by Carrie Hagen
p. 151 an angry drunk who stabbed a fellow drinker: Ibid.
p. 151 the proprietress of three brothels,: EB, November 3, 1874.
p. 151 the story of Mary Elizabeth Carton: PL, September 17, 1874; EB, October 20, 1874; PI, October 21, 1874.
p. 152 The district attorney angered the public: EB, October 20, 1874.
p. 152 “It is true that the use of a deadly weapon”: EB, October 21, 1874.
p. 152 “If so, it will be quite an inducement to murderers”: Ibid.
p. 152 The judge supported the district attorney’s decision: PI, November 21, 1874.
p. 152 the jury found Francis Carton guilty and: Ibid.
p. 152 “Foreigners will judge the nation by what they see”: EB, November 24, 1874.
p. 152 foreign ministers across the globe received invitations: PI, October 10, 1874; EB, September 12, 1874.
p. 152 A fund-raising delegation traveled to Massachusetts: EB, November 17, 1874.
your substitute
p. 153 Mary Westervelt, William’s wife, was growing: TW, 74.
p. 153 the NYPD force of 2,500 men: TW, 44.
p. 153 Westervelt advised Walling to keep: Ross, 231.
p. 153 He directed him to investigate the Astoria ferry: Ross, 222.
p. 153 He told him about a boating trip: Ross, 231.
p. 153 He described the kidnappers’ clothes: Zierold, 167.
p. 154 Westervelt also accompanied his sister Martha Mosher: TW, 96.
p. 154 She often visited Madame Morrow: Ibid.
p. 154 Sometimes Westervelt and/or Joseph Douglas: TW, 30.
p. 154 Westervelt continued to frequent: TW, 33.
p. 154 One day in late October: Ibid.
p. 154 “What does Westervelt want with him?”: Ibid.
p. 154 The question startled Douglas: Ibid.
p. 154 He threatened to cease contact with Walling: TW, 46, 96.
p. 154 He reminded Walling that he was betraying: TW, 96.
p. 154 he didn’t think the police commissioners would: TW, 50.
p. 155 Dear Sir. — I saw my informant last night: Ross, 229.
p. 155 while suspecting Westervelt’s intentions: This inference is based upon the content of telegraphs that Walling sent to Heins throughout the Fall of 1875. See Ross, 229–230.
p. 155 Heins learned that the kidnappers: TW, 52.
p. 155 He knew they were steering a green skiff: Ibid.
p. 155 Using a small boat, thieves would sneak: Walling, 141.
p. 155 If they couldn’t reach their “fencing” destinations: Walling, 143.
p. 155 Walling rented a steam-tug: TW, 50.
p. 155 “sea-faring man” who “knew all about coasting”: PI, December 15, 1874.
p. 155 The foursome traveled up the Hudson River to: Ibid.
p. 156 “searched thirty or forty islands in the Sound”: Ibid.
p. 156 Gil Mosher had uncovered many potential: Ibid.
p. 156 “Yours of yesterday received.”: Ross, 230.
p. 157 He told them that he believed the New York Police: Ross, 242.
p. 157 the Ross camp decided to make the exchange as: Ibid.
a parcel of fabricated lies
p. 159 William Stokley anticipated a win: EB, October 31, 1874.
p. 159 that the Republican advisers kept Stokley: Ibid.
p. 159 The Republican party was changing: Grimsted, 185; Foner, 499–500; Beckert, 225.
p. 159 The Democrats, while still unfriendly: Foner, 311.
p. 159 Enough national offices were at stake: PL, October 9, 1874.
p. 160 Pennsylvania Republicans pushed: EB, October 14, 1874; PI, October 26 and 28, 1874.
p. 160 “a movement against American industry”: EB, October 21, 1874.
p. 160 “the doctrine of protection”: EB, November 2, 1874.
p. 160 “If the wall is broken down so that British”: EB, October 21, 1874.
p. 160 Philadelphia Police expected: History of Philadelphia, 837; EB, November 4, 1874.
p. 160 Chief Jones prepared two omnibuses: EB, November 4, 1874.
p. 160 the election reform of 1874 had led to more: PL, October 6, 1874.
p. 160 By 7:00 P.M., bonfires flickered: PL, November 4, 1874; EB, November 4, 1874.
p. 160 Hundreds gathered in the news district: EB, November 4, 1874.
p. 160 Telegraph lines communicated results: Ibid.
p. 160 when people walked home around 11:00 P.M.: PL, November 4, 1874.
p. 160 The district attorney had lost: EB, November 6, 1874.
p. 161 Nationally, Democrats had gained: PI, November 5, 1874.
