The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-03-26

TWO HURDRRERS HANGED.
The Last Act in the Pembroke and
ot. Albans Trsgedies-Joseph La
page ConieoslnG that he killed
1iss Balls and Josie Langmaid--
A Clairvoysnt's Exact Descr,p-
ton Of the Bali lGurder-The
Double Assassin on the 0sllowa-
CONCORD, N. H.. March 15.-The
last act in the terrible drama of the
Pembroke and st. Adams murders
eliminated here to-day in the hanging
Of Joseph Lapage, the double assassin.
Never in the history Of New England
have two crimes Sd black been atoned
for in . more just and law-abiding
spirit. Two successive juries, after
long and patient trials. pronounced
the prioner "gIilty," and his own con-
fession, voluntarily made to the war
den and his deputy only few hours
ago, proves these verdicts were right
and just. Indeed, considering the
enormity and fiendishness Of his crimes,
the sentence ex cuied upon him to-day
must be pronou iced a mild and even
bene6cient one. II ever u man earn-
ed the tabled fortunes Of the Inquisi-
ton, Lapage had.
At an early hour last evening the
Condemned man was taken from his
cell to q pleasant little sitting room ON
the second story Of the prison opposite
the guard room. Here, surrounded
by chirping canary birds and trailing
vines Of ivy. he passed his last night
on earth. From 81 o'clock until III
the two clergymen, Fathers Barry and
Milette, labOred with him, endeavor-
ing to make him realize the shortnes:
Of the time left and the duty he owed to
society to make u public confession,
They succeeded so far that when they
departed his hardened, logged air HAD
softened somewhat. lie ate a hurried
lunch Of b. cad, tea, and meat, and
then fell into a fit Of reverie. lie pait
no attention tn what was going OF
, around him, but seemed lost in vacan
cy. Half an hour afterward the ut
ten,ion Of the jailers was attracted by
, Lapage rapping on his chair and mo
tioning to them to draw nearer. Sud
denly Lapage fell On his knees and
with the tears running down his cheeks
exclaimed in broken English:
81 killed gal; YES, killed two gal
Too bad. too bad. Pardon, mon Dieu
pardon"
Warden Pilsbury spoke few kin,
words to him, and then the peniten
wretch sobered, and the confession
which was taken down in writing b,
the Warlen's son. feed from bad Eng
lish and French idioms, is rs follows
Il LEFT Suncook mt 8 o'clock ON tn
morning OF the murder, and passed tn
bakery on the rcaa at about : o'clock
l stopped and talked with the baker
few minutes. but 1 couldn't stay long
The devil was in my heart. telling M
to 60 after the girl. / went across tn
bridge made by the highway and rail
road. taking stake from a pile nea
by; then across the pond. and met tn
girl. struck her with the stick
When I struck her she put up he
hand. and the cut on her hand Wa
caused by the blow of the stick. l the
took her into the wood. cut of he
head with my knife, and carried tn
head to where it was found. Then
went to the small brook and washe'
my hands, knife and coat; then nearl
|, doubled on myself back to the plac
where l left my coat and axe. an
.. went up the road a short disttnce I
the place where hid the wallet, rim
&C., and a little further on left m
coat and axe. / then went on acros
lots to Joe Daniels and then took tn
highway back to Suncook. taking Goa
and axe with me, and got hack to sur
cook at 6 p. m. My wife burned up 6v
shirts, two coats, and two caps four o
Eve DAYS after, and told me l was
bad man. and she did not want m
any more. Then had no clothes i
{ the house. NV wife did not bur
. them up because they were bloody
but We got into quarrel. The gil
had been dead twelve or fifteen mir
utes before cut of her head with
knife, and I washed the knife in abou
, five minutes, and dried it BY stickin
it into the ground. l rubbed the bloc
} of my coat and got it clean, sure.
think 1 got to Joe Daniels at abou
IL o'clock, and talked with him q lon,
} time. / asked him to 60 and measur
nv wood. He said NO l went int
the woods, measured my wood, cam
back to Joe Daniells's and found hin
shoeing horse. He did not look a
his watch, / broke the stick by strik
ing it on the ground after the girl wa
dead. and did not break it when
struck her. ] did not stamp on he
head or face, but simply turned he
head with nv foot when cutting of he
head. Tell Mr.. IAngmaid he vii
find the wallet. ring. ETC., in the plac'
where ! buried them. The TESTIMONY
Of the doctors from Boston about tn,
blood on my clothes vas all true. NJ
wife washed twO pairs of pants tn
next week. My big coat / left in tn
woods. and the blood on my hands
washed OF clean"
Toward the end he broke out cryin,
afresh, and altogether displayed N
amount Of sensibility which astonishet
In. M Vly--l 49, 49,