The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-07-22
A Mystery Solved.

Our readers will remember the fact that
man named Charles Goodrich was found
murdered last winter in his house at Brook.
lyn, and that up to last week, the murder
er had not been discovered. 1t now seems
that the murder was committed by a wom-
an named Kate Stoddart, who was kept by
Goodrich, and who has been arrested. She
makes the following statement
''She had been living with Charlie as
she called the deceased, and was greatly at
tached to him. He wanted to cast her off,
but she loved him so much that she could
not leave him. She entreated on her knees
that he would allow her to remain, but he
was firm, and, in fact, brutal in his treat
ment of her, and the Thursday before the
Friday on which the body was found, was
fixed for her to leave him, he threatening
her with all sorts of things if she dared to
trouble him further. She had remained in
the house in Degraw street all the previous
evening, and in the morning, when Good
rich got up, she again besought him not to
cast her off He was very angry and re-
fused her request or to hear her at ALL
He then went into the basement at the
front of the house, and proceeded to light
the heater which was located there. She
loved the man so much that she could not
leave him, and that when she saw him de-
termined to discard her she worked herself
up to murder him. She had one of his re-
vovers in her pocket mot the one which
the detectives found lying at the house be-
side the corpse), and while Goodrich was
STOPPING down on one hand and knee in the
act of lighting the heater, she drew the
pistol, and extending her hand toward him,
shouted, Charlie ? He looked up and she
shot him three times These were the fatal
wounds which the post-mortem examina-
tion disclosed After she committed the
murder on Thursday morning, she waited
all that day and night in the house, watch
ing it. Friday morning she had occasion
to go to New York, and early on that
morning she washed the blood from the
face of the murdered man with a towel
which she afterwards wrung out, and which
was also found damp by the police. She
fixed the corpse as it was discovered, and
when she had done this she went over to
New York for something or other, and was
about to return to the house that Friday
evening. She came over Fulton Ferry, and
ere she had fairly put her foot ON the street
she heard the newsboys crying out " ex-
ira, murder of Charles Goodrich p
In regard to the efforts of the detectives,
Commissioner Jourdan made the following
statement
Ever since the murder of Mr.. Charles
Goodrich, the police have been making GER
tain efforts to obtain a clew to the guilty
parties, and they have at all times done the
best they could. Up to the present date
they have never relaxed for one moment
their search for the person who was believ-
ed to have committed the crime. Brook
lyn has been secured, as we'll as Philadel-
phia, Boston and other cities, and every
clew which could be obtained has been
worked up from the very start. They felt
compelled, from the nature of the case, to
leave nothing undone. We employed Sc
cret agents Of both sexes, which is some
times necessary in cases of this kind. /
have had photograph of Kate stoddard
in my possession, and if you should see this
woman you would soc how difficult It would
be to recognize her from that picture
(The Commissioner then exhibited the orr
ginal picture, which was taken on glass,
and from which he had photograph cards
taken.) This does not look at all like the
woman now. This picture indicates the
woman in flcshy condition and she now is
almost skeleton, and that makes a mark