The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-08-16
TWO MEN WERE HELD
Under Federal Law Forbidding Importa-
ton of Women for Immoral Purposes.

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| Burlington. Aug. l6.-Julian Gamelil
and Emile Dubois were held for the fed
eral grand jury Of the October term o
U. s. court at Rutland after a hearing
before United States Commissioner Hen
| ry B. Shaw yesterday on the charge O
violating the federal law. Their bal
was fixed at 81 900 each. Della Chechipe
one of the women concerned in the case
was also placed under 5000 bonds as
witness. Yyonne Chechipe was the othei
woman in the case.
Yvonne testified that her age was Is
and that her father was an Indian, but
not of pure blood She said she made
her acquaintance Of Gamelin through hel
sister, Della, who lived with Dubois in
Montreal. Her sister was in delicate
condition, and she wanted TO come tC
this country with Dubois, and asked
Yvonne to come also with Gamelin, who
was a married man. The two men and
two girls came to Burlington, also the
two daughters of Gamelin, aged l3 and 8
They rented house on st. Paul street
where, Yvonne says, they remained a
week. Her sister, she said, urged her
to be the companion Of Gamelin, and she
did not want to, so she left the place
md returned to Montreal, her fare being
paid with money she obtained from a
man here,
The testimony of Emma Gamelin, wife
of the respondent, Julian, was then
taken. She testified that she was snar-
ried TO her husband five years ago and
that they lived on st. Urban street,
Montreal. During that time she stayed
at home, but her husband had been alb
sent from her for certain periods when
he was serving time in prison, and also
at other times for reasons which he did
not explain to her. Dubois used to come
to their house on Saturday night, when
her husband sold liquor The two Che
hcipe girls were known to her, Mrs.
Gameln said, and they did not have a
good reputation for chastity As she ex-
pressed it, "they chased the men," She
cited case of her husband buying fruit
for the girls one time but could give
no other evidence of his relations with
Yvonne. She said that was a general
conspiracy for all then to run away
without her knowledge. Some weeks aft
er they left, Yvonne showed up and told
her what was going on in Burlington.
The written statements made by Gam
elm and Dubois before Immigrant In
spector Montgomery were read.
Gamelin stated he came to Burlington
with the party at the instance OF Dubois.
He thought that Della Chechipe was the
wife of Dubois. He denied that he asked
Yyonne to come to this country and de-
MED improper relations with her. He
said he had parted from lis wife on ae-
count of her drinking. Dubois in his
statement admitted that he had been
supporting Della Cheehipe for several
months and that she came to the United
States with him. He said he knew that
Yvonne had been an inmate of immoral
houses in Montreal and thought Gamelin
knew it, He said he did not induce
Yyonne to come to this country. When
they were living in Burlington she want
ed to lead an immoral life, but they
would not let her, which was the reason
she returned to Montreal. In the state
ments of both men, it was given that
they had obtained employment in the
city.