p. 161 “General Grant … has surrendered”: NYH, November 4, 1874.
p. 161 “The Democrats, as a national party”: NY Evening Post, November 4, 1874.
we ask for time
p. 163 Letters still arrived daily: Ross, 112.
p. 163 Sarah’s neighbors did notice one: EB, November 21, 1874; PI, November 23, 1874.
p. 164 November 12, 1874: Ross, 230.
p. 164 He summoned Westervelt: TW, 95.
p. 164 If Mosher and Douglas show up: TW, 94.
p. 164 DEAR SIR.—Please see: Ross, 242.
p. 165 Henry Lewis and his son Frank: Ibid.
p. 165 The night of the eighteenth, they: Ibid.
p. 165 Walling sent an officer to arrest Westervelt: TW, 95.
p. 165 He confronted him in a private room at police: Ibid.
p. 165 Walling accused Westervelt of double-crossing him: Ibid.
dead men tell no tales
p. 169 Walling had repeated instructions: TW, 49.
p. 169 he had separated himself from: NYH, December 20, 1874.
p. 169 he had learned that a man: PI, December 18, 1874.
p. 169 “Nosey.”: Ibid.
p. 170 the men spent days driving around: PL, December 15, 1874.
p. 170 One June day, they visited: Ibid.
p. 170 Douglas arrived at the cemetery: TW, 34.
p. 170 Another cold winter had hit New York: Several articles in the Philadelphia papers during the winter of 1875 mention the frigid temperatures.
p. 170 Westervelt had warned him away: TW, 95.
p. 171 At 9:00 P.M., he saw a figure: TW, 34.
p. 171 The men stopped at a saloon: Ibid.
p. 171 Young girls—many of whom were: McCabe, “LXXXVII. Street Vendors.”
p. 171 “Come down as far as the ferry”: TW, 97.
p. 171 When Douglas reached the corner: TW, 97.
p. 171 They would use a black cat-rigged: NYH, December 18, 1874.
p. 172 paid the authorities $150 for it: PI, December 19, 1874.
p. 172 he tracked the boat down and stole: PI, December 18, 1874.
p. 172 “Wilmot”: NYH, December 19, 1875.
p. 172 Two months after the Ross abduction: NYH, December 18, 1875.
p. 172 most river pirates would have carved: Chambers, 638.
p. 172 he spread newspapers: Zierold, 37.
p. 172 Douglas joined him by: TW, 97.
p. 172 Strong winds blew through the trees: NYT, December 15, 1874.
p. 172 The men easily hid the black boat: Ibid.
p. 172 went to Winant’s: Ibid.
p. 172 Each man possessed a gun and: Zierold, 237.
p. 172 They stopped at a widow’s home: PI, December 16, 1874.
p. 172 in one of the windows upstairs: NYT, December 15, 1874.
p. 172 As Douglas searched for something: NYH, December 17, 1874.
p. 172 “There they come!”: PI, December 17, 1874.
p. 173 “I give up”: Ibid.
p. 173 “Look out for that man,”: Ibid.
p. 173 “Whiskey for him!”: PI, December 16, 1874.
p. 173 “It serves you right”: Ibid.
p. 173 Douglas looked up: Ibid.
p. 173 The girl smirked: Ibid.
p. 173 He told them he was single: Ibid.
p. 173 A sailor name
d Herkey: EB, December 15, 1874.
p. 173 “It’s no use lying now”: Ibid.
p. 173 Herkey stared: Ibid.
p. 173 “Mosher knows all about the child”: Ross, 248.
p. 174 Men lifted his shoulders: Ibid.
p. 174 “God help his poor wife and family!”: Ross, 249.
p. 174 “Inspector Walling knows”: EB, December 15, 1874.
p. 174 Men dragged his and Mosher’s bodies: PI, December 15, 1874.
p. 174 “Joe”: EB, December 15, 1874.
p. 174 “Take the glove off that left hand”: Ibid.
tell C.K.R. quietly
p. 175 Christmas displays on either side: PL, December 21, 1874.
p. 175 Farmers from New Jersey: Ibid.
p. 175 the silver sheens on their pastel: EB, December 12, 1874.
p. 175 The previous Thursday, a buggy: PI, December 14, 1874.
p. 175 Heins also waited on news from: Ross, 271.
p. 175 Heins did not brief Philadelphia’s: PI, December 19, 1874.
p. 176 “Mosher and Clark were both killed”: PL, December 15, 1874.
p. 176 Heins immediately contacted: Ross, 250.
p. 176 “Tell C.K.R. quietly”: Ross, 267.
p. 176 Within two hours of receiving: Ross, 250.
