The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 7, 1926, Page 2

. OF TOWER OLD BROOKLYN * BUILDING BURNED. NEW YORK, July 7.—Fire has lestroyed the roof of the tower, 2 building im Brooklyn which ome 50 years ago figured prom- mently, in the kidnapping case of | harlie Ross of Philadelphia—a| ystéty which was never solved. | * WeSective wiring in the. tower! f the, Creseent Athletic Club on! hore road overlooking the} “started the blaze. This b ‘hg was formerly the home pi Judge Van Brunt and was the) feeng of the fatal shooting of Bill] losher abd Joe Douglas, kidnap-| pers ‘6f Charlie Ross, young son pf Obristian K. Ross, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant, in UR WAY : e WELL CHILDREN WHAT DID You Boy wit HOUR 1874.) Bhe kidnappers had been sought! vain for months when they at-) mpted to rob the Van Brunt jome and were caught by the judge’s brother and son who shot m down. Recognizing Doug-| as_one of the kidnapers-as he lay dying at their feet the Van// Brunts demanded what he had done with the Ross boy. With his last breath he told them to “ask Mosher,” but when they went to Mosher he too had died} from his wounds. CAPT. WILKINS GOES i ON EXPEDITION | (By Associated Prexs) j SEWARD, Alaska, July 6.—}; Captain George Hubert Wilkins, who, as leader of the Detroit Arctic Expedition, recently tried) to fly over the Arctic wastes north of Alaska in search of land, said| here today he intends to succeed | even if he has io walk back. Cap-! tain Wilkins is on his way to De-| troit. He said he probably would) return to Alaska within two, months. j On his return the explorer is to make test flights wiih improved | equipment. Point Barrow on the; rethe coast of Alaska, will be the basetof the next attempt. Gaso-; line ‘and oil are now being ship- ped from Nome to Point Barrow. WALKS 12 MILES AT 102 DUBLIN.—John: Blee, a Done- mana farmer, walked 12 miles on his 102d birthday. ‘TODAY'S EVENTS. 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