Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-04

Neg l0rk y 0fi0-
If there xere a fsx Brooklyn desec-
tIves xho bad the insight into cea-ac-
ter. the keen Intuition the chief pos
sssses. there would Be some Tprk done
fna. ue1ld a=t1nisa some folks-
This remark vas made By prorni-
neut Brooklyn official. uho Vas not aware
tina; re wa addressing a reporter 81 the
UorH
Detective work in Brooklyn is belo.
that sf other cities - II not: the re-
porter asked.
Well, detectives are born and can
not b. recruited from rough ponce
ranks" Vas the answer. Policemen
as a rule are not logical Thew have
little intellectual directness except per
D. IL the Use If The club. A detective
mus. MT Only De able 10 SEE A point. o0i
20 bold on 20 il through all manner OF
COLE plicstIoUs and the inevitable SIDE
| issues which are 20 fata! 10 detec'iye
work. Policemen as rule are - garru-
! ions a. old xorpen over thelrtea. Iner-
/ ar. no'able exceptions, of course, but II
| Il iamentablv true that these exceptions
are rarely promoted. But TO return 20
the chief shall never forget hov be
| got at the facts ot the Goodrich murder
{
| settings of society be had never met
| deeIIng quality.
Il seemed next to impossible to OBJ
tain tie proofs Of her guilt. and the
caief Vas al his wits end. To corni'li'
cate or rather TO .ggravate the case still
more, the woman confessed TO sin In
confidence that she committed the muir
der. She said:
Il did it. chi.f. and know you vii
not give me away: but II you should
think proper 10 10 so. NV oath will b
worth As much asyours- Iou will svea
that told you and will swear that
didn't
Every endeavor TO discover Hates 10
cal LabitatIon failed. II seemed an e1
c-ilent joke 10 this strange woman tina
she could tell toe DRY Of her crime Il
the superintendent OF police and NO
have II Of any value TO him as evidence
IF | send or you" she sail. her eI
presslvo eyes dancing with fun, /" 1t vii
not be necessary TO communicate ~
) address, for yna will not know where +
find me-"
The chief had Ter in the station-ho as
at this time.
Yes. Kate" he said, kindly, :" | shal
} know where to find you, and promis
to come As soon as you send"
Then calling hire back, she said:
IL have told you tie truth. l klllet
Charlie Goodrich, aud when you fiD'
where live you will find trunk IN n,
room. and in that truxk il the pisto
that | killed him with, watch and
ring belonging 70 Charlie Goodrich: be
sides these there is at least pailful .
dirt in the trunk"
Dirt" said the chief. why, Kate
what in the world did you put dirt II
your trunk fOr!"
Because loved the very ground tina
Charlie Goodrich walked on" was th
singular response.
after had killed him, chief" AM
most all the defiance ana fun faded from
the wolnau's face, went out where
J had seen him walk hundreds of time
and shoveled up the dirt and put it Il
my trunk"
The chief, who felt himself response
! BILE for the apprehension of the murder
or. was still OF the track. At last a Dol
thought struck him. The e1haustiv
. and sxnalstiug talks he had With Kat
demonstrated that X ,te had room
4 and that the room was in Brooklyn.
: he issued an order that inquiry shout
e be made at every house In the city
! discover If any woman had been absen
D from her home for the length of tim
t that Kate had been a prisoner.
: Three hundred women. including sci
l.. want girls who had left their places, ha
y been absent for the time stated. The
e the three hundred were sifted until
6 was found that only four had bee
t mysteriously. absent during this periot
e Kate was one of the four. and IN tn
r way was hunted down. La her ROOF
l.. was found the trunk, and in t. Is trun
1 the articles she had mentioned, dil
d and all.
i From first to last Kate Stoddard hi
4 nsver told the chief a lie.