Category: Charley Ross
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The Mysterious Kidnap-for-Hire Case of Four-Year-Old Charley Ross. December 14, 1874.
Image: A likeness of kidnapped Charles Brewster Ross. (Public Domain) On this day in history, December 14, 1874, a failed burglary attempt further confuses one of the first kidnap-for-ransom occurrences. As he was about to go to bed, rich New Yorker Holmes Van Brunt heard thieves breaking into his brother’s house next door. After gathering…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 