet to yay be- sides tho rent mentioned, aud for that resdcn the rental of the Compayy ehould be fnereased to $27,510 rer year, which was done, and a claso fnserted that, if 10 wutiefy exioting coniracts moralmes hud to bo built, then'the Franklin Compauy had the right to build the same, and get 8 per cent additional vent on the amount expended up to & rental of £30,000 per annum, but i the stockholders of the Fravklin did not wish to bulld, or incur any mioro dobt, tho Atlantic & Pacific Company lad tho “privilego of building und collecting rovents or rent therefrom, Tho present debt of the Compzny, with= ont the bond, fn nbont $10,000 3 with the bohd’ nuder 20,000, nnck §27,000 per axiwumn for 09 yeare, ‘Ilat, in my optufon, fx much betier than tho “Franklin Com. pany has evor dune, and more than ths Looks cap pos- uibly show it to be wortli, A vain attempt wasmade to stavo oft s vote, after which the voto was takon, with {ho follow- ing result : In favor of ralifving the leane, 5,170 shares ; opposed, 27 shures, wnd tho leasa was: declared confirmed e — TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. Eighty-five hogs belonging to Mr. Bhafer, of Jnelonville, TIl.; havo died in tho last five days, of cholera, ‘The residonco of Dauicl Crousie, near Mt, Car- rail, 1ll, has been destroyed by fire, Losy, 8,000 insuranco, £2,000, The State Bonrd of Education met yestorday ab the Norinul University, at Normnl, IIL., atterided to the business of “tho fustitution, aud ad- Journed. T'ho county offfeors of Crsy_County, Ill,, who romoved to Virginia from Beardstown, have closed their oftices on account of the recont do- cision of Judgoe Walker sustniniog the injune. tion forbidding their romoval from Doardstown. Macomb, TiL, it i8 enid, will roon test tho logulity of the club-raoms disposing of whisky under the joint-stock plan, Tho ety lmi tvo ingtitutions dolng busiicss o this plan, Gasen hve beon mudo muminst both, to como up for trinl gomo timo this wuok, The Excelsior Gns Company somo time since received from tho Macomb, i), city futhors the exclusive_right to ilinminate tho cily for thirty yoars, and tho workmen have commonced diteh- ing for tho muin pipes. A Lrick Luilding is being put up for tho gas-house, and mon have been at worlt ou it for some days past. Tho Shoriff of Clinton County, Mich., has eaptured Warron P, Bigsby, ehargoed with bigas my, e marrlod o young lady in the 'lown of Esdos, on tho 11th of Angust, 1872, when, it was afterwards aecortained, o had a wifo living in Lenaweo County. 1lo was arrested In Muy, 1873, bus esceped. A Bpecial Agont of tho Pogt-Ofilcs Departmont mado un oxamivation of tho Corunna (dich.) Poel-Uilico, and found that somo §1,615 wiy misring, and slso that nome papors of ofice had beon mislaid, * Tho money hns hoon refunded by tho Postmaster, althogh hmeoll and bly daugh- tor, tho Doputy, wore nol implicated, et NEBRASIA RELIEF. Oxana, Neb,, Deo, 10,—The Nebraskn State Itotiof Bocioty havo heon informed that the ox- Y‘rum compuniesleading into New York, the Lrio, ko Bhoro, Pounsylvanin, Kanlnkeo, aud Bure lington Missouri Railrond Companlos have grant od freo transporiation to tho Huclsty ovor their lines from Now York and Philadelphia to Chicago and Omaha, S A Piceo of Malice, rom the San Francisco At On n late oceaston, invitations wers sent round for s.party at the houso of o woallhy eitizen, aud, fukt before the nwnln{; appointed, lettors woro mailed to those invited, informing thes that 1hu wife of the hoat hind buon taken mudden- 1y aud eorionsly il), und the prity was postponed, ‘Tho lettors abuut thoe illteus and postnonement wern furged ta gratlty the malico of a porson who win not invited, ‘Tho trick was dlecoyerod in time Lo send round word of the fraud, so it fwiled in ity purpoeo, -and is at tho Central Statlon. CAUGHT AT LAST. The Alleged Murdorer of Albert Goctzo Found in S8t Louis, He Denies Any Knowledgo of the Cutting, Joseph Tanwoy, the alloged murderor of Albort Gootze, who was