The New York Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1875, Page 3

CHARLEY ROSS. THE ANONYMOUS. LETTERS, How the Kidnappers Pursued Their Plans. They Demand Money and Threaten Murder. A Mixture of Brutality and Craft. "THE MYSTERIOUS PERSONALS. “The Trial of Westervelt as an Accomplice. STRONG EVIDENCE OF HIS GUILT. PwiLapeLria, Sept, 9, 1875. ‘The trial of William H, Westervelt for complicity in the omspiracy to abduct Charley Ross reached its climax to-day, One by one Mr, Hagert, the Assistant Dis- trict Attorney, who has so admirably managed this case for the prosecution, has forged the links im the chain of evidence that is encircling the prisoner. He has proved, step by step, the relations of the accused to the abductors of the boy, so that there seems no escape from the conclusion that he was aware of their crime and aided them in escaping from the police and con- vealing the child, It has been to-day proven that Wes- tervelt admitted toa friend in New York that he knew who stole the child and that he was concealed “up the river somewhere,” all of which information he con- teuled from the police while professing a willinguess to aid them, The case for the Commonwealth was closed to-day with the offering of the anonymous letter written to Mr, Ross after the kidnapping. The defence objected, of course, on the ground that no conspiracy had been proven, and long arguments followed. Another delay ‘was occasioned by the special objections of the defence ‘to each individual letter. The proceedings of the day ‘were as follows;— Henry A. Hartman was called and sworn. He testi- fled:—I am a laborer employed by the New York and New Bedford Steamship Company, but was formerly on the New York police force; know Westervelt; have be aid his house, and saw him every day in tho er of 1874; at this time I tended bar for Mr. Sromberg, at No. 74 Mott street, the place frequented by Westervelt; saw Mosher there once, and Douglass twice, in compnny with Westervelt; first saw them in July; thought they were help- ing to flx up the bar, and they were introduced to me as Smith and Henderson; Douglass was in Stromberg’s place once after that; with this exception witness never faw either Douglass or Mosher again; I first heard of the kidnapping of Charley Ross about this time; the day it was in the paper Westervelt read it ‘and told me he would bet two shillings that he could tell fome of the parties who were into it, Witness then” told of a trip which Westervelt made up the Hudson in Aogust, 1874, and said:—He was absent two days; I saw him upon his return; he said that he was with Mosher and Douglass; he told me they were up the river; he did not say whereabouts up the river; Wester- velt told me one morning, or evening, rather, to let him know whenever I saw a chalk mark over the cellar door * gt No, 74 Mott street; that that was a signal that these parties were in town; that he knew where to find them then; this conversation was in the latter part of Sep- tember or October, 1874; I remember the affair of the ‘killing of Mosher and Douglass at Bay Ridge; I Baw Westervelt next morning after the killing; I mean Monday morning; I went to Brooklyn with him; he requested me to go; he said in case he should be detained by the District Attorney at Brooklyn tor. me to go and tell Superintendent Walling that ho was locked up; I had conversation with him on that trip about Charley Ross; he told me that those two were the parties; also, that if he was arrested the child would not live three days; I asked him, then, if he knew where it was, whether it was in a hut or cave or wmewhere; he said he'd never tell; he said that Mo- sher had the child up the river somewhere, where he did not know; he told me at Brooklyn. OPPERING THE ANONYMOUS LETTER. Mr. Hagert then announced that he had reached tho Btage of the proceedings where it was necessary to oifer in evidence the anonymous letter which had been received by Mr. Ross, and which had been proved to have been written by William Mosher. The letters were numbered from one to twenty-four, and they had been designated in court by their numbers and identi- fled by Mr. Ross as haying been received by him. The prisoner’s counsel objected to the admission of the letters, but, after long arguments, their general ‘objections and special bars were all overruled. THE MYSTERIOUS LETTERS. At half-past four P. M. Mr. Hagert rose and offered in tvidence about fifteen copies of the New York HeraLp of various dates from July, 1874, to November, 1874, and of the Public Ledger, of Philadelphia, of about the game dates, for the purpose of identifying the “Person als” to be put before the jury. This was only prelimi nary, ashe deferred the reading of them until they could come in their proper places with the letters, Ho then began the reading of the letters. There was a trowded court room, and every man craned his head forward to catch every word that fell from the lips of toe reader. The reading of the letters lasted until nearly half-past sixo’clock this evening. The following are the letters:— [No. 1] MONEY OR DEATH, [Dated July 3, Received July 4.) i ting Mr. Ros—be not uneasy—you son charley brewster be ali writ me is got him and no powers on earth ean deliver out of our hand—you wil hay two payns befor you git him from us—and pay usa big cent to—if you put the cops hunting for hun you is only defeeting yu own end—we is got him fitt so ho living power can gets him from us alive—if any aproch is maid to his hidin place that is the signal for his instant anihilation—if you regard his lif puts no one to search for him your Money can fech him out alive an no other existin powers—dont deceve Seen au think the detectives can get him from us for that is imposebei You bere from us in few day [No. 2] YOUR MONKY OK HIS LIFE, PinttapRurma, July 6th. Mr. Ros—We supos you got the other leter that told you we had yur child all saf and sound yu mite ofer bne $100,000 it woud avale yu nothing—to be plaen with (hen mite invok al the powers of the universe and thi man and devel at defiance to rest him ot of our band his is the lever that moved the rock that hides him from yu $20,000—not one doler jes—impossible--impossible—you cannot get him without it—if you love money more than child you be its murderer not us for the money we will have if we dont get frum you we b 10 get from some one tls for we wil mak exan may be viser—we give you al the time yu want to con- sider wel wat ya be duing. Yu money or his life we wil have—dont flater yu sell yu wil trap us «nder pre- sons of paying the raisom that be impossible—dont let the detectives mislede yu thay tel yu thay can get him and arest us to—if you set the detectives in search for him as we teld yu befor thay ouly serch for his lif—for if any aproch be made to his hidin place by detective his lif will be mstant sacri- ficid, Yu wil see yer child dead or alive. if we get y money you get him alive if no money ya get him de Wen yu get ready to bisnes with us advertise the fe ing in Ledger personals (Ros. we be ready to negociate) e look for yu answer in Ledger. [No. 3.) WANTS NO CHILDREN’S PLAY. PuitapeLeiama, July 7. Mr. Ros-—We se you anser in leger the question with you is be yu willin to pay for thosand ponds for the Tansom of yu child—without it yu can never get him ly to com to terms say so—if not say ct acordinlv—we take yu anser either way as granted and will act om it—we care nothin Vout you schemin and plotin to —_ detect ‘us—that is only childrens play with us—this thing is well understood with us and is taken out of the wer of every humin bein to detect us—yu will tind it xo at the end of this bisiness—the only answer we want from yu now is, be yu willin to pay $20,000 to suve Charley—if yu love your money more than him his Dlood be upon yu now and not us, for wil show him to you either or alive; it is left with yu; answer the fullowing in evenin Herald or Star Ros—wil come to terms, Ros-—wil not come two terms, Owit either line yu pleas—try the experiment—ofer 100,008 reward; #0 if it avales anything use the de at culd not get yu child from us—we set God, | child that others | -mgquires how long Mr, Ross ny NEW YORK HERALD, PRIDAY; SEPTEMBER 10, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. tactives bat don’t let them mislede yu to Memeriaes of Charley - don’t concent to anything only in good faith. we wil act upon yur word—if you prove faithless we wil prove to yer heart's sorow that wil keep our word to } the very letter, Personal inserted in the Philadelphia Ledger ot Ju 7 by the abductors :—‘Boss—We be ready to hegotiate Reply, published in same paper July :—"'Koss— Will come to terms to the extent of his ability.’’ Second reply, published in Ledger July 9:—Ross is willing, Have’ not got it, Am doing my best to raise it.” Vetter No. 4 was sent to Mr, Ross on July It differs but little from the previous letters, excepi that it conveys the knowledge that the writer had seen the personals of Mr. plexed by them. He to procure the money demanded, reiterates his threats and concludes :— “We want no other answer but this and on tho faith oryu word his lit hang. (Ros | is got it and he wilin to pay it) this anser or omitlon it satisfus uo, Reply published in Ledger of July 13;— “Ros—1 Is got it and be willin to pay it,’ (No. 5.) Enyelupo enclosing postal card, blank, except faint words in peneil, “bully boy.” In letter No, 6 the writer is explanatory, dictatory and brutal, He tells Mr, Ross that he must have the money, if at all, in certain denominations of United States notes; that enough tine has been lost, and that either money or child must be lost to the distracted father, In conclusion he tells Mr, Ross to answer by “Personal” in the Heening Star, Mr. Ross replies in the Ledger of July 14;—'Ros—Came too late tor Even- ing Star, Itis ready, You haye my word fur it.’ [No. 7. CHARURY SAVE AND HRALTHY. Pua, July 15. Ros—the reason we did not respond to your answer was we had to go a bit out in the country an the blasted old orse give out so we could not get back on time, We went as much as anything to se how Charley was. You have our word that he is yet safe—in health an no harm done him though he 1s uneasy to get home with muther, he is afraid he wont got home on time to go to y With his mother whin July comes back. Ros—Yu understand the condition the mony was given us we Wold gladly give yu Charley before , but that Wold be impossible under the existing circumstances, Yu must satisfy your- self that yu will git him alter we git the mony an tind it corect, an no sly marks put on the notes, We told yu we wold pkice him in yu hands in 5 ours after We find the mony corect, but that we cannot do, but our word for Ut Uat yu shall have him insid of 10 ours; an may eur blastid sels be eternally damed if wo donot keep bur word with yu; as we said befor alter we sts the mony we have no further use for the child, but we have ‘a big object in restorin him to yu sale um sound, ‘ We shal bo redy we think by Saturday to efect a yu (thd child for the mony). —we Want to empres upon yu mind the great r in efeoting this change—the danger bein en- tirely with yusel, If yu wish to make a change en absolute certainty yu must comply in every purticular as we instruct. ‘Then a failure is imposible. idins The tust place, yu must not let the detectives no how yu are to sett! this bisiness (not that we fear them ut fll) in aresting une of us for as we told you that is imposible—but they wil secretly interfear in this bisi- ness in some underhanded way ‘to prevent the mony trom findin its way to us—we ure going to deal with yu alone aud’ yu only; if you cail in any others to give yu a counter advice trom ours then yu mistake and be yu own mistortune—let yu friends advise yu and not the detectives they study their own interest an the‘ interest of society—yu have a duty to perform to yuself that stands paraniount tovall els in the world an if yu ever expect to regain yu child a live yu alone with the advice of yu friends mast pertorm it, We wil give yu this much ineite mto our bisiness, that if any arest is made it wil be an inocent person who wil be ignorant of the part he is actin—but it is una- terial with us whether it be an inocent per- son or one of our own party the moment any arest is made or any clandestine movement iu transmiting this morning to us it wil be conclusive evidence with us that yu have broken yu faith with us in that our we pieces our selves before all the gods in the universe if there be an God exist that yu ebild shal die an we wil give yu an oculd prof of it an then all further bisiness with us ceases, (Yu have answered al that \s necessary at present— we have yu word for it.) ‘We want yu to nail this mony up in smal strung ruf box un have it were yu can gitata minute's notice. Mark on it (Drugs for H HH.) Mr. Ross’ notice to the abductors of having received the above letter was the following Ledger persoual:— “ Ros—Am anxiously awaiting an amount.’ [No. 8.] MORE THRE. TS. Pama. July 18th Ros.—We be at a loe to understand a week ago you sed you had the amount an was wliin to pay it Lhe editor- jals seme to speak as of the money was yet to be con- tributed before yu could pay it.” this Wold be u tera- ble mistake for yu to have ite! -d for and you no but not to hnad out for it wold ne: or be solicited the second time, if yu make square bisiness with us we wil do as we promis you. if yu ‘meat? suratigem it is imaterial wethor ya hay the money or wevya gan trythis as wel 4 without the money as with it, ihjyu trap any one it wil be soine one we care nothin abot only we lose the mony (you lose the child) we be redy ‘to test it soon fas you say money is redy. We se the pealers has loped a lad, an grate prase is given them for their efficiency but we care nothin for nun but if it was on of our chums they nad yu child wold have dide within an our after it un al further negotiation wold cease at one Yu wil find in the end that the cops can do nothen for yu in this case, they areas far of the track now us ‘the day they started in persuit of the game. We cautioned you gainst setin the pealers or cops as som here cal them looken for the child. Dont you believe us when we tel yu that they only “seareh for the child's Jife—the blasted editorials have got the city im such a fever hunt the child that we can hardly do anything. i tel you they endanger the child’s life at every stroke of the pen, an editors wants to kno why we don’t give you some prof that we ever had thetchild by sendin some of his close or a lock of hair we have our reason for not sending them—to satisfy you we have him you ember his striped stocking an darned in two or ree places were they had holes in—ask walter if we did not put the blanket up in front of hin and charley in behind to hide them—ask walier if we not would = go down to aunt out on the main street to buy torpedoes. Ross if, yu ever want yu child restored to yu alive yu have got to act with us alone; yu an yu ‘friends only. We tell yu positively, if yu love yu child, the detectives are yu worst enemies, If yu have’ them in yu service they wil be the means of yu losing yu child