Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1873-04-03
General News.
The True Murderer Of Goodrich Said TO be
known.
NEW YORK. March -.

known.
NEW YORK. March -.
/ The Brooklyn Chief OF Police stated to-
/ day that the public would be satisfied with
! the work of detectives in the Goodrich
murder. when all i known that there are
I three women in the case, and that Mrs
I Myers j. not the woman who was seen to
/ visit GoodrIch's house. The mother of
I the latter asserts positively. she was at
| home on the night OF the murder, and she
| will probably be held only as witness.
| NEW YORK. March 30.
/ The Mercury to-day publishes a letter
| from Baltimore, which says the police Of
| that city are in search of a Spaniard nam
/ cd Roscoe. the alleged murderer of Chas.
/ Goodrich i'll Brooklyn. and the lover OF
| Lucette J. Myers. now under arrest. On
I receipt of the letter a Mercury reporter
visited the father of Lucette. and he said
he remembered Spanlard who frequently
! called 10 see his daughter. but had not
| called since they came TO reside in Rivng-
| ton street. The Mercury then gives the
| following story concering the main actors
in the tragedy and the murder =
Before becoming acquainted with Good
rich, Lucette was intimate with the Span
| lard Roscoe. but finding Goodrich was pos
sessed of ample means and that his aSser-
tons OF owning houses in Brooklyn We're
correct. she forsook Roscoe for him. When
her people moved from Stanton street, she
changed her workshop and strove TO hide
her whereabouts from the Spaniard. She
gave a wrong address on employing with
Mrs. Levy, and charged those in the place
to deny her presence should any one call
for her there. That the Spaniard was cog
infant of her preference for Goodrich. and
jealous of the favored lover. is shown BY
dispute they had in her house, and To save
him from Roscoe she thrust him into
another room. After removing to Riving-
ton street. Roscoe was at first unable to
find Lucette. but ultimately discovered her
and the intimacy which existed between
her and Goodrich. Thursday night he
watched him as he started for Brooklyn
and tracked her to GOOdrich's house in
Degraw street. He sought for a way to
enter. ana after repeatedly traversing va
cant lots at the Sear of the houses he
climbed over the fence, obtained an en-
trance TO the building BY the back-base-
ment. lifting the latch with the jack-kmfe
found on the floor. When in the house he
closed the shutters and went to the room
in which were Goodrich and Lucette.
Dashiug in, the startled pair leaped from
bed and sought to escape from the room.
Goodrich and Roscoe closed i'm struggle.
when the former broke loose and ran down
stairs, followed by the latter. who had
meantime secured a pistol. On reaching
the basement Roscoe fired at Goodrich,
shooting him in the temple. and as he lay
on the floor placed the pistol behind his
ear, discharging two more shots. Taking
the valuables missing from the PROSTATE
body Roscoe told the woman all he had
done, and the necessity for him to flee,
saying he would go to Baltimore. When
the woman recovered from fright she
sought to conceal the tradgedy and arrang-
ed the body as found. locking the doors
and throwing the keys of the basement in
to basket and then left for New York in
the early morning.
The Mercury adds that the woman de-
tailed to the Chief of Police, Campbell, a
full history of the murder and every par
ticuIar connected with it also that District
Attorney Buston. when asked II the state
ments in the Baltimore letter were correct.
answered. Il believe it is; yes, that it t." |