River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-06-19
Recapture OF Goodrich the Bigamist.

TT. Goodrich, the man Of many wives,
who was bound over for trial in this county
| last fall and made his escape from the Eau
| Claire Jail last January, was captured by
deputy sheriff Philpott at Sterling, H.. last
| Monday, and brought back to this place.
Knowing that his arrest meant business, he
| Immediately made application to be brought
before the county Judge for sentence, upon
| plea of guilty, the papers Tor which have
already been made out
| His doings since he left Eau Claire last
| winter as learned from himself and residents
| of the places he has visited, are about as fol-
| lows: He went from Eau Claire to Spring
| Valley, Pierce county, in this state, where
| he spent the balance OF the winter. following
| his usual avocation of music teaching, added
| to which he took upon himself the spiritual
| welfare OF the community he was led hot
| Methodist, making the longest and loudest
prayers and telling the most astounding ex-
| perience at love ieast As may be surmised,
| the eve lambs Of the flock were not over
| looked. In fact they were so assiduously
| looked after as To raise the suspicious that
| led to his arrest. A portion OF the congrega-
| ton, principally the male part, soon OWNED
| his real character, while the other part, being
the females mostly, fell the more deeply
| in love with brother Goodrich on account
of his prosecutions. Gaining some clue to
| his former residence in Ohio, his record was
| sent for, but when it came there was a vacant
seat at the altar. Brother Goodrich had lit,
but before going had become engaged to a
young school mistress, who sw0re secrecy
and eternal fidality after his confiding cock
and bull story to her about his trials and per-
secutions by evil-minded persons i'll Ohio,
and it transpires that the girl was about to
leave her home in Pierce county, to meet
him and marry him at Sterling, when he was
nabbed at that place. After reaching this
place he wrote her a letter explaining his
detention, which, being prisoner, he was
obliged to submit to the inspection OF the Oh
ficers In the letter he squarely proclaims
his innocence, but states that the tolls OF his
INSCRIPTIONS foes are around him, and as
they possess great wealth, while he is poor,
he can only submit with Christian resignation
and serve short term i'll prison. The letter
is iull of blubbering piety, and invocatlons
for her to be true to him, the scoundrel evil
IDENTIFY intended to have victim ready on
his discharge from prison. After 1t got too
hot for him in Spring Valley he went to Full
ton, Ill, and at once commenced dealing
piety and music, and affection to the sisters
of the church. He was soon subject to the
same "persecutions," and had the Methodist
church of Fulton by the ears, and his record
still following him he changed his base once
more to Sterling, and had fairly become in
gratiated into religious circles there when
Tom Philpott made his appearance. His ar
rest caused profound sensation In Sterling,
as he had as yet shown prominently only his
pous side there. He had fairly taken possess
sion of the Sabbath schools and had promised
big things in the way of bringing the little
ones into the fold. II transpires that during
his short stay in Spring Valley and Fulton
he made numerous matrimonial engagements
with young ladies at both places, probably
accomplishing seduction through most OF
them.
He is as thin rascal as ever run, and the
only wonder Is that he has been so successful
even in libertinism, an easy branch OF rogue
ry. 1t may be said that he gave himself
away, as his own prating of his former where
abouts led to his detection and Ie-arrest. He
is even silly CROUCH to keepup his pretense
of religion here for the sake o! affecting his
sentence, after showing his utter hypocrisy
in the letter written to the Pierce county
girl, but If Judge Dewhurst, knowing all the
facts, does not warm it to him to the full ex-
tent OF the law, we shall be very much mis-
taken After his sentence, and before his
religious fever works off, he ought to receive
the mlnstrations of the Rev. Mr.. Dic1ey
He is the only man we know OF capable OF
producing an entire change OF heart in the
libidinous scoundrel. Republican 4 Press,
Neilsville, Wis.