Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-31
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The New York Herald says: Il would bostran0e.
indeed. Newark, NJ j., had mot somA Iocai she,
9i H interest In the Goss murder at West Chester
n ~ y usually the case in noted crimes In States
SoS SsT JkSEssY RsPoEtoEsl
Der "a to June ~ at the house Of MI TsaSc
Loombs, 20 Mulberry street, where he was 0eners
ally liked and where he apptaRs TO have become
greatly enamored Of q prsposaeiSinR Young iSdvl
tnen en- and S,sn now bosTdsF q the house.
pondlng to Udderzool4's description came 70 tha
house Of Mrs Toombs between Eve and six n,elocE
In the morning and was admitted to Goss,a rooT,,
where he remained until breakfast. The two
ssro % ana the house. saying they
returned about six seven O'clock In me eveninS
and Udderzoole left the city on the nine o;clocf
z; III. train. 0oss was also visited bv his brother
Inc young lady referred to above stated yesterday
with him and he would make her his vile. proTn-
lslng to take her with him to Europe on me 18th
OF May, but she declined his offer. Sha- fnrffnr
stated that she had for some time worn large
,,I1 Ting OeionginS 70 him. which he said had been
gwen " 2 dear lady friend who was now dead. -
Hhis young woman and MIs. Toombs viii probably
be summoned to West Chester to idenfIfv TTddar.
zook and testify upon his frial.
From the West Chester Local News of Wednesday
FURTHER DEvELOPMENTs.
Upon our questioning Mr.. Harlan as to the
grounds and their SURROUNDINGS, that centle-
man gave 1t as his opinion that the murderer
haa an aooompilces at least IN the after details
=, ne sets forth plausible theories showing that
the murder was committed before reaching
the woods, and that the body was not taken
through the dense cedar thlcket, to where it
was deposited. He argues it as impossible for
any person to group his way with burden
tnmto9gn such undergrOwth, and more especi-
ally Ia the night time. He gives it as his
opinion that the carriage was driven in q by
ROAD around the clump of cedars and there
halted and the body dragged into the densest
portion Of the thicket.
The places selected for the burial of the cary
ed body show too, that they were the result of
daylight searching, and Mr. Harlan argues That
murderer. 100 80" : - -,
THE GRAVES.
The rude graves he also SAYS give every evi.
denee OF having been dug with some wooden
l.npiement, ana not with a spade or knife as
mas mas Deen supposed by many. he produces
tins latter theory from the fact Of the roots Of
trees being skinned, while no identatlon Is
shown on the wood, Had the tool been q spade,
y would certainly have affected theroots more
What then was the graves dug with2 He
believes the Implement to have been the end
OF renee rail, which are ordinarily sharpened
after the stile of spade. -, - -
After the body was buried in order to leave
~ ~ NtNSoo DSuAuu nc tuKBW blo rude SPADE into
we rre and burned 1t with the clothing of the
WHY THE SHALLOW aRAvEs2
This question naturally follows. If the
graves were dug 10 day light why were they
not made deeper? By all who have visited the
spot, this question will be explained TO the eff.
Lect That the very remote location and in q
dense thlcket by which they were shrouded
would seem sufficient to bafle all time 20 dis
e;ose the whereabouts as IL Is not probable
That tlIe spot was visited once a year by any
human being And again II Is not likely that
the parties ever thought Of the buzzard's in.
stlncts or their deVonfinR appetites for such Un,
saVory morsels: 40 80 f8tfFI
a0ss' VALIsE.
At the house of Mrs. Undertook we learn
the valice, as has been described as the prop
erty OF GOss alias A. Q. Wilson, and which ac-
companied him through his travels In Penn.
ssylVanla and New jersey up to the night Of
the murder, was found q few days ago. We
have it that it contained no personal effects
whateyeT, and it has been slowed away 10
await the trial In October next, when It will
a1ord Its link In the chain OF evidence.
From Baltimore we learn to the enect that
all OF Goss' clothes which were recently col
lected In Newark, have been identified by 9TH
er parties In that city, and of one lady special
mention Is made, she having tainted upon
seeing them,3 so Vivid i0id they recall to her
mind the man whom she supposed had per
ished in the fire near Baltimore, and In the
favor of whose widow she had served her
part of an efficient witness in the ordeal Of
the trial TO recover the Insurance upon Goss'
Thus goes on the work OF retrlbution.