The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-10-16

..ticle written by Don Barbour
cslled to the attention of the
Taals Editor with more or less
'see TO the Terrio murder case
~. y stirred Somerset County in
" yegions back in 1901. II
lisa with the accomplishments
frank y. Whittier of Bruins
.bo Is known to many residents
i.abeean as Professor of Bacter-
| Al Bowdoin College. 1t will be
u thai DR.. Whittier was one OF
[,nert Witnesses in the trial to
ainp the murderer of Nelson Bart
goose River. George w. Cow
SEowbegan was County Attor-
the time of the Terrio trial and
referred to in Mr.. Barbour's
ETokY OF THE BACK WOODS
MURDER
linz the administration of Frank
,nel as sheriff and George w,
/, AZ County Attorney, the body
g,bias Pare was found in April,
| n The woods near Asquith Sta
L. the Canadian Pacific Railroad
| ,be man had been murdered was
n from the four wounds on his
The remains were identified
rarp Gsudet of lockwood where
n resides. Pare had worked for
4 and on the morning of March
settled with Gaudet and start
| home. Gaudet paid Pare $1.5O
"a and gave him an order for
4 Owing to his meagre un-
EDdng of English, Pare failed
\ the order cashed and so re-
4 TO the Gaudet place where he
Elyen note that would insure
kshng of the check. On March
|pare again started for home by
kv of Kineo for his money. On
\ llth, Pare started for Asquith
\. intending as he declared to
|he train for his home in Benoit
On the tote road several
tom Kineo, Pare was overtak-
! Alfred Parent, one of Gaudet's
hers, who invited Pare to ride,
1 parted company With Pare'two
= north of the spot where Pare's
Mas found, it was claimed. A
kund beside the dead mans body
Been oyerhauled and an extern
ase was missing. The body
Ert discovered by David Holden,
b story goes, Joseph Moreau, a
had said that he bet he could
! the man who committed the
He was interviewed and the
patton was sufficient to streng-
/ he belief that it might be AL
Eg Terrio. 1t was found that
; had not been employed to any
(gable extent during the winter
BE had lived upon small remit
b for accident insurance and that
b the month of March, <he had
EnR become flush with money.
\ learned a few days before the
Dr. ii was alleged, that Terrio
Fried to borrow money and had
and that a few days after the
h, be had paid several small
land forty dollars upon a debt
bis house. He had also pur-
ID it seems a rifle at about the
Ed the same caliber that hat
Pare.
|rlo, lived on the shore Of Moose
but prior to that had lived IL
Madison and Fairfield. HI
I'D no surprise at his arrest but
y his guilt.
\ trial began November 5, 1901
fe with Mr.. Barbour's article the
nj Of the trial of that time refer
. The State having had the cart
shell found by the body of Pare
ne hiring pin of Terrio's rifle ex-
20 by an expert with powerful
Scope, the decision arrived at,
That they correspondent. DR.
per testified in this capacity OF
iperl in the use of a microscope.
Nj. Cover appearing for the
vas Attorney General Seider. A
Y Of guilty was returned by the
pm the case was taken to the law
' whore il was set aside and
y was never convicted. He died
ago, 1t is understood, in Fair
! article by Mr.. Barbour is OF
guar interest to users of fire
and IS as follows:
lhoerlng down the drowsy main
! Of brunswick. Me-, l found the
ol Professor Frank Whittier. II
0g red brick house with the