Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-25
Evidence Being Taken in Pare
Murder at Skowhegan.
A Web of Circumstantial Evidence
Being Woven About Prisoner.
IerriO Very OoWnhearted and Thinks Ne Is
Being Prosecuted.

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Matthias Pare At Aspuith on March
last. Owing 10 the non appearance
of Hon. L. y. Merrill. Te.rio's
counsel, court was not opened
until IL o'clock when Terrio
secured Walton x Walton To conduct
his ease. which was postponed from
Tuesday IT Mr.. Mcrrills request Judge
Bachelor gave his decision that. since
the only intimation that the hearing
was to he postponed another .iav was
learned by him from "Wednesday
mornings papers, that he would hold
count aS Er had already given out
rclrio accordingly secured Walton x
Wdlt"a To conduct his ease and ~ II
. click court WAS opened with The
room! ~ fail as men could stand.
Tvfrio was handcu;rcd and clos ,ly
guar.icd by Sheriff i'enuel ana Deputy
Sheriff Handing Of Madison. When IN
tcrfugatcd by Judge Eacheller he clear
ly responded mot guilty" ThrreGpon
County Attorney G. W. Graves called
the following witnesses. who We're
sworn: George NiGCe, Fred Parrant,
Sylvester Goudent, Joseph Mansay,
octave clair, sheriff i. r. Penncll.
Deputy Sheriff Charles 4. Haskell and
Coroner :. j. Addition.
County Attorney Graves then made
his opening remarks and lucidly and
clearly outlined the doings of the muir
dered man up to the time of his death.
He explained the finding of his body
and the wounds upon it. and told the
facts relating to meeting Of Pare and
Terrio on the day before the murder
and also the finding Of the money in
TerriO's house after the murder and of
his having paid several debts. also OF
the snow shoe tracks about the body
and every other detail which has been
so many times rehearsed in our daily
papers the past 10 days.
To substantiate his statements he
called David :. Holden of Jdchman. the
first witness. who testified Of being on
the drive this spring and OF being in
the crew of Is men who came down the
Mfsery@rfoad to Asquith on April II.
Holdens1stated that when IL miles
from ASfpiith ana y of mile from
Brassdf6she say! beside the road Il
mans arm and hand sticking out of a
pile of FIR boughs and snow on the side
of the road and exclaimed: oh, my
God. what's that" and of the further
Investigation which revealed the body
OF the dead man with his skull crush
efitin. He also told of finding a 600
shell by the side of Pare's body ami OF
their search which resulting in finding
a pack about a rod away which CON
tanned some clothing, a gold chain and
n letter addressed to Matthias Pare
Testimony was then given to the effect
that the body was again covered up
and the party. still discussing the mat
ter, continued on its way to Moose
River where the selectmen of Green
vile were notified by telegraph on the
arrival Of the party at $50 o'clock. NO
further testimony of any Importance
was revealed by the cross examination.
Fred ParrantG a brothcr-in-law of
Terrio, was then called to the stand.
He testified that he been hauling stone
along to Misery road, the past winter
for the Brassau piers and also togiVinG
Pare a ride on the 18th of March: also
that at his home Terrio paid Octave
Clair. Of whom he purchased the farm.
S415O at some time in the latter part
of March and that he paid another bill
Of Sc. which constituted the most I'M
portant testimony given by Parrant'
who was on the stand at 12.13 when
Judge Bacheller called n recess until
! 30 F. NJ.
Court was again called to order at
! 80 O'Clock by Judge Bachelor. on
account of some of the witnesses being
unable to speak English DIR. a. r..
GeIinas was summoned to act as in
terpreter.
George Nigue was called and sworn
and testified through DR.. Gelinas as in
terpreter. He testified that he lved
in St George and had been employed
by Gaudet on his farm the past winter
and that he saw Pare there and that
he brought a bottle of liquor and
pocket book from kineO. He htso
stated that he saw TerriO and Pare
talking together on the Sunday alter
noon previous to the murder. lie also
stated that Pare had an extension case
and a pack or sack of clothing. ne
also testified that Pare and DINERS
drank n part of the liquor when ne
secured at Kineo on the Sunday ne
was at Gaudets house.
Vigue stated that twice he saw rare
display his new wallet which contaii'eu
his winters wages.
The fourth witness called was ay'-
vester GauSet. a farmer and Iumper
man, for whom Pare worked. E;St
winter, at lockwood. He testified '"a'
Pare was saving and of temporal
habits. on Saturday, March 9. he CAV
Pare an order for S1OG5S and Sl.So III
cash. and that Pare went to kineo AN"
had it cashed. He stated that Tern"
had also worked for him. He
cribed the extension ease when
carried and which he bought 1or mn
last fall. Gauget informed Terrio y.
Pare's murder on the day the BODY W.
discovered and that Terrio let ou'
veil that might have been the exclai"
ton What" but which he tho,s
strange at the time. He also test"
that Terrio had cut wood all wii'o
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