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106-490: Her inquest was held on the same day and at the same court as that for Mary Ann Dwyer, who had murdered her three children, making the story even more sensational for the New York press . The New York Times story headline the next day was "TWO INSANE WOMEN" . The chief of police who handled her case, Patrick Campbell, would recall her case decades later as "a great one", and one of the most memorable of his career. King

212-466: A petticoat by the press, "by whose wiles it was confidently expected Mrs. Armstrong would be induced to tell all she is supposed to know about the Goodrich murder". She was placed in the same room as Armstrong, posing as a witness named Lucy in a civil case, but failed to elicit any relevant discussion from Armstrong. Goodrich's father made a request to coroner Whitehill on 19 April 1873 to inspect

318-590: A Frenchman named Charles Dalzen, of "Hayti, West Indies" (sic), mistakenly believing him to be Roscoe, the New York Times noted: The clumsy and ineffectual efforts of the Brooklyn detectives were yesterday imitated by a New-York officer. Lucette Armstrong had been in jail at this time, unable to make a $ 1,000 bail . She had refused to divulge information she claimed to know about the murder. The police resorted to using an undercover female detective, labeled

424-486: A New York publisher who was acquitted in his 1735 landmark court case, setting the precedent that truth was a legitimate defense against accusations of libel . Major newspapers emphasizing coverage of the New York metropolitan region outside the city include Newsday , which covers primarily Long Island but also New York City, (especially Brooklyn and Queens ), The Journal News , which covers Westchester County, to

530-648: A distinctive hour glass or keyhole shape when viewed from the side. They were named after the Swedish singer Jenny Lind . Saratoga trunks were the premium trunks of many makers (or the exclusive design of many premium trunk makers) and actually can encompass nearly every other style of trunk manufactured if loosely defined, although generally they are limited to before the 1880s. The most readily recognizable feature of Saratogas are their myriad (and generally very complex) compartments, trays, and heavy duty hardware. Monitor-tops (incorrectly known as water-fall trunks from

636-431: A distinctive look and construction. These were generally made from the late 1870s to the mid-1880s. Bevel-tops are separated into an early and a late (or revival) period, the former generally dating from the 1870–1880 period, and the latter from 1890 to 1900. They are characterized by a distinct trapezoidal shape when viewed from the side, although the earlier period tended to have a much shorter flattened top section than

742-473: A great uproar. Nine people provided testimonials to the court. Lucette Meyers, who had been quoted in newspapers regarding the murder, identified King by several of her aliases, including Kate Stoddard , Amy Snow , Amy Stone and Amy Gilmore ; "she is called by all of these names". She also identified various articles. Adeline Pabor, who had been engaged to Goodrich for months before the murder, testified that Goodrich had introduced her to King, claiming King

848-407: A high, curved top that can rise up to heights of 25–30 in (64–76 cm). A variety of construction methods—including cuffing, molded ply, barrel construction, and so forth—were used to form the inner boxes. Included in this classification are camel-backs , which are distinguished by having a central, vertically running top slat that is higher than its fellows, hunch-backs or hump-backs which

954-499: A house on Degraw Street. His second letter to her after their marriage states that "it is better for both that we should separate". Goodrich's last letter to King states his intention of providing her with a room in New York City and to aid her financially, if she would cease to refer to herself as his wife, and not mention their relationship to his family. King refused the proposal, and on the evening of 15 February 1873 wrote

1060-548: A letter to Goodrich from early 1872, King refers to him as "my dear Charlie". She would write seven more letters to Goodrich between then and March 1873, and he would write to her five times. She would sign her letters to him using the alias Amy , or sometimes Kate . The letters indicate that the two had married on 20 May 1872, after which her letters to him are addressed "my dearest husband". Goodrich always addressed King as "Amy" in his letters to her. Her letters revealed that from June 1872 to February 1873, she had been living at

1166-456: A letter to his brother William W. Goodrich, sending it to his office. In that letter, King made many revelations, including that she has been living in the third Brownstone house from Fifth Avenue on Degraw Street. Seven units had been built and owned by Charles Goodrich, and were completed in the fall of 1872; he had assumed residence of the unit at 731 Degraw Street. The letter also indicated that Goodrich had married King in what she now knew

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1272-660: A long history in American magazine publishing based in New York City . In the 1930s, New York-based RCA was the nation's largest manufacturer of phonographs . In the late 19th and early 20th century, most sheet music in the United States—especially the popular songs of the day, many now standards—was printed at Tin Pan Alley , so called because the constant sound of new songs being tried out on pianos in

1378-493: A major ethnic press, with 270 newspapers and magazines published in more than 40 languages. El Diario La Prensa is New York's largest Spanish-language daily and the oldest in the nation. The New York Amsterdam News , published in Harlem, is a prominent African-American newspaper. The Village Voice was the largest alternative newspaper until it ceased publishing in 2018. The television industry developed in New York and

