The New York Herald Newspaper, July 13, 1873, Page 3

THE GOODRICH MURDER Continuation of the Coroner’s Investigation. The Murderess, Kate Stod- dard, Revealed. APPEARANCE OF THE PRISONER. Mrs. Meyers’ Malignity---Taunting a Rival---Her Regard for ‘the Ends of Justice.” THE STORY OF A FEMALE DETECTIVE. Haunted Down Woman. by a Verdict of the Jury, “That Charles Goodrich Was Killed by Lizzie Lloyd King’---The Present System of Coroners’ Jories Condemned. THE MURDERESS DV HER CELL. Tidings from Her Alleged Birth- place. The most intense human interest centres in the recent starting disclosures in the Goodrich mur- der case, and the announcement that Miss Lizzie Lioya King, alias ‘Kate Stoddard,” “Amy Stone,” “Amy Snow,” ‘Minnie Waltham” and ‘Jessie Wil- loughby,”’ has been committed by the Coroners jury, charged with the murder of Charles Goodrich, will not tend to allay the excitement, The resumption of the Coroner’s inquest yestex- day morning in the Kings County Court House, « which it was known tlat the self-accused mur- deress would be present, was sufficient to attract from both cities a very Jarge assemblage of people, who thronged the corridors, or were fortuna.e enough to get into the room, in the hope of obtain- ing a glimpse of the mysterious criminal. Inside the court room—for the inquest was held in Judge Moore’s room—the large audience betrayed THE MOST ABSORBING INTEREST Im every statement as it fell irom the lins of the several witnesses, It is doubtful ifin the whole experience of the oldest criminal lawyers in either of the two cities there was ever witnessed such a series of dramatic scenes as those which will make the picture of that Coroner’s examination menor- able to every spectator in that great court room. The whole case is jraught with so much that is mys- terious and startling that the quiet, easy going public can hardly yet realize THE DOUBLE LIFE OF THE VICTIM on the one hand, and the greatness of a grief which could inspire the fury of despair and murder. It is strange that just as the city is recovering from the shock of the Walworth tragedy there should come such additional and damning evidence of the double lives of the men of the world, By degrees there will come a better understanding of the great social undercurrent, which bears on its mysterious current so much that is good and evil 0 humanity. AN ART GALLERY OF LIFE. The scene in the court room was a strange, wild picture, in which the loves, sorrows and hates of three women’s lives were to be seen, The central figure was the prisoner, and on her the eyes of the entire audience seemed fixed. There she sat—a poor, weak, lone woman, defenccless and friend- Jess, On Whom all the majesty of the law was seon to be brought to bear to avenge the taking of a craven life. Pale, emaciated and poorly clad, there was written on every feature of her face the wad, sad story— “TIRED OF LIFE.” Once a woman of undoubted refinement, and in the enjoyment, doubtless, of a reasonable share of happiness, she now stood dishonored and dis- graced and charged with the greatest crime known to the law. Her cold, hazel-blue eye, tightly compressed lips—apparently resolute in their firmness, yet indicative of a wavering spirit at times—and her pale forehead, around which tell @ luxuriance of blond hair, all spoke volumes in her behalf as she sat, silent and alone, contronting a world that had misused and wronged her. THE LOVED AND LOsT. The second figure in that picture was even more sad. Adelaide Palm, the betrothed wife of the murdered man, was brought into the witness box. She was modest and evidently unused to such scenes. The trial for her, as she identified each of the articles of her jormer lover, was almost beyond the endurance of womankind. With a wonderful calmness she began, then faltered, and ever and anon, almost choking with emotion, her answers became unintelligible. It was a terrible struggle between outraged Jove and pity, grief for the once Joved having the mastery. “WITNESS, LOOK UPON THE PRISONER !"? The supreme moment came, however, with the question, ‘‘Miss Palm, have you seen any one present in company with Mr. Goodrich in a room on East Seventeenth street?” The witness looked upon the prisoner, and after a long pause replied, “Yes, this person.” The afMfanced wife of the murdered man, who had likewise been deceived by him, fixed upon the self-accused murderess a steady ok, not of contempt, Hor of pity, but a meaning- less stare, which conveyed little impression te others’ minds Of the thoughts which are revelling in the heart, There was A BREATHLESS SILENCE in the court room as the prisoner, apparcntly sum- moning little extra courage to her assistance, met whe gaze of the woman whose place she had at one time believed she held in the sight of God and of all mankind, The passing thoughts of those two human hearts may never be known, It is prob- able that neither could tell all the sentiments which possessed them in those moments. As Miss Palm recognized oue article of jewelry alter another Kate Stoddard watched every movement of the witness’ bands aud listened with an intent- ness really painful. THE CURSES OF MEN LIVE AFTER THEM, All the world seemed to be wrapped up in the answers of the unfortunate woman who was thus neing made a public show because she confided in man who was unworthy of any true woman's Jove. Visions of that mock marriage onthe one hand, and on the other of the real one which was 80 soon to have taken place; visions of that night's debauch in Degraw street, when the poor seam- stress fought for her life, and again of the victim’s visits to his intended bride; a cold, sad picture of ‘that dreary scene in the shade of a February even- ing, with the thinly clad figure in the prisoners’ dock, seated on her trunk, inditing that remark- able narrative of outraged womanhood ; and, last of all, that long, long night's wateh by the side of the <corpse—all these strange contrasts came up in the ‘mind during that one moment of breathless silence. THE SENSATIONS OF A MOMENT. ‘It was an interval of time to be remembered for ‘Years. The weaker vessel appeared to be the stronger. God, who alone judges the workings of the heart and the impuiccs of an outraged soul, must have nerved the poor, wretched prisoner to endure that strain, for she bore it Jano-like, The true woman, however, without deception and un- known to crime, faltered as she resumed her tes- ‘timony, and, dropping her Veil, hier eyes were sul fused with tears, There may have been pity, there May have been scorn tn the slight quiver of the lip which was noticeable on the face of Kate Stoddard, but the most acute observer could not read the ‘workings of her heart. THE CORONER’S INQUEST. eben ca ba nh el KATE STODDARD PUTS IN AN APPEARANCE. Shortly after eleven o'clock @ medium-sized, ex- tremely pale, light