The New York herald., 1865-06-21
the R0xBURY TRAGEDY.
Further Details OF the HOr-
rible Crime.
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Twenty-seven Wounds on the
Body Of the Girl.
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ARREST OF A SUSPECTED PARTY.
&C., 30, &c.
ARREST OF A SUSPECTED PARTY.

der Of John g. and Isabella Joyco0f which we gave
iho case profound ipfssAon a. sadness and indsna
ton in.ths public mind That in civilized, Christian
such cruelty savage and fsndsh deeds almost past
lief But OF the fact OF their existence the twofod
e.s = se that s
cannot be carefully guarded We give below such
additional Information Of the scagedy reporters
The body OF the murdered girl was found about
one O'Clock on Sunday afternoon in Bussey's woods,
road Tho young glrl was in her nfteonth year,
but was remarkably well formed, round and full
in person. over nye feet high and rather attractive
eyes She resided in Lynn with one Of her aunts and
was here visit The boy was small Of his age Mrs.
Joyce left her home early Monday morning and went
out 70 West Roxbury make dresses for family to
stay thrce days. The children, MEANWHILE 70 stay
with their grandmother, at the OF Newland and
Concord streets The boy homo from school tho
Dwight schoo ct eleven O'Clock on Monday ehe morn
ing sessions o. our oens % aes 70
was said aboa. Nays woods Tho boy said "I'll show
the back anectionaeiy and said ..Don't be afraid,
grandma we'll be back In time for Johnny TO 20
70 school" This was in reference to the afternoon
school session. which commences at two O'Clock.
when they ef. the girl had ten cent: with
about parallel or little beyond the Forest Hills station,
the uncture Of the Providence and Dedham Railroads.
who wero last seon going up Newand street toward
washington took the Forest Hill car on the Dedham
turnpike route rode out TO the terminus and then struck
the INST road they TO- which led them the
railroad the Jamaica Plain road, and then by
circuit UP the hills and further out Beneath an old oak
tree on eminence in the grove, s pac, favorable 70
a seat The oak leaves and twigs have been plucked OF
make wreaths One Of these found twned around
the young girls hat She had evidently sat there and
made wreaths and there the broken twigs lay
ing on,the ground, az well ~ an incOnpleted wreath
fifty feet distant from the seat, and her undercothes
torn off, The wounds on her person twenty seven
in number),, were in different places, extending
from the hips 10 the breast-bonc, and one
or two the back From an examination OF the body,
Dr. Stedman led TO infer that bat one person was en-
gagged in tho outrage. The wounds were Deep and were
made evidently by the that killed the boy
The young girl must have made desperate struggle TO
free herself from the hands OF the villain as the leaves
and ground near the rock cloted with blood from
tho twenty wounds received upon her body from
large dirk knf sixteen Of them being upon her back
She must have also made attempt TO grasp the knife
Of the murderer Of her fingers on the right hand
is severed and all the others are nearly cut Off Her
covered 70 be full OF grass which had been employed 70
stop her outcries from being heard The unfortunate
light striped worted sack tine purple checked eilk dress
with black border around the bottom, white straw hat
with black ribbon trimming, velvet binding, and a
small bunch Of orange flowers in it, with blue berege
VEIL rtt- -
It is supposed that the boy for time amazed or
parayzed BY the attack his sister, and that when he
turned TO run IL was late His down the
hill toward brook and toward Mr. Motleys house.
