50 YEARS' MYSTERY SOLVED
WORLD COMBED
NEW YORK, June 9.
One of America's greatest kidnapping mysteries has been solved after half a century. Charles Ross, who was abducted from his home in Philadelphia when aged four. has been found living in a Southern State. He is married and has a wife and six children. Thousands of dollars were spent by his parents in a search, which lasted for years, and extended throughout the world. On Sepember 20, 1875, a man named Westervelt was convicted of conspiracy to conceal the abduction of little Charley Ross. The trial lasted three weeks, and occasioned tremendous public interest. Although "Westervelt went to prison he refused to disclose his knowledge of the whereabouts of the child.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1926, Page 7
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