killed in the saloon of Chrietian Hausen, at No. 702 Bouth Ifalsted streot, on the morning of March 18, 1873, dure ing the progress of ndnnco, has boon nrrested, James Aspel, Jamos, Sheridan, Patrick Nolan, and Patrick Kearnoy, young mon of from 17 to 20 yenrs of age, woro arrested at tho timo, but tho evidenco at tho Coroner’s inquest pointed to Josoph Tnnkey ne tho murderer, though thore was nothing direet to that effect at tho Limo. TESTIMONY AT TIE INQUENT. Thio County Physiclan testified that Gootze had dicd from an incised wound in the right aide of tho neck, tho carotid artery having Luon sover ed, ond doath resulting from extremo hem= orrhage. Aspel testified that Tienley had come to bla fother's u.nlnou, No, 822 Sontl: Holeted streot, o nbout L?cluuk on tho morning of tho mur. der, with his faco covored with Dlood. Tho witness hnd taken him in tho ealoon, and washed the blood from his faco, and discovered & wound in his head, and was told by tho othor prisonors hat he was cut by ono of Lia friends, They also *intimated® to Aspol, £0 ho stated, that Tansey Liad out Hoaley snd Gocetzo. Iealey told the witnees that a German cut him. Taneoy wag cutin the arm, aud Aspol 8aid Lo heatd he hied # knifo in his hand during tho nilray. enlov stated at tho Inquost that Tansey had cat him In the head for some cango to him un« Tnown. e saw Tansey and & man named Mike Markham togother, This latter was also called ng a witness, but, liko all tho parties concerned inthe bloody tragody, thoy told conflicting and contradictory statoments, Tho jury brought in a vordict to the efe fect that they bhelioved Tansey the prine cipal and tho othors accessories to~ tho murdor, nud rccommonded that they bo held. Tanscy was not arrosted st the tims, and cacaped from tho police when thoy were looking for hitn in a saloon, Tho prisoners wers placed under bail of £1,000 each, and thers the mattor rested until rocontly, whon Delootivo einzeman, who had kept tho occurronce in hig moemory, leerned of TNE WHEREATOUTH OF THE SUFPOSED MURDERER, nnd teaced him to 5t, Lonis, whore ho was found Tuesdny moruing in the printing-offico of Mo Kittrick & Co., on Third atreet, betweon Oliva ":;:id Tacust, whero ho was omployed a8 a pross. o, Helnzoman was accompaniod by Deatective Ilennessy, of St. Louis, when' the arrest was mudo.s The aceuued at Urst denied that his name was Tansoy, saying that {4 waa William Johnson, Dbut when ho was placed on tho train on routo to Chicapzo ho confessed, and stated that he was in tho saloon whore tho murder was committed. The prisonor was placed in o cell at tho Cene trol Station on bis arrival hero yestordsy morns ing, ond was VISITED BY A TRINUNE BETORTER lnst ovening. Hois n young men of nearly 19 years, of rather elim build, and bag dark hair, and complexion of tho emne huo. Ie doos nob wear the look nor have tho sppearance of g rough, and is respectably dressed. In o con- versution rogarding the murdor, ho btated that 1o biad been drinking very frooly at tho time, and went into tho saloon of Home ten in an iotoxieated ~ state. ‘Ho nsaorts thnt ho saw no blows struol, but **tho firgu thing I know” ho was uitched out of tho £aloon, and did not go into it agatn, Ho says he 82w no ono cut or struck, and did no Larmhim- solf. On being asked why, if be was innocont, ho fled the eity, ho replied that his friends urged him to do o, std he went ngainst his will, and that ho remamined horo two or {hreo days aftor tho murder, His reply to the quotion o4 to why Lo gave Officer Tleinzeman a fictitious namo, wns that o did not desira to have the firm (MoKiittlck & Co,) knawy of his arrest, for tho renson tuit thoy had alftvaya treatod him well. 1fe denled onmmluinfi 10 murder, and sayn he doos 1ot know who dit it. ‘When ho left the saloon Lo walked to his homo on O'Neil street. On leaving the city ho .went to Minools, IIL, und, after remaining thoro nbout two months, went to St. Louis, whero ho has been employed conatantly. Thig was all the {nformatian