The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-08-07
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.fsEIa ,MYSTERI0uS TRAGEDY Ex-
planned.
~ - A2uddersooE stt.. rrugsaaMr.- ~ SSos..-
el lTssYEa@ .0BPeca11AE Revelation.
o, Further investigation into the Udder-
OeD sS@ zook Goss murder, whose tragic vdetallA
have been filling the public ear for several
days past, tend to confirm the identity of
.~;lss;the body fOunain the wood near Jenner-
sF9Fss,s yllles with the long missing W. 5. Gossr
$50 r Mr.; Charles H Pennypacker, attorney for
80 ~ -'S@ the New York Mutual Insurance Compa-
1lt Eo and Joseph P. Smith, ,CoroneE of the cou1,
'ty, all of West Chester, returned here on
ha "a Friday evening from Parsburg and PEN
it.iA ningtonville where in company with the
special agents of the INSURANCE companies
interested in the policies on the life OF w.
h&A Ni SiSs Goss, they have been since Wednesday,
the 18th. inyestigating every thing possi-
bic n-connecton with the mysterious
-,so tragedy Mr. Psnnypaekeg patiently told
Ge the stoty OF, what he had discovered, en-
braoing the latest dsEelOpments in trag-'
edy which has apparently confsnn6sdRl Rll
IIE Eo byits curious features! 90 Ot la
y ai-l 1@ THE BLOODY SHIRT.
At PennipgtonVills they were, shown
si'' the shirt which was found with the body
7,tdszo Is when frat discovered. The shirt
ordinary white muslin one. with linen
-ita ~ bosom and omen behind. The mutilated
body shows several stabs or cuts in the
chest, and this shirt has puncture which
would Indicate an inciaon within half an
puncture Just below the lower rib, also
cut across the neck just below the collar
ar-a. % band and some other cuts, whether made
aasS5f be the fuIl force Of the weapon or simply
ssAJs4A Il " by the point could not be determined The
cut in the shirt (which would indicate
,,.,.V stab inSthe umbilieus, had an appearance
if the knife had been turned in the abr
domen though to disembowel the man..
,,>,,. The shirt had been partly torn and partly
cut from the back of the man after. the
. butchery, the murderer dragging it off so
- - hastily that; he did not take time TO ms
button the wristbands, but tore them
a.. loose. The shirt was thoroughly saturn
--.lt ted with blood, as were also the suspenS
inr" ei ders- There were no blood stains upon
the stockings.
uNk TR5u0s MORE 1GPoETAE IN DrTEhoPMEiVrs. &
.gsHS HST6ey next went to the house of Samuel
w. Rhodes, the brother-in-law Udder-
rFN tr zook and searched the house thoroughly
Az 81 III Nothing of interest was found and they
cross-examined both Rhodes and his wife,
s6roa 1ua eaexamination lasting over two hours
but they could ind nothing in their con-
ii,1v ~ duct erstatement which would give any
ground for their arrsstg They next went
to Jennerville, and found Mrs. Jane I'd
- derzooks the motherpf the prisoner, whom
they examined very thoroughly obtaining
q gEiu-nl7 some new and I'M pertant evidence The
9loHeeS1 fact was developed that stains were
foand Udderzooks clothing when it
20 buR n9lYas being cleaneda fact which had previ
nna5au no ionsly been siren 1o1sly denied. Mrs. I'd
Ok'saranks wsfs also searched, and
eFr Y 4 seyersl important {lettsfs were obtained.
The DESCRIPTION of 1ths murdered mans ap-
sparel Mr. nnypacker gave as follows:
Dark cloth pants dark coat, white shirt,
white cotton stockings, Congress CATERS
sF5FsGE tho 81 anda cloth cap. he had nostuds
AHAX in his shirt bosom, no collar on, and no
stsLElN AcAfs0 Ths one stud found in the wagon,
it is clzimed belonged to 'Udderzook and
e'a4iiith the ring to Goss =.
AT THE Seems OF TIE TRAGEDY.
On Friday. at the request pfDistrietl
@ Attorney Wagners Dr ]. P. Lewis, adjus-
ter of the Travellers Insurance Company,
W. w. W.lLanghtOn, special agent of the
same, DIR. u. LLOYD Howard surgeon, Mr..
4ip0GbRsn Carter Egs5 e Of dnS sns
others visited the scene of the murder, for
the purpose of investigating the croum-
POO Cstances and iae6tifSi THE body Mr.
Louis Engle son Of Gottlieb Engle, q
friend of the Goss family with whom
b8ns sss Pas " Cone Gspi the s'fS t1ss-
edv is piece Of wood on the Newton
R,g..agsss pike Ssb0pttWG and s6n0haif miles from
the Penningtonvills station. This piece
TEou0g sof woods consists Of pretty dense thickst
of yeung oaks, chestnut, dogwosd, and
some cedzrs. There is an opening in the
49,. no, fence where o. carriage conld easily drive
IN from the turnpike. From that point
diagonaily with the pike and at distance
4EHW sof ahont sixty fsee fso1n the pike an
excavation, whore the body was found n
ds4 eGT The soil was mass Of decayed foliage and
-sH''a0o'af foots where hole could not be dug be-
sIos ayayond eight inches account of the large
sized roots. In this small excavation the
rasI so trunk with the head had been placed and
ie7ed ssg the shirt rolled up was lying at end
10, Of the body The body had been covered
ssazal with the soil and leaves and several
.,,,.,qT decayed branches of trees. About Gfty
ixll1IWfeet fforn the spot there was smaller ex-
caYaton, where the limbs we're found
gl,ag . Both Of the lower limbs had been disaf-
ticulated at the hp-joints, and both arms
AH hiay covered ub point EuItbsI1 sii IN
woods there were traces of a fire, where
were found charred fragments Of clothing
buttons, horse-blankets and Oil cloth.
~ O n y THE ERTI6riEs FOUND!
o0O - me party then e'ecOmpaaisd the Jus
tice of the Peace, Coroner Hugh Rambo
to Penningtonyllle, where he had under
seal all the articles found connected with
LAO grd Hss w setIS q t6s
the 1eeRSd sDs hd the ring hsPssd
snaiT stissa it saaGsT ring sOsS wore %Ren board,
ing at his fathers house. He put it on his
finger and said: ''Yes, this is the ring
lis no ssss sa:. tSis i : l6s An. H9s Sii
t34ff Nj Acty with the description given of it by
Engle the night previous. The package
said to contain the chhfred fragments ot
clothing &c, found in the woods near
yC where the body Was Hound, and dAalso .
sealed package said to contain stained
ssso3 wood cut by the JnstiOSof Peace lrolp-the
floor of the buggy that Udderzpok c1sed
s the night Of the murder fsuppoeeds 60 BE-
stains of bloodl, were placed IN the hands
~, azlOf Professor E. Lloyd Howard iof BaIti.
more, for microscopic and chemieaI exam
~ eas ip=tion, TO be reported upon oby shim-stC
80. s. the State anthontes Of Pennsylvania.
IDENTIFICATION OF THE B3pE.--
The party then went to the church yard
IN PenningtonYille. The body was ex-
HuEaeifS Ellia n1eaAg ggklle number of per-
sons who had been -ssnt-for, 70 annervllle
l u Mz te15, ~ no saag known