Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-07-10
D!llf.PlllORABlE D & I TRAGEDY.
AGENOR : LAMOTHE DEAD IN
.:- 5.ss NEW YORK. .~r

of Dr. Payette Of Lowell, Mass. !,
Joseph Agenor Lamothe shot and
killed Georgiana Goddu. sister of
Alexandrine Goddua with whom he
had been keeping com pany, and also
shot and wounded DR.. Payette. The
trouble arose over Georgiana's OBJ :
lection to Lamothe courtirg her sis.
ter. s=5 i So -. ~ :,rs...
The following kilograms cover the
succeeding circumstances. ~ : ..,.s:.
The following is q New York tele.
gram, under date Of July6:
Detective Sergeant John Becker
captured Joseph Agenor >Lamothe who
is saidsto be q murderer, at St. Luke'e
hospital in New York yesterday, after
desperate struggle. In which the
man was shot in the abdomen. -.
The Manhattan detective bureau re.
! ceived q telegram on Monday from
j Police Moffatt of Lowell, asking
them TO arrest for murder a man
know .as Joseph Agenor Lamothe. who
had left Lowell on train due in
New York at 1908. o'clock of the
morning of June SO, wanted fo1
murder of Miss Georgiana Goddu OF
Winchester. The police learned that
Lamothe had 8 friend in New York,
who is an orderly In st. Luke'e
hospital. Detective Sergeant Becker
was sent TO the hospital to watch for
the man, and thirher he came, seeking
mis- friend, at 9 o'clock yesterday
when Becker recognized him and the
struggle followed. As ..Lamothe sank
to the floor he said: ~ want to de-
and then became unconscious.
New York telegram, July 6: Joseph
Agenor Lamothe, the French Cana.
dian, who was wanted in Winchester
on, suspicion of having murdered
Georgianna Goddu, died In St. Luke's
hospital, New York, yesterday morn
/ ing from the revolver shot wound in
the abdomen which he received
during q struggle with Detective
Becker in the reception room of the
hospital Saturday morning. From the
time he wac shot / Lamothe sank
gradually and unconscious until
q few m6nen refore dexth, he
regained consciousness and asked for
priest. who was summoned and gave
him the last sacrament. In reply to
the question of the priest as to his
relatives, he turned his face away and
was silent. A few minutes after he
died. !;
An examination of the dead man e
clothes showed that in the coat were
two bullet holes. One of them
evidently had been made by the
bullet which killed him, and the
other, it is thought, might have been
made by the bullet that killed Geor-
giana Goddu.
The young man was a brother of
Father Lamothe of this citv, and his
mother and sisters live here. The
terrible misfortune has fallen heavily
upon them. For some time Agenor
has been acting strangely, and there
is little doubt but that he was insane
when. the deed was committed. He
was last heard Of the first of the year.
The young man lived here for a
time when boy.
Joseph Agenor Lsmothe was ~
years old. highly educated, and of
considerable ability. Of late he had
been employed by the New Haven
railroad. =
+ Father Lamothe left for New York
early Monday morning to take charge
Of the body and will 60 to the scene
of the tragedy. s
The relatives are crushed with
grief, and In their great trouble they
have the deep sympathy Of every
body in Little Falls.
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