Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-11-12
La Pnrr-


The Boston Hralf thus summaries the
eviience-as FAR As male public-against
La Page. she Jspsc'si murderer of Mari
eta Bal! and Jo.ie Langmaid:
On being aporehsndei and questioned as
10 his whereabtut- at the time Of ths mur-
der be failed. satisfactorily 10 account for
himself, aud has uIt sincs made any pro-
ere-s IN proving an Giijl
There have been found on his coat and
vest blood stains
The calico shirt he wore the day of the
murder cannot b. iound His wife said she
washed and hung il out to dry. and that it
was stolen from the line
4 kuiie with blade three inches long
was found, together with two razors, one
bloody, IN 4 high speii in hI- house. lie
says hls ~1n owns the knife. and the sor
says It belongs 10 the father.
The stick thar killed the girl Is three feet
and seven inches long. by one and a-half
inches wide and one and Cne-tighth
inches thick, " dinsle" wagon stick.
saWn nearly square q; the end It was
found near the body Of the Langmaid girl.
and has been identified a. having been seen
IN La Page'~ possession on the Saturday
beio7e the murder.
few moments before 9 o'clock on the
fatal day he Was within 80 rods OF the scene
OF murder and going towards il with an axe
on his shoulder
His wife says he Is man of strong sni-
nal passions Ta;~ = otherwise shown in
his talS Win young men IN the neighbOr-
hood. ot several Of whom, 1t has been
shown, he has 1t ldis inquired concerning
this, that and the other girl it she went
10 school what time she vent hat road
she took, 1t she Went alone. etc
lie has been iientiicd by several girls ~
q man who has chased them in the wooded
roads and very much frightened them /; and
hy or OF two ~porisnen. vino saw him cha>-
ing Miss Watson, being much flushed and
excited at the time. aisJ by lady and her
daughter as having waylaid them in the
woods and pursued them, having d stick IN
his hand-. the tmsly meeang OF another
man, they believe, saving then from actual
assault.
The statements Ot his vile also lenj to
strengthen the suspicion against hin. She
recoGut> the incident Of hi brutal ard felq-
nI0us assault upon nsr sister IN Canada.
some tine since. lie acknDW lodges that ne
was arrested for such an affair, and wonders
how the officers ever heard of It. but says
he was discharged. another man WAS
found to be guilt Ia point Ot fact hc
made an escape b, s-~tuitlng ths cthrsrS
He was arrested inr thc -. Albans mur-
der wear ago. bnt ii-char gei for want Of
evidence Al that rimo re saii he ~as
wurSIng giih 0i- plys. having, Al the time
OF the murder. Now ora Of the bpys says
be didn t see MS father ,ha; day after 1 p.
IA. SaSrtiy alter that murder La Page
proposed Go leave =. Alb .ns and 20 10 : ,a,e
manufacturing tifa. Ills wIio told hun
thai he lij 10 enla strengthen su5pi-
c.on a-ain,; him, api Dee diin't leave uutiI
last April
Near the body ei ,ls Bail girl was found
face mask, the strings having what i
known a. "a '' Fseucaman' knot Over
the body Vi Josie L.ngmSIi wers f,nnd
tied together couple Of green twIgs, and
they were also tied with - Freuchmnn'+
knot When La Page assaulted his wity-
sister he wore mask. That l. proven.
The assault was similar ia character 10 that
made upon the Ball girl where. as before
said. a mask wa- used. rhe assault upon
josie Lang maid va, aiHles; precisely simi-
lar. La Page vas in the neighbOrhood OF
the scenes cf both murders az the time they
were committed. lie says he didn't know
the bail girl. but /. can be proved that he
did
When put in jail he was told that he
would soon be released It SHOWN 10 be Inno-
cent In spite OF that be attempted To e.
cape by digging through a brick wall, and
deTising plan tor = FIRE which might
otherwise give hin cdanee to knock dp"n
the keeper with = piece Of iron he hsI
wrenched from his hed-teld. and tLen Zee.
The above are the main points Of the
case against La Page, though OF course
there are numerous other cOrroDorating
making - complete a chain
Of evidence that the grand jury found plenty
Of reason for indiciing him
SOME NEW FACTS ABOUT THE PRISONER.
La Page Is a rough, bad-looking man.
He is between 50 and 10 years old excessive
" beny and lean. with coarse. straight
hair, and looks generally as though he NAV
have Indian blood in him. His hands ars
large, wrists ditto. and he is very power
ful man. in whose grasp. intensified by
passion, young girl would he as much pf
I plaything as mouse under cats paw
lie is known under the several names of
Joseph La Paeette, Joseph lie Psize, and
the name which he bore at Suncook, Jc-
'eph La Page. He i a native OF Beatrice.
small settlement IN the township OF Chest
ey. toilette county. province OF Quebec,
.bout 40 miles north OF Montreal. tie
bears an unenviable reputation. and with
The Langmaid case, i; looks as if bis life of
rime would sOon come TO a close. 81
The Cur AND PIsrOL. but tragedy
occurred on the train east, recently.
: lady" from Sprins field on the train to
Burlington. met and formed acquaintance
with a young man hailing from Montpelier.
)n reaching Burlington they took lodging
S man and wife. passing Il merry time it y
occurred to her they light visit Montpelier. -
md to him, 70 rob her, and for this purpose
10 piled her with drugged wine while ON iti
he train and attempted to take her wallet. rs
which was repete and had supplied their ,
wants previously. She drew pistol sad ID
mapped it at bin when near Montpelier
Junction where be escaped and made on \,
3ut for bis premature attempt to rob her
70 could have accomplished his object with
ase. as she succumbed to the influences OF
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