The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-08
THE PEMBROKE TRAGEDY.
JOSIE LhNcMAID's SUPPOSED lis.
SASSIN ON HIS TRIAL,
irnc,ne .npnEc 70 Tue e'' 80 or tho sfurder-
60. -. =, to Witnesses for tho
revelations Of n Detoctivo.


Tracing LnpnRc TO the Ecs a, a.. .,-A.
,.' .oA'sn,"s '. '""'- to witnesses for tho
revelations Of n Detective.
..,vorD, N. H.. Jan. THE progress
OF the trial OF Joseph Lnpace for tho murder OF
Josie Langmad shows that the people OF Mer-
rimack county are felontlcssly bont upon avcng-
iug the girls death by hanging somebody, and
app 'ara1ces now in ticate that the prisoner Is to
be the man. The eympathy Of the audience is
strongly against him, and this Is manifested In
unchecked applause Of telling points IN the tcs-
tmony A score OF French Canadians from the
settlement near Sunrook are the only partistns
Of the prisoner and their sympathy amounts to
very httle, iuas much as they cannot understand
" ord OF English.
Mr.. Pdgo assumed the llbOring oar for tho
defence to dav lie called the Courts attention
g. tho Tact that tho prosecution hal oaiod and
probably would examine several Boston ply
sicians "a blood experts relative to the spots on
Lapaco's clothing. lie asked that carte blanche
he given the defence to take the opinion Of
other experts on the same subject The Court
reserved ns decision, and the examination Of
witnesses resumed.
TRACED TO TuE sCPSE or THE MURDER.
Hiram rcwlc of Pembroke testified thu: while
he was driving to Chichester, on Oct. 9, he met
Joseph lapage not more than nifty or sixty
rods from the place Of the murder The
prisoner was carrying stick three feet long.
Ii was Of irch ana quarter square stun. one
end was whitfield down for n handle. The Wit
ness thought the oak spllntcrs already In owl
dencc would make Just such stick as the
prisoner was carving, although he could not
swear that they are the same.
Mrs. Alberta W atsOn OF Allentown, near Penn
broke, testified that she started T. accom- pany
her daughter to Hooksett on the third sunday
In SepfemD. r. when they had cot about mile
away from home they saw man standing In
the Iushe. that skirt the road. lie was watch
Inc them attentiveiy. Witness got close enough
To see that be carried nothing In his hand. lie
disappeared in the tnicket. When she and her
daughter had got half mile further ON she
saw the sane man step ftom tue bushes \ few
rods behind them and como running toward
cot stick Her daughter began to cry with
fright, and they both quickened their steps to-
ward the top OF the hill they were then ascending.
When the man had ne.rly overt ken them they
saw George Meek, a friend, picking berries close
aud plunged abruptly into the bushes. she
recognized lapaee as the mau after his COM
mitmeut 10 the Concord jail.
THReATrNING IETrrRs.
Mrs. Watson also ,cs'incd TO having received
three threatening anonymous letters one OF
which T. Us follows.
Mrs. WATSON Lapa-c viii notbe fourd guilty, bat
fore ten Tie Wnat "a kuow " honi, Con.
% e,Es ESg oT S n sne5c S@ Saw a one t 20 I "s or or
tuis remember. You will csorry n you 20.
! ne Ot0Gr letters MIS-. watson destroyed as
! soon as she mad read them One was dropped
| by a stranger in front OF her as she was walking
al.ng the road. The others were received by mail.
! Matthias Marcy. a French Canldian, living Ia
Allentown, was walkins some distance oeaind
/ Mr.. Watson On the sund y mentioned IN her
! testimony. lie testified that ne too. saw Lapage,
/ with VIII Im lie IS acquainted. running toward
! the two women lie looked red Ia the face AID
ihomns Gardner, also a Canadian. living In
| SuncOoh, testified that Lapage came t. his
| house on the sunday Mi chr before the murder
] tD al 1 a. fuf-
fran lot. lie came again next NJ Orning wiz his
axe. Witness told him TO go ahead and walt at
! Olfofd's for him. Lapagc started, md witness
! did not again see him until o'clock, when he
called AZ wiiness's house snd said that he had
Ss hrous M he oaaa som oae @ooa sS5 cn"
pers IN the torran lot, from wnom he got hls
| bearings. He went thence TO Joe DAuiellss
house ON business, and then walked back to
Annie l.. Watson. daughter OF Albersla Wat
son. test ncd 10 the encounter with 4 man as
| described In her mothers testimony, but sue
| could net Identity Lapage as the man.
HATTIE GAuL1's TESTIMONY.
Hattie Gault. young lady Of fourteen years
testiued that she rcacned the Pembroke Acad-
emy on the morning ~ the murder at about
quarter Of o'clock: She halted awhile %
| saw a man pass carving an axe on his shoulder.
| His wid maliclous-lookin9 eye riveted her at
| tention upon him, and she watched MIN until ne
| disappeared along the academy road in the di-
| rectiOn OF Giless woods aud Mr. Langmaids
! house. She recognized the man as Lapage in
the Concord jail
As Miss Gallt Ia the only person who saw La
| PAGE within two hours after 9 o'clock. the hour
at which Josie I.angmald is believed to have
been murdered, the prisoners counsel cross.ex-
Alpined her closely, ooth hs 70 the TACT OF her
having seen him and as to the Identification. Sue
| stood the orde-l successfully.
| Charles Emery, Canadian, now living on
Glass street, testthed that ne was chopping wood
and building shanty 10 Cofrans woods the
| morning u the murder. Aoout o'clock Ia tue
| afternoon Lapase came up. lie complained OF
being awfully Tired, saying tnat ho bad got lost
and had oeen wandering IN the woods. lie
asked the way 10 Joe ID nlells = and started on In
that direction. lie Joined the wood choppers
again as they walked nome. When seen in the
afternoon he had 10 oyercoat ON. He wore one
| IN the morning.
THE DETECTIVE WORK.
Albion p. Dearborn Of Boston testified that
| he Is IA detective. lie was sent TO Suncook TO
| work W the Llngmaid murder by the Chief OF
Police Of Boston, Suspicion fell first upon
| William Drew but he was Able to account salts
murder. Lapace was nrst questioned about
| where he WAS on the day OF the murder, oct. 3.
| lie t"ld substantially Tue same story that he nos
since adhered TO- Aiterward facts were di'cov-
cred that contradicted this story IN important
features, snd he was arrested on Oct. IS. Wit
ness examined his clothing ana boots. Blood
was found on the former and the heels OF the
latter corespondcd with the print Of Inc heel
marks On Josie Lanemad' . face. Witness asked
the prisoner 1ur his knife, and he turned over
| a small one which, be said, was AL he mad. Ills
house was searched tue next day and knife
and razor we're found. Inc knifo VS. of the
| Barlow pattern. Llpage dcnled that II was his.
| tut searching his overcoat pocket some ort5
| were fOunO, and several grains oi the same were
| found in the knife handle. Witness searched tor
a ValicO shirt, such as those VINO saw l.apace on
Oct. say he wore that day, out II could not DO
| found.
Counsellor Page cross-examlned Detective
| Dearborn at length, especially rs o. n rumoT that
| he pTOfessed to a uelief IN tho innocence OF La
| page, until Mr. Sargent Of SuncOok, VINO mace
| tine arrest, promised to share the reward with
| him. The witness denied that there was any
| sucn arrangement, or that he had ever doubted
| the prisoners guilt. AT the conclusion Of his
| protTacted examination the court adjourned
| until A. NJ. tomorrow.