, 1875-11-04

Tllore tocma to DO lttlo doubt that in Joseph
La Page. now In durauco III Concord jail, tile
New Hampshire authorities have tue porpelra-
tor Of tho murder of poor Joslo LnngnlaId at
Pembroke. The evidence ngainst In paso IL en-
titoly Of c!rcuulBtaitial and nferontfal charac-
ter. Suspicion was iItHt directed toward him in
tue following described manner: Shortly be-
fore tho murder, Mr, Fowler, Chairman of the
Uoard OF 6ulect,non Of Pembroke had some mon
ut work for him will! threshing- machine. Au-
other, whom ho had engaged AZ tender, had to
disanpoiut him, and suggested tho employment,
in hts atead, OF Frcncllmnn who whs
aloug with him. 1tr. Fowler accepted
tho substltnto, did not inquire Lis
narno. md kept him through tho day. when
tAeY woro all in ut tea alr. Fowles'a tlaughtor.
mate OF Joao Langmalo, came In anll nas OBJ
served by tic Fronchnan. Aftor ten. w,en
lIichng up horse to 20 to tho yi!lago, MIR.
Fowler q Bon wna nsio1 BY the FlencAmlu who
tho girl Was, and, being answered thxt HlIo WAS
ls a.stor, ho noxt inquired whero slo had come
from; the anb"er was. frun school. and tho
aosiomy on a distant elevation w4s pointed out.
While passing along the roAd together toward
the village, 4nd wien they raached tho now road
which branches OF toward the academy, tile
FgonchmRn inquired Of youug Fowler If hs
sister went oror that OF tho old road, mud was
suawered. unsuspectingly. that tho Hchol-
arB from that :, direction usually took
bushes alougsIdo this usw road a.o very
thick, mud tho hcholar5 Ia passing ha1 been ID
the habit Of hiding and nptlngtna out to friRhten
oach other, The next day. or Ut least soou after
young Fowler had ii!s talk with tho Fronchlnan,
rs oue Of tic schoulboyH Was goiu8 10 achoo!. lle
caught AL indlsstnc: view Of What he HuppoBod
tn be ono Of hls matesin ths bushos. and shouted
70 him that he oonIln't frighten anybody. for
thAt was played cut" Whom he arrived at tho
boy whom 10 supposed he had paused In tue
bust,es Tho party lie naw il supposed to La,o
been La pago lying 1T wait for Miss Fowler. Ou
the day nf tho murder, which waa utmost lmua.,-
la.oly afIor tll!s. Mtn Fuwer, just hofose cnter-
luz tho woods. waitel for Losio LRlgmaid to come
alous a!tsr waiting some time. some nei8hbor
catuo along with cnsIiaQe, and concluding that
1oaio had peece1ee heF, stle ;ot in md went to
SCHOOL, thus probably saving her life. It was not
ten minutes after that, u,o'xbIy, ths. Joslo met
her martleier. When shu murder was discoy-
cred, Mr. Fowlers buy recalled tIlls conversation
With tbs kreIchMAh. Suspicion began to run
9gattht hin. and All effort was tIen made to find
hult 10 discover VINO lie WQH aud whore la TO.
lo,.go4i.
Whilo ths MAS eoinx Oh at suncook, bir. ".
n. Abell with WHOM M1hs Da'l ftbe lady nur-
del cd fn at. hiba.' 10 duly, ls74) boarded on Vt.
der, aud shat It wa4 ntar H'.ncook. knowing
that Joseph l.araxo, who lyad III his naI;'l.
boEhood At tna tinlo of tho BALL
aurdor, had removed Inst al'ring to suncoo!t.
Ht tHoAEut ttso AaCs VI bIl1lClGHt importance
10 bo communicated to the au,Aorities. Ao-
cordlnBly he told Justice EarnsSorth. who
Immediately wrote tue saloctnen i. Hunoook.
Tho letter "as roceiycd by Sir, Fowler just ~
he and tho Detectives weto irving to t1ld tue
unknown F.encl1nsn. The lcttor gave tho
uame Of Ia Page, aud slated that his children
we're At work IN tho auucook factory. 10 tho
factory thoy went, aud tho over@eet was able to
point out La eaRe'h house, They went thoro,
and air. Fowler insanity rocoan4xed La Page
~ the nan who h&u worked 10. him With tho
tlIreshers ~ Rboyo described, Aud he Wss at
once taken into custody. From that moment
the oAicers worked on tile assumption that ho
was tho guilty party aud day by day hare
picked up polts OF evidence orc mud tlere, ali
ttntiug to confirm Tint kiloury,
Tho 1ain points IL tho o4se against him Bre