, 1873-02-11
EVANS, THE CHIl.D-MURDERER.
1Hc Confesscs to Several Murders, In.
c1lRdtnH tho JOyco Children A1l
1lHS.


crndinE tho Joyco C1,iielreri IN
Eosson Mass. trb. ., ce.rsspondenesa thu Ee'o 1ork
Franklin B. Evens, who was tried and convict
ed on Monday and T'tcsda7,. and sentenced OIL
Wednesday, to be hung on tho third Tuesday Of
February, 1874, at Exetor, N. H., for tho murder
Of Gaorgana Lowering Inst October, has madc
tho atartling confession TINT the lust Ii years Of
lis llfo haa boon almost ono acono q b9tohery,
that he stole away and killed littlo neco ln
Dorry, N. a., nged yonru. In 1861 ho u.s.
aaulted and cut tho throat OF girl OF II
years In Augusta, Me-, for which another man
Ills numerous o,rirnoa is tho murdor of Isabella
Joyce, agcd ID, and her brother John, q boy Of
12, in DuHaey's Woods, noar Boston, in 1865.
TheHe murders, It will he remembered created
the greatest o1citemont oil through New Eng
land ut tho time. 4 was plain that the girl had
been outraged, and tho whole country WAS thor
oughly searched for tho murderer. But at last
tho old saying that murder will out is again real
ized. It Ia also charged that OIL Juno 10, 1872
Evana outrageda woman found doad in the woods
outraged, mutilatod, aud murdered Goorgiana
Lowering, girl OF IL yoars, in Northwood, N. E.,
for whose murder he Ia undor sontonce. His con-
feBaion IN regard to tho above crimes iH brief
nnd indefinite except a8 to tho Joyce children,
winch WAS made to Deputy Shoriir Horny A..
Drow, who arrested him and had him in charge
ton days before lo committed him to Exeter jail,
and soven days bcfoEo he revealed. to him tho
secret Of tho murder Of Goorgiana lowering.
Mr. Drow aays that after Evans had confessed
the murder he questioned him as to hia whoroa-
bouts for tho last fifteen years. Finally says
MIR. Drow, II traced him to Rhode Island. and
thon back to Roxbury, Mass. Mention Of Rox-
bury, mud tho similarity Of the two murders sug-
have porpotratcd the murder Of tho Joyce ch.l-
dron OF which Ind then but a dim recollection,
nnd Of tho circumstances of which hnvo now
but little knowledge. I then interrogated him
nud tho replies on his were doomed BY mo Of &C
much importance that immediately reduced
tho substance Of tho conversation to writing
Tho following covers tho nain points Of the
confession cllcitod in regard to tho Joyce chill
dron:.
Question by Sheriff Drew-Well, Frank, wlat
You tell mo- you must tell me now; tell mo al
about it; were you in Ro1bury or wero you it
AInucleBtor-toll mo just as itia 7 A.-I1r. Drew
];3;a Mas right thoro rhon that boy and girl wore
Q.-Wau ho stabbed or not7 A.-Yes, ho was
several timoa.
Q.-D1d tho girl make much ado7 Ayes.
Q.-A[oro than tie boy did? A.-YoB.
Q.--Why did sho2 A.-Sho was raped; don
ask mo any more, hayo now told you.
Q.-Was tho net committed before she vas
killed? A.-Yes, Mr. Drow.;- won't say any
moro; / haye told you au about it now.
q We'll, Frank, guess you have; but one
thing moro: Was tho girl bruised much? A.
Yos ! won't unswer another question.
Mr, Drow-Wcn, won't ask you any moro.
Mr. Drew Htntea that Evans further aaid that
tho house where tho Children cnmo from was Oh
tho 1cft-haud sido as you won't into Boston from
Roxbury, aud WAS two-story house.
N[r. Drew said to him: "Now, Frank, it wat
o little cottago-houso on tho right-hand aide al
you 60 into Doston3'
EvanH replied: {" It was two-story house, on
the lcft-hand sido us you 80 into Boston from
Roxbury.'
lilo following affidavit is corroborative OF
Sheriff Drew's stntement:
I, Azariah Waldron, Of 6tratford, in tho coun.
ty Of Btratfortl, Stato OF New Hampshire, depost
and say that was keeper over Franklin D, Ev
ana at Hongy A. Drew'a house; that had o con
veraation with Evans In regard to the joyce
children Evans said to me, " + hopo they won
bring that up til get through with this II the,
do, what will they do to MOI" I. answerod
"They will hang you twice. Evans said
''They cannot kill mo but once."
AZAnIAH WALDRoH.
Sworn md subscribed to before mo,
HENRY A. DnEw, Justice of tho Poaco