Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1873-10-29


He remarked that he vas going to do
it anyhow, and left him, coming to Pen
ningtonville. Hiring horse and bug
gy of Mr.. A. C. Baldwin, he left, say
ing be was going to Jeunervllle for his
friend, to bring him up to his sisters
for few days. He went to Jeuner-
vile, got his friend and they were seen
to leave the village about six o'clock in
the evening, and that was the last seen
of tie man slive. The horse and bug
gy were returned to Hr. Baldwin that
night about midnight, with the loss Of
blankets, oil cloth, &c. Nothing was
thought about the loss Of these articles,
As it was presumed the man was or had
oecn under the influence Of liquor
The price Of the blankets was demand
ed and was paid by Undertook, and
thus .he matter ended. Mr.. Rhodes
disclosed his suspicious to several Of
his friends, and among the number was
G. p. Moore, who, on bunting through
the woods on the evening Of Friday,
July 1l:h, accidentally discovered the
dead body of a man With the arms and
limbs both cut Of; the throat cut, and
four or FIVE stabs 10 the chest and body,
any one of which would tave caused
death. When these facts we're made
known, the buggy was carefully exam
ined, and blood was found upon it IN
several places the dash was bent, and
the leather of it torn, besides the bows
being broken, showing that the act Of
killing was done in the buggy. In the
buggy was found handsome ring,
which has been identified as the one the
murdered man wore. The body having
lain from July LIST to July llth, was
too much decomposed for Identification
from the features, but the general ap-
2earance, size, color of hair aud whisk-
ers, left no doubt that tins was the
friend Udderzook left Jennerville with
On the evening of July ls..
After returning the horse and wagon
Udderzook visited his mothers house,
where his clothing was washed, and
then left for Baltimore, where he re-
mained quietly at work until his arrest
on the 22nd Of July. He betrayed
considerable surprise at the time OF his
arrest, although he expressed confident
ly bis belief of proving his innocence.
On his way to West Chester he was dis
posed to be quite communicative, and
only ceased at the suggestion of the
sheriff. He told the story of how he
was suspected Of the crime in the fol-
lowing words 81 came up the Balti-
more Central Railroad one evening in
the latter part Of June, and while sit
ting in the car a stranger asked me to
get him a drink, as he felt badly, to
which request acceded, and from this
We formed partial acquaintance, and
SO we talked, and vent to Philadelphia.
On the evening of the 3Oth Of June We
got.of the ears at West Grove station,
on the Baltimore Central Railroad, and
from there the stranger and | walked to
Jennerville, where We put up for the
night. During the night the man was
very sick, and required my attention 1t
intervals. The next morning | hired a
horse to take a ride. but the horse
wouldn't drive, 50 rode him to PEN
ningtonville, where l hired another
horse and wagon, with which l return
ed to Jennerville, leading the first
named horse. From Jennerville, in
the evening, l took the stranger riding,
and left him at Cochranville, from
which place he said he wa, going to
Parkesburg, which was the last l saw Of
the man. Afser quitting him [ drove
back to Penningtonville alone"
fhe insurance companies. as well as
the officers of the Commonwealth, nave
been actively engaged IN securing tes-
timony, and they have long since gath
cred a mass of circumstantial evidence
of the most startling character. Link
by link the keen-eyed detectives have
forged a cham which forms a circle so
near complete that it will be difficult to
imagine by those not versed in the law,
what plausible plea can be urged in his
defetce by bis distinguished counsel.
The trial commenced yesterday, Octo-
Der 2Sth.
This is unques.ionably one of the
most interesting murder trials ever held
in Chester county, and one in which the
citizens of Baltimore also feel special
interest. 1t is almost like a romance
in its details. The seal ring and the
set Of teeth will be important yet silent
witnesses, and there is wonderful sim
ilarity in the fact that the body Of the
murdered man seemed to have been al
most as sk,lfully dissected before bu-
rial as if it had passed through the
hands of an experienced surgeon, as
probably did the shapeless tsunk which
vas raImed off as the remains of Goss
after the burning Of his shop in Balti-
more in the winter Of 1872. 1t would
be difficult to imagine the dreadful ter