forever; it they interfere in our business we can never efect the change, an death inevitably wil be the result—we can not keep the child forever, We don’t want to keep him away any longer than to give yu time to procur the money we thought you were better fixt for money or we would never took yu child but since we have none we shal carry out our plan with him this correspondence with ‘Us must step Short we wil not keep it ap longer—before yu git this we shall join our friends at a distance but we wil notice al yu have to say either in ledger star or herald or sunday dispatch anything yu wish to com- municate to us head it C R instead of Ros—dont let yu wife be foolishly led by the Spiritualists to think they can til her anything bout charley, there is but one thing on earth outside of us that has the power to tel yu an that is the money. yu wil find in the end that we speak truth for once this man Woster is innocent he bas nothin to do with us do as yu please with him an take the most out of him y ‘Our advice to yu is an we hope yu wil take for once that is dont yu state in personals that yu have the money until yu have it naled up in the box described to you an redy to give wen caled for. the brokers we se have had a metin an think they can restore yu child an bring us to. justico—they ean well to you, but they be actin under a great delu- sion, If they be friendsto you let them make the ney up, which is the only thing can restore the jd. It they will not do that, you drop them, unless want them to cut your child’s throat, If they t revenge let them get it after you get your child. This is a trienaly advi Do as you think best. You | hear no more irom us Ul weno yomind. We have told you that yu will see yu child again; but it depends with yu an yu only in what condition you see bin, We thought we would be ready to settle this business to-day, but it must be delayed, [No 9.] COMING TOWARD A MERTING. Borueror, July 21. Tos—Yu statements on Monday Star plan is contiictin with you statement in this mornin personals that we are yot unable to comprehend you nevertheless we will act upon yu promise us if tt Was made by enough—in Monday ‘Star yu say you can have no faith in us neither do we have any faith in you from the nature of v bisines it is to be presumed — neither have implicit. confidence—the way the stands iss this. yu us mony yu ave left without anything to bind us to our pros but our own word which yu say yu do not believe-—then on what ground can we efect tho change—we have seen you own statement that yu would not comply with our terms an, yet. yu tay (the money 1s redy Now that I no you agent) the fact of us havin yu child an yu having paid us every dollar we demanded what further use would we have for him—he hs answered the end for which we took him—this is one reason why we should give him up the next reason is if we should ever play the same game in any other part of the country who would have any confidence in getin their child after they had paid the ransom—if yu should lose yu child wo dont say we shal ever play this trick in this country ain for the popular outery is a md to great—it has been stated that since the great outery of the people that we would gladly surrender the child without a ransom—do not deceive yuself in that for we could set the child at liberty at any moment but we never wil return without the money no never—never—never. Ros—in order to ever git yu child return there is but one way left yu an that is the way we point out io yu yu must comply with our terms in every particular and met our agents step by step as we instruct you— If yu mean to actin faith to us, yu can have ho ob- jection to this course, the fair an the faulse part is left with yu to chose for itis with yu alone wo shal pre- sume io act on the life of Charley shal bind yu to yu word—do not deceave yuselfan think this js’ only to frighten yu—we appeal to the highest power exist’ on High to bear us witnes (We solomly swear betore the twelve houses of heaven so sure as the sun rises in the east or sits in the west so sure shall Charly die if yu braxe yu promise with us an may the same curse Tal n ug it We lo not keep our promis with yu. want to caution yu sull me yes tho life or death of nge of yu money for the ehild if yit are sin- ake advice fron: us who yu think are yu worst ene mies but in the end yu will find we were yu best advisers the advice is that if'yu want to regain yiv child drop the police intirely have nothing to do with them while yu are transacting this bisines with us or the whole thing wil prove a failure an yu child must die if yu mean to nenare us then our advice {s enlist al the power yu can ups Re tion in d—do yu desire invoke but be eure yu Ee fe succesful for one fulse | to ( potavill we did not instruct our agent sale © fate of ya chil to meet the fact woe thought eave posible to ensnare one of it was o—if ya are trifling sour friend: i yu wilin to | with us yu wil y to be put th trited with, in alt @ 3 achild — althongh w shal be the bond that binds yu to yu pr iy sere we wil pet he wir—we tokd agem or false promise on yu part must an shall seal the fate of your ehild and you have none to blame for yu be hie miurderer an not us—for yu one false promise from yu we shal stop at nothing until we havelng given yu a proof that we can kep our word even unto blood — | repeat if you want yu child yu comply with our terms in every particular—one false step on you part will make yu an yu sas weep tears of blood but if you act in faith with us al wil go wel with yu What have the authorities done towards findin yu ebild have done nothin yet and thoy are as far iden place to-day as they were on the 6th day | maney alae can find him) if these terms suit yo. answer these followin in the ledger personals {CBB i will agree to these terme in every particular ave the money ready as we described we will sen proof with him so you can no him when he comes. In accordance with instructions, Mr, Ross published a personal reading:—"C, Ri R.—Money is ready. How shall I know your agent??? [No, 10.) SCRUPULOUS FOR TURIR CREED, Prua, July 24, Ros—We have seen yu reply in personal, (yu agreo to the terms in every particular.) we accept yu oifer for wo consider yu fuly Understand the great an mo- mentus obligation yu place yourself under when you assented to this agreement. We be sorry that we cannot effect the change to day— our creed is such that it forbids us to any bisines of this kind only at a certain quarter of the moon and the place of the moon has just passed over, so we have got to wate one week before we can transact any bisiness be- tween us—this delay may be great source of torture to yu but it cannot be avoided—we pledge ourselves in the mean time yu child shal not suffer for auy thing on: the close coutinement which is necessary for his safo eepin. , We have him so that we feel atease against all thed tective force in the country ever fereting him ont. ‘The authorities have offered $20,000 tor the recovery of thechild an detection of us if they bad yu interest at hart this would be the worst thing they could do, ‘This is only ofern a reward for the sacrifice of yu child, Could never. be taken from usa live; thiat he was so situated that we — could dostrog him in one istant an forever out of proof against us, but yu seem to have no faith in our word—nevertheless yu havé nothim to fearon that point for he can never be found by any detective force—neither can any reward no. maiter how large be any temptation for us to peach one on the other for we are sworn to never give each