| Show BY H AMERICAN CAN t neny NEV YORK lithe ll ii the murder of charles goodrich Is no ion lon longer i ger a mystery my tery he was shot by minnie mi nio nie Waltha waltham malias oa rate kate Stoa stoddard dard on the night of the 21 lt l t of march she was arrested oil on tae tie tle lay day last yesterday she made a fu 1 nil uil I 1 I 1 confession of her if guilt to the police authorities of brooklyn rook bvm the search for the murderer li has hns a s been unremitting not on only lyllas has hag brooklyn been searched I 1 but new noni york yoli philadelphia ladelphia boston baltimore washington and a ft countless countiess number of other places the primary object of the search was the woman stoddard but so little was known about her personally so nally Dally that at the commencement there was next to nothing to go to work on the photograph obtained represented rep resented kate as a pleasant looking blonde of thirty with moderately full face sparkling eyes blithesome expression and buoyant manner manne r while kate stoddard as arrested was thin and emaciated the only person who knew her positively who can be found is miss mary handley but for more than six weeks after the murder that person was I laid laid aid up in bed sick on tuesday last while miss handley was going to new kew york and kate kate yate stoddard was evidently coming comine from it they met in the street miss handley recognized her immediately and followed her tier until she met a policeman whom she induced to arrest her it became of tile the first importance to leam learn where she had come fro from m th this IS she B h 0 declined jtb jeb reveal brooklyn was searched for the house whence the woman came wh who 0 V was as missing since tuesday morning this resulted in the discovery that in a housdon house on el eighth ath street between jay and bridge such a woman had been miss missing ing the woman i om a u who kept ii elt eit the house identified kate as her boarder and saidee had been living there since april her hen trunks were seized and opened and in them was discovered property of Good goodrich ilch lich including the watch and chain finger ring a seal and pocket book with fo forty arty dollars in bills bius believed to be the identical money taken from the murdered man in addition to these articles a revolver was found in the trunk three chambers loaded and three empty there were three bullets found in goodriche Good richs head kate confesses that the revolver found in her trunk was the weapon with which she killed goodrich every article of the property taken by her from the premises she seems to have carefully preserved since bince ih the tragedy she has had a terrible struggle for life working at times as ai a serving girl she made money enough to buy bread at other times sho she was compelled to sell her clothes for sustenance but nut while thus on t the e verge of starvation she kept the jewelry and money of her bervic hervie ivic tim lying untouched in her trunk trunks she had two cho trunks both of which were taken possession of in one there was found an immense package of letters from her father and mother these show that her home is massachusetts and disclose her real name 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 all ali to justify the supposition that they knew know anything about the crime in addition to these letters were found boull d from goodrich making arrangements to meet m beet her these letters will be read at the inquest tomorrow to morrow the following is the statement of the woman herself to the police ollee she had bad been livina living with Char Charl ilens lieas she called the deck deca dand was greatly attached to him he wanted to cast her off but she loved him so much mul that she could not leave him she entreated him on her knees that be he would allow her to remain but he was firm and the tho thursday before the friday on which 1 the he body was found was the day fixed for her to leave him he threatened her with all ali sorts of things thing sif jf she dared to trouble him further she had remained in the house in degraw street all the previous evening and in the morning when Goodr goodrich icil feli got up she again besought him not to cast her onn oil he was very angry and refused plen pien her request or to hear her at all he then went into the tue base hase basement blent at the front of the tife house and proceeded to 11 light lit the baltimore heater heaten located there the murderess said slie she loved the mayn man eo so much that she could not leave him and when wilen she saw gaw him determined to discard her she worked ller iler herself self seif up to murder him she had bad one ond of his lug revolvers in her pocket natilie not tile one thede the detectives tec tee tives found at the house I 1 lying ising sing ying I 1 beside the tho corpse and ana while goodrich was stooping g down on one hand and knee luice inthe in the act tact of lighting the heater beater she drew the pistol and extending her liand hand toward him she said charley He looked upland ip and she shot him lafill three times after she committed tile the murder bhe she W waited vit lit all ail that day and night in the house watching it on friday morning she had bad occasion to go to N Y and early that