Wilmington journal., 1873-08-01

900, upon the complaint, under oath, !
of A. r. Carter, Esq, remained at the |
Middle District station-house all night,
where he was visited by some of his |
friends and relatives. In default of
the $25, 900 bail required by Justice
Hagerty he was taken to Jail yesterday
| about lOJ o'clock His friends thought
the bail was excessive, and declined to
give it. Officer Woods accompanied
| the prisoner, and as he left the station
house Mr.. David Ardin handed him
the morning papers, which he was
| gratified to receive.
THE Goss INSURANCE CASE.
On the late trial lending June 5th)
| in the United States Circuit Court, be-
fore Judge Bond, of the case of Mrs.
Eliza Goss as. The New York Mutual
Life Insurance Company, to recover
81. 900 insurance on the life of her h!ls-
band, Winfield Scott GOss, who was
was alleged to have been burned to
death in his workshop, on the York
road, February 2, 1872, the following
testimony was before the court and
jury:
| STATEMENTS AND TESTIMONY.
The written statement of Alexander
G.. Goss made to the agents of one of
the insurance companies, and sworn to
bv him, was offered in evidence and
read to the jury. 1t it he stated that
ON the night of the burning of his
brothers house he passed the evening
at his clearinghouse playing cards
with the ladies, &c.
DIR. John Thorne, veterinary surgeon
and lvery-stable keeper, testified that
during the day of the fire the burning
of Goss's house on the York road
man applied to him for 4 horse and
buggy for the evening to go out be-
yond Greenmount; he gave his name
as A. c.. Ardin, No. 314 North Eutaw
street he called for the buggy about
dusk, and returned about half-past
nine, and paid witness 50, his charge
for the hire; witness identified the
man in court CA. G.. Goss) as the one
who got the horse of him. Cross-ex-
amined Goss gave the ostler pair CT
buckskin gloves with gauntlets the
horse had not been driven hard
thought the man was crazy; witness was
suspicious of him because he passed
| all the stables between Eutaw street
and Front street to hire a horse
of him. The next day he heard of
the burning of Goss and the amount of
insurance on his life, and told Mr..
Langley, Of the Continental Life, about
the hiring Of the buggy to go out in
that direction; he afterwards met MI.
Goss at Mr.. Langley's office, and held
out his hand, addressing him as Mr..
Arden. Goss replied. "My name is
l not Arden, it is Goss" James Gilroy,
f ostler for Dr. Thorne, testified that
/ the man who hired the horse gave him
, the gloves; Goss looks something like
: the man, but witness cannot tell Mrs.
: Parsons testified that Mr., a. G. Goss
\ boarded at her house, No. Al north
Calvert street, at the time of the lire
l in 1872. Mr.. Goss WAS not at supper
g on the night of the fire. He was at
, dinner that day, and came home a lit
: tie after O'Clock IIies Parsons, step
daughter of Mrs. Parsons, testified
that A. c.. Goss made an engagement
in the morning to spend the evening
. with her; during the day he sent hen
!. word. that he would have ~ go to the
! depot with his brother. %ho was going
to New York that evening. When MIR
. Goss came back that evening, she said
u to him. You are back sooner than
N you expected" He said. Yes
= So much for the testimony Oh the
Il trial in question, which. in connection
Il with the advices from West Chester ot
alleged evidence of correspondence
r between the stranger murdered neEl
. PenningtonvilIe and A. &. Go5s, lee. tC
T. the latter's arrest.
/, PHOTOGRAPHING THE VICTIMS REMAINS
II It has already been mentioned thai
o Mr.. Ardin, with Mr.. E. Hampson, had
y at the latter part of last week, vieiteo
u Chester county, Pa, to view the re
o mains Of the murdered man. IL" say;
IA he had the corpse again examined an'
:. photographs taken of the face ano
y head-one a front view and the Other
d in profile He states that the moTtl
:, was disfigured by a large cnt, as II Il
1t had been made with shovel. Ih'
IS relativoe of Mr.. Goss declare that the
q pictures bear no resemblance to "
: scott GOss. It must be rccnllccted
r however, III this connection, that the
n party who had the body exhumel on
s Friday last under the direction Of the
e district attorney Of Chester county
Il state that they made Il 3)Ost-ulO5fC,I ~
examination of the body, and removing
n the teeth, the eyes, &c, destroyed tho
Il features to Il great extent. The cart,
$ lage of the nose was cut when the MAJ
s was murdered The body was thcl
y supposed to be buried for the last
e time.
u A MYSTERIOUS BOX.
:, In connection with the fraud alleged
to be perpetrated by w. ). Goss anG
" others upon the insurance companies
: the following has come to light:
Between 10 and II O'Clock on the
), morning of the day that Goss
n laboratory, in Baltimore county, was
I burned Febuaa'y I'd 1872, ia dray loaded
| with ,1,ixr, 4.,
+ Thomas & Sons factory, on the cor
n ner of Park and Clay streets, and left
n standing, whilst Goss, who had Just
4 returned from New York, went into
4 one of the work-roOms and held an an
a imated conversation, in Il low tone of
y voice, with Udderzook, now under
q arrest for the alleged murder III Ches-
h ter county. A halthOur afterwards
g they both went down to where the
dray was standing and removed the
y box to the sidewalk Goss then left
! with the dray and UdtierzOOk returned
to the shop. Some Of the workmen
: who had noticed the box say that as
q near as they could Judge it was be
) tween four and five feet long, and
$ eighteen inches square. When asked
II what the box contained, UdderzOok
4 said! it was machinery for their rubber
! factory, ana that he intended to tah e
Il it out to Goss'. Accordingly, at l
o O'Clock he drove up in a furniture wag-
a on, and took the box away, and did not
make his appearance at the Messrs
:, Thomas until after the funeral of
!, Goss-the corpse found in the embers
q Of Goss' burnt shop. Archibald
I Shere and Francis Everitt both Certify
t to the good standing and capabilities
: of Udderzook previous to his arrest.
/. DE7FNCE OF JDDERzOOK
1t is understood that arrangements
/ We're lnaugurated at .he last ,ieeting
: of Barnes Lodge, No. 2G, of the indie
pendent Order of Mechanics, to pro-
cure able counsel to defend Udder~
zook III the present prosecution.
THE THEORf
OF course those who hold that W. S.
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