The sun., 1873-11-10
W. r. UNDERTOOK DOOMED.
FOCND UjLTY OTuTRDER Nv mr.
TItST DLGKLL.

rcnrs-Thc Prisoner Aioue Unmovci- ghr
S'ory cf the Murder.
WEucIt gEu, Pa, Nov. 9.-At half past |
Q p'cock this morning the jury sent n note to |
Judgo Bdt.cr which hc would orly receive I'm |
open court The attorneys were notified and |
the Prisoner brought ia. lie was neatly dressed,
and though showing signs ~ care and anxiety,
appeared much more cheerful than ON Friday.
Although the movement was made very gently.
the appearance Of tho prisoner on the way to
the Court House drew together "A large crowd
by the time the jury came In. The court opened
nt 1870 O'Clock, when tho jury came in and an
swcred 60 their names The Judge stated that
he had received from the jury scgcd note
which hr had ,lrri,led To omen and tead in opcn
court In lrcsonce Of the prisoner. lie then read
q e. note, which WIS request to see the JudFe.
The Judge stated that he was willing TO hear
any communication they had to make.
Mr.. Morton, foreman of the jury The jury
are unanimous In the opinion
The COurt-StOpl stopi must not hear any
cn cs III the jury room. II you Il sire any IN
form tior upon the law on tho evidence Ia tho
Mr.. Morton We feel q AZ we are totally una
lie to HUfCp upon verdict Unic g we hlu some
uore lgnt n regard 10 the evidence.
.iud.c lBuilcr II YOU " ~ name iIr witness m
rcga.d tn which YOU need informant. IA / VIII
read the evidence to you.
Mr.. Morion-ln REGARD to Dr. Baly's tesu-
TIe Court then sent for the notes and read
tho desired evidence carefully
Mr.. Morton then sad that counsel had par
tlcularly called their attention 60 certain paucrs
which thcV wctc charged to examine CarclullY.
These PAPERS had not been put hciurc tlt'm.
Ihe court asked il the jury wanted ulrnt. ard
Mr.. Morton said he thought some OF the mcin-
The Court said It would send for the papers.
pas upon them. and send tnen ia, winch was
aiterward done.
Judge Butler then aald they would now he re-
turned To their ROOM In answer To the an
nouuccmcnt that they would not agree, he could
only say that they all regretted to hear them say
80. II was their duty to seek 70 agree: IL j. not
the duty Il any man On Jury to seek ~ make
others acrec with his opinion one way or me
other. II was their duty to cit down with afuIl
sense OF their responsibility before God and
lake honest patient. and earnest lnNestgatlon,
eudcavoriur To arrive al the trutn' Ahlthhlt
like olstihaov or an endtaNur 10 iorce an
opinion on the part OF any jurymn was not
only wrong. uut In high decree criminal
wiliul going asirN up"n ono sidr OF tue "th"r
isa ht.h crime rhty bad not been uUt so luu.
that tho Court DOUBTED their auui'y io n.r"r.
and he entertained NO DOUBT uf dlechar- Iur
them. The Judgr concluded as follows We
regret Your trouble. You lave ",r deepest
sympathy. nut We cannot aid ypH. except 90 all
swcr such qucs ttuns As you IA ly asS.
The jury then returned 10 their r,o.h' and the
court adjourned.
At2o'cIock = NJ. tho court was rcopened on
! Information that the jury mad agreed The pris-
uner was brought into court, aud Tue jury came
looking at the prisoner. Dir. Morton, the fore
man, had tears IN his eyes.
The usual questions a. To the verdict were
| then put. and the foreman answered, "GuitN ui
| murder In the hrst degree The usual formula
was answered to 10y each member OI the Juiy
Judge butler said. "Gcnilemcn. your duties
! have been ardUnus aud panful. and We have
! sympathled With yOu very d.oply. We now dis
charge YOU. and for the carcful aud patient man
ner IN which you have fulfilled your duty you
| are c.titicd TO the THANKS 81 your Fellow citi-
1rn-." lie also said that as many - thcm As
! could nut reach their homes to-dat could come
! iu at tho 1hng Of the court tomorrow
! morning aud answer To- their names, and they
! Wuul Le allowed another day. In the case ui
/ those who could not de- this he had ~ douat
q y / r.
Mr pciuIe, prisoners counsel. uladc a mo
! daNs iu Wnrh T. HE his reasons.
