Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-07-23

ing, June 81, Ud0eIzOoK C4mo W III
hotel in company with another gentle
man, and after some hesitation, he KEEP
them all night. They retired early. Ii
the morning Udderzook came down ant
said his friend was not we'll. and Mrs
Jefferies prepared some breakfast whicl
he carried up and the diehes were brough
down empty. Udderzook then hired I
horse from Edw. Patchell and went Of
in the direction of Cochranville. He re
turned in the evening with horse ant
buggy in addition to the horse he tool
away. and after calling on his mother a
Penn Station, paid the bill. took his FRIEND
in the buggy, and went away again to.
wards Cochranville, leaving Jennervill'
at o'clock in the evening.
Mrs Jefferis took notice that the stran
ger appeared quite sick after Udderzool
left, and asked for whisky. Mrs j. hae
none to give him. and told him so. lie
then went to sleep, and when he got up
two or three hours after, did not ask fol
the whisky again. He appeared SO bad
that she called the attention of DR. Nan
dain to his case, who thought there wal
not much the matter with him, but tha,
he had been drinking She had very
little talk with him. The only thing he
said about himself, was that lie was an
agent from Kentucky. and had been 20
New York. but did not tell his name o,
residence. NJ. Jefferis' son recognized
the ring found in the buggy as one he
had seen on the strangers hand, and all
who had seen this stranger companion Of
Udderzook, recognized the body as his.
The unfortunate man was never again
seen alive after he left Jennerville, and
nothing was known of him until the
finding of the body eleven days after
The nest place Udderzook was seen after
taking the buggy home to Pennington
vile, was when he was noticed by Mr.
Jefferis, walking into Jennerville about
9 o'clock on Wednesday morning, from
the direction of Cochranville, with his
coat on his arm and looking as if he had
had long walk Mr. j. asked him where
his partner was, and he said he had tax
en- him to Parkesburg. He then went
down to his mother.
Mrs. Udderzook, the mother of VIM
E Udderzook and Mrs Rhodes, was
only induced to come before the inquest
after much trouble and gave her evidence
with great hesitation. She stated at
first. that William came to see her, the
first time, on Monday, and the last time
on Thursday. but at last admitted that
the visits were on Tuesday and Wednes
day, and that he finally went away (on
the cars) on Thursday. She also admit
ted, after a great deal Of hesitation. that
she had washed his pants, shirt and
handkerchief, while he was in bed. The
pants were of black cloth. and she claim
ed at first that she only brushed the dirt
from the bottoms of the legs. but after
wards admitted that che had taken water
and washed them. She said she did not
know where he was, or where be bad
been on Tuesday night.
When Udderzook took the horse and
buggy to the stable at Penningtonville,
the hostler told him be must pay for the
missing robe and sheet, the damage doue
% the buggy and the extra time he was
away. lie said shortly that he would
see Mr.. Baldwin in the morning and
walked off. On Wednesday Edw. Pat
,hell was in Peningtonville and Mr..
Baldwin gave him an order on Udder-
zook for this bill, which was presented
% him at Mr.. Miller's place at Penn
Station. where he was stopping with his
mother. He paid Patchell for the robe
md sheet but refused to pay for the
iamage or extra time.
While Udderzook was about Jenner-
'ill he appeared to be anxious to escape
and refused to talk with par
les there who knew him we'll.
Several theories of the murder proba
Die. and improbable. are advanced. One
). that the stranger was driven to the
wood murdered, dismembered and buried
lfter which the buggy was taken home.
But it does not seem that this could be
he case, as medical authorities claim
hat the limbs could not have been taken
IF SO nicely as they were by any one
n the dark. They are amputated at the
zip and shoulder joints, and the cutting
las been done with very sharp knife
~ some one who could see what he was
loing Besides this the horse and wagon,
which could not be taken into the woods
would have attracted attention on that
much travelled thoroughfare.
Another, and apparently the most
theory is, that more than one
person were engaged in the murder,
which was committed at some distance
rom the point of burial, and that the
limbs were cut off in order that they
night be carried in one parcel while the
runk was carried in another.
On Saturday afternoon, the jury of in
Iuest returned a verdict that the unknown
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