bluish-gray-eyed, fair-haired young woman, with tresses combed down her back, entered the Coroner’s office in company with Cap- tain McConnell, and, looking rather vacantly about her, followed her custodian into the witness’ wait- ing room adjoining. She was tastefully attired in @ slate-colored or Quaker-hued silk dress, with white linen, neat-Atting waist. She wore a mixed straw turban hat, trimmed with brown ribbon and an ostrich feather, About her neck was a blue ribbon and coral necklace and a gold locket. From her belt hung @ parasol. The pressure for admission to the chamber in which the prisoner was detained was very great, so deeply was the morbid curiosity of the oficiais excited. There might be seen General Jourdan and his brother Police Commissioner, Briggs: both of these oMicials held an extended interview with the woman, There also were Supervisor Richards, ex- Coroner Norris, ex-Judge Troy, several aldermen and many other prominent habitués of the public oMices of Brooklyn. LUCETTE MEYERS, who has been so very prominently identified with this remarkable case, entered the Coroner's office shortly after Miss Stoddard, in company with Detective Foik. She wore a striped linen dress, high at the neck, and was closely veiled. The delay occasioned was caused by the non- appearance of several of the jurors, for whom emissaries were sent out in every direction, Meanwhile the crowd increased in proportion, both im the Coroner's office andthe Court of Sessions. Police oMcers were placed on guard at each entrance to the apartment who admitted none others than members of the bar, representatives of the press (whose name was legion) and witnesses and others who could com- mand sufficient influence with the oMcers. The Court of Sessions adjourned at noon, and accom- modations for the press were at once accorded by the Court oMficer, Joseph Winters, The Coroner in- formed the prisoner while in his oMce that it was not obligatory on her part to make any statement that might criminate her, and that she could have counsel furnished her without expense in case she desired such, She thanked him and said she would avail herself of the offer of counsel. The prisoner was removed from the Coroner’s ofMice across the corridor to the court room at five minutes past one o’clock, As she passed across the hall a strong force of policemen, with batons drawn, had their hands full to keep back the surg- ing throng that bore down upon them like a pack of wild beasts hungry in the scent of blood in their eagerness to get a view of the pale, slender, girlish-looking woman who walked steadily alter her custodians and took @ seat in the coiner of the apartment. ‘Get back!” ‘Get back!” “I tell you you can’t go in there!’ vociferated the officers, and peace was finally secured, but not beiore all avail- able space had been occupied, Mary Hand- ley, the female “friend”? who betrayed her former roommate, “Kate Stoddard,” and wins the reward, is a tall, plain-looking woman, about thirty years of age, and was attired in a ball. mourning suit, She entered the court in company with Chie! 01 Police Campbell, who originated the scheme of employing her and settng her upon the trail of the woman now on trial ior her life. THE PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED. Coroner Whitehill called the roil of jurors (Alder- man William Richardson, chairman) at twenty- five minutes past one, when eleven answered, tue twelith juror, Mr. Robbins, being in Europe. The first witness callea was Lucette Meyers. “Gangway here, if you please,” cried the officer who conducted her to the chair, and Lucette made her appearance once more upon the witness stand, The waten, chain, seal and ring were shown the witness, and she took each artiele in her hand and identified them. The pocket- book and diary she failed to recognize as having seen With Goodrich, The pistol shown her (a black handled weapon) she said was not owned by Goodrich, but she nad seen-it with Kos- coe in the month of March, a week previous to the murder ; saw it in Roscoe’s possession in Rivington street; declined to state the conversation wich occurred upon the occasion, not because it would criminate her, however; her reason was that to state conversation wuld interfere with the ends of justice. Mrs, Meyer, at tb > request of the Coro- ner, identified the pfisoner as Kate Stoddard or Amy Svone, The latter faced her steadily, and the witness’ eyelids drooped as she did so. Saw her three or four times, but dechned to state when last she saw her, as it would tuterfere with the ends of justice. The Coroner urged the wit- ness to go on and give the jury any information that she desired upon the case, By a Juror—Saw the prisoner at her house three or jour times in Rivington street, where she called to look for board; had seen this woman and Roscoe a ne her on three or four different oc- casions. Witness said she had certain reasons for saying on the previous examination that she did not know Kate Stoddard, ‘ Miss Adelaide Cabu was the next witness. She resides at 226 Kast Filty-ninth street. On taking the stand she was much overcome by her tcelings. As soon as she became composed she identified the watch, but not the chain shown, as belonging to deceased. The pocketbook she also recognized by certain marks, which she statea to the jury. The two revolvers in possession of the Coroners were produced, when she said she had seen one of them in the possession of Goodrich. She took a long, steady look at “Kate,” and said she had seen her before at 217 East Seventeenth street, where de- ceased had had a room; the prisoner was in his company at the time; tnis was fn June or July of last year. Miss Cann avas, itis said, at one time the afianced of Charles Goodrich, Miss Mary Handley, wes the next person ex- amined. She resides at 208 Clinton street, and identified the prisoner; had known her since the 8th of February a year ago, When they were room mates at 48 Klizabeth street, New York, for four months, or more; during that time sie never spoke of Goodrich to her; saw Goodrich on one oc- casion, when he called at the house in Elizabeth street tosee ‘Kate;” she worked at making straw hats at Thompsons’, 577 Broadway, at that period; on the 4th, im 1872, the prisoner was stopping at the Working Women’s Home, New York; next heard of her this present week; had not seem her since; on Tuesday morning last the witnes3 met the prisoner, tor whom she had been looking for several weeks previous, by chance, on Fulton street, near the ferry, aud calling an officer had her arrested. The particulars of the arrest have been previously published, By a Juror—There was another girl rooming with Kate and myself at the Elizabeth street house; some difficulty had occurred between us durin our residence there, but d0 not recollect what wat the nature ot the quarrel. Mrs. Hannah