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the Jail in Concord, and recognized him
there.
Charles Emery, of Allenstown. testified
Chopped wood last October for Mr.. Samuel
Cofran on the day of the murder assisted
in the building of a shanty on Coiran's lot;
five of US worked until dinner time after
that La Page came up and said he had been
lost in the woods all the morning.
A. p. Dearborn testifed-Reside in BOs
t0u am detective officer have been III
the detective business ten years was sent
to Pembroke, October 5th, by the Cnief OF
Police from information received by MIR
Hildreth and myself. October Sth, We call
ed Mr.. La Page into the lookup 10 SdncoOk
village had conversation with him re-
lating to his whereabouts on the day OF the
murder he said that on that morning he
had some conversation with a man about
hiring tenement he then sat down on
the bakery steps then crossed the river
and met two little girls he then went to
look at some wood in the company's los
he went up into the woods and got lost; sat
down there and ate his dinner afterwards
be sat down near a grI>dstOne, and upon
hearing some one chOpp NJ wood got up
soon found some men building shanty
soon after he retured IN SuncOOk village
October 18th Mr.. Hildreth and myself ar
rested him during the forenoon. and took
him TO the lookup We examined his boots
and clothes. and asked for his knife he
gave a small knife he said. when he was
asked il he had knife at home, No ask
ed him ii that was not a small knife Tor a
wood chopper he did not answer ; Mr.
Morgan. Mr.. Fowler, Mr.. liildreth and my
sell were present when the following second
conversation was had with La Page, with
reference to his whereabouts on the day OF
the murder He said be lett MS house that
morning about the time the mill bells rang;
his conversation was substantially a. on
other interviews, and said he took the
road usually taken by woOdchopper- u go
into the woods to loos at the company's
lot he wandered about until he came to
a grindstOne he went u little further ON
and saw some men building a sh1nty IN
quired OF them the way TO Joe Daiynault's
went there found Daignault shOelng II
horse he asked him to measure some wood
cut by him Daignault said he had no
time. but when be got time he would meas
ure it and leave the money with his wife
he followed one of DaIgnault's wood teams
nearly to the landing, then returned home
to Suncook Mr.. HIidreth and myself, the
next day. went TO La Pages house and
found knife there knife shown and iden-
titled by the witness a. the one found 1t
has been IN my possession ever since, took
an oyercoat from the house the day before
this We asked La Page about the clothing
worn by him on the day OF the murder he
said it was the same he had on clothing
was examined /; We took possession OF an
overcoat and two pairs of tan-cOlOred over
alls in the right-hand pocket OF the over
coat was a knife and some oats . some
there now. perhaps searched his house Tor
his calico shirt found none; | was IN Con-
cord jail Sunday, October Oath. when Ms
Gault. Mrs. Watson and other ladies Identified
La Page Miss Gault and Mrs Watson
walked along the corridor and looked IN
each cell separately : Mr. Hlldreth and NY
self found q stick near Mr.. Chii0rd's house
(stick shown jury and identified the stick
was taken from number OF otner-); Mr.
CliffJrd's house is very near where the road
to Joe Daignsult's il taken by woodchop-
pers the stake found at Mr. Chfford's Is
similar to that found near the scene Of the
murder. Tbs cross examination was very
exhaustive. but developed no new facts.
FIFTH DAY-sATURDAY.
Clifton B. Hlldreth. of Allenstown. tes-
tifsd Am private detective have been
investigating the Josie Langmaid tragedy
most OF the time since the day OF the mur-
der; was employed bv the selecrmen OF
Pembroke my attention was first directed
TO La Page on the Thursday after the mur-
der, October II, | was in company with
Mr. Dearborn and Mr.. Fowler; called upon
him at the station house and had c0nver-
sation with him in reference to his where
abOuts October witness related the con-
yersatiOn in full. which was substantially
the same a related by detective Dearborn
made u thorough search of La Pages house
/ u find shirt; could not find 1t.
