The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-02

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AMY a.'sn LETTER.
BsooxLyH, February, 1874
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SATURDAY EVENING, Feb. Ia
Witness continued--I received that letter Pebru-
sry 20 last, at my once IN New York that was the
IN snd VIZ ns IF
copy OF the same letter which my father.
one q T ns ~ ME0ns ever na
Went over to tie house q my brother, expecting
with ssi him. AND sod him Of tSe letter ana read to
him, but told him that desired to keep 1t in my
ne nG she as
man Of loose character, but that ne meant to do
something for her, and that no Injury should come
weeks before his death that heard the rustic OF
wonan's dress, and saw the dress In that house;
Mirez Snow, or Amy Stone and Kate stoddard
while In conversation with him; understood
that THIS MIS- letter was naGsms on aer
that she worked corner OF Broadway and Spring
street; understood that she was person Of fair
met her on the street; she was employed In trim.
ming w0men's hats; about tive weeks before his
sas e mn
son that can imagine that could have induced
him to take his lie; should have secuted the idea
OF his taking his life, even were his financial al
fairs unpromising; his life was not insured, as far
as We know; ne always reposed full confidence In
my once; the morning Or my brothers murder. In
order to assist the detectives, gave them this
letter and al the facts that were IN my possession
points to the press and am sorry that some Of
the gentlemen Of the press took exception to my
course
DR.. Smith called on me March 8, and put the
question to him. "Dr. Smith, did you
,. pERFoEM THE CEREMONY OF MAR RI
piled promptly, 81 never did anything OF the kind;n
my impression is that my brother would not have
spare time; therefore | think he was murdered In
the morning; on the Tuesday morning before the
murder went into the basement OF an adjoining
house and saw there two trunks and articles OF
female apparel; my brother informed me that they
belonged TO woman who was cleaning the houses.
BY Juror-lt occurred to me that she might
have seen some person who personated DR.. Smith
in performing the marriage ceremony; the hands
iound by his side and the pistol by the side Of the
right hand; there was slight indentaticn Of the
form OF the pistol IN the oilcoth when found; the
mark on the0ilclOth might have been made by
smoke from pistol laid down just alter its dis
charge; the pistol belonged to my brother; de-
no explanation at the time; noticed the woman
In the house; George Baker Is gentleman named
Charles Green; it is an assumed name; the day
talked with my brother about the letter he told
ME that that was his brotherin-law brother OF his
friends wffe) this man has since admitted to his
INEz SNOW, ALIAS AMY STONE AND KATE sToDDARD
are enc and the same person: my brother was
aont tsss he e. was ever intoxicated IN his lie;
never heard OF Lucette Armstrong, or MYERS or
Of Roscoe until the detectives informed me OF
Or. A. W. Shepard. who made the post.mortem
examination OF the body OF Charles Goodrich on
then summoned to the stand He testified as to the
examination OF the external wounds found; there
was bullet hole found in the LEFT temple; an:
Oth w a
on the right SIDE Of the head, beneath the scalp;
the brain, but was embedded In the skull;
THE DOCTOR PRODUCED A wITHENED SKULL
lets found for the enlightenment Of the Jurors The
wound in the left temple penetrated the skull and
lodged IN the brain; the skull was OF more than
left temple was singed and the cutcle was burned;
behna tas ght ear tss hair was not sngea 50
lance from the head; the stomach was found to
contain no undgested food; there were ten ounces
OF urine In the bladder in times ofrest the bladder
this is an important point, as II would indicate
that he had been In bed during the night,
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wounds, ali of which were Of character
to give the opinion that they were sustained before
blood found beneath the surface OF these wounds.
We formed the idea from the direction Of perfora-
np the
was in at the time Of receiving those wounds; the
pistol to nnct the wound behind the right ear
must have been fired at some distance from the
head. In order not to SINCE the hair.
(rhe Doctor exhibited the ball which entered at
the left temple and was found on the right side OF
the brain. 1t fitted the chamber Of the weapon ex-
actly)
1T WAS NOT A SUICIDE.
don't think. unless he were more than mortal,
that he could have committed suicide under the
circumstances attending the nature Of the wounds.
Alderman Richardson-If he were more than
mortal he could not have committed suicide.
Uaughter)
The witness took the revolver and placing the
muzzle OF the pistol to the parts OF the head at
which the bullets entered cooked the weapon
three times In succession, which would be neces
sary to innct the wounds. He accounted for the
wound over the right eye by falling against the
mantel piece or by slight blow There were no
marks OF powder on the hand, such as Is generally
found on the hands OF persons who commit suicide
The urine found was not OF that pale color pro-