The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-07-17
THE GOODRICH MYSTERY UNRAV-
ELED.
Arrest of Kate StoddartI, the BIysterioui
Woman-she makes q full Confession.

on Tuesday last, she yesterday made
/ full confession of guilt to the police
authorities of Brooklyn.
The search for the murderer has
been unremitting. Not only has
! Brooklyn been searched, but New
Y ork, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore
| Washington, and countless number
of smaller places. The primary OBJ
ject of the search being the woman
Stoddard I; but so little was known of
her personally that at the commence
ment there was next to nothing to
work upon. The photograph obtained
represented Kate as a pleasant looking
blonde, of about thirty, with moder-
ately full face, sparkling eyes, light
some expression, and bRoyant man
ner, while Kate Stoddard as arrested
was thin and emaciated, Only one
person who knew her positively could
be found-Miss Mary Handly-but
for more than six weeks after the
murder that person was laid up in
bed sick.
Kate Stoddard was met by Miss
Handy in the street on Tuesday last.
Miss Handy was going to New York
and Kate Stoddard was evidently
coming from it when the meeting by
accident took place. AS soon as she
met her Miss Handy recognized her,
and followed her until she met police
officer, whom she induced to make the
arrest. 1t became of the first impor-
tance to learn where she had come
from. This she declined to reveal.
Brooklyn was searched for a house
whence a woman had been missing
since Tuesday morning. This result
= \ L
High street, between Jay and Bridge,
such woman had been missing. The
woman who kept that house was taken
to the Station house and identified
Kate as her boarder, who had been
living there since April. Her trunks
were seized and opened, and in them
was discovered the property of Good
rich, including watch, chain, fin
ger-ring, a seal, and a pocket-book
with forty dollars i'll bills, believed to
be the identical money from the
murdered man. In addition to these
articles a revolver was found in the
trunk, three of the chambers of
which were loaded and three empty.
There were three bullets found in
GooGrich's head. Kate confesses that
the revolver found in her trunk was
the weapon with which she killed
Goodrich. Every article of property
taken by her from the premises she
seems to have carefully preserved.
s. Since the tragedy she has had ter
rible struggle for life. Working at
turns as sewing girl she made mon
ey enough to buy bread at others she
was obliged to sell her clothes for sus-
tenance, but, curiously enough, while
she was thus at the verge of starvation
she kept the jeWelry and money of her
victim lying untouched in her trunk.
She had two trunks, both of which
were taken possession of In one of
them was found an immense package
of letters from her father and mother
These letters show that her home is at
marlborough, Massachusetts, and
her real name. The letters are care
fully and kindly written, showing the
old people to be full of Eolicitade for
the moral and material welfare of
their daughter. There is nothing at
all to justify the supposition that they
knew anything about the crime. In
addition to these letters from her
parents two were found from Good
rich making arrangements to meet her.
The letters will be read at the inquest
tomorrow.
THE woMAN's CONFESSION.
The following is the statement of
the woman herself to the police
She had been living with Charlie, as
she called the deceased, and was great
| ly attached to him. He wanted to
cast her off, but she loved him so
much that she could not leaYe him.
She entreated him on her knees that
he would allow her to remain 4; but he
was firm, and III tact brutal, in his
treatment of her, and the Thursday
before the Friday on which the body
was found was the day fixed for her
| to leave him, he threatening her with
all sorts of things if she dared to
trouble him further. She had re-
mained i'll the house in DeGraW street
all the previous evening, and in the
morning, when Goodrich got up she
besought him not to cast her off. He
was very angry and refused her re-
quest, or to hear her at all. He then
went into the basement at the front of
| the house, and proceened to light the
Baltimore heater located there,
The murderess says she loved the
man so much that she could'not leave
him. When she saw him determined
to discard her she worked herself up
to murder him, She had one of his
revolVers in her poeket~-not the one
the detectives found lying at the house
beside the eorpse-and while Good
rich was stopping down on one hand
and knee in the act of lighting the
heater, she drew the pistol and ex-
tending her hand toward him, said
"Charlie" He looked up, and
SHE SHOT HIM THREE TIMES,
IL, ko1 = 4.
the post G9OTtenaexamination disclosed.
After she committed the murder on
Thursday morning, she waited all that
day and night in the house, watching
it. On Friday m orning she had oc-
casion to go to New Y York, aud early
that morning she washed the blood
from the murdered man with the towel
which she afterwards Wrung out aud
which was also found damp by the
police. She it was who fixed the
corpse as -itWas discovered; and then
she went over to New York for some
thing or other, and was about to re-
turn to the house on that Friday eve-
ming. She came over the Fulton Fer
ry, and ere she had fairly put her foot
on the street she heard the neWsboys
crying out 4" Extrap % Murder of
OuO
paper, returned to New York, and
the rest is known. She states:
killed him for love. couldn't part
with him." ~ #a.J
A reporter was informed that Kate
Stoddard had attempted to commit
suicide He went to the police author
tiles but they denied any knowledge
of the matter. Coroner Whitehall
said I: "She has not attempted suicide
but there is no doubt she would if op-
,portunity presented. She has begged
and prayed ever since she has been
satisfied her guilt was proven to be
left alone. There is a woman with
her all the time, and on repeated oc-
casions she has made this request,
urging it with tears in her eyes. "Let
me be alone, if only for a few mo-
ments, for God sake," she said, and
asked the woman in charge to take