Evening star., 1933-02-16
FALL TAKES LIFE
.0F REPRESENTATIVE.
Body of Godfrey G. Goodwin
Found in AreaWay Be-
side Hotel.

His body crushed, Representative
Godfrey G. Goodwin of Minnesota was
found dead shortly after 7 O'Clock this
morning in concrete basement area
way beneath the window of his fifth
floor room in the Driscoll Hotel
The discovery was made by L. e
Amos, painter. who was at work in
room next to the Representatives
Opening the window a few minutes
after he arrived to begin his days work
Amos, who lives at 1925 Massachusetts
avenue. looked down and saw Goodwin's
pajama-clad body lying face upward
with arms spread wide, in the areaway
Manager Notified.
Amos notified Paul Stout, manager
of the hotel, who summoned police
Working in cooperation with Detective
Sergts. Richard j. Cox, Walter s. Beck
and John G. Dalglish Acting Coroner
A. Magruder Macdonald Immediately
began an investigation.
DR.. Macdonald ordered the body re-
moved to the morgue for a detailed
examination. A cursory examination
by Dr. Walter I. Lyle of Casualty Hos
pital indicated Goodwin had not been
dead more than an hour. Later DR.
Macdonald issued a certificate of &C.
cidental death
Although the detectives questioned
occupants of the hotel and residents
of the neighborhood, they could find
no one who had seen Goodwin hurtle
from the low, wide window of his room
On a table beside the open window
were the Representatives eyeglasses
His bed was in disorder, as though ii
had been occupied during the night
but everything else in the room was in
perfect order.
In pocket of a coat hanging in the
closet the detectives found two bottles
of sedative tablets. Two mystery novels
both dealing with murder-and sew
eral popular magazines were on the
bureau.
Had Been Ill.
Questioned by Dr. Macdonald, Repre-
sentative KnutSon, also of Minnesota
declared Goodwin, who suffered from
high blood pressure, collapsed in his
office Tuesday.
He told me everything went black
before mis- eyes and he asked me to
raise the window right away" DR.. Mac
Donald quoted Knutson as having said
A check-up by DR.. Macdonald revealed
he said, that Goodwin had been under
treatment by DR.. George w. Calver
House physician, for some time. His
blood pressure, which is said to have
ranged from 240 to 280, and a heart all
ment made him subject to frequent at
tacks of dizziness, DR.. Macdonald re-
ported he was told
In letter received by close friend
in Minneapolis yesterday, Goodwin, ac-
cording to Associated Press dispatche:
from the Minnesota city, complained he
had not been feeling we'll
Knutson advanced the theory Good.
win fell from the window during 6
dizzy spell. Goodwin, he pointed out
may have been stricken with a hear
attack and rushed to the window fol
air, only to be overcome by dizzines.
and topple over the low sill. He an.
parently landed on his back, in the
position in which he was found, and
in the opinion of DR.. Lyle, was killed
instantly.
Goodwin, according to Stout, hac
been staying at the hotel, which il
only block from the Capitol, abou
two weeks. He had made several two
week visits to the hotel during the pas
two years or so, always registering
alone, Stout said.
The Goodwin home is in Cambridge
Mimi, but members of the family wer,
understood to be visiting in Alhambra
Calf. Efforts were being made to com.
municate with them. He is survived by
his wife, three daughters, Margery Ann
Lois Geneva and Eleanor Elaine, anc
a son, Alden. Funeral arrangement.
were held in allegiance pending receipt
OF instructions from Mrs. Goodwin.
Goodwin, Republican, was born In
st. Peter, Nicollet County, Mimi, or
January IL, 1873. With his mother, he
moved to st. Paul in 1882, attending
the public schools there.
In 1895 he was graduated from the
academic department of the University
OF Minnesota. The following year hi
was graduated from the law depart.
ment of the same institution and was
admitted to the bar shortly thereafter
beginning the practice of law in Cam
bridge almost Immediately
From 1898 to 1907, he was prosecut-
ing attorney for Isanti County, Mime
sofa. He was elected to the same posi-
in November. 1913, and served until
February IS, 1925, when, having beer
elected to the Sixty-ninth Congress. he
resigned. Since then he had been q
member of the House continuously. but
was defeated f.: the Republican nomi-
nation as Representa- at-large last
Summer.
During the World War he served
without compensation as a Government
1ntervenor and appeal agent for the
ISanti County Drafting Board. He also
served from 1914 to 1917 as president
OF the Cambridge Board of Education.
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