The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-07-17

| reeelllng PaseenEes SicAsSs.
A FIVE column statement of City Of Wash.
inyton passengers charges that the Ioes Of the
steamer is due TO the criminal cirelessness oil
the officers and crew, and that all jus; baerly
escaped being engulfed. An ocean captain,
. passenger, frequently warned the CHIEF
officer that he was running too far Forth
ward, and advised running a hundred milea
further south, hut the advice was diregarded,
though the second officer conceded in it.
No sight was tiken for several days, noi-
withstanding the vessel was going through q
heavy fog at the rate Of IL or IL knotsan hour
| Had she struck at night size would have gone
down; or had she gone to the right or left
two hundred yards she would have struck
Little Green Island or the reefs, and a fear.
full loss of life would have ensued. The
passengers were mostly chatting or plsyine
cards when, At half past one on Saturday,
the ship went full speed on the Gulf X ,cl
ShoaI. She gave two slight bumps and q
tremendous tremor ran through her. Noons
had the smallest idea where the ship was, and
after the lapse OF half an hour OF terribl,
confusion, firing of guns, fog horn blowing, snt
women and children shreiking, sailor said
II hear human voice." death-like siiepct
followed and soon two brave men, Corne
Iius Swanbury and VIM. Ferguson, who haG
put from shore in q small boat, climbed u,
the side of the ship 1.-THE latter had risen from
a sick bed) and the work ofdisembarking i'm
mediately commenced under their guidance
with three of The second officers at the
gangway Of the hatch with hatche;s in hand
to cut down any who tried TO get INFO ths
boats before the women. Mean while the
humping and scraping OF the s,ern-post and
rudder continued, arousing ie,rs lest the ship
would break into The steerase pa ngers
however, remained remarkably quiet, and
no attempt to rush was made. Some of the
women diplayed great presence of mind and
herui-m, sitting quietly till called upon
to disembark. A young Irish girl
come and asked the n ,rrator whether she
should ever zee Castle Garden at all. On
receiving AN affirmative reply che wrapped
an Ulster cuat around her and gave him q
kiss and descendrd to the small boat al once.
all ON shore, the Germans and Fins gathered
in one group and the Irish emigrants in
another. Ali the neishboring barns and
outhousss were soon occupied and the adj
joining fences coon stripped of rails
and fees built; biscuits we're distributed,
coffee served, and all were happy under a
senre of the great danger escaped. The cabin
ladies' were received into the houses of Mrs.
Sparding and Mrs. Lewis, who, with their
daughters, cared for them like ministering
| Angels. Soon many Of the poor emigrants
were fas, asleep, lying about in barns, on
the beach, and M Ter banks and big rocks.
Col. Parneil, of the United Safes army, was
vsrv prominent in afiording assistance to
the latter, and conducting them to places of
shelter. The ship doctor was al-O very
efiicien: in erecting tents, distributing cor
diais, etc. The CABIN passengers raised sub
scripiion of 500 for the heroes, SwaDbury
and Ferguson, and more will probably
be ,orthc ming. Stores, blankets, beef, bis
cult, etc, were landed all day Sunday and
Monday frem the ship. Ga Mond,y the
ship was [, ind to lie in fifteen feet wafer,
apparently as solid AZ the rock she rested on.
Had she backed Of on first striking she would
probably have sunk IN five minutes. Ten
minutes after striking she began to till and on
Monday h4h fifteen feet of water in her hold.
When the narrator left, the Heighko!hood
people were showing every attention to the
rescued passengers, and there were plenty Of
provisions for all for days TO come. He
closes hi. narrative nv comparing the nav
igation Of the City of Washington TO man
galloplng at breakneck speed through the
darkness, on an unknown turnpike, totally
regardless and Indifferent whether gates were
open or not. Fortunately for us We got
through one gate. the Little Hope Rock,
but Gull X ,ck Shoai gate was unfortunately
closed.
A midnight dispatch from Halifax stats
that the wreck o. the City of Washington
broke IN piece. on Gall Rock Shoals this
morning. The captain, officers aud crew
were on board al the tire, bu. succeeded in
landing safely. The Master L. arrived at
Port Dei,ar las. evening. All the passed.
gers luggage, &c, were put On board in the
night. and the passengers embarked this
morning. The steamer left for Halifax thiI
afternoon, and is not expected there before
10 morrow morning.
THE GOODRICH Mystery soLv1 sd.
New York, July 1.-THE Goodrich mys-
terry has u; iengtt been so,ved. In the trunk
of Kate Soddari, in her former boarding
place, in Brooklyn, were found the
watch and chain, rings, loclet end pocket
book Of the murdered man. The pocket
book containing six dollars, the precise
amount known To have been in ii at the tine
OF assassination a ,our barrelled revolver,
three chambers Of whic! had b, en- discharged,
va. also found IN the trunk. There is no
doubt that Kate Sroddar,i, the woman arr a.
ed, is the murtertss OF Chas. Goodrich, and
il il UNDERSTOOD she has made fall c,nles-
zion.
The death Of Charles Goodrich is no
longer a mystery; he Was shot bv Minnie
Waitham alias Kate S,oidsrd, on the night
of the 2Is, of March. She was arrested on
Tuesday last, and On yesterday made full
con 'es-ion of her guilt to The police authOri-
tie. o. Brooklyn. The search for the muir
derer has been nnreDitiing; not only has
Brooklyn been searched. but New Yors,
Boston, Baltimore, Washing
ton, and a countless nlmber of smaller
places. The primary object OF the search
was Tor the woman S:oddard, but so little
Was known about her personally that at the
there was next 10 ,.oIhing |
to work upon, the photograph represented
Kate IA a pleasant looking blonde Of 80 |
years, with moderately full face, sparkling
eyes, lshtsome complexion and buOyant |
manner, while Kate S'oddard as
arrested WAS thin and emaciated.
Blu, one person who knew her per-
sonally could be found, Miss Mary
Handy, but for more than ak weeks after |
the muir. Ter that person was laid up in a sick
bed. Kate Stoddard WAS met by Miss
Handy in the street on Thursday last Miss
Handy was going 20 New York, and Kate
S,oddard WIS evidently coming from it,
when the meeting, by a, cident. took place.
A soon as she met her Miss Handy recog-
nizei her and followed her till she met a
police officer, who she induced to make the
arrest. 1t became Of the first importance to
learn where she had come from, but this che
declined to reveal. Brooklyn was searched
or house wherein woman had been miss
ing since Thursday morning. This resulted
in the discovery that in house in
High street, between Jay and Bridge, such
. woman had been missing. The woman
left that house was taken TO the station
house and identiii-d Kate As her toar,ler,
md had been living there since April. Her
runks we're seized and opened. and in them
vas discovered the property Of Goodrich, in
,!uding a watch and cha n and a finger ring,
seal and pocket book, with $40 in bills.
,elieved to he the identical money taken
rom the murdered man. In addition to
hese articles revolver was found in the
runk, three chambers Of which were loaded
md three empty. There were three bullets
olnd in GoOdrich's head. Kate cOnfesses
hat the pistol found in her trunk was the
gespon with which she killed Goodrich.
Evarv article of proner,v taken bv her from