The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-02-15
PRIEST Is HELD ON
CHARGE MURDER
OF HALF BROTHER
Body of Dead Man Was Found
in Suburb of Montreal with
Bullet Holes i'm Head.
HAD JUST TAKEN OUT
BIG INSURANCE POLICY
Accused Man Said to Be Chief
Beneficiary by viii of the
Victim of Assassin.
lsy The AssoeIa,ed Pressl

MONTREAL, Feb. 1.-THE Rev. Ade-
lard Delorme. Catholic priest, was ar
rested tonight on q charge Of having
murdered his half-brother. Raoul De-
lorme, an Ottawa university student,
whose body was found in suburb of
the city Jan. 6, with six bullet holes in
the head.
Father Delorme, who had been under
police guard all day. was taken into Gus
tody after a coroner's jury. concluding
its investigation, had found him Grim
inaly responsible for his brothers death
The long missing viii of the student
who took out $685. 900 insurance at the
alleged direction of the clergyman just
four days before his death, was found
today in the office of Notary Belanger,
and disclosed that the Rev. Delorme was
chief heir and administrator of the
estate.
The hearing today, at which Father
Delorme took the witness stand and
calmly related what he knew of his
brothers movements on the day preced-
ing his death, was filed with tense mo-
ments. The public was excluded, Off
cials permitting only few newspaper
men to be present The priest went over
the previous account he had given of
how tire young man had left home for
an evenings enjoyment, after which tle
did not see him again.
The excitement was intensified when
J. c. Walsh, NJ. p, designated by the
attorney generals office to conduct the
inquiry, began to question the priest
about his brothers VIII which had been
missing until today although police had
searched for the document.
Father Delorme stated that the viii
had been left at the office of a local at
torney and when it was produced he
suggested that it should not be read,
contending that, should it be found that
he would benefit by its terms, his posi-
ton would be peculiar"
The contents of the viii were then di
vulged and by its provisions Father De-
lorrne was found to be the principal bone
flciary Of the dead students estate,
yielding an income of more than $4,000
a year. 80,
Police officials testified that when they
asked Father DelorIne about the WILL at
first he said it was in Ottawa, then at
the office of local notary and finally,
that he did not know where it was.
Their testimnoy also showed that bull
let's in the young mans head bore the
same barrel marks as those fired from
q reVolVer Iounu IN the priests car, anu
that soap had been used in an apparent
effort to remove blood stains on the seats
and cushions OF the machine. Feathers
found in the car also were described by
witnesses as similar to those in the au
tomobile wrap covering the victim.
Coroner McMahon cautioned the jurors
that, although Catholics. they were not
to be influenced by the fact that a priest
and a servant of the church might be
affected by their decision. They stood
seven to one on their verdict, finding him
crirninally responsible for his half
brothers death.
Father Delormc was unnloved by the
verdict and walked briskly to the auto
mobile in which he was driven to police
headquarters.