The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-07
THE ROMANCE OF A TRAMP.
FINDING ms SWEETHEfRT ar LAST
nut BEATEN ny HER EITHER.
A Leve story thnt Recalls the Famous Uddcr-
sock Crime-The Lover Terribly Hurt,
aud the Girl and Her Father both Insane.

low nlEntS since Dy u strangely excited OLD man.
who requested his Immediate attendance Mt
large and valuable farm residence. situated be-
tween Waynesvlle Warren County and Har-
veysburg. Your correspondent was requested
TO bear him company on n journey which proved
very full Of startling revelations. The night
was very bright; the old Doctors carriage
bowled and ratified through small Villages and
past isolated little tavcrns lining the road. Di-
rcctly ahead Of us, and tearing on like mad
wont another vehicle.
At last we drew up In front OF a house that
stood out boldly by the light OF the moon As
the good old Doctor and myself entered the hall
way We encountered n wretched looking object
in the shape OF an old man. His appearance
was frightiul-his hair unkempt his clothing
disordered. and wild light came from his eyes
We assembled q long pair Of stairs. that creaked
and shook as our feet came down upon the
boards Turning sharply to the right tho old
man threw open the door OF q room that seemed
To front upon the garden immediately In front
OF the honse. IL was large, old-inshioned
room. Where the moonlight shining through
he branches 2I @giSGeIn,ie OLD tree crsp' in 3t
there was bed. aud from this bed issued
groans.
by the side Of the bed knelt woman. who
proved to be young and handsome. The Doc.
tor moved quietly toward the bed. while the old
man and stopped in ihe background. AZ soon
as the door was closed the old man sank down
to the floor, and letting his hend drop down be-
tween MS knees he was ~ silent as was ever
the Lone Fisherman in " Evangeline." went
to tho bed and looked upon the face OF a man
who might have been anywhere between % and
~ years OF age ASrP S HE 9fS w, ere The
lows and sheets the crimson fluid had soaked
until the sight was sickenlng TO be-
the mans bedside was the old farmers
daughter and seemed To be giving the Doctor
trouble. ms he wished her to leave the room. and
y W Ia 90 ha nh al a. N nj al
rs best he could the wounded man. but the pres
enee OF the girl seemed TO agitate the patient.
arguments That she agreed to quit the room.
even Tor shorttime. Iassisted my friend after
the departure OF the strange girl. until looking
out Of the window noticed her pacing UP aud
down the walk. in the moonlight. The Doctor
instructed me that had better keep nm eye TO
her. and so made my way to the front door,
and stood directly before the girl rs she paced
ny TO whore was. BY. walking with her. put
ting in II word here and there. and letting her
lowing strange story, What she said WAS
uttered in frngmentary parts and in discon-
do justice 10 that wild manner. those swiftly Ut.
tered words, that frenzy OF despair at times. and
n 'sS o G at Gp bTaey bad za
mother had died many years ago. and an aunt
had lived with her father and herself W to the
time OF their removal 20 Ohio, The aunt had
refused TO accompany them to the Vest There
had always been Insanity in their family She
remembered to have seen this aunt on her
fathers side acting rs would "A mad dog. foam
Ing at the mouth. barking, &c. AS the young
woman. proceeded 20 speak at last OF herself
took hold OF my arm, and looking squarey
into my face. enuneiated every word with
man who lived nj Wilmington. Dr. and who
loved her In return. Her father aud her aunt
were willing that these young people should
been married and happy had not something
terrible happened. The young man whom she
derzooE' and William Uiderzook was hanged at
Westchester for the murder OF n man named
Goss. 1t was a scheme 10 cheat the insurance
companies. Gosa . life was insured for u large
amount. and IL WIS pretended by this man. I'd
derzook. that he tGossl persisted in the flames
when the said Goss's house. close TO Baltimore,
Md. was burned. The fact was. as aiterward
revealed. that udderzook procured the body Of
dead man from New York. aud arranged to
Goss's house, charred and altogether so dis
figured by the FIRE that It was not recog;
| foul play, and got on the track Of Udderzo0k
Clderzook and Goss had planned this little
| affair. and Goss. whose alleged body was found
| in the fire. was spirited away in tho flesh 10
| Pennsylvania by the ingenious Udderzook But
| tie Insurance. companies hesitated about pay
| ING the large amounts OF money and in the
mean time Goss. who was u poor half-witted
| sort OF creature. was giving Udderzook trouble.