p. 176 Once again, crowds gathered: PL, December 15, 1874.
p. 176 “For a long time” and the following quotes: PI, December 15, 1874.
p. 177 Two of Walter’s uncles: EB, December 16, 1874.
p. 178 Walling himself met with Walter: EB, Ibid.
p. 178 Detective Dusenbury escorted: Ibid.
p. 178 “That’s the man”: Ibid.
p. 178 “I remember him by his nose”: Ibid.
p. 178 Callahan also recognized Mosher: Ibid.
p. 178 “I am certain that he”: Ibid.
p. 178 The coroner walked Walter: Ibid.
p. 178 “Oh, that’s awful like him”: Ross, 251.
p. 178 “He sometimes had candy too”: Ross, 252.
p. 178 At 2:30 P.M., a police officer: NYH, December 16, 1874.
p. 178 One woman wore a green dress: Ibid.
p. 179 Liz refused to climb down the ladder and details from this scene: Ibid.
p. 179 A half hour later, a woman in her: Ibid.
p. 179 He said no.: Ibid.
p. 179 “Yes, Father, there were”: Ibid.
p. 179 “That’s the oldest one.”: Ibid.
p. 179 “I am a sister-in-law of William Mosher” and following quotes: Ibid.
the resemblance is most striking
p. 181 Christian’s brother James arrived: PI, December 14, 1874.
p. 181 a heavyset man with a lame leg named: Ibid.
p. 182 Sarah Ross and her brothers told: Ibid.
p. 182 “I do not think it is Charley”: PI, December 17, 1874.
p. 182 “Thomas Scott” and “Henry Ship”: PI, December 14, 1874.
p. 182 townspeople demanded that the police: Ross, 270.
p. 182 Citizens began writing letters: Ross, 269–272.
p. 183 In St. Louis, Henry Lachmueller Sr.: Ross, 272.
p. 183 At his mother’s home in Pennsylvania: PI, December 17, 1874.
p. 183 “It is not him.”: PI, December 17, 1874.
Detective Silleck knew that
p. 185 “I knew of these two men only as”: PI, December 16, 1874.
p. 185 “To Captain Walling belongs the”: EB, December 15, 1874.
p. 186 stood like a general in his uniform: Zierold, 139.
p. 186 “Soon after I received”: EB, December 15, 1874.
p. 186 “We arranged our plans very”: Ibid.
p. 187 “One satisfactory result comes from this”: Ibid.
p. 187 “That they did not find them at all”: Ibid.
p. 187 “Mr. Walling,”: Ibid.
to vindicate themselves
p. 189 On December 15, Mayor Stokley: PI, December 16, 1874.
p. 189 That night, New York’s Detective Doyle and the following scene details: EB, December 17, 1874.
p. 190 “Neither the police authorities”: PI, December 16, 1874.
p. 190 “The New York police, for the sake”: PI, December 19, 1874.
p. 191 thieves had gravitated to their: Walling, 141–144.
p. 191 The force allotted such a small number: “The Bride of A Pirate,” 134.
p. 191 Walling learned about a Mrs. Russell and the following scene details: EB, December 19, 1874.
p. 192 “I do not think the boy is concealed”: EB, December 16, 1874.
p. 192 Another reporter asked whether Mosher’s: Ibid.
p. 192 “My idea is that the boy may be picked up”: Ibid.
p. 193 “Nothing here; coming back.”: EB, December 19, 1874.
p. 193 “Did she say anything to you about Mosher and the following quotes: Ibid.
we’ll defend ourselves
p. 195 Such a large crowd arrived at: PL, December 17, 1874.
p. 195 Due to an illness, Mr. Holmes Van Brunt: PI, December 17, 1874.
p. 195 “And scarcely have we time to wonder”: Ibid.
p. 195 Albert Van Brunt testified: PI, December 17, 1874.
p. 195 “Albert, go over and see what has sounded”: EB, December 15, 1874.
p. 196 Albert said he left: PL, December 17, 1874.
p. 196 “Whichever way they come”: Ross, 246.
p. 196 two bullets had pierced Mosher’s back and: NYH, December 16, 1874.
p. 196 “We, the jury, find that the killing of the”: PI, December 19, 1874.
p. 196 New York’s Evening Telegram: reported in PI, December 22, 1874.
p. 197 “I am his wife” and following quotes: PI, December 18, 1874.
p. 197 The coroner approved both requests: Ibid.
p. 197 A man named Munn, an undertaker: PI, December 19, 1874.
p. 197 Munn told McGuire that: Ibid.
p. 197 “that boy Charley will be found before” and following quotes: PI, December 19, 1874.
