Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-11
TERRIO ON STAND
Makes Good Appearance and
Tells Straight Story.
Other Witnesses Tell Of His Money
The Shells and Terrio's Rifle.
Defence Unexpectedly Rests. State Will Have
'oor II Witnesses in Rehut,aI.

The defence il making rapid progress
| IN tn presentation of their evidence.
The leading feature of Saturday morn
inc's session was the testimony OF the
RESPONDENT. Theriault or Terrio. who
related his story 10 The court at length.
detailing the facts Of his life and his
d0ings on the day of the murder The
prisoner was peifectly calm throughout
and spoke in a straightforward man
ner. using remarlaa bly, good language
for 4 French-C Cailadian lumberman.
| His story. as related by him is sub
stantially rs follows:
am 10 years Of age and was born in
Bangor. Nj. In 1868 my family moved
to OLD Town. where ! lived until 1881
when ! went to Fairfield. While there.
| worked in the pulp mill. the saw mill
on the drive and in the woods. l was
married in Fairfield and have two chill
d'en Il boy 10 years of age ana girl
o: !. In 1881 | moved to Madison. 7
had a few dollars when ! Went there.
obtained work in the sulphite mill
ana worked nearly all of the time when
the mill was running, earning l212 and
IL. cents per hour. l sustained an in
jury in the mill while at Madison. and
received quite Il little money from ac-
cIGent insurance companies to which I
be luneed
In October, 1895 | moved to Green
VILE. At that time | had $500 in cash
ann a note for 500. upon which moth
ing has been paid except 81 interest.
also received about 500 from insur-
ance companies while in GreenVille. In
1899. | left Gr-enville and came 10
Moose River | talked with John Rasp
berry about buying his farm but made
no trade at first. Later | purchased
one-half of the farm for $40 I was
willing to pay cash. but he preferred
to have his money little by little, SO
only paid $50 down.
| knew Pare and had worked in Par
rents field with him. but we never had
any trouble Of any kind. ] saw him
about half a minute. sunday. March
TO- H.. did not show me his wallet and
| did not know he had money. or that
he was going home the next day.
On Monday forenoon. the day of the
murder. was at work in the woods
back OF my house. where | had been
cutting wood during the winter for the
Kineo co. | went, home soon after IL
clock fed ana Watered my COW and
at, my dinner. | saw Mr.. Calder going
away from my house before | got
there After dinner | smoked for a
While ana then worked on my chamber
floor the rest of the afternoon. ] have
not been within a mile of Bra ssau pond
for a year and a half. ! never made
the snowshoe tracks Murray says he
saw.
on the lith or 18th Of March. stran-
ger came by my house and wanted to
borrow my snoWShoes to go to klneo-
He was a tall man about % years old
lent them to him and did not see them
again for eight or ten days. when |
found them stuck in the snow in front
OF my house.
buried the money in the cellar be-
cause | didn't want to take il into the
woods with me- ] thought it was there !
when | sent Mr.. Walton for it.
In regard to the money found in my
house by the officers. will tell you how
got il. Joe Murray came by my house
one day in April. as | was going from
my barn to the house. He said
tItt. Iloiu oii- an Npu liihS' a |
$40 bill for me-?
/ said: NO. Joe, | can't. Can you |
change a S5o" | said IN look. joe"
took out my wallet and there was |
some small change and a $50 bill in it. |
What is that" he said. "a fifty"
Yes"
DO YOU want that changed?"
We'll. yes. shall need some small |
bills to pay for some hay"
He changed the bill for me. and that
is where the small bills came from.
When the trial opened. f. 4. Field, |
the expert machinist and gunsmith.
who testified for the defence. Friday.
was recalled. The substance Of his teS-
Friday. was that the shell
found near the murdered mans body
wa. larger than those used in Theri-
ault's rifle. and that. in his opinion, the
shell could not have been discharged in
that gun.
When he took the stand. Saturday.
he was handed the second shell found
rear Pare's body. 1t had been acci-
deLtally crushed in a letter press, and
on this account it was impossible to
subject it to the tests employed with
the other shell. but the witness gave
as his opinion that the two We're of
the same composition. of similar con-
struction, and had been alike in all par
ticulars. When shown the metal taken
from Pare's shoulder, the witness said
lie did not think it was a portion of a
bullet jacket.
Clifford Theriault of Augusta. testi-
fed that while Alexander boarded with
him in Madison. he had seen a large
ron Of bills in the latter's possession.
He did not know the denomination of
the bills, however
Edward Theriault testified that he
saw a large roll of bills in Alexander's
possession in the fall of 1888. and no
ticed a $50 bill on top.
Three witnesses We're then called IN
turn and told substantially the same
story. as follows: joe Murray was at
the house of a Mrs. Marcou. in Skowhe-
gan. during the preliminary hearing in
the Theriault case and in the presence
Of The witnesses stated that Theriauit i,
had caused his arrest for killing