The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-07-20
THE STORY OF THE EARLY
LIFE OF KATE SOD
DARD."
\ DESCEND Mt OF THE
PILGRIMS.
HER EDUIA OCN CPATlONS,
ECULIAkITlES ND
INSANlil.
GRIEF OF HER MOTHER AND
FATHER.
FULL PAkIlCU LARS OF III
IAkEtR Of The MURDER
koSOF Oh a RLbo GOOD-
RICH.
PLYMOUTH. Ma.., yuly u, 1919

PLYMOUTH, Mass, JIly 10, 1913.
1t was was not until to-day that IN"
'ttigens # his ancient aud historical town
we've assured that the murderes- oi Mr
GuodrIcb, III Brooklyn, was native, ana
Iuring her early life Resident oil fiy-
mouth. Although the stories Of the sing
artragedy had been read and commented
upon here, no one could connect the maine
III KATE Studdard with tie youthful and
handsome Betsey King, who, until few
trw years, was not only the belle, but 'he
| model of pruprlety, of the whole town
Lnst night the evening papers received by
\ he late train furnished the fret rumors
that Kate Stodda aud Betsey KING were
one and the same person, an tbs morning
the story WAS confirmed. As may be eI-
p.cted.
, PUBLIC EXCITEMENT AND VILLAGE GOSSIP
run nigh, aud 1t has Increased rather than
| sbated ever since. Nv no would have
thought that sue would have committed
murder T. and Il cannot believe IL are
samples of the express OF astonishment and
doubt heard IN ali quarters. 1t was tue
that she had not been in Plymouth much
during the last five or six years, but still
she was remem bered MS an innocent, harm
less and quaint little girl, ana the very last
one who would have com United such ter
| rlble crime as the one she has so recently
ana fully confessed. Her parents are both
| living. and are amo Z the m"ss respectable
snd htnored citlzens OF the town, and us
may be expected, this terrible affection has
almost driven them to distraction. The
mother was not aware Of the terrible
tragedy in which her daughter has acted
So prominent n part until about the mo-
mpnt she was visited by Herald reporter
this afternoon, and the father, who was
absent from the town during the day, did
not learn OF tia terrible affection until this
evening Last night when the news WAS
first received one or two If the neighbors
called upon the family, but they were 30
happy and cheerful that none had the heart
to break to them
THE TERkIBLE NEWS
that their daughter Betsey had committed
the highest crime know To the laws one
which may send her to ielon's cell for
nfe or cause her to expa.e 1t upon the
scatfold
ii cant tell her the awful news if do,
can never forgive myset II, said mn eld-
cry lady to your reporter, with tears III
her eyes but, she added, 1.-The poor wo-
nsn ought u know it A Mrs Keith, MI
old friend OF the family, at length vo'un-
teered To perform the dlsagreeabe service,
and few moments after the sad news had
been broken Your correspondent called
upon Mrs hlng at her n MT and tldy rest
DEUCE in llltle court of summer street
The pnr woman, VINO mad been before
suffering the tnrtures of neuralgia in the
head, WAS now nearly crnzrd. Her grief
| was not Of the sp,-modic KIND, but OF de-
scription that told that her heart was
nearly broken, that her cup ofsurrow was
| fun She was reclining upon n sofa, and
her countenancr and every appearance de-
| noted desth .th.r thrn life. She was re-
| luct.nt to converse with any one, and even
the mingled grief aud sympathy of u couple
Other sister. some ut her old neig hbors
failed to afford n"r any comfort
ON. nv poor b tsey my poor B-tsey!'
WAS All that she would say, and then she
would give wsy to her feelings, not
IN soBs AND LEANS,
bu, in agonlzlng gro,ns of the most hsr-
rowing aud paIhfIl nature. Mr.. King M
before stated was ut this time sbsept and
ignorant Of the terrible event which has
i,str ,-d the peSee and h"pp'ness'oi hIs
rem nnirg nfs.
"in.re appears to be II great denl OF
.ympahy Tor your daughter in NV
| " "a n,ud There Is yer,
.,..n.rl ,mn,a.si,n ,bn, she committed u,
oct wh,l, IN .atufiusnnity.n
"Oh. | know she must have been crn2v
wnnId rather hny. heard Of her dentt
than To know that sho would q" ahythlhl
wrong u sue N""" W. ~ !, IA" . 49, 49,
SOW ou' y"up 49, . Nv ~ "u
3 MY eyes nnu ns aeSu pun wv 10"
, re"u n"'''S w. -
THE STORY TOLD THE MOTHER
In compliance with the poor woman
3 r,que.,, | proceeded to tell her in dets
,, the incidents of The tragedy, tOall of ~h'c
), she listened with all interest that Wa
really painful to witness. Once in whil
, she would interrupt with MI inquiry, beln
X very PARTICULAR 10 know if it WAS pos'lb
s. that the unfortunate girl was in her rlgt
IN mind when she committed the bloody dec
=, The ASSURANCE that the public general
:" regarded her as insane seemed To all ri ID
* heart-broken mother great satisfaction.