other away Ros— One week mustimtervene before we can negotiate for the restoration of Charley by that time there will be $100,000 reward you will 8e by that time the detectives an avail you nothin or you Wil se that wo spak trought from the beginin 'That there was no earthy hope {t yu only in paia the ransom in good faith and then'yu get yu child, What we mean in good faith is tu set no traps we no it 18 not posible for yu tu trap, but by any stratigem on your part or connivance it wil thwart our purposes and. the money wil never come tu us—if this result takes place through any act or con- nivance of yuse then yu lose yer (child forever), if you do as we instruct yu'an this inoney gets lost (it shal” be our los and not ynse), and yu shall. get yu child just as if we got the money—no matter what dur instruction is fer yu to do with the money yu do it ayer child shal Ve restored to yu—if we tel yu ta burn it updo so if we tel yu to throw it of the dock do so if we tel yu to give it tu any one do s0.an yer child wel be restored to yu whether the mony gets lost or not through any acts of ours. Ros—The whole contract is sumned ‘up in these words—You pay us the money in good faith in denomi- | nations from 15 to 10 in U S notes an rid private marks | fixed on them then we consider yu have fullilled yu part | u shal have yu child restored safe to yu—if we do not iultil our partin good faith to yu we invoke the ven- | geunce of hell if there be an hell to be our eternal por- | tion. We have told yu that wo wil transact this bisines with yu gnd yer frietds ony. We know a trae friend ‘wil not advise 78 rong tf he has the Interest of yer child at heart, We shall no nothing about detec- tives in the busines if yu cal them in for advice or as- sistance, it will be at the peral of yer child’s lite, for, in their engerness, to arrest us, which they never ent do, they will surely be the means of sacrificing yer chlid. We shal never cal on yer but once for the money, xo it is yer part to have it at a minute's notice; but yn Lave plenty of. time — yet—due notice’ wil given .yu upon to have it at hand (we request no answer to this) till you hear from us again Which perhaps will be one week—in the mean- time you an you fancy console yourself that yu child is wel and safe to yu—an to us against al detective power nothing surprised us more after we had told you the Impoatbility of Audin the child an the risk 1t would be to the childs life to find his hiding place.yet yu in disregard of this advice persisted in having the detec- tives search for him—time wil tel yu that we do not lie in every word We write—the reward signifies nothing with us Wether it be $20,000 or $20,000,000 it will accomplish nothin with us an the authorities wil fail on that point tu bribe ore ‘of us as you Wwilse in the end of this busines, * Ros—our word for it ho harm shal Vefal yu child in- tentionaly ti you hear from us aguin 7 days by that time yu must be prepared for his rausom if you ever expect him alive o8 mark the selfishness of Mr Stokley an his com- motte of hokers what do they say—not one cent for ransom but millions for conviction—do they haye yer interest at heart—no it is a selfish motiye—they are wilin to sacrifice yer child that theirs be safe—why do they not pay their money to have yours restored irst an then offer a reward for our conviction, [No 11.) CHARLEY MUST BR RANSOMED OR DIE. ... Puttapa, July 28th. Ros are you hot convinced by this time that the de- tectives can render you no service whatever—are you agoing to%et them Keep you un der the delusion they can yet recover yu child an bring us to. justico— we ‘tel yu the thing is impossible we fear them not—neither do we fear thoy wil ever find Charley undl we fing him for you * * * * the transaction of this bisines we are determined to no no one but yu if yu suffer these letters to go out of yer hands so that they can personate yu in ef- fectin this change, we shall hold the child subject to the fultillment of yer promise, an one faise step by yu or by any one acting for ye you may consider the bisenes is at an end-'an the trap bas sprung that render further negotiation useles to yu atthe end this week must end this business it t place him your hands safe an sound or must place him in the grave it is Jett entirely with you— ® olf We told ya in our last letter we could not transact any businéss for one week. We are now prepared to ellect the change as soon yu be redy but under no cir- cumstances say yu be ready when you be not able to put yu hand on it an’hand it out—rest’ assyred if our agent cals for itan he does not get it without waiting he wil never call again an the our of redemption is forever gone by with yu. We told you to put the money in a box but we now tel you to put the money im a strong, white, leat valise, locked an double strapped an be prepared to give it or take it wherever we direct you—if you are di- rected to carry it yourself you make take al the friends with you you pleas—but dont let the cops know you bisiness “not go with you unles you want the business to turnout a ‘fuilure—if you want to trap take the whole force with yuan then be sure yu know what yu be doim—for we know what we be doin—this is althe caution necesary for yu to save yu child alive if you can have all things ready as we have directed yu by thursday the 30th insent the folowin in the ledger personals (Jolin—it shall be as you desire on the 40th) Ros you may fix any other dite that is convenient for on 7 Ros yu have sed yu had no confidence in these men an would not do as the requested yu—now we say yu must do as we reques yu or there is no earthly hop left yu to save yu child alive—this is the only alternative given yu wil find we are prepared for every emer- sone een is impossible if ya do not’ ransom jim—he must die—if you attempt to arrest any one of our agents—he must die, [No. 12] A LETTRR OF INSTRUCTION. Puna, July 20, Ros—from your ansur this day you signify everything is redy—everything is redy with us—we now give you a wide margin for preparation to make an arrest if you be pleased to do—your action this day desides Charley fate it is left with you itis left with you alone wether he shail live or die—we caution ouse and the last time do not think we are trifling. Ros—You are to take the 12 P, M, train to-night from West Ptnla for New York, it arrives at New York 5:05 A. M., take a@ cab at Cortlind or desbrosses sts New York an ride direetly to the grand central station at 4aveand 42d streets—take the 8 A M northern ex- press by woy of hudson river. (take notice) You are to stand on the rear car and the rear platform from the tin ‘ou leaye West Phila depot until arrive at Jersey City—yu are then to stand ou the rear Ungar of hudson river car from the time yu leave the grand central at New York until you arrive at Albany—if our agent do “not meet you befor you arrive in Albany yu wil find a letier in post olfice at Albany addressed to C.K, Walter directing yu where yu aro then to go, Ros—tho probability is ya may hot go dne mile betore onr agent meets yu and Yet yu may go 250 miles before he inter- cepts yu but be it where it may yu must be prepared to throw the valise to him regardless of all risks—the ene ah lost we assume an yu get your child with- out —these are the signals— if it be dark the moment the rear car passes him he will exbibit a bright torch in one hand an a white flag in the other hand, but if it be light he wil ring a bell with one hand and a white flag in the other hand—the instant you see either of these signals you are to drop it on the track an you may get out at ihe next station if the cars continue on their couse we consider yu have kept your word an yu child shal be returned yu safe but if they stop to arrest our agent then your childs tate is sealed, this letter ends all things in regard to the restoration of yu child, [No. 13.] COMPLAINT OF LACK OF re Or, . 