Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-11
MyatcrIous observation-disclosures of nm
Old .Crlmo-A Boston Tragedy I'm.

Mysterious observation-disclosures of nm
Old ,Crimo-A Boston Tragedy I'm.
raveled.
The Boston Traveller contains the fol.
lowing: Some Of the evidence before
the Committee on the Metropolitan
Police of the Legislature, relates to the
murder of the Joice children in the
Busy Woods, West Roxbury ON the 18th
Of June, 1865. 1t will be remembered
that the girl, Isabella N. Joice, was out
ragged and murdered, and her brother,
John S., of IL, killed under circum-
stances indicating that he was attempt
ing TO run from the scene Of the tragedy.
The bodies were found the next day at
about 10 o'clock. Large rewards were
offered for the detection Of the MUIR
derer, and one or more arrests were
made, but no evidence bearing directly
on the real murderer has ever been
made public, and the parties arrested
on suspicion were released. But while
the matter has been inyolvedi in mystery,
there has been evidence in possession
Of certain parties which seemed TO
point to the real murderer. For some
reason the train of evidence has not
been followed up.
4 well known merchant of this city
has testified before the Police Commit
tee to facts substantially rs follows:
On Monday afternoon succeeding the
murder, which was on the afternoon OF
Saturday, he wns in the vicinity Of the
Busy Woods, and having heard Of the
murder took Il stroll through the woods
in company with n friend. Between 2
and 3 o'clock he got near the scene Of
the murder, and saw some Of the traces
of the struggle. While there he saw
Detectives Jones aud Heath, Officer Nc
Donald, of Jamaica Plain, and Mr.. Mot.
ley, n resident OF the neighborhood.
After these men went away, this mer-
chant found on the ground, near the
scene Of the murder, four letters, which
he picked up and now hns in his posses
sion. One or more Of these letters bore
stains of blood, and On examining them
they proved to be II portion Of a CORE.
spondence between W men and two
women, whose ARE known but
which are withheld. Enclosed in the
letters we're colored pictures, and their
contents showed the bad character OF
the writer and the parties 10 whom they
were addressed.
Upon making this discovery, the mcr-
chant returned to Boston, called upon
the Chief Of Police and showed him the
letters. As soon rs ho saw the hand
writing the Chief said he recognized it,
and knew who the writers were. The
Chief said that he would attend to the
case Immediately ; but the parties, who
are known to the merchant, have never
been arrested. In the Boston Herald
Of June 2lst, nine days after the muir.
der, the following paragraph appeared
in reference to these letters
1T was shown beyond n doubt that
these Qetters) had accidentally dropped
from tho pocket of a coat of IL gentle
man who was wandering through the
grove while it was thrown Over his arm
and the party could not have known Of
the murder until after the finding of the
bodies WAS announced in the news
papers,"
This paragraph is believed to have
come from the Chief Of Police. Why
the parties were not arrested is no,
known to US, but we suppose the Chief
can readily explain.