Middletown transcript., 1873-07-26
! The Chester County Murder.

Since the disc ecvery Of the horrible
murder, sn accou b, Of which .,se published
las. week. near Jtancrsvillc, Pa. and the
arrest Of the accused murderer, Udder-
sock. the agents Of the Life Insurance
Companies, in " hich the life Of Vim. 8.
uoas, who was supposed to have been
burnt. with his workshop. in Baltimore,
year and little better ago, was insured,
are strivisg, by every means in their
power. 70 prove 4 bat this recently murder.
cd man was none other than the Identical
Cess who. they assert, suddenly dissI-
pcared FROM Baltimore. after destroying
his place Of busl luess. for the purpose Of
dcfraujing the Insurance Company Of
the premium Oh bis lifs OF course the
company refused 10 pay the loss. aud the
widow rcsorted 10 the law aud obtained
judgment in hef favor. in ,pi,e Of the
theories" IN hich they are most pro-
hic. Of the lnsnI ancc Companies This,
il was thought, was the end Thereof
But no. man is found murdered, and
the agents Of these companies a. once
start the theory that the deceased was
the man whose death they so heroically
denied year befp ire, aud they set abou,
to prove tha, he has been hiding all this
timc, until concealment becoming no
l,ngcr practicable il was found necessary
10 murder him in order 10 get rid Of hin.
For this laudable and very probable %.
purpose, he goes. in company with his
murderer. TO J.nncrsville. AT the hot,
IL this place "both declined conversation
a. much us possible. and were restless and
anxious to keep on, Of the way &c
Between six aui seven o'clock. on the
fatal night, they ,cft tho hotel together,
After few hours Undertook returned
Miuus bis companion. VINO. it is shortly
afierward discovered. has been most bra.
tally murdered. probably with hi, own
connivancc II no, assistance, for tue sake
OF preventing tho l.ifs Insurance Compa-
mics from recovering the money out Of
which they had b cen previously swindlod
by Goss and his friends
Doubtless no one will hesitate for 4
moment TO uckno ledge that there arc no
4cn in the wide. wide world who arc so
perfectly honest aud honorable as Life In
sursucc Companies,
Their sole mi ssion on earth i. to do
god; their sole telish, in life is TO ever
do right , they arc k;nu .. ministcring
angels who g. ab out administering soo,h-
ing syrups 10 wd unded spirits building
up broken hearts comforting widows and
hsihcrless chiliren, etc, etc etc, and
whenever holde Of one Of their policies
dies they at once hasten. as scon as it i.
positively ascer, aimed, beyond dispute.
that there is no Earthly manner in which
II can be avoid ID. which it frequently
takes years aud tho assistance Of the
Courts 10 do. TO pay. With wry faces. the
amouu, due upon the policy to the rcla.
,ives Of TIE d.cr rasud. Yet, in spite oi
all this noble-h~1 r'ed generosity, all the
res. of the .erld spend their time in
nothing else than in con,riving means
whereby To iefra I'D these extremely hon.
c-t individuals. aud to such an extent are
these diabolcal attempts carried that men
will kill aud skin negroes and set FIRE TO
their owu houses aud try to palm of the
dead negroes as their own disdgured
corpses. tside y ew York Observer. Life
fns. orgaD.l aye they will even permit
themselves to be killed, Ae.. &c. So We
would have TO belieyc. il We believed all
the .thcor:es' pf tho Life Insurance
Companies.
Who docs BELLE them