The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-19
GUILLEMET READY TO GO.
Young Murderer Willing to Return
Home.
HIS COUNSEL INSISTS THAT HE
SHALL BE EXTRADITED.

Young Man Cross Questioned BY
Canadian ofcers-Interview with
Wife of Murdered Man.
Biddeford, November 49, Riddsford's
interest in the st. Liboire murder case
was intensified Thursday afternoon by
the arrival OF two we'll dressed, polished
CANADIAN gentlemen, who stepped from
the train and were greeted by Marshal
Harmon and several prominent French
Canadian citizens. The visitors are
Crown Prosecutor Blanchstte and Detec-
tive Lam bert, who have come to take
Biddeford 'ssboy murderer, Jean B. Gull
lemet, back to Canada to answer for kill
ing his uncle, Jean B. Laplante.
Whether they will succeed in getting
himsto accompany them without delay,
remains to be seen. His counsel, Mr..
Tardevel, says no, but the prisoner HIS
repeatedly expressed willingness to go
without extradition He reiterated that
expression to Officer Ducharme Thursday
morning The Canadian officers will
seek the assistance of his parents, and if
unsuccessful will procure warrants from
the United States commissioner, have the
prisoner arraigned in Portland and re-
manded to the Portland Jail to await the
issue of papers of extradition.
The Canadian officers appear somewhat
chagrinned that Guillemet should have
escaped suspicion at the scene of the
murder, and be caught and his confession
obtained hv Riddeford officers
In conversation shortly after his arrival
Detective Lambert said he placed no
credit in the confession Of Guillemet, 50
far as it implicated Mrs. Laplante, the
wife of the murdered man, as accessory.
The Canadian officers were shown the $50
which Guillemet shortly before his arrest
had placed in the keeping of Biddefcrd
friend. 1t. consisted OF five bank notes, $40
each, on an eastern townships bank,
Sherbrooke. A peculiar-shaped hole In
one of the bills may help toward the
Identification. Marshal Harmon and his
distinguished visitors were closeted much
of the forenoon.
MRS. LAPLANTE'S DENIAL.
A dispatch from st. Liboire to the
Montreal Star contains the details OF an
interview which Crown Prosecutor Blan-
chette, Detective Lambert, High Con-
stable Marchessault and Coroner Blan-
chard and Gauthier had with Mrs. Ma
thilda Laplante, widow of the murdered
man. The story IS, in part as follows:
Mrs Laplante was found amid her
household duties and surrounded by her
seven children the youngest not able to
walk and the eldest girl of thirteen.
When Detective Napoleon Lambert,
after few preliminaries said to her,
''You are implicated in the murder of
your husband, there was scene hard to
equal. For moment no one moved, no
one seemed to breathe, and she least of
all, then she started back as If struck
across the face and said, $50 help me God
1 am not
1t may be remembered that this was
the first known to her that Guillemct had
implicated her in his confession, as the
officers visit earlier in the day was for
the purpose OF obtaining evidence against
the self-confessed murderer only. After
these few words, the accused woman said
not another word, and the bare arms
came up above her head as if in sapplica-
tion If it were acting she was superb.
Question after question was piled to her
by all three representatives Of the law.
How was it that she, upon the witness
stand, had sworn that Guillemet was in
the house at the time the murder oc-
curred2
To this her answer was that she had
only seen him go out once and that was
early. If he had gone out later it was
while she lay down on the foot of one of
the beds.
Why had she given money to Guillemet
to get out of the town?
Because he said that he saw his unole's
ghost and was afraid to stay longer.
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