81 Jul) Ros—yu seem to have no faith in us whate told yu “to be at yu store on thursday and this bisines would be all settled up bat yu seem to pay no attention to it—wt the time we supposed yu wr gitin redy to effect the change yu were us the evening stat stated on yu was to” potsyill—to some child there,—if yu ever oxpect to gitt yu ehild yu must look to us and noon else for there is no other existen powers that can restore bim—we have told yu to jet tho detectives take their own Way au do as they pleas for wil do yu no good and we think they can do much harm—it yu bad dono as the last letter instructed yu and let the ‘potsvill affair alone yu would now have the pleasure of seeing yu child safe at wo had soon that yu had gone t | | | around yu the last letter wis the « uld ever re seive from us, an we would keep our word, but we are inchned to thivk yu did not get it.| before you started for potsvill, to save you all further trouble an vexation in runing | to false reports that yu child is found | here and found there we tel you candidly that yu child is not Inthe possession of any woman or family or that his buir 18 cut off short to save yu further troble pay no attention to any telegrams of that description for it is only trouble in vain for yu—yu childs hair is the same h that it ever was as there is no disfigurement ever in himr but he is kept where no human eye can bebold bim yu have expressed the opinion that “we could git tired of keeping him an turn him over to some charitable institution—dont flat- ter yurself with such an idea we have told yu what his end is if ya do not redeem. him we shal never digress frm that—he wil never be taken frm the place he is now conceuled unless he is brought out to be restored to yu. Ros if yu want to redeem yu child yu must come to us—yu can reach us through the personals of the ledger or evening star—our address is John, A change can’be easily accomplished if you desire it— remember you have our word in 10 ours the whole Soeaie be consummated. Yu get yu child and we the money. Mr. Ross’ reply to this letter was the following per- sonal, published August 3:—‘John, your directions were followed, You did not keep ‘faith Point out some sure and leas public way of communicating, either ‘by letter or person,” (No. 14.] RXPLAINING A MISTAKE, PHILADELPHIA, Aug, 3. Mr. Ros—in not keepin our apointment ‘with you was entirely @ mistake from the fact of havin seen a statement in evening star that yu had gone to potsvill on the day yu was to settle this bisings with Us We saw the mistake but not in time to communicate with our agent or to notify yu not to go as we directed us Yu say you want us to point out some sure way by which this money can be transmitted to us—of course we cannot call on yu personally neither can’ we re- cove it by letter, Ros—we wil make the folowin propostion to yu and if ya comply with the terms propounded we wil set. tle this bismes in very quick timosatisfactory to both parties concerned s0 fur as the restoration of your child is concerned. We asure yu that yu child is now well and in as yood health as ‘when he left yu home. do you consent to the folowin proposition and stuko the life of Charley on the faith of yu prom- ise? proposition “Ist yu wil hand the box with the amount in to our agent when he calls to you store, proposition 2d und yu will hand bin the box ask him no question—not folow him—not put any one to folow him—not tel him what the box con- tains—not notify the detectives so they can folow him— not do anything that wil interupt its transit to us Do yu agree to the first and seconds proposition while we hold the life of Charley to bind yu to Promise—remember when yu promise your world is ife or death to-yu child if yu consent to these terms— answer its following in ledger or evening star to save time. eon i agree to the Ist and 2d propositions) r. Ross replied to the above letter in a “Personal” on August 6th :—‘* John—Propositions are linpossible, Action must be simultaneous.” [No, 15.) ASTONISHED AT MR, Ross, Puna, Aug, 4, Ross—We saw yu ansure yu say it is itnposible to agre to the terms then we say emphatiealy yu can never redeen yu child from us—yu requested’a more sure way of paying yu mony for yu child we agreed to give yu @ satisfactory way which would have made the change sure for yu and saf for us the way we pro- pounded was the sure test’ of your — sin- cerity and yu answer - imphes ~ distinctly that yu son is not worth that amount. | If you eye? get him from us and we are sure you never wil got him from any-other than us—you have got to come to our own temux, and our teris wil be | more stringent than ever. When we found out yu circumstances was not good | we are goin to throw off one half the amount and ac- cept $10,000 but the public have raised hell so and sym- pathised for yw in offering such large rewards that we shall have the whole or none. ‘Mr Ros—we leave the city tonight—we shal not com- municato with you any more unless yu can sutisty us yu want to redeem yt child on our terms which’ wil be $20,000 and not One dollar less and it must be paid to us as we prescribe—when yu receive this we sbull ‘be ut least 200 miles from here we leave the detectives of'phila and mr tagget to work out their clues—we think we have left no ¢lues bebin us—Charley wil remain where he was taken the second night after he left home—if Mr tagget can find” a clue to that place he will no doubt git. the reward we bave no femininer into that pltce—charley wil never com out of there—it shal be his everlasting tomb—untess the ransom brings him out—we are not destitute of a few dollars yet charley shal never starve to death if death it most be it shal come upon him as imstant as the lightning struck itself Mr Ros—if you any thing to say to us it must be through the personals of New York Herap—we can see that where ever we are and no doubt every day we shal | notice nothing only from yu—no matter what proposi- tions others may make they wil recelve no attention yu the action must be symutanious from the nature of this bisines that can never so that ends | the business we told you in 10 our. after tho receipt of money if we found it genuine and not secretly marked al up yu would then get yu child in our way of passing him over to you—this does not suit _yu so we wil leave yu to toyn own way of giting and the detectives to work out theifM@lues, [No. 16.