St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-08
Another Horrible Murder.
ANOTHER NEW HAMPSHIRE GIRL OF
RACED AND THEN BUTCHERED.

ANOTHER NEW HAMPSHIRE GIRL OUT
RACED AND THEN BUTCHERED.
Another horrible murder Is to he
added to the long list in New Hamp-
shire. Miss Laugmaid. daughter of
james F. Langmaid. Il highly r-Specta-
hl, citizen OF SuncOok. lett her home.
Monday morning. foI school. having Il
mile to walk. part of the way through
some woods. As She did not return at
the usual hour. search waS made and
the woods secured. and at : o'clock
Monday evening her body WAS tonud in
the woods halt Il mile from the road.
with he head nearly severed from the
body : She had been outraged and muir
dcled. Intense excitement prevails in
the community.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.
CuNCoRD. y. H.. Oct. /. At 10 o'clock
this evening Geo &c +. Miller and james
Morgan of Suncook arrived in breath
less haste at the Concord Police Station
bringing intelligence of one of the most
shocking murders that has ever trans
pircd in New Hampshire. In its sick
rning brutality it seems il possible more
terrible than either the Norwood or the
Picrmont horror. The victim in this
case Is Miss Josie Lamgmaid, aged about
IL Years, and daughter of james +.
Laugnaid. IL Wcli-kmown and suhStam-
tial farmer and real estate owner OF
Buck street, in Pembroke. and .,%nit
one and Il half miles from the Academy
on Pembroke street Miss Langmaid
I'm. I.. Il. -,
pleasant Weather walked to the in>titu-
ton i'll company with her younger
brother.
The road from Mr.. Langnlaid'> to the
academy is il very lonely one. there he
ing scarcely Il house on it. Most of the
way j. through bushes or woods Amos
lloNt. who lives about half IL mile from
Lamgmaid'>. SAW Josie pass his house ON
her Way to the academy. She WIS
walking alone. and no one of the lIuNt
family WIS near cu"u9h 10 speak 10 her.
The little hoy Went to school as u>II-
al. hut the gil did not come. The
brother did not think il strange. fur ~
he came away first ne thought it pruha-
hlc that Josie for some C;IIISc had con-
ClHdcd I" Icmaln ut home. When the
brother reached home. about halt-pa>t
four this attcrm""n. he CASUALLY inquired
for Josie. who he said had not been al
school. This intelligence WAS Il painful
and auNiouS SurpriS,. to the, flmiII.
Search and inuuiry m once COM
m,Ircrd The EluiII aroused ti,. near
est ucirli,nr>. and tine news >rrrad like
viIdiiI, ON to p,mhrnL. street and also
to Sur,rnok Nili,r, ,huut ~ f,, DISSENT
4, pcmhrnkr ,tI,rt F,um bousr ia
hnu>,. in th, out,Li,ts nf fines. VILLAGES
aud from store. to store on IN. street,
went the. trrrini, news. The uirl vu,
known ucrsn,,,l,, tn mann, willie L,,
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that "A hole. .,.,ti,u
The. r,>uuu.,. of the. riril,ns u..,. H.,
prnmptrst possible. Withour ! mo
mrut'> .lc!ai they lett their homes ana
places of business. and in nIurip~ of
twenty on more. started ON foot nr il,
teams fuI Buck street. A> earl, ~
n'rluck more than a hundred persons
we've engaged! III rh,. >,.alch. Ever, rod
OF the road WAS searched from the. acud-
cinN to the Llugmaid home. No trace.
Wis. however. found at the mi ~>iug uiIl
NirkcI>"m Hartford. Il ,Iipplr. and I
man OF Il very prrulial !cputatinn.
lived ON the road. but no information
c"uld he elected tIrm him.
At last one of tine scratching party
noticed some bushes broken down neal
the roadside. about half Il m,lc from
.j">Its home. IN inNc-il" itirn shaved
very suspicious circumstances. The
men pushed int" the bushes farther. and
>udd"nl\ they We're horror struck at
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description. Some believe the tragedy
t" have been committed 10y some person
living IN that section. The police il, all
directions have been notified h> trlc-
graph. and men have been stationed ON
the londwLl> leading ont of Prmhrnkr.
with directions to examine all persons
passing.
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