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On the '27lii (lay of .luly, 1868, I rtwivcd a IcUcr lioni Ihc (JovornuK'nt (lottov prodiiood t)y the witness), which instructed mo to yo and hohl an in(|uc.st at a place called " Les Isles do Mai." Accon>panied hy Dr. JIaniel, I rci)aired to u place called " Cailles J{oni,'es," where I held the inciuest on the remains of a man .supposed to be Jean Baptisto Ouellet. I swore in a jury of twelve men, and I attended to the ordinary proceedini^s of a preliminary nature. The report now produced is really the report of my inquest at tht* place called "("ailles lious^eH." The iu(iuestwas opened on the 1st day of 8e])tembor, and was continued durin-u-37nined, I never went to the place called '^ Les Isles de Mai, " and I was not pre- sent at the e.xhumation of the body. Dr. JosKi'H Alexandku IIamel, emmined: I know the prisoner. I am a Doctor of Medicine. As such, I nccom- panied Dr. Itoudreau, the CoroiuM-, for tho purpose of holdini-- an inquest at "Les Isles de Mai." The packaue cuntaining'the clothes, and one containhis? hair and beard were sealed by ano. The.se clothes with the hair and beard above alluded to, I found in a box supposed to contain the remains of one Jean Bai)tist(! Ouellet. They have always remained in my posse'-iou since the day ol my lindinp' them. Th(> mm now shewn was handed to me by the Coroner last (^oi, .)er. i kept it in my jwssession, and J, this morning, tran.sferred it to tho •.;ierk ot the Crown. (JrogD K.'amincd. The occasion alluded to in m;j-ex;iiiiination in chief was the onlv one on which I visited " Les Isles de Mai ". I once pa.ssed near the place oropposite to it in a boat. I know as well that these islands are " Les Isles de Mai", as I kimw that this is the parish of Malbaie, b(>eause everybody says .so. The names of the respective localities are not designated by any particular public 1 must remark that not only are the " Isles de Mai " included in this des- cription, but also the mainland lying adjacent thereto. Tho same rule ap- plies respecting " LTsle Verte " and " Sept Isles ". I kept the gun in my oflice, and having changed my place of residence this spring, 1 put it m my garret. My servant is the person who most fre- quently goes into this garret, and verv lew others go into it. With respect to straug(.'r.lace any special marks on the gun. I only know It as the one given to mo by Dr. IJoudreau, from its generalappea ranee, iuQ lorm ol the liarrcl, the mounting, the ramrod, the breech, (as it was originally a flnit gun) and Docause the lock works badly. I further recognize itby a chip taken of {'near the lock, by a lissure in the mounting anivn('iiI(hI it, tho in lliy ])l>NM,'Nsi.)ll. I }|,„( (1 iiijr oIHm.n,. tlddicN ill th tfiii wiiNhcd ill in a siiiiill (invclljn..' ) >iiy whici -'•i..y own iiiN,uciioi,,,uul (lu-n pl.tcod' my own th •k,,.tth..k./invs:il^- I . n^^ Ztelio uii: ""^^'"^'?^^ J^J' ""'l IHTNoiiH int,.rl;.,v,l „ ith ,„• oj,..n.. ^ m T} k ."'7' "' '"" ''•■""■ '"' ""'"•• one. nnd d.^.s „„t j,, ,„,,. „ „V l. ' M„id. if . .. *' , > "' '">' ^'""^ '" " vorvHiiiall "bwnt..ttnuiu'« tniiikN. I only l.nv nion..., tK. ,J>Vit • «w ' '".ny tin- trip and that only f., S ■n«h.