Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-07-17

so foully wronged, has been about the
sole topic of both this city and Brook
lyn to-day. All the details are canvas
sed and read with the greatest avidity by
the whole public.
NEW THEORY OF THE MURDER
There is a misconception as to the
time when the murder was committed.
The facts are that Kate Stoddard killed
Goodrich on Thursday morning, but af-
ter doing the deed she went to her work
as usual, but before going washed his
face, put the blood which oozed from
the wound on the left lateral lobe of
the brain in a cup and laid him out
straight on the fl Dor At night she re-
turned from work as usual, but fearing
the deed might have been discovered
during her absence, she purchased an
evening paper at Fulton Ferry, to learn
the result. Seeing nothing about the
murder in it, she became convinced that
no one had been in the house, and she
went up to it as in other days. lie lay
upon the floor, stark and stiff as she had
left him in the morning. After bending
over him for while, and arranging his
hair, it occurred to her to dress him and
lay him out in more orderly style. Act
ing upon this thought, she procured
clean shirt and a collar from one Of the
closets at hand, and these she put on
him. This done, she again Strengthened
him out, put his arms on his breast,
placing slippers on his feet and put the
newspaper which she had purchased and
a pair of boots under his head. In this
manner he lay until decOmposed When
the detectives entered the house they
| came to the conclusion that the murder
must have been committed after the is
sue of the paper on Thursday night, be-
! cause of the copy found under his head,
/ but that this conclusion was not justified
by facts appears by Hates statement
! that she had bought it on her way home
from work and placed tin that position.
After
SITTING BESIDE THE BODY ALL NIGHT
she went to work in the morning as on
the previous day, but recognizing the in
creased possibility of discovery she now
took his watch, chain and other effects
with her, so that in case flight became
a necessity, she could have the where
withal to pay her expenses. Despite the
immense risk, however she went about
her business as usual that day and came
back to Brooklyn in the evening.
THERE WAS A FASCINATION
about the dead body which she could
not resist, and according to her own con-
fession she saw the danger of continued
presence in the house, but she felt i'm
pelled to go to it by power beyond hel
control. On arriving at Fulton Ferry,
however. she was startled by hearing
the BOYS calling "Extra-Murder ,oi
Charles Goodrich. Preserving her self
control, however, she walked calmly uF
to the first newsstand, and in the pres,
enee of a policeman, purchased one o
the papers Opening it, to her horror,
the first paragraph that took her eye was
one describing her own personal appear
ance and ta vi
coNNECTING HEB WITH TIE AssAssINA
TON. as sa
If set forth the fact that early OF
Thursday morning woman OF medium
height with green veil over her face
and wrapped in waterproof cloak mac
been seen to leave the house. She wa
the woman, and over her face at I'd
moment she purchased this paper wa
the identica veil referred to- ~Phe Pc
liceman did not notice. her, and she wa
not long in determining what course U
pursue. Abandoning all idea OF. re
naming in Brooklyn she retraced he
steps to New York, took a car to Forty
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