The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-13
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stay with him had the latch-key that
opened the front door | thought if no
mention was made of it in the papers that
it would be safe to go, | started about five
o'clock When got down to Fulton Ferry
| noticed couples Of policeman walking in
different directions and talking earnestly.
1t appeared to me that they were looking
for some one. | had drab veil in my
pocket and put it on Immediately, and
then took car back for East Forty-second
street. 1t was showing lightly when re-
turned bought nearly every New York
paper that was printed after that and made
clippings ofcverything touching the case.
The detectives found these clippings in
my trunk. was much surprised to learn
that there were three bullets in his head |
saw only a little blood, and knew he had
killed himself. The idea of any one having
entered the house had never occurred to
me as possible. WheA read in the papers
that suspicion fastened directly unon me rs
the perpctrator of the deed | would have
shot myself through the head sooner than
have been discovered, for knew there was
no way of proving my innocence. Before
leaving the house that Friday morning
noticed a splash Of blood on the hearth, and
found it could not be removed think it
fell from his head when he fell, because he
him. The following Sunday, March 80,
went to his funeral in the afternoon, and
remained the last one on the sidewalk,
where | stood during the entire service. |
was dressed entirely in black, with but the
thinnest OF grenadiue wells over my face.
TIL evening | went to church There
were policemen at the door. The place
was 50 crowded that | was obliged with
others, to take my seat on the pulpit stairs
and face The whole congregation. | had
no veil on my face then. | felt safe. |
had an idea that Charities spirit would pro-
tect ne. Besides | had Il revolver in my
pocket with which | decided to shoot my
self through the head the moment any one
discovered me. The next Monday, March
"A | found work in New York city | went
to my work every day after that, ard took
my sewing home every evening. The $40
found in his purse were put there by me.
| don't remember the exact amount, but
think it was about $40 When | took his
purse that morning til r was but - bill in
it, with postage stamps ard some court
plaster. The same identical : bill was in
the purse when the police found it. 1t had
revcr been removed from its compartment.
| returned to Brooklyn board. | had no
friends here. Every one was a stranger to
me. liked the place because he had lived
here. | felt perfectly safe in going any
where. Thursday morning, March 20, the
day before he died, Charlie went over to
New York with me. | had some shopping
to do that morning and he went with me.
He gave me a bouquet of mignonettc and
white rosebuds Ateleven o'clock we parted
went to Forty-seconl street to change my
dress. Part of the bouquet | left in my
trunk. 1t was for this lnignonctte had the
| lockot engraved; the rest | left on the
bureau up stairs when went home at night
to Degraw street II was there when the
detective: searched the house. ! wonder
they did not speak of 1.-TWO roscbuds and
a spray of mignonette.
In an appendix to her statement the pris
oner describes her arrest under the aus
pieces of Mary llandlcy. She refused to
| give her name to chief Campbell at the
York street staton-housc, Two keys, 81,
some ferry tickets. and Il Greenwood car
ticket were found in her pocket, and it was
inferred that she lived in Brooklyn. "Thc
chief spied,' says she, ''the locket which
| thought was concealed in my cravat and
ordered the Captain ID see what was in it.
The lockct is divided by q crystal into two
compartments. In one was the preserved
mignoaette, which had become brittle and
crumbled to atoms. In the other was
Charles blood in cOngealed PARTICLES
cmptled these contents mo my hand ana
swallowed them before the Captain couid
take it. The prisoner denies having sald
''it they find my trunks they VIII ma evil
dence enough to hang me-, she saldto the
Captain, III they ma Charles watch IN
my trunk Will that be evidence enough TO
hang me :! lie replied ~ es, 1t VIII DC
and she said, crying, ''Wcll. they have
found his watch in my trunk" As to what
purported to be confession made by her
some time ago she says she first saw 1t IN
the papers. Lucette Myers she saw for
the first time at the inquest, and thinks she
was acquainted with Goodrich wien the
prisoners trunks came to the PRISON she
asked permission to REM the rocket with