Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-14
KATE STODDARD
A Poor and Apparently Half
Starved Woman, Thinly and
Miserably Clad.
How She was Arrested-Lueette
dyers's Story The Detective.
Miss Mary Han!ey.

We arrested poor and apparently
lalf-starved woman, the "Kate Stod
lard, or Amy q" who is reported I,
have fouliy murdered Charles Goodrich
10 his residence, in DegTaw street, las
hareh. IDe prisoner is now confined
ia the second precinct statiOnhOuse in
York street, although the officers ther,
stationed deny the fact, and ali the at
tempts on the part OF reporters to Sc,
her are repressed. On the morning
when Hon. w. W. Goodrich found bii
brothers. lifeless body, the detective.
made thorough search Of the premises
and in the drawer Of a bookcase fnunC
letter signed "Amy G. =" in which tn,
writer called Charles Goodrich her bus
band, and begged him not to forsak,
her and their child. The letter was no
addressed to the murdered man. but Wal
the fac SiBl1e of another which haC
been left at the office Of Hon w. w
Goodrich, in New York.
THE DETECTIVES
had this letter and a photograph of the
supposed writer TO guide them in theil
search, but after the unfortunate arrest OF
Lucette Myers the corOners adjourned
the investigation Immediately. Kate
5tOddard was described as a blonde, OF
medium size, with light hair and a
prominent chin and Roman nose.
Charles Green had been engaged to act
as watchman at the Degraw street
houses, and was in the vacant house
with Kate StOddard on the night when
she wrote the letters to the father and
brother Of the murdered man. He de-
scribed her appearance infinitely, but
could not distinguish her from Lueette
Myers when the latter was taken into
custody. Lately, Detective Folk and
Corwin, in the pursuit OF the woman
and her alleged accomplice, Roscoe, met
Mary Hanley, who formerly occupied
furnished apartments with
KATE sTODDARD. IN NEW YORK.
She was at once employed to assist the
and under the guise Of a pris-
Oner was placed in the witness-rOOn in
the RaymOnd-street jail, where Lucette
Myers was detained. After spending
three fruitless days there, she was again
brought into active service, and, il Is
stated, has visited every place in the
country where it was thought at all
likely that Kate StOddard had sought a
She went TO BROOKLYN on
Tuesday to hold an interview with Chief
and was passing out of the
gate at Fulton ferry, when she there
ms t. coming in the opposite direction, q
Pc olly-dressed woman, closely vel ed.
Tie amateur detective at once rccog-
niz her fellow-boarder, Kate otod-
dard, and caught her by the shawl,
with the exclamation, "Katei -
The woman thus assailed attemuted
to pass on, but the detective beck
Oned to Officer Doherty, of the Second
precinct, who took her to the station
house. The officials were doubtful as to
the identity of the woman, while the
female detective boldly declared her
conviction that the prisoner was Kate
StOddard. After futile attempts to elicit
a statement from the prisoner, she was
turned over to
MRS. JANE MULLEN,
who keeps a store opposite the station
house, and who made thorough exam
nation Of her wearing apparel. Mrs.
Mullen stated to a Tribune reporter
that the prisoner was wo-
man of fair and plain features, and evil
iently of the poorer class. Her only
was a plain black dress and
shawl. She appeared worn out and i'll,
and while undergoing the search SAID:
They must have made a mistake. What
nave L done? / have harmed no one"
Nothing whatever was found on her
)ersOn that could serve as a clue, and
he only money consisted of a few pen
lies. There is no official authority for
he statement that Charles Goodrich's
alleged murdeTess is a prisoner, and the
is that within a few days the
authorities will have discovered that
hey have made another false step, and
he woman now under arrest will be
DR.. Reuben Smith, of
Iew York, and Charles Green were
AIKEN to Brooklyn last evening to iden-
ify the prisoner, and, it is stated, failed |
o do so.
LUCETTE MEYERS,
r Mrs. Armstrong, as she prefers to be
allied, was visited last evening by a |
.flbtHoe reporter, andappeared thorough /
Y cOnversant with the circumstances |
ttending the arrest. She said that Miss |
ianley had gone by the Fulton ferry to |
BROOKLYN, and just after leaving the
stopped to pick upsomething
n the ground. On rising she stumbled |
gainst a wretched-looking woman,
ThOm she aceosted as "Kate," and then /
allied to an officer to arrest her. The
ltter, however. at first refused, until in
,rmed that the woman was Kate StOd-
ard. The prisoner was taken to the
scOnd precinct statiOnhouse, and iden-
fed the same evening. When asked
y whom Kate Stoddard had been
lentified, she declined to answer.
Irs. Armstrong said: "This woman,
larry Hanley, has been watching me
II two or three weeks past. l have
zen her follow and pass me in the
rect. She would also come in the
vening and seat herself ON a chair
laced on the stOOp of the house Oppo-
tie the one where l reside, and watch
lie, and she would tell people that she
as watching me. She has been brag-
ing of late that she will catch Roscoe,
ut mark my words, neither she nor her
Employers will ever do it." When asked
neither she had seen
ROSCOE
nee her release, she answered in the
dirmative. She had seen him last
lree or four weeks ago, When asked
neither Roscoe was in the city, she an
vered that he was "nOt far away.r
be described Kate Stoddsrd as a wO-
ian above the average hight, very slim,
ith long and thin Roman nose, and
ith rather pleasant blue eyes. /,
MISS MARY HANLEY, n
Ie captor of Miss StOddard, was.sought /.
T at her residence in this city. She
as not at home, nor expected home :
st night. 1t appears that she returned
Oh her journey on Tuesday, and has
nee had daily consultations with the !
lice authorities of Brooklyn. She is 3
seribed as a rather short and stout
oman, dressed in black. 1t Is evident )
at the police authorities do not believe
at their prisoner is the murderess of
Dodrich, from the fact that last even
g policeman from each precinct was
gagged in visiting the citizens resi-
nees and making the inquiry: "dast
y woman been missing during the
st week ?''