, 1877-09-29
The Murderous Wreckers of the
Western Coast of New
foundIand.
Their Butchery Of a Fishing Crew Of
Seven Men in 1874.
Recent Apprehension aud Arrest
Of tho Principal Flcuds.
4 Horrible Chapter Of Cruelty, Incest, and
Assassination.
History of thc Leader of The Gang Who Robbed
tls Union Pacific Train.
SHAVING TIE CAsTAwAys,

SJyA ING III L CASIAWA4Ss
Ct,rt .pontenct .*er fnrk lIorii.
ST. JoHN's, n. f.. scpt. 1a-Thcrc is a story
Of crime associated with the wild shorcs uf
l,unnc t'ay, on tho western coast, whfc1, mny np-
pear Incredible To the readers Of the Uoria hut
Is tonc the less true. fhcrc lived French
Canadian (pusstbly with MI Infusion u Intltan
b!.ual) named Dtnot, his three brothers, anl ths
daughter Agnes whom he Ind forced to 1lEa
with hin, In Incest, ehe bearing 10 him several
children, the fate Of whom fs unknown. Denoit
proved etucl teyoml measure to her, heating
her numerically for o1Ecnscs however slight Or
rycn Imaginary, nnd at last turning tier out Of
tlo0rs sturk naked anil withuut ftxAl or means
pf procuring II. 1T December, 1874 ito rrtracc
my steps somewhat the fishing schooner ot Capt.
lstlouh ofTwillngate, ,witala crew besidcs h'nself
Of six ncl,, was supposed IL have gone ashore
In tue vtctnlty OF BounIc Bay. but nu trace Of
the vessel or the men was ever discovered. Ri
mors, however, mad Cnno abroad that there hasl
been fonl play-runiors which. ntillappy, poo
pto WHO knew how little civilized wcre the pen
pfc {sunc 1000 In nlttn6cr} Of the thtnay set.
tic,l ct,st, over Which under tho upcrnfion ot
the old trratics England has no Jurisdiction,
traplrr ilanacd Jacko, whcn-as he thought.
dying, inale confession admitting TINT t!e lai
tnke.s part IN ur knew Ut tAu lnurtlcr pl tho
scveu sailors; md Ills story Was bnxzei about
IL tNluI IL tAG EAIb VI NAFts ~ AGt
AiaIcaty's ship Eclipse engaged In cruising there
t0 protect the hailcrIes. lie promptly sailch tur
lonne bay, aud tlere found he srctcledEir',AE-
slcs l!eno't, crodehlnE ~ ths rocss' utgrnliy
aud BIRDS sca,ity berries. aud the Ike. sho
c!arge1 Tho nurIer upun tlcr father anil unc1es,
stating tho circu'nsta1ccs VI the murder with
MUCH clcart,cas. Capt; Rl1out. sho sa!ts, & Who
managed to escape to lanl with llia crew when
Its srnooner wns east awayt and they bntlt =
shelter near the tent Of thu trappeI, JACKIE al-
ready mentioned. Her father and hla brot'ors
overland 10 81. Georges Bay. On, tho why,
wi'c the Capta!n and three. sailors wGrc
stopped together trying 10 kindie Tire, tho
Benoits fired OIL tiicn ut, pont;blank range,
killing one Or two and, leaving The rcst
wnthlng, wounded, and helpless. o'! the bloody
snow. They were promptly i'nssheu WITH wlth
axes, seeing which lloErillc slight tue tllrce
acrots q thinly-frozcn pond. but brcakng
through the slight COVERING Of leo they wero de-
llbcratcly shot down from tho solid hank by Tug
nlur.lcrefs. who tllcn divided the p'un'ler md
sunk all tlic sorpses In tl's pond. Jasko beside
wlusc tont the saurs Ind cncampc1, aud Wh1
k,tw OF tlleir having SCI out on their overland
journey In company with thu Bcnoits, WIS
ea s M I'D fs' no d.eos. +: S s knoxedsa %
tho murder Til, ~ he Thought, Ilo was ut the
vrrec Ut death. Capt. Eraklnc's task WAS BY no
means au easy ono, for the benolts Ind heard
tnAL Lucy NGSt HlAGAGtl$ uAt hQStGENGA IA
accomplishing II BY leaving two Or three men IN
eacl, port. Two Of tho four men were thus &C.
cured amllc!t Ut CHANNEL III 1a!l, where also WV
deposited tho gill as . witness. Tho third
brothor was taken under g',ar,! to assist ~
no s'aall difficulty be, too, was brought
to hook. They aro expected here daily
to be 'talEcd III the rcnt.ntlary to nwait t1aal.
1t Ia hardly possible TINT this trial slall tako
placo Without ttero lMlng thought 70 l'sht sew
pcctcd tragedies. There hayeb been lost OF those
tnho.pitaiac and law!cas shores scorcs o. vessels
lown with all iansls, though oil sallors nlWass
sllook their laca'is continuously when tho subject
their territory lay out OF tho track 81 richer
vcsacls. tho inhabitants conl.l not practlso the
Cornwall Or +tutland, nonc tho less wcro they
dangerous folk for tho shIpwrcckel mariner,
pen1silrss or with ctfects-an1 especially with
aflcrts-to trst to. There arc 50 many prison.
crsA1 ali arc uf 10 low all order Of Intelligence
that we sial certainly liavc raco to SEQ which
shall irst 1'peaell upon y lila brothers, nul 81
thu truth will doubtless bo brought to light.