| He would not keep well in concealmeut would
SHOW himself talk. and attract suspicion. 50
| Mr.. Undertook, becoming extremely uneasy.
thought i would be we'll it he should
| defraud the insurance companies by com
| hitting the greater and blacker one OF put
ting the troublesome Mr.. Goss out Of the
way in earnest 80 one day Undertook pre-
| scented himself up in Pennsylvania. and invited
GSf hut E S9Ssy ra 4 was broad sS day
| and, carrying the corpse TO wood near by cut
| tup in pieces and buried II. This burial took
| place within few miles OF Westchester. I'd
derzook returned that evening to that be. utiul
| little city alone.
The Detectives had suspected that Mr.. Go.
| in the hesh was hldden away somewhere with
| in the knowledge Of Udier1ook and so on this
fatal trip 10 the Keystone State they had logged
him. and the flesh. all mutilated and cut to
| tves resurrected and Udderzook was arrested
| on the charge OF murder. He was tried. con-
WWcted and hnng three or four years ago at
When ne thther learned that he was a Ecls,-
| him 10 come TO his house, or his daughter To
| have anything to do with him. Then COM
menced in the young woman the strange work
| inGs Of the poisonous insane blood then COM
menced in the Young man. who had before
| borne M irreproachahle character n career OF
dissipation that led him gradually downward.
that terrible abyss whore reason Is lost,
| insanity. determined to divert her mind. II
possible, from her trouble: SO the Pennsy-
| vanin home was disposed o. md the settlement
in Ohio made. He has some relatives who hal
proceeded him 70 Warren County so he came 10
this section. After, time had worn tho sharp
| edge somewhat of her troubles. the young wo-
man improved slightly, bu the recurrence Of
| the old gentleman's attacks were more fire.
| quent From the time she had left Pennsyl-
| vania she had not heard from her lover and
although she might have had score ~ the
| stRlwart sons OF the county Of Gen. Durhin
| Ward NJ her feet she paid no attention to Thorn.
On Friday afternoon. when she opened tho
| kitchen door 10 q knock. she stood before man
| who resembled the genus tramp. There was an
instant recognition she fell into the arms Of the
| tramp. II was her Wilmington lover. II is n
| wonder that her renson did not then desert her
hut II did not and she WAS soon listening 10 the
| story OF his ups and downs. and ho had Ind more
| 81 the latter than the former He was wholly re-
| duced had been 10 the diamond fields ~ South
| Africa soon after they had been denied each
others company. frankly owned that he had
been dssipated. and returning, found himself
! without friends money. or home. So he Joined
| the band whose name H. legion, and whose
other name Is tramp and had been doing "
Ohio, Some Providence had led him
to that house. Long these two happy
| peoplr-Ona clearly and neatly dressed
the other dingy and dirty, forgetting everything
| in their happiness. but that they looked into
each others eyes-sat and talked. The tramp
| forgot 10 beg the meal he had desired when he
| approached the house; the young woman saw
! moi his filth and rags. After time the old man
| camG in. When the woman told me this part OF
| the history she became grenty excited and
WAS almost unintelliRlble There had been a
| dreadful scene, The young man. either because
| he was too weak TO defend himself or becnuse
| he was too manly and chiyalrous t. strike an
| old man, made no resistance. and during the
| time that the maddened and insane spell
| was on the Infatuated and craZed old being