Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-11-12

10 the insurance agents on The part OF Co.'S To
appear at given place n hs were guaranteed
a certain sum OF money and assured of the TN
munlty from crimiusl prosecution OF al con
ceTnsd IN the cOnspirscy. His wandering, AT rr
| deeing nom Bait more were also traced win
some Ccsree OF accuracy. According % pub
! tsheo statements ne scut north Nard VA PaI-
aG,iph's, New York aHd Saratoga 90 GaaAfa.
! Remaining some months IB the Dominion Frrrt
mere ne "tAI 70 MicdissH, Ga. ne so4tIwaJd
"a eirts~etr >b.s IaTrar~ r,S-le At y a~aSl lr f
| AZ q - ueNt aTJ Vi 81 GH0yl-s.oEu. Pa AZ,
-taN C N that n6t sgrhDJl u.t. the latter mart
| Ot November. Prom De Z. I>-g. arrH Tlna
| = lS,5. ne lived Ia ho kDiiuL naaSa Ia Na.v
| AK. y j, under the s--l-IeE name Of A a.
! hltni. ~ D. ale geo .HH. s!i ID. tFs ifr4a lI
Wa IN e0Wt.uHica-.u - n BIS brother. a. q
| 'e'ieIf have been pr. laced tray have passed
| her",e- them srd ai0 B .I-rranN. rs'-r.y ysf
! u'l y II. o. ih- a., aur was one umF 81 .et.s
| VISITED by them when 4e l-ti NaN,rl. r,, s.f.
| De Was goi = "a Pbils III 'gLIs O. gaf Il 3D.
Nn the 5U.t otJlUe. 1873, 2 c..ey zaok. .e.,rf,-
| panied 10y a man who wAs q. frvu in 80.
ir e. boz Eooo, aud who represen;-; nm -eIi o.
| = itaN ENG asent iram heutIrkypr tennessee.
| but y a. proved "a have been w. :. Co.'S. alia-
| \. &. Wilson. arrived at ,leunyryilfa Pa and
| stopped ~ tie hotel that niSht. UIderzbsk.
| wAO was "a native az Chester county ami syl.re
| AIs brother now resides, lefJ thi- M an a. fhs
| hotel tho next morning after breakf4st. agi
| went 70 gisit Urother-iu-law, one Samuel
| khoCes. Returning With horse and buL.-y
| hiIed At Penningtonyi le. the two drove AgsN
| together between and O'Clock on the uishr
| OF July lst. They we're last seen by N an near
4 a.
| nlngtOnviile, driving leisurely. At II 10 % p
| tcdefzOCk returned the bug gsy 70 the owner
| out IN somewhat damaged condition. The
| oitclOth had been torn from the HoOr or the We
| nicies and was missing, together with two
| blankets, for which GdderzOok paid Suhse-
| lHenty what appeared to be blood stains were
| discovered, and the bOstler found betH cen the
| cushions, and handed over 10 his enpIov.r n
| seal ring ana bone stud. These told the tale
| The ring was Afterwards identified ~ one worn
hy Goss, anu was also recognized az bxviny
| nNesessiDn Of a
stranger who rode out with Cdierz)ok aud was
| seen no more.
on the llth OF July the remains of A man
| were found buried in Baers woods, near lie
Newport PIKE, about half way brtSeen gocb
TaHylllC and PenDiEgtonFillr. hitch are abont
SIX miles apart. The bros OI the air were the
means cf Gi.ClOSing the M srdsrer's Sc
cfet, recalling tOrcibly the story OF Eugene
| A5ain. Noticing the crows and buzzard> hov.
er.Dg over { e SPOT, on passing a ssconi time
MI. OAihor = MOU-e was induced 70 enter the
ods, and found whsr appeared TO be the l0 ~
% a man. lie went 20 the house OF Same I
| Rhodes, aud told hum What he hal seen, aui
thai afternoon the two CisinteTrsd tue remains
Tie bodg baI been stripped OF clgthiey save
slOes and stockings. l. bore three stAbs. the
throat was cut, and bloody shirt Wa founE
beside IL The leg, which had been cut of t.r
J he GiF JCiTtS, ard the arms which bai been
Cls, eEtTeu at the shoulders were buried . short
distsrce from the trunk. rhe clo.liug, ~ "a
tue exception of that mentioned, ttI BEEN
been buTnsc near by, only few charIed fr4g-
mems remaining.
