Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-17
ovCD HIM TOO MUCH,

Aha month of March last MIR.
lu Goodrich was murdered in the
'', .,ont of his house in Degraw street,
oas'I Lion and since that time the whole
b'Vo ... has been shrouded in mystery. \
nav, that detectives have been busy
app'+ ,ho ease, and that several persons
VIII ~ different times been under sus-
l s.,n during the four months that have
.'s ,d since the deed was committed,
emp bo public had come to regard it as
0'' Ior Nathan affair, and had given up
' ID homes of discovering the criminal,
lsn on Tuesday evening last, 1t be-
a.s known that the woman known
rote Stoddard, who many circum-
.....s pointed to as the murderess, had
..' , discovered and was in custody.
excitement which followed this an
.,oon,ont was not at first commensu-
,. with its importance. The public
..Inot forgotten the flourish made by
.' malice over the arrest of Mrs. Lu-
1,r MEYERS for the same crime, but it
..nl appear that this time the author
.... arc not on a false scent, and we
I,,o that the prisoner has made full
.ofa.,ion Of the crime.
Wrdo not propose to enter into details
fri. homicide, the telegraph has given
.sm very fully, and our readers have
.-,trbrd all the movements made since
commencement Of the murder, but
,b.r, is word or two contained in the
.,ofassion of Miss Stoddard, that seems
~, furnish food for reflection The real
.,nn of this woman is Lizzie King, and
a. na. been very attractive looking
....o,u and is now some "a or 80 years
.f.,. She had been deceived by the
...,rI.r.I man into a mock marriage
,},b him. was greatly attached - him,
,olbad lived with him for a cousidcra-
Al. time. and her excuse for the awful
I.l She had committed is that he want
.l,,.rl,t her off, but she loved him 50
.,.n flal She could not leave him; and
...r h,..r:ng ON her knees to be allowed
.r.aq.u with him, and -Ais absolutely
am.. and brutal treatment tn drive her
,nav She finally shot him dead with a
,,o,vrr and now frantically eXclaims,
.JHld him t1r lore, c01tJd not part
rlt him.
What an opportunity this will be for
ae criminal lawyers of New York &c
sao.y Che doctrine of emotional insani
~ The holy affections of the heart
argmDcd and rampled upon, dethront
r, reason, and the raying woman calls
om the dearest of all names to her, anc
fires four fatal shots into the beloved
face then fixes the lifeless form in al
easy position. combs the CORY locks OF
hair smoothly, washes the blood from
fnc face, and watches for two days be
side the corpse. until necessarily calleC
away for a short time. The house il
makcu into and the murder discovered il
her abscuce; then the long months O
rpiuiDg and wasting away, until bu
one woman Of all her former associates
can recognize the changed form and fea
mras. This is a tale which calls TO
deep sympathy if true, but the circum
stance of the murdered mans watch
money and valuables being carried Of
and secretcd, and the hiding away unde
another assumed name, may detrac
.omewhat from the probability of tn
story. Stir, true or false, here is foo
for deep consideration. 1t is either
clear case of emotional insanity or tn
deepest depravity, and something NOR
must be developed than is now mad
public. to certainly decide which it is
However the world may find relief tina
me Of the atrocious crimes, to the per
n.rWion Of which there was no clue
h,, been brought home to the assassin
and we can breathe easier as one aite
another Of the secret crimes of the az
are fixed upon the culprit-fOr we know
that one Of the best projections OF hu
man life from the violence born of COW
lMice and revenge is in the popular be
lief in the old axiom, that 'Murder vii
ont