Knight,227 High street, on taking the stand, bowed Kindly to the Irail-looking prisoner, who bat just outside the enclosure and eagerly watched the proceedings, Mrs, Knight testitied that she recognized the prisoner as the person who came to her house in Hign strect; saw her alinost every day; don’t remember what reason she gave When she said she wanted a fur- ntshed room; she gave the name of Miss Minnie Walling or Walding; she seemed to be employed on Broadway, New York; when she first came to board there, in the second part of April. she went to New York dail subsequently she brought her work home; she gave no explana- tion in relation to her bein Tied; $250 per week was the price paid for the apartment; never received any letters there; she might have sent a hamber without the knowledge of witness; the prisoner never spoke about Charles Goodrich; she hever went out in company of any of the inmates of the house; alw: Bee out alone; she never wore a marriage ring in presence of witness; the prisoner had @ piano with her in the house, Mr. David Goodrich, father of the murdered man, a venerable old gentleman, identified all the articles shown him excepting the pistois; the weapon his 40u Charies had bad a white handle; his memor. was quite clear on that point; the dari handled revolver shown might have been owned by his son, but he never saw it with him; the first intimation of the murder ; Was conveyed to him by Mr. Ray Potter on the day it was discovered; a letter written by ‘Amy G.” (the Pane) identical with the one sent to his son, W. W. Goodrich, was received by the wit- ness in his store in February last; it was handed him by a lady who wore a Veil; had not seen the woman who gave it him since; the next day he coaferred with William upon the strange cireum- stance, and was told that the woman was then Staying in the Degraw street house with Charies; le udvised his sqg (deceased) to get out of the matter the best way he could, Captain Jolin McConnell, of the Second precinct police, testified that he visited 127 High street; be- tore going there had seen the prisoner in custody at the station house; the property found in her trunks incladed two pistols (one of which, having three chambers discharged and four loaded, was identified by the Captain); the prisoner was brought to the station house at five minutes of twelve om Tuesday forenoon. The Chairman of the jury, A. D. Richardson, asked what statement, il any, did she make at the om of her arrest, a Yo The Coroner objec: @ question, as a rep! might tend to criminate the prisoner. The clreum. stances were such as to naturally excite her, and statements made under such conditiol ht prove camagin to her cas was then he! tween ¢ When the pochtmony, Wat resumed the tinued that Kate in relation to the death of Charles @ questioned hera al on the volunteered noth! ng 5 on the stand I woul Corporation the prisoner, oblected to the witness giving any tement made by her prior to his cautioning her t he would have to testify to what she might him concerning the case. Witness continued that when he would repeat the questions she would exclaim, “Oh, my usidon’t ask me that again; I have told you of that beiore.”” ‘The jury did not insist upon any further answera from the witness. THE BOGUS WATCHMAN, Charles Green, alias George Baker, brother-in-law of deceased, was then called to the stand and recognized Miss Stoddard as the lady he had spoken of in his former testimony. Witness then recounted the main points of his evidence given before a previous session of the investigation in May last; saw ber at the house in Degraw street on Saturday night and foliowed her to New York on the Sunday following. Commissioner Jourdan, President of the Board of Police, took the stand and testified that the Chief of Police had told him that the prisoner had made statements to him in reference to the deach of Mr. Goodrich; with regard to the~ murder, I cautioned her this morning to make no statements without the advice of her counsel. An informal recess, that is to say, one which was not announced, was had at this point of the pro- ceedings, during which Alderman Richardson, Chief Campbell and the Coroner conferred together upon the propriety of admitting certain testimony. Chief of Police Campbell took the witness stand, and, being sworn, testified that he told her that anything she said to him would not be told in evi- dence ; his object was to find her place of residence, in order to get at her effects; I have made no state- ment to any reporter for the press concern- ing any statemen® made by the prisoner in relation to the death of Cnarics Goodrich: I de- cline to answer any question relating to what she tola me oy: ¢ subject; she tola me something as to how he canid by bis death; had a rune conversation with her upon the subject; she di not tell me where she had been living; I asked her name and she retused to give it; aiter afew minutes | addressed her as “‘Kate,”? and she said “Don’t cail me that; she said call me ‘Amy G, ;’”” SE WORE A GOLD LOCKET, the one which she has on now, “The lecket cannot be shown the jury,” remarked the Coroner. ‘The counsel said she did not wish to withhold anything from the jury; but at present she does not wish to present the prosecution with any idea of her line of detence, which would be tulland ample on her trial. ie chairman of the jury said that he did not wish to prejudice the case of the prisoner, and for that reason would not ask any further questions, ‘The witness Pxoceeded to testify as to his reason for employing Mary Haudley as a special Sarective, and the ruse of mening policemen to inquire a every house in the city whether any lady was missing since Tuesday last, which led to the dis- covery of Kate's lodging place. MISS KING, ALIAS KATE STODDARD, was then, at the request of the jury, placed upon the witness stand, and, being sworn, the Coroner cautioned her that she had the right to refuse to answer any question that she believed might tend e injure her, She said, “My name is Lizzie Lloyd ng. > ‘The counsel here objected to her answering any question whatsoever. Alderman Richardson said that he simply wanted to ask her under oath whether she declined to an- swer any questions in the case. The counsel said it was but fair to state that she had declined upon his advice alone, and that she would make aiull and clear statement of her con- nection with the case upon the trial. ae te then withdrew to her seat, Dr®Reuben Smith was called, and it was stated that he was sick; whereupon the chairman of the jury said that there was no doubt as to the point that the woman present was the person whom the Doctor had seen in the Degraw street house in company with deceased. They did not, therefore, desire his testimony. Some o} the jury subse- quently expressed a desire that Dr. Smith should be heard again, and