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 ijnd six children. Thousands of dollars were spent by his parents in a search, which lasted for years, and extended throughthe world. On September 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 Lhc whereabouts of the child.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 171, 21 June 1926, Page 11
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12050 YEARS’ MYSTERY SOLVED Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVI, Issue 171, 21 June 1926, Page 11
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