The Charley Ross Case

The Philadelphia Times says that a letter was recently sent to Gov. Ilartranft, of Pennsylvania, iuquiring if any guarantse of imniunity from punishment could be glven by him if Charley Ross were retnrned. In reply his Seèretary wrote : "Section 9 of article i of the constitution of 1874 provides that 'no pardon shall be granted nor sentence eommuted except upon the ï-ecomniendation in wiiting of the Lieutenant Governor, Secretnry of the Coinmonwealth, Attorney General, and Secretary of Intemal Affaire, or any three of them, after full heaiing upon dne public notiee and in open session.' You will therefore see that.however the Governor may desire to assist in the restoration ol the boy to his párente, he has no anthority togaarantee a pardon or immnnity to his abductors ov the persons who now hold hini in custody. Such a guarantee can be obtnined, if it eau be obtaiued at all, through the Board of Pardons, whose recour mendations the Govemor but rarely disreg.irds. " The Times ndds : " On Wednesdny momiiig a gentleman who, since the abductioii of Charley Ross, has interested himsclf in his reeovery, and who is ono of tlie thrce or fonr persona acquainted with the ins and onts of the latest clew, left this city for the locality near which tlie boy is supposed to be in hiding, nnd since that time nothiug has been heard of his whereabouts. " Tho York (Penu.) DUpatch also.has sometíiiug te say on the subject. It stiys that Jumes Logan, a private detective, arrived in that borough ou Wedne3day night, and is busily engaged in working up the case, aud that he makes the following statement : "I have followedup this case for nenrly three years, and have knowledge concerning it wbich no other man possesses. I have confounded a!l the other detectives, with their clews, nnd, now that Mr. Koss has given up th'H one, I tiike it up. I will npt give the inrovuiution whii-h I hohl nt this time - it would deff:it my ends. 1 hav documiMits iu niy possession whichj il' triu ns 1 íully believe them to be, puts the Koss mystery in an ontiroly new shape, and one wnich will startle the public as it has never before beeu startled. All my investigatioiia are made to add to the stores of my informatj'ou, and not alone to fiud the boy, but also to solve the mystery surrouml'ug his disappearance and whercabouts. The boy is still alive, and I do not beHeve lic wa ever stolen for ransom- the plot is deoper still. Tlie cause of his abducüon, or rather the taking away of Charles B. Ross, is the end and u;m of my iuveatigation. I Wíote to Mr. Ross uútler tho date of March 27, 1875, stating that I never would give up my ' í- vestigation un til I fouud the persou who was the primary cause of the abduction. I nm ocaasionally alluded to iu the papers, indirectly, as a mononiamuc on the subject of the Ross case. I can only answcl- this with siiccpss in my uadertakiii". Tiie future will justify my work, uiiL there is methoJ iu my nnuiui ss. The detectives of New York and , delphia ere as smi rt and intelligent as any iu the world, and liad there not been a .Tudas in the camp they would havo had the boy long ago. I am a privntr detective. " The )Kaci iu this eonneotion remarks : "Our interview with Mr. James Logan ír t'ull of startling interest, and hë corfided to us many things wbieh it is not proper here to mention, but in a few Reeks they may be spoken openly, nnd in thomeautimo the public may rest iit.suivii that the end is ut haud, and the ilenoueinout will be á surpriw anJ a ' sensHtion ' to all." - Statistics taken in Fránee sliow that tftëinotÖQrty of infanta nm-sed by tlieir )wii mothera never exceeds 10 per cent., ïeldom, in. leed, rining iibove f percent. ; hal ni raíante suokted by otiuet wet inrsi -s ;ivir,i;.'rs a bout '20 jiercent. ; while n " haud-fed" children the deatlirato auges from 50 to 60 per cent.