The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-11
THE SCHOOL GIRL MURDER.
r,,,sOI THE TERRTBLE BUTCH-
rRI or JOSIE LINGMIID.
u.. vi,,im'- Home Inst Journey 10
.ncol The Ninrdcr aud Might search for
r,e nody Intcn-r Feeling Against the
......h a.nrhrrst-A Cool Ohcer.

ne township OF Pembroke. ON the road
,..n concord ,p a.auchcstcr and about seven |
,I.. .,uln Of thc state capital. James +. !
,,,n,id. "A wcl-tc-d, farmer, and one Of the |
,-,o,if,nt mon pt thc town. lives about n milo |
,,I,h.u to tnr eastward Of Suncook village. |
t,,,,thtne around hi. house and large barns |
.,.,A. sf Prospect aud thrift The house Is
,t,l 81 20 hii. i. snH dowcd 10y a notle elm,
.f.rni PES -.reid a glorious landscape.
ls. v,- tnr l4ca.Ant home Of Josie Lang
r,Ol. thc fIfn,. r. eldest daughter SIZE would |
1.,,l..n .si tcen had SHE lived until Novcm-
t, u.r .ef. ala, appearance was very attract |
, sDew VISA plump blonde, with light Drown |
,t, ana blue eycs. modest In dress and de-
manor. and wi,h 40 sweet disposition and
.u.h vt,nin. wa,s that ever, body In the neigh
b,rhoal yci her She belonged TO the Metho-
di.t cnutrn at -uncoOk, aud was active IN the
aWJal- ciNo''
JOSH ,s SCHOOL GIRtD
Io.ie ana N,ldobo attended school at Peu-
bu,e AralcuY.t mUc and h II from hcr
home Inc -iti vas "A member ~ the class
which graduates next June: The principal Of
IN acaIemN speaks highly II her scholarship
her Sunny, InNssun ing ntture made her the
f-i'nl " every one OF her schoOlmatos.
Last Mouda, morning waldO started for school
atSuclork. carving his owl, and his sister's
ins home until after the afternoon session.
Twenty minutes later Josie. with her algebra
under her frn aud large apple in her hand,
rnd good.by 10 her mother. kissed her two
baby sstcrs aud started forth in the bright sun
shine 70 begin the studies q the week
For half mile or more her cour.e Law along
the open road, by the larni houses of Mr.. Laug-
msid- teighoofs. THIS girl stopped q moment
a. one ol thes' houses aud was seen b. the in-
mate. uf other. "a She pas ed The li-t house
0n the 4 j, that of Nicholas Hartford, within
half % Tie of the Academy. Mr.. Hartford
looked up from his work as the girl walked
blrAlb b. and 'pwk to sing her apple into the
air adi talohins I = $40 went, Jcsie tnen
woous So thick that they would he gloomy were
Il not for their autumnal colors. She passed
almost through these and arrived at the foot Of
a steep hill. Had she surmOunted this hill she
would have been in full sisht of the Academy
rltr MvppER.
Al i.d. uoint a m1n mist have stepped .Ut of
tlr thi 'kct AID cIutrupftd her.
the mun carried q stout cluu Of red OAK. II
ward long. ,luare curAerol, au inch anl
bf Kan from some piece intended ilr tn ru Z
~ n-l r-tN or ~ a NANCE ~ 9ne Eng tns
Atuds huille. Win this weIpon the muid 'rer
aimed cruel blow at the girls mead Sne
threw up one hand aud ught the wet-ht II she
-trokc, which br ka her thumb and three Il the
small homes of The ptlm. Twice more he struck,
1.hcr. The lat blow br"kc the Thick cinh' md
must have ielled her 20 the ground. If she gave
then amy sign of CONSCIOUSNESS II was but for a
moment, tor he Juinted nclyiy upon her head,
leaving tbs print of small boot heel upon her
After tossing the poor girls aprle. her blood =
stained school book. aud his broken club over a
stone wall at his left, the man carried or drag
gel the ln.ensiDle body OF his victim INTO the
woods 10 the right OF the road. The tangled
bushes and the growth Il small birch and white
maple trees are here 40 thick that only with cx-
trrwe difficulty can an unencum oered person
penetrate them. When tn, murderer Hung ne
grl'- body on to the ground, he was secluded
a., be had been ten miles instead Of ten rods
fium the road. After further tideOus crime,
As tru-ti- To- have begun quito G deliberately a
wirk 90 wutilation that euced Ia Incompetent
,ite fury. With n knife or some otner sharp
iuatruinrut be siit check, ear. and lip. Then
% lItfs AE q ~ A 81
Dc pr'cecled To sever the head from the body,
cutting ci lnly close to the shoulders, and care
fi.y and ven skiifuly secting the vertebrr,
ssr rating the first and second. Then his cold
honded delberation turned into frenzy. lie
sivAs'y tore the clothes from the headless
tr1n1. AVA ieroclou-i} gashed away al bis VIC
Ihe9niy booty gained Lv the murder consist
ei "l q llhI sol1 ring, breastpin. portc-
il hh1le ntIulNG nVc cents and a lew other
'.us is Nl uttt .alie. Having Sc ured these,
vNri'. CYL % 3 80 ru took II hundred rods
i'""er in'' tn' WY i- and deposited It there.