-sm wi.Uh,al.s,.tvvoHn.all,., ||„ "l tl : 'u'r '"" '•" ',''"«"' «'"• '\^» • ^hnii b.. ill a position to .iv.! ;::;;;':,:a' n.;;,S;;;;r;:^^^^^^^^ Al.KHK.n A<-MI1,,.K H,MK.„ rrri,;./„frf.- hyt,!..VCi:irxi-!ri.^tK/),;:7;rf loui.d. J)r..I. A Jlanud h.n i.mL ' vi.-iv the said h..x was to l.o On tho lirst «lay ol'.S...,t,.nd,. Tlu it. ' ""'"T* was to I,., hold. qno«t wa. h.dd/l pivpirLd th.' „s" linjr '" V',"^"^' '"'^ "',' "'■ them. Oii..r..prL'sei.tsthoNV)itli Sh vni' 1 ill r^' "'"1 ' »"vv produce des Monts " to 'sopt Isl.. " inc siv T nH ^^""■••'■''^•^'- ''•"'" " I'ointe Mai." Th.. place where the ske H, . « ■,. •"'■ '"l'''^'^'"*" " l^<'« l«li'N ile hy ahla<.k erosH, This e r ss ,, 'i, , . ''""'^ '" '''J";?'-'"*'''' "» *'"« Pl«n lHlo« d.. Mai." (The c'ourt hor old r, 1 h"f 'n"" * h" ^^ "^* ^'"'"'' «!' " J^"« part of the iveonl.) fZi tl le „ec . Y- '""" .P>-"'1"«''1 do lorm generally lVe,,,u.nted. Tl^ l^J^t h^M- "the il- "i'"' ^^ '^i^ '''^•'•''*y »*>* retired spot; t'ravellers general! vis tth Nnvf^ "" ^nf '^""*^' ^^"^ •* mnovedJromthesettletno trtVnenr.sf 1?? f^'^^^^ ^'"'* l''»«' '« *'''• Mr. l{iverin's at '' Caille" Kou^^^^^^ t« d^' Mai" is house can be found before reaeSin^." Sept Isle " ' '""^ ^" "'" ^''''^' "'> Les iBles do Mai " arc in the'distri^.t of Sagueuay. Cross-examineil. Isles de Mai' to "Caillps 7?n„^.. • ; • '"I"'.?*- ^^ne distance from "Los Mai- to •SSept%sles""'abSrr&nrvr;i"^^^^^^^^^^ I«>™ yhislann-y i^'hn(hZJ '^^ «* his a sore arm, which continued IrornVhf^lh..^' •'^^*^ with us, he had departure. Bcibre the arrest of Po as o " t '"oH.'' .' M **' IV *^"*'' ^^ J»« arnv.-d from Ifivif-re OuelJe The me',, on n vi -^u-^J^^' ^®<^«' "^ harge I could give them mn- i2rma LnS^Zl ^ had crossed Ouellet to the norUrlj o.v ^'1'*;"!.^?,:'!, '^''"*'' him again, pearance of Ouellet. '"''''^ "' "^""""S ^o explain the d?snp- Cross examined : J... of oXrczit^^^^^^^^^^^ ,t 'Kir ,. '■""""»' ">■: <*""'«) hat, and Ouellet had „ni hi. ",.."*:„ ''-™*"^- ^,t " "« »"t iw.sitivelv an o),i ^.^ ;j^^^ •■-" "-^"PPea up, uM.i he raoved'his arms I'I'I Na«ona, Library B^No,h|guo na.lonale li'l'l priiH'iploo I'm'iilcd il, (ho clothes ill Hui ' lto"('iiill."fc I to he held. y, uiid an iii- :i\v produce oiii ' I'ointe IvCN IwleN (le on thin plan nt ol' " Les pd do Jbrm "LeN F-lcN locality not mid, was a 'lace is liir lo Mai" is U' East, no and njrain from " LcH ?s Ifdes do inhabited ivo .Sisters, t it on the it ho was 1, ho was 11-1 a pair e his gun. sf, nt his us, he had late of his , a barge kcd nie if tras, who vo ; they f ho had d to ihem I' Poitras. un an-ain, lie distip- uth-weif) ' an old his arms 8 freely. I did not, durinirliis re-iidi'iioo at my house, apj.ly bandaji-es to hi»» arm or wouiids, I do not know whether Poitrus received copies of the in- formations 1 laid in i>r(iper form. TiiKonoiiK Lamonta month of Kecember, Poitras imrclnLsed at my store «oo(ls of the value of six or seven dollars Ibr which he paid in casli. I'oilias was not in the liabit (»f pnyinjr cash for jroods imrchased, particularly (iiiriii this trip. I produce a letter ; this letter is not dated. It was not in an ein elope, the paper bein^' merelv folded ; this letter was to inv addr.'