morning she washed the blood from the face of the murdered inan anari with til the towel which she afterward wrung out and which was found damp by the police she it was who washed the corpse as fou found nd and when she slid had done this she went over to new now york for something or other and was about to return to the house on that friday priday evening she came over on fulton ferry and e ere re she had fairly put her foot on the street she heard the newsboys crying out dut extra murder of chas goodrich she bought a paper returned to now york and the rest is known she states 1 I killed him for love I 1 could not part with him A reporter was informed that kate had attempted to com corn mit suicide he went to the police but they denied any knowledge of the matter coroner whitehall however said she slid had not attempted suicide but there ii 19 no doubt she would if opportunity presented itself she had begged and prayed ever since she had been satisfied satis nned fled her guilt was proven to be left alone there is a woman with her all the time and on repeated occasions she had made madd this request A urging it with tears in her eye eyes let me alone if only for five minutes for gods sake she said and asked the woman in charge to take pity on her this was at the sta tion house bouse where she is confined she will not ilot be without female attendants tend ants watching her day and n night ig lit there ahre are some features in the t he comans womans history and her deportment that seem to 6 justify the belief relief already prevalent rey alent in certain quarters that gre ste she is hi insane from the statement of bf the people where she boarded it appears that she was waa very quiet and lady ladylike like ilke in her deportment never had any one visit her and supported herself by making ladies straw stray hat hats s she f was a regular attendant at beechers becchers Be echers church while boarding with these people NEW YORK XO Ric 12 in lu the goodrich inquest the coroners jury returned the following verdict we find that the said chas goodrich came to his death by pistol shot wounds 14 in his llis head inflicted by lizzle lizzie lloyd king ring alias kate stoddard with intent to cause death on the evening of the or morning of the of or march 1873 at his house in degraw street et brooklyn the jury sury j ury accompanied their verdict with some general remarks asserting it to be their conviction that the coroners jury a an institution for the discovery of crime or the detection of criminals has outlived the period of necessity or usefulness and they say its place could be by some legally ly designated crimin alor health healt h 71 officer eor cor or authorities or both combined they think the coroners nerlia jury is a more reliable aid in the escape of a prisoner than in the discovery and detection it is also urged that while the present system exists the body should be inspected by the coroners jurgas jury as soon as possible after discovery and a post mortem examina examination tio A i should follow and not precede such inspection in n answer to the usual questions from the coroner the prisoner said laid her ber name was lizzie lizzle lloyd king that she was 26 years of age that she was bom born in plymouth Plym buth mass and that she was a bonnet ma she declined to say anything any thing in relation to lo th tho the 0 charge against her she was tak tat taken n to jail by the Sheri sheriff fr the goodrich inquest was resumed yesterday in the brooklyn courthouse court houe by ll 11 the alleged murderess kate stoddard atias ahas amy stone was waa pres res rea ont jent wm cide cde witt was retained as counsel by the prisoner mrs lucette hyem my ers erg te stilled testified that she recognized the watch vatch chain and ring as having belong belonged edlo ealo to charles goddrich goodrich she he also recognized a i small smail charm which was vas was upon the tile charm chim she could dould not identify either the pocket book or oi diary had seen the pistol before ill in the th e hands of a man named koscoe roscoe saw it in indis his hib possession some somo sometime time before tha the murder perhaps a week cvek previous he was in the street at the time I 1 when asked what communication hes hel had bad with Roscoe at the tinie tidie seq i hesitated and said he ehe could not d answer the coroners onar it ts S it for fear feir you sou 1 ou I will criminate 1 aw yo yourself AVItu ests no that is not alit is because I 1 think best not wot enill it will defeat repeat the ends mid jorj of justice justlee ustice 11 the tho witness thell then recognized recognised n izea kate she she ghe was positive she know n W her et as amy stone or kate stoddard a id I 1 the till coroner corone r then asked the W witness I 1 hs if she would go gp on and aud give ive lve the jury any information sho she possessed when she rep replied e d that she had nothing else to sta stame state on the ground g roun d that it might defeat the ends end 9 of justice she ha had d seen the woman kate and roscoe boscoe together on several occasions in answer to the question why did you say on a previous examination that you did not know kate stoddard she said 1 I had certain reasons for saying so the next witness was miss wiga adeline palem who