Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-17


Alexander Terrio, who was convicted
in the Somerset county court before
Justice Emery of murder in causing the
death of Matthias Pare ON the Misery
tote road on the 18th day of March,
1901 During the trial there was a
clash of experts relating to the use of
firearms.
Attorney-G General Seiders said in
part:
Immediate, steps We're taken to dis
cover the perpetratOr of the crime.
There was no clue to start with except
the shell found by the body and the
afterwards discovered evidence that
one Simeon Newton passed over the
same tote road. going in the opposite
direction. evidently short time after
the deed had been committed and no.
ticed snow-shoe tracks where the body
was found and little further along
the road, that the snow-shoe tracks
crossed the road, and that they were
of unequal size. He also saw a man
who was moving rapidly into the woods
about 10 rods or Whereabouts, and no.
seed that he carried a rifle and was
on SnOW-ShOeS.
1.-THE sheriff and his deputies at once
commenced vigorous search for the
guilty party. 1t was found that all of
the companions of Pare who We're with
him on Sunday, the day prior to his
leaving for Canada, could account
satisfactorily for themselves on the
18th. AS the search for evidence broad
ened it was learned that Joe Murray,
who lived on Moose river and-who had
camp on the west side of Brassua
pond, started quite early on Monday,
the 18th of March. over it's trail which
started in at Willie Buffers house on
the north side of Moose river, and
thence through the woods across the
pond to his camp. AS he proceeded on
his trail and had reached the thick
woods. Snow-shoe tracks appeared
coming from the north and entering
and following his trail, going west
toward the pond. He noticed at once.
as any woodsman would, that the
snow-shoe tracks We're of unequal size,
one being longer than the other. On
reaching the pond the snow-shoe
tracks diverged southerly in Il partial
direction towards the point where
evidence having been discovered. in
curry was made in the Terrio family
as to his (Terrios) whereabouts on
Monday, March 18th, and it was
learned that he had not been at home
during the day until the latter part OF
the afternoon. Terrio claimed that ne
was at work chopping wood in his lot
Just back of his house during the fore
noon and that on account of the snow
storm prevailing on that day he re-
turned home at noon and worked in
his house laying the floor during the
afternoon. 1t was found that the floor
which he had reference to was laid
some time prior to that day. Ii was
also learned from another witness VINO
conversed with Terrio in the latter
part of the afternoon on the 11th, that
he CTerrio) had been away from his
house all of the prior day and all OIL
the 18th, until about 4 o'clock in the
afternoon.
Further inquiry substantiated the
fact that Terrio after the disappear
ance of Pare had paid out considerable
sums of money in different places, al
though he had not been employed to
any extent and had earned but very lit
tie FOR several months past. A demand
made by the officers of Mrs. TerriO at
Terrio'g house caused Mrs. Terrio to
turn over to them what money there
was in the houc. The money turned
over and the money which had been
paid out by Terrio shortly after the
18th of March disclosed the fact that
the amount of these sums was very
nearly equivalent to the amount of
money which Pare was known to have
when he left the settlement on Moose
river Sunday morning, March 18th.
when Terrio was questioned in re-
lation to the money which was found
ut his house and that which he had
paid out. he explained by saying that
he had money all along although his
wife did not know anything about it;
that it was money which he brought
from Madison two years prior, al
though in the meantime he had Dor
rowed money of his neighbors to pay
towards his place and besides had
failed to pay bills which had been due
sometime before the 18th day of March,
some of which he had paid immedi-
ately after He further stated, when
further inquiry was made of him, that
his money had been buried in the eel
lar of his house, and he had informed
his attorney. after the preliminary
hearing, where the money might be
found His attorney at once took steps
to make search for the buried money
but found none, nor did he find any in
dications that anything had been
buried at the point in the cellar which
had been indicated. or elsewhere. The
various statements made by Terrio
while the investigation by the officers
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