The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-08-25
DAILY PRESS,
PORTLAND.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1871.
A Two Years NTystery
PORTIANn

A Two Years Mystery.
On the 25th of May, 1869. Mrs. Mary
Gossett, living near Plainfeld, Hendrick,
county, Ind, was found lying dead in the doc
way OF smoke-house. The affair at the tim,
| created no small sensation, the lady bein.
widely known and highly connected. Tn,
coroner of the county empannelled jury, be
cause rumors prejudicial to her husband, Alv.
W. GOssett, were afoat, and after investiga
ton they reported that she committed suicide
by shooting herself through the head with 8
pistol. Various reasons were assigned for the
act, bnt nothing definite was settled upon. II
was SAID that early in the spring she possessed
herself OF large navy revolver kept by som
OF the hands at the stable renal king that she
would have use for it before they would. And
on !he day before the fatal act she was pre-
parihS Ior company, one of whom was min
,Ster, aha she remarked in jocular manner
that Brother Asbury was coming TO preach At
her funeral ~ Pie'Nn ''
Afterwards, letter was fouue by the fami.
~ Ill bottle OF morphine, in the house. and
slShed Dy her, bearing no date, b 1t which
II was thought was written some months pre-
yl0us, from the worI; appearance of the ma.
per. 1t was headed, "My Last Request" and
read:
uo not want 10 hve. AVIAN, take good
uaio o y, sue oiinu1en. Never iet any OF them
=: u'o .nol PnllT. i., ~ nas iuiheo me. Wnen THIS
you and the children to join the Christian
Church. May the Lord bless YOU"
This was signed May j. Gossett. The re-
mander of the story, so far as has vet been
divulged, is thus told by the Indianapolis Sen
tinel of Friday last:
several months before her death Mr.. Cos
selt mad insured her life in the Northwestern
Lile insurance Company, OF which Martin q
hopkins are the agents in this city. This pol
ICY made payable TO him in case of her death,
amounted to $4,000; and he also insured his
own own llie ior IKE amount. Not long after this
MI WI. uossett yieldea TO the persuasions of his
UrE wnG, anu cohneGled nimSelt with one OF the
Ol.npuoA churches IN Pialnheld, where he
sooohor ieauel, anu SUNDAY ochooi
;n.aa :.L t: ncle a,,eseu tuat ne became ac-
4uaniaou VIII m,ss n'Ioe oonnsol, ana soon
s was ~ 'iialuateu WIN ner as 10 forget him.
se sei, anu nis "ne, ms cohduct becoming the
,I ,heuue ns vi tue sossoping heiShoors. some OF
tile Ghurcn members fenonstrated with him,
anu ne removed ner 10 tnis Guy, and spent
aoUut one nan ol ms tine Win her. lie Il
nany piaceu Tue 1onnsoh woman under the
ploIecltou oI oonl bacI, resta'lrant-keeper
on AouiSiana sIreet' opposite the Union De-
POI.
Al Ihls restaurant, II IS alleged, she remain
ed lor a long lime. During his stay here the
prosecution claim that Gossett was heard to
say that she would soon be his wife; even
saying the same few days before the sup
posed SUICIDE was committed. They still fur
tnef aliege that on the day before, or at four
O'Clock OF the same day of Mrs. Gossetts
oeath. Bach started for Hendricks county
ana was thefe at the time. Still further, that
Gossett, at the inquest testified he had been
sick and had not been from home for several
days; while they profess to be able to prove
that he was seen in Stringtown on the day be-
fore. And further yet, that his testimony
there and his statement to the insurance COM
pany are materially different.
The affair, we understand, was brought be-
fore the Grand Jury of that county, bat re.
suited in nothing The Northwestern Life
Insurance Company withheld payment OF the
policy until about one year since, because OF
the suspicious surroundings attached to the
case, but fnally felt that nothing would ever
be brought to light so paid it off and closed
the account. DR.. Hoadey of Danyille. a
brother of the deceased iady. has ALWAYS
secuted the idea of suicide. and has persist
emily and yig;antly watched eyery turn and
phase of the case ever since. Through him
and others interested in the case. the threads
of evidence have been carefully gathered nm.
and early this week resulted i'm the Hendricks
County Grand jury in iictino not only Mr..