The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-20
THE PEMBROKE TRAGEDY.
EVIDENCE ACCOMMODATING AGAINST
LA PAGE.
The Ball Murder.

Evidence against La Page. the French
woodchopper, now confined IN Jail at Con-
cord, N. II charged with tue murder of
Josie Langmaid, is slowly accommodating
against him, and il he is not the man who
committed the deed he will have TO prove
to the satisfaction of the officers of the law
where he was on the morning of the MUIR
der before he is released from custody.
Detective Sargent had long interview
with Duncan Monday and says that the
statement that an albi eau be proved is
altogether too thin" The Frenchmen at
Suncook are very much excited over the
arrest of La Page and are anxious that be
be released from confinement at once,
claiming that he was arrested without suf1i-
Gent cause and that he is innocent of the
crime with which he is charged. Chief of
Police Cornell has received letter from
Sheriff d. j. Morrill, of st. Albans. in
which Morrill, says that evidence is fast
accommodating against La Page which points
to him, almost as the finger of God, as the
person who murdered Miss Ball. the school
teacher, IN that place in July. 1874. When
arrested for that crime his face, hands and
neck were badly scratched, and had the
appearance of having been done by the
finger-nails. La Page then accounted for
the marks by saying they were made by
raspberry bushes, and claimed that he was
y.inl har in,
mile from the scene of the murder. He
now claims that the scratches were caused
by poison ivy instead of the berry bushes
SOME STRONG CIRCUMSTANCES AGAINST La
PAGE.
Sheriff Morrill, says it has been ascer-
tanned that LaPage made inquiries of GER
tain school children where Miss Ball was
in the habit of gong on Friday nights after
school hours and regarding the road trav
eled by her. Again the similarity of the
two murders the fact that switches were
tied in knots near where both crimes were
committed and tied in exactly the same
manner, as Il wosd chopper would be like
ly to tie them that all traces of blood
were carefully removed as far as possible
from both bodies, and many other details
of the two crimes almost exactly similar,
would seem TO indicate almost beyond the
possibility of doubt that both murders
were committed by one and the same per-
son. La Page, If innocent of these crimes
seems to be one of the most unfortunate of
men, for he is known to have been in
the immediate vicinity when both
crimes were committed. These and other
facts in the hands of the detectives would
seem to fix both crimes upon him, and
unless he can show to the satisfaction of
the officers where he was when the MUIR
ders were committed he will stand but
little chance of being released from con-
finement.
Detective Sargent feels almost certain
that he has got the right man in custody.
Sheriff Merrill is collecting additional
evidence against La Page, to connect him
with the murder of Miss Ball. He will
soon have an interview with the prisoner.
The report telegraphed Sunday, that
William +. Drew of Pembroke was con-
fined to the house with TYPHOID fever was
erroneous. Drew is slightly indisposed,
but not dangerously sick.