New-York tribune., 1884-11-29
cRAzED BY BUSINESS oAND'
sAppEArn OF CHARLES l. SooD"'
v, AND KILLED By RAILWAY TRAIN Al
Run Owe" poRrCnEsrER.

TILED BY A RAILWAY TRAIN Al
Run Owe" DORCHESTER.
=. charles Trafton Goodwin, OF the
Ihe uors ss.,.s T. Goodwin g. Co., cracker manu-,
nrn =. ~ No. OBS Front-st., was iou"u -.
iae'" yesterday morning lying between 'no
occc~ A.. New Haven Railroad, short distance
useN' -. ...ton at portchester. The head hao
pe'o" ~. .g hv passing tram and was found
~en svo fcet avay. The body was badly ois-
...t Mr. Goodwin went to Portchester onWea"es-
nso's s.h, 40 suend Thanksgiving Day with dis
,,,. u", He was greatly depressed in consequence
a..s;,oss ,roublcs At midnight he retired, ana
=. I" o.cIock in the morning his wife awoke ana
- him fully dressed and on the point oil lea'-
:"s ,Io bouse. She endeavored to detaiu him. pu'
!. hr,ke away from her and rushed ont INTO 'ho
darkness. She never saw him again al've'
A. soop as the household could be aroused the
fasit,vc was pursued, but he was not o'er'aNe"
before he had met bis death IN the manner TIC,
scribed HIS family believe that ne was oera"so"
nv his business troubles, and that Ill oazc" WY
he stood upon the track when the Ia'h uaS"o"
,,,on hin aud they maintain that he did not place
,;nsels there for the purpose of committing suicide.
The evening before be had seemed TO nave ,he iuc"
,n his mind that he must return to New-fork.
ABATEMENT OF THE DEAD MANS son.
A.. 0,oduins son Ebcn made the following
statement 20 u TRIBUNE reporter last evening" ia
7cuard to his fathers DEATH
AInu, week ago the pressure Of the times COM
pelcd my father TO make an assirnnicnt nc waS
naiutally of very buoyant AM. b0pciui usposit.
bit fun that oent ne has becs ~,Y a"o,g oaas ei
hja most intimate friends we're uuahle 70 Tinove, ~"
"Wednesday afternoon h~ weat to spend lnankss, ~ !,
he with h,siam,ly a Por!ccstcr put PASSED e ~
most hopeless manner, Ills renarks we're 80 inco'
hewni iini Ma Goodwin felt alarmed ana sng'
fesled tha. his mind was anllnaSu & A - 81 s,sc
and was quiet until about o'clock this moin,"n, "
whcn sho u woke and found hun dressed ieanS ~
. s sSS rssS .n .1an % hue hut % o
out of the door ~ his slippers and wi,ho. ms h
She then called some Of tho neivlbors. nu. hc
,ng for New-York. They followed him for some
time but missed him. Later he was found on ,aS .
Track, train having passed over his pody' wh'e"
WIS badly mangied."
MR. GOopwIN's CAREER.
Mr. Coodwin WAS born in South Berwick. Me-,
in 1s2l lie came to this city whea nineteen years
of acc and soon after established the firm of which
he va, at the head at tho time
of his death. He was a man OF great
heueyolencc and integrity and had been deacon IN
the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Tor moro than o
quarter of century. He contributed liberally 70
ward the erection of the Baptist chuTcn IN , Tort-
cb,,tcr and was an active member of the west
chester County PRAYING ianc
Mr. (;oodwl n failed in busin css some wears ~ o,
but COMPROMISED with his creditors and c9ntlhuc :
his business until last week when he found himself
compelled make an assignment Ior the eeme't ~
liscrrditors. He thon quietly retired 1ro'n M
nOGkyn homs Mrs TO 'nc cafss n
chester, about inie and nall from inc railway
station. - NJ,
GoodwIn and after empanelling jury adjourned
until to-day.