New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-03-29
TIE PRISONERS STORY.

ExrpEME POVERTY OF HER PARENTS-HoW Tie
NEWS OF HER ARREST WAS RECEIVED AT HER
uoNF-TuE EXTENT OF her ACQUAINTANCE
WITH GOODRICH.
Lucetta j. Myers, age 26, the daughter oil
Rphraim aud Jane Hubbe was born in the village Oh
New Milford. Conn. Prom New-Miltord her parents
moved 10 Bridgeport where sister was born' earan
Hubben now aged n years In 1852 the family came 10
York Here the family have since lived, with inc
exception OF an interval Of several months Wheh ney
were driven from the city by tho prevalence
ot cholera Mr.. Hubben supporting his family AZ
the time by keeping large boarding house Ihongh
oompeled TO abandon this business at great
poeupiary sacrifice Mr. Hubbe lost the greater part OF
his means and has never recovered from the
On returning to the city he obtained employment as
common laborer a brick-yard, and for many years
Rfterward with great dlnculty earheu suD0eu' "V"'
90 feed his family.
HIS daughters were taken from school at 10 years OF
age and were kept home help their mother In sew
ing clothing for tailor shops and thus partly earned the
Swn livelihood. The daughters had scarcely reached
yomanhood, when both were married. Lucetta al II
years OF age was married 10 John Armstrong VINO was
employed as detective by private detective hrm' Ihey
had one child william G. Armstrong now aged years.
Husband ana wife lived happily together until 1871
when Armstrong was killed by the accident at New
Hamburg on the Hudson River Railway. SIX months
after Armstrong; death Lucetta married samue Myers
a commercial agent Six months again passed, ana
MYERS died Of Quick consumption. Soon after this mis-
fortune Lucetta obtained work in shirtmahng lac
tory and has since ostensiby earned food for herself
and child in this
Meanwhile another stroke OF misfortune had come
upon the family. The husband Of Sarah HubueH had
also died. leaving her destitute, with boy three years
old 10 support At the beginning Of the present Winter
the parents went 10 Bridgeport and there hVed lor
several months in very miserable manner receiving
nd
destitute daughters, who were at work IN New
York In February the parents received letter from
Ineetta asking them to come TO New-York, and i've
with her and her sister at No. Is Santonst AS they
were almost starving in Bridgeport this invitation was
gladly accepted, and the entire family were soon
again together in one home. week after the arrival
of her parents Lucetta lost her situation in the SHIRT
making factory, and for fortnight could not OBTAIN
work The family, as a consequence, were unable 10
nav their rent and driven out OF the house by the
landlord
Lneeta secured four rooms the topoor Of the four
story building No &C RvingtoD-st, March J. and there
the family have since resided About the time OF the
removal Lucetta obtained employment IN the shirt
making shop Of Jacob Levy at No u Orchards There
10y work of the hardest kind, she could only earn be-
tween s. aud 81 a week. Soon after moving lhto
the house in RivingtOnst. her sister was
thrown out OF employment and deprived OF
this assistance could not herself support the family
The family starved and rent Of the rooms could not
be paid Lucetta gave up two Of the rooms and the
entire family of six persons have since Lived 10 the other
two roOms That at least food might DO earned during
the past fortnight Lucetta brought home with her from
The shirt factory large quantities Of material to be made
No and with her mother and sister worked long INTO he
night earning money in this hard way.
on Thursday night 10 the great surprise and alarm OF
the family Lucetta did not come home. Mr.. Hubbeu
went TO the shirt factory OF Mr. Levy, and there
formed his daughter had been arrested Returning
home be did not tell his wife the sad news Mrs Hub
bell could not sleep from anxiety and remained awake.
About O'Clock she was startled by hearing loud knock
At the door. Arising she dressed herself, and
onened the door Outside were two men, who
eepped into the room and said that they were detect
ives and that they had search the room They
then told her 70 her horror that Lucetta had been
arrested by the Brooklyn police and was suspected OF
being concerned IN the murder OF Charles Goodrlch'
The detectives then proceeded TO search the ROOM They
opeped Lucetas trunk, examined its contents, looked
into the cupbOards. all the tables, and
even turned over the paythings OF the children IN
basket Everything in the room was thus SUBJECTED 10
an examination, but apparently the detectives 1ouhd
nothing 70 reward their search A photograph OF Luz
etta was eagerly seized upon and examined but was
not taken away The detectives, upon leaving the room,
an reply 10 her anxious inquiries told Mrs Hubbel that
nor daughter would probably be released on the follow
ing day and would then return home
The apartments Of the prisoners relatives were visited
Nv TRIRsE re porter Yesterday. The quite
su6lar 10 the kitchen OF England farmers house
of the humber type. wellswept ragcarpet covered
The floor and PLAN deal chairs were scattered here ana
there The center OF the was occupied by small
pin-v wood table at the moment concealed beneath the
white expanse Of scrupulOusy clean tablecloth, itself
dotted here aud there with shining Chinaware In one
corper OF the room cooking-stove brilliant Wild
,osb ppo the lids of which steamed aud pulled large
brass kettle. .
In regard 10 her daughters private life, Mrs Hubbel
id tbt until the night before she had not known that
Incetta had any life beyond that visible to those at
nome sbe believed that her daughter would not do
wrong and had not harmed Mr.. Goodrich She had
,card her daughter speak two or three times OF Mr.
odrcb long before the murder, and had supposed mat
,e deceased was merely friend whom Lncetta oeea-
opally mel in going through the streets. On saturday
i,st her daughter was reading newspaper When she
,.d.,eply dropped IL and said, ooh my' Chariey
t;.ocrich has been shot" Her daughter said nothng
,,ye and sotn went away work. In the evening as
I daughter was sewing she herself took up the paper
and mead the account Of the murder After she mao Teao
,e narrative through abe turned TO her daugntef Anu
"a. - Lucetfa think that most absurd idea Oh tDo
.e,coiIyos that Goodrich committed suicide NO man.
,nk could shoot himself through the bead Win ply
tI three times in succession. DO yOuF Der daughter
otd not reply TO this question, and the coDSetss"0
iron that subject then abandoned
yrle tho family lived In StaDtonEL Lucetts mao oiIen
eiVed visitors ia used as parior, ana Vle VIE
,rs were not known 70 the rest OF the family eDe'
oweveT was good girl, and never TO their EDoWieuRo
,,ad remained away from home night hrs' huDDep
erv postsiye as TO her daughters always being ut
,one at night aud said that ft would have been lmpoS
80 70, Iueetts 10 remain away night and The ab'
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