The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-29
Was This POOrly-Paid Shirtmaker Chas.
GeOdrich's COmpanionp
WHAT LUCETTEs MOTHER SAYS.
Sad Picture of Suffering
in Old Age.
Have the Brooklyn Police Made
90 a False Chase Z
Tho Prisoners Whereabouts on the Fatal
Night-Britton Doesn't Care About Coro-
ner's Jury verdicts or Opinions-Hs
Will Hold Her Anyhow-Ths
-, Inquest Commenced 81.

ner's Jury Verdicts or Optnions-Ho
Will Hold Her Anyhow-Ths
All Inquest Commenced.
The bogus ..acumen" Of the Brooklyn detective
force in all probability has never been 30 thor
ouehly exposed in any OF the cases they have had
to ''work up,n as IL will doubtless be in few days
In connection with the very mysterious arrest Of
very mysterious ~ woman in this city on last
Thursday night. As reported yesterday Detectives
Folk and Videtto, OF the Brooklyn police captured
q young woman at % Orchard street, New York,
about six O'Clock in the evening. This woman Is,
or was supposed to be, the murderer ofMr. Charles
Goodrich, or was supposed to know something
about it. t- .tl lsn 81. n
Yesterday afternoon a HERALD reporter called at
No, % Orchard street, and, guided by Information
cleaned in other quarters, went up one flight OF
stairs end knocked at the door OF room No. !. The
house is q tenement house.
A RATHER HANDSOME YOUNG WOMAN,
with features OF an Israelitish type, opened the
door.
'Does Mrs. Levy live here" asked the reporter.
EYES," replied the young woman.
"Are you the LADY,"
The young woman hesitated, and without reply
Ing said "well what is itsn
'swas a young woman named Myers In your en-
ploy here, and was she arrested last night p"
EYES," replied the young Jewess, 'she worked
here; she was arrested last night. The oricers
were here to-day from Brooklyn They are noticing
gone. The Chief OF Police (Campbell), think, was
here, and he said ii any reporters came here to tell
them nething-to tell them to come and see him
and he would give them all the Information
about It,"
II should like to ask you few questions. If
On ~ fha lodi
nodded. In reply to his questions she said :-"she
has been working for us about three weeks, at
shirtmaking, and came TO us in reply to an adver-
tisement for seamstress to operate sewing ma
chine. She was good werkwoman, quiet and APP
peared very respectable, but seemed very poor.
She worked from about eight or nine O'Clock In the
morning until about halLpast six or seven at
night, and sometimes
TOOK HOME SHIRTS TO FINISH.
She earned from three to four dollars week.
"Was she at work on Thursday of last week-a
week ago yesterday"
ssYes; she worked all day, and went home about
halfpast Six O'clock"
'Did she come to work on Friday morningar
mo; she did not come to work at all on Friday,
but she was here usual on Saturday.
"Was there anything remarkable In her manner
that dayY, laa
mo; we talked and laughed as usual while we
were at work.
'.Did you know or was anything said about the
fact that man named Goodrich had been MUIR
dered in Brooklyn on that Thursday night or early
on Friday morning ?"
eyes, we knew about It," replied the Jewess,
''from the papers; we take paper, and some Of
us were reading things in the paper and laughing
about them, when, by and by, she took the paper
aud begun reading and
WHEN SHE CGME TO THE REPORT
about the murder she read that to US. When she
got through she said 1t was foolish to say that
man committed suicide. he must be murdered.
How could man shoot himself three times in the
head And any way he wouldn't likely shoot
himself In the back OF the head She didn't ap-
pear excited nor anything about It."
"Did she say anything to lead you to believe that
she knew the murdered man ~
mo. she didn't say anything about 1t OF that
sort. She just talked like any enc else would talk
about such thing, but we had no idea she was ac-
quainted with him."
'Did she live near you or in this neighborhood ~
asked the reporter.
''She lives with her mother.n
'Do you know her mothers name or where she
lives ~
well, her name is Hubbell, or something like
that. and she lives at 40 Rivington street.n
'Under what name did you know this woman,
who was arrested last night p,
'Myers-Lucy Myers" replied the young Jewess,
who evidently looked as though she would rather
obey Chief Campbell's Injunction and send the re-
porter to Brooklyn. "But that is not her name,n
she continued; "her name is Armstrong She told
US her husbands name was Armstrong, but that
he was killed on the railroad near Buffalo.n
This was Gil that was developed during the con
versation, and the reporter left, and proceeding
nrx4h or<1l
ington street to No. 49,
The house is q fve story brick double tenement
house, with brown stone facings, the lower story
occupied by stores. Before visiting
THE DoMCILEs ALoFT
the reporter entered Q small grocery store to the
right OF the door leading to the tenements.
smart-looking German woman app cared be-
hind the counter and the reporter asked II she
knew whether woman named Hubbell lived in
the upper part Of the building She replied that
she did not know Of any such person.
'Do you know whether woman named Arm
strong lives there ~ continued the reporter.
Armstrong yes, there is q TALL dark-haired
woman OF that name lives with her mother on the
top noor."
'Do you knew anything OF her habits ?"
'So,u replied the German woman. II have seen
her pass In and out number or times, and she
came In here two or three times to buy something.
That Ia all 1 know about her. They came here to
live only about q month ago, and I hear they are
very poor. They live In the top story, back room,
and believe they were obliged to leave the house
they lived In last because they owed rent and
couI1 not pay It. A man that keeps store near
where they lived came here and told my husband
not 70 trust them because they couldn't paw and
that they owed the butcher and grocer where they
had been dealng.u
UP four nights Of stairs the reporter next clam
bered and Knocked at the door of rear room.
The door was opened at once and short, plump
lady oEperhaps nftyhve or sixty years OF age, and
wearing spectaclee, appeared Ia response.
Does Mrs. Armstrong 1--we here ~ asked the re-
aYes,v replied the old lady. with tinge Of sad.
ness In her voice. 'Please step in,n and she
opened the door wide. tl +.