River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-10-15
Ehe Greatest ~ ,rror % "a Season Of
Brutal Grimes.

concord, n. H., Oct ., to Chicago Tribune.
The terrible outrage at Pembroke. re
ported late last evening. has aroused in.
tense excitement all over the State. and
hundreds arc throngiug the trains in their
eager curiosity 20 visit the scene. The
discoveries Of to-day have, however, been
few. Miss Josie Longmaid, Is years old,
daughter of James T. Longmaid, who re-
sides a mile and half from the Penn
broke Academy, left home for the Acad.
envy al O'Clock yesterday morning. The
road IS a lonely one, and in tn " distance
there are but SIX houses. She was seen
To pass the house Of Mr.. Amos lloyt, a
fourth Of a mile from her home, but after
that was not seen alive, nor did she each
the Academy. She was not IaiSsed til
evening, for her younger brother sup.
posed that She had remained at home.
Her father at once
AROUSED THE NElGHB0Rs,
and systematic search was begun on
both sides Of the road. Shortly after 3
o'clock Mr.. Cope, one of the party, came
upon her headless body in dense under.
growth OF birch. about three rods from
the road, mile from home. The father
was the third or fourth man to see 10. and.
as his eyes fell upon the Sickeniug sight.
he exclaimed: "Oh my God !" and threw
himself beside the bloody corpse, alter
nately kneelng beside II and embracing
it. The ground and leaves for quite "a
space were
COMPLETELY SATURATED WITH BLOOD,
as was the butt Of the tree. The clothing
Of 4 /. a 4.
uHdcrclothing torn and saturated with
blood. Her dress and chcmisc were
stripped to her breast, and three bones of
the night hand were broken. as il the
hand had been struck when yainlv at.
tempting 90 ward of a blow The head
Sds cut off clcanly as It cut by large,
sharp knife The spinal column was sew.
cred between the first aud second vrrte-
bru. II was the unanimous opinion Of
the physicians that dccapitatiou was per.
formed or began
ELFoW rtIE GIRL MAS DEAD,
because Of the evidence Of having blcd
freely. Il was also found that her pri-
vate parts were cnt out with cut as
clear as It would DC possible to cut with
au entirely sharp knife. The operation
was without doubt post .mortem, rs ap.
pyared from the bloodleSs appearance.
fho micrcant probably did this to re-
move the traces Of rape. Two rings. one
Of plain gold, aud one rubber, and gold
cntmclcd breast-pin and earrings, were
not to bee found on the body. The body
wa, taken home, placed IN the same po-
,itiun as when found, the right leg
doubled under the left, the right arm
laid across the breast. and the left under
the back At dawn search was begun by
a large party
foE TIE Nu~siNG uEAp,
books. ana water proof cloak. About 5
O'Clock Horace Aver found the head part.
is rolled mp lu the waterproof. about -
rods northwest of where the body was
found, in the samc pl,cc ol weeds. IL
was partially uncovered resting Oh The
watcr.proot which Vas ctrttuliy thrown
over Il. There was q wound ou each side.
soHc iuchc, long. and , cu, on the top.
ON the right check there WAS
wEii-ulINIn IMPRINT or roor-Urrf..
medium sEt There MAS also cut ia
hcr check just in front 90 the len car,
that was probably made hy some ~harpir-
>tumcat 4 leY minutes later the
books we're found. and near hy heavy
oak stick considerably stained with blood.
At about IN O'Clock Deputy sheriff III.
dreth took ono William Drew, Of Penn.
broke. into custody ou suspicion Drlw
IS a young man 20 yeat, Of age, e, disco.