, 1873-04-05

the N1lRrtlerer--Attcmptc E;scnpe--
Emily Eaithfull-.SmugRlod Goods
seizad--The 1slcnlkIoy Murder Trial
--The Goodrich Mystery Further
quest.
Special Dfspatoh to The Chicago Tribune.
New YonH, April 4.-Tho inquest in tho Good
rich case WAS resumed at 7:30 this evening, In
the Court OF aoneral sossions; Brooklyn. John
Bnedeaker, tho first witness, testified thnt he
did Bomo work On the Dograw street houacs on
Aug. Is; tho rear basement window was then
broken; had hoard that the watchman used II
to effoot an entrance when tho basement
door WAS not aiar mover Baw
my foma1o in tho house. Daniel
Latferty, plumber, worked in tho furnished
house the weok before Mr. Goodrlch's death !;
worked four hours; returned to finish tho job
on tho fatal Friday morning about quarter past
7; couldn't get in; wont to tho shop to do aomo
filing, aud returned before 10 o'clock the otr-
tain had meantime boen raisoed; rang the bolt,
but got no anHwer; lookod In tho window; saw
him lying on the floor; thought he was
,as!eop, and kichod at tue door; Just thon
officers drove up; never snw any fomalcs In the
houss; last saw Alr. Goodrich alive on Flatbush
avenue, betWoon Dean stroet and Fifth avenue.
about O'clock tho forenoon before his doath
he bowed to mo, and said something which T
EolAA 4oe cAbEA Liz uA4 l W&6 Iuef6, tuGr9 was
fire in both tLo front baae1nont aud rapgo /
then saw Ills watch-chain.
DR.. Spear, who assisted ut tho poar norton,
thought the wound In tho forehead was caused
BY fourth bullet his Impression was that the
body was shaved after death; 1t had tho peculiar
appearance Of ahavon corpse, and was worry
neatly done (; had it boon dono Isforo doath tho
tlHsues Of skin would have contracted, and thcro
would be moro projection Of beard about one-
nl1tegnth OF an inch ot the part below the lips
Low. down; owing to tho condition OF tho bladder,
etc.; Mr. Goodrich Nould naturally have gono to
the Water-closet before shaving himself after
riHfng.
Detootive Vileto described tho finding Of the
NOTICE any Of tho little details up stnira in The
front room on the table Was o collar, aa il laid
down for future use tho bed had been used by
thrown back over tho mnttross; in tho back
room tho bod appeared also to have boon slept
in j; the rest OF the house was examined, and
nothing was found disturbed; could not toll
whether the back bed had boon used by two or
Detective Folk then relatea hIa experience:
The body appeared as II some one had taken d
wet towel and rubbed 1t across tic wound on the
toreheaa tho skin was still wet and per-
feotiy clean o handkerchief was placed In
his inBide pocket; 1t was perfumed; tho witnoss
found soHo OF tile anmo Perfume np-stars put
1t on his handkerchief and 1t evaporatel entirely
within SIX hours tho witnoss ut frat thought it
1sas suicide; deeinod to give his prosont opin-
ion; the key to the door betwoon tho front baHo-
ment aud hall waH found In basket Of apples iu
his sleoping-room upstairs, as If thrown upon
it; know Of 10 facts which would
give tho Jury my information aH to the manner
In which MIR. Goodrich came to his death excopt
from henrsay; knew Of no papers In tho poBBeH-
sion Of any person, tic procuring of which
would give tho Jury any o1u0.
John II. Williams, druggist, toBtiflad that Mr.
Goodrich purchased three boxes OF Ooopor's
Female Pills from November to January; they
arc used for disoaHos peculiar to femaloy they
arc undoubtedly put up for the purpose of pro-
duolng miscarriage or abortion; those boxoH
were bought at diiloront periods within nbout
thrao weokB; Mr.. Goodrich made tho renlar1
that ills lady was troubled with dofloiout mon
struatlon; 10 was perfectly cool and collected.
Sergeant VanWagner testified that there was
no footprints In the yard.
Detective Folk was recalled: IT went with
Detective Vldotto to Orol.asl street l.o wont III
to SOC If lo could identity Mrs. Meyer as tho
person who was living On DoQsaw
street; sho, recognized Goodrloh's portralts
wo then went IL together aud told hor our busi-
nosa J; abe positively refused to go to Brooklyn,
aud turned away from us sooing TINT we were