The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-07-25
NEWS IN BRIEF.
THE EAST.

lier, has been posted in the New York Stock
Exchange as no longer negotiable, on account
Of the Credit Mobilier suits now in progress at
Hartford. The dark mystery surrounding
the murder of Charles Goodrich, a wealthy
citizen Of Brooklyn, who was found dead in
his room on tho morning of the 22d of March
last, has at last been unraveled. He was
murdered by Minnie Waltham, alias Kate
Stoddard, who, strange to say, has been hv-
ing all the time within q few rods Of thel
house where the deed was committed,
notwithstanding the detectives have been pro-
fessedly ransacking the whole country in
search Of her. When arrested, she made full
confession of her guilt, and gave a circumstan-
tial account Of the killing, explaining many of
those curious features of the deed which gave
some color to the theory that Goodrich had
on the verge Of starvation, the murderess had
kept sacred in her trunk the money and jewels
she took from her paramour. Among these
articles was found the six-barreled revolver
with which the murder was done, and which
had, apparently, not been touched since.
Three of its barrels were still loaded; the 9TH
or three she had emptied into her lovers body.
The only plea she makes for herself is, that,
after living with her for q long time, he wished
to throw her on, and that she could not bear.
So she skilled him for love-"
REBEcCA W. ~EAsTERBRooK, a well-known
authoress, and contributor to Hdrper's Maya
zine, is dead. shocking tragedy was en-
acted recently at Harmony, Pa A young man
and woman who were betrothed drove to the
hotel in the place and engaged a room.
Shortly after shots were heard in the room,
and on repairing thither it WAS discovered that
the man had shot the woman through the
head, i~nflicting q death wound, and then COM
mittod suicide by shooting himself. The
steamer Tigress sailed from New York in
search of the Polaris survivors on Tuesday,
the 18th inst. Suit has been COM
menced at New York against Dudeu,
Freres. & Co., the lace importers who are
charged with having defraudedthe 49,.
II is charged that the steerage passengers by
the City of Washington received the most
shameful treatment at the hands of the Off
GERS Of the steamer after the disaster. They
were left for five days on the beach without
any shelter; we're given such food as putrid
beef and a scant allowance of hard crackers !;
and, in addition, many of them were robbed
by the crew. The cabin passengers, officers
and crew. on the other hand. Jared sump-
tuously.
GEN. AMOS PnLsBuRY. Appointment citizen
Of Albany, N. Y, is dead. Frank Walworth
has gone to work as a clerk in the shoe de-
partment of Sing Sing Prison. Mrs. Walworth
and family have taken up their residence in
Sing Sing village, md regularly attend Catho-
Lie service in the prison chapel. July IA was
the centennial anniversary Of the first Metho-
dist Annual Conference in America, and the
event was celebrated by the Methodists at
Philadelphia in the same building est. Georges
NJ. E. church, in which the first Annual
Conference was held. Bishop James presided,
and the exercises were of an interesting char
acter.
ONE thousand Mormons from Europe ar
rived at New York the other day. Another
large cargo will follow. Five of the six
students sent to this country by Japan two
years ago have been recalled, and left New
York for home last week.. One theory sub
mitted by the officers of the City Of Washing
ton, in the official investigation. to account
for the accident is the deviation of the COM
pass. One of them testified that he had known
the presence Of q large installment of sewing
machines in the cargo to give the compass a
serious misdirection. The Court of Errors
of New Jersey has decided, by q vote of z to /,
that the lease of the New Jersey rail-
road to the Pennsylvania Central for
999 years cannot be contaminated un-
der the laws Of that State.
The case Of Lizzie Lloyd King, alias Kate
Stoddard, who is charged with the murder of
Charles W. Goodrich, of Brooklyn, continues
to attract q large share of public attention.
Crowds flock to the Jail to see her, but very
few succeed in doing SO. She is dumb on the
subject Of the murder. She will not talk. ex-
cept to counsel, and for him she is writing a
full statement of her case, and her history
from her childhood up to the present time.
She is now rs years Of ago; was born in
Plymouth, Mass, and lived there until she
was Is years Of age. Her fathers name is
Isaac King. He is still alive, and carries on
the trade of a mason. She has one sister,
named Augusta, married, and living at Wal
bridge, Mass. The family is in comfortable
circumstances. Opinion is divided in regard
to her sanity, many believing her crazy, while
others contend that her insanity is all as
.sumed. tAA'
CAKES AMEs' will, as probated, amounts to
50, 754, 554 d. .Advices from Springfield, Mass,
indicate . decided improvement in the produc-
ton of postal cards, although it is said the
have not come fully up to their re-
peated promises. Two Hoe presses are run
ming day and night, and printing from 800, 600
to L.000,0 900 cards daily. The first bale of
cotton Of this years crop WINS sold in New
York at S6c per pound. The cotton was grown
IN Cameron county. Texas.
SHARPER named John W. Young, formerly !
a Chicago postofice clerk, has been counter
feiting money orders quite extensively in the
West. His latest operations were in Indian
apolis. Detectives are after him. . .Parricide
In Jacksonville. Ind, James Murphy. |
aged Is, quarreled with his father, and, draw
ing a revolver, fired two bullets at him, both
Of which grazed the parental head. The
would-be murderer was seized and disarmei.
The following isthe Indictment against the
Modoc assassins, whose trial commenced at
Fort Klamath OH the 9Th Of July:
1. That they, Indians, called and commonly
known as Capt. Jack, schonchin, Boston Charley,
Black Jim, Barncho, and slatuck, members Of a
band Of Indians known rs the Modoc band
If Indians, which band, including the Indians
ihoye named, was at the time and place hereinafter
engaged in open. Migrant war with the United
states, under command Of Capt. Jack, did, rs repre-
Of said Modoc hand meet under n Har Of L