, 1866-03-15
THE ROXBURY TRAGEDY.
Fnrthef Particutnrs Of the Suspected
Desperado-The Boy the Father OF
the Mau-The Evidence Accumulate
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Fnrthef Part1cufnrs Of the snsPcc1ea
Desperado-The Boy the Father OF
the Map-The Evidence Aceunaulat.
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r,fom the Boston Post, 1eth.l
The tragedy In Buxzey Woods, West Ro1-
bury, aud the revelations made at the state
Prison, connecting Dodge, 1lias Scratchgrayel,
ssith The sane, . tull detail Of which was
given In our paper oi Friday, continues to be
q leading topic OF conversation about town.
Hundreds Of runoEs and sayings are ailoat
which give evidence of the Inventive spirit OF
the hour rather thar tbs existence Ct IT. any new
Mr. Haynes, has received several letters from
Ro1bury and yicintty, Earing TINT person
answering the description given IN the papers
Of scratchgrave1, was seen to be roaming
around the country about the time the mur.,
10 one can talk With Dodge fifteen minutes
without feeling satisfied that be is the mur-
dercr Of the Joyce children: Els answers to
questions arc vary eFasire, he exhibits coz
siderable excitement aud does not wish to
talk about th. matter. ue still feels CONT
dent that Dodge viii finally make contes-
% shat III there Is q: God, the guilty man viii
be brought to justice and clear me-" The
adopted parents Of Dodge, a'aa. scratch
dercr Of the two joyce children. White
be resided at Hamilton, In this state he was
nIwaYs regarded as a ylctaua boy, and MAS in
the habit of carrying revolver and dlrk,
knife, and when quite young rather Inclined
to to psspssc pr aa statement of his whereabouts
dutiag the months Of May md June last, but
he refused to do 80 and they were taken away
from him. Previous TO this, however, he
wrote note to his adopted parents. request.
appearance OF the paper be at first concluded
| il write out statement, but subsequently
| be haa written, ssAt Hen Pick, n. T., first Of
May" md then stopped. On Saturday he
told bfr. Haynes that he could not teil him
wpuld let him out he world 50 with the oth-
] ccrs md point out tho plGees. He also denies
| that he was ever In Massachusetts. but on the
contrary he said, when asked Il be did not
haye some conversation With blacksmith at
navy, nav Being thrown oI lis guard, Immediately
replied that possibly he might have had such
a conversation, but could not state positively:
Dodge soon appeared to realize that he had
made IN unfortunate admission, and seemed
sS unusually Eysn loE Ss vs iRsed he pE:a IT,
lected that they did converse about
Dodge having been In the army and navy,
and gaFe the principal part Of It, which "
corroporated bJ other facts In possession OF
aE. Haynes. lie also described the peealiar
exactly correspond with those Of the prison
er. The blacksmith thinks the time Of this
conversation was between the 1st and l7fh ot
June. while in the Fitchbutg Jail, Dodge,
In speaking about his having done "lob - ,
at Ro1bury,, alluded to his having visited
lat did not Keep the place, but that o
Dutchmau did. He also told them how many
times be stabbed the children in the back,
md the number Is the same rs those h.
flcted. At the time the examination, Of tht
opinion that the wounds must have been In
aicted with dirk, having blade Of or
inches, and this answ ers the description Q
the ope found on the person Of Dodge. Th'
evidence against Dodge gradually increases
For sufficient reasona only portion Is gtyel
to the public. :,
Soon aite1 the murder vas committed, Al
derman Clapp,, in behalf Of al5s, TIE citizens
prcheuslou Of the murder; 1000 by the cit,
> Of Boston; 81, 900 By eeleetmen ct the tow
Of West Ro.bnry, and 5000 by Mr. Th2ma 9,3
Motley, on behalf Of the citizens Of Yves
| RoxbuFY.