Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-12
Arrest Of Minnie Waltham, alias
Kate StOddard, the Murderer
of Charles Goodrich,
of Brooklyn.
How and Where Arrested-She is
Recognized by an Old Com
panlOD, and Given In
Charge Of a PO.
liceman,
Her COnfessiOn-HOw she Killed
her Victim Where she has
Lived Since-Insanity
Plea Again.

Plea Again.
g New YORK, July 1.-THE death
y Charles Goodrich is no longer myi
S terry. He was shot by Minnie Walthan
= alias Kate Stoddard, on the night {
the twenty-first of March. She was al
2 rested on Tuesday last. She yesterda
: made a full confession of her guilt {
2 the police authorities of Brooklyn. TIL
; search for the murderer has been unre
: mitting. Not only has Brooklyn bee
3 searched, but New York, Philadelphia
= Boston, Baltimore, Washington and
: countless number of smaller places. Th
] primary object of the search was for tn
} woman Stoddard, but so little wa
known about her personally that at th
! commencement Of the search there wa
next to nothing to work upon. TIL
photograph obtained represented Kat,
as a pleasant-looking blonde of abou
thirty years, with full face, sparklin.
, eyes, lithesome expression and buoyan
manner, while Kate Stoddard. as ar
rested, is thin and emaciated. Only on,
person who knew her positively coulC
be found, 7tLkIt
MISS MARY HANDLEY.
But for more than six weeks after III.
murder, that person was laid up in bed
sick. Kate Stoddard was met by Mis-,
Handley in the street, on Tuesday last
Miss Handley was going to New York.
and Kate Stoddard was evidently com.
ing from there, when a meeting by acci-
dent took place. AS soon as she met
her, Miss 6andley recognized her, and
followed her until she met police off.
Ger, whom she induced to make
THE ARREST.
1t became of the first Importance 10
learn where she had come from. This
she declined to reveal. Brooklyn was
searched for house whence a woman
had been missing since Tuesday morn
ing. This resulted in the discovery that
in house in High street, between Law
ami Bridge, such a woman had been
missing. The woman who kept that
| house was taken to the stationhouse, and
| identified Kate as her boarder, and had
been living there since April. Her
| trunks were seized and opened, and in
them was found the property of Good
| rich, including a watch and chain. a
| finger-ring, seal, and a pocketbook
with forty dollars in bills, believed to be
the identical money taken from the
murdered man. In addition to these
articles, a revolver was found in her
trunk, three chambers of which were
loaded and three empty. There were
three bullets found in GOodrich's head.
KATE CoNFEssEs
that the revolver found in her trunk was
the weapon with which she killed Good
rich. Every article of property taken
by her from the premises she seems to
have carefully preserved. Since the
tragedy she has had a terrible struggle
for life, working at times as sewing-girl
70 make money enough TO buy bread.
and at others she was compelled to sell
her clothes for sustenance; but, curiously
enough, while thus at the verge of starv-
alton, she kept the jewelFy aud 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 an immense
package Of letters from her father and
mother. These letters show that her
home is at Middleborough, Massachu-
sets, and also reveal her real name.
The letters are carefully and kindly
written, showing the old people to be full
of solicitude for the moral and material
welfare of their daughter. There Il
nothing at all to justify the supposition
that they. knew anything about the
crime. In addition to these letters from
her parents, two were found from Good
rich, making arrangements to meet her.
The letters are to be read at the inquest
tomorrow. The following is the
OF THE WOMAN HERSELF
to the police. She had been living with |
as she called the deceased, and |
was greatly attached to him. Hel
wanted to cast her off, but she loved him |
so much that she could not leave him. |
she entreated him on her knees that he |
would allow her to remain. but he was |
firm and in fact brutal in his treatment |
Of her. The Thursday before the Fri |
day on which his body was found was |
the day fixed for her to leave him, and |
be threatened her with all sorts of things |
if she dared to trouble him further. She |
had remained in the house in DeGraw |
street all the previous evening, and in |
the morning when Goodrich got I'D she /
again besougbt him not to cast her off. |
He was very angry and refused her re-
quest or to near her at all. He then
went iEto the basement, at the front of
the house, and proceeded to light the
Baltimore heater located there. The
murderess says
SHE LOVED THE MAN
so much she could notleave him. When
she saw him determined to discard her,
;he worked herself up to murder him.
She had one OF his revolvers in her
one which the detectives
ound lying at the house beside the
'orpse-and while Goodrich was stoon-
lct of lighting the heater, she drew the
pistol, and extending her hand toward
him, said: "Charlie?n He looked no
ma she shot him three times. These
we're the fatal wounds which the post
l1OTtenl examination disclosed. After
SHE COMMITTED THE MURDER,
20 Thursday morning, she waited all
hat day and night watching. On Fri
lay morning she had occasion to go to
New York, and, early that morning,
he washed the blood from the face of
he murdered man with the towel which
he afterward wrung out, and which
vas also found damp by the police. She
t was who fixed the corpse as it was
discovered. When she had done this, {
he went over to New York for some
hing or other, and was about to return ;
o the house. On that Friday evening {
he came over the Fulton ferry, and ere
he had fairly put her foot on the street, [
he heard the newsboys crying out,
EXTRA, MURDER OF CHARLES GooD-
RICH.o
'he bought a paper, returned to New
York, and the rest is known. She states
KILLED HIM FOR LovE-I COULDN'T
PART WITH HIM.
A reporter wss informed that Kate
,tOddard had attempted to commit sui /
ide. He went to the police authorities,
'ut they denied any knowledge of the j
natter. Coroner Mitchell, however,
aid, "She has not attempted to COM
nit suicide, but no doubt she would III 8
n opportunity presented itself She
las begged and prayed, every since she
las been satisfied that her guilt wasl
,roven, to be left alone. There is a wo-
nan with her all the time, and on re-
,eated occasions she has made this re-
uast, urging it with tears in her eyes, s
Let me be alone, if only for few mo-
nents, for Gods sake.n She asked the '
woman in charge to take pity on her.
This is at the statiOnhouse where she is I
onfined. She will not be without fe- I
nale attendant watching over her day )
Il d night. There are some features in 6
THE woMAN's HISTORY
md her department, that seem to justify /
he belief already prevalent in certain {
quarters, that she is insane. A daughter {
Il the landlady where Kate Stoddard {
iyed at the time Of her arrest, says of I
Ter, in answer to questions asked, that {