Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-11-08
The Uddersooks TrisI.


testimony showing Goss and wilson 70 '
be one and the same person, but the only :
evidence Of any great interest adduoed
during the day was given by Mrs. Eliza
beth Toombs and Miss Emma Taylor, Of
Newark, New Jersey.
Mrs. Toombs testlaed that the prisoner '
came 10 her house on the 18th Of May 10 Z
ses A. o. Wilson, who introduced the '
prisoner a. Mr.. Mullin they visited New !
York In company, and the prisoner left !
10 the cars the same night by himself
Witness gave came description Of Wilson c
as had been given for Goss by other Wit I
nesses.1 Wilson bearded with her from
November 20 till June rs witness de- I
scrlbed Wilson's dress when he left her Z
house she saith he wore CATERS that had I
no buttons on [gaiters found on remains {
shown to witness, who said they looked !
something like those belonging to Will I
son1 on Tuesday before he left he '
brought me shirt and asked me II |
would have II washed my girl did so, r
and as II was new and difficult to iron /
lroned It myself, aud In doing so found q
button of OF the band at the back Of the
neck, which ] sewed on, She then de-
scribed the shirt, and on being shown the
one dug up with the remains, she aaid II
looked like the same shirt, having all the
/
Witness also identified the vallse as cor
responding with the one In Wilson's room.
She also Identified the ring as the same
worn by Wilson. A gentleman named
GOES called TO see Wilson at her house
he bore a strong resemblance to Wilson,
aud said be was a brother TO A. o. |
Wilson this was after Wilson had left. |
Mics TAYLOR, who boarded at Mrs. |
Toombs', 10 Newark, tenlihed to having
examined Wilson's ring Wilson pointed
out 10 me two spots on the stone, with
drift between The ring was not sound.
On the ring being shown, she said
9TH looks like the ring, but do not
see the spots so distinctly as / remember
seeing them with that exception, the
ring fully answers my description Of the
one had, size aud all he geve the ring
to me kept 1t three weeks, then gave
II to Mrs Toombs to return to him,
Wilson wore congress CATERS without
buttons, ION CATERS belng shown. she
said, "'rhese look like Wllson's"]j she
! saw the prisoner when he called TN Will
son; witness frequently received notes
from Wilson, but had destroyed them
all have not heard from him since he
left, witness gave the usual description
of Wilson's appearance, and recognized
J the photograph as his likeness could
! see the shayen face in the picture as the
one had seen with full beard think he
he was lntoxica ed when he gave me the
ring.
Commonwealth proposed to show Will
sons letters TO witness to see If she could
= identify handwriting. This was objected
T to by the defence but was overruled by
: the coart, and letters shown. Witness
said she knew the character Of the writ
q Ia l. -
e Isaac Toombs, of Newark, gave the
' same description of Wilson and recog.
a nized the photograph as his likeness. He
=, also identified the vslise. Court then
{ adjourned.
!, FIFTH DAY.
d AT the reassembling OF Court in the
} afternoon, Mr.. McVeagh, counsel for the
d prison. objected to the admission Of
& the evidence OF Breese, the Baltimore
= general ageEt Of the Mutual Life Insur
arce Company Of New York, which con
uected Goss with the insurance companies
of Baltimore, and showed that udderzool
had once testified In cult against thu
u Mutual Company that Guss was burned
to death In store on York road, Balti
u more county.
g, The Court admitted the evidence, an,
u the Jury, who had retired by order
the Court when 1t was proposed to pu
"a the above In evidence, re-entered AM
10 took their seats.
at John d. Butler, of Baltimore, recog
IN LIKED a screw-driver with a ratchet
lg which was found on the muLilated body
}" as having belonged TO Goss the witnes
also testified that several signatures O
ho Goss and Wilson, which were show
ITS him, were, be believed, written by Gose.
an Mr.. Breese was recalled and testified I
Goss being insured In the Mutual,o Net
al York, to the amount of $4,000, and th
Wy efforts made by Mrs. Goss after hi
alleged death In February, 1872, 10 co
ne lect the insurance. br,ese was ais
vs., agent Of the Continental Life InsurauG
as COMPANY, of New York, and said Thu
G ,es was also Insured IN this compan.
h's aud that MrB. 0oss attempted 20 cole
the insurance after 1t was stated he hi
been burned TO death.
j. q. Smith, recalled-W. s. Goss occ'
I'm pied shop two and a-half miles from Il
I'M city of Baltimore, on the York road, abo
six hundred feet back from, the road
wss on Mr.. Lowndes' lAndi Mr.. Lownde
,,uR house is about two hundred ard fifty fe
iay away DR.. sappngton's house Is abo
s .ne three hundred feet of my house is nel
tns about five hundred feet oil; MIR. Myel
Nv house is about six hundred fest ava
tne MIR. Kater's house Is about one thousal
,er, or twelve hundred feet MTs. Emery's
neu about twelve hundred Feet this shop "
ll.n about in the centre of all these MIR.
gut gle's house is abouteight hundred fec
Al. the shop was frame of two stories, abe
Nv, We fourteen by twenty -four four windo
'u .h down stairs and two up; on the east a
ihe west sides we're two windows; the dc
I . ~ hnn I RAJ
mug the fire observed the whole building
9 Oh flames newspapers were put up at
NY, ~. windows so that persons could not see
MT Goss occupied this shop; was at singi
u.te school with my son at Waverly hall
iRer saw the fire and thought II was my dw'
nc ing; when got To II the building v
tne all 10 flames tried TO keep other bui
Tue lngs from taking fire when got close
Jug to the fire | heard MI. Kater complaint
II to Undertook about not giving the ala
sue before the fire got so far, and asked II
ou.h wished TO create a false alarm by say
az the body of Goss was 10 the fire. udd
q az zeok said he did not know anybody alb
, MI the place left him then took a oo
nis and got as near the lire as l could
gam threw il aud struck what we all thou
u'S' was the body; sent for long ice no
and brought another fence board gu
tried 10 20 in and bring out what
,Npp thought was the body he got about b
way and came back, and then | tri
-. welt as far as could, and threw the
lacl hook and struck right in the boz
CON. Quinn pulled me, and we got the b
3 ~ out; water was then brought askel
now the body was going to be left there lii
ilers log; Undertook turned away and Ct
l as menced to cry, as l thoughtI come
"a brought box and placed The body j
\ 4. 8. -. III -
for III aI 80 ~ ~, 90 yenained viii Inc hi
Win the next morning I went on The gro
-, about daylight 10 search for MIR. q
neral ring and watch, and found only bot
ousl- found few small bones and part I
lur hinge from a doors put the bones
eate9 the body at the staSlei saw Udder7
lsneu when | q st went to the fire stan'
INC near it, with an oyercoat on and
hands In his pockets; about twenty
u up persons were there; no ono could do
, anu thing; there was no water or en-
honld there; the blaze was just coming GU
ltAin the windows, up stairs and down, VIII
VIII drst got there; saw nothing to pre-
STORY opening the door; the flames would
has prevent person from getting to
nay door; the arms aud legs were bu
iihlns of when took the body
IN ioi the body was very black the
arm was burned Of near the elbow
ended the left near the shoulder ! the right
a