The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-02-26
STORY OF TERRI0 MURDER

Continued from Last Week.
County Attorney Cover opened for
the State on opening of court. He had
a map of the section in which the
/ tragedy occurred, covering the Misery
tote road from Askwith station TO
/ Brassau Lake and from that lake
along the Moose River to its mouth,
prepared by Hon. Turner Buswell. He
! explained the territory over which
the murdered man travelled the last
day he was seen alive and went care
fully over the circumstances of his
leaving the Moose River settlement
as 1t is called, March l1th, OF his body
being discovered by a party OF river
drivers, of the notification OF the
Sheriff. County Attorney and Coroner
of the coroner's inquest and autopsy,
of the delivering of the body to the
dead mans friends and of second
autopsy held in Canada. Matthias Pare
the murdered man, was twenty years
of age and his people resided in ST.
i I}enoit, Canada. He had worked sew
eral winters in the woods for Silver
/ Gaudet, one of them being in com
panv with Alexander Terrio. Tracks
of snow shoes supposed TO be Terrio S
were seen by Joseph Murray. pointing
in the direction from Brassau lake TO
Misery tote road and Askwith sta
ton. Simon Newton. who did not
testify at the preliminary examination
started out that same day from Ask
with station to go over this Misery
tote road to John Holdens camp, saw
"A man on snow shoes with his gun in
his hand He later identified Terrio
as the man whom he saw on snow
shoes. Terrio he said when arrested
had $45.57 in his possession he had
lust paid note of S47.50 on his small
place These with other sums paid
of which Mr. Cover gave exact figures
amounted to $1o3.08, within a few
cents of the sum Pare was known to
have when he left for Askwith sta
ton. Pare was killed with 1890
cartridge. - s.ate ~ as.d the
cartridge shell found by the hodv and
the firing pin of Terrio's rifle exam
med by an expert with powerful
microscope and they correspond. 9th
err shells have been fired from the
same rifle since and they show iden-
teal marks from the impact OF the
firing pin. Mr.. Cover also referred 10
metallic jacket of a cartridge that
was found in the inner clothing OF
Pare evidently from one OF the cart
ridges with which he was shot.
The State then called the following
witnesses and they were duly sworn.
Turner Boswell, Davis S. Holden of
Jackman. Alphonse NORM OF st.
George, Canada. Dir. +. C. Melony, G.
|. Parry of Portland. H. f. Armstrong
of Jaekman, Phiander Newton. f. c.
oubier, Joseph Burke. Dir. George
Cloucher of Canada, Silyere Gaudet,
Frank A. Thatcher of kineo. George
Vigue of ST Bosse. Canada. Mrs. An
gle Parent of lockwood, Willie But
Ter, Josie Butler, Fred Parent of Rock
wood, James Spelman, Joseph Muir
ray of lockwood, Simon f. Newton,
Martin Munster of Askwith. J. G.
Calder of lockwood. Fred DUDE of
Greenvile, Simon Mayo of kineo and
l.. G. Addition. Three of the witnesses
did not have sufficient acknowledge
of the English language to understand
the oath in English and it was inter
preted to them by Augustus Gilblair OF
this town.
David Holden testified he was ore
of the Is men who were going from
i Askwith to Brassau lake when the
! body was found Also in regard TO the
/ finding of the bag that contained Il
/ letter by which the body was identi-
i fled. II E. Armstrong was at the in
quest. The body was placed in the
/ storehouse of his hotel. Upon looking
over the underelothing of the deceased
! after they had been taken off by the
undertaken, he found metallic jack
ct of a cartridge. Alphonse NORM. a
i cousin of Pare. was one of the crew
of men who saw Pare's dead body
/ first. He saw the cartridge shell on
the body He worked with Terrio a
few DAYS before he was arrested. He
said Terrio was unable to sleep. H.
G.. Addition, coroner, was called by
the State and explained in regard to
the finding of the body. the inquest
the autopsy and in detail as to the
injuries. Dr. Cloucher, who performed
the second autopsy on the body oil
Pare on May 9TH, testified in detail
as to the injuries external and inter
nal. According to his descriptions
from bones of the skull on each side
also the nasal and jaw bones were
broken indicating that the victim was
given terrible pounding over the heac
after being shot down. There were
three gun shot wounds, one of which
that through breast and lung, was
fatal one. The injuries to the skull
were, of course, sufficient to produce
death of themselves.
In the following paragraph are not
ed few testimonies given by the wit