1484-454: A police officer and a detective executed a search of King's room at the Taylor residence, where they found two trunks, one of which contained a watch, pocket book, revolver, a ring, and two seals , all possessions of Goodrich, which were seized as evidence. If the police regarded her confession with doubt, here was corroborative and unmistakable evidence, and in a moment all mystery surrounding

1590-482: A throng of people in the hallways wishing to enter the courtroom, though "none but reporters, officials, and the influential outside few were admitted" to the already overcrowded courtroom. The jurors entered the courtroom via the clerk's office at 13:10, promptly taking their seats. King entered the courtroom shortly after via the main corridor, accompanied by Captain McConnell and her counsel William C. de Witt, to

1696-401: A unique form of wall-trunk that generally date from the 1900–1910 era. They are characterized by a lid that opens up nearly the entire front half of the trunk, allowing it to rest on the bottom. Two prominent manufacturers of this trunk style were F. A. Stallman and Homer Young & Co. Oak-slat trunks incorporating many construction-styles (e.g. dome-top, flat-top, beveled-top) were built on

1802-616: A wooden frame, where the malletier would fit thin oak slats vertically side-by-side until the entire trunk was covered. To a Victorian, this would show the complexity of the trunk and astuteness of the malletier, and was an indication of wealth to any purchaser. Oak-slat trunks were built by several companies, including the Excelsior Company, MM ( Martin Maier ) Company, Clinton Wall Trunk Manufactory, and El Paso Slat Trunk Company. Some oak-slat trunks were made with alternating colors on

1908-461: Is a 15-acre (61,000 m ) modern movie studio complex in a former shipyard where The Producers and The Inside Man , a Spike Lee movie, were filmed. New York was, and to a certain extent still is, also important within the animation industry. Until 1938, it served as the home of Fleischer Studios (who produced the Popeye , Betty Boop , and Color Classics shorts for Paramount Pictures ) as well as

2014-539: Is a network owned-and-operated station . Two asterisks (**) indicates channel is a network flagship station . Because of its sheer size and cultural influence, New York City has been the subject of many different, and often contradictory, portrayals in mass media. From the sophisticated and worldly metropolis seen in many Woody Allen films, to the hellish and chaotic urban jungle depicted in such movies as Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976), New York has served as

2120-474: Is a significant employer in the city's economy. The four major American broadcast networks, ABC , CBS , Fox , and NBC , are all headquartered in New York. Many cable channels are based in the city as well, including CNN, MSNBC , MTV , Fox News , HBO , and Comedy Central . In 2005 there were more than 100 television shows taped in New York City. New York is also a major center for non-commercial media. The oldest public-access cable television channel in

2226-632: Is a source of work for animators working for any medium, from advertising to film. Silvercup Studios has expanded in Long Island City, Queens with numerous soundstages, production and studio support space, offices for media and entertainment companies, stores, 1,000 apartments in high-rise towers, a catering hall and a cultural institution, built at the edge of the East River in Queens, overlooking Manhattan , and maintaining its status as

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2332-633: Is active in defending free speech, the promotion of literature, and the fostering of international literary fellowship. Author Jennifer Egan is its current president. Some of the most important literary journals in the United States are in New York. These include The Paris Review , The New York Review of Books , n+1 , and New York Quarterly . Other New York literary publications include Circumference , Open City , The Manhattan Review , The Coffin Factory , Fence , and Telos . New York

2438-507: Is also home to the US offices of Granta . New York is a prominent location for the American entertainment industry , with many films , television series, books, and other media being set there. As of 2012 , New York City was the second largest center for filmmaking and television production in the United States, producing about 200 feature films annually, employing 130,000 individuals;

2544-572: Is also taped. BET is headquartered on 57th Street. The Colbert Report is produced by Comedy Central on 54th Street , and The Daily Show , also produced by Comedy Central, is produced just a few blocks over on 11th avenue and West 53rd street. Glenn Beck's The Blaze TV has a studio in Manhattan. Over a thousand people are involved with producing the various Law & Order television series. In 2005 there were more than 100 new and returning television shows taped in New York City, according to

2650-641: Is home to a number of major online media companies, including Yahoo! and its operations under the AOL brand, along with news and entertainment companies like BuzzFeed and VICE Media . The book publishing industry in the United States is based in New York. Publishing houses in the city range from industry giants such as Penguin Group (USA) , HarperCollins , Random House , Scholastic , Simon & Schuster , and Macmillan to small niche houses like Melville House and Lee & Low Books . Three courses on publishing,

2756-482: Is known for its beat coverage of city neighborhoods, and its coverage of City Hall and state politics is closely watched by political insiders. For years, several soap operas were filmed in the New York City area, including Another World , As the World Turns , Guiding Light , All My Children and One Life to Live . As of 2012, there are no New York soap operas left on the air. Asterisk (*) indicates channel

2862-399: Is known. I wish it was; the papers would have it mighty quick. The neighbours also unanimously endorsed the hypothesis that it was murder, and that the woman was "directly concerned in the affair". Goodrich's body was removed from his residence at 17:00 on 22 March, placed in a hearse , and transported to Cumberland Street, to the residence of his brother William Goodrich. A funeral service

