Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-07-15
FIRST EDITION.
THE CHESTER COUNTY HUTCHERY.

ADDITIONAL MINOR DETSus-TuE TEsrIMpNT on
uDDERzooK's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or THE
o0BoEERs JURY.
The Chester county papers Of yesterday and
this morning furnish u few additional minor 10
tails Of the buichery near Cochranvle. but the
affair was 80 accurately and thoroughly written
up for the COMMERCIAL, yesterday, that we can
find but little that is really new for use here.
The mutilation OF the body, however, seems TO
have been greater tran reported, yesterday in
that the arms we're also severed from the Trunk
and the throat cut.
There seems now to bo but little doubt that
Udder2ook Is the murderer, a fact which the
CoM1ERoIAL's report established pretty clearly.
yesterday. In the carriage which Udderzook
returned to the livery at Penningtonville blood
stains were found, and large seal ring was
picked mp between the cushions and afterwards
identified as the property of the murdered man.
As establishing further the guilt Of Udderzook
we append tho testimony of John Roads and
the mother of the supposed murderer:
RhOad5 testified that Wm Il. Ulderzook his
brother-iD-law had in last December written him
from Bllti.nore to the effect that he had little
job on hand, and asking him to engage in it with
him, saying that il would pay at least $1,000 a
piece for their trouble Roads stated that he
took no notice of the letter in any way, and moth
ing further was heard OF Udderz lok until his
coming to his place on Tuesday. June 1st, when
ho stated he had friond with him from Balt-
more, and who was then stopping at Jenner-
ville and further that he had money aud made
proposition TO get shut of him saying that he
was disspated man and would soon die any
how. and that they might as we'll have his
money. He, Udderzook also proposed to haze
his friend board at Rhoads'. which was partially
agreed uI on. and proposition was made by I'd
derzook to drug him, but eventually the ar
arrangement was disagreed to and Undertook
Withdrew.
Jane Udderzook the mother, testified that her
son William had come to her house on the morn
ing Of the 81, and that she had washed his
clothes, which were in somewhat disordered
condition. sand being in quantity about tho bot
tom OF his pantaloons. she stated that he left
her house on that day, saying that he was going
to his home in Baltimore.
The West Chester Me,cs furnishes additional
details:
1t is said that Ulderzool and the man had
boen on trip to r lston, New York and other
places, and also that they were very intimate,
and Rhoads alleges that Undertook held the
murdered mans money and transacted all his
business for him, but how Rhoads should know
all this aud be ignorant Of the mans name aud
other minor "details. wa leave our readers to re-
fleet upon in Their own minds.
Tho clothing OF tho murdered stranger was
found sometimb Saturday short distance
from where the body was buried nearly llburn-
ed to ashes. A portion OF the blankets wore re-
cognizabo. shirt stnd picked from the
ashes, also buckle and several buttons bearing
the letters NV. d b."
DIR Bully of pennngtonve made thorough
examination OF the stabs on tho body. at the in
quest investigation, and gave 1t as his opini on
that any one of them'would have produced death,
the weapon, evidently butcher knife having
entered between the ribs.
As to exactly where the decd was committed
of course remains Il mystery, yet it is generally
believed that the man was killed in the carriage,
and the murderer drove down to the woods.
threw his victim out, thence took his way to
Penningtonville, delivered over tue horse and
wagon, and walked back to the woods, where
he cut the by into pieces. as above described,
and hurredly burying it, directed his steps to
the house Of his mother arri wing there at 8
O'Clock in the morning succeeding the crime.
That he had an accOmplice In tho decd few
persons after reading the above facts. will dare
believe to the contrary. Whl tue assisting par
ties were. our readers may judge al well as wo.
after digeating the facts CLEANED ut the ooroners
inquest.
A requsition from Governor Hartranft has al
ready been placed in the hands of Sheriff Gill,
who, with it is now en- route to Baltimore in the
hope OF arresting Udderzook, at whom the finger
in tho bloody carnival OF crime.
The West Chester Record OF this morning,
prints the testimony produced at the coroner
investigation, which corroborates what wo have
already printed and furnishes us with the yer-
dict OF the jury as follows The deceased came
10 his death by wounds inflicted by knife in the
hands Of VIM. E Udderzook either by himself
or with the assistance of Others