, 1874-03-13

His own ilfe. IWo lneolHB1tut FeH1lta1en, why
found was near tho front door and on tho stove.
Thoy then wont into tue kitchen, and found two
drops Of blood on tho floor. but tho dishes aud
other things wore On tho table, who're ar, Lon"
The circumstances Which gavo 11so to the s!tB-
polon that Martin Flegel had murdered Kr.
tehmcr arc nB follows: Fiogol and lehmor
ha! had difficulty: Flesol haa tfeq que'ntIy gono
Flcgel borrowed q pistol on Saturday Of man
: hero, or tried to borrow or. purchase one. Flo
has named two places whore ho went Sunday
evening, or whore le staid over night but he
was ut neither pla1o.
IKnto stoddnrd's Novclcttc--sho Nc.
comes 1acr tssvrl Lawyer nuad Pub-
1isnrr-.A Suicide and Not n Murder
ga Copyright on AL tho Incidents.
From, the lScto York Tribune, March II.
Lizzie Lloyd King, alias Kate stoddard, who
ia pow in Raymond Street Jail, Brooklyn, awast-
Ing her trial for the Inurdor Of Charles Good
rioh, hns employed hor leBure hours IN writing
pu extraordinary account Of the tragedy, which
eho kas copyrighted, with tho avowod intention
of publishing it in pamphlet form, Bho says
That Bhe took up her zen soon after sho was
imprisoned, md having finished her statement,
presented it to her couI8el, with the expecta-
lion that it would be used on the trial. They
laughed ut It, and insisted that the proper ground
Of dofonso was insanity. She retortel that sho
would either bo, acquitted or hnngod, and
Judge Gilbert to allow thom to retro from tho
casc. Thoir request WAS refused. and their
Silent, considering herself under no obligations
10 take their advice, has gzyen tho Brooklyn
Union permission to publish her statement, 70
kaining all other privileges secured by copyright.
It is denial rathar than o confession, for,
whilo she describes with morbid minutoness tho
incidentsof the lust hours Of her acquaintance
with Goodrich, and her anguish after his death,
sto denies that Hho murdered him-donios that
Bhe eyor said az much to Chief Campbell or to
my ono cleo. Goodrich killed himself, sho
says. Tho police authorities put no confidence
In hor statements, aud claim that SHE is striving
TO plead hor own cause before trial, or eso that
sho Ia Insane.
"My tsunhs had beon removed to 204 East
Forty-Becond atroet, New York, but I still re-
mained in tho fifth house on Degraw street,
nH % lad hsod tho @ hosso TIis lis Is @ ses
when aho joined Goodrich et his house
On the night Of ). tho murder,
aTea a 90 20 Ss 5a r asr e an o g's ens sasn
who had talked Of buying the houses. He re-
turned at 10 =. m.,appealed melancholy, and said
that ho would try to drive away headacla by
sn.a Sans rs i IN After s he had asa a 9g aas ns
upstairs to bed. Her story Of tho suicide Of
Goodrich ia thus:
After going up stairs went to sleep. 1,prcanmo I
had slept two hours. I was awakened By tue
was in tho house or outside, all the doors were
closed in tho hall. dressed and ran down stairs.
locked. II VIVA not locked when went up atalrs. I
went through tho kitchen and opened the door into
Us Cs4 Sss yas s9 'o m s Jss sea @ #, II s hss St
gerased revolver his feot. His was partly
outstretched. I know one had entered lilo house,
BECAUSE tho basenleut door front wns locked and
barred. The police found 1t Just Charles had fast
snea Upstairs The doors wero @ securely locked;
recall distinctly tho smell Of tho powder entered
Tho room. was amazed hut not frightened. took
M n head s as wa, a Syats isssa rs haS ny s
smoked my cigar That evening. 1eaw tho thickencd
blood that Ind matted the hair ut tho eide Of Lis head
marble. noysS ,e saw 80. any one dio and
ment found him did not notico the least change
hs features. Or the expression Of f., them then ID
hearth yhoro 10 {ofs them placcd lion Under i his
head also riece Of carpet that was Oh Tho hearth.
ss ae III s ssv 1 Pfy a ssv sa %h
up at mel "a t ho bad found perect pcaco. lis watch
vas on tug table, aso his ruras: T. was O'Clock in
"Now may the grace, mercy, aud peace q our Lord
forever. Amen."
She then speaks Of pouring the blood from bis
wounds into . cup from which she usually drank
her chocolate and wrapped the cup in towel.
Gho SAYS that she then took tho seal-ring OF hia
face. put the pietol ut bis sido and wont to No,
204 East Forty-Becond street, Now York, wl.elc
her trunhB were stored, aud ut p. IN. started
again for Goodrich's house. She then repeats
the story which sAo Is said to have told to Chlol
Campbell, rociting her arrival at Fulton Ferry
her purchase Of q newspaper containing an ao.
count OF tho murder, and her return to the
house in Now Iork. 6he adds:
printed after TINT, and made cnp'nga 81 everything
touching the case. The detectives found thcst
bullets II hs hss en
alittle blood. and knew ho had killed himself. Til
Idea haya nefs The oss s
he had bracea the outer basement door with before
,sent on " s@aiss @ was IN its nlase "Gaaefe WIZ
TIC dismal STORM eatsI1o all theso Surrounding
1enas and o a: at bgsrs 70 a
enced thu nnfricudIy ,!anncr in which they tgnoret
s s e:s 4s s~a, the sss s 4aa IL e. fss @R @ Sss
Fur Tits reason ahrapt from disclosing ny iientt
to any cue: When read in Tho papcrs ttas suspcoi
oa ae anos myse rppsh
sooner thau haya tesn discovered, for 1 kncw thor
WIS no way Of proving my Innocence.
6ho thon speaks of attending Goodriohs tuno
raj unnuBpeeted, and afterwards wandering tt
Fort Greeno with Goodricl's revolver in he
pocket. determined to shoot herself II sho vert
% dissoyere9 l. Man II The ,4 4eyonng shs attenek
work and soon returned to Drooklyn to board
In an appendix she details tho particulars OF hol
arrest aB already known to tho public. and thors
g1vos her version Of what occurred between her
self and Chief Campbell, asserting that sh,
made no confession. Hno saya:
I had blue ribbon on my neck with the locket At
tachet. The Chlcf BpiGd tho locket, which though
concealed by my cravat, and ordered The Uapta!l
tn see whas that was The loekot ia dYilol by crys
tai In two commandments. In one tho preBervet
,uigMonctse which hal become brittle aud crunblel
atons. III the other was Charles blood tucougeatet
PARTICLES / onpticd these contents Into my han,
1.d swallowed them before the Captain could take II
When my tr,nka arrived ut tho satlon naked to b
allowed get tho rest Of CharUB blood that rananc
III tho cup and pace Il in tue lockot. For this reason
objected to passing II to tue jury at tho inquest Ate
camo to pTls0n laid II down to chAngu the rlblon
When tooa It UP len minutes after there waH nothln
in It, Sons one must hayo untaatcuod it. It cou
not have oanla unfastenel itBetf. Whether tho lat
Charles Goodrich came 10 tis dcath by Ills own hand
Or by Tho hasd Of another, know not. But this
knoN-for tn infatuated devotion with whloh cher