Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-16
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murderer had in the most cold hlooded
manner put his victim to death. me
four wounds are as follows: The skull!
is crushed over the right eye to sIch
an extent that the jaws are fractured
\ deep cut on the left side of the 1eck
indicates the use of knife. In ;he
back is a wound from rifle ball which
passed out under his shoulder blades.
The right arm is pierced by another
bullet. which. after breaking the Ell
how. passed entirely through the body
of the victim. Beside the body was
found an empty shell of the $3.50 cali
bre.
Inst how the awful crime was commit
ted is purely a matter Of conjecture
There have been several suggestions rel
ative Ia which shot was first fired. The
simplest conclusion is that Pare was shot
in tho back and. turning. received the
second shot in the side. That the soft
tip bullet WAS used is III evidence by thu
fact that tho entrance OF each bail is of
The size that would be made by a 3o30
cartridge. while the point where thu ball
came ont is marked by a large. ragged
wound. The ball which struck Pare in
the arm completely smashed the bones of
the elbow and. continuing lis course into
tho unfortunate mans body, made n
wound into which Dr.. Mallory Il Jack
man. inserted three fingers. After firing
the shots. tho murderer gave vent to his
brutal natlre and deilberat ely crushed
me Sku,l OF M Nlctiih WIN the stock 81
doubly sure that his victim should die.
the assassin plunged his hunting knife
deep into Parc's neck.
1t had been known since Saturday to
the residents hereabouts that the officers
were cominS to IhESstisate the case so a
number OF me residents UP aooxc Moose
river were at h2nd when the ofhcers ar
rived at the spot where the BODY tIy.
Silvere GaUdet. 2 lumber operator. VINO
lives apoIt 10 mics from mis- station OF
Moose river. was present ana from MN
the following statement, III substance,
was obtained:
Fare worked for Gaudet during the
past winter. On the morning q Marcl
3, Pare settled with Gaudct ana started
for home GauGct rald rare sl:9o IN cdSl:
and gave nun an order fQr Sl'o.oN. On me
way out Pare went TO l>;neo 10 get MS
order caShcd. EcinS unaDie 10 tax Eng
lisa sufficiently plain 10 make himself I'M
derstood. he failed 10 get the Gasn ON MS
The latter gave Pare Il noie that woull
ensure the c&Sh1ng OF the orCef
On March "a Pare @t;a!n started tos
home. going by way of kineo for his
money. March II. Iarc started Tor TINS
station. intending. rs he had declared, 10
take the train for his home in Benoit-
from kircO. Pare was oNtr,aktn by Al
fred Parent. who il employed BY Gaud"t
as teamster. Parent was with his en-
ploYcTS team at the JlfnH ana he invited
Pare to ride is far as he went Pare :
way. Parent says that he parted com
pany with Pare tWo miles north Of II, tha
spot where Eurc'S body was round. This
is the last evidence az Pare being seen
alive. l:oth Gaudet and Parent say that
Pare had twO packs. one the ordinary
meal bag with arm-strn@s. and the other
a gray canvas extension case. Inc bag
was round beside the dead man and It's
contents had been oVerha IleG- but the cN-
tension case was minus. While riding
with Parent. Pare told the former that
the extension c,'at, Wnl1h was 4 rs" one,
contained nov Silt q ciothv'' TWO
y number OF other people we're about
the srut when the body was being dug
from its bed OF snow and ice. but GaIdoy
and Parent were the only ones present
who had seen Pare alive on March IL.
That Pare was killed On that date i
apparent from tn" TACT tina he had oli
seven miles To lF3ESl from NlI3en '''td Ht'l
ample time. when he parted company
with Parent. to catch the afternoon west
bound mixed train at station then but
Deputy Sheriff Haskell suggests that
tie Numerous wounds On the body ~
Pare indicates 70 him that the man who
killed Pare must have been known to tn
latter, and thAt the murderer was con-
sciois that Pare had discovered ms a.
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had dlscpFerGt MS taTtUtE ~, Nv
murderer % me piu'5Iit9 'Ai"'c''e" ny liz
nature Of n" Wouh"s.
When the body was recovered from IN,
snow and ice # vas placed n the W Srit
and conTGIcn L. III a'aIr3il: W. III
on their way n the loF iAhnihSS' Wnei
the body reached the section mouse. n
most OF The mein in thu COWS were
FreuchnCn ana when they learned tnai
one of their race had bcc en- murdered. they
became frantic. Had Sheriff Pennell ha6
in r,itt,dt- no brutal assassin the brute's
life would not have been worth 4 cent