1873 Goss-Udderzook Tragedy of Deception & Murder Book, 1st Printing
1873 The Goss-Udderzook Tragedy of Deception and Murder Pamphlet First Printing. Measures approximately 5.5″ x 9″. Baltimore Gazette Printers and a total of 59 pages. Goss and Udderzook were brother-in-laws and the devised a scheme to fake the death of Goss to collect the life insurance money. They used a medical school cadaver for the body which was burned. Investigators became suspicious and the Udderzook then killed Goss. The scheme failed and Udderzook was found guilty of murder and was hanged in 1874. Some staining/toning present but binding remains strong. Overall condition is very good for its age.