The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-04-01
DUPLUIS BOYS RUN
TOEARTHIN SMALL
CANADA VILLAGE
One is Charged With Death Of
Cyrus MOffit
TWO WANTED AS WITNESSES
Boston Detective Agency and Deputy
Sheriff Harvey Lincoln Follow
Long Trait

Fred Dupluis, the young Canadian
woodsman who is charged with in
flicting fatal injuries upon Cyrus Moi
fit of Sandate, has been caught and
together with his two brothers, Jim
and Albert, will be inmates of the
Bennington county Jail tonight. The
three brothers who attended the
dance at the home of Thomas Mears
at Beartown on the night of March II,
and who, it is alleged, were indirect
ly If not directly implicated in the
quarrel that resulted in the death
of the aged violinist, were found at
the home of their mother and sister
in Rawdon, a little hamlet of about
200 people some so miles directly
north of Montreal. They all waived
their rights and agreed to return to
the United States without waiting for
the formality OF extradition.
Realizing that the lapse of time
which occurred between the fight at
the Beartown dance and the receipt
by him of information concerning
Motifs injuries had given the aged
mans alleged assailant an unusually
good opportunity to escape, States
Attorney w. ]. Meagher at
once comprehended that ex-
pert assistance would be required
to run down the Canadian and he
placed himself in communication with
the Wood & Morgan detective agency
of Boston. Mr.. Morgan at once came
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putty Sheriff Harvey Lincoln of Ru-
| pert were placed at his disposal.
The detectives at once began to
work upon the trail of the three Can.
adams beginning at the Mears dance
hall In Beartown and following it in
all its windings until it ended at the
little town in the wilds of Canada
They were able to work from both
ends Of the trail, for the reason that
a fourth brother, William Dupluis
who was not present at the dance, re
manned in Rupert. Fred Dupluis too
was a marked man for the reason
that in the fight at Beartown he SC
severely injured one hand that the
services of physician were neces
sary This injury was treated by a
physician at Salem, N. Y, on the Del
aware a Hudson railroad where the
three Canadians were seer to take 9
train and the condition of the hand
was a piece Of Information that was
soon in possession of the trailers
From Salem the detectives learned
that the three men went south tC
Greenwich and thence by round
about course to pittsfeld where a sis
ter is living From Pittsfeld they
went to Albany where they took
northbound train and then the detec
tives realized that the eventual run
ming to earth of the quarry wal
but question of time Through
letter written by James it was learn
ed that the writer and Albert were a
the home of their mother and siste
in Rawdon and the detectives natu1
ally concluded that the man 70
whom they were searching was hidinj
in the same locality. This conclusion
proved correct and a telephone mes
sage received last night by State
Attorney w. ]. Meagher announces
that the search was ended
me three brothers VIII be held a
the county Jail here until arrange
ments can be made for a hearin,
when the usual course of holding tn
alleged assailant for the grand jur
and the other brothers as witnesses
if no other charge is brought agains
them, will probably be taken.
Fred Dupuis, the man directl
charged with the assault upon Mofi
is a blacksmith by trade and he wa
employed in that capacity on the lum
Der job in Rupert He is powerful
well developed man who has lived a
his life in the woods and the breakin
of human jaw and skull with a blov
of the fist as will be charged by tn
state, would not in his case be a
improbable act.