, 1873-08-23

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Special Di.pateh 10 Tbs Chicago Tribune.
New YonK, Aug. 22.-Heayy dofalcations havo
occurred in tho Now Jorpoy Central Railrond.
~. A1psl. aes.,.s." 90 W .as ,aa. e,ss, .s ~.
the doialcatlon haa neeh going Oh ZOE
yoars through alterations IN tho phy
rolls, and that tho amount Of tho
uonz @ tho % pay1nnater. % ntutcd TINT it would not
' o1eooa s15o.soo. Tho dofauitora aro v. 4.
Ohamplin, dispatch, and Augustus Stuart, shop
1,"ra sInco 1aea svstomot,callv i1ofron;1oa tin
$500, 1919 r,.aaa .u' ,"raaaa - on+oora 1,axo
company. !nose persona' " nppoass, n"so
been IN tho habit OF signing hcsitiona
services, and certified by them OH cially as cor
root. Tho amount Of fraud ia variously estf-
mated from $4,000 to 81, ,O00, goo. Persons not
directly Interested In tho management Of tue
Of The Road has been Investigating tho matter.
It is alleged that It has Boon compromised
by tho payment Of q certain amount Of money
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For some days past rumors have boon current
in noline o;ro]oa in nrookyn md this citv to tho
ofYeet Tint The confoasIon somo time ago
mt forth by Commiasioner Jourdan aid
6hiof Of Police Campbell, as that Of
doE as1 Of % oberlos GOODWILL I March 2o 1s7s, was
in wSo1e or in mt fiotit}ouss OF course. no
nositivo evidence os ita fnls;tv cau ho had atnco
pomn poraf ~ t1can Cho boar, hcr ~ atatcmanta viii
Voluntarily admit having mIeroprosoutcd thom !:
hv hvt thore Il amnio nogatyn teatimonV roinr to
show tint thc woman nsyor confossed to boiup
tIo 1ho" +rncinai n tha commissinn ~
Tia crime. and that yho really
renresonted hoscoe to bo tho murderer, Now
Katc G stod1ard ' wns m m invention Of tho polico,
mt forth to t1eu1e HoHcoe. in The bolof that iii
viii tbo atrair. In CONFEDERATION OF tho ory that
nroat eno npny % orious faets and ineonsiatoneas in
sstntcmcnts nro oited. In the confession. tlo
murder in stated to hnyo occurred on Thursday
morning. March al. Tho Testimony showed TINT
nn.ason o19a5 gs : alive Ss H. nn ,ea Sso Ts Eh
murder according to Kate Btoddard's
supposed confession. to de1ude Roscoe into tho
idea that ho could, II arrested at all, provo m
alibi. There is not particle of proof that tho
tho atatemont Of tho Chief Of Police,
aa published. and this ho has Bnce
sworn ho mover mado Tho first
statement to tho public was by Commissioner
III
stances Of tho murder except to promise that
Kate Stoddard would uo1t day go On tho stand
and make public confession. Next day
tic Commissioner sworo ho Ind no
communication Whnteyer with tho nl-
legged murdoreas. 4 statement purporting to
be from the Uhief Of Police was published, in
| which Kate stoddard WIS represented as dotal-
Ing to him how sho committed tho murder when
sss G 1ass s aGSa,s 5 1s q 1 9afa ed S mSF9 o fo 1
sworo m he had mado no such statement aB pub
lished. He declined to tell what Kate Bsoddard
hnd said to him, md said only that she had told
how Goodrich had come to bis death. In the
gae'ga gbe Sned s3s asooareh % wth bis own psto L
was proved on tho inquest noxt dny
that the weapon used was Roucoes.
tact WAS made public. Bho WAS to be kept hid
don until Roscoe conld be captured. Tie pre-
mature publication Of tho faot Of the arEost CON.
ocontesalon. It was asserted TINT the
womau had confessed her guilt, and was
flllod with renorse. and attempted suicide. Mrs,
Jane Mullen, the woman who searched her the
dny Bho was arrested states that sho insisted that
ss Id aoas nothing criminal M and d. va.
% ,noraa. At the inauest ale behayed With singular
c loyity. Commissioner Jouraan, On being asked Il
Roscoe waa implicated with Bsoddard, declined
to snswer. Lucotto Meyers, on boing asked at
clned. on the ground that it might defeat tho
ends Of Justice; TINT Roscoe and Goodrich had
mat and were enemies, il waA proved BY tho
tost;mony Of Moyors that thew lad ouarrelod
at hor houso. fhe woman detective Mary
Handy, admitted that aho was employed to no.
euro lie arrest Of Roscoe. Mrs. Meyers has, on
two two Or three occasions, voholnonfly doclarod
that tho police should novor capture
| 1oscoe. yot it was Bho who flrnt ac-
cmsaI % ROSCOE, and it is known TINT
she il in the employment Of tho police to dotoct
him. Finally, although tic woman Kato stod-
dard has boen in custody over ono month and
haif sho has not been indicted. Tho theory Of
HthnA' tho murder now advanced is as follows !:
Gnodrinh accordipe to this theory, pass
cd Thursday until o'clock at night
| ~ ,1a hnnua n Tucntte Mevera m tlie woman
~ i',s sN at.tnd tn tha nnlice IN leaving her 10
nas rsctv bomo @ pnd vas aeon on bs cars v
Me,,no ncl,nrdson nbot 1f o'clock. IN roaol1
}yuaos and sntoT;nr Tia honsn Ee fomnd
sent6 et66adsr1 an Tia 9atreaa and hor ioyer
Pnacna tho spnniard. i,ucotte Neyors Ind
;st.ot,,,co5 Tota Standard tn noscoo, and aha
~ t,oa anSaaoI IN m ;nr;nno ,rtb lin M
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