Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-10-20

The SUSPECTED MURDERER OF Miss
LANGMAID.-Joserh lie Paigh, who was
arrested at Suncook. n. H.. ca Wednes-
day last. on suspicion of having murdered
Miss Langmaid. is Frenchman, some
for;y-five or fifty years Of age. On the
div Of the mur.lrr he was in the woods
from morning until noon, hunting, rs he
avs, for timber for an aXc-helNc. He
was seen ut 2P. NJ. in DolgeS woods.
some six miles from the scene Of the muir
Ter. and there is Il report that during the
morning he was seen 1T Il 9rlst mill about
mile and half from the scene. When
clothing, and there is no doubt whatever
! )ut thai he WAS somewhere in the woods
east of Suncook on the day of the murder
| Detective Sargent and the City Marshal, OF
concord, keep him IN close confinement.
! way from nterviewers. and will work ul
! he case without the aid of the populace
| fine Detective and. 1t is expected, the
Attorney General, OF New Hampshire will
20 to st. Adams and look up the antecc-
| tents. which will Of coulsc involve IN in
qlirv into his possible connection with the
murder of Miss Ball
In regard to lie Paigc's antecedentS
ana hi, suspected connection with the
Ball murder, the st. Adams Messenger
says:
As ne uly IL we can learn. he came to
Il. Alban, about three Years ago from
some town in Canada between Montre3l
and Quebec. His family consisted of his
wife and children, the Oldest son being
some cirhtcen or twenty years. He was a
rm laborcr, when he did anything At all,
,nd had :, bad reputation for wiie-beatlng,
'runhenncs~ and Glowing after strange
women. - hen he WAS arrested and eN-
mined for the murder of Miss Ball n"
Particular suspicion attached to him, but
hat WIS the time when they was cNamn
ng cvervhodv who lived on the East Hill
lie lived near the CHI mcal Works. hv tho
}rainerd mill pond, and on hi, cXanina-
ION h, sNorc that the da, of The Bail
murder he was at work on his land. 1t
uas since been asccrtainrd that this wa
i,>c. for he WAS out brrrying Such being
tili case II l. u)t SNi''t' tii'' IN va
ave murdered Miss Ball and returned
tlonr without any suspicious absence
IL. testified before Justice Farn>wortil
hlt he Nh seen VI $ Bull pass in the J. 'ad
while he WAS 1T Vo in the field, between
Iur -chuul-ho st an boarding lace, on
several different occasions.
last spring the family removed to
>uncuok and mos of them obtalnr work
n Il tactOry. Some time since h s sun rc
nrnrd TO ST Aiitan~. leaving there. Is h,
III gcd. on account of his fathers brutal
r. and he is now Il. work ON the l. ~
Hill
In the absence of any further knowledge
t would be premature To form opinions
now bat il is :, co Incidence more or less
unfortunate t. the suspected man that lI'
, should have been 80 near tWO murders 81
similar 1t will be remembered that The Il
were evidences tat Miss Ball person lI;i'
pccn washed after the murder The stm'
tr,c of Miss Lanym;,id. If ii Shout
l,ruvr true (which We hardly darc hope
hat the New Hampshire authorities no"
nave in safe Keeping, lhc doublN dyed wi
lin and monster. VINO has hcrtit two com
mJnIti,S of those WHO are among thrl
tlirrSI and best. an unreasonable sens
Of relief W i'll CONT. 10 lis all. and the Onl'
rcTr,t thai will remain (rNctpl. of COURSE
has uut two deaths TO die in cNpi.ttlon.