Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-30
IDENTIFICATION BY TIE TEETH.
Questions of Dental Jurisprudence Re-
vived by the Andrews Case.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The remarkable ident:1 cation OF tbs body
of Charles c. Andrews by DR.. 7. W. CoyJe.
the Baltimore dentis, alter the finding Of the
body in such condition OF nudity and de-
composition that identity was not possible bv
ordinary means, reyives the question of dental
Jurisprudence. 1t was in 1888 that Richa1
Grady. Nd. IDS. made a plea before the
Maryland and District of Columbia Dental As
ISOLATION that dental Jurisprudence should
have not only a name but a local habitation. ~
In Baltimore, the oldest and most widely
known American center of dental learning, has
occurred the most striking evidences OF the
value OF dental Jurisprudence, not alone in the
Andrews identification, but, as Dr. Grady
showed, IL the Goss-C dderzook murder case
The doctor noted in his paper twenty cases of
personal identity that were established by the
teeth. some OF which have loo a interest here
His paper says: Tho GOss. ,d6erZook trac-
edy was n double story of frau in the earlier
stage and murder in the later. February 8
1872. newspaper stated that W. s. Goss Inv
ing at 3l4 North Eutaw street had been burned
10 death III a cottage outside of Baltimore the
previous night. The remains OF human BODY
were taken from the building. The lower
limbs were destroyed. and the features were so
burned or charred to be beyond recognition
from the shape of the chest. neck and head
w -
Co.'S. so the coFoners jury rendered a verdict
tIat W. ). Goss came TO his death by the ex-
ploslOn of an oil lamp. The BODY was buried
NJ Baltimore Cemetery. The widow had no
question that 1t was that OF her husband as she
Knew the contour of the neck head and breast
Ten or more witnesses testified to their belief
IN the same identity.
In May, 1871, W. s. Goss had seemed TO be
seized with u sudden mania for insurinp his
he lie had insurance amounting to S25 ODJ
WaN la to. g..
Undertook. brother-in-iaw of Goss conveyed
the impression that he knew too much and led
she insurance company into an inquiry There
was nothing IN the way of n direct demonstra-
ton to show fraud. Mrs. Goss was asked to
mako an elaborate description Of her husbands
teeth, which she said were solid. round and
regular She said that during the fourteen
years she had lived with him he had had no
pain from his teeth and had not required the
services o. dentist
The remains were exhumed and examipad
In the Baltimore College OF Dental Surgery.
and Prof. j. j. :. Gorgas wrote a report SHOW
Ing that the buried man must have had teeth
drawn frequently by a dentist, and that his
'eelh could never have been truthfully called
regular aud sound In trial in which tho
companies attempted to prove that the body
found was not that OF Gloss. Dr. Robert Arthur
testified that the plaster model of the subjects
mouth showed much disease. and that much
PAIN had been suffered. The Jury returned a
amount OF insurance with interest. On July l
or the body Of Goss. who had been mur-
dered. was found in Chester county. Pa, after
Undertook had been with him. The descri,,-
lion OK the body included the teeth, and I'd
derzook was convicted of murder in the frs,
degree"
Another case is that OF Miss May Hatch
given as follows. Miss Hatch OF Baltimore
went to Norfolk, Va, June IS. 1888 There she
TOOK the steamer for Boston. and when on the
ocean II Is claimed committed suicide by drown.
ing. To perfectly establish the identity OF the
remains Dr. Norris Of Baltimore examined the
Teeth, and comparison with his diagrams left
no doubt regarding the identify of the corpse
In addition to these cases are cited the identif
eaoon OF G. Arthur Preller. the victim of the
81 LOUIS trunk mystery, and that OF the Prince
inperial OF France, who was killed in Africa
Wheelmen Home Again.
Messrs viii Gettinger and George B. Oicot
have returned to the city from the ..bicycl,
meet at Niagara Falls. They went by way o.
New YORK and Albany. intending to wheel from
lfa intf a.