The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-03-12
The Roxbury Tragedy.

W. ,oa ' ,hs, ~ ,ha adanaJ naren,S Of Hdrdcc ou,,
Scrach Gravel feel satisfied that he Is the murderer of
The two Jovce cIilden Whi, he resided at Hamilton
In thi, state he WA always REGARDED a. vicious boy
and sas in Tho habit of carryinr revolver and ii *
Lnir a yhsn ouite Young raher inclined IN ina fast
Yrs.crdav ink and 1aucr were rurnished him lo pre
noyc cmonL az his yhereab,nts dul inc line months
OF May and June last but he refused d. aud they
we're iaken away from him Previous to this however,
he wrote note to his adopted parepts reouesns them
to call and zee HIM From the appearance OF the paper
he at first concluded TO wro out sia,cnent but sub
ouenty changed his mind the top Of tho sheet he had
written CAT Hen Pick n Y LIST OF May and then
stnnncd
THIS morning he remarked pointing to his food tina.
he had eaten anything slept three days and IL
is known that he has eaten for the food that has
been given TO him remained in a similar condition a.
when nced In his cell He knows the nature of tho
suspicious ayanst rn and told Mr. Haynes that If no
could have s'far play, no would establish his inuo
oence
He WAS asked why he had not prepared the statement
and replied could recoect exactly where lac
was but positively asserted that no was not in Mas achu
srt In Nav or June and only arrived on the day that
he committed the robbery In Gardiner viz the 9Th OF
August Previous 10 that and especially on the lst Of
Jun he asserts he was in the woods OF New York
dodge also told the warden that he had been foully
dealt with few days since, that he had beon dressed
up and inspected with other prisoners and that clothes
had been placed upon him that hs had been
habit If wearing When asked in what particular he
rcpl ed that he was not accustomed TO wear flannel
undershrt Ho posity ely affirmed this, and when Mr.
IInynes told him thai ho had found two such shirts in
his valisc he admitted did them, but that
those placed on him thicker and would deceive
person as to his size
TThe occasion above alluded TO was when the Ioxbury
visited the prison for the purpose OF identi.
flying the man lac drank with near the scene muir.
der
MT Haynes asked him at previous interview who
paid for The drink at Tafts tavern no or The black.
smith, A, this question he seemed greatly agitaied for
he had formerly denied all knowledge of Tafts, and
sad that lac was not IN the habit OF drinking and had
not visited Roxbury. Ito persisted in his denial
aud tie warden then asked him If lao did
not have some conversation with the black
smith at tho time about enlisting in the navy,
and thrown of his guard Immediately replied that pos
sbly he might have had such conversation, but could
not state positively Soon after he appeared 10 realize
that he had made an unfortunate sson and
unusually Low spirited The blac ksnth when he visited
the prison, recoectcd that they did about
Dodge having been the army and navy and gave the
principal part OF it, which h corroboratet by othor facts
In possession OF Mr.. Haynes He also described the
peculiar OF tho uan lac talked WITH they exactly
correspond with those Of the prisoner.
WHITE in the Fitchbarg jail Dolg, In speaking about
his having 900 RDxbury alluded 10 MS
ing visited Tafs and told some OF the prisoners that
TAFT di not keep the place. but that Dutchnan q.
He also told them how many times lac stabbed the chi
drcn back and the number Is the same those
inflicted
The reason no gives the warden for his inability to
account for his whereabouts the LIST June that
lie was drunk most Of the time In the woods Of New
York. hut the precise places he visited he cannot rcco