thanks for the story! But if they never found him...why does his grave say he was
rescued?
Tami Lorbecke
From: Ondamitag(a)aol.com
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:10:29 -0500
To: wigen(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [WIGEN] Most interesting grave stone inscription (The Answer)
_http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/keffer/scenes-ross.html_
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http://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/keffer/scenes-ross.html)
Charlie Ross (born 1870) was a child in Germantown, Philadelphia, when he was
kidnapped on July 1, 1874. The story was a media sensation of its time. The
abductors mailed the Ross family twenty-three ransom letters over the course
of the first four months of Charlie's absence, but despite a willingness to
meet the demands of the abductors, the Ross family never saw their son again.
In November 1874 two men were shot while burglarizing a house on Long Island.
Although both men died that night, one confessed to police that he and his
partner were responsible for kidnapping Charlie Ross. He claimed that only his
partner knew the boy's whereabouts. A third man, later picked up, was
charged and tried with being an accomplice and sentenced to seven years in jail.
For years following the incident people turned up either claiming to know
something about Charlie or of actually being Charlie Ross, but the boy was never
found.
Don't sound too much like Indians to me
Timm Severud
County Coordinator for Barron & Sawywer Counties
In a message dated 2/18/2009 5:53:01 A.M. Central Standard Time,
kaspar.robin(a)gmail.com writes:
I got an email today asking me what I know about a grave (he attached
a photo). At first I just laughed because of the way he worded his
request: "What might you be able to tell me in detail about this
grave." As if I know everything about my county LOL. I know you've all
been there.
But then I actually read the inscription on the stone and now my
curiosity is piqued:
"Charlie Ross 1870-1882 Stolen in 1874 Rescued by John A. Harford 1879"
This young man is buried in the Harford family plot.
Wow, this sounds like a mystery worthy of a TV show. Have you ever
seen such a thing?
Robin in Short Pump
visit my blog:
www.allthingsrobin.wordpress.com
Grant County, WIGenWeb
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