The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-15
MYSTERY IS
CLEARING UP
Body Of Girl Identified, Two
Men Held
AMELIA ST. JEAN, VICTIM
WgIfred Thibault and "Prof." Frank Hill
Arrested Last Night and Were
Arraigned To-day for
Murder.

Fall River, Mass, Oct. l5,--Wilfred
Thibault and prof Frank Hin were
arraigned today for the murder Of Anne
liza St. Jean, whose dismembered body
was found at Tiverton, K. l., earlier in
the week. They pleaded not guilty and
were hald without bonds for ten days.
Mrs. Joseph St. Jean, mother Of the
Mrl, has gone from here to Tiyerton 70
view the body which has been identified
by the girls father and aunt as that Of
the TO- yaars-old Amelia.
Thibault admits having kept company
with the girl and Professor" Hill adj
mitted having consulted with her re-
garding criminal operation, according
to the police.
In separate rooms, the men were sub
mitted to an exhaustive grilling, from
6:45 o'clock last evening to midnight.
Thibaut gave an alibi which, if correct,
covers his movements on Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday These include the max
ing Of confession at his church, and the
receiving Of holy communion in connec-
tion with The forty hours devotion, an
OCCASION of prayer in the Roman Catholic
church. He slept at his fathers home
on Saturday night, he said
Professor" Hill. according to the po-
lice, admitted having been consulted by
the ST. Jean girl about an Illegal opera
tion to which she had submitted, and
stated that he had owned several bags
such as that in which portions Of the
body were found That bag contained
the name, Frank Hill" written on the
inside cover
Miss Amelia st. Jean, who has been
missing since Friday, was ID years old
She had been with the Human Fish"
company, which exhibited at fairs in
Maine and elsewhere during the summer,
having returned about six weeks ago.
she came to Fall River to live with her
father, Joseph st. Jean, in Eighth street.
Girls Clothing Found.
Although the head Of the girl who
was murdered Saturday night or Sum
day night and whose body was fright
fully mutilated and distributed over sev
eral miles Of the rough country in the
town Of Tiyerton, r. l., Just across the
state line, has not been found, the an.
thorities arr satisfied with the identif
cation Of the body through clothing
found yesterday Is that of Miss s.,
Jean, 10 years old, 81 Woonsocket. who
disappeared OF noon Friday from the
home Of her aunt. Mrs. } b. Lamoureux
Of 6 North street, this city.
Mrs. Lamoureux, the girls aunt, pos
itively identified most Of the clothing
found as having been owned and worn
by her niece, and she was equally posi-
tive that a pair Of vici blucher shoes,
nearly new, and torn gray felt hat,
which were among the things recovered.
were her own shoes and hat which SHE
had loaned her piece.
Last night Joseph st. Jean, father
Of the girl, said.
II cannot talk about this dreadful
tragedy | am positive that the mur
dered girl was my daughter, Amelia. /
can say no more.
Eamay Gonquoen Of 632 Woodman
street, Fall River. discovered the first
of the clothing which led TO the identi-
fieation. He was walking through a
patch Of scrub oak on the south side Of
State avenue near Bay street Tiverton,
Wednesday afternoon. when he came on
woman's shoe, nearly new, and wo-
mans black cotton stocking
Gonquoen took the shoe and stocking
along with him 10 the Tiyerton saloon
OF Zeno ST. Laurent. where he left them
Zeno st. Laurent threw the shoe and
stocking back Of the bar and thought no
more about them until 1880 yesterday,
when his brother Joseph, who is Tiv-
erton policeman, came along. Zeno men
toned the find casually to his brother
Joe, who instantly realized the impor
tance Of the things and started right off |
for Gonquoen, whom he found and took
along to show where he had found the
things
Officer st. Laurent searched around
there and found the other shoe, two
white cotton underskirts, another under |
garment an artificial gray and lavender
flower from d wOman's hat, and a piece
Of torn lace, such as might have consti
tuted a w0mans collar. The garments /
were strewn over several yards Of the !
underground, and the second shoe had
been thrown into the crotch Of tree,
where it had landed.
The policeman took his find to the
station house in North Tiverton and I
AHt Il al It1Cf p3utt were U0biHCU. i1- /
spector Perron got an automobile and I
took Mrs. Lambonreux ont to Tiyerton /
to see if she could identify the garments
as having been worn by her niece, Anne
lia 81. Jean. who had been reported miss !
ing Tuesday Mrs Lamoureux had Wed I
nesday told THE police that Ameria had /
borrowed and worn away Mrs. Lamour-
eux's shoes and hat
When Mrs. Lamoureux was shown the
garments she said at once that they
belonged to Amelia, and she said that T
the shoes were the ones she had loaned +
the girl Friday. She also said that T
the artificial flower was Just like the one
she had on her hat. Mrs. Iamoureux
was nearly in a state OF collapse after
she had identified the property and had
10 be supported to the automobile, which /
brought her back to town She refused /
to 20 to Stone bridge and look at the /
mutilated body Of the murdered girl. a.
she said Size feared the sight would Kill
her
After Mrs. Iamoureux went away po-
liceman St Laurent went back to the /
woodlot and made a further search. He I
found the gray felt hat from which i
the artificial flower had been torn, dis.
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