2968-606: Is large and diverse. Major ethnic publications include the Roman Catholic diocesan paper for Brooklyn-Queens, The Tablet and Jewish-American newspapers The Jewish Daily Forward (פֿאָרװערטס; Forverts , published in Yiddish and English ) (founded in 1897), and African-American newspapers , including the long-time newspaper The New York Amsterdam News (founded in 1909) and Brooklyn -based Our Time Press . The Epoch Times , an international newspaper published by

3074-407: Is nobody to give us anything. If this woman has been visiting or stopping at the house, as is alleged, I should think it not unnatural to suppose that somebody should know her name or where she belongs, State or town. Now, I will say emphatically that there is nobody to give any information of this woman, or where she belongs, notwithstanding all that has been stated about letters, and all that. No name

3180-522: Is not the only measure of the diversity of New York City's newspapers, with editorial opinions running from left-leaning at alternative papers like the Village Voice (before its closure in 2018), to conservative at the New York Post . New York Observer covers politics and the city's rich and powerful with unusual depth. The tradition of a free press owes much to John Peter Zenger ,

3286-512: Is the home of the three traditional major American television networks , ABC , CBS and NBC , as well as Spanish-language networks Univision and Telemundo. They each have local broadcast owned and operated stations which serve as the flagship stations of their networks. Outside of the 29 counties in the New York DMA , the ABC, CBS and NBC affiliates are carried by cable company Claro in

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3392-444: Is the same but has no slat in the center of the top, and barrel-tops (not to be confused with barrel staves), which have high arching slats that are all the same height, a distinction that can be discerned by laying a ruler flat across the tops of the slats. These trunks date from 1870s-1900s, although there are a few shops still manufacturing them today. They are not only the most common trunks referred to as antique, but also are among

3498-461: The New York Post (circulation 414,254), and the Daily News (circulation 227,352). The Wall Street Journal (circulation 2.2 million), published in New York City, is a national-scope business newspaper and the first or second most-read newspaper in the nation, depending on measurement method. El Diario La Prensa (circulation 265,000) is New York's largest Spanish-language daily and

3604-454: The "Big Four" music labels are headquartered in the city: Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group . The world headquarters of MTV is also in New York. Many major music magazines are headquartered in the city as well, including Blender Magazine , Punk Magazine , Spin and Rolling Stone . New York City is home to 4 of the 10 largest papers in the United States. These include The New York Times (circulation 571,500),

3710-820: The Columbia Publishing Course , the NYU Summer Publishing Institute, and the CUNY Publishing Certificate Program, train the next generation of editors. New York has also been the setting for countless works of literature, many of them produced by the city's large population of writers (which have included Paul Auster , Don DeLillo , Bret Easton Ellis , Jonathan Safran Foer , Jonathan Franzen , Jhumpa Lahiri , Jonathan Lethem , John O'Hara , Dorothy Parker , Thomas Pynchon , Susan Sontag and many others). The New York City metro area, home to

3816-929: The Dominican Republic , and the NBC affiliate is simulcast on Puerto Rico on channel 2.3 . Newscasts from the NBC and ABC affiliates are simulcast on WVGN-LD in the US Virgin Islands and WORA-TV in Puerto Rico respectively. The CW affiliate WPIX is a superstation carried by cable providers in Canada and the Lesser Antilles . It is also the headquarters of several large cable television channels, including MTV , Fox News , HBO , and Comedy Central . Silvercup Studios , located in Queens

3922-1055: The Falun Gong , has English and Chinese editions in New York. There are seven dailies published in Chinese and four in Spanish . Multiple daily papers are published in Italian , Greek , Polish , and Korean , and other weekly newspapers serve dozens of different ethnic communities, with ten separate newspapers focusing on the African-American community alone. Many nationally distributed ethnic newspapers are based in Astoria, Chinatown or Brooklyn. Over 60 ethnic groups, writing in 42 languages, publishing over 200 non-English language magazines and newspapers in New York City, including newspapers in 95 non-English languages and local radio broadcasts in over 30 languages. Ethnic variation

4028-480: The Taunton Lunatic Asylum , during which time she was also known as Alice Howard . Her attending physician was Norton Folsom, who indicated the "form of her disease was mania , which was manifested by excitement, irascibility, incoherence of speech and violent conduct", and that her condition was "caused by some disease peculiar to females". He indicated that by 10 May 1867, she appeared better. She

4134-417: The "steamer" trunk actually referred to a trunk that is often called a cabin trunk. An orthodox name for this type of trunk would be a "packer" trunk, but since it has been widely called a steamer for so long, it is now a hallmark of this style. Cabin trunks , which are sometimes called "true" steamer trunks, were the equivalent of today's carry-on luggage. They were low-profiled and small enough to fit under

