The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-06
GOODwIN'S ESSIE DIVORCED.
HER HUSBAND, PETER SNYDER, LEAVES
BER THE THREE CHILDREN
II was She whs- the Murdsrea Man allied
"My Dsriins wife" In the Lsttsr NE Hsd
Net FI,ishsa whs. WEBSTER shet Mis-.

II We. She wh.- th. Mu-ssrss Man allied
"My Dsriirs wife" n the Letter NE Hsa
Net FI,,shsa whs. webster shet His..
A bundle Of legal papers. sealed up in q
brown paper which was labelled Snyder aet.
Snyder" was deposited In the safe OF the
County Clerk on Wednesday afternoon. No
Decree which the Law requires must be public
in all cases, was on record. An order Of JUS
tlce InRraham was also found in the safe. or
derine all the papers In the case sealed. The
order read:
Peter snyder aet Sarah Esther snyder.-Upon the
consent OF the attorneys for the respective parties
hereto sunexsd and at their request II 10 ordered that
the judgment roll and the testimony papers pissdinss
and exhibits taken in the within action before william
Gray. Rsa referee shall be ied and sealed and that
cspt upon the further order OF the court OIL l.
We request and consent TO the entry Of the above
order. HENRT l. sFRAGuE, Attorney for Plaintiff.
d. n. cHiLps Defendants Attorney.
As the Judgment roll contains the decree,
there was no means OF ascertalninR what dis
position had been made Of the case. and there
was no means OF ascertaining the nature OF the
case from anything on record. There was the
inference that II was divorce action, as II is
only In such cases and on very rare occasions
that any papers are sealed up. In none Of the
few cases Of sealing in that court has the de-
cree itself been sealed before. The referee
said II was an action for divorce The lawyers
wouldn't say anything.
Justice Ingraham was appealed to. but he
refused to speak OF the case. saying that he
would not discuss his judicial actions. About
Of h Sudss ~
took the reporter down to the great safe The
seals were broken and the decree was shown.
only. There did not seem to be anything
particularly dangerous In appearance IN the
which were left in the brown paper with its
ss The he. saa the
away again In the safe.
The decree said that the marriage WAS dis
solved IN mr. q the report q hesrss
marry again. As Mr. snyder did not desire to
have this custody 81 the children they are nj
cree was, signed By Justice fnsfsham. The
defendant had appeared By counsel; At.
"a sopy iGs me s.osy H:cree tod' ana THIS
.Wheu Charles L. doodwia was shot dead in
s: : asr:xs pa sanaas ns AS HsI
by Burton 9. Webster. he had lust been writ.
my Own Precious DARLING WIFE; never
tenderness sym patny. and love Is o.nieht. /
more more than now. and Jet dons Know wSers or
how 70 begin my letter 1t seems as II
and as II the experience Of q iifetims
had been crowded into them. Ny brain
be To- nd an end that might p follow up With
out intersection. any one particular thought
Is only By this dsT prs.cs that can hope to UNI
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\ three weeks. the damage was doing you. tho
state Of mind was putting you IN. If could
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know a th S0 douSt s and tort
not: dearest, Tor have already written yoE lat A.
dearest. until have ,dxslt On /. sufficiently
sorrow untold that have brought to you.
1t was not at once. dear. that grasped
% your tssns but Soon da
and then came my agony;
that little home. with our dear babies around
you, fixed Of purpose. confident. answering
AT this point Webster came to tho door Of
pistol; for which crime Webster Is now serving
Goodwin OF insulting Evelyn Granville who
married Webster after the murder.
EssIe was not Goodwin's wife. although she
expected eventually to be. She was the wife
of Peter Snyder Of the Colonial Club. Cashier
OF the Hudson River Bank. and when the LETT
ter was written she was in South Dakota.
whittier she had gone In May with her three
children to qualify by residence for q divorce
@ ts Il: e sH,d!s ss hs
Father Snyder"
Mrs Snyder came OF New York family Her
maiden name was Belcher. and she was the
niece q the late Pr Bslehsr. a popular ives.
1877. She was then very beautiful brunette,
with very dark eyes. dark brown hair. and OF
Q most attractive figure. She always dressed
with exceeding taste. and did not seem 10 be
IS vivacious as many OF her associates. Her
reputation was OF the very highest
Goodwin first met her in the summer OF
1888 at Larehmont whore she was spending
the summer. II WAS apparent 10 the sum msr
residents at Larchmont that Mr.. and Mrs.
Snyder were not on the best OF terms. II was
said that Mira Snyder was jealous OF her hus-
hand. Goodwin was fascinated by her and
their companionship became . matter OF COM
msnt.
AT the time Goodwin was killed Mrs Sny-
der had three children. oil fair and blue-eyed.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Snyder we're dark. while
Goodwin was fair. The third child was born
about . year before the killing Of Good win.
Soon after the birth Of this child It was ar
ranged that Mrs SNYDER should get divorce
IN Soufh Dakota and that Good wfn ahnuld