The Portland daily press., 1897-11-17

deal more bravely, though at frequent in
tervals during her interview with her son
she kept.her handkerchief employed wip-
ing away her stears. ITO her pathetic ap-
peal, ooh. why did you do it?"S" Why
did you do it?" the young man respond
ed: II couldn't help it; she forced me
to kill him."
The officers had feared that in the pres
ence of his parents the prisoner would re-
tract his story, but,Eo the contrary, he
repeated to his father andgmother the
horrible details of his brutal act. His
conversation with them was entirely in
French. When asked by Marshal Harmon
If his confession was voluntary, and If he
had anything togtake back, GuilIemet re-
piled that it was all true.
When the parents were preparing to
take leave of their son, the father groped
hif way across the room and, with tears
streaming down his cheeks, planted a
kiss on the boys forehead Then it was
that the mother ssself- possession forsook
her. She clasped her. arms around her
sons neck and kissed him again and
again, then burst into hysterical sobbing
and had to be assisted to the door.
WILL DEMAND EXTRADITION.
1t had been generally supposed, after it
became known that Guillemet had.lnade a
the Canadian officers back to Montreal
without contest, but tonight his coun-
sci, Emile H. Tardivel, announced that
extradition proceedings will be demanded
before the prisoner leaves Biddeford.
Lawyer Tardivel was called into the
ents, after their interview with their son.
The attorney and his client had lengthy
consultation in the cell. The lawyers
only regret was that he had not been re-
tained before so many ears heard the con-
fession. ''But only one side of the case
has been heard,'' he said to a PRESS cor
respondent.
Asked how much delay would be occa-
stoned by the extradition process, Mr..
Tardivel replied: "That depends largely
on the rapidity with which the Canadi-
an government moves in the case. The
petition to President Mckinley must
first be fled, then hearing follows, after it
has been shown that the crime charged
comes within the jurisdiction of the ex-
tradition treaty"
The Western division station was
thronged with French Canadian residents
at the arrival of every train from the
east today in anticipation of the coming
szsz l.
Marshal Harmon received telegram an
nouncing that County Solicitor j. B.
Blanchet of Montreal will arrive here to-
morrow.
Marshal Harmon and his officers are en-
titled to great credit for their success in
securing the confession Of Guillmet who
had passed through the ordeal of coro-
ner's inquest in st. Liboire without even
awakening the suspicion of the local au
thorities The investigators Of. the case
had about made up their minds that
Laplante came to his death by. being run
over in the public higwhay while suffer-
ing an attack. of apoplexy.
1t was Officer Napoleon Ducharme of
the Biddeford night patrol who first read
of the murder in Montreal newspaper,
and became aware that the nephew in
the case was none other than O Biddeford
young man. Officer Ducharme also heard
Sunday of Guillemets lavish display of
money. and communicated with Marshal
Harmon about the matter, with the result
that the arrest followed.
Guillemet has heretofore been regarded
In Biddeford as not over bright, mis-
chievious youth. He had never got into
serious trouble except once when accused
of the larceny of SIS, but his parents
settled the matter out of court.