4240-426: The 1980s and 1990s, hip hop labels including Def Jam , Roc-A-Fella and Bad Boy Records were founded in New York, creating what is known as East Coast hip hop . These labels continue to be among the largest hip-hop labels in the world. Other influential New York-based hip hop labels, past and present, include Cold Chillin' Records , Jive Records , Loud Records , Rawkus Records and Tommy Boy Records . Two of

4346-566: The 1990s came new portrayals on television; Seinfeld , Friends , and Sex and the City showed life in the city to be glamorous and interesting. Nonetheless, a disproportionate number of crime dramas, such as Law & Order and the Spider-Man film series, continue to use the city as their setting despite New York's status as the safest large city in the United States after plummeting crime rates over many years. An essay appearing in

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4452-520: The Arts section of The New York Times in April 2006 quoted several filmmakers, including Sidney Lumet and Paul Mazursky , describing how modern cinema shows the city as far more "teeming, terrifying, exhilarating, unforgiving" than contemporary New York actually is, and the consequential challenge this poses for filmmakers. The article quotes Robert Greenhut, Woody Allen's producer, as saying that despite

4558-735: The Mayor's Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting. WNET , New York's largest public television station, is a primary national provider of PBS programming. The oldest public-access television network in the United States is the Manhattan Neighborhood Network , well known for its eclectic local origination programming that ranges from a jazz hour to discussion of labor issues to foreign language and religious programming. There are eight other Public-access television channels in New York, including Brooklyn Community Access Television (BCAT). As part of use of local rights-of-way,

4664-623: The Taylor family, who were unaware of her true identity; they became concerned about her disappearance on 8 July 1873, but King's friends suggested she had gone to visit her parents, whom she had said lived in Trenton, New Jersey . They learned of her capture by police two days later, when as a result of the confession , an officer was dispatched to Taylor's house. Taylor was brought to the Second Precinct for questioning, where she identified King by her alias Minnie Waltham . Subsequently,

4770-592: The United States is the Manhattan Neighborhood Network , founded in 1971. WNET is the city's major public television station and a primary provider of national Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS ) programming. WNYC , a public radio station owned by the city until 1997, has the largest public radio audience in the United States. The City of New York operates a public broadcast service, NYC Media , that produces several original New York Emmy Award–winning shows covering music and culture in city neighborhoods, as well as city government-access television (GATV). New York City

4876-525: The Van Beuren Studios (who produced animated shorts for RKO Radio Pictures ) until 1937. New York was later the home for Famous Studios (who replaced Fleischer Studios and continued the production of Popeye shorts for Paramount) from 1943 to the 1960s. Its current position in the animation world is as an alternative to Los Angeles (where most U.S. animation is produced. The city now houses several schools and school programs concerning animation, and

4982-464: The affair had vanished. Handley's friends urged her to apply for the reward. By the time she was captured, King had reverted to using the name Lizzie Lloyd King , and had abandoned the Stoddard alias. She was interested in news about herself, and requested the day's papers while in jail. After tea in the prison she was provided, at her own request, with the evening papers, and seating herself under

5088-426: The appearance of a murder, and then wiped away the blood. By 25 March, this conjecture was abandoned. Despite daily questioning of the neighbors up to 26 March, an accurate account of the events could not be established because they offered conflicting information. It was unanimous that a woman was either visiting or living at Goodrich's house, but little was known about her: We have very little to work on, and there

5194-405: The backdrop for and bastion of virtually every conceivable viewpoint on big city life. In the early years of film New York City was characterized as urbane and sophisticated. By the city's crisis period in the 1970s, however, films like Midnight Cowboy (1969), The French Connection (1971), and Death Wish (1974) showed New York as full of chaos and violence. With the city's renaissance in

5300-481: The basement, with Goodrich following her, during an argument. He insisted that she leave his house, and reiterated that he "would do all he could afford for her". At this, she shot him in the head, dragged his body near the fireplace grate, and cleaned off the blood. A search of the house by police netted a set of letters with "only the Christian name of the writer" (that is, the given name) signed therein. During

5406-550: The berths of trains or in the cabin of a steamer, hence their name. Most were built with flat tops and had inner tray compartments to store the owner's valuables deemed too precious to keep stowed away in the baggage (luggage) car or ship's hold . Hat trunks were square shaped trunks that were popular in the 1860s to the 1890s. Today, they are mostly called "half-trunks". They were smaller and easier to carry, and could hold up to six hats or bonnets. Most were flat tops, but some had domed lids (which were very elegant). This trunk style

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5512-415: The better known French trunk makers were Louis Vuitton , Goyard , Moynat , and Au Départ . Only a few remain with the most prominent US companies, being Mercury Seward, Rhino Trunk & Case, and C & N Footlockers. The easiest way for the casual observer to date any trunk is still by examining its style, so a short description of each aforementioned major variety follows. Jenny Lind trunks have

5618-551: The book, magazine, music, newspaper, and television industries. The Pew Research Center report "One-in-five U.S. newsroom employees live in New York, Los Angeles or D.C." showcases 12 percent of all U.S. newsroom employees—reporters, editors, photographers, live in New York City while only 7 percent of the U.S. working-age population lives in New York City. New York is also the largest media market in North America (followed by Los Angeles , Chicago , and Toronto ). Some of

