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Show EASTERN. The ComlriHi II unh-r Slurl-1 liiiK Hi'i eluliou. N.-w York, 11. The murder of I 'narli ;h'ieli is in l.nigei-a mys-1 mys-1 ti iv. lie w.w hot bv Minnie Walt- h.u'ii, alius Kate SuWdard, on the nigln the 21.-1 of March. S.ie wan arretted on Tuesday la-t, and ye-ter-' day made a full confevinii of her j L'uilt to thepoiie'eanthoriliesof Itn ok-j ok-j Ivn. The search for the murderer I fia.i been unremitting; and not mly j lias Urouklvn been searched, hut New York, riiiladcl!)liia, Ilontuii, Balti more, Washington, and a countless 1 number of other places. The primary iibject of the search was the woman Stiddanl, but so little was known abuiil her pei-sunally that at the eom-mencenient eom-mencenient thr re was next to nothing to work on. The photograph obtained obtain-ed represented Kate as a pleasant looking blonde of thirty, with a moderately mod-erately full face, spai-klin" eyes, blithesome expression and a buoyant manner, while Kate Stoddard as arrested, ar-rested, was thin ami emaciated. Only ono person who knew her positively could be found, Miss Mar' Handly. But for more than six weeks after the murder that person was laid up in ln.il, .sick. On TuesdaV last, while Miss Handly was going to New York, and Kate Stoddard was evidently evident-ly coming from it, they met in the htreet. Miss Handly recognized her immediately and followed her until she met a policeman, whom she induced in-duced to arrest her. It has become of first importance to learn where she h:ul come from, but this she declined to reveal. Brooklyn was searched for the house from whence the woman came, who was missing since Tuesday morning. This resulted in the discovery that in a house in Sth street, between Jay and Itridge. such a woman had been missing. miss-ing. The woman who kept the house identified Kate as her boarder, and had been living there since April. Her trunks were seized mid opened, and in them was discovered some property of Oood rich's, including his watch and chain, finger ring and seal, and a pocket book with S-10 in bills, believed lo bo the identical money taken from the murdered man. In addition to these articles a revolver was found in the trunks, three chambers loaded, and three empty. There were three hulleU found in Goodrich's head. Kate confesses that the revolver found in her trunk, was. the weapon with which she killed Goodrich. Even article of property taken by her from the premises, she seems to have carefully preserved. Since the tragedy she has had a terrible struggle strug-gle for life. Working at times as a serving girl, she made money enough tu buy bread. At other t'iuiea she was compelled to sell her clothes for sustenance, but while thus at the verge of starvation she kept the jewelry and money of her victim lying ly-ing untouched in her trunk. She had two trunks both of which were taken posses-sion of. In one there was found an immense package of let lei's from her father and mother. These show that her home is Middle-borough, Middle-borough, Mass. They are carefully and kindly written, showing the old people to be full of solicitude for the moral and material welfare of their daughter. There is nothing at ah to justify the supposition that they knew anything alout the crime. In addition addi-tion to these, letters were found from Goodrich, making arrangements to meet her. The letters will be read at the inquest to-morrow. The following is a statement of the woman herself to the police: She had been living with Charlie, as she called the deceased, and was greatly attached to him. He wanted to cast her o!V but she loved him so much that she could not leave him. She entreated him on her knees that he would allow her to remain, but he was firm, and in fact brutal in his treatment of her, and the Thursday before the Friday on which the IkxIv was found was the day fixed tor her to leave him. He threatened her with all sorts of things if she dared to trouble him any further. She had remained re-mained in the house on IVgraw street all the previous evening and I in the morning when Goodrich j got up. she again besought him not to ca.-t her ulll He was very angry ' and refused her request, or to hear j her at all. He then went into the basement at the front of the house, ami proceeded to light the Baltimore heater located there. The murderer if a id she Joved the man ao much that she could uot leave him, and when she saw him determined to discard her. she worked herself up to murder him. She had one of his revolvers in her pocket not the one the de tectives found lying at the house bo-ride bo-ride the corpse1 and while Goodrich was stooping down on one hand and knee in the act ot lighting the heater. ; she drew the pistol and extending her : hand toward him, she si id "Charlie." He looked up and she shot him three times. A iter committing t he deeil she waited that day and night in the house, watching it. On Friday morning she had occasion to go to New York and early that morning she washed the blood from the face of the murdered man with the towel, which she after- i want-: wrung out anu wnieii was a:so ; damp when found bv the police. ; She it was who washed the corpse, as : kHiud, and when she hail done this : she went over to New York for some- ! thing or other and was about to return ' to the h"i;se on tint Fridav evening. he came over to Fulton ferrc a::d ere she had fairly put her foot Cm the street she heard the news boy& cryinc out "extra. Murder of Chas-. Goodrich." Good-rich." She bought a paper. returned to N w York and the rest is known, the- states: "I killed him for love. I could not part with him." A reporter repor-ter was ir.:brir.ed that Kate attempted to commit suicide. He went to the police but they denied a::y knowledge o: the matter. Coroner Whitehall however siid she hud ::ot attempted suicide, but there ia no doubt she ";-;;ld if an opportunity was presented, present-ed, the "begged and prayed, ever since she had been satisfied her unlit w-.ts. proven, to be lefr :;::-. There is a woman with her all the time and ii repeated ivi. :;! she has made :h:s rniU'..-t urging ii ttarin her eye. "!'- me alone if o:.:y f -r few mhiu'.' s, for Gv.l's sake! -he - t:,I, i::-t ak'd t.iC woiv.an in eharc tikerhvenh- T:: at ivn -.".isO v.'l:,:-e -he is vo:;::;:t-i. -:e v, -11 iv; be wi:'---.'.u Am.-leat-:e:v!.;rts w.it l::ng out her u y and :ii; .;. Tlu re ;;re sonic fe.ur, s in woman's i.i-iorv a:: 1 sr dircrt-:i: dircrt-:i: :k ih..t s,v:n to" ju-t::" tl.e Uluf That ;:V:v.r..i.u. From the staie-meut staie-meut of peep!e wliere -l.e haanhd. It appear.- that she was vcy rphet ar.'i li.iv-ake in her dvriment. never hid any o.-,e visit iicr, aud siiM-ort'.d . .-..i? .Wi a re, 1 . la; a' it-. .: J,: at li' ' n-e n-e ' .! ni'' li : ll' I - ar i. Ilg T 1 1 t.a - p ..i,;.-. |