Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-05-20
('rom the Philadelphia Evening Journal, May l2)
Tragedy in Philadelphia.


The loveliness of this bright aud cheerful
AIavday was darkened this morning by one of
the most fearful tragedies it has fallen Our lot to
chronicle for many day
George l.. Goodwin is native of Boston
Mass, is about thirty years of age, and has re-
sided in this city for two years and three
months. He has been employed in n hair
dressing saloon and wig manufactory Of Rich
ard Doilard, on Chestnut street, above Fifth,
opposite the State House, until about two
weeks since. lie is of a respectable parentage,
and has borne toerably good character, al
though his fellow wOrkmen say that he was the
most " fancy man in the establishment. III
appearance Goodwin is of medium stature and
bulk, and faciaIly rather prepOSSeSsing than
otherwise. As before stated, he left the cs.
tabliShnent in which he had been employed,
stating that his purpose was to return to his
native city in search of Lizzie Marshall This
person is young woman whom Goodwin
brought with him when he first came to Phil
adelphia. Her native place is Lynn, Mass
She is rather short in stature, and Slight in per-
son, with dark complexion, black eyes and
hair, and might be considered quite good look
ing. She has lived with Goodwin, as his law
her affections having been estranged by young
man named Samuel w. Randall, who was in
troduced to her by him (Goodwin.) We have
already said that two weeks ago Goodwin went
to Boston in search of his truant wife His
efforts to discover her in that city proving in
eifectual, he returned to New York, and wrote,
from French'S Hotel, to q friend here, that
Lizzie was with him at that Hotel. Lizzie,
however, was seen with Randall last Monday
night. Goodwin arrived in this city on Tues
day night. Yesterday he went to his old place
of business. There he displayed two pistols.
One of these had three barrels, all of which
were loaded, and the other two barrels, only
one of them was charged. He said that the
former had been presented to him by female
friend in Ogden street, and asked several of
his late fellows to purchase the latter. Last
night Goodwin was at the American House,
on Chestnut street. lie lounged about the
sitting room until one o'clock this morning,
when he was turned out by the watchman at
tached to the premises. We now come to the
fearful catastrophe of to-day.
Franklin Square never presented a more
charming appearance as it did this morning.
The grass fresh and green, and the leafy
branches musical with the merry voices of the
birds the flashing fountain, and the shy flow
ers twinkling in their emerald beds, made up a
rare scene of enchantment and joyOuSneSs.-
But this picture of purity and peace was des-
tined to be sadly marred. At twenty minutes
past ten o'clock its stiffness was broken by the
sharp report of pistol, Immediately followed
by another. a crowd of persons, attracted 10y
these unwonted sounds, hastily repaired to the
northeast corner of the square, where they dis
covered woman and man lying on the gOund
apparently dead. The man was George I.Daw
son, the woman was Lizzie Marshall. 1t ap-
pears that the latter was sitting on one OF two
stools on an avenue leading to the northeast
ern gate, and not very far from that entrance,
when Goodwin approached her, and instantly
drawing out his three-barrel pistol discharged
one of its barrels at her, the ball lodging in
her left side, immediately beneath her breast
He dropped the weapon, but in ali instant
picked it up again, aud, with another barrel
shot himself in nearly the same part of the
body, the ball entering derctly below his heart.
The woman was carried to the drug store Of
George c. Bower, on the northeast corner Of
Sixth and Vine streets. Three physicians
were called in-McssrS Lewis, Goninger and
Bethel. They probed the wound, but were
ly dressed at the time, wearing brown strip
cd silk dress and light straw bonnet with
veil. Goodwin was borne to the Sixth ward
station-house in Cherry street, between Fourth
and Fifth, where he expired in less than an
hour
A daguerrotype of Lizzie Marshall, without
any case, was found on the person Of Good
win.
Miss Marshall resided in two rooms in
house kept by Mrs. Campbell, adjoining the
City Bank in Sixth street just above the mar
ket
The physicians say that Lizzie is sinking
from the effects of the wound, and that she
will probably die. The ball has been extract
ed.
Goodwin has wife and two children living
at No. 81 East Cedar street, Boston His
mother, likewise, liveS there
The North american says that Samuel w
Randall the lover for whom Lizzie discarded
George, was an agent for New York manu-
featuring jewelry concern.
LizzieS real name, it turns ont, was Anna
Garland
The UNCERTAINTY OF THE LAw.-The Su-