[ WRITING FROM NEW YORK. New Yor Aug21 Mr. Ros—we have heard nothing fromyou since we wrote you about 8 weeks ago we then told you if you had anytmmg to communicate to us to do it through ‘the Now York Herald personals—we have seen nothing but these words (Christian K. Ross 804 Market st) we know not what to make of that—we have therefore come to tie conclusion that you dont mean to redeem yu child ‘on the conditions which we proposed. now we demand yu answer yes or now as we aro going to urope the 24 Sept and he has got to be disposed of one way or the other by that time—if you say re deem him it has got to be on our terms alone it yu do not answer we shall take it as granted that yu dont mean topay yu money—we shall act accordingly. address (John New Heral personals You are listing to old womans visions and dreams, which will never find yu child—we could have told ya it was useless to go to illnoise to look for charley but yu would not have believed us. Mr. Ross published the following personal in the Henavp of August 26:—“Jobn—Did not answer because your proposition led my friends to doubt whether you ever had it, Write, giving better proof, and name an attorney or other person through whom arrangements can be inade,’? [No. 17.) HOW MR. ROSS SAVED CHARLEY’S LPR. ALmaNy, Aug. 26, Mr. Ros—Your timely ansur saved ya ehild—we had determined if yu did not cure to s: him we would not swerve one jot or tittle from the fate we had de- signed for him—not that we delight in blood but it was inevitable with our selves m order to carry out our plan of action yu ask for more prof that we had him or that we have litm—that is rigbt—you should have prof that we are the identical ones who kidnaped Charley— who thought that yu were well satistied that we wero the kidnapers. one word. more—do yu want redeem charley or not on our terms if pu do yu must make up yu mind that the money must be paid in good faith—as yu deal with us so shal we deal with yu in return we saw yu personal in Herald of 26 whatever answer you have to make to this let it be in no putit In New York herald personals as we wil leave here today and drop this somewhere on our way to New York—we can fin the New York herald any part of tho United States (ad- dress us he for John) ‘The following is the personal in reply which Mr. Ross published in the HxRALD on the Sth of Septem- ver:—‘Jolin, he denies the direction you give. I re- quire conclusive proofs. Send clothing to any point you please and advise.” THX KIDNAPPERS PROOFS, [yo. 18.) Seer 6. Mr Ros we cannot seo how you can resist the proof that we have got him. We told yu im one of our letters that Charly had never been*in any way whatever disguised nor at that time he had not been but sinc then he has had his hair cut short and girl’s clothes put on him—now wither they have kept his cloths or not we cannot say and we cannot seek them if they haye them the proba- bility 18 they havo destroyed them for evory possible precautionary measure has been taken since we have seen What great efforts have been made to tind his place of concealment Un the night of 2d July at 11 o'clock we passed through Trenton N. J. Charley lay in my arms agleep—after we had passed about 2 squares up bridge st Charly’s hat dropt off and we did not notice it until he woke up andasked for his hat we would not go buck for it—you can get this hat by advertising for it then if it is not worn out, if it should be worn out yu can find out who found one that night or the next morning. now, ask one of your domestics or Mr. Roa if Charley did not have in’ the afternoon of the first of Juy, a narrow faded pink ribbon tied aroun his head ‘to keep the hear out of his eyes; if yu find this a fact which we have no doubt yu wil and as it was never described in the advertisement, we think no human being could mention it but the party who took him—if this does not satesfy yu & ‘4s friends that we have him then yu must go unsatisfied. The other letters are filled with throats and proofs that the writer of them, with a confederate, kidnapped little ~—- Charlie, Several of them detailed the physical sufferings of the poor ebild, with the purpose to wring the heart of Mr, Ross. These details had the effect to cause Mr. Rows to once more make definite offer to the | kidnappers. This oiler, like its predecessor, achieved nothing, however, and, a6 is well known, the fate of poor little Charlie Ross now seems to be as great a mystery as who was the man in the Iron Mask, A DESPERA’ TRAMP. HE SHOOTS A WOMAN WHO REFUSES HIM Foop, 4 Baravia, N. Y., Sept. 9, 1875. At noon yesterday a tramp approached a farm house two miles north of Batavia, called for food, and when the hired girl, named Lynch, refused, saying the peo- ple were absent, the tramp drew a revolver and tire avher, the ball passing through her left arm, below the GUIBORD’S BO Particulars of Their Post-Mortem Wanderings. Full ar A Community Revolutionized Over a Box of Dust. The Bishop Calls on the Faithful to Appeal to the Queen. MoyrreaL, Canada, Sept. 9, 1875. This city is in whirl of excitement. The streets everywhere are crowded with people, and this particu- lar section of Her Majesty’s dominions seems hovering on the brink of one of the most bloody religious wars that has ever been known. You have already been in- formed of the Guibord affair, as it is here called, and, doubtless, have wondered how such @ condition of things could possibly in these days exist ; but the details of the caso are most alarming and painful, Who was Joseph Guibord? He was a French Canadian Roman Catholic of distinguished piety and fidelity to the doctrines of his Church, and of excellent moral character. He wasa printer, aud for thirty-six years was in the employ of the late Louis Perreault, and later in that of Louis Perr eault & Sons. I is an interesting fact in the light of recent events that Guibord was for many years on intimate terms of friendship with Bishop Bourget and several eccle- siastics, Mr, Perreault did all the printing for tho Bishop’s palace, and for twenty years Guibord per- sonally superintended the composition and printing of the Bishop’s'pastoral letters and other work belonging to the foreign commissions of the Church, He became thus personally acquainted with a large number of the clergy, by whom he was greatly admired for his pa- tience, his carefuluess, his honor and his uprtghtness in ail his dealings, Mr. Lovell Guibord was sixty-two years of age when he died. Guibord was not one of the found ers of the Institut Canadien, but became a member thereof two or three years after its establishment, When the Institute fell under the displeasure of the Bishop for refusing to throw out of its library certain books that were placed in the Index Expurgatorius at Rome, Guibord was oue of about 200 members who pet- sisted in maintaining their connection therewith, and who appealed to Rome against the arbitrary course of the Bishop. Guibord died suddenly on the Sth of November, 1869, But threo or four weeks previous, when seriously ill, he sent for a priest, who came and. heard his confession. The priest, acting under directions from tho Bgshop, refused to administer to him extreme unction unless he would withdraw from the Institute, which he de- clined to do. He rallied trom his sickness; but his death subsequently occurred so sudden that he had not time to send for the priest. A few days before his death Guibord met one of his fellow members of the | Institute in the street, and asked bim what was the news about their appeal to Rome. The answer was that rfo news had arrived, but the Institute hoped that justice would be done them, “I hope so too,” said Guibord; “for I feel that Iam going fast, and unless this matter is settled before I die there will be a row about my grave. IT am a poor man, and they will, no doubt, bury me along with those that have been hanged, if they can.” “Have no fears about that,” returned his fellow member. “Your friends will see that you are no worse treated than a rich man.” It will be seen from the above that Gutbord has been dead six years, during which time a life and death con- test has be@o waging betwoen the Fabrique—that is, the governing body of the parish of Montreal—and the Canadian Institute, TUR QUESTIONS INVOLVED, There is underlying this struggle something more than the mere question of Guibord’s interment in a Catholic cemetery, but the exact relations of Church