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The Udderzook mystery! : containing a detailed and accurate account of the life of the murderer, his trial and sentence, the disappearance of W.S. Goss, and many strange mysteries closely bearing upon this great case, to which is so thrilling and sensational in all its various phases as to startle the most lethargic reader : this dark deed, enveloped in almost impenetrable mystery, the well laid and almost successful scheme to defraud life insurance companies, must necessarily be read by every one with the greatest avidity, as, in deep and powerful interest, it surpasses the most imaginative novel ever written : numerous likenesses, engravings, etc.

Title
The Udderzook mystery! : containing a detailed and accurate account of the life of the murderer, his trial and sentence, the disappearance of W.S. Goss, and many strange mysteries closely bearing upon this great case, to which is so thrilling and sensational in all its various phases as to startle the most lethargic reader : this dark deed, enveloped in almost impenetrable mystery, the well laid and almost successful scheme to defraud life insurance companies, must necessarily be read by every one with the greatest avidity, as, in deep and powerful interest, it surpasses the most imaginative novel ever written : numerous likenesses, engravings, etc.
Author
Udderzook, William E.
Publication
  • Philadelphia : Barclay & Company, [1873]
  • ©1873

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Additional Authors
Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer (Chester County), issuing body.
Description
1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
Series Statement
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
Uniform Title
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
Subject
  • Udderzook, William E. > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Goss, Winfield Scott
  • Trials (Murder) > Pennsylvania > Chester County
  • Insurance fraud > Pennsylvania > Chester County
Note
  • Attributed to George Lippard Barclay. Cf. NUC pre-1956.
  • Trial held at the Court of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer, Chester County, Pa., Oct. 29-Nov. 9, 1873.
  • Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
OCLC
  • 937020421
  • CPPC03662
Author
Udderzook, William E., author.
Title
The Udderzook mystery! : containing a detailed and accurate account of the life of the murderer, his trial and sentence, the disappearance of W.S. Goss, and many strange mysteries closely bearing upon this great case, to which is so thrilling and sensational in all its various phases as to startle the most lethargic reader : this dark deed, enveloped in almost impenetrable mystery, the well laid and almost successful scheme to defraud life insurance companies, must necessarily be read by every one with the greatest avidity, as, in deep and powerful interest, it surpasses the most imaginative novel ever written : numerous likenesses, engravings, etc.
Publisher
Philadelphia : Barclay & Company, [1873]
Copyright Date
©1873
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920
Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.
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Pennsylvania. Court of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer (Chester County), issuing body.
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