5724-555: The cabin of a steam ship, or "steamer") which are sometimes referred to as flat-tops, first appeared in the late 1870s, although the greater bulk of them date from the 1880–1920 period. They are distinguished by either their flat or slightly curved tops and were usually covered in canvas, leather or patterned paper and about 14 inches (36 cm) tall to accommodate steamship luggage regulations. There has been much debate and discourse on what these types of trunks are actually called. In some old catalogs, these trunks were called "packers", and

5830-570: The cable operators in New York have granted Public, educational, and government access (PEG) organizations channels for programming. They also carry the New York State legislative channel available on cable packages with sufficient bandwidth. Another notable channel in the city is NY1 , established in 1992 as Time Warner Cable 's first local news channel and acquired with the rest of Time Warner Cable by Charter Communications in May 2016. NY1

5936-492: The capture of King, bringing the total reward to $ 3,500. King had been the primary suspect from the start of the investigation, according to the New York Times: Yesterday's developments were trivial and unimportant, going only to further establish the undeniable complicity of a woman, and her presence in the house on the night of the murder The name Kate Stoddard was first considered for suspicion in

6042-652: The city's media conglomerates include CNN (CNN Global) , the Hearst Corporation , NBCUniversal , The New York Times Company , the Fox Corporation and News Corp , the Thomson Reuters Corporation , Warner Bros. Discovery , and Paramount Global . Seven of the world's top eight global advertising agency networks are headquartered in New York. Three of the " Big Four " record labels are also headquartered or co-headquartered in

6148-601: The city. One-third of all American independent films are produced in New York. More than 200 newspapers and 350 consumer magazines have an office in the city and the book-publishing industry employs about 25,000 people. Two of the three U.S. national daily newspapers with the largest circulations in the United States are published in New York: The Wall Street Journal ; and The New York Times , nicknamed "the Grey Lady", which has won

6254-401: The coroner or a juror would enter the courtroom , causing excitement among those assembled of the imminent commencement of the inquest, but they returned to the coroner's office almost immediately. At 13:00, the captain entered the courtroom with Mary Handley, causing a "decided sensation, the majority of the spectators evidently mistaking Miss Handley for Kate Stoddard". By this time there was

6360-489: The filmed entertainment industry has been growing in New York, contributing nearly US$ 9 billion to the New York City economy alone as of 2015, and by volume, New York is the world leader in independent film production – one-third of all American independent films are produced in New York City. The Association of Independent Commercial Producers is also based in New York. In the first five months of 2014 alone, location filming for television pilots in New York City exceeded

6466-437: The first few days of the investigation, it was hypothesized that Goodrich had committed suicide. The post-mortem investigation revealed that he had been shot three times, the "three bullets in the brain...being as fatal to the theory of self-destruction as they were to the victim". Others persisted in the suicide conjecture; the claim was that he shot himself once, and that the person who discovered him shot him twice more to give

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6572-552: The first two decades of the twentieth century but began to fade in popularity thereafter in favor of the modern suitcase . By the end of the 1940s their use had become rare and in modern times is almost unknown. There were hundreds of trunk manufacturers in the United States and a few of the larger and well known companies were Rhino Trunk & Case, C. A. Taylor, Haskell Brothers, Martin Maier, Romadka Bros., Goldsmith & Son, Crouch & Fitzgerald, M. M. Secor , Winship, Hartmann , Belber , Oshkosh, Seward, and Leatheroid . One of

6678-419: The furniture of the same period (which makes sense as trunk manufacturing was sometimes an offshoot of a furniture business.) Later coverings include paper, canvas, plain or embossed tin, with an uncounted assortment of hardware and hardwood slats to keep it all down. They sometimes were made with a small brass handle on top and were made in many sizes. The use of classic trunks for luggage was widespread through

6784-412: The furniture) date from the late 1870s to the late 1910s, and are characterized by their rounded front and rear corners to form a lying-down "D" when viewed from the side. Earlier examples usually included labor-intensive hardwood slats that were curved with the top, while there was a revival much later with rarer, all-metal ones being constructed. Steamer trunks (named after their location of storage in

6890-444: The gas-light in the corridor near the cell, she eagerly read over the reports of the earlier proceedings at the inquest, and all else pertaining to herself. An inquest was held on 12 July 1873 at the court house on Livingston Street. Stoddard arrived by carriage with Captain McConnell at 11:00 that morning, but the court room was already full by 10:00, as some had believed the inquest to start at that time. Spectators who wished to attend

6996-707: The increased sanitization of modern New York, "New Yorkers' personalities are different to Chicago. There's a certain kind of vibrancy and tone that you can't get elsewhere. The labor pool is more interesting than elsewhere — the salesgirl with one line, or the cop. That's who directors are looking for." Trunk (luggage) A trunk , also known as a travel trunk , is a large cuboid container designed to hold clothes and other personal belongings. They are most commonly used for extended periods away from home, such as for boarding school , or long trips abroad. Trunks are differentiated from chests by their more rugged construction due to their intended use as luggage , instead of

