The Portland daily press., 1897-11-18

Commissioner Bradley of the United
States court. and arranged for an early
arraignment of the prisoner before that
tribunal
If the murderer insists on the issue of
extradition papers, as he has been advised
by his counsel to do, he is likely to re-
main in the States for one to two weeks
before he can rs taken back to Montreal
for trial.
Young Guillemet was not as talkatiye
today as he was on the two previous days.
Following the advice of his counsel, Mr.
Tardivel, the prisoners response today to
all who attempted to hold conversation
with him, was that he had nothing to
say. Lawyer Tardivel intimates that his
client will tell a different story when he
is brought before the Canadian tribunal,
and also AYERS that the confession will
have little weight because it was mede in
French to only one man, police officer,
who acted as interpreter.
Guillsmet slislikes the gloom of his mar
row quarters, and at his request the gas
was left burning all day near his cell
door. He lay much Of the time on his
bunk with his head covered by his coat.
He has but little appetite and his sleep
seems troubled.
SCENE OF THE MURDER.
A Tuesday afternoon dispatch to the
Montreal Star from St. Liboire, the soene
of the murder. said: When the news
was received here this morning that Gull
lemet had been arrested Mt Biddeford,
there seemed to be @ feeling all round
that a strange mistake had boen made :;
why such action had been taken was a
would not say. and Joint Coroner Dr.
Gauthier, when spoken to concerning the
matter, professsd to be entirely ignorant
AT twelve O'Clock telegram was re-
ceived here from Chief Of Police Chenette
at St. Hyacinthe, which read:
Hold Mrs. Laplante; she is implicated
in the murder
Guillemet, who is nephew of the
murdered man, was, it will be remem-
bered, examined at the opening inquest
on November 1. AT that time he professed
to be entirely ignorant of the crime. and
Mrs Laplante, wife of the murdered man,
testified that young Guillemet was in the
house at the hour the murder occurred.
This was the alibi upon which Guile
met stood upon in his testimony at the
opening of the inquest. Guillemet, how
ever, in testifying became badly mixed,
t.Ita OFT the thiS thpnSt linhtlv
aside, with the exclamation that she is
only a boy" When it came to the
question of the axe which the house con-
tained, Guillemet said there was but one.
Then, when pressed he acknowledged that
there had been two. What had become
of uhe second one Guilleinet did not know
but presumed it was either lost or broken.
Coroner Blanchard produced the re-
naming axe. and this Guillemet reoog-
nized as the one which was frequently
used about the house. This substantially
was his testimony at that time.
| He seemed, as he sat there, in the main
room of the murdered mans house that
AS Coroner Blanchard questioned him.
he looked straight into that officials eyes
and never for moment faltered. The
idea of his guilt, after Mrs. Laplante S
testimony, which proved an alibi, was
dismissed without a second thought, and
the authorities began to look elsewhere
for the guilty man.
No one here at that time dreamed that
there was anything like plot between
the wife of the murdered man and Guile
met, and no credit rests with the local