The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-12

these letters from her parents, two were
found from Goodrich, making arrange
ments to meet her. The letters will be
read at the inquest to- morrow. The fol
lowing is the statement of the woman
herself to the police She had been
living with Charley as she called
the deceased and was greatly attached
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 re-
main, but he was firm, and in fact brutal
in his treatment of her, and the Thursday
before the Friday on which the body was
found was the day fixed for her to leave
him. He threatened her with all sorts of
things if she dared to trouble him further
She had remained III the house in Degraw
street all of the previous evening, and in
the morning, when Goodrich got up, she
again besought him not to cast her off. He
was very angry and refused her request or
TO hear her at all He then went to the
basement at the front of the house and
proceeded to light the Baltimore heater To-
Gated there The murderess said she
loved the man 50 much that she could not
leave him. When she saw him determin-
ed to discard her she worked herself up to
murder him. She had one of his revolv-
ers in her pocket, not the one which the
detectives found lying at the house beside
the corpse, and while Goodrich was stoOp-
ing down on one hand and knee in the act
of lighting the heater, she drew the pistol
and extending her hand toward him said
Charlie" He looked up, and she shot
him three times. These were the fatal
wounds which the post mortem examlna-
! ton disclosed. After she committed the
murder on Thursday morning, she waited
all that day and night in the house watch
ing it. On Friday morning she had occa-
! sion to 90 to New York, and early that
morning she washed the blood from the
| face of the murdered man with the towel
which she afterwards wrung out and which
was also found damp by the police. She
said it was fixed by the side Of 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 on that Friday
evening she came over on the Fulton ferry
and ere she could fairly put her foot on
the street she heard the newsboys crying
out 'Extra-Murder of Charles Good
rich" She bought a paper, returned to
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states killed him for love. lcould not part
with him" A reporter was informed that
Kate Stoddard had attempted to commit
suicide. He went to the police authori-
ties. but they denied any knowledge of the
matter. Coroner Whitehall however said
she has not attempted suicide, but there
is no doubt she would If any opportunity
was presented She has begged and
prayed ever since she has been satisfied
her guilt was proven, to be left alone.
/ There is a woman with her all the time
and on repeated occasions she has made
this request, urging it with tears in her
eyes, Let me be alone, if only for few
minutes. for Gods sakelP she said and
asked the woman in charge to take pity
on her. This is at the station house,
where she was confined. She will not be
without female attendant watching over
her day and night There are some fea-
lures in the woman's history and her de-
pertinent that seem TO justify the belief
already prevalent III certain quarters tnat
she Is insane.
! In jersey City this afternoon. about
four o clock John Stevenson, Deputy nit
ed States Marshal, was stabbed and killed
by Jacob Mutland, a Russian sailor. The
latter had been arrested by Stevenson as
a deserter from the Russian brig " ella
mo. As the officer was passing the cor
ncr of Hudson and Grand streets. he pris-
oner drew a sheath knife and plunged il
into the officer breast, causing death in a
few minutes He then made attempt to
cut his own throat, but was only partially
successful before being arrested and dis
armed