Connecticut western news., 1873-08-08
The Goss Murder.
Strange Plot and its i'll suceess--Jus-
 tiCe Slow but Sure.

A Strange Plot and its ill suceess--Ju tice Slow but Sure.
 f From the facts thus far collected s pretty clear account of Goss's wande ? lngs may be given as follows: On th 3 night ot February 2, 1872, when Cos ? set fire to his building in Baltimore, an ) ran down the lane, as he was seen ' several to do, leaving body to b } burned in the ruins, he jumped into tn l buggy which was held in waiting by A 5 o. Goss, his brother, and drove to tn Philadelphia depot. Taking the trai he went to Philadelphia and New York , and thence further North. At Saratog he mailed 8 letter to A. 0. Goss, Balti more. This letter was addressed in A Q. Goss's own handwriting, and tn . fugitive must have been provided wit
 it to avoid showing his own handwriting From Saratoga he went straight to Mon
 treal, remaining there some time. Mex
 he was traced to 8 small place east o
 Toronto, and at other periods to Lon
 don and Hamilton, Canada. He is be
 lieved to have remained in Canada sev
 eral months. Thence he was traced tt
 Michigan, where he was lost sight of
 but the probability is that he passed
 through Detroit and continued on dow1
 to Nashville, Tenn. On June 23, 1872
 he arrived at David R. Mullins, il
 Cooperstown. The letters from Udder.
 zook to MT. Mullin, endeavoring to pro.
 cure board for friend, are dated re.
 spectively in October and November,
 1871, and upon MT. Mullins refusing to
 take the boarder the matter was drop
 ped but Goss's hiding place in Tennes-
 see becoming too hot for him, he, fol- | lowing Udderzook's advice, came to this
 locality, believing that Mullin would
 not turn him away when he should ac-
 tually present himself. In explanation
 of the long period which elapsed be-
 tween the writing of these letters. and
 the perpetration of the fraud, it may be
 explained that the plot was maturing
 through many months. It is believed
 that it was planned in April," 1871, and
 that it was intended it should be con-
 summated in the early part of the win
 ter,' but for some reason it was post
 poned to February. It will be remem-
 bered that Goss, alias A. c. Wilson, in-
 troduced himself to MT. Mullin as the
 person that Udderzook had recom-
 mended, and said that he had lately
 come from Tennessee. From that time to Nov. 28, 1872, he was in Coopers- town, or that vicinity, for on Nov. 28 he received $40 at Byrnmaw, the nearest station on the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was next heard of in Newark, N. J., where he boarded from Dec. 1 to June 27. Here he is said to have paid his board with tolerable regularity, and was liked by his fellow boarders. He se- cluded himself to such degree that his fellow boarders thought there was some mystery connected with him. He paid attentions to a young lady who boarded in the house with him, and when he went from Newark he wanted her to elope with him, promising to take her to Europe. At Newark, Goss was visited by persons who, from the description given of them, were Udderzook and A. | c. Goss. When he left Newark he told his landlady thath he was going to Phila- delphia to meet his doctor, aud expected to receive $1 ,500. The only doctor he | met in Philadelphia was Udderzook, They went on the Philadelphia and Bal l timore Central Railroad to West Grove. thence going on foot to Jennerville, where they arrived on June 29, the day before the murder.
 A man has been found in Philadel- ohia who heard Wilson speak of A, c, Joss, and has seen letter from A. c. Joss to A. o. Wilson, the envelope of which was stamped with a furniture monogram. A. o. Goss works in Bal imore, at Stevens's furniture shop. A nan has also been found to whom A, c. Wilson talked freely of A. 0. Goss, and aid that he remained away from home n account of a lawsuit, amounting to 28, 900, in which he was deeply inter- sted.
 The agent of the insurance companies ow has several express receipts of 'ackages sentto A. Campbell Goss from !. 0. Wilson while stopping at differ mt points. These receipts show that !. 0. Wilson, during his stay at had sent several pack ges to A. c. Goss, Baltimore, supposed 0 have contained letters. It
 While Wilson or Goss lived in Iewark, all money came to him by ex- ress, but 1t was never receipted for by I'm. In every case his landlady, Mrs. bombs, called at the express office, got he money, and receipted for the same. i When he wrote to A. c. Goss, his let CTS were taken to New York by friend nd there placed in the express office.
 Goss's watch, said . to have been urned in the fire, has been traced to a | ertain point beyond 8 doubt. The ( liver leaf covering the face had Goss's ] ame on it, but was torn off. Two , 1eorles have been framed in regard to f 1e murder. One is that Udderzook i as treacherous villain, who deceived ( oth sides, and that he killed Goss for I loney. By those taking this view it is S elieged that Goss really did receive ' l, 300 when he went to Philadelphia. t nd that Udderzook, getting uneasy as i the result of the trials, resolved to C ake sure of that much money. The 'her and more probable theory is that t le consplrators expected to succeed in a efrauding the insurance companies I 1thout the matter coming into the f 'urts. They were not provided with t le means to support Goss so. long a me In ldleness, and it appears that he l. as continually embarrassed in money S alters, and doubtless there was a l, eat deal of trouble among them on t is account. Influenced, doubtless, D 7 this reason, Goss wanted te sell out r
 the insurance companies at an early D lte.' In October negotiations were 'ened with the Travellers at Hartford, rough a detective, who acted for
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