they withdrew to the ante- chamber at iour o’clock to deliberate upon the pro- pueh of adjourning until the Doctor could be eard before them. During the absence of the jury Miss King con- versed with Counsellor De Witt and toyed with the gold locket, which she jealously guards from scrutiny, refusing to display its contents, which are sud to'be a blood stained lock of hair, that of Charles Goodrich. Her gaze rarely wandered trom one object to another, but remained fixed for many minutes upon vacancy; indeed, she bore at intervals a decidedly crazed appearance. ‘The jury returned at twenty-five minutes to five o'clock and stated that they had concluded to get along without any turther evidence from Dr. Smith, I the Coroner had any more evidence of a definite character to submit they would be willing to hear it and leave it to the judgment ot the Coroner to close the by est at this point. The Coroner said, in his judgment, they had suf- ficient evidence, and aiter instructing them as to their duty the jury withdrew to their deliberations at fiftcen minutes belore five o’clock. ‘The Coroner remained manfully at hig self-imposed post of duty “waiting for the verdict,” and the hum of } busy idle speculation resounded through the spa- cious apartment. The deed was done Thursday, March 20, 1873. This tact 18 admitted by the pris- oner and upsets the theory of the physicians that the deceased met his death a iew hours prior to the finding of his boar at nine o'clock on Friday morning, March 21. e jury returned at six o'clock with tne following VERDICT, “We find that the said Charles Goodrich came to his deavh by pistol shot wounds in the head, in- flicted by Lizzie Liovd King, alias Kate Stoddard, with intent to cause death, on the evening of the 20th of March, 1873, at his aforesaid house in De- graw street, Brooklyn. ln witness whereof we, the said jurors, as well as the Coroner, have to this inquisition set our hands and seal, on tne day and place-aloresaid.” WILLIAM RICHARDSON, MICHAEL BENNETT, OWEN HAZLETINE, ROBERT SPEIR, HENRY £. FOWLER, WILLIAM ROBINS ON, FRANK P. GAVAN’ D. D. WHITNEY, The subjoined general remarks were appended to the verdict :— First—It is our conviction that the Coroner's jury, as an institution for the discovery of crime or detection of criminals, has outlived the period of necessity or useiuiness. Iu cases of death as the result o1 violence of any kind, whether accidental or designed, or occurring under such circum- stances of doubt either as to its cause or commis- sion as to call tor an investigation, we believe that it could be more eMciently conducted by some legally designated criminal or health authorities, or both comoined, than under the present system, which we believe 1s more liable to AID IN THE ESCAPE OF THE PRISONER than to result in discovery and conviction. Second—While the present system does exist we consider it of the first importance that the jury should be assembled promptly and caused to view the body of the deccased as nearly as possible in the condition, position, and under the circum- stances in which the body was discovered; and we believe tar greater aid can be in this way afforded to a jury in doubtfal cases in arriving at correct conclusions as to the cause of death, and whether self-inflicted or otherwise, than by any other evi- dence. In our jndgment a post-mortem examina- tion, when considered necessary, should follow and not precede an inspection by the jury. The prisoner then made the following replies to the questions asked :— . What is your name ? . Lizzie Lloyd King. How old are you ? Twenty-six, “wnereé Wére you born ? United States, . Where do you live ? A. High street, z What is your occupation ? f Jurors. Straw sewing. Q. Have you anything to say—and if so, what— relative to the charge nere preferred against you? A. Po at present. She was then given over to the custody of the Deputy Sherif and taken to the Raymond Street Jail, where she was provided with a cell on the second floor. Her bearing was quiet anu unde- monstrative, The Coroner hoped that no personal refiection was intended by the addenda to the ver- dict. The jury declared that it was tar from their intention to cast any reflection upon him. It was the system alone they decried. HOW THE MURDERESS WAS FOUND. The Story of Miss Mary Handley, De- tective. While the lady herself does not fail to give the entire credit of the capture of Kate stoddard to Chief of Police Campbell, there is no disputing the fact that Miss Mary Handley was the heroine of the inquest yesterday. There was romance in the fact that a woman had succeeded where so many self conceited detectives have failed. Then, too, the fact that the self-confessed murderess had been discovered upon one of the busiest thoroughfares in the very city where the killing was done, and by one who had been a former acquaintance, was enough to interest all those Who have any liking for the sensational or the curious, The policy of Chief Campbell has been thoroughly dis- played in the success of Miss Handley, for there can be no question but that ultimate success was achieved by a perseverance which was indefatiga. bie and unswerving—it matters not how much of the actual capture is due to the lucky goddess of Fortune. Chief Campbell evidently remembered the old maxim, which nas now become a truism, “To compas Satan, employ a woman,’ and as the result has shown the Chief augured rightiy. THE AMATEUR DETECTIVE, ‘The pride which Chief Campbell feels in the suc- cess of his scheme is allowable on many accounts, and as Miss Handley retired from the witness stand and returned to the Coroner's private omee she seemed in every way worthy @f the confidence which the head of the police force had reposed in her. She appeared thoroughly self-possessed snd ladylike; neither fushed with success ‘nor ashamed of what bad appeared cleasly “itr duty. ‘Througn the courtesy of the Cnief @ HERALD representative was introduced to Miss Handley and obtained from her many addi- tional particulars regarding her work as a detec- tive in the Goodrich murder case. Miss Handley is @ lady of mediuYf height, rather stout in build, and, at @ guess, from twenty-six to twenty-eight years of age. A clear complexion and a mass of rich brown hair beautify and embellish a face which ig full anda regular-featured, She was arrayed in a black silk dress, light gray mohair redingote, and @ bonnet of the iatest style trimmed in bine, TRACKING A MURDERESS, ~ “Will you please state the circumstances through which you became acquainted with Miss Kate Stoddard !” asked the HERALD reporter, “I first became acquainted with Kate Stoddard in February, 1872, at a boarding house, No, 48 Eliz- abeth street, New York. We occupied the same room there. Kate worked in astraw goods house in Sixth avenue and | worked at Thompson’s millinery store on