Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-10-29
A Remarkable Murder Trial.
THE sess-uppERzooK MYSTERY TO BE UN

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The trial Of William T.. Udderzook for mur-
der was begun to-day in westchester, Penna.
over one hundred witnesses have been sum
moned by tie state ard nearly fifty for the de-
fence, go that the hearing of the testimony will
occupy considerable time. Undertook will be
tried on two counts-one charges the murder OF
W. +. =. Goss and the other that of unknown
man. The prisoner on Saturday last was in the
NEST cheerful frame of mind. He conversed
very freely and pleasantly with Wellington
James, one OF the prison inspectors, and hi
counsel, Mr.. Perdue, and made the remark ~
parting, d" fully expect To be At home in Balti-
more by the 10th of November"
On account OF the great interest in this re
markable case, it may not be out OF place t.
briefly recall its history.
STRANGE STORY.
on the 30th day OF Jane last Undertook came
in the evening to ,TefftriS' hotel at Jenneryiiie
in the lower part OF this county, with strange
who appeared sick. They stayed ALI ight, and
on the morning of July l, Undertook went 70
Penningtonyile, on the Pennsylvania raiiro adj,
about II miles distant He stopped on the way
with a brOther-ln-lsw, Samuel Rhodes, to
whom 1t is alleged he made a proposition to put
man out of the way, as they could make
5000 by il, and upon Rhodes refusal said he
would DO it himself, but asked and obtained
permission TO bring the man, who was at Jen-
nerville, to Rhodes house TO spend few days.
He then hired horse and buggy at Penning
tonville, with which he returned to Jennerylle.
where he took in the stranger, and about five
O'Clock in the evening started toward Cochran
vile. Penningtonyilie is about II miles from
Jennervile, and COchranville is on the road,
miles from Jennervile and from Pennington
vile. Undertook returned the buggy to Mr.
Baldwin. from whom he had hired It, about Il
O'Clock the same night. with the dash and one
side broken, the blankets lost, and
A FEW MARKS OF BLOOD
about il. There was also a large seal ring
found in the buggy. Rhodes waited up Untn
nearly twelve O'Clock for the party 10 come.
when, hearing a carriage drive rapidly past his
house, he gave them up and went to bed. On
June 18th, about noon, Gamer P. Moore was
passing Though piece of woods on the Coch-
ranvllle road, about two miles below Penning-
tonvtlle, where his attention was attracted by d
large flock OF buzzards, and going short dis
lance into the woods, he found buried
THE BODY OF MAN.
lie raised an alarm, and the discovered legs
were found buried in another place some fifteen
yards distant. An inquest was held and the
body buried, and on July % Undertook was
rested III Baltimore, charged with the murder
This arrest brought a new feature into the case
In 1872 there lived in Baltimore a man in yer,
moderate circumstances named Winfield
GOSs, who was married TO sister of Udder-
cooks wife. Through the help OF his brother
A. Campbell GOsS il is claimed, he had oh
tanned policies of insurance on his life 70 the
amount OF SOS 900, in different companies. thu
premiums on which were some Si00, and far
beyond his apparent means TO paw. One night
in February, 1872 Winfield ). GOSs UdderZOOk
and another man repaired TO the shop wher,
Goss was experimenting on substitute for In
dia rubber. and while Undertook and the other
man went out to procure lamp chimney, the
shop was burned down, and it was claimed by
Mrs Goss and her friends that
he WAS BURNED TO DEATH.
The insurance companies deeming the circum
stances suspicious, refused to pay the policies
and suits were brought against them, IN which
Undertook was leading witness for Mrs. Co.'S
and claimed to identify the body found in the
ruins as that of Goss. Upon the arrest of I'd
der2ook the insurance companies became inter
ested, and 1t was developed that q man answer
ing the description of Winfield s. Goss had been
living retired life at COoperstown, Delaware
county, Bryn Mawr, Trenton, and other places
since October, 1872, and that he was the same
man who had come to Jennersyille with Udder-
zOok. GOss had very beautiful teeth, while
those in the body found in the ruins were very
bad.
THE BODY AT PESNIEGToNvILLE
was taken up, and it was found that the teeth
were very fine, although there had been an eyi-
dent attempt 10 destroy them at the time of the
murder. At this point A. Campbell Goss was
arrested in Baltimore as the principal party
who engineered the attempt to swndle the in-
surance companies, and will be tried there after
the trial of CddeI ZOok is concluded. 1t is ex-
pected that the evidence to be produced on thi
trial will disclose that a body was procured anc
put in the burning shop to represent Winfield
Cess, while he went into retirement until tbs
money was obtained from the insurance comps
mes; that during the delay which their refusa
keepers, or else their money ran out, and it wa
determined to put him out of the way, lest h,
should turn up and spoil ALL that 70 com nit IN
GROWING crime Undertook was selected, and
for this he is now to answer.