The sun., 1873-07-23

the ring which had fallen from aoss's Anger
under the seat Of the buggy, together with tho
bone stud (which was his own, for Uoss wore no
collar, and they escaped his notice. Then wash
ing the buggy at a stream near by, he drove on
To- PenningtonviDe. delivering up the buggy at
about ll:4O according to the testimony Of the
hoster. This buggy has been thoroughly ex-
auned, and although II has been washed twice
since the occurrence, a coouiilun was found un
the under side, the blood having run through a
crack in the nOuflng. other blood stains were
also found underneath the Hap ~ the dash
board. microscopic examination will be
made OF these stains To prove that they are hui
MtrrLAriSG THE nopY.
Leaving p,nnino 1nvillc, the murderer re-
turned tp the scene Of his crime to finish his
horrible task lie s'riprcd the body, tearing ~
the bloody shit, and removing the other cloth
luI. except the Y iters and stockings. Then
laying the nude corpse upon u blanket. he rro-
recded to- carve It M In this he had a double
identification; the second was tO dispose of It
more readily. lie cut IN the rms at the sboul-
could not discover the iuut. and III ~ discovered
them from the trunk at the hip Joints. Tue in
strumcut he used q dig the hole I'm the ground
has notyet been ascertuucd. but Is believed q Al
II was u 81 adc belonging to Rhodes, wbich has
been mis-. .ins since tdder1oOk's vifit. tddcr-
2u"k htd seen che sOade when he was az
lhodes'- place. and 1t ~ .hourht that he uoteI
its position, and when coming back from Pen
uIn-t onNAc stopped and Eut 1t from tho out
housr In which Il was. In Gisposing OF the body
he seems to have gone t. wurn with character
istic Goodness and iuI. mcut. ENHctlv twenty
one PAGES from the road he buried the trunk :
the imhs he n ccd midway hctwccr two large
cedars the clothing he hurled near "a three
fNrkcd hickory tree. douh less the only one la
the woods All his dispositions were made 5,
that he could have gone hlck AZ any tine and
visited tic exact spots. u is Impossible to con
template tit action o. the murderer during that
night without feeling shuddcr ~ repulSiol AZ
the cuid-hiuudcd CHlmucss OF the man. The
mdiurity of men would have been overcome with
supcr,titious horror al the thought VI being
ALONE IN TuE woors Win A BLooDY CORPSE
and yet this callous murderer coolly carved
away at his VI tim. working a. there Is evldct sc
to show, with The greatest dcHherGtiun. he aug
n hole to put awav the trunk. hut because OF the
number "f roots In the ground II was a very
shallow one, SO that when no showed the trunk
into II the abdomen projected, aud he had to
heap the earth over 1t to cover it, The shirt
which was 80 steefed In gore that IL would have
been impossible Ia burn II. was stuffed down 10y
the side Of the body. lie went about "a, herring
small branches, cutting them from the trees
near by. and laid them close together across the
body he then laid limbs Of 4 scs and brush
wood lenethway over the body. so that the heap
this protection the body could not be scratcl ed
out 10y the buzz rds. but the result proved that
he mistaken. The lower limbs he huricd
with the stockings and CATERS stu upon them.
ue oil cloth. the ruat aud II uts and the blank
cts he burned ia the centre Of the woods a, ne
| spot described. The smoke was noticed by
several but IL was not considered n circumstance
sufficiently extraordinary for examination II
/ must have been near dayLreak when he com
ileted this work, for when he reached COchrat s.
vie, mile aud half beyond. II WAS broad day
li,nt Here he stopped To get his brcnl fls, .
going thence to Jenneryile and TO his mother =.
THE MOTIVE of TuE CRIME
was Doubtless fear lest the conspiracy should
t he disclosed Oy some act Of Goes. ANONYMOUS
I iutinatiuns were sent to the Insurance company
T from Canada Just before the late trial uf mi
"oGcr to sell out. and II - believed tuat CO -
caused great a. al of trouble bN MS muNv'n"
! lie was In Philadelphia Lest December. which
WIS ltitoy too near for safety. aud, indeed.
was So reckless that the insur. nee c'mpAul e-
! would have had hut little trouble In rcstorin'
| him to hs mourning friends before the next
! trial. THIS, however, would hardly have he n
! agreeable. - various pefsonagos uguring IN tile
/ preNious trial would lie exposed to trouble for "a
/ conspiracy TO defraud especially Udderlook. a.
! he was the prime mover IN the ahalr, aid SO IL
! was necessary To get rid II Goss.