Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-19
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csFhe AAtek deSelbbmeni II the Chest 1C(
Pa, uniIfdsf are i.hpfRa We and almost Ptat vi
ilng. There Is q trlte saying about truth pc
inR stranger than fiction, and various phases
" recenttragedies and trials have been SPOKEN
II as illustrating that the actual events OF hIe
are sOmetimes as rVmagkableint theif eharae-
YER and eTehia al dramatic astlleA PAGES OF 10
nance. Thele has sheen no more stE1 klnR nus
tratlon OF this than the Chester county muE-
Ter, IL it should turn out as new, strongly sus-
pected, that the mnIdered man - " .: 1oss,
ont OF whose previous alleged death by hre, IN
ne burning OF his shop on the 2o1k3 tpaol
arose the celebrated Goss life insurance case
trial In the United States Cifcuit OOutp IN Ihls
city, short time ago. Goss was lnsuiSu m
various life Insurance companies " ,.a,Vs. H.laOa
S25, 600, and on the night when his WOfkshog
was burned, where he was secretly engaged
On what he claimed TO be an invention q
cheap substitute of rubber, this man Uu-
derZO0k, q brOlheI-i1-laW-nOW accused OF tne
murder In Chester county+4was also presstin ny.
de testified 10 their having gone 70 the place
toaether. and mat Cess Afterwards entered
the shop with can OF cOAl-Oil in bis hang1.
| while he Udderz0Ok) went to Rtt llgntJ An
1 the meantime the place was disco Vefed on nte
land It was remember after wards ynast Iohetf
Eook gave no alarm at the Time Whicn ne ex
1 planned by saying that he supposed G0ss mlght
/ havs escaped the flames, which y now seems
hiehly probable he had. He gave ntlmaElQai Ar Y ~
4 10 some one near, however, OF prouAplutlea u
4 man being burned, and the charred and NV
tilated remains Of man were found among
THE ruins, which Undertook and Mrs. a0sS
I subsequently accepted as the body OF Mr, ell
IGoss. Claim In due time was made upon tle
Insurance companies and trial followed, III
u which the companies cOntended that 1t was 9
conspiracy to obtain the money by passing on
Ia fraudulent body upon them, and they Ieslst
ed payment. Udderzo0k's testimony IS sup
/ posed to have had considerable weight ylll1
. 1.-THE Jury in deciding the case in favor OF Mrs
GOss Now comes the Chester county muroel
and the astounding suggestion that the victim
: is none other than GOss, and the murderer hI
t brOther-in-laW, Undertook, who, II is suspect
I'd, has adopted this method Of gethng him on
!, of the way fearful Of the consequences OF q
exposure Of fraud and perjury, which Nigh
8 send him and Others TO the penitentiary. Ther
is said to be q similarity bptWeen the the shap
4 OF the head and the contour Ofthe features Q
1.-The dead man and Q photograph cf G0ss, an
2 the seal ring found ID the buggy has, ~ q
I, tleRed been Identified as his property. II thl
r. Theory shall be substantiated upon further N
\ | yestigation, lt viii be one Of the most maEye
: lious Incidents In annals. IL Q fraud was CON
Imenced on the York road It has been cOnsnn
. IInated in Chester county, Pa. The inventC
!. Iuf that device has been the victim Of his Ow
q deceit. and his own body, as IL by q fiRhteou
ls retribution, has suffered the same mutllatio
y be himself practiced on the dead.--BaItS
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