Broadway; Kate worked in Sixth avenue till June, 1872, when she got an engagement in a Broadway store. She was frequently in the habit of leaving the boarding house and remaining away for two or three hours at atime. ‘the boarding house closed on the 1st of July, 1872, but Kate ana I remained there till the 4th; she and I went out together on that day, and this was the first occa- sion I had ever gone out with her, “At what time did you separate ?'” “I never saw her from that day until about the last of September or the ist of October. At that Ume If was living at 220 Madison street, Kate Stoddard came to my room early on the morning of that day. She was looking very much excited. With her she brought a large satchel and a parcel filled with clothes. I was going out, but I told her to remain in the room and to make herself per- fectly comfortable. She laid down on the sofa and went out. On my return I jound her gone and her parcels.’” “What was your business prior to engaging in this work ?? asked the reporter. “I was @ milliner, and was so employed when I met Kate.” “This ‘ange visit of which you speak would appear to have been about the same time as that at which the quarrel is said te have taken place between @ mysterious woman and Charles Good- rich in the Degraw street house #” “It must have been near the time at which she visited me,” replied Misa Handley. “Have you ever seen Kate Stoddard since that day when she left your house so strangely?’ asked the HERALD reporter, “Never until | met her on Fulton street on last Tuesday morning and caused her to be arrested.” A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE, “Was Kate Stoddard acquainted with Goodrich when you knew her??? “Not when I first know her, but before leavin; the house I think sne was keeping company wit! him, Indeed, from the description given of Mr. Goodrich by the people who knew him I believe [ met Kate in his company one day on Broadway.” “Did Goodrich ever come to tae house to see her while you were together ?” asked the reporter. “No, Ido not tank he ever did. I told her one day that | had seen her out with her beau, but she denied it totally. “Did you ever see her after she left the house ?” asked the reporter, “No, she forsook all the old piaces of resort, keeping hersell, 1 presume, on the Brooklyn side of the river.” “What kind of a companion was she {? “Pleasant, impulsive and eccentric. She was very peculiar in many ways,” replied Miss Handley. “She was Wholly a creature 0: moods so far as temperament went. Sometimes she was in the wildest hilarity and at others indifferent and dull,” MISS HANDLEY’S ENGAGEMENT. “When were you engaged on this case, Miss Handley? Will you please state all the cireum- stances of your chase after Miss Stoddard :" asked the reporter. “For about six weeks after the murder was laid up sick, and tor two weeks alter my recovery Chief of Police Campbell was too ill to give any time or attention to the case. I therelore did nothing until the early part of May. I knew tha Kate was a worker in straw goods, ana I made it my business for more than @ fortnight to visit every shop of this kind in the city, ostensibly in search ofemployment. This was tiresome, tedious work, and, a8 you know, resulted in nothing. I did not tind her.”” AT HOME, SOLITARY AND ALONE, “Where was she during that time?” “She was not in any shop, but, as 1 know now from Mrs. Taylor, she got her work and took it home. I never relaxed my search for a day, and was encouraged in every possible way by the Onief, to whom | reported my progress from time to time, Ithen began to hunc among the post offices. knew that Kate did a great deal of general correspondence, and I hoped to get some traces of her through that means. Chief Campbell, by some means, learned that she Was corresponding through a private post office located at 54 East Twelfth street, New York. 1 watched that house faithiully. 1 desertbed Kate to the postmaster, and he said such a person, answering to the name of ‘Amy Marlow,’ had re- ceived letters there. After ‘shadowing’ the place for two weeks { learned that she had written to the postmaster ordering her letters to be sent to Phiiadeiphia. on HILADELPHIA. “leit for the Quaker City at once, and watched the Post OMice until last Sunday night. I then received a telegram to return. I came and was ordered on Tuesday morn- ing to return to my post at the Twelith street post office. Chief Campbell said that he believed Kate Stoddard had resamed her cor- respondence through that post office, and that it must be watched, He was right, for although [ did not find her there she was on her way to that very point when arrested, as you will sce soon. Beiore leaving the Chief he gave me $5 for ex- penses, That money I kept in my hand, and rotling it between my two palms was walking down Fulton street. After going two or three blocks I discovered that 1 had lost the money. Aiter looking about me I retraced my steps about two blocks, and strangely enough found the $5 bill lying on the sidewalk, beneath passing jeet. Now, this I call strange. on getting the bill, instead of walking as I had intended, I got into a car. At the corner of High strect 1 saw a woman come along with a cream colored veil and some other light colored materiai about her that attracted my attention. Looking a litrle closer, Judge of my astonishment in the discovery that the person was no other than Kate Stoddard. I jJomped from the car and foliowed the woman until Icame to an officer, I pointed out THE PERSON IN THE WHITE SACK, and told him to arrest her, Alter some parleying he consented to do so on condition that I went to the York street station house, I told him she was Kate Stoddard, but this did not seem to convey to his mind. At the station house she was locked up, Idid not speak to the uniortunate woman. I did hate to give her up, but I regarded it as the discharge of my duty.” “How do you know that when arrested she was bound for the Twellth street post office ¥” asked the reporter. THE MYSTERIOUS LETTERS, “When arrested she had in her possession the following letters, both dated, as you notice, on the morning of her captidre:— Qeccerececcssvccancccorsrescseresnceoesesetse tester ® 4 Box 4410, si 3 . lersey City, g Row Jersey. Grvcecosevocveocsivnnsonsetseoniniameneseveeestee tn Jory & Box 4,410:-It is not convenient for me to enslose my photograph, and since you advertised with a view to Tnatrimony, Eshould not think you would wish your in- tended wile to send her picture fo a gentleman whom she haa never seen. remain, rexpecttully, votre flancee, JESSE WILLOUGHBY, Jersey City, NJ. Address me this, Pere neODELD HELO ALOEDOLEODEOLEAOLEOUDD EDO LEELA + a Mr. FT. EVANS. 4 East Twelfth street i New York. 3 woorrononreordy Joby 8, 1873, My. FT, Evans:— f, grec that I ha¥e only just now received your letter Qeenesere er reen nena re rene reat ease rere, of the 24. 