The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-14
Narrow Escape of a Policeman from,
Sharing G0odrich's Fate.
Singular Eccentricitics and Insane Ideas Of
the MurdcreSs.
Her Intense Love for the Deceased-HOw
She Felt when She Found That
She Had Been Betrayed
and Cast on.
Her DemeanOr at the Chapel
Yesterday.

"wtn they hang herr"
"Hang herI No. l hardly think q jury could be
found to hang her."
''She committed the crime, and the penalty Of
murder in the first degree is death"
"Yes, that's very true, but her case Is peculiar"
Every peculiar, l admit; but, nevertheless 1t
was murder"
'sWell, the circumstances surrounding the kill.
ing of Goodrich and the cause leading to It make
the case remarkable one. and have the effect Of
course, OF exciting the sympathy Of all who have
any sympathy in their nature"
eyes, see the sympathy is already manifesting
itself in her behalf None Of the witnesses at the
inquest appeared to have any desire to say any
thing which would be likely to injure her."
"There Is another thing which will, no doubt,
excite the sympathy Of the jury, and that is her
evident insanity"
'That may only be assumed for effect"
"Oh, no; she did things after the murder and
before she was arrested that no sane woman
would do, and all that will be brought out on the
trial"
This dialogue which was overheard by the
writer perhaps the very best illustration OF the
idea which the community have OF the taking on of
Goodri0n and the young woman whom he betrayed
and who Is now confined in the Raymond Street Jail
AWAITING HER TRIAL,
for IL occurred between two disinerested citizens.
The case has from first to last caused the most
intense excitement in the community, and the
capture at last OF the longsought-for "Kate Stod-
dardn has had the effect Of reviving that excite
ment to the most intense pitch. Proba-
bly, the principal actress IN the whole
AFFAIR is at the present time the most
Indifferent. II such is not the case then her &C
lions belle her feelings. To those who have care
fully observed her there appears to be nothing as
On ner ~ ana nSw iaas sne mas
ent as to her fate.
Nothing particular has been said to her in re.
gard to her trial and the probable result, but IN
desultory conversation she abruptly remarked
that she was Indifferent In regard to the trial In
the Court; what most concerned her was
1.-THE OTHER TRIBUNAL BEFORE GOD"
''There Is" said she ''that great tribunal before
God, and my only hope is IN Cod" she, she is very
peculiar brilliancy when speaking upon any sub
Ject. She is very visionary in her ideas, and does
not seem TO have the power OF keeping her mind
down to the sober and stern realities OF life. In
conversation with her person could not fail to
tellect but 1t would also soon become apparent
that her mind frequently drtfted from the channel
Had she been at ali ike any other woman, after
committing the murder, she would have taken
every precauton to have hid herself from the pos
sbility or recognition. She knew there were per-
sons whe knew her; that she had been seen In the
company OF the deceased; that she was known in
the 'I occupation she followed were known to the
police and that they were constantly on the alert
for her knowing all this she quietly tooE up her
and with no attempt to disguise hersel.
She went to and fro from Brooklyn to New York to
on every corner. She did not even take the pre-
caution Of covering her face with VEIL Had she
been like other women she would have put the
FAR BEYOND THE REACH OF SEIZURE;
but no, she chung to them apparently as sweet
jeweiry stores were being ransacked throughout
the city by the authorities for Goodrichs
watch and other her Wn se hsS Ssn
Boston. Baltimore, Washington and every other
large city in the United States was being searched,
OF Brooklyn, attending Beecher's church on Sun.
days, ana acting in the most guiltless manner 1t
to te ne Ee an
ing at her heart, for in the lew months between the
tragedy and her arrest she underwent remarkable
her eyes had q vacant stare in them. She may
| have been graceful in her movements once. but
a aona n Ike piece Of machinery At the present
time she acts as If load had been lifted from her
mind, and IL is with great dniculty that she can
be restrained by her counsel from telling everybody
| ali about herself and her betrayer. Those who
| have conversed with her are Of the opinion that
Is ner ner ns
however, she Ii quite clear for Chief Campbell ad-
mitscd on the inquest that she had told him all the
| circumstances OF the case. She explained how
Charley" as she calls him. cruelty and heartessly
cast her or and he offered her S. and told her to
She loved him intensely and she could not bear to
| be cast on In this unfeehng manner.
HER BRAIN WAS IN wHIRI,
! and on her knees she begged him to recall his
Il win perhaps be remembered that Kate was
the legitimate wife Of Goodrich. There was q
marriage ceremony performed, but he told her
would be r sep 20 ok keep sa S
father and brother would probably prevent him HON
getting some money which he expected. In &C
until finally, like an orange which had been
sucked, he cast her on as ne would the rind. She
daily In New YORK. ,s and on returning
home she had. one bleak March night she found
there was no admission TOR her. She was told by Q
could not enter the house and that her effects
would be found In one OF the new buildings door
as soa sr cns
There were several panes OF glass out Of the win
pscs sSe nSw aid not Know Charles Green the
bogus wstchman, followed her in and watched her
contained the naT Am p dreaming, Car
il be that Charley, whom loved 30 devotedly
would cast me on and turn me In the street like Z
paupper' on heaven can retain my sensesi
Green said in his examination before the Coro
that Re really ta0us tne es poor ~
terrible state. He afraid she would set IRE tx
| the place and had he not been there he had M
doubt but she would. She even seized hold Of tht
water pipes and tried to tear them out, and h
| with difYlculty restrained her. Finally she took
seat upon her trunk in that cold, cherries
room, took out her portfolio and indites
father. which she signed "Amy g." In which sh'
says, 'My heart is completely broken to love ant
struggle on alone have got to 90, and l eanno
and had not the slightest idea that Charley woult
| ever treat me IN this manner. followed the maj
| into the house and saw all my things thrown upoI
| the moor. II seems like some dreadful nightmare
Tomorrow IL the Sabbath, and where win stay O
what viii dot have no friends" 40.
| spent the night, watched by the bogus watchmal
Green who said they nearly froze to death.
| Commissioner Jourdan and the Coroner though
| that Kate should have counsel TO represent her
z-en &C the inquest and ct their earnest reques
Corporation Counsel Dewitt agreed 70 ao& for tn
present. He mas not consented, e. yet TO defen