The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-06
Highly Interesting Inside View Of the Degraw
Street Degradation-A Dramatic Scene
Eetwesn the Murdered Man and
His Mistress-The Rejected Wo-
man Attacking Her Berayer
Testimony Of Surgical Ex-
ports To Be Taken.

yesterday afternoon the court room, in which the
inquest is held, was crowded with spectators, who
listened to the testimony Of the three
examined. The session opened about
quarter past two and closed at fifteen minutes
after five O'Clock. Among those present were Cor
poraton Counsel De Witt, Mr.. W. w. Goodrich and
several New York detectives. The latter officers
made frequent notes In their books of points in the
testimony
The first witness called was Charles Green. alias
George Baker. This man failed to respond, and the
Coroner expressed his surprise at Green's absent
ing himself, as he had been subpGnaed to appear.
Oficer Patrick Hughes. of the Tenth precinct, was
called and testified that he had done
POST DUTY ON DEGRAw STREET
in January and February Of this year; did not know
Mr.. Goodrich by sight picture OF deceased shown
had seen that man with lady about the middle OF
the month OF February; was on patrol and saw
light in the basement and, looking in the window,
saw q gentleman and lady sitting by table;
thought that these people HAD just moved
in there; don't think attracted their attention
while looking in; never saw Mr.. Goodrich after
until saw him dead never saw man and woman
sitting on any stoop in that block; don't remem-
Der hearing any
DISTURBANCE ON VALENTINES DAY;
was on that post nine nights out of the twenty
eight; the woman saw was dressed in black and
of medium size; she was of dark complexion and
light hair, and had Roman nose have seen no
woman since that impressed me that she was the
person l saw in the basement; 1t was between
nine and ten O'Clock in the evening that l looked
In at them through the shutters; they were not
taking tea.
THE BOGUS wATcHMAN's STORY.
Charles S. Green, having arrived at this juncture
was called to the witness stand. He testified that
he resided at $40 East Eighteenth street, New
York; my business is in the lumber line; knew
Charles Goodrich for twenty years; he was my
brother-in-law; was not very intimate with him;
have not seen him very frequently for the last
three years; on the 17th of February last saw MIN
alive 1t was either that date or the 18th OF Feb
ruary; saw him previously in September, on the
18th OF the month, think; 1t was in De Kalb ave-
nue., at some church; II was during the we'd
ding of brother of mine; talked with him
then; recollect time when he said he
wanted to see me on certain business; that
the 14th February, at his 2l7 East Thir-
him; went there on the night OF February IA to
make a social call on him; he said he would like
me to come and watch mis- houses in Degraw street;
GOT INTO A scRAPE WITH WOMAN,
and wanted me to help him out OF it; he saio he
had got acquainted with girl VINO living in
Of his houses, and he wanted her to get out OF
the house; he made her acquaintance through
personal year ago last Spring; he wanted
her to go because he expected his father
and mother and he didn't want TO be exposed; he
told me the woman generally came home between
six and seven O'Clock at night; the things
belonging to her he had placed in another house,
and he told me to tell her of 1t when she came Mr..
Goodrich and myseliw were IN the areaway when we
woman get Off the car and go up Fifth avenue:
he went down the avenue and returned soon to tell
me IL was she; she came shortly and told her
where her things were: she said she didn't know
WHY HE TREATED HER so;
she sat down on trunk then and began to write;
l told her she would ind Mr.. Goodrich at the Full
ton ferry; he came into the apartment where she
was while she was writing, and she struck him on
CALLED HIM A DEVIL
and threw smoothing iron at him; he talked
with her for twenty minutes in private and then
accordion and crying, singing and grooming; she
said she thought she would go crazy; she tried to
vented her from doing so; in the morning she took
her departure; about eleven O'Clock he returned
to the house; about four O'Clock he went down
to the Fulton ferry and crossed to New York
where he met her; / followed them at his
request; on William street they stood talking for
some twenty minutes; they went into Crooks
again In one OF the houses, but was going away
again that night; they did go away together; he
he met her at the Forty-second street depot;
HER NAME WAS AMY sNOwr
near as can recollect from what he told me he
said he wanted to make her a virtuous woman.
decent woman, and to furnish room for her in
New York.
Q How would that make decent woman OF herr
Witness-1 don't know unless it was to enable
her to work in her business, which was making
straw hats; he spoke OF her being pregnant to me-
he SAID there had been an abortion performed on
her. he told me that DR.. Smith had told him where
to go when he had asked for advice; don't recol-
operation; the nurses house was on the west side
Of town mewnere; forget the name OF the ply
stefan that performed the abortion; he said he
thought this woman came originally from
THE woMENs HOME, ELIZABETH STREET;
she told him that she had come from there; don't
remember the number OF that institution; he
thought she came from the New England States;
he saw letter from Boston addressed to her; said
he had tried to find out where she had come from
Tor quite while; he said she did not want him to
find where she had come from ! think he said the
child was born dead; she claimed afterwards that
write TO his folks and tell them she was married to
him-that there had been mock marriage;
she asked me my name and ! told her George
Mr.. Goodrich, and she said she would give me more
money than he II would let her go into the
1T WAS "Too THIN"
she said he had not treated her right, but did not
tell me in what way; she said she would leave the
GIVE HER THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS;
she believed he wanted to get another woman In
house; asked her what she was writing, but she
did not answer me; told her she was
a loose character; she was tall and slender, and
q blonde; had Roman nose, firm chin and
mouth, fair hair, and was about twenty three or
twenty.four years OF age; nothing was said THAT
night about her having had enid she said she
wanted money all the time but he would not give
1t to her; Mr. Goodrich said there had been great
deal OF glass broken in his houses and he Thought
she did 1t; he never expressed any OF personal
harm at her hands; there is some resemblance be-
tween Mrs. Armstrong and the woman speak Of
about the nose and chin; cannot say as to the
teeth, did not notice them: she said to me that
SHE WOULD GET SQUARE WITH HIM
and that she did not care II he was dead: was
present when she struck him and threw the nat
iron at him.
by the jury am twenty-five years OF age; was
In his employ as clerk for several years; quit
three wears ago 10 90 into the wool business.
manned two months; Tor some three months was
out OF employment: then went to work for my
father as clerk in the lumber business; when MIR.
Goodrich told me he was In scrape with woman
laughed at him; suggested that he put her
UP ON THE ISLAND .
lor SIX months, twice year; he said II w0uiun't
do for him 10 do that, for Il would expose HIM be-
i0re the woman came, while was on watch ~ tne
houses In Degraw street, Mr.. Goodrich was with
me- there was roll OF drugget, two trunks,
bandbox, and q dress In the basement, IN when
she wrote the letters; she sat down on the crunk