1 906 You will have returned from Saratoga by the tiyad iis Peaches you, in iny letter to You L expressed the wish that whatever Jetters I had sent you should be preserved, and I feel just a little bit ey Fae ns Phe not assure me that h uid be. I remain, respectfully, ba gcige Potash, WILLOUGHBY, P, &.—I consider “age,” when it brings with it profit. able experience, rather an advantage than otherwise to Als posseseor. JESSE, “From what I know of her habits of correspond- ence Lam sure that she was going to the Post Ufice to deposit them, She tried very hard to destroy them, but failed."? ‘ THE MURDERESS IN PRISON. lini When Kate Stoddard, or, to call her by her new name, Lizzie King, had waiked out of the Court she sat down in the waiting room and said she felt very thirsty. A glass of water was given her, which she drank with avidity, but she said never a word about the verdict. She did not seem to know it had occurred, or what all this hubbub was about. It was the indifference of listlesness, not of callous ness. Then the Deputy Sheriff said that it was time to go, and she would be made comfortable, She drose in the same mechanical passive way without & show of resistance or objection, and followed the Deputy, At the door a crowd was waiting for her, and on every side you could hear, “ihere she 1s, there she L vg but she seemed not to hear what was said. t the street @ carriage was in waiting for the two. The puty Sheriff showed Kate in quite courteously, and followed himself. The carri: started down to Myrtle avenue and to the The Sheriff had already notified the keeper that he py expect Kate and to have a ceil ready for her. Arrived at the pi Kate it out of the and. ae at the’ butiding, smil- Peano The, came forward, and sald ome words abou her a to NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 13, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. which sne appeared not to pay the attention. The keeper, then preceding fom or oner, and probably wondering what stuff she was made Ol, walked ahead and opened various doors, Kate waiting B arlpveteg at each for it to be opened, Arrived on second tier, the keeper in- troduced her to Mra, Fanny Hyde, the killer of Watson, and drew the latter aside. It appears tnat he tola her to keep a good watch on Kate, as suicide was eared if any opportuntty were given, Fanny Hyde, probably commuserating a sister equally uniortunate as herself, expressed her will- ingness to take the charge. they are not to be in however. A good meal was then brought to Ki Stoddard and she ate sparingly, aiter which she went to bed. Her ceil is comfort- abie—as comfortable, indeed, as the jail furnishes, Already @ subscription has’ been started for her benefit to make her life endurable while in prison, KATE STODDARD’S BIRTHPLACE, BA EE No Traces of Her Parents, Residence im the Town. MIDDLEBORO, Mass., July 12, 1873, The story of the arrest of Kate Stoddard for the murder of Mr. Goodrich, together with the an- houncement that she hailed from Middleboro, has caused no little interest throughout this whole vicinity. The probabilities at this time, however, are that the confessed murderess was never in this neighborhood, and that she has no relatives, friends or acquaintances here, A HERALD corre- spondent has spent the whole day in scouring the town for traces of her antecedents. Many citizens have also been industriously engaged in search of iniormation to confirm the story of her iormer residence here, All efforts to obtain even the slightest trace of her former presence, how- ever, have been in vain. No such person as ‘Kate Stoddard,” “Lizzie King,” ‘Mintle Waltham’ ov “Amy Snow’? was ever known here, and there have never any letters passed through the Post Onice to any such address, and the Postmaster does not recall the forwarding of any tetters from here for the last jew months except by citizens wita Whom he is well acquainted. The town is a small one, and the presence of a stranger Galling at the Post OMce would at least attract attention. The gen- eral impression here is that the story of the young Woman hailing from Middleboro is without founda- tion, The rumor, however, has caused a breeze of public excitement and curiosity, and various spec- ulations are indulged in. MARKET Nor Her NUISANCES. Occupants of Booths Ordered to Reniove Them—A Protest and a Stay of Pro- ceedings—The Odor of Decay Still Per- vading Washington Market. The Board of Health have begun the work for cleansing the more glaring evils of Washington Market, Their oficers have served upon the per- sons Whose booths cover the street gutters outside the market building, stopping the current and producing fetid and poisonous gases, notices re- quiring them to remove their butidings, or, in de- fault thereof, the authorities threaten to pull them down on Monday. This action naturally caused great excitement among the multitude who during many years have drawn a livelihood for themselves and their families from the business conducted in the obnoxious shanties, which not alone create nuisances detrimental to the public heaith, but so tuiringe upon the proper uses of the streets as to be a most serious impediment to traiic. DON'T WANT TO MOVE. Having received the unwelcome notifications, the super-gutter merchants joined in an earnest protest to the Board of Healta, pleading the long immunity which they had enjoyed, the fact that they pay roundly for the privilege of obstructing the gutters and thorougafares as they do, and asserting that their structures and business do not, as alleged, create dangerons nuisances or threaten the public health, They also state their design to contest legully the legal power of the Board to tear away the booths, In consequence of this resistance it is understood that one week's grace hus been aliowed to the obstrucuonists, 80 that yesterday and last night the trade, jostiin and confusion of the market proceeded in its usual manner, Nor were its offensive smelis absent. Constructed as some of the booths are this cannot well be avoided, Those in Vesey and Fuiton streets have in the gutters a very considerable fall towards the river, Most of them stand from twelve to eighteen inches above the gutter bottom, and having trap doors in their floors as well as being open beneath the floors on the outer side, admit of washing and sweeping the drains. Neat and careful occupants do this, Others neglect it. STRONG 6MELLS IN WEST STREET. In West street tne booths mostly have their floors verg littie raised from the pavement over the gutter, which has so little tall towards Fulton street that there would be but littie current in it even if it were open and constantly cleaned. So, though the heavy shower of Friday had forced water through under the long, close bridge, still, Tiere, he =pestilential odor, beside