, 1872-11-07
THE N0RTHWO0D, N. H., TRAGEDY.


One OF the Most Fiendfsh Crimes on
EEccord.-An Gid HIan DTtrares and
Murders tnis Niccc..Trae Murderer
Confcsscs tEis crime.
Nor,h,cood n Il. {Sop y. CORRESPONDENTS Of the Boston
1'' Wv" .5ouTna,s %, e~' y "'' N''s''''
The usual quiet town Of NorthYood has been.
recent]y the scene Of ona Of tha most shocEnS
and fendigh murders ever recorded in the crimo
inal annals of the country. The victim was Miss
! Georgiana Lowering, and her murderer was
FTanRj;n r. Evans. E'o' "''7
Her home was abont two 7n;1es from Eorth
| wood Centre yijlare, and hnt a aboTt distance
| from tie StraTord town line. The family con-
| sisted of harsoH and her mother. q widow. Mr.
Sylvester Dav and wife. her rrandnarents- and
| Adelina William. her consin' agef nbont 1e
years The connection of tho Tnrrderer wifh
! he family viii be stated further along. Tbs
house is small, weather-b1acIened cottage. A
road in front ia rnurl, nastnre d. n tbe in~
mediate noichborhood there are ut few settle
ments. the nearest being Mr. 1muel Ham's
| sonoe FORTY ,ods diefanfa Revond the nantnre
Commences the extensiya forest yhera ffa n1,r-
dar vas committed and which sweana away a
| distance Of more than two miles.
+ Thn vict;m Wns hnTn in Nnrtbwood .nd wos
in tha 14th roar ~ her ape Her fathar ~ raa %aa
=; fhe raheI1;on a sr qetnrnin fgom serr;ns
1;cx ma dv;no snnn afterwo2d Tha fa1niiv hsd
baa1 iocste3 80 fbe;r nresent nr,ca fwo raore ,aA
Tba;r noaans are ou;ta limitad enns;st;no ~ an.
~ a. roTarnmant nansinn md 'tha ;ncoma 9ro-9,
g. @,,o+bar,a iahor Gearo;ano 1ee g, auir
i:,a tha a., - ba ao ~ ~ 10y
cn1lu, ana vas lne laoi " i net mo.ner INC prlae
od nsr gfaaupaless @ t Gnh sno eonpan1oa y. nef
oousln. one WAS o'4snN' pie'1S' a''o Anec'lon-
are glri. -, o.ae,
Esans, 1ne nlaroeleI, as na.lse q otanoso,
6a years old; ana mas from youth !ed rovlng
1nn @ no g hn1v and Is Is " t41e enr;n T.
1sther sum Q. oous, anu y ,.Is.o stooHins. ne
has long gray peafo, ana aa1r OF the same
S4Glt. 04S 1talu4c5 A4E d4a1 4aCt kAli p0u
nus loleneau ~ nle.uu neiGHs; Stranger Nuulu
instantly notlce n1s eye, "n!cn a1e 4a1k, PieIc-
g,y s9a' 'In hs 1 dreaa and nsreon.
pesrsnee he ia tolerablv m neat. hes He has saneti
monlous look, Is an easy talker, ana Keen o6-
server "ou1a recognize ni1n ~ cuInlnP, sn1e"d'
ana nnpt1nc1plea nlan; ae nas tuase1eu 4uon
ana nveo n many p.aces' 1ncluolng m nanenss- n
| yer, concord; Auen!so"1! De1ry, anu Ganu1a.
ae pretenaed u reaa ngulclns WIN Ur. danson,
| OF Aanchester, anu, eallln6 hlmsen notanlc
pnyslclan ne pract1cgo ~ suca moie oI lsss ts!s
among lGnoIanG PeopIe: Many "no 1eao 5nls
! trlcal battery, Mnleh ne Pretendeo TO nse pro
fesslonaily, and again as hauling small vehicle
containing . magic lantern, with Wh1ch pc nsed
to give picture exhlbit'ons. Again, ne drops al
| these occupations and goes ABOUT DONG odd Jobs
Of work. thus gaining precarlous living: Next
We hear OF him as winning beggar and q self
| styled Second Advent preacher. Once he at
tended an adventist meeting IN Boston, where,
Ill tAo Sa1U4A q a5PoCA1so, no oHP1a4e4 puSee6a-
fully to the synpathes OF the audience, Who
raised him a good contribution. The next day
he spent most Of it for meersehaum pipe, and,
his religious friends hearing Of it, would never
have anything more to do with him. He often
extended his travels into Canada, but wherever
he went he was sure to get bad name. The
sudden and mysterious disappearance Of q
young twin child in Derry, many years
ago, was also supposed to have been his work,
but no positive proof Of it was ever OBJ
tanned. He has been married three times. AZ
ter living with him some twenty years his first
wife died. Of the children born in this union,
one, son, now lives in Derry, while married
daughter resides in Lawrence, Mass. His Sec
ond wife separated herself from him. He was
married again. but his last wife also left him and
returned to Laconia. Since last June, Evans
| had made his home at Mr. Days, being the only
brother left Of the old lady. which, Of course,
made him erand-uncle of the murdered iii.
His relations With the different members of the
family had generally been Of a peaceable char
acter. and IN truth no one seemed to regard