Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-14
Horrible Butcllery Of Young Girl
i'm New Hampshire.

The terrible outrage at Suncook, re-
ported last evening, has aroused intense
excitement all over the State, and hun
dreds are thronging the trains in their
curiosity to visit the scene. The discov-
cries Of to-day have, however, been few
Miss Josie Longmaid, eighteen years old,
daughter of James T. Longmaid, who re-
sides mile and half from the Penn
broke Academy, left home for the academy
at eight o'clock yesterday morning. The
road is a lonely one, and in that distance
there are but six houses She was seen
to pass the house of Mr. Amos Hoyt, a
fourth Of a mile from her home, but
after that she was not seen alive, nor did
| she reach the academy. She was not
| missed till evening, for her Younger
brother supposed that she had re
manned at home. Her father at once
| aroused the neighbors, and system
attic search was begun on both sides
| Of the road. Shortly after eight o'clock
Mr.. Cope, one of the party, came upon
her headless body in dense underground
of birch, about three rods from the road,
| a mile from home The father was the
| third or fourth man to see it, and, as his
eyes fell upon the sickening sight, he ex-
claimed: "Oh my Godr' and threw him
self beside the bloody corpse, alternately
kneeling beside it and embracing it. The
ground and leaves for quite space were
completely saturated with blood as was
the butt of the tree. The clothing of the
girl was torn into shreds, and her under
clothing torn and saturated with blood.
| Her dress and chemise were stripped to
| her breast, and three bones of the right
| hand were broken, as if the hand had
been struck when vainly attempting to ward
off blow. The head was cut off clearly as
| if cut by a large, sharp knife The spinal
column was severed between the first and
second vertebrp. 1t was the unanimous
opinion Of the physicians that decapita-
ton was performed or begun before the
| girl was dead, because Of the evidence of
| her having bled freely The body was
otherwise horribly mutilated. Two rings,
one of plain gold and one rubber, and
gold.enameed breastpin and earrings
were not to be found on the body. The
| body was taken home, placed in the same
position as when found, the right leg
| doubled under the left, the right arm laid
| across the breast, and left one under the
back. At dawn search was begun by a
large party for the missing head, books
and water proof cloak. About eight
O'Clock Horace Aver found the head part
| ly rolled up in the waterproof, about
seventy five rods northwest Of where the
body was found, in the same piece of
| woods. 1t was partially uncovered, rest
| ing on the waterproof, which was care
| fully thrown over it, but not quite
conceaing it. There was a wound on
each side, some inches long, and a
cut on the top. On the right cheek there
was IA well-detined imprint of boot-heel,
| medium size. There was also a cut on
her cheek, just front of the left ear, that
| was probably made by some sharp instru-
ment A few minutes later the hooks were
| found, and near by Il heavy oak stick con-
siderably stained with blood.
AT about ten o clock Deputy Sheriff Hill
dreth took one William Drew, of Penn
| broke, into custody on suspicion. Drew
is young man, twenty-five years of
age, of dissolute habits, and lives about
a half mile back of the woods where the
murder was committed. He is married
| to a woman fully as dissolute. 1t was
thought advisable to lock him up Though
there is as yet no direct proof pointing to
him rs the assassin, Officer Hildreth
was obliged to draw his pistol on the
crowd when he locked Drew up at Sun.
cook
A negro named Charles Woods has also
been arrested on suspicion of being con-
cerned in the crime.