Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-11-14
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ready to give himself up for a sum of
money and 1rlmunity from criminal
prosecution for all concerned in the
| plot.
IN this we sec the wanderer. driven
from place to place, embarrassed ne
cunlarlly, given over to drink, now in
Canada, then in Tennessee, then in
pennsylvania, and for time in New
Jersey. All this time he is in commu-
nlcatlon with his fellow-conspirators
receives moHey and letters from them
and on one occasion is visited by his
brother and Udderzoot. He has as
sumed an alias; is. A. C. Wilson. q
Single man, and i'll this character is
attentive to and endeavors to persuade
into an elopement a girl in the humble
walks of life. Finally the sinews of
war become exhausted; it was not
toreseen that the insurance companies
would hold on to their greenbacks SO
tenaclously; and 20 one of the econspira-
tors, at least, a murder seems to afford
the only way to escape detection and
punishment for lesser crime.
ACT FOURTH
Is laid III Pennsylvania. Udderzoot
and Goss arrive IN Chester county to-
gether. Goss is left at a tavern in
Jennersville, while Udderzoot visits
his brother 1n-law hard by, a ne'er-do-
well named Rhodes. He endeavors 20
secure Rhodes as an accomp.ice in the
rremed 4ated crime by arousine his
cupldity. He tells him the stranger
has 81 900 in his possession, and more
may be had. Rhodes refuses, and
warns Udderzoot, if we may credit the
statements of the former, and Udder-
zoot then resolves to do the deed him
self. He procures q horse and buggy.
and invites GOss to ride with him.
The two start out together, but one
returns. The remains of the other are
found ten days later, where the mur-
derers hands had laid them. The
deed was done under cover of the
darkness. The buggy was halted by
the roadside, at the edge of Il wood.
The murderers, left arm was placed
around the drugged and half-conscious
victim, while the right hand inflicted
three deadly stabs with Il dirk. Then
the body was forced back against the
buggy top, breaking the how, and the
throat cut. In taking the corpse from
the vehicle, the step was broken and
the dash board bent. The lifeless re-
mains were taken into the woods, The
bloody blankets were thrown out of the
buggy, the oil cloth removed from
the t0Qr Of the vehicle, and 1t was
washed III stream near by, and re-
turned TO its owner il Penllngtonville
just before midnight. With all these
precautions ring, aftcrN.ard identi-
fed as one worn by Goss, and bone
stud which belonged to Udderzoot,
were found in the buggy, and later
examinations detected blood-staips.
The vehicle had also been injured in
the struggle, which did not escape no.
tlce at the time, but Udderzoot's ex-
plantations were deemed satisfactory,
and he paid for the damage done and
for the loss of the blankets. The bug
gy having b7en thus disposed of, the
murderer returned to complete his
fearful nights work. He stripped the
body of its clothing, save the shoes
and stockings, cut off the arms at the
chest, tried to cut off the legs at the
knee, but could not discover the joints,
so cut them off at the thigh. The
body he buried in one place, the
dismembered limbs in another, and
the clothing and the blankets taken
from the buggy in third place, all so
marked that he could readily find them
if he desired. Goodness land calcula-
ton appear to have marked all the
murderer's movements.
The buzzards disclosed the burial
place of the murdered man, an Inquest
was held, and verdict found against
W. e. Udderzoot. He was arrested in
Baltimore, and taken to West Chester
jail to await his trial. Rhodes his
brother-in-law, was afterward arrested
as an accomplice III the murder, and
A. G. GOSS was also arrested IN
charge of conspiracy and perjury made
by the insurance companies.
ACT FIFTI3.
The court room at West Chester,
Pennsylvania, where W. Z. Udder-
zoot is to be tried for his life.
These arc mere outlines, meagre
notes of a chapter of incidents in the
criminal annals of this country, on
which those insatiate of horrors will
soon lie fed TO the full. Clearly the
brothers Goss, the widdow and ". i.
Udderzoot were in the plot to defraud
the insurance companies. How many
more were concerned in it must be left
to conjecture for the present. Think
of these conspirators, a wife and Il
brother among them, swearing to the
identity of remains which they knew
to be those of al unknown person.
critically examining and teshfying
upon teeth, and hair, and distorted
features. When the remains were dis
covered IN Pennsylvania, they mani
tested no feeling or interest regarding
them. Were the wife and brother liz
the confidence OF the murderer One
is led to inquire, what part of tho plot
had Rhodes May he not have been
the murderer, the principal, and not
the accomplice ? All this, and more,
has to be 9lnraveled and revealed in
the court room. The evidence against
Udderzoot is purely circumstantial,
but it is terribly direct. There is even
now a belief IN some quarters that
Goss really perished in the flames, rs
alleged Who, then, was the man mUr
dered and cnt to pieces in Pennsyl-
vania?
Tie latest marvel in tclegraphy is ali
invention, recently exhibited ut the
French Academy of Sciences, by the
ala Of which maps and plans may be
sent by telegraph, without necessita-
ting special drawing for the purpose.
Over the map already made is laid q
semi-crcrlar plate of glass, the circunl-
ference of which is graduated. At the
centre IS an alidade, also graduated,
which carries. on . slide, Il piece of
mica marked with blade point. The
later, 10y its own movement along the
aidade, and also iiy that OF the ali
dad. itself, can bc brought upon
every point IN tle glass setaicircle.-
inst h.."rp iii l:ate Is a tixad eye
piece. F-r3,,jur through ti4is, the
black d1- = carried s;:ccessively over