The sun., 1873-07-23

Before the Murder-Conspirscv to pefraud
the Insurance. Companies.

Prom ne BddimOre ApterGaa.
Some history Of the Goss case iu the light
OF later revolutions may be interesting. Goss
came originally from Nashville, Tenn his
parents now living within four miles OF Nash
was carefully plnned, the details being az
ranged over long period. Goes was at work
ruhbcr which he rad Invented and Uddcr7ouG
wa> his partner, borrowing gov FROM bis mother
To- put into the affair. Histndia rubhcr was no
one Of them sklifG p6ysician. @ % tcsti6ti ind tGai
Goss had shown them piece of stun HAVING all
the propeIties of india rubber, which he de-
clared had not particle Il india ruhbcr IN 10,
but that he made II from materials ~ ken r., m
Chesapeake bay, and that there was n fortune
III it, BUth the witnesses declared that II WIS
undoul teddy piece " genuine india rubber.
Unss hired u small shop on the York road, ne r
NaNerley, OsteDsiblv to carry on his eNpe l.
mcnts. When their plans were perfected, lie
INCREASED MS LINE or INsrWANcK
by t@hins out policies in the Travellers nnd
tors did not permit them to stand the heavy
preminins, and it was not until few weeks be-
fore the affair was to come on that the last Two
were procured. the Travellers bcing taken out
out Jan Is, lS1!. the knlckerbocker's un Jan. -,
Is, :, the hre coming on On Feb. 2, ls'2.
bn the HfterntOu of that day Gns- aud Udlcr-
7oOk went out to the shop, ana on the way pur-
chised pint of wnisSey aud a gallon Of id
Dor. Together, with Guttlried Engle, they went
To The shop. quantity OF stove wood was cut,
Would hold about 9 quart ol oil nut u w0nldn I
burn well, and Undertook and BnGlc lef, the
shop to yet another lamp. 1hcy had not been
gone long when tney saw the snop Ia n bla1c.
They ran back. and. with Others. were about the
house until IL burned down, when ldderzook
mentioned that Goss was III the building. when
asked why he didn't say SO before, ho said he
was afraid of making an excitement. Ottc m
saw man run down the lane from the huu, :,
as they testified ou the sand. The explanation
UI this is SAID to be as follows:
pRrP,RIN0 THE bucUs BopY.
On the afternoon " that day \. 4. Goes hired
buggy from John &. IhVrne, a veteran ~ sur
gcon and proprietor of "a livery stable, and when
" was dark drove out TO the lane ne ar the hou-c
Goss niled the kindlinx wood over the body.
procured from some cemetery T dissccttng
room. drenched 1t with coal oil, and set Ore to It.
There was no explosion, a. those living near
testified. W. l.. >. Co.'s ran down the lane,
Jumped into buggy In waiting, and drove away
to the Philadelphia depot, IL II supposed. where
he touk the train. There were some very sus-
piciuus ctCumstang es about this that were
remarkably bad teeth, while Goes had an un-
usually nne set; the hair was of different
color. and there were other points where there
/ was no resemblance. The agent of an insurAnrc g
company insisted that the watch and other
articles belonging to Guss should Ice found
search had been made the DAY after the fire and
on other occasions without finding those ar
ttclcs. and II was reserved for MIR. A. C. Guss to
hnd tac watch, Two chains, a buncn Of keys. q
tape line case, anu single barrelled = Cket p-. N
week or ten days after There were eNtraor-
dinury phenomena connected with these ar
ucies the silver OF the case of the wa,ch had
i partial melted, while the brass of the tape line
I case had not, although 1t n more iusiOle. some
! mar tlat NsS cut on eNnibued utuer tlu'uiaf
l phenomena At the trn MrS. GOss testified
that sue cut on small quantity Of his thc
] dead body - hair hut when sue went 10 lo"b
/ Tor II lew daNs lder, II was nuthtng hut pow
dcI-t must have been touched by the IRE.
Z This wa au imposs!uitiy. II hdf a lock II na,i
~"s burned, that part irizz.es up at once auo
goes into powder, wnile the rest l. the s.aiue a
. ncture. Nutw outstanding thcsC and otner fict-
the jury gave verdict aga.u-t the company
doubtless beiu. inaucn ed by the popular pre-
Z juCi.e against corporate ms, f. cling that " Is
/ aiie led to strongly 10y tue attorney for th'
| pialntir, in order to lain his case.
| 1HE WANDERING FUGITIVE.
IL " not known exactly what were the subse
Quent movements OF Guss, but II IL believed thd
/ lac ktpt up communication with his iAutt,
! thiouEn 4. G.. Guss. Developments may tuut
! tie expected that wlll throw ngnt upon ths com
ulI,attd web Of fr;ltId and deceit.
4 \ workman VINO was cmuluAed az Mcssrs
! Thomas SOu.'s shop. corner ilau and lVLi
! streets, where UdderzoOk was emplOyed. stat ,s
| that ON the day that the shop uf Mr. Gu-e " H
! burned a large tox came from New lor, 10 A.r
! Ihomass slup for MI UddcrlOok. and that he
| haL II TAX "a out To MIR. boss's suup. What !
/ cont'iueu none of The wOrAmen at hr. Ihoiuds'
4 place Cuuld discover, Out theN Say IL wa- ia
I Large enough 10 contain a human body.