Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-11-04
General News.
The Pembroke Murderer.
\ Chain OF Circum-iantiaI Evidence Against
La Page.
Brunswick. Oct. 30.


CONCORD. y. III. Oct 2l--On the day
la rage Mas arre,'ei AZ Snncook, Detec-
tive Dearborn anu oihter iiildreth search
cd bit, house. ahd found 'wo rahprs aud
knlie, all very sharp. Inc latter had
blade J IL inches I"hg. They also found
piece "t cloth covered with blood. a. 1t
bloody hands hid been Wipe upon it.
Ihiee Young "Iri> have stated 10 them
that they We're chased ~ the woods by La.
Ia-e previous 10 me Pembroke murder.
TINS motnhh-' the Officers named arrested
La Page wife, who confessed To them
that She formerly wed with la Page about
forty miles below Montreal.aud that aoout
i've years ago her sister. - Years Old.
went cut one afternoon about IL" "'rluc>
To =ct TIE COWS A. shr was PutiiLg up
tie bars 10 ihr pasture. >he "A> seized by
man VINO wore nIAcA mask, with eye
e"irs M H. Dh'lh@ He Struggle that en-
sued Ii. Pnlied the mask 81 aul di.cnv-
cred that u was Joseph Ia fI-c. She
Wa shocked down. severely beaten. and
leIt Tor dead. Ia rage lied the c"uu-
thy immediately. IL i sad that the Of
hccr> are la possession uI evidence tend
IN. 10 implirIie Ia Page siiii further IN
the -. Adams murder. but it i not made
puphc After the outrage upon hi, wif,'s
sister in Chester. Canada. La Page was ar
rested aiier desperate fighting. and e.-
capped while The 'flircrs we're iying h,.
Leg r. |t. f.H. 81, livt .r 'hr ~ cd.
in the day tlnie. g"lu- home To- >l'cp "a the
barn al night. Il j. said that about two
year, ago. while living IN -. Al5du>. Ia
Page went nity miles away - the hou>.
ola female cousin, an that he outraged
her and fed with horse II is known
that the murderer of the Ball girl wore
moccasln, al the time Of the crime. ard It
j. also known that la Page wore them
that day.
\ short time previous To the murder he
inquired OF girl. Fhat road Ml-s Ball
took In returning from school on Friday
nights. Ca the day following the murder
h. could not be found, bur when subsc-
qucntly arrested n he was irving TO run
away his face was badly scratched which
he explained By saying he had been pui.-
Oncd by ivy. The mask found near the
body of Miss Ball was brought here to-
day. IL was fastened togethhr with birch
wiihe, in such way a. to lit the head of
the wearer, making a complete mask for
the head and front Of the weArer. Birch
wthes were found in the path leading 10
the spot where the body of the Ball girl
was found. On the day following the dis
cOyery of the body of the Langmaid girl at
around pine tree close 10 where the body
lay. La Page Is said To be an expert ia
making whites. He had been known 10
chase girls al -. Adams, aud il j. said he
LEFT there to 20 TO Suncook without any os-
iensible business. In her story told To the
| officers to-day. his wife stated that he had
made atthmpts to ravish his daughter, H.
teen years old, since living In Suncook
! but was prevented by her Interference
/ She states that they have all been afraid
Of their lives. She processes TO know moth
| iug that duplicates him In the crimes at
St Adams and Pembroke though after
| what has happened She considers that he
was capable OF committing both. She says
| that the shirt which lac wore on the day OF
the Pembroke murder is missing that She
/ washed II. but noticed nothing about H.
/ except tha; one sleeve was torn. II was
1 taken from the line, she says. The detcc-
| iyes describe Mrs. la Page as woman
/ heart-broken and worn out by abuse He
| denies all knowledge OF the murders. and
/ claims that he made no attempt tn escape
| from Jail in this city. lie SAYS that the
/ bricks had been taken from hi> cell wall
/ before he was placed in IL. He was heard
| digging the bricks out. however, by some
| persons connected with the jail. Detective
/ Sargent, Dearborn. Ilildreth and CITY
working up the case. They express conh-
! dence in the belief that La Page is the
| murderer of Josie Langmad.
! CONCORD, y. H.. Oct. 2i.-Detectives
| Sargent, Dearborn and Iiildreth aud Citv
| Marshal Cornell have been with La PAGE
| nearly all day taking his statement through
| an interpreter from SuncOok. The detect.
/ ives are very reticent as to what evidence
was obtained, but it is understood that they
have in their possession facts Of most Inn
portant character TO implicate him in the
! Pembroke murder. Detective Sargent
stated this evening that he had made some
sort of confession, but he declined 10
state what it was. Three girls from sun
cook were taken to the Jail to-day. where
they positively identified La Page as the
man who had chased them in the night on
several occasions. On the Saturday be-
fore the murder was committed Mr. and
;na aiana ahau, ar ,odn Sno,', ~ 10! .
| mnr1or occnrrad ,,-ban ~. ,,,
carrying clnb of sawed wood about three
| and a half feet long and an inch square.
such as was found near the scene OF the
I murder. and which they th"bght might be
the same one, though they could not tell
| positively as they noticed the man more
than the stick. He carried the stick behind
| ''i''' "a ~ ""''' my 'iritu tut JAN
this morning and Identified La Page a the
man they met and picked the Goa. he wore
out from number OF others. The detec-
yves express decided opinion that La
rage Is guilty OF the Pembroke murder.
He was visited yesterday afternoon by the
Jaiior' VINO found secreted between his
shirt and undershirt. close up under the
| ''O''
| of his he'd was made of eycaIsior III h..
| bad +. oonsid.rohIa o,a,e,;,. ."N ~