p. 197 he placed them in imitation rosewood coffins: NYH, December 19, 1874.
p. 198 “good-looking and genteel in appearance”: NYH, December 20, 1874.
p. 198 “No girl could get a kinder husband”: Ibid.
p. 198 Bill had supported her by: Ibid.
p. 198 “I have seen few men”: Ibid.
p. 198 A reporter asked if Martha remembered: Ibid.
p. 198 “I first heard of the Ross case”: Ibid.
p. 199 “If Martha Mosher don’t know where” and following quotes: NYH, December 22, 1874.
p. 199 “What! Know what the police were doing?”: Ibid.
p. 199 “Now, there’s that coroner,”: Ibid.
serve the public
p. 203 The New York Herald was the first newspaper: December 14, 1874.
p. 203 “While [the Herald’s] investigations of”: Ibid.
p. 203 On December 20, Sarah’s brothers: Ross, 261.
p. 203 he could prove the kidnappers sold: EB, December 15, 1874.
p. 203 friends and members of the Mosher family placed the men: PI, December 22, 1874; NYH, December 21, 1874; PI, December 18, 1874.
p. 203 a Philadelphia bartender: PI, December 22, 1874.
p. 203 he had allowed Mosher to pay: Ibid.
p. 204 Detective Heins agreed to meet a spiritualist: PI, December 30, 1874.
p. 204 receiving any New Yorker who had a: EB, December 17, 1874.
p. 204 “drop-in”: NY Tribune, December 17, 1874.
p. 204 “gentlemen”: Ibid.
p. 204 the superintendent praised the idea but said: EB, December 17, 1874.
p. 204 “It is stated that the contributors”: EB, December 19, 1874.
p. 204 FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS will: PI, December 23, 1874.
p. 204 The brothers instructed interested parties: Ibid.
beyond the range of possibility
p. 209 Testimony of Sarah Kerr: PI, September 7, 1875.
p. 209 On January 1, 1875, the city: PI, January 1, 1875.
p. 209 “a particularly auspicious beginning”: Ibid.
p. 209 writers praised Stokley’s efforts: Ibid.
p. 210 two thousand members of Philadelphia’s: EB, November 11, 1874.
p. 210 Mr. Stokley —SIR: The workingmen: EB, December 17, 1874.
p. 211 A man from Kingston, New York: PI, February 22, 1875.
p. 211 I write to you this in regard: Ibid.
p. 211 “Letter received”: Ibid.
p. 211 “A woman is here, going to”: Ibid.
p. 211 “See a justice of the peace and”: Ibid.
p. 211 “Send detectives at once”: Ibid.
p. 211 Captain Heins sent a telegram: Ibid.
p. 212 Walling acted quickly: Ibid.
p. 212 “Captain H. C. Heins, Philadelphia”: Ibid.
p. 212 The state senate would soon approve: EB, January 15, 1875.
p. 212 The new law, which would: Ibid.
p. 212 He reissued circulars: EB, January 28, 1875.
p. 212 After leaving Palmer and Richmond: Ibid.
p. 213 his office released another $5,000: Ibid.
this is very uncertain
p. 215 writers alluded to Charley’s whereabouts: Ross, 289–290, 305.
p. 215 Daniel O’Connor, chief of: PI, January 22, 1875.
p. 216 Lgn Sxg ra abme: Ibid.
p. 216 The detective handed the letter: Ibid.
p. 216 The boy is still at Pine Bluff: Ross, 288.
p. 217 “By comparing the writing in the letters”: PI, January 22, 1875.
p. 217 Detectives began wondering aloud: EB, January 30, 1874.
p. 217 The Inquirer interpreted a quiet public: April 24, 1874.
p. 217 “Up to this hour all”: PI, January 20, 1875.
p. 218 A New Jersey man came forward: EB, February 23, 1875.
p. 218 Sarah Ross identified the hat: Ibid.
what have you got now?
p. 221 Walling published more flyers: EB, January 12, 1875.
p. 221 a stable keeper in Newark: PI, January 11, 1875.
p. 221 Van Fleet said that in October: EB, January 12, 1875.
p. 221 “take good care of the animal”: Ibid.
p. 221 Detective Titus went to New Jersey: Ibid.
p. 221 “best resource”: Ibid.
p. 221 “I shall know the horse, sure,”: Ibid.
p. 221 Because it had seemed too imaginative: Ibid.
p. 221 a stable hand led the horse out: PI, January 13, 1875.
p. 221 “Look, Papa, look!”: EB, January 12, 1875.
p. 223 he would grant him immunity from any: Ibid.
p. 223 when a known burglar accused Walling: NYH, February 14, 1875.
