St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-29
The Langmaid Murder.
STRONG EVIDENCE FOUND AGAINST l.


STRONG EVIDENCE FOUND AGAINST LIE
! PAGE.
CONCORD. y. H., Oct. % On the day
/ Lepage was arrested at Suncook De
tective Dearborn and officer lIildreth
searched his house and found two RAJ
/ zors and knife all very sharp. The
/ latter had il blade 3t inches long. They
also found piece of cloth covered with
/ blood. as if bloody hands had been
wiped upon it. Three young girls have
stated to them that they were chased
in the woods 10y Lepage previous to the
I Pembroke murder.
/ WHAT LEPAGEO WIFE SAYS OF THE
PRISONER.
This morning the officers named az
rested Lcpagc's wife, who confessed to
them that she formerly lived with Lee
page about 10 miles below Montreal.
and that about five Years ago her sister.
- Years old. went out one afternoon
about ) o'clock to get the COWS. As she
WAS putting up the bars to the pasture
she was seized by IL man who wore IL
black mask with eNc-holeS in it. Dur
ing the struggle that ensucd she pulled
the mask off and discovered that it WAS
Joseph Lepage. She WIS knocked down,
severely beaten and left tor dead. Lc
page fled the country Immediately.
After committing the outrage upon
his " ife's sister in Chester, Canada. Lee
page was arrested 10y desperate fight
ing. but escaped while the officers were
tying his legs. For some time he lived
in the woods in the day time, going
home to sleep in the barn at night.
CIRCU MsTANTIAL EVIDENCE AGAINST
PAGE.
Coroner ii. ii. Falusworth and c. b.
Swift of st. Adams. VI, have been to-
day in consultation with the detectives
1t Is said that about two Years ago,
while living in st. Adams. Lcpagc went
30 miles away to the house, of Il female
cousin. and that he outraged her and
| fled with IL hursr.
| 1t is known that the murderer of the
Ball girl wore mocc;ISinS ut the time of
the crime. and it is also known that
| Lcpagc wore them that day. \ short
time previous To the murder he inuuired
of Il girl what road Miss Ball took in
returning from school on Friday nights.
On the day following the murder he
could not he found. hut when Sub>c-
qucntlN arrested as he WAS trying to run
away. his face WAS badly scratched.
which he explained 10y saving he had
been poisoned 10y ivy.
i he mask found hear the body Of
Miss Ball waS brought here to-day. 1t
wa> fastened together with birch withcS
III such Il way a> To tit the head of the
wtarcr. making Il complete mask for
the head and front of the wcIIrr. Birch
WlthcS we've found in the path leading
! to the spot where the body of the Ball
"ill WIS found.
On the day following" the discovery of
the body OF the l-amgmaid gill at Penn
broke Il birch withr WAS found tied
around IA pine tree clos, to where he
body lay. Lrpagr is said to he an cN-
pen in making WithrS: he had been
known to chase girls at Il. Alhan>: it
Is said he left there To ." to Sunconk
without any o>tcnsihIr business.
\ HORRIBLE MONSTER.
In her story told to the officers to-day
his wife stated tina. he had m:Id, at
tcmpt> To rivi>Ii his daughter. H. Years
old. since living in Suncuuk. but WIS
! prevented 10y hen interference She
states that they have all been afraid of
their lives. She Processes to know moth
ing that duplicates him in the crimes
1T st. Alban> and Pembroke. though
after what has happened She considers
that he WAS capable of committing both.
She SAYS that the shirt which he wore
o, the day of the Pembroke murder is,
missing: that she washed it. but MOTTO
Ell nothing about il except that one
! sleeve WAS torn. Ii WAS taken from the
line. she SAYS. The detectives dcScIib,
Mrs. Lepage is Il woman heart broken
and worn out 10y grief and abuse
ANOTHER ATTEMPT To BREAK JAIL.
C"NCoEp. y. H., Oct. %. Lrpagr.
the suspected murderer of Josie Lang
maid. has made another desperate at
tempt To escape from iil
This afternoon Sheriff Davis. the
jailur. a>ccrtlimcd that his iron bed
stead had been nearly torn IN pieces.
and found Il brace similar To that used
III his attcmp' Yesterday To escape WAS
StcIctcd.
II WIS not until Il borough search
was made of his person that the missing
portion of the hcdStcad wa> found. 1t
WAS one of the small braces OF STAYS OF
the bcd>tcad. which WAS 80 cuInniIrlv
concealed beneath his clothing that the
most complete search WAS needed to
reveal 1t. Jailcr Davis immediately
placed lcpa@c IN mons. and there i at
present no danger OF his escape.
FRESH EVIDENCE AGAINST LErAGE.
CoNCoRp. y. H., Oct. n. Detectives
Sargent. Dearborn and IIildIeth and
City Marshall Cornell have been with
Lrpa"e nearly all day. taking his state
nent through an Interpreter from sun
cook. The detectives are very retIcent
a> to what evidence WAS obtained. but
1t is understood that they have in their
possession facts of Il most important
character to impIcatc him in the Penn
broke murder.
Detective Sargent stated this evening
that he had made some sort of IA con
te>Sion. but he declined to state what it
WIS. Three girls from Srncook were
taken to the Jail to-day. where they
positively identified Lepage us the man
who had chased them in the night ON
several occasions.
On the Saturday before the murder
was committed. Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
ToWlc of Pembroke. were riding along
about fifty rods from where the murder
occurred, when they met Il man carry
ing il club of sawed wood about 3! feet
long and an inch square, such us WAS
found mean the scene of the murder, and
which they thought might he the same
one, though they could not tell posi-
lively. us they noticed the man more
than the stick. He carried the stick
behind him in both hands. They visit
ed the jail this morning and identified
Lcpage us the man they met, and pick
ed the coat he wore ont from number
of others. The detectives express IL de
cided opinion that Lcpage is guilty of