The sun., 1908-06-02

LUMBER CAMP BOSS KILLS MAN
AND GIVES HIMSELF UP.

Made Trip OF m Miles to the Nearest Tele-
phone Omoe and Telephoned Sheriff
OF st. Lawrence County to Come to the
Camp and Place Him Under Arrest.
WATERTowN, N. Y, June Leon Lasalls,
In charge Of big lumber camp on Grasse
River near Cranberry Lake, In the Adiron-
dacks shot and killed Charley Jonohas,
his workman, In the camp this afternoon
and then walked twelve miles over blind
trail to the nearest telephone office at the
little clearing Of Wsndfan and telephoned
Sheriff Hyland of st. Lawrence county,
fifty miles away, at the village Of Canton
asking him to come to the woods and place
him under arrest. He then asked the hotel
proprietor at Windfall to look him up In q
room and summoned by telephone Constable
Herbert Deane Of Cranberry Lake settle
ment to come and take charge Ct him pend
ing the arrival Of the Sheriff.
A short time later Lasalle was taken up
the lake In the custody Of Constable Deans
settlement awaiting the coming Of Sheriff
Hyland, District Attorney Ferris and Cor
oner Drury OF st. Lawrence county, who
have left for Cranberry Lake and win prob
ably arrive there some time tomorrow
forenoon.
Lasaile reached the clearing at Windfail
about three hours after the murder and
ut once proceeded to get into oommunica-
ton with the Sherif's Office. "I've MUIR
dered q man up In the woods and want
you to come and arrest me, the camp boss
shouted oyer the phone, and forthwith
Sheriff Hyland caught train and began
the hundred mile roundabout journey by
rail which would carry him within twenty
miles Of the scene Of the murder.
A lumber camp OF Smell Bros. Of Potsdam
is reached by trail running due north from
Ryer OF DISTANCES three 70 mica thsn
down the river eight or nine miles. It h In
one OF the widest regions of the western
Adirondack country.
The Lasalle brothers have had charge
Of the Smell camp for some time past, and
they were working gang Of twenty French
men there Sunday was rest day for the
French Canadian lumbermen. and contrary
10 the order Of the camp proprietor some
OF them left the long loghouse and It's
immediate locality Sunday morning and
tanned. When the men returned one Of
them was carrying on his back large
bag filed with bottles containing whiskey.
Then the orgie began and within short
time assumed proportions beyond the
control Of Lasalle. He urged the men to
quit. but this morning they were still en-
gagged In the debauch.
At noon the usual dinner Of pork and
beams potatoes and beef was spread upon
the long table IN the camp house. and some
OF the men sat down to eat. Charles Jonchas
was among the men. The meal had pro-
gressed only little way when. despite the
admonitions OF Iasalle to keep quiet.
Jonchas overturned the entire table,
throwing pork, beans. potatoes and beef
into mass upon the floor. At this words
ensued and Lasalle raised his revolver and
fired. The man died In about fifteen minutes.
Lasalle remained at the camp for little
time. and then started to make his way
through the woods to Windfall and the tele-
phone.
Lasalle is well known throughout the
section as lumberman and has always
been considered as being man Of excellent
judgment in dealing with men. He is now
in Cranberry Lake Jail awaiting the COM
ing of the peace officers Of St. La wrence
county who viii probably travel the greater
part Of tonight through the woods to
reach him. This Is the third murder in st.
Lawrence county within the last thirty
days and 10 the fourth In northern New
York during the same period.