An inquest was held, and resulted in q ve5-
diet against jddeTZo0k. 8hO WtS soon after.
wards arrested ia Baltimore al the planning mill
a. otto huleT x Co, where he was employed
and lie "ss logged IN Jail 81 this ii ace. wltcu
cell Re seldom lest, except during his trial, un.
ui 20 day, when Ge walked 10 the scaf0iI. never
10 return 10 N. II was in evidence at the inquesf
that after returning his horse sud buggy he Wis
lted his mothers house, where ne ha0 MS bloody
clothing washed. ana then left for Bat tm1rs
where ne remained quietly Al work ultIl ar
rested, on the 21d OF JGlY. tie betr4vsd con
siderable surprise AZ the time OF hts arrest. a.
thOuEh Ce expressed, confidently, has belief OF
proving his entire innocence.
Tie trial of the accused was one Of much
interest. owing TO the peculiarly OF the case
and tLC circumstances attending Il. Much
reiisDCe il given 20 the testimony OF the nsd-
cal experts IN the iGent'nCatlon Of the remains
II began in November last, occupying seven
dave, ending Sunday afternoon, NOEember lrh
IS p. The attendance each dsy was very iars-.
one OF tie mC>t important witnesses TDr tie
prosecution. (and it was noticeable At tie
lnsUrAnce companies put all the expense o. the
same or the state > vas Samuel Rhodes. Hs
testified that J1deTzOOk had, by letters, en-.
desy0rCd TO induce him 70 ia.u lu the causDraav
70 rob and mUTCeT GOss, bat he decided ~ have
nothing 10 l. with the transactions. He made
30 relly TO the Letters ami thought nothing
further Of the proposition, until EG1crzosk pUt
n bis personal appearance AZ his mothers ~
,IcEnerSviiie IN Chester comfy. aud IRON There
cane on TO isl5 residence. I IderZOok informed
him Il at lie had his friend with him al -Tennsrs-
Vile, and that he wanted him 10 join in r0oblng
-
drug store to render him unconscious, when his
money could be obtained. He desired RGOds-
TO lend him has horse sud wagon 70 bring this
friend OF his up to bis fRhCdes'j house tor few
days so that the deed could be done III re. all
Of which Rhodes peremptOr'ly declined, aud
remarked that he had better abandon such
ideas and GO home. But UdderzOOk wOuld not
be governed by such atyice ~ this. and said ne
was going TO do il anyhow, and lett him. Upon
the discovery of the remsius Rhodes disclosed
his SukpcODs to several of his friends among
u vi q 1h 1.Harf to- "A
covered the remains. WheR these facts were
known the buggy was carefully examined, ami
blood was found upon II in several places. The
dash was bent ana the leather OF II torn, besides
the bows being broken, rho wing that the act OF
killing had been done in the buggy. The theory
of the murder was that while riding along Cd
deTzook drew a knife aud stabbed GOss un-
avares. he then cat mp the body and
huTTiedly bUied it, but not low enough y
keep the crows from finding it. There was
other evidence, showing the identity of the
ring, stud and shirt, and a very large numb
OF witnesses 70 testify that A. &. Wilson was w
). Goss; A Photograph of GOss which had
part in the trial Many Of the persons who had
met Wilson during his wandering said he sud
Goss were one and the same. The silent wit
nesses, the shirt, stud, aud seal ring, could Bo-
be denied il any wsy.
Greatly to the surprise Of all, the accused
made no defence whatever, aud it l. sad he
even refused 10 inform his counsel in relation
10 many facts, which they might Esve worked
out IN his favor. As IL was, Mr.. McNeigh, his
leading counsel, simply argued 10 the Jury tbat
If I GdderzoOk committed the act il was done IN
selt-detence. He sPpealed TO the jury 20 re-
mem Der the prisoners aged mother, wife ani
children. il the formation Of their verdict
Mr. PeTdue followed in the same vein, AMI a.
tackled the credibiliiy OF some witnesses for the
prosecution " hc had been hunted up by per
soDs acting in the interest OF the insurance
companies. he dwelt at some length on the
relative position between the prosecutor and
prosecution, and the difficulty tor his side 10
secure witnesses, while the other side had none,
being wealthy. Judge Butler, who presided
over the court, charged the jury at great
length, and gave them the case on Friday even
ing. Thew remained out all day Saturday aud
on Sunday morning sent after the Judge
Although the movement was made very quietly
the appearance Of the prisoner on the way TO
the court house drew together q large crowd by
the time the jury came in. The foreman, MIR.
Morton, informed the court that they were
totally unable to agree unless they had some
more light in regard to the evidence, and par
tle1larly that OF DR.. Baly, who had testified in
relation to the identity Of the remains as those
OF W. s. Goss. The court gave them the evi-
dence and several papers in connection with
the case, and they again retired, the judge
warning them that il was their duty to seek to
agree, and anything like obstinacy or an en-
deavor to force An opinion on the part OF any
turyman was not only wrong, but In high de- |
At two O'Clock that afternoon the court wa.