New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-07-13

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Property Identified Testimony
of Others-Roscoe Owned the Pistol
Description Of the Accused Woman
She IL q Lunatic.
New YORK, July l2.-The inquest in the
Goodrich case, which was indefinitely post
pOned about six weeks ago, was resumed
today. Kate Stoddart, the prisoner, is a
woman Of slight figure, and her form ap-
pears wasted by sickness. Her face is re-
markable for its extreme paleness, and a
frightened expression has settled upon it.
When she entered the coroner's Office she
cast q hurried glance at the occupants of the
room, and seemed terrified at theappear-
ance of the inquisitive crowd struggling to
gain q view of her features.
At the first glance she might have passed
for school girl on account Of her atten-
uated form and small stature. Her face,
however, is furrowed with slight wrinkles,
and close observer would say her age was
between twenty.eight and thirty years.
Lucette Meyers was the first witness
called. A gold watch and chain, a seal
found in Kate Stoddart's trunks. were
shown to her and she fully identified the
watch as having been the property Of
Goodrich, also the seal and chain.
The witness, upon looking at the pistol,
said that it did not belong to the murdered
man. but she had seen it before in the
hands of man named Roscoe, in Riving-
ton street, about a week before the murder
of Mr.. Goodrich. She recognized the pris-
names.
Long and disgusting details followed, all
indicating that Kate St0ddard was q lu-
natic.
Lucette Meyers said she had known her as
Kate Stoddard in Ames street, and at Amy
Gilmores. Miss Meyers first saw the pris-
Oner at No. 13 Stanton street, New York.
Roscoe called at the house three times and
cOnversed with the prisoner. Witness also
testified that she had seen Roscoe and Kate
Stoddard together on several occasions.
During the testimony of witness the pris-
oner stared boldly at her, and at several
points shook her head Indignantly.
Adeline Palm testified that the watch
belonged to the murdered man; she was
also positive that the ring and pocket book
had been his property; she had also seen a
pistol in Mr.. Goodrich's hands resembling
the one shown her; witness had seen the
prisoner in company with Mr.. Goodrich
Mary Handley, who discovered Kate at
the Fulton ferry, testified that the pris-
Oner was her room mate in Elizabeth street,
in this city; Kate never mentioned Good
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witness recognized the gentleman who
called upon prisoner as the murdered man
by photograph exhibited by the coroner.
The captain of the Brooklyn police testi-
fed to finding in Kate's trunk, at her resi-.
dence, the articles exhibited in court.
A Brooklyn evening paper says that Kate
told the chief of police Of that city that she
had the day and date Of the murder en-
graved on her locket, which was opened
and found containing the inscription:
| Done Thursday, March 81, 1873" That,
she said, Il had put on few days after /
shot him." About this lOcket there is
another curious circumstance. 1t is very
large, almost the size of o watch. When the
chief saw it first he thought possibly it
was GOOdrich's watch, and therefore bade
her hand it to him; at first she was 10th to
comply, but seeing that resistance was
useless she passed it over.
On receiving it, the chief took hold to
open it. "Oh, be careful be careful ~ she
said; "tbere is a mineral in that which
don't want to lose." Despite the utmost
care, however, little portion Of the min
eral, as she called it, fell upon the floor
and this, to the chiefs surprise, she picked
up, promptly put in her mouth and swal
lowed.
"What did you do that fort" said the
chief. Looking steadily into his eye, she
said: "That is Charles Goodrich's blood. ,
And sure enough, upon closer examina
ton. the locket was found to be filed with
CONCEALED blood. A few questions elected
the fact that on leaving Goodrich't
house on Friday morning she had
a cup full of blood which had oozed from
the left lateral lobe Of the brain. Thi!
blood congealed. She had been eating a
little Of it every day since the time Of the
tragedy until her capture. This story Il
almost incredible, but the portion in the
losket and the disposition OF the part tina
fell gives it credit.
Her widest behavior becomes credible
when the fact is known that she was sl
years ago a lunatic, was an inmate of a
lunatic asylum and her lunacy was brought
| on by being in love.
Mary Handy, in an interview with re-
porter, said she had learned since she had
Kate for room 10 ate that the latter was II
lunatic asylum six years ago.
She also said: ~ have known her to gel
out of bed at midnight, unclOthed, and
walking back and forth through the dark
ened room, and play upon an old accordeor
| for an hour at a time. This she did re
peatedly, and that was only one Of her
| freaks"
The jury in the Goodrich ease returned
the following verdict:
1--WE find that said Charles Goodrich CAM
to his death by pistol shot wounds inflicted
by Lizzie Lloyd King, alias Kate Stoddard
with intent to cause death, on the evening
of the twentieth or the morning Of th'
twenty-6rst Of March, 1873, at his house il
Degraw street, Brooklyn"
It was reported in Brooklyn last evening
that Kate Stoddart, who il still confined il
the captain's room ct the police station
had attempted to commit suicide. There
Q woman IN the room with her 70 80 tha