Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1878-03-20
Execution of La Page

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execution Of Ia Page tor the murder
Of Josie Langnald took place in the
Jail yard n II o'clock tbs morning,
The prisoner was transferred from his
eell 10 The sitting room nj 6,45, lie
was very pleasant and cheerful aud
seemed disposed TO converse with the
Deputy quite freely, lie spent tie
tine in talking aud looking At the pic
lures, Rev, Fathers Barry and Mil
lelle NJ a,aa held prayers with lin lasl
evening and conyersed I'll il,25,
when h. was leit With the Warden
aud Deputy,
IA rAGE's CONFESSION,
lie rrn lned perfectly quiet for
nearly one pslI hour, when he sudden
~ mollcaed for the Warden aud Dep
uty 10 take chairs near him Ailer
they had seated Themselves no sudden
ly dropped upon bis knees aud said {
~ kin gal, Yes, | kill two gal too
bad, loo bad /" Aud he sobbcd aud
clied most bitterly, aud after getting
composed be- made tho following
statements lie lett Suncook abou. o
o'clock a, VI, went 10 the bakers
about Z then Gcnt across the bridge
10 the cOrnor made by The highways
and tho railroad lcll the axe aud coat
there, aud went across the lots across
the bridge, taking his stick from the
woodpilc indicated on The n'api then
across tho road aud met the girl. lie
struck her with tho stick, aud when
struck she threw NJ her hand aud
the cut upon II was caused hy 'he
blow of tho stick, lie then took her
INTO the woods aud cut OF her head
with his knife, carried tho head TO
where It was found, aud then went TO
the bl0oi. aud washed his hands, knife
and coat. lie then nearly doubled or
himself back to the place where he
left the coat and axe, and then went up
the road 10 the place indicated, where
he hid the wallet, ring, etc, aud a little
further on LETT his coat AMI axe, lie
then went on across-lotS lie then
took the highway back to Snncook,
taking his coat and axe with him. lie
GOT back to Suncook ut 6 i, NJ. His
wife burned two coats and two caps
four OF five days after aud told HIM he
was a bad man. She did not want
him anymore lie had no clothes in
the house. His wife did not burn up
the clothes because they were bloody,
but because they got intoa quarrel
The girl had been dead twelve TO u.
teen minutes before he cut of head
lie cut of her head with a knife ;
washed the knife in about five minutes
aud cleaned i:by sticking it into the
ground, aud rubbed the blood of his
coat. Did not stamp on her head or
face simyly turned her head with his
foot when cutting of her head lie
then indicated on the diagram where
Mr.. Lsngmmd could find the wallet
ring, etc, and said that the testimony
of the doctors from Boston about the
blood was all true. Ills wife washed
two pairs oil pants the next week, and
his big coat he lett in the woods, The
blood on his hands he washed OH Cleai'
TIE BALL MURDER.
In regard to the Ball murder, the
c.airvoyan, from Bennington told ii
Just as it was exactly ); told my road
nv house and the number of my chill
dren the house was big black one
tod about a small house too; put the
d.css under Il log the man who swore
to seeing me every hour was good
man and did not lie did not know
anything about me my boys came
home from st. Adams about four, and
worked fast, so they did not think l
had been away.
The confession Of the Ball murder
was full, the points being indicated by
him on the map
BURIAL OF LA PAGE.
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