Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1875-10-15
The Recent New Hampshire Horror

CONCORD. N. H., Oct. 5.
THE terrible outrage at Pembroke, re-
ported late last evening, has aroused IN
tense excitement all over the State, and
hundreds are thronging the trains in their
eager curiosity to visit the scene. The
discoveries of to-day have, however, been
few. Miss Josie Longmaid, eighteen years
old, daughter Of James I. Longmald, who
resides mile and % half from the Penn
broke Academy, left home for the acade-
my at eight o'clock yesterday morning.
The road is lonely one, and in that dis
lance there are but six houses. She was
seen to pass the house OF MIR. Amos Hoyt,
fourth of a mile from her home, but
after that was not seen alive, nor did she
reach the academy. She was not missed
| till evening, for her younger brother sup
posed that she had remained at home. Her
| father at once aroused the neighbors and
systematic 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 God" and threw him
self beside the bloody corpse, alternately
kneeling beside it and embracing 1t. 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 ofthe righthand
were broken, as if the hand had been struck
| when vainly attempting to ward OIL a
blow The head was cut Oft cleanly as II
cut by large, sharp knife. The spinal
| column was severed between the first and
second vertebr9. 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 a
| gold-enameled breast-pin 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
large party for the missing head, books
and waterproof cloak. About eight
o'clock Horace Aver found the head part
ly rolled up in the water proof about sew
enty-five rods northwest of where the body
was found, in the same piece OF weeds.
1t was partially uncovered, resting on the
water proof, which was carefully thrown
over it, but notss quite concealing
! it. There was a wound on each
side some inches long, and a
cut on the top. On the right cheek there
| waS we'll defined print of boot-heel
medium size. There was also cut on
her cheek, just front of the left ear, thai
was probably made by some sharp instru
ment A few minutes later the books
were found, and near by heavy oak
stick considerably stained with blood.
/ At, about ten O'Clock Deputy Sheriff
Hildreth took one William Drew, OF. Penn
broke, into custody on suspicion. Drew
is a young man, twenty-five years o.
!, age, of dissolute habits, and lives about
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 te
him as the assassin, Officer Hildreth was
obliged to draw his pistol on the crowe
when he locked Drew up st Suncook.
& negro named Charles Woods has alst
been arrested on suspicion of being con
cerned In the crime,