7102-400: The initial investigation of the crime scene. The suspicion of Roscoe was based on an interview of Lucette Meyers by Chief of Police Patrick Campbell, in which she proposed that Goodrich had been "followed to his house and killed by a man—an enemy". The police efforts were by now being criticized, having failed to apprehend or even nominate a viable suspect. When a New York detective apprehended

7208-438: The inquest thus had to endure several hours of petty cases, or relinquish their seats to those waiting outside. The spectators were therefore forced either to relinquish the advantageous positions gained by early attendance or to listen patiently to the hearing of petty larceny cases for two hours. The captain escorted King to coroner Whitehill's office, where they met with the jury in consultation for about an hour. Infrequently,

7314-448: The investigation. ... their answers to all questions relating to it varying from weak prevarication to flat denial. Captain McConnell, of the Second Precinct, and his sargeants profess astonishment at being suspected of having charge of any prisoner connected with the Goodrich case; Chief Campbell and his detectives know, or profess to know, nothing of the arrest ... Meanwhile, detectives were continuing their search for Roscoe, who

7420-481: The largest American manufacturers of trunks at one point— Seward Trunk Co. of Petersburg, Virginia —still makes them for school and camp, and another company—Shwayder Trunk Company of Denver, Colorado —would eventually become Samsonite . Another is the English luxury goods manufacturer H. J. Cave trading since 1839. Their Osilite trunk was used by such famous customers as T. E. Lawrence and Ruth Vincent . Some of

7526-457: The largest number of Jews and Italians outside Israel and Italy , respectively, has also been a flourishing scene for both Jewish American literature and Italian-American literature. New York is also home to PEN America , the largest of the 141 centers of PEN International , the world's oldest human rights organization and the oldest international literary organization. PEN America plays an important role in New York's literary community and

7632-539: The largest production house on the U.S. East Coast . Steiner Studios in Brooklyn still has the largest individual soundstage, however. Miramax Films , a Big Ten film studio, was the largest motion picture distribution and production company headquartered in the city until it moved to Burbank, California in January 2010. Many smaller independent producers and distributors are located in New York. New York City has

7738-678: The later did. These tend to be extremely rare, although are not as popular or sought-after as many of the other varieties. Wardrobe trunks generally must be stood on end to be opened and have drawers on one side and hangers for clothes on the other. Many of the better wardrobe lines also included buckles/tie-downs for shoes, removable suitcases/briefcases, privacy curtains, mirrors, make-up boxes, and just about anything else imaginable. These are normally very large and heavy as they were used for extended travel by ship or train. Rhino Trunk and Case, Inc. still manufactures many styles of wardrobe trunks at their Rochester, NY facility. A dome-top trunk has

7844-476: The latter are G/O Media , BuzzFeed (which now owns HuffPost since 2020) and Weblogs, Inc. , which is currently part of Yahoo . The satirical newspaper The Onion (online-only since 2013) was based in New York from 2000 to 2012. Asterisk (*) indicates a non-commercial ( public radio / campus / educational ) broadcast. ([RDS]) — indicates a supported by the Radio Data System . New York City

7950-446: The latter's pure storage. Among the many styles of trunks there are Jenny Lind, Saratoga, monitor, steamer or cabin, barrel - staves , octagon or bevel-top, wardrobe, dome-top, barrel-top, wall trunks, and even full dresser trunks. These differing styles often only lasted for a decade or two as well, and—along with the hardware—can be extremely helpful in dating an unmarked trunk. Although trunks have been around for thousands of years,

8056-417: The letter Amy G. , intended to mean Goodrich . At the urging of his brother, Charles Goodrich temporarily separated from King for about a week, but she had returned to live with him for at least a few days before he was shot. When Goodrich attempted to finally terminate the relationship and evict her from his home, King shot him in the head three times. The murder occurred at his home. King had descended to

8162-482: The lids or dome of the trunk and truly capture the Victorian aesthetic of that day. There were numerous chromolithographs that a trunk maker could use, and they could be indicative of who the trunk was intended for, such as ladies or men. A bride's chest usually had a lot of floral pictures or lithographs of other ladies, while men's had pictures of "village" or country scenes. It was up to the malletier what to put on

8268-472: The most Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and is considered the U.S. media's " newspaper of record ". Major tabloid newspapers in the city include the New York Daily News , which was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson , and the New York Post , founded in 1801 by Alexander Hamilton . Newsday , a Long Island newspaper, is also widely circulated in the city. The city also has

8374-416: The most common styles seen and referred to today date from the late 18th century to the early 20th century, when they were supplanted in the market by the cost-effective and lighter suitcase. Trunks were generally constructed with a base trunk box made of pine which was then covered with protective and decorative materials. Some of the earliest trunks are covered with studded hide or leather and look much like