which llge-water would be perfumery, saluted all nos- trils of those who, with nasket or satenel in hand, sought toothsome dainties for the Sunday dinner. It mingled with the Qavors of fruits, the Perino freshness of meats and the alluring dairy smells 0} cheese and butter. It gave an unnecessary bouquet to fish and iowl, and, perchance, affected the wholesome qualities of new potatoes und cu- cumbers. It saluted madame as she selected her young beets and green peas for the week's supply of her boarding house, and evidently it reacmed thi sensitive nostril ot the American apostle of socialism as he sampled succulent string beans, for they did not come up to his requirements either tn quality or price, t th they were cvidently both tender and p, and he leit the unsavory precincts witha satchel as empty as the treasury of a Fourierite association. How could man or woman of culture, taste and refined sensibilities buy 1ood in the pres- ence of sucha rank stench? A few of the west side booths had their foors removed last night and the filth cleaned away, but the majority were un- molested, IN THE WHOLESALE MARKET. Two-inch hemlock plands are accepted panacea for West Washington Market. Here yesterday an attempt was made to batten down the foul smelis arising from stagnant water gd the accumulated filth which forms the soil of its streets. Gangs of men were at work laying down an extra thickness ol planks over some of tue worn spots, permitting still the settling of water after every slower, Any man of sense can easily tell how much this will do towards abating the nuisance which it will cover from the eye but cannot prevent trom con- taminating the air. And most of the most offen- sive holes remained untouched, not even being decently screened trom sight. TAE ISSUE TO BE DECIDED. During this week itis to be Ly ees for the sake of public salety, that the Health Board wiil decide upon squarely taking the responsibility of clearing away all obstructions to the gutters and cleansing thoroughly all dangerous and offensive localities in and around Washington Market. If the sidewalk booths cannot be so regulated ast. allow oi; per- fect cleanliness and entire absence of offensive smells from festering accumulations of decaying organic matters, they should be sternly swept away as unworthy of @ great and enlightened city. If they are rendered innoxtous on the score of health then they have still to meet the charge of obstructing the public thoroughfare, DEADLY AFFRAY IN JERSEY CITY. A Man Assaulted by Four Negroes, Who Dance on nd Dangerously Injure Him—A Spturday Night Brawl in a Liquor Store. Ata late hour iast evening an affray took piace in the lager beer saloon of a colored man named Growen, at 283 Newark avenue, between a man named Martin Curiey and four negroes, which came nigh resulting in the death of Curley— in fact, his injuries may yet prove fatal. It appeara that Curley, a stout plasterer, aged fifty-three years, entered the saloon and demanded a drink, tendering in payment therefor a fifty cent note, said to be counterieit. A dispute arose as to the value of the stainp, and, after a few words be- tween the disputants, four stalwart negroes: fell upon Curley, threw him to the ground and kicked him violently, then jumped and danted on his abdomen. For a time the man lay mo- tionless, and the report speedily went forth that he was dead. After a time he evinced signs of life, and Dr. Hadden was instantly sent tor. Curley being in the meantime removed to the residence of his family in Newark avenue, at the foot of the hill. Dr. Hadden having kindly attended to the wounded individual, made the following state- ment :— Curley was senseless for a considerable time after being Kicked, and did not come to until after the application of the remedies, The bruises were inflicted on the pit of the stomach or upper part of the abdomen, 50 that the most serious results mayie ensue, If iffammation sets in cer- tain death wonld ensue. Otherwise the case would not be of much consequence. After being taken to his residence and cared for by tne in- mates Cugey was able to state the Ss of the — occurrence, Captain icLevy and Officers Stucky, McDonna and Sadler arrested the following persons on suspicion of committing the dee yal Hal- let and Martinas. A man named Hallet was identi- fled by a witness named Wintershein as one of the gang who kicked Curley. Lieged that the bar- It tender, by interfering with the parties, was the cause of the assault. In the Jefferson Market Police Court, before Jus- tice Ledwith, yesterday, Kate Toner, a girl of six- teen, employed as a domestic by Sarah A. Bray, of we first street, was committed on & chat or evel from the hoare of her crapieres Ar watos, valued at $160. Ane girl adm! 3 AWFUL OFFAL: The Manure Mass on the East Side. A NEW OBSTACLE TO ITS REMOVALa Long Island City Refuses Transit for Our Refe * use—Garbage as New Ground—The Fille ing In at Harlem—An Immovable Rendering Company—Low Water Perpetuating a Nuisance, Tae senson of odorous compounds has not yet run its tether, The manure mass, the garbage fill-: ings and the rendering company still ‘riaumphantlyt flaunt their banners to the breeze. ‘The decrees: Of the Health Board have not succeeded in abating: @ jot of their prommence, nor in eliminating ona: essential bouquet from their various nosegays. It seems to signify nothing whatever that the cholera is coming, nor that people complain, nor that the Health board threaten, the manure dump- ers continue todump, the garbage fillers to Mill: and the rendering company to render, with a come placency born only of clear consciences and sure expectations, THE MANURE HEAP, At the dumping ground on East River and Forty. sixth street three policemen continue to watch. and wait for dumpers, guarding that overwhelm. ing mass of manure with the care they might bee stow on the vaults of a safe deposit company.. The request of the Board of Health that twenty men might be detailed to guard the heap has beew disregarded by the Police Com@iissioners, who evidently have less regard for the safety of » mantre heap than the oxigency of the circuin- stances requires, It was suggested by the police- men that the heap would not run away, and that if any additional piles were added to it it would be only a transfer of theagxe from one offensive place to another; and that, while murders were being enacted every day and Orange parades called for extra details, the manure heap might trust in ite own integrity. So the twenty men have failed to report, and the way to dumpers is as iree as ever. ‘There have not been any very desperate attempts: at dumping recently, however, the stablemen hav- ing the use just now of @ couple of boats. The work of REMOVING THE IMMENSE MASS continues with as much efficiency as the inspector# of the Board of Health can bring to bear