Moses Sargent, of COhasset. Mass. to-
tilted Am a private detective; was former
/ ly captain of the detective force IN Boston
was employed by the Attorney General Oc-
tOber II; went TO SuncOok and inteTvitw wed
the selectmen and Others caused the ar
/ rest of La Page October l3 between tSe and
six o'clock in the afternoon, found La Page
at his house brought him 10 Concord and
/ delivered him TO jailOr Davies examined
the coat and saw what appeared To be blood
| (coat shown and identlted), the next day
! and one, two or three days subsequent went
| to lall and had Il conversation with
/ La Page asked him where he was and
where he went to on the morning Oi the
murder he said substantially that he went
To the bakery ana sat down 10 wait Tor tht
woodchoppers. and thinking that they haC
gone. went on himself after starting n,
I met and conversed with an Indian. be after
wards got lost IN the woods; "a; down, anC
hearing some one chopping. found some
men chopping wood. His story was the
same as told TO Detectives Dearborn and
Hildreth
Horace Chase, Of Boston. testified Am
doctor of medicine; graduated AT BrTlia
Prussia, in 1863; have practi-ed IN BO>
ton since 1865 have given considerable at
tentIOn 10 microscopic examinations OF hu
man and animal blood; have been called a
AN expert in various trials November 3.
| received at my office in Boston package
of clothes, said to be those of La Page
Witness identified the clothing examine,
by him. | examined the clothes to see il
there were any marks li1e blood upon them
from portion OF each garment | selecte'
spots which seemed like blood TO the naket
eve put pieces of the cloth la prepara
ton resembling the Gpecifc gravity OF tn
serum of blood ali the pieces taken wer
put in separate vessels; this was done &
allow the dried corpuseles to resume thei
natural state the result of the examination
of the blood upon the vest was that it Wa
mammalis blood, and corresponding wit
human blood on the back OF the coat tn
examination was made with the same re
suit on the front of the coat the corpus
cles were OF a smaller type and OF a difieren
character human blood varies in ditferen
individuals the results of the examination
of all the other pieces taken from his cloth
ing were the same as that upon the IniD
OF tie coat the blood found on the iron
Of the overcoat WAS not human blood; /
my opinion the blood found upon ever
other article was human blood on NOveu
ber %, | received from Mr.. Dearborn tW
articles of clothing said to belong TO Josl
Langmaid; examined the blood upon th
clothing, and it resembled in every respeC
that found upon the clothing of La Page.
DR. Joshua B. Treadwell. OF Boston. te.
tilted Am a physician and surgeon; grad
uated from Harvard in 1862 am As>Istar
Surgeon General of Massachusetts and Su
geon OF the City Dispensarv November l.
1875 at Ais p. m.. received from DoctC
Horace Chase black i.lt hat; from that
cut a piece where there was clot of bloc
readily distinguished by tho naked eye
placed that specimen in solution 80 thi
an examination could be made: were 9TH
spots on the garments, excepting on the hi
. which were not disturbed the overcoat WI
given me- identified the coat.) Cut OF
II" shaped pieces received an Undercoa
identified BY witness Gu: out two piece
e the vest was produced. (Also idenI
: fed Cut spot. from the vest. (fhe pan
: were produced and identifed.) Cut spo
c from the pants. (rhe overalls were show n
r The orerals seemed TO have beea washed
= front; also cut out pieces from both pairs
on November 81, 1875. received from u
d Chase piece OF dirty ninnel eat piec
from the sane and soaked them in -olutio
d the examinations were made with bI.
4 power microscope; at the end of five DAYS
1t iJund traces of blood in the ~crapIngs taxi
> from the cloth under favorable conditions
d dried the corpu ,cles; the spot on the ca
n had every appearance "f having been p'
e there before the others, bccau-e the natur
d appearance was not produced as quickly
in the other specimens tried three dIifere
j tests and found traces of bioOd in all t
# specimens; ths corpuscles were restored
10 ma in almost every case the measurement