The PRISONER wa- relnanled bA X - jail AMI
| the court adjourned. Although several oi the
| jury seemed deeply affected by the Wei-ht ot
| their Responsibility, the Prisoner showed no
emotion whatever, but gazed on each iurynan
/ adt sized his nat To- a nlccty On his al tnd
| wMkcd out of The court room In charge Of the
shcrn with nothing about him Of The air of
The balotiur 10y the jury WIS as follow:
/ ihSt oai'"'' % t.nS h"' ,tu.iF 'h" u''n'
not guilty. Fourth. guilty; not guilty tlfth,
guilty; not guilty. sixth, an even ballot.
I At tn, uoni they won't In and received the in
! structtuns of the Court. Seventh ballot .
guilty; not guilty. hghth, II guilty; not
! guilty. ON tine twelfth ballot all voted guilty IN
/ the inst degree, and thus closed the second act
| 81 th.s crime. The cause which kept the jury
| out 40 long Is understood 90 toe tucir inability
/ o. agree upon the question OF the identify OF
/ the renninstonVille body as that oi ". = Co.'s.
/ Utiti'u ol the letters written ~ Gu-- AID Vile
SOU, aud "a review ot the evidence OF d. H'Iy.
TuE STORY ur THE CHnf.
Ont'c 2d of February. l'',, frame tenement
on tue orA road Boo the suburbs of baltimore
wls burued To- the ground. II wa, occ.picd ht
". $. Go-- vino MAS osteu iNly engaged VA per
frrtiils A substitute for India rubber, for which
he proposed securing patent. VIM. l.. | dder-
| Luuk was = par nor IA the enterprise That Goes
wns in mo building "A short time before lac
flames burst forth there T. ample proof. ldde. %
zook and one OF tho netghburs Gotlcib Engs
had lcft MIN there but few minutes before,
q }. a N.sH ia ia.
! neghhD Drh cd standing IN the oU"n doorway
| with ~ h-nt in his Aand. Moreover tho remains
rr.o.ui iDu. wore : t,cn from the ruins. 4 Cor
onrr'4 jury retIrucd a verdict IA accordan 't
GDss slc,t a widow. who presented her rlIiins x
Ia four Insurance companies tur a. 40, tine A.
bands 'ife. the hrst poicy. Tor tadN, W..
taken out four years before the fire, The second
more recently, and the last conc Tor sluon Ia
the Travellers or Accidental Company a short
time prior TO the alleged death ol GOss.
INDICATIONS or FRAUD.
The insurance companies refused To pay these
policies ON tine ground Of cunspitlry aud maud
| They maintained that Goss wa still hviug. their
theory ueiug that cope hao been placed IA
the building ny Hoss aud tddcTzo1k, and that
/ Goss, when lett alone, having secured proof ut
his presence al the tllAe had so. IRE II the ten
.ment ana made his escape with the 3id OF hi5
brother, \. e. Gu-s, who j. alleged To- have had
a vehicle at hand for thar purpose. In cor
roboraf on ~ this theory if the fact that man
! VA. .ecn Ia run down the Lane at tle time the
d,ihuuN, vino ON seeing the fire returued to the
spot, bat a d not mention to tho bySiinders that
Guss was IN the buildIng until II was entirely
/ consumed.
Tho agent Of an insurance company in
sisted that the watch aud other articles belong
ill.,. to Goss should be found. Search hgd been
made the day after the ife ana on other occa-
! sionH without finding those articles, and II
was reserved for Mr. A, &. GOss 10 ind tho
watch, two G. ans, "A bunch of keys a tnpe-lue
| case, ana siuEiy-htrfeiitd pocket Iatol a week
or teudays aitcrward. ihore were eNtraurliualy
! phenomena connected with these artio less ; the
silyer case Of tho watch had partially melted,
while the brass ~ tie tlpe-lne case had not,
| .lt. pusi Il o. more fusihlc.
tut TRIAL ANp VERDICT.
The widow br0u ,ht suit ngnnst the in4uriuce
cumpaul 's. AMI tine tr.t cusc, a test one against
the New urk Mutual, wa, tried ia the Uuued
States circuit Court of linli moro, before judy,
iond, ia the latter part Of May last. The remains
taken from the burning building were cXhumed
aud examined by medical experts, hut decum-
! position nni the iiWes mad left little by which
to cstaF lish identity. The teeth, hnwoyar, re
| named, aud these wcre shown 10 be linpcri ect
while Gos- was known to have possessed a very
hnc set. Tins was the strong point Of the de
, fence. In cha glng that q cons pracy existed I,
did not, even hv Implication, connect Mrs. GOss
! Witu 10, ludrcd, ncr rpndrct in tnr prctcuc, "l
| the body Was such as to show an entire belief ,r
/ thc fact That IL Was her husbands. she threw
! herself upon the dshtured corpse in an agony