upon it, Farmers do not want the manure, and the coy- tractors consequently revolt at the idea of thrust-' ing ita mere “drug” upon the market, The ine spectors keep them tenaciously to their contract, however, and a boatload is now and then disposed of. Ge liy it goes to the farmers on Long Island, by way of Commissioner Charlick’s railways Yesterday, however, a new and AGGRAVATING OBSTACLE appeared in the way of its quiet deportation. Tne Commonalty of Long Island City, where the boats transfer their cargoes to the trains, refused to allow the odorous mass passage through their village, and compelled the “skippers” of the vessels to return to the heap on the New York side with their loads, It is said the policemen were frightened at the profanity that ensued on the part of the contractor. The manure mass was the only object in the neighborhood that was not impressed with his vituperative vigor. A sugges- tion that Comnussioner Charlick—who owns tne railroad, and inierentially owns Long Island— would make it all right calmed the contractor and relieved somewhat the fears of the inspector. It, remains to be seen, however, whether Commis. sioner Charlick will interiere, and, if he should do so, over how many villages of Long Island his Jurisdiction as a Police Commissioner of New York city extends. If Long Isiand City persists in re- jusing the manurous cargo a reiuge, notwithstand- ing the expected plandishments of Commissioner, Charlick, the contractors will look out for some suburb where the authorities are less watchful, and dump thelr boatloads there before they can’ call a mecting and ‘enjoin them.” Itis a desper- ate business apparently, and New York may be, again in the clutches of her suburbs, as she hag been many times before. THE HARLEM SWAMPS. At the swamp lands in Harlem work goes on as. smoothly as if an ineffable biessing were being showered upon every Harlemite witain smell. ‘The Tefuse foundations ipon which these new streets of Harlem are o rest are composed of garbage, potato peelings, cabbage knots, pea shells, asnes , and other slops, and their ericiency as street’ foundations, ti gauged by their strength of smell, Ought to prove very satisiactory indeed. They are strong enough in odor to sustain a very heavy weight. Complaints continue to pour in from Harlem people over the pungency of the atmos- phere where this land filling goes on, but as filling with garbage is not contrary to jaw or ordinance, the Board of Health cannot interiere, except to DISINFECT THE FILTH. This they do under the inspection of Dr. Viele, at the landing place foot of 104th street, East River. The garbage is brought in boatloads from the lower landings, ond Dr. Viele ie gerd that it be disinfecied below, instead of at the upper landing, This prospect certainly appears very reasonable, a3 there is no necessity for tainting ail East River with its foulness; but a new idea takes along time to get through the heads of Mealth Commissioners, and they are not jikely to accept. this one until the cholera has left us, " THE RENDERING COMPANY on Thirty-cighth street and North River were tc have closed their doors and ceased business on the 10th inst. Yesterday morning, the 12th, found the company pursuing their regular vocation, as cheerily and happily a8 skylarks, They own an immense old boat, said to be an ex-gunboat, which performed deeds of honor and glory during the war, but that 18 a@ supposition too awlul lor belief; and on this old voat the Ren- dering Company render the refuse of the markets and the slaughter houses into lard and tallow. Their fumes permeate the shores of tne North River from Fiitieth street down to Thirtieth, The air is heavy and sodden with their smells, They have always been @ nuisance over which the pa- titence of the Health Board has always been wea- ried out, Onthe 10th instant, consequently, they were ordered to clear out, but they had not dope so yesterday. in reply to mild inquiries trom heaith oMcials why they had not cleared out they responded that the dock where their boat lies is low of water, and they cannot move the boat, In consequence they canuot clear out, and, though not 0 naturally, in consequence, they continue work where they are, an retty effectual work, too. Seven hundred barrels of offal were landed at their doorways tor rendering on Friday night alone. The Health officials examined the water in the dock and found it realiy the case tnat the boat was aground, and they directed tiiat the dock be dredged out so that the boat, with its cargo Of stenches, could sath. away. ‘This order necessitated consultation, how- ever, with the Department of Docks, who will make observation as to the necessity for dredging on Monday. If 1t is decided to dredge quite likely @t this time of year the dredging machine has en- gagements ahead fora mouth, and cannot do this work 4b ounce. The New York Rendering Company’ in consequence Will be leit to pursne thetr legiti- mate business, unvexed by litigations or Health orders, until the Summer ends, THE OFFAL WAR IN BROOKLYN, An Open Air indignation Meeting tn Williamsburg Last Night. Pursuant to a call signed by the Rev. Dr. Porter, Bernhardt Peters and other leading citizens of the Nineteenth ward, a mass meeting was held near the fountain, Bedford avenue, Williamsburg, last night, for the purpose of remonstrating against the continuance of the offal dock at the Wallabout, At nine o'clock Mr. Robert Macoy mounted the extensive platform erected for the occasion, and called the meeting to order. After stating the purpose of the ace he nominated Dr. Hurd for chairman and joseph =. Sackett for secretary. gentlemen wero elected b; acclamation. On taking the chatr Dr. Hurd, @ venerable old gentleman with milk-white hair, gave forcible expression to his feclings in regard to the question under eoasideration. the city authorities that if the voice of the meet was not heeded by them more effective mean: would be resorted to to remove the intolerable nuisance that was endangering the health of the pty the Nineteentn ward. He was loudly applauded. ire B. Peres followed in a still more indignant strain, demanding that the nuisance must be abated at any cost. apervisor Scholes, Mr. After remarks by Ames, ex-Jastice Dailey and others, all of whom Strongly denounced the city authorities for making the Wailavout # common nuisance, the meeting adjourned. ‘Among the attentive listeners to the orators were ‘Oma Contractor Clark and Aldermen Nolan and Zindel. i sialic JUMPING THE TRACK WITH FATAL RESULTS. SULPHUR vi Montoomery, WHITE citer” ‘The sleeping car of the eastern bound train om the Atlantic, Misaissippt and Ohio Railroad jumped the track near New River Bridge this morning and rolled over & small embankment. The brakeman killed and the slee) car cepeneer had his was broken, Some jazen were badly hart, but all escaped