was engaged to be married to deceased decease ds the witness was very nervous and almost fainted she was shown the articles and continued 1 I reco reeo recognize ghize the watch and two seals the ring had bad been worn by him but I 1 have nev near er seen the charm or the chain the pocket book was his 1 I fall fail to identify identity either cither of the pistols there is a lady present resent whom I 1 have seen seen before I 1 have seen this one kate stoddard before it was in new york at east fifteenth street in company with mr goodrich I 1 I 1 had bad a conversation with mr goodrich re fening fering to this lady when he said it was his hia sister he said hu she lived in brooklyn this occurred in june a year ago I 1 never had hnot any conversation with her atan at any y time david goodrich Go odrIA father ather of the murdered nl man n was examined exa lie her identified the watch chain ac the pistol he did not recognize lecog as one he had seen with his son miss handley te testified stifled that she sile had been looking for the prisoner and then related the story of the arrest it was supposed that thai the prisoner would be put on the stand batsho was not under the direction of her counsel the accused will make no confession of guilt the brooklyn eagle says regarding the appearance earince of the prisoner it took gut tut but a few moments to create on many of the bystanders an impression that they were looking upon an insane wom anand tefa this woman undoubtedly is insane if tho the ordinary indications of lunay lunacy luna iuna y areto be relied on she sat there for fully half an hour smiling and ana chatting pleasantly a strange wild light beaming from her e eyes y es all the I 1 while it was impossible to converse with her although she talked sensibly without being almost ab sol convinced of her insanity ity 11 miss handley in an interview with a reporter stated that the prisoner wassie was six years ago a lunatic and an inmate of a lunatic asylum 1 and that her insanity mash was I 1 f caused by disappointment in love rhe che eagle also says that when the chief of df police asked the prisoner to hand him the locket which 19 ls is 19 6 a very large one obe she was waa at first fint loath to comply but seeing that resistance was u useless seless she passed it over oven on examining it the chief took hoid hold to open it oh beca le careful refill be bd careful said she there is mineral in that which I 1 dont want to lose lom despite the utmost care however holeve r a little portion of mineral miner aias ains alas as she sho called it fell upon the floor and this to the chiefs surprise bhe she picked up promptly i pu put t it an fn in her mouth and swallowed what did you do that for 11 said the chief looking steadily into into hei her eyes sha sho said sald that is chas cha s Good riches s bloody blad and sure enough upon close examination of the locket it was found to be filled with congealed blood A few questions elicited the fact that oil gil on le leaving goodriche Good richs house bil bli on fridi faldi friday ay am she had taken aw away ay with her hor among other articles a cup full of br blood which had hid oozed from fromm bis his his bla brain this blood congealed and she had bad been eating a little of it every day sinca sincer the time of the tragedy to the time oilier capture cincinnati 10 lo hugh doherty shot and killed killea geo go A Sch leicht at lancaster ohio thia this morning the formel former has been claiming that the latter has been infringing on olf a patent of his it t appears had bad underbid doherty on a job and secured a contract upon which he was to tad commence this morning on his way Sch seh leicht came caine calne by dohertym Doher tys house hause when the latter iatter commenced firing seh Sch leicht thereupon jumped from bis his wagon and endeavored to shield himself behind his hia horses but ut doherty determined ter mined on dIVac dispatching him and fired three threw additional balls one pier piercing cing eing the tile heart of Sch Seli leicht the murderer was N s arrested ari arf ested HAiA hala FAx the tho w wreck of or ahe the city of washington broke broko in t wo kod kog pieces I 1 in 4 n the tho gallock shoals teis this a elu eln aiu bi the captain officers and crew were svere on board at the time CM but t succeeded in ja landing safely the ST A star arrived at hf purt port Lebar last eve all the passengers luggage was taken on board though the freight and the passengers embarked this morning in the steamer zeon leon for halifax HALIFAX 11 the only statement that captain phillips has made was to captain doane to the efrece that he could only account for the accident by the compass being out of order orde r as he had not obtained an observation that he could rely on during the whole voyage and therefore could not correct the deviation and local attractions he saw nothing to indicate a chango change in the water till the ship struck the thought when ichen the steamer birst touched ground was that she was at the south point of georges shoal he got his boat down and went on shore to age nse ascertain ertain his exact position and if he could land passengers pilots were then procured who aided the officers and crew in taking the passengers ox off which was |
