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The Charley Ross Kidnapping Mystery Concludes
The long Charley Ross kidnapping case ends with gang leader William Mosher and ally Joseph Douglas dead after a Bay Ridge ambush. Douglas dies after naming Mosher and confessing they seized Ross for a ransom they never delivered. The Ross family and Philadelphia police pursued clues across New York Baltimore and beyond, but Charley was never recovered despite a $20,000 reward and widespread national attention.
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Charley Ross
Philadelphia Public Ledger
B. & Joyce
Central Station
Eorner
Tara
Chestnut Streets
Csrisnan K Ross
Atlantic City
Ross
Walter
Charley
Waltz
Foss
Germantown
Phiadelphia
Mr. Ross
Charley Bruster
Philadelphia
Tope
New York
George W. Walling
Héins
Joseph Ross
Mr Walling
Walling
Hedden
Thirteenth
William Mosher
Joseph Douglas
Doyle
Gil
Commodore Vanderbilt
Mr. Walling
Gil Mosher
Capt. Hedden
Toss
Hoss
Mosher
Capt. Heins
Mogher
Capt
Westervelt
Johnson
Baltimore
Pinkerton
Douglas
Judge van Brunt
Bay Ridge
J H. van Brunt
Sonce
van Brunt
Frank
Mr. van Brunt
Albert van Brunt
Albert
Clark
New York City
Masher
Walter Toss
Hos
Philadelphua
WG. Chapman
Tarte States
Great Britain