Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-10-28
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The LAnHlla i'd Tragedy.

The evidence against La Page, the
French wood chopper, now confined here
in Jail, charged with the murder If the
Langmaid girl, is slowly %accun'ulatiug
against him, and if he is not the mar
who committed the deed he will have
to prove to the satisfaction of the .oA3clr&
Of the law where he was on the nls,rnins
nf the murder b fore lie Is released from
custody. Detective Sargent had a long
interview with Duncan to-day and says :
that the sta'ement that m alibi can be
procured is altogether ''too thin" The
Frenchmen at Suncock are very much
excited over The arrest If La Page and
are anxious that he be, released from con.
fncnlent at once, claiming that he was
arrested without sufficient cause and that
he is innocent Of the crime with which
he is charged. Chief ot police Conliell
Of this city has receieved y 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 cOr that crime, his
face, hands and neck were badly scratch
ed, 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 picking berries in
pasture some half mile from the scene
OF the murder. He now claims that the
scratches were caused by poison ivy in.
stead Of the berry bushes. ,..-~
SOME STRONG CIRCUMSTANCES AGAINST
La PAGE.
Sheriff Morrill, says it has been ascer.
,ained that LIZ Page made inquiries Of
certain school children where Miss Ball
Was in the habit OF going on Friday
nights after schuol hours and regarding
the road travelled by her. Again the sim
ilarity 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 wood. chop
per would be likely 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 al
most exactly similar, would seem to indi-
cate almost beyond the possibility Of 4
doubt that both murders were committed
by .ne and the same person.. La Page, it
innocent of these crimes seems to be one
the most unfortunate of men, for he is,
known to have been IN the immediate vi.
cinity wnen b'th crimes were commit:
ted. These aud other facts in the hands Of
the detectives would seem 10 fix both
crimes upon him, and unless lie can show
TO the satisfaction Ot the officers where he
was when the murders were committed
he will have but iill,e chance Of being
released from confinement.
Detective Sargent feels almost certain
that he has got the right man in custody.
Sheriff Morrill, is collecting additional ev.
idence against La Fae;s, to connect him
with the murder of Miss Bah He will
visit this city soon and have an interview.
with the prisoner. The report telegraph
ed frnm this city, Sunday, that VIM. F.
Drew, of Pembroke, was confined to the
house with typhoid fever Was esr"aeous.-
Drew is slightly indisposed. but not dam,
gerously sick