8480-463: The most popular. Wall trunks are made with a special hinges so that when opened the trunk could still be put flat up against a wall. The two main manufacturers include Clinton and Miller, which can be easily noted by the name on the hinges. In good condition these are comparatively sought-after trunks for a specialty type, although are in the middling range when it comes to price. Dresser trunks also known as pyramidal trunks, due to their shape, are

8586-580: The murder of Goodrich. She also admitted that she had been boarding at the home of the widow Ann Taylor, at 127 High Street in Brooklyn, a three-story brick house near Jay Street. Taylor's daughter Anna Knight would later testify at the inquest, indicating that King used the alias Minnie Waltham in association with Taylor. King had been living at High Street since the third week of April, continuing to work in Manhattan. By June, however, she discontinued her work commute, instead working from her room at Taylor's house. She had friendly and frequent association with

8692-453: The murder when a book of poems was found in Goodrich's home by detectives Folk and Videtto during their search for evidence. Her name appeared on one of the pages of that book. By 1 April 1873, several suspects for the murder had been proposed: an Englishman named Barnet or Barrett; a man named James, using the alias "Pop" Tighe, and two other burglars; a Spaniard named Roscoe ; and Kate Stoddard, based on several letters that were found during

8798-414: The murder. Having failed in their search for Stoddard, increasingly the prime suspect in the case, the police hired Mary Handley, making her a detective to the chief of police, paying her a stipend of $ 2 per day for 40 days. Handley had revealed to the police that she was an "intimate friend" of King's, and had approached the police to assist in searching for her. At first, she dealt with a cold trail as had

8904-504: The name by which she was commonly known at the time. She was an inmate of the Working Women's Home, and worked as a milliner making straw bonnets at a warehouse on the corner of Broadway and Spring Street . King met Charles Goodrich after responding to a personal ad in a newspaper, identifying herself to him as Kate Stoddard . A relationship between King and the widower Goodrich ensued, established no later than early 1872. In

9010-560: The north along the Hudson River and The Bergen Record and The Star-Ledger , of Newark which cover northern New Jersey across the New York Bay and Hudson River to the west. New York City's digital companies, sometimes described as " Silicon Alley ", include both software companies and companies known primarily as content producers. Among the former are Tumblr (now owned by Automattic ), Foursquare , and AOL . Among

9116-430: The oldest in the nation. There are also several borough-specific newspapers, such as The Brooklyn Daily Eagle and The Staten Island Advance . Free daily newspapers mainly distributed to commuters include amNewYork , Hoy and Metro New York . In addition to the print newspapers, BKLYNER is the leading daily digital news publication reporting on local news and events in Brooklyn. The city's ethnic press

9222-547: The on-duty ferry officer, to arrest King. He did so after some persuasion, and took both Handley and King to the Second Precinct Station of the Brooklyn police, at York Street. On the way there, King was seen to discard several letters onto the street, which were collected by the officer. Here, Handley introduced King to Chief Campbell and Captain James McConnell as the fugitive Kate Stoddard. King

9328-574: The other detectives on the case, but after a public tip "relating to the former haunts of Kate Stoddard" was given to the chief, Handley was "put on the track". She made trips to Glen's Falls , Gloversville and Albany , but none were productive. By chance, on the afternoon of 8 July 1873 Handley was returning to Brooklyn from Manhattan via the Fulton Ferry , exiting the gates at the ferry dock, when she observed King headed that way, presumably on her way to Manhattan. Handley asked officer Doherty,

9434-421: The pistol used in the murder. He stated that it was not his son's pistol, which "had a white handle, ivory or pearl, while this is wood". The location of the son's pistol was unaccounted. Lucette Meyers corroborated the father's account in May. The burglar conjecture was largely ignored as implausible by this time. Various stories regarding Roscoe were known, and by July 1873, he was deemed an accomplice of King to

9540-532: The publishing houses was said to sound like a tin pan. By the early 1960s the radio and musical stars of the Golden Age of Broadway gave way to the Brill Building 's "Brill Sound". Salsa music , which got its start in New York City in the mid-1960s, was popularized by the New York record label Fania Records , which developed a highly polished "Fania sound" that came to be synonymous with salsa. In

9646-411: The record production levels for all of 2013, with New York surpassing Los Angeles as the top North American city for the same distinction during the 2013/2014 cycle. International film makers are featured prominently in New York City as well. In the earliest days of the American film industry, New York was the epicenter of filmmaking. However, the drier weather of Hollywood and tax incentives offered at

9752-581: The rough-cut wood at the saw mill, both of which give added character and value to the restored trunk. There were numerous tray and lid compartments in Victorian trunks, ranging from basic to complex. A basic tray system comprised a hat box, a shirt compartment, a coin box, and a document box. A complex tray system, however, could consist two hat boxes, several other shirt compartments, a coin box, several document boxes and even secret compartments strategically placed so that people of unwanted access would pass up if not wary. Beautiful lithographs would be placed over