anit State in Canada, The Roman Cathohe Church | claims supremacy not merely in ecclesiastical but in civil matters where her interests in any way may be touched, though at the conquest in 1759 the Church the same liberty of religion as enjoyed under the French régime. fie establishment of the Canadian Institute was an effort on the part ofthe liberal Catholics to free them- selves from the control of the Bishop. They knew that they could have no education save that which the Church allowed, and so they set themselves to work and institated @ library, Down came the Bishop on the lustitute; members were excommunicated en masse aud with the Institute Guibord. The prin- ciple to be determined there is whether the Pope or the Queen rules in Canada, The ordinary idea here is that the Queen does; but in matters of. religion take your average French Canadian and at asignal trom his curé he will take down the old firelock ana stand up at the chureh door to do his duty as he believes either law or authority, The Guibord case, then, as its known, has for the past six years been carried from court to court. When Henrietta Brown—Guibord’s widow, and a plucky woman she was—died, she delegated her work to. the institute, and by this body the struggle has been carried on ever since, and at enormous cost finally tie case reached the Privy Council, the highest tribunal of the British Empire, and there the Fabrique and the Bishop and the ultramontane party and especially the Jesuits were beaten most sigually by a decree of Council, signed by Her Majesty the Queen, The burial of the remains in consecrated ground, in Guibord’s own lot in the Cote des Neiges Cemetery, was ordered, though without any religious ceremony. Now, this warrant of Her» Majesty is tho highest fiat of the Empire. Though it should be requisite to reconquer Canada it must pot be affected, and this is understood by the intelligent French people. Another thing they know and feel bitterly is that should they rise as a mass to resist the law they would have to en- counter the armed British population, The British are men deyoted to military exercwes. They are formed into powerful and well disciplined corps like the Victoria Rifles, the Prince of Wales regiment, the garrison ar- ullery or the engineers, all train and all mainly Protestant. The Irish Catholics are not of the same stamp; for they form socieuies, they effec no military organization, The Protestants have grudges to wipe off as old as the Canadian Confederation, and they would just as soon fight it out over Guibord ‘as any one else, “They would be called out to support the law; in fact they meet now every night at their armortes, awaiting the order to turn out and escort the bones of this Guibord to the grave and see them buried, even if they do the work over French corpses. ‘There is little love lost among French and English speaking people in this city. The following 18 @ correct picture of the terrible scenes enacted here last week, and the latest intelligence concerning the war. On Thursday last the excitement began near by the Protestant cemetery where Guibord's body was lying in the vault, and the little plot of ground belonging to him in the Catholic burying place is about one mile and a balf distant. As soon as the pro- cession carrying the remains had left the former place 2u0 men, women and children gathered around and journeyed with the procession to the grave, ‘THE GRAVE was only three foot deep, as it is the custom of the Cana- diau French to bury man and wife in the same grave, and hence the coitin of Mme. Guibord formed the bot- tom. When the company bearing Guibord’s remain: reached the Catholic cemetery they found the 4 barred and bolted, while hundreds of French Canadians stood behind the bars hooting and jeering at the com- pany, uitoring blasphemous malceictions upon Gui- word's memory as well as the society to which he had belonged. Stones were also thrown, and many in the funeral train were severely injured. The procession, inasmuch as the gates could not be opened, took the body back to the Protestant cemetery; TH MOR followed in the rear, throwing missiles, Seal, the driver of the hearse,’ being struck on the head with a jarge stone, That portion of the mob which was lett behind vented their spleen by filling up the little grave, yelling and howling as the dirt rattled on the hollow coffin of Mme, Guibord, like a pack of heartless canni- bails. An eye-witness at the Catholic Cemetery on Thursday states among the leaders of the mob were two men from the Mile End, named Galipeau and Paquette, who came out of the crowd inside the gate, When the hearse, bearing Guibord.s remains drove up they seized the borses bridle, yelling that they woull kill the driver if he did not turn back, A Deadle from St, James’ church, St, Denis street, is said to have made himself conspicuous by exciting the mob. A large number of carpenters and joiners at work in the French parish church were noticeable among the mob. The desire of the mob appeared to be to get pos- session of the coffin containing the remains and to mur- der Mr. Doutre and other prominent friends of Guibord who were present, My informant says the rabble was composed almost entirely of « low, ignorant class of people, nearly all of whom were French Canadians. During the afternoon Mr. Doutre found himself standing near a crowd of yotng rougls, who were saying to each other that it was Doutre whom they wanted to catch and give him a good drubbing. No one could have been more visible than he was at the moment, Ever since these dis- graceful acts the mob has guarded the Catholic ceme- tery, aud the friends of Guibord have guarded his body in its tomb in a Protestant graveyard. Seventy-tive mon, armed with rifles, wateh the place dary and night Ked one of them this evening what he ‘anticipated, e answered that the plot of the Catholics was to shoulder, He attempted to tire a second time, but the girl got out of the way, The Shertff, with about fifty deputies, is in pursuit, but thus far no arrest has beon made, break into the tomb, burst Be the coffin and curry their point by scattering Guibords dast to the winds. The Bishop issued this evening a letter urging all Catholics to remain quiet, ‘Dhis, then, is the state of society in Montreal to-day, was glad enough to accept terms offered by victors and | The body of a man, who awa etx years ago, still um buried, armed men guarding the tones to keep thems from being broken or burned, Noone can tell what moment the war will break out. THK QUBEN TO BE PRTITIO: The Bishop invit@ every one to sign petitions to the n, begging Her Majeaty to enjoin that the rights sessed by the Cathe of this city are not to be de- nied, and that they are not to be molested in the exer. cise of their holy faith, but are to” be Teepected by all those whom Providence has eailed to share the royal authority, WASHINGTON. