The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-11-14
FOUND GUILTY.
THE JURY FIND VERDICT
OF MURDER IN THE FIRST
DEGREE AGAINST ALEX
ANDER TERRIO.
Case Appealed to the Law
Court.

at the time OF the coroner's inquest. tie
described the wounds In detail. The
injury to the skull might have been done
with the butt of a rifle like Terrio's in
the hands of strong man, he said in
answer to the inquiry of County Attor-
ney Cover. On cross examination he
said that the wound In the head was
probably Inflicted by an instrument hav-
ing sharp corners or edges.
William Butler of Foxcroft took the
stand and told how Pare's extension case
came into his possession. He said that
he found the grip on the first day of
A pril when he was moving his family to
Askwth station on their way to Fox
croft, and on the team with him were
John Romeo and Fred Pooler. AS near
as he could tell, the grip was found
about half mile from the camps on his
return from Askwith. He said that he
supposed Fred Pooler found the grip,
but he did not know as they had all been
drinking very heavily that day. He took
the grip to George Ritche's house.
After supper he took it up stairs, took
out the clothes and put them In bis tool
chest, showing it under the bed. About
week later he went to Foxeroft. He
identified the clothes that had been in
the extension case.
The next witness was Simeon f. New
ton, who didn't appear as witness in
the preliminary examination, testified
that he saw Alexander Terrio on the
Misery tote road near where Pare's body
was afterward found on Monday, March
| II. He made the first tracks through
the woods that day and it was hard
going. He noticed that the road had
been all tracked up with snow shoes and
saw something which looked like blood,
also vaise about II feet from the road.
He noticed one snow shoe was larger
than the other, seemed longer. Terrio,
whom he saw there, had rifle and was
going toward Brassua pond. Newton
said he made his first stop at 10. But
ler's. Mr.. hurry was there. He went
into John Holden's camp where he had
! been employed to work. Terrio came to
camp and he recognized him as the man
he had seen on the Misery tote road,
March 11tb. Witness then said that he
worked into May, then went to Green
vile, from there to JacBman, then to
Manchester, n. H., from there to Boston
and back into Maine. The officers found
him at West Minot. He left the State
because he did not want to go on wit
ness stand. On cross examination Mr..
McGilicuddy drew out from the witness
the fact that he had come down from
Jackman the Thursday previous and had
been spending the time in company with
Patrick Murphy, having a good time.
Part Of the time they were vt Felix But
ler's, the rest of the time at Martin
MINISTER'S at Askwitb. He said that they
drank heavily great deal of the time
while they were together. He did not
know exactly the time that he left Ask
with to go to Moose River. Said he saw
nothing buried beside the road. Saw
the grip but did not open 1t. Questioned
as to bow he recognized Terrio, he said
that it was by the way he travelled. 1t
WAS that and his size that he depended
on for identification.
George LeBlanche, "The Marine" as
he is usually called, testified that while
he was fellow prisoner with Ferrio in
the Jail, he wrote "a number of letters for
the latter. The letters were shown to
witness and identified, but their contents
were not made known.
Sheriff r. p. Pennell testified that he
had tried the cartridge found near Pare's
body in Terrio's rifle, and that it fitted
perfectly. After identifying a pair of
snow shoes as those he found at the
Terrio house, the witness related con-
versaTion which took place between him
self and Terrio when he went to the
house to make the arrest, in which he
quoted Terrio as saying: "Thars all
right, do your duty. suppose you've
got to arrest me, but | hope you won't
prove the crime against me- He then
identified statement signed by Terrio
at the time of his arrest. In the state
ment the respondent claimed that the
last time he saw Pare was Sunday after,
noon, when he talked with him few
minutes. Monday forenoon he was at
work in the wood lot at the rear of his
house, and that afternoon he worked
until dark laying floor ia chamber in
| his house. About 2 or 3 o'clock in the
afternoon stranger came to the house
aud borrowed his snowshoes. He de-
scribed The stranger as tall, light com.
plexion, with light moustache and
wearing a red frock. He did not see the
snow shoes until ne rly II week later,
when they were found sticking up in the
snow near the house. On cross eXami.
nation Mr.. Pennell said he tried to get
what information he could out of the
respondent.
AT the opening of the afternoon SEES
sion Deputy Sheriff Charles B. Haskell
told of conversation he had with
'Ferrio at the county jail. On one occa-
sion when he was in charge OF the jail
during the temporary absence of Sheriff
| Pennell witness told Terrio he was
satisfied that the S. and $40 bills found
at Terrio's house had come from Kineo.
TerriO asked what time they were ssued
and upon being told "about the time the
murder was committed" broke down and
exclaimed: my God, | was afraid
| thought" and then said no more.
Again some time later, the prisoner said :
"I'll tell you how it was. A man came
by my house one day and changed 500
bill for me. That's where | got those
small bills. On cross examination Wit
ness admitted that his purpose in ques-
tioning Terrio was to secure evidence to
be used at the trial. He said the pris-
oner had been willing to answer all
questions and talked freely up TO the
time Of the preliminary hearing.
DR.. Frank A. Whittier, professor of
bacteriology at Bowdoin College, occu-
pied the stand. DIR. Whittier testified In
the capacity of the expert in the use of
microscope and his testimony was ac-
companied by photographs showing the
result of his Investigations. He exam
ined the cartridge represented to him to
have been found near Pare's body under
the microscope and found certain dis
tinguishing marks. There was a dis
tinct ring around inside the space struck
by the firing pin that discharged this