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Baltimore: Baltimore Gazette, 1873. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Original, printed, stitched wraps. Approx. 9" x 6". 59 pages. Double column print. Frontispiece portrait sketch of W. S. Goss. Covers chipped on the edges and spine.

1873. Baltimore Gazette, Printers, 1873. 59 pp. Baltimore Gazette, Printers, 1873. 59 pp. A Case of Insurance Fraud and Murder [Trial]. Goss, Eliza Waters, Defendant. Udderzook, William E., Defendant. The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy: Being a History of a Strange Case of Deception and Murder, Including the Great Life Insurance Case, and the Trial of William E. Udderzook for the Murder of W.S. Goss. [Baltimore]: Baltimore Gazette, Printers, 1873. 59 pp. Woodcut portrait frontispiece (of Goss). Text printed in parallel columns. Octavo (9" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in printed wrappers. Wrappers starting to separate at head and lightly edgeworn, light rubbing and discoloration to extremities, some wear to spine ends, light toning to text. $35. * Udderzook collaborated with Goss, his brother in law, to defraud Goss' life insurance company. He put a cadaver stolen from a medical school in Goss' house and set the house on fire. Udderzook and the widow Goss managed to collect the insurance, but the… Read More

Baltimore, 1873. 59pp. Frontis. Original printed wrappers. Very good. W.S. Goss and Udderzook conspired to make it appear that Goss was killed in a fire for insurance money. Later, in a fight over the take, Udderzook killed Goss for real. McDADE 1012.