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES, Wasutnaroy, Sept, 9, 1875 THE TREASURY ROBBERY. The prelimivary hearing in the case of Theodore W. Brown, in connection with the larceny from the Treas+ ury, still continues in the Police Court, A witness tes- tified that in June last he changed a $500 note fos Brown, the latter saying that Ottman sent him for that purpose, Ottman came to his house afterward for the note and he retarned it to him, Ottman giving to Ww ness the money which had been given in exchange Ottman said, as he did not know whether the note wat good, he would prefer to have it returned to him Mr Gilfillan, the cashier of the United States Treasury, produced the wooden box deposited by Ottman in the German-American Savings Bank in Alexandria, Va, containing twenty-nine $500 United States Dills of the issue of 1874. The colored Janitor of Police Headquarters testified that on the night of the day of Ottman’s arrest Ottman gaye hima note addressed ta the cashier of the German-American Savings Bank, im substance asking the cashier to giye the box to the bearer, Ottman’ said to him:—“If you attend to this it will be a big thing for you. Got the box and tear my name, which is on the paper inclosing it, into a thou. | sand pieces, and I will give you $5,000 and a house an¢ lot, If you haye no friend in Alexandria with whom you can leave the box BURY IT AND MARK THE PLACE.” It appears from the further testimony of the witness that he took Ottman’s note, but, instead of doing as the writer had requested him to do, he gave the note to the detectives and accompanied them to Alexandria, where they obtained possession of the box from the bank and brought it to Washington, where it was placed in the Treasury vaults for safekeeping as a special deposit, Another witness testified that ashort time before Otvt- man’s arrest he filled up at the latter's request a check for $4,000 on Riggs & Co., and obtained from that firm for it four $1,000 bills; one of these notes the witnest had changed at Ottman’s request for $20 bills. The entire sum of: $4,000, with the exception of $40, was afterward surrendered to one of the detective force by the witness, The bookkeeper of Riggs & Co.’s_ banking house testt- fied that Ottman opened an account with it ou the 13th of July. Ottman’s first deposit was $500, and soo afterward he deposited nearly $5,000 more. . Detective McDevitt testified that Halleck admitted to him that he, at Ottman’s request, addressed a pack: age containing $1,870 to Theodore W. Brown at Sara toga, Halleck further said that Ottman had negotiated for the purchase of a drug store in Brooklyn, and that he (Halleck) was going to buy Ottman’s restaurant im Washington for $8,500, The witness further testifled that when he arrested Brown he took $1,025 and some papers from him. General Horace Bougaton has made affidavit that he received a United States flve hundred dollar note from Ottman in July last, with which he purchased, on speculation, for Ottman and himself, railroad tickets, at the time of the railroad competition, He also received from Ottman $10,000 in five hundred” dollar bills and took the money to New York, where he deposited it temporarily among several parties. Ott- man was anxious to invest- money in the banking busi- ness, and employed the witness for that purpose, The witness finally returned all the money to Ottman, with the exception of $500 or $600. BANK TAXATION. ; ‘The Comptroller of the Currency has issued a circus Jar to all national banks requesting them to furnish bid office, on a blank accompanying the circular, with the amount of taxes paid by them to State, county, city, town or other authorities for the years 1874 and 1875, If therg be any tax assessed on the stock of the banka and paid by the stockholders themselves, as on personal property, the Comptroller requests that the amount of such ‘tax be ascertained and enclosed with the re- turns, He also asks for a statement of the amount expended for internal revenue stamps during the year 1874 and 1876, Such statements of the banks will not be published In detail, but the information required will be summarized for use in the next annual reportet the Comptroller, FAST MAIL TRAINS. The Post Office Department has perfeeted arrange- ments for a fast mail train between New York and Pittsburg, which, it is expected, will be put into opera- tion on the 16th inst, It will leave New York at half past four o'clock A. M. and arrive in Pittsburg ‘at sux o’clock P. M., connecting with trains for Chicago, so as to arrive in Chicago at half-past six the next morning, at St, Louis at two o'clock P. M. the following day and at Indianapolis aud, Cincinnat at five o'clock A. M. the second morning. It will be a postal train to Pittsburg only, but it will not run on a full postal service wntil about'two woeks after it is started, owing to the fact of a complete schedule of trains being furnished only yesterday by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. ‘The fast mail train for Chicago will also commence om the 16th inst., and will be completely organized and ip good running order from the start. MIDNIGHT WEATHER REPORT. Wak Derartwexr, Oprick OF THE CHIRP SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasuinatox, D. C., Sept. 10-1 A. M. Probabilities. For the lake region and the Obio Valley, generally cloudy and decidedly cooler weather, brisk and high northerly to westerly winds, rising barometer and rain, followed by clearing weather in the upper lake region, For the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys, clear or clearing and decidedly cooler weather, with northerly to westerly winds and rising barometer. For New England and the Middle States, increasing cloudiness and rain, with southwest to northwest winds increasing in force, with falling barometer, fol- lowed by rising barometer and decidedly lower tem- perature. For the South Atlantic and Gulf States and Tennessee, partly cloudy weather and high barometer, with easterly to southerly winds and high temperature east of Mississippi, and northerly to westerly winds, lower temperature, rising barometer and possibly areas of raim in the southwest and Lower Mississippi valley. Cautionary signals are ordered for stations on lake Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario, and stations on the Atlantic coast between Cape May aud New York, THE WEATHER YESTERDAY. ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com- parison with the corresponding date of last year, as ine Uicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, Henan Building :-— 1874, 1875. 1874, 1875, 67 8288 66 a i 3 80 ard The Union League Club held its regular monthly meeting last night, which was the first which has taken place since the damage done by the fire of last May hae been repaired. The club house bas been newly carpeted, and most of the wood work about the burned part o/ the building is now, but it will be several months before the walls will have — sufficiently hardened to retresco them. Among the members present at the meeting were:—President J, H. Choate, Secretary J. G. B. Hill, A. T. $ Wales, Nir. W. Orton, H. G. onsen, Lov D, Morton, Jacko 8, Schultz, A. i. Tauliny J. fe Bailey and Hamilton Fish, Jr. ‘The’ regalar routine of ‘business Was gone through with, but there was no publia recognition of the Saratoga Convention, ‘Tho opimicas of the members generally, however, were favorable to the nominations and actions of that body. ANOTHER “MODOC” OUTRAGE. One more serious complaint has been made to thé Union Hill police authorities against the dreaded mem ber of the “Modoc” gang, of Weehawken, whose out rages have already been published. From the state. ment made to Recorder Morgan it would appear that the ruilian attacked a young girl two nights ago near the Schuetzon Park, and in the attempt to outrage her {nilicted dangerous Injuries on her. This crime is laid ‘at the door of the “Modoc” who bears a remarkable resomblance to Oscar Klubert, the convict recently dis- charged from the State Prison, Several warrants ° long since been issued for his ar but somehow none of them have ever been execu! citizens have frequently endeavored to take the law im thei own hands, but without success,