The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-12
BY TELEG RAP
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
Exclusively tO tho IntellI gGncOr'
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(By the Western Union Line.
Once Northwest cor. Of Main and AonIOO sts)
The Goodrich Murder.
The Mystery Solved.
Kate stoddard the Murder.
ess..-She Makes a Full
Confession.
d. IL ri
Tho Revenge of a Discarded
... Mistress. ..r
''KiIIed Him for Love. "
The Particulars of the Bloody Deed

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The Particulars Of the Bloody Deed
NEW YoRK, July 11.-In the trunk 0
Kate Sloddsrd, at her former boarding
place in Brooklyn, were found the watch
and chain, rings, locket, and pocket.bool
OF tho murdered Goodrich, The pocket
book contained six dollars, the preciSl
sum known to have been in It at the TIME
Of the assassination. "A three.barrel re-
volver, three chambers Of which had beer
discharged, was also found In the trunk
There is no doubt that Kate Stoddard, the
woman arrested, is the murdererotc Q, W
Goodrich. ,Itis understood that she has
made q full confession. 7 - "
PULL PARTICULARS OF THE ARREST.
NEW York, July ll.-The death o.
Charles Goodrich Is no longer q mystery
He was shot by Minnie Waltham Glia'
Kate Stoddard, on tho night Of the Ais
OF March, arrested yesterday. She made
full confession oil her guilt yesterday 10
the police authorities Of Brooklyn.
The search for the murderer has been
untiring. Not only, has Brooklyn been
searched, but New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, and countless
number Of smaller places. The pri-
mary object OF the search was the wo-
man stoddard, but SO little was known
about her personally, that at the com.
mencement there was next to nothing 70
work upon. The photograph obtained,
represented Kate as a pleasant looking
blonde OF thirty, with moderately full
face, sparkling eyes, bllthesome express
sion And buoyant manner, while Kate
Stoddard as arrested was, thinsnd ema.
ciated. One only one person who knew
her positively could be found, Miss Mary
Handley, but for more than six
weeks after the murder that person was
laid up in bed sick. Kate, stoddard was
met by Miss Handley in the street on
Tuesday last. Miss Handley was going
to New York and Kate Stoddard was
evidently coming from it, when the meet
ing by accident took place. As soon as
she met her Miss Handley recognized her
and followed her until until she met a
police officer, whom she induced to make
the arrest. 1t became Of first Importance
10 learn where she had como from. This
she declined to reveal. Brooklyn was
searched for q house whence a woman
had been missing since Tuesday morning.
This resulted in the discovery that In a
house on High street, between Jay and
Bridge, such a woman had be miss
ing. The woman who kept that house
Was taken to tho station house and idend.
tled Kate as her boarder, who had been
living there since April. Her trunks were
seized ard opened, and in them was dis
covered the property Of Goodrich, lnclud'
ing q watch, chain, finger ring, seal, and q
pocket.bOok with forty dollars In bills, be.
iieved to be the Identical money taken
from the murdered man. In addition TO
these articles revolver was found In q
trunk, three Of the chambers Of which
were loaded and three empty. There
were three bullets found In Goodrich's
head. Kate conIesses that the revolver
found in her trunk was the weapon with
which she killed Goodrich. Every .ari'
Gle Of the property taken by her from
the premises she seems to have
carefully preserved. Since the tragedy
she has had q terrible struggle for lille,
working by turns at sewing she made
money enough TO buy bread. At other
times she was compelled to sell her
clothes for suStenAnce, but curlously
enough, while thus at the verge Of star
walton, she kept the jewclry and money Of
her victim lying untouched In her trunk.
She had two trunks, both OF which were
taken possession Of. In one OF them was
found immense package Of letters from
her father and mother. These letters
show that her home Is OF iddleborough,
Mass and her real name Is Walthsm.
The letters are carefully and kindly
written, showing the old people
to be full Of sollcitude for the moral
and material welfare of their daughter.
There Is nothing at all to Justify the sup
position that they know anything about
the crime. In addition to these letters
from her parents, two were found from
Goodrich, making arrangements to meet
her. The letters will be read at the In
quest tomorrow. The following Is the
statement oil the woman herSelt'to the
police, .,
She had been living with Charlie
as she called the deceased, and was great
ly attached to him. BE wanted 70 casI
her of, but she loved him SO much thai
she could leave him. She entreated on
her knees that he would allow hel
to remain, but he was firm and i In fSct
brutal in his treatment other, and on the
Thursday before the Friday on which
the body was found, was the day fixed
for her to leave him, be threatening her
with all sorts Of things II she dared tc
trouble him further, She remained 10
the house on DeGraw street all tho pre-,
vious evening, and ih the morning sht
again besought him not to cast her OF
he was very angry and reluset
her request, or 70 hear her ;At all. HI