Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-01-02
BEATEN TO DEATH.
FREDERICK GOODRICH THE VICTIM OF,
UNKNOWN ASSAiLANTS.
A Mysterious Affair in which the Former
Manager Of the Richmond Granite
Quarry Loses His Life.

Mr.. Frederick Goodrich. formerly Of
Brooklyn. but until lately manager OF the
Richmond granite quarry, died at the Ex-
change Hotel at 1912 p. N. yesterday |;
aged thirty-one
Mention was made in this paper few
days ago that Mr.. Goodrich was i'll of
pneumonia. and from that disease he died.
but It would now seem thatit was brought
on by exposure and terrible beating.
AN Iys1GHT INTO THE CASE.
A gentleman who has been an intimate
friend Of the deceased for eighteen months
and who nursed him in this illness last
night gave to q Dispatch representative the
following statement
Mr.. Goodrich appeared at the Exchange
(whcre he had long been boarding. Mon
day morning, December 23d, with his
face much battered. The right cheek
was greatly swollen. the enlargement
extending behind the ear, and the
check bone had the appearance of be-
ing broken. There was also large bruise
under the chin as il it had been made by a
severe blow. From the left ear the blood
gushed profusely, and it also was bruised.
The hurts upon tie body looked as il they
had been made by stamping, and showed
the imprints of boot or shoe-heels.
DEcEAsED's EXPLANATION
When Mr.. Goodrich was asked how he
received his wounds he simply said that he
"had fallen in his room across chair and
struck the fender" l put him 20 bed
Thursday about ii o'clock, when Drs-
Brock and Ross were called in.
On Friday deceased kept his bed, feeling
badly. On Saturday morning he began to
,x,roo ,tthof hi- xVifa tQlp.
graphed for. She arrived Sunday morn
ing.
oBowI;SG WORSE.
After consultation with the doctors
telegraphed Mr.. Goodrich's father. Mr. W..
w. Goodrich who is prominent lawyer of
New York. and who was the head OF tho
marine conference recently held at Wash
ington. His father arrived on Monday
night. but was called TO Washington on
important business Tuesday morning.
On Tuesday night deceased grew worse
and become very weak. Late at night an
other consultation was held by the physi-
clans. who did everything in their power
to alleviate the patients suffering. His
ease had now turned into one of acute
pneumonia.
THE DEATH.
I sat up with Mr.. Goodrich last night.
He was unconscious the whole time. lie
fingered until twelve minutes past IL
o'clock to-day. vhen he died. He seemed
to be conscious at the moment of death,
and said to his wife and myself, " "Good-by."
Tuesday morning during his. delirlums
deceased said that he was beaten on
Broad street" by man with a large nose
and a red face. but that he did not know
his assailant's name nor the color of his
clothes.
Deceased's brother, of the law.frm Of
Goodrich d Goodrich, SO and G1 Wall street,
New York, will arrive here this morning,
when arrangements will be made for the
interment.
INVESTIGATION.
II is highly probable that the body will
be removed 10 deceased's fathers home in
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Police-Sergeant Tomlinson called at the
hotel Immediately after death and viewed
the bruises on the body.
Upon examination of deceased the Ser
geant found the following wounds:
Bad brrIise on right Jaw and chin, mouth
cut on the right side of under lip, severe
bruise under left ear, also on his breast. On
the right shin was cut about three quar-
ters of an inch in length.
NO BONES BROKEN.
DIR. Ross last night said that there were
no bones broken and that death was caussd
from pneumonia.
From the beginning he and DR.. Brock de-
SPARED of the patients recovery.
DIR. Brock made a similar statement to
the Coroner.
The Doctors cannot say that the pneu-
monia was produced by the injury received.
PROTEST AGAINST A PosT-MoRTEM.
In company with Sergeant Tomlinson
Coroner TAYLOR yesterday evening went to
the Exchange Hotel to gain some informa-
ton Gs 10 whether n post mOrteIn and ln-
quest should be made. From all that he
could learn there he was inclined to the
opinion that both would be necessary.
Mrs. Goodrich, however, declared that she
would not permit the Coroner to have any
thing at all to do with the body. The
Coroner talked to her kindly and got per-
sonal friend of the deceased TO endeayor
10 dissuadc her from her position, and it
was finally agreed that Mrs. Goodrich
would this morning confer with deceaseds
brother and if he consents she will proba-
bly, acquiesce.
that an inauest is needed in the interest of
iustice the wife and brother cannot pre-
vent il, but he wishes 10 gain their appro-
val if possible.
The body cannot be removed from the
city without the consent of the Coroner or
Board of Health.
Mrs. Goodrich firmly believes her hus-
band was killed, but she sees no use IN
prosecuting the matter any further;
Some man with whom deceased had a
business trouble is suspected of giving
him the beating which, it ~ believed, caused
death.
Pneumonia may have been brought on
by forcing o rib into the lungs.
PERSONAL.
Goodrich was thirty-one years of age.
He was born and reared in Brooklyn.
Several years Of his life were spent on
cattle-ranch ont West.
A year or two ago he came to Virginia
and lived for q while near Old Point. He
came TO Richmond in February, 1899, and
accepted the position OF manager OF the
Richmond Granite Company, which place
he held until q few days before he received
his wounds.
Goodrich married q, Miss Knowles in
BROOKLYN in 1880. They had only one child,
a son, who died few years ago. His wife
came TO Richmond about a month after he
arrived here. but she was on visit to rela--
tives in New York at the time her husband
was hurt.
Deceased was about five feet four or five
inches in height, and had burnish HAIR and
blue eyes. He wore 0 moustache but no
beard Before being hurt he was last seen
at the hotel at $40 O'clock on Sunday, De-
cember 22d. He was about the hotel all
that day.
At times he was Incorporate in his
habits.
THE BREAST WOUND.
Though injured on Sunday or Sunday
night deceased did not take TO bed until
Thursday following. His case was then
desperate. as pneumonia had set in.
The injury that PROBABLY hurt him most
was or the breast. The bruise looks some
what like the PRINT of boot or shoe-heel,
but may have been otherwise made.
One account says that deceased. in his
delirium. declared that he was beaten at
Ford's Opera-House." OF course that
could not have been. That place was not
open on Sunday night.
Coroner Taylor last night seemed II be
of the opinion that it was his duty to make
n post norten and hold an inquest, Unless
Judge Witt otherwise advised.
LEGISLATORS REsUMING WORK.
Paid Governor Lee and Mr..
Massey-BiiJs to Establish n State
HospitaI-Other Matters.
When Iieutenant-Governor John Z.
Massey called the Senate to order at III
I. go