Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-07-14
The ceeSrsrh Tragedy.

The Goodrich Tragedy.
GUlLT OF KATK sTonnARp--A LocKET FfLIHD
WITH I'VE BLOOD OF THE vicrN-THE PLkA
oF IUkACN.
The .bqae,t in the case Of Kate sso.idard for
the murder OF Charles Goodrich vas completed
IN bIccklyn, n. v, Saturday, and the Sury re-
turned the following verdict:-'swe find that
shot wounds in the head, inflicted By ISEie
Lloyd King, alias Kate StoddArd, with Intent 10
cause death, on the evening Of the aeth OF morn
house In Desrav street, Brcokyn."
In answer 70 the usual questions nom the cor
9per, the prisoner sad her name vas Lime
was born IN Plymouth, Mas; that she was .
bonnet maker, but declined % say an ything in
relation 20 the charge against her, She was
taken to TIE jail By the sherIf
TIRE BLOOD IN TEE LocErr
"A brooklyn afternoon paper says Kats told
the chief OF police Of that city that che had the
locket, which Was opened and found 10 contain
the inscription "Done Thursdxy, March 2lst,
ls&, That she said put "a there . lev days
circumstance about this locket IL IL very
large, almost the sire OF . watch, and when the
ehlei ss. u trst he thought possibly was
hand 10 him. With this request she xas at
nrst 10th TO comply, hut seeing that resistance
was useless she passed IL over. ON receiving Il
be careful :" she said; there IL a mineral in
that which don't want 70 lose" Despite the
utmost care, however, a little portion Of the
this, 20 the chiefs surprise, she picked M
promptly, put In her mouth. and swallowed
" " hat did you do that for 2" said the chief
is Charles Goodrich s blood, !" and sure enough.
upon q closer examination, the locket Was foun
TO be filled with CONCEALED blood. A few ques
tons elected the fact that on leaving Good
rich's house, on Friday morning, she had taken
away with her other articles q cupfull of blood
which had oozed from the left lateral lobe
the brain. This blood concealed she had been
eating little OF every day since the time Of the
tragedy till the time OF her capture.
This story lie almost incredible, but the por-
ton I'm the locket and the disposition Of the part
that fell gives Il credit In addition, however,
TO any specific testimony. her widest behavior
becomes credible when the fact Is known that
she was six years ago a lunstic, and was an in
mate Of a lunatic asylum, and that the insanity
ives brought on by dissppointment In love.
TIE LUNACY QUESTION.
1t was reported IN Brooklyn that Kate Stod
dard, who Is still confined in the captains room
a. the police station, had attempted to commit
suicide. There IL = woman in the room with
her to see that she does not carry out her threat
sufci, nj to save her lite II she lie kept confined
there much longer. She very restless
Friday evening after hearing that the police
had captured her trunk and taken possession of
Goodrich's property. Once or twice she begged 20
be left alone in the ROOM but the request MAS not
granted. Some say that she Is already insane,
about; q hers that she is only feigning insanity
under the advice of counsel who have long since
been retained 10 defend her.
THE MOCK MARRIAGE.
The original clue TO the murder was a letter
signed by Amy s., and received by the Hon. W.
W. Goodrich, brother OF the murdered man,
February 10th, 1873, in which the writer (Kate
Stoddard) recites the fact that she had been
living with Charles Goodrich, unknown 10
others, for year, that she was married 70 him,
but that she had found out the marriage was a
mock one, and that a month before their baby
was born, but that now he had turned her out
| of the house, and her heart was completely.
! broken. She also complains Of being destitute.
| The letter was written when, as she describes,
| her hands were so cold that she could hardly
hold pen, and, as an evidence of her fOrtltude
IL is stated that there is not an erasure in it, IL
| is written evidently by an educated woman.
| She is said 20 be highly accomplished, and at
one time was very beautiful. In her room at
the house in which her trunks were found she
had piano, which she had purchased on the
instalment plan, which was removed 70 where
she Was temporarily lodged, where she killed
time by drumming "Old Folks at Home ="
Captain jerks" and other airs.
TRUTH STRANGER THAN FICTION.
The Brooklyn Eagle says, editorially -
"Surely truth is stranger than fiction. Here In
Brooklyn, in High street, ever since the crime,
has been boarding this Kate Stoddard. In her
trunk are found all the missing effects of the
late Charles Goodrich-his letters, his watch
his pocket-book, and the revolver, Just lacking
the three charges that were emptied into IA is
brain.n