The Washington herald., 1907-12-05
DEATH WOMAN'SFATE
Lady GOolde Sentenced for
Levin Murder.
HUSBAND GOES TO PRIsON
Man Who Confessed Killing Nf8pelln,
at Monte Carlo for Jewels Given
Life Sentence, While Wife, Who, Ii
Is Alleged, Prompted the Crime,
Goes TO the GallOws.

Monte Carlo. Dec. 4-The trial of We're
ST. Leger Goolde and his wife, Lady
Goolde. charged with the murder OF
Emma Levin. which has been in progress
in the Superior Court Of the municipality
of Monaco, ended to-day with a verdict
OF guilty. LADY GOolde was sentenced
to death and Goolde to penal servitude
for life.
At the opening Of the proceedings the
advocate made a speech in which he de-
scribed the migratory life Of the Goodies.
who he classed as wandering bandits. lie
declared that Mrs. Goolde. In early life,
created a scandal IN her native village in
France. He argued that premeditation
had been clearly proved. and that the
murder could not have been carried out
single-handed; that there were no extern
uating circumstances, and that both prss-
oners should be condemned to death The
Goodies were accused OF Turing TO their
villa at Monte Carlo Emma Levin. who
was possessed of large amount of val
liable jewelry, and numbering her. Her
body. packed in a box, was found in the
railway station at Marseilles. in the bag
gage Of the Goodies. Goolde admitted the
murder. but tried 10 screen his wife. They
were in desperate pecuniary circum-
stances at the time The dead woman-s
jewelry was found in their possession.
Woman Expected AcquittaI.
Chatting with her counsel this morn
ing, Mrs. Goolde said she was confident
Of aeqrittaI and that she would 20 10
America and set up in business there as
husband is mad.
The discovery that a crime had been
committed was made on August last.
when a railway porter at Marseilles no.
ticed blood oozing from a trunk in the
luggage room at the station An investi-
the identity of the woman found in the
trunk was learned the arrest of the
Goodies quickly followed.
Both denied all knowledge of the crime
for a time but later Goolde made a
confession in which he said that Emma
Levin. who was a frequent visitor at his
house. had called there on the, occasion
VI Aiit MILLS Aol AAAC PuA PoSt OF. OD-
tanning SlO0 of him for a certain purpose.
which he had promised to let her have.
When he offered her the money she
demanded $lG0 more GoOlde refused TO
give it TO her and she abused him Goolde.
who had been drinking, became angry.
seized hunting knife and buried it in
the womans back. The body bore nu-
merous other wounds, but these, Goolde
declared, must have been made by its
being shaken around in the trunk.
Tried to Defend Wife.
After the murder. the body was dis
membered and placed in the trunk.
Goolde. according TO his confession. be-
ing assisted by his wife in thus dispos-
ing of it. He maintained throughout that
his wife had no knowledge Of the crime
until she was called upon by him to as
sist him in packing the remains in the
trunk.
The theory Of the prosecution. however,
was that the Goodies, who were fnan-
cially embarrassed, planned to kin the
Levin woman in order TO obtain her val
liable jewelry. II was also claimed that
Nine. Goolde was the instigator of the
crime, and that in killing Nine Levin he
simply carried out the orders OF his wife.
The victim herself was one of the most
singular personalities in the affair. She
belonged TO class Of women, who, al