There we're two houses within few hundred yards OF
the sccne but the inmates accustomed to shouts
laughter and yells from picnic and excursion groups
that they would not have paid much attention they
undoubtedly killed both Dr. Ira Allen states that
the point of the knife where the wound terminated made
the sort of termination in each. The wounds on
the boy and girl precisely alike and the weapon
probably dirk eight or ten inches long. The boy
doubt killed after he fell the murderer STOPPING
down. The wounds eight inches deeR going clear
through the body and in or two - point CON-
as on % s
hand beneath tho back. Although the wounds In both
bodies appeared to have been made by the same sharpn
strument Is believed that at least two persons We're
concerned in the tragic affair The corpscs decom
posed that is impossible to expose them 10 public view
West Roxbury Of the absence Of The children on Tuesday
and they set about search. The mother could not be
found the place Of her soourning being unknown and
she did not hear OF the dsappearance till Wednesday
On Thursday, by direction OF Colonel Burril Deputy
Marshal Joseph Hubbard, OF Roxbury, with strong
search of the Roxbury woods and satisfied that the
children not there. The gentlemen who found the
girls body notified Mr. Motley, who called for officer
Macdonald and the latter drove in and summoned the
Roxbury police and Dr. Allen.
Mrs. Joyce the mother, has been a widow for several
years, and is hard working industrious woman, who
obtained her subsistence by her needle going about and
working where her services were wanted Isabella her
an
She visited her mother in Cottage place. her grandmother
in Concord street. aud relations In South boston Her
brother John aged about twelve years. went TO school
on Concord street, taking his meals with his grand
mother Mrs Cross who lived next the schoohousc, and
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was accustomed TO 20 out TO Roxbury TO through
the woods but had been known TO 90 beyond
Mays woods Where he we wen. ,e Win ls sister @ on Only dsy
appearance On that day both came up from the house
OF their mother In the morning, and the boy went 70
school In the forenoon A. noon they received ten cents
each from their grandmother pay their fare 10
Roxbur, the girl remarkng that she wished to zee IL the
this time at work in Jamaica Plain but the place was not
known 10 the children The boy not going TO school on
Tuesday his grandmother became alarmed and went TO
ho N
be- and, finding either Of the children at once gave
information 10 the police Of Boston, who told her
70 notify the Roxbury police, which was also done
Since that time the woods had been searched thoroughly
the children In the schools in that vicinity going with
the rest but one appears 70 have gone so far as
Busseys woods the impression being that they had not
gone great distance The bodies were accidentally
discovered previously stated and recognized by their
aunt, iy means Of the clothing worn by them. The
mother who is left entirely childess by this bloody
deed was informed, rather surmscd the sad fate OF
her opns yesterday h or .ne hr nrs1 bs
and grandmother Of the murdered children In Concord
street. she entered the dwelling she observed some
were talking abouu Some one replied by nquring Of
her II she had not been informcdf Excaimng In aeoni
zing that she knew ALL Mrs Joyce swooned,
and has been In critical condition ever since
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
From the Boston Advertiser, June 20
Busseys woods the Of the brutal murder Of the
sister and brother Bella Joyce and John Joyce owned
by Thomas Motley, ESQ., whose residence near by and
about two miles from the West Roxbury Post Ofhce,
and quarter OF mile from the Forest Hill station on
the Providence Railroad II Ia quiet, secluded spot,
| and IL frequently visited by pleasure parties.
BY inquiry yesterday we learned that the young girl
has been living with her aunt, Mrs. Daniel Tdrner,
Of Boston and North Federal streets Lynn and
visiting her grandmother who lives on the corner
Of Newland and Concord streets in this city Master
John Joyce lived with his mother and attended The
Dwight School, at the South End He was favorit<
with his schoomates and IL represented as having been
bright and promising lad. Both OF the children were
much beloved by all who knew them and their friends
| were many.
| On the morning Of the fatal Monday John went u
school 90 usual and home at eleven o'clock TO gs
with his sster 10 Mays woods she having expressed
wish 70 see II these woods as lovely as those II
Lynn They furnished by their grandmother with
sufficient change enable thcm 70 pay their fares ane
left the roof Of that beloved grandparent in high gce
little thinking Of the terrible fate awaiting them. IL
supposed that instead of taking the Warren
which would carry them Mays woods the childrer
got aboard OF the Forest Hill car and went Bussey
| woods by mistake
Yesterday the boys cap was found n the thicke niss
the net which was worn by the girl A Nsw YoRx HER