9858-557: The time by filming in Los Angeles made California a better choice for film production throughout much of the 20th century. The Kaufman Astoria Studios film studio, built during the silent film era, was used by the Marx Brothers and W.C. Fields , and has expanded its footprint in Queens . It has also been used for The Cosby Show , Sesame Street and the films of Woody Allen . The recently constructed Steiner Studios

9964-422: The vertical slats. Footlockers are trunk-like pieces of luggage used in military contexts. Generally these are designed for economy, ruggedness, and ease of transport rather than aesthetic qualities. During the steamer trunk restoration process when the inside paper covering is removed, dated notes in lead pencil made by the original craftsman may be found, as well as the circular saw blade impressions made on

10070-507: Was a mock marriage, since the clergyman who conducted the ceremony was Reuben Smith, a doctor by trade and a friend of Goodrich. Further, it notes that Goodrich had treated her cruelly, that they had a child in December, and that on the day she wrote her letter, he had evicted her, throwing her trunks and clothing into another unit. She lamented that she had neither friends nor money, and that "it seems like some dreadful nightmare". She signed

10176-402: Was conducted there on the afternoon of 23 March, and his body was then transported on that evening's train to Albany , where he was buried in a family vault the next day. Three days later, William Goodrich offered a $ 2,500 reward for the capture of the woman who had sent him the letter. On 2 July 1873, Brooklyn Common Council unanimously adopted the motion to offer another $ 1,000 in reward for

10282-477: Was described as a "remarkable woman", who was "attractive in face, manner and figure, and was a fine musician". She was also intelligent: When she was eighteen, she commenced to go to school again; she studied very hard, graduated at the head of her class of fourteen or fifteen girls. King was born Elizabeth Lloyd King in Plymouth, Massachusetts to Isaac B. King and Harriet A. Hoyt, and had an older sister. She

10388-456: Was described to have a normal childhood, for which her mother could not recall King as having "ever said an immodest word". After puberty, "she grew more and more unnatural and strange", and led a troubled youth, leaving and returning to school at her whim. When in school, she did well in her studies. She left home shortly afterward. On 25 April 1867, a probate court in Boston committed her to

10494-421: Was discharged on 10 September 1867. From then until 1873, she worked as a milliner and teacher in New York City , Philadelphia , and Hartford , not returning to her hometown during this period. In New York City, she roomed with Mary Handley at 45 Elizabeth Street from February 1872, until late June or early July of that year. Handley knew King by the name Kate Stoddard , an alias in recent use by her, and

10600-501: Was employed as a detective for chief Campbell at this time. Media in New York City New York City has been called the media capital of the world. The media of New York City are internationally influential and include some of the most important newspapers , largest publishing houses , biggest record companies , and most prolific television studios in the world. It is a major global center for

10706-576: Was his sister. She also identified articles presented to her. Mary Handley testified next, and stated that she had known King when they had roomed together at an apartment at 45 Elizabeth Street, between February and June or July 1872. At the time, King was known as Kate Stoddard, and made straw bonnets. King then left for the Working-women's Home, and they did not see each other again until Handley spotted King on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, at which time she requested an officer apprehend King. Handley

10812-494: Was interviewed, but denied the charge that she was Kate Stoddard. Campbell noticed a large gold locket pendant from a chain about her neck, and requested to see it. King denied, but Campbell took it anyway. After fumbling with it for some time, it opened, some of its contents falling to the floor. King picked them up and ate them. They were flakes of desiccated blood. Upon inquiry from the chief, she replied "that's blood—dried blood", then refused to answer any further questions. She

10918-470: Was later taken to the Raymond Street Jail . Meanwhile, Campbell inspected the letters, which were addressed to individuals in Manhattan and New Jersey , and inferred that King must reside in Brooklyn. At this time, the police were reticent with the media, not yet having ascertained the identity of the woman. The police had, to their embarrassment, mistakenly arrested Lucette Meyers earlier in

11024-518: Was now also considered a myth in some circles, and had summoned Dr. Reuben Smith and Charles Green to the police station. Smith and Green were friends of Charles Goodrich, and had met King during her relationship with Goodrich. This would allow the police to identify the woman in jail as Stoddard, whom they knew to be the author of the Amy G. letters. Her identity was incontrovertibly confirmed by 11 July 1873, and King confessed to being Kate Stoddard and to

11130-424: Was popular with Victorian women, hence antique trunk labels often calling this type a "ladies' trunk". Hat trunks generally sell for more than any other average trunk style because they are smaller and are rather rare to find. Barrel-staves are sometimes referred to as a form of dome-top trunk, but generally date from a decade or more earlier and are notable for having horizontal slats instead of vertical, giving it

11236-555: Was the production facility for the popular television shows Sex and the City and The Sopranos . MTV broadcasts programming from its sound stage overlooking Times Square , several blocks away from The Ed Sullivan Theater , the theater housing the Late Show with Stephen Colbert . Saturday Night Live is broadcast from NBC's studios at 30 Rockefeller Center , where The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , Late Night with Seth Meyers , NBC Nightly News and The Today Show

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