The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-11-07
cured.

to the State and the defense, were Sc
cured.
The jury is as follows:
Charles d. Bowman, Foreman, Detroit
!. Frank Carl, Madison
Clarence Rogers, Norridgewock
Moses Thompson, Embden
A. G. Pollard, Madison
l.. G. Stevens, CornVile
William Nelson, Canaan
William A. Graves, Pittsheld
Oscar M. Mason, Athens
J. 5. Boston, st. Adams
Parker Sawyer, Detroit
John Hewett, Ripley
The gentlemen challenged or excused
were Lendall Chadbourne, j. O. True,
Moses French, Jr., F. d. Stevens,
Charles Heald, Webster c. Savage, Les
lie +. Rogers, Leslie Johonnette, George
w. Patten, Charles b. Harris, Harry b.
Willard, Sylvester Ham, j. II. Morrill,,
Ira d. Hilton, George Berry, Edwin b.
Howard, II. b. Russell.
Judge Emery appointed Charles d.
Bowman foreman of the jury and Sheriff
Pencil detailed deputies Herrick of
Harmony and Caswell of New Portland
To have charge of the jury during the
trial. The court also instructed the Jury
in regard to their duties and advised
them to be very careful in regard to
their health. He said they were all
active men and during this trial, must
necessarily be less active than usual :.
He advised them to take all exercise
practicable and be exceedingly careful
about their diet.
County Attorney Cover opened for
the State on opening of court, Tuesday
afternoon. He had map of the section
in which the tragedy occurred, covering
the Misery tote road from Askwith sta
ton to Brassua lake and from that lake
along the Moose River to its mouth,
prepared by Hon. Turner Boswell. He
explained the territory over which the
murdered man travelled the last day he
was seen alive and went carefully over
the circumstances of his leaving the
Moose River settlement as it is called,
March llth, of his body being discovered
by party of river driversIot t notifi-
cation of the sheriff, county atto ely and
coroner, of the coroner's inquest and
autopsy, of the delivering the body to
the dead mans friends and of second
autopsy held in Canada. Matthias Pare,
the murdered man, was 20 years old aud
his people reside in St. Benoit, Canada.
He had worked several winters in the
woods for Sylvere Gaudet, one of them
in company with Alexander Terrio
Tracks of snow shoes supposed to be
Terrio's were seen by Joseph Murry
pointing In the direction from Brassau
lake to Misery tote road and Askwith
station. Simeon Newton, who diu not
testify at the preliminary examination,
started out that same day from Askwith
station to go over this Misery tote road
to John Holden's camp, saw man on
snowshoes with gun in his hand. He
later identified Terrio as the man he saw
on snow shoes. Terrio he said when
arrested had SIS. III in his possession, bS
he had just paid a note of $3.50 on Ais
small place. These with other sums
paid, of which Mr.. Cover gave exact
figures, amounted to $1030 within u
few cents of the sum of money Pare was
known to have had when he left for
Askwith station. Pare was killed with
a 5000 cartridge. The State has had
the cartridge shell found by the body
and the firing pin of Terrio's rifle ex-
amined by an expert with a powerful
shells have been fired from the same rifle
since and they show Identical marks
from the impact OF the firing pin. Mr.
COVER also referred to metallic jacket
of a~eartridge that was found in the
inner clothing of Pare, evidently from
one of the cartridges with which he was
shot.
Mr.. Cover occupied one hour and
1t 1, -
and able presentation of the States side
of the case.
The State then called the following
named witnesses and they were duly
sworn. Turner Boswell, David s.
Holden, Alphonse MORN, DR.. f. c.
Melony, G. |. Parry, Fl. f. Armstrong,
Phlander Newton, j. F. G. Loubier,
Joseph Bouke, DR.. Cloucher, Sylvere
Gaudet, Frank A. Thatcher, Geo. Vigue,
Mrs. Angie Parent, Willie Butler, Josie
Butler, Fred Parent, James Spelman,
Joseph Murry, Simeon f. Newton, Mar
tin Munster, j. G. Calder, Fred DUDE
Simon Mayo, l.. j. Addition. Three of
the witnesses did not have sufficient
knowledge of the English language to
understand the oath in English and it
was interpreted to them by Augustus
Gilblair Of Skowhegan.
Judge Boswell was the first witness
examined in explanation OF the map used
in the case made by him. 1t is on the
scale of eight inches to the mile and the
witness gave distances from point to
point thereon. In the cross examna-
tion 1t was brought out that John Hol-
den and Simeon Newton assisted him In
making the surveys and examinations
for the map and that the courses and
distances of one trail incidentally con-
nected with the case was furnished Mr.
Holden by Joseph hurry, and that
Simeon Newton showed him where the
body WAS found aud where snow shoe
tracks crossed the corduroy road.
David S. Holden of Jackman testified
as to the first discovery of the body, HI
being one Of Is men who were going from
Askwith to Brassau lake when 1t WAS
discovered. Also in regard to finding
the pack that contained letter by
which the body was identified. At this
point County Attorney Cover put in the
case the above mentioned letter and the
envelope containing it, as identified by
this witness. On cross examination the
witness said he could not positively
identify the shell produced in court NJ
the one found upon the body. Upon re-
direct examination he said he could not
tell "exactly."
George |. Parry, Portland, testified
that on May II last he found cartridge