The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-10-22
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4 FieRsl I.sOAe In New EHanp.
shire,

4 FieRsl I.sOae In new Eaanp.t
shire.
Our telegr&phic summary lastt
week mentioned that q school grill
in New Hampshire had been found
with her head cut off in the woods.
The mail brings the following par
ticulsFs of this almost unprecedented
ed case OF fiendishness
Pembroke, n. H., Oct. 5.-The
horrible and fiendish rape aud muir
der at this place, Of which the first
and meagre accounts were sent last
night, has created q most intense ex.
element all through this section. It
appears that the girl Josie Long
maid, tall, slender, and handsome
girl, nearly eighteen years old, left
the house of her father yesterday
morning for the Pembroke acade-I
my, which she attended, mile aud
. quarter distant. There are only
ak houses on the way, and she had
to pass through piece OF lonely|
woods. She was seen on her way
to School by Deacon Guild, but she
never reached the academy. NotI
returning at noon, search was made
for her without result up to 8 o'clock
last evening, when the searchers
came upon the corpse.
The body when discovered lay in
the brush and brakes headless, with
the stump at the foot of q small ma
pie tree. The ground and Iesves
for quite space were completely
saturated with blood, as also was
the butt of the tree. The clothing
of thu poor girl was torn into shreds
and her undertaking
TORN AND SATURATED WITH BLOOD.
Her dress and chemise were
stripped to her breast, and the low
er parts of the body were badly
mutilated. The body lay about
eight rods from the road. A few
feet from the body was the hat,
neatly trimmed with flowers, which
the murdered girl had worn. The
lining Oh the right aide at the back
had large stains of blood, which
seem to indicate that she had been
struck and wounded on the head.
The head could not be found, nor
her shawl, or the parts that were
cut from her. a jury of inquest
was at once summoned, and met
this morning. AS day dawned and
heightened toward noon, the ex-
element over the tragic death of
Josie Longmaid increased, and pee
pie began to flock TO the locality
where the body was found, on foot
and in every sort of conveyance.
At Z o'clock party of one hundred
or more began to scour the woods
in search of the missing head, books
and waterproof cloak of the MUIR
dered girl. About s o'clock the
search was rewarded by the discoV-
cry by Horace Aver, of SuncOck, of
the head, partly
ROLLED UP IN THE WATERPROOF,
about seventy-five rods northwest
of where the body was found, in
the same piece of woods. Near by
lay an oak stick, three feet, eight
inches in length, by Que and u quar-
ter square. The stick was broken
in three places, one of which was
considerably stained with blood.
The stick was well-se&sOned and
black with age. One end was
whitfield round for 6 handle, and
tie butt end was nOtched in as if il
had been cut to weaken it, and then
broken of. The whittlings were
fresh, as the cut wood showed
bright.
THE HEAD, WHEN FOUND,
was partially uncovered, resting on
the waterproof, which was careful |
ly thrown over it, but not quite con-
cealing it. The autopsy this morn
ing showed a wound on the head,
on each side, some inches in length,
and q cut on the top. Three bones
of the right hand were broken, as if
the hand had been struck when
blow. On the right cheek there
boot heel of medium size. There
was also a cut on the cheek, just in
front of her left ear, that was prob
ably made by some sharp instru-
ment. The head was cut of clean
iy, as ii by large, sharp knife.
The spinal column was severed be-
tween the first aud second Verte-
brae. 1t was the unanimous opin-
ion of The physicians that decapita-
iiOu was performed or began
BEFORE THE GIRL WAS DEAD.
She might have been unconscious,
or partly so, when the william put
the murderous knife to her throat.
This conclusion is arrived at be-
cause of the profuse evidence of her
having bled freely. 1t was also
found that her private parts were
cut out with a cut as clear as il
woald be possible to cut with an ex-
tremely sharp knife. The opera
ton was without doubt post NOR
tenn, as appeared from the bioodless
appearance, The miscreant proba-
bly, did this to
REMOVE THE TRACES OF RAPE.
The local officers, assisted by two
Boston detectives, this morning ar.
rested one William Drew on sus-
picion. Drew is % years of age, of
dissoiute habits, and lives about
q half mile back of the woods where
the murder was committed. He is
married to . woman equally as dis
solute. He was locked up, the of
ficers having hard work TO protect
him from the fury of the crowd.
Drew tells conflicting stories of his
whereabouts yesterday.
A negro named Charles Woods
has also been arrested on suspicion
of being concerned in the crime.