h'f9ui 'hI'p iul thrie i- no trace Of him.
mr. SEARCH ASp THE DISCOVERY.
when Waldo roturDcd from school al O'Clock
TAFT ttHniny. the tam Is FIRST learned that josie
A4d n been 60 her ie- dulng the day. aud he
tIi' i't r.t.tI 30 a. home Inc news
N' u'ID d Ie4r inr. -p.cAd rapidly. 4 call was
made T 'r eig,aud several hundred OF Mr.. Lang
Wali r-"-,J" ntlsnoOgs rallied t. JOln III tue
i0..e va, e. ,ily Traced to the point VIII re she
v'.i i.-f s.cn TO- .he road. II was dark hy this
'fle. N iu- ~ men Nas I, tined lanterns were
.'i ana by theu uncertain Hight the searchers,
taxing broad -V 'ep. truck into the dismal
WO.d-. Progress "as ,ililt at aud slow II was
llt tll neatly O'CLOCK tnlt tho spot was
i Mr. Conp, familiar with the woods and a
httle iu advance Of the line. stumbled over a
sitr nHt. caught Ia the twisted root Of u tree.
lnsii the hgt were Great spots of blood. ZEN
ia't flriher on he found the mutilated body Of
jose lhuEmaid. One hand was lying upon the
~ute bosom. The limbs were crossed and par
haiN coveted with torn remnants Of apparel.
W. L,nLmaii was not ten feet behind Mr..
pD. Almos' 1T the same Instant the father
.rEh' sight Of he body, and with Diteous cry
5ns himself upon the ground beside II. The
men gathered round with their lanterns and
.irnrd tAr fuil c1t at ~ THIS most horrible OF
clm,s lie father AID The brother, both fran
hf with .ne., were led away. Some one threw
tolo.e over Che pnr maugled body, and 1t was
lte search was resumed in the morning, when
t'e nen VS. io"Ai quarter of mile or moic
,ired pn Wedne a in Chichester, where she
bad Formerly lived.
THE ARREST OF WILLIAM DREW.
Almost every community has its scapegoat.
young man known as lilll Drew lie Is a drunk
en- ueerd"-well about twenty-two yea $ Of age
itihcr thief, mother hag, home hOyel,
relutane.
The farmers of Suncook were not long in gath
~ up tAeir aosract Indignation and concen-
Iitlus % upon the head OF the ugly rough who
.ad stolen their chlchens, insulted their daqRh-
tst-' and Iuarroled and fought about their
streets. There was reaN NJ positive ground for
suspecting tiat BIZ Drew did this deed but his
bid name alone was enough to convince worthy
b3'plo who had inllstlnct notions Of evidence.
more MA a universal en- for his arrest. The
Hpstpu detectives who were working IN the case
t'uld MI no circumstances pointing to Drew i
glut. $50 natter cred The usually quiet and
rrHerlY clu1ens, no" become "A frenzled mob
ne Is Just the cutter to do IT, and wen have
.'n, dH4d n. 1!.r Tho mrn that murdered
-ie Lang u. id hnew them woods, and nobody
@H'"> am orttrr ,.4u i!uI Dlew.'
Nr9Wor ihi Iir 'fr, who had once worked foI
Nr lingu att. w kuuHn o. have made iusult
lNf prDDO5hl7 t. Jasle. who had promptly re-
ted ihem and threatened to inform heI
ifh'r # the Insult, followed by another rumOl
t.lt he ueel Of . tier boot le lnGiug to Dr w,
"lie aud som 'tiwcs Uorn by him CORE sponded
90 the print upon the murdered girls cheek, was
-uDu.h ~ convince the few that stil doubted
'.uNabe Hldrefh, constrained hy the over
Nirin 1f ppbhc sentiment, star cd out 10 arresi
9in} u1u whom tine people of ShncooA
i4rI "lchei enough to have committed The
u Ider
'ir lluIJc'h found Drew on the road walking
i.NArl IL .Aartt. a few miles out Of town. I h,
' 'r Npiuied hIu and brought him back t.
'.I'p p"N haudtuEcd. lhc excitement OF the
its' itup,c inI l4rtuWhile increase ed TO vic
%. lup hlled fhn -lrgct around the lobby
- he hrWk jan wi ii TWO cells J. called, watinl
' Mflvh NJ the pii1ONer and prepared to take
l.3 Az into It's own hnnds
A NAGHlW E-cApE
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