ho would volunteer to givo, and tho roporter left him, T'ansoy is nobt lnown to the police as a bad charactor, 1o hag been arretted onco boforo for dizorderly conduct ot a danca, Tho testimony regardliy tha tragedy wes very unaatisfactory at the Coroner's inquest, aud the caso will need s A TIAID INVESTIGATION in conrt 1n order to caute tho witnesues to stats tho real facts in thomntlor. Thore was an evi- dent and premeditaied desira on the part of the prisonors to shiold tho murderor, and it may bea cult matter to oblnin straightforward tosti- mony from any of them. Goctzo did not have his thront out from ear to car by ono of the prisoners, while {wo othery Leld him, Ho quarreled with one of tho men, who was Insulting & young German girl who wag with him, and wag stabbed in the neck by that person, whoover ho niny bo, Tho indefluito evi- dence points Lo Tansey 08 tho guilty persun, but thero i a possibility that tho murder may bave boen commitied by some othor person. The caso will be investigated a8 soon as all the witnesuou tan e brought togothor. ple el sions s BRADLAUGH AND DR. WATTYS. HLraaLy, Mick,, Dec, 16, 1674, To the Editor of The Chicauo Tribune: S1m: In tho reviow in last Saturday's Trisuxe of A Few Words About the Devil and Other Tssays, by Charles Bradlaugh,” I think great in- justico was done that gontleman, eepecially by #peaking of him aaa *pugilist aud thoroughs Dred bully.” & Charles Bradlaugh, lika Charles Dickens, was, o fow years ago, I bolieve, a poor Loy in tho City of Londow, without auy meaus of subsistonce or education outside bis own personsl efforts. ‘The short slotch in Tug TninuNe of Lis boghdod and subsequent hifois probmbly somewhat correct; and it Is'quite true, as therein eaid, that ho hag carried on a “ virulent warfaro ngainst tho tenets of tho Christian religion,” ole. Although his “literature and logie,” o8 got forth in tho csvays eriticlaed, aro ** poor speoci~ meng," in the roviower's cstimation, Lo is novertholoss, ncknowledged, both in this country and in England, to bo ono of the very best “gpecimens " of oratory and eloquonce. A fow monthy ago, ho was honored by the personal friendship of our own great and lnmonted Sume ner, and by him intreduced to a Boston sudienco ; whilo on tho platform from which ho spoko sl Holmes aud Ligginson, and many others of the grent mon of New England, In another part of your oxcollont paper fs anothor roview (copied Trom the London Times) on %Fho Roman Inquisition.” Lot mo inquira of you, sir, it it jd¢ vory nstonishing that wo shoukl gomatimes goo such mon as Dradlaugh carrylng on a “virulent warfaro ngninst the touots of Christianity,” whon such tonots have produced such damunblo horrors asare thers depiotod ? Perhaps you mny fool inclined to anwwer, Catholicism 8 not Cluistianity, Per- hups not. But what of Protostant Christinnity ¢ Anl tho groat and learnod historinny,—DBucklo, of Engiand, and Dr. Drapor, of Amerien,—nud I thiuk you will find for an_suswor, that thoy aro making far greater * Virulent atinoks on the tenets of Christianity ™ than tho ¢ thoroughbred bully,” Bradlaugh, Dr, Watts, & groat echolar, emiueut divino, and exemplary Christian, s neeredited with boing a faithful and atrict parae plrast of the * tonots of Christinuity,” and here are two *‘epecimeny” of his rendition, As I read thom, Ifl‘ml tl;u l{(llamlhcrml through my veiu, very much as it did when I peruss article on the Inquisition s Dioiicd fhe Fram De, Watta) ' Pratma an 40 pEg gkt O ool ufoetn pfese ™ Danustion und th dead | What herrora solzo the guilty soul, Vipoa o dylug bod [ #Lord, 1 wneribo 1t to Thy grace, Rk 0ot 10 Chice, v e Ao, "Lhat T wag born of Ghristinn xaco, Aud not a Ucathen or a Jow, T uover eaw Dradlaugh, or tho works of hiy you erliicive, 1 000 Lo i!l’l):l\hl locturitg i thin gountty, and fu Chlengo 5 und I hopu to hou ‘L TrinuRe revorso ity judgmeont, sud spank of it a o goutloman, inttead o a ' thorougly bred bully."” I aw, &lr, yours respectfully, Wa, Tnow,