.sN, I'nderneath inv name, the Ibllowiiifj words will bo found : Mont Louis, I'Jth.lune, IHiIH. " The letter is sijrned "J. Ouellet, iiavi- j^ateiir." When I received this letter, I was not aware of the disuppearanco of Ouellet, in the sprin--' of 1H(iK. I have never been able to establish the lucl, as to who nad re onii bo no mistake. On the address of tho letter I lemarked K g for l']s(niire, and I saw even lieforo oi)e!iing it, by those two letters, that this l.'tter was from Poitras, and I immediately made that remark to my clerk. I never knew Ouellet, and never had any transactions with aman'of that name respoctin"- a barge. ° Oi'oi»-ern mined : I have already seen the signature of Poitras to certain piomi.s.sory notes. I compared the signature of the Jotter with that atHxod to other notes. The hand writing is slightly disguised. The letters K...g...l)oing on the address. I roco"iuzod the hand writing ol Poitras. I also recognized the orthography, and Poitra.s' mode of writing. The letters l!;...g... being fou id on several notes, which I now produce. (The defence at this iwint ma lo certain ell'orls to compel the witness to say that the letter " g " is a '• y ' : The witness maintained his position and ag.iin compared the letter wii h the i)roinissory notes.) I felt thoroughly convinced that the letter came from Poitras. The heading .V'"i< L'>iii8, I2(h .hnie, 1868, is not in the hand wi^tmg of Poitras; the orthoj; v 'Y •'"''^'i"^ b) be similar in the word Monti, bui in the letter I lliul it to bi ,V i/i«. AVitli respect t(j the orthogr.iphy, the salient points of roseud)lance are " L'Aiise a Jean," "Stc. Anno'tle.s Moiits." With theoxeoption of one letter, and the letters li;...g... instead of Es(iuire, or in French " ecuyer". The word "je" also porfoctlv resenddcs tholuiiui writing. I reside at a distance of throe leagues irom Poitras, rt^sidenco. It is quite lx)ssil)lo that he may have received money without my knowledge. Poitras received money from Montreal and also from myself, 'but not nt the period spoken of I did swear to the atfldant now produced. 1 gave it last term under date loth IJecomber, 1868. On comparing the letter with tho promissory notes, I iind a small dittbrenco in the mode of writing tho number 5. I hnd therein no important lack of resemblaiico, but u groat many pohits of resemblance. Poitras, according to my personal knowledge of him. is an intelli.ront man. I had adilficulty with him in ISiiti on business matters, but I never had any personal exchange of disagreeable words with him. Jt-tjuimiiifii : li! Mt ^ * . •' "'""''^".''•. »""■'».«.• 11... 11,11...' ,.ril,.. I.M.aliiv -.VMS vv,. "t" .MAJ..u,g,K('.,TK: TrKHiuv, lA»h .ru,..MM,l... Ri....n.Hki"' lwi'"T"''' "•' "'" '""• ' ""' "'"'' <'""Mal.l.. r.-r .1... l),s(ri.t of mm.niNki, | oitniN (l.o pri^.m.-i-, wi.« lirnt arwHU'd by „„. th.. .■ !;:u^::" ;;;■ h.iM;;^""^i.:r!i;;;'r' ' '"'""• '-' •'"'>• "• '-a a .i...... at .,it,'"" """ "•''"•■•-■'' "■ ""■ "'•"•<' ■■'■i'« .«ki. ;vi„. ;,'„,. „. Tli!.'',,'ll.'k±!''',',',''''' ""i ''"'"' ^",'VW l""l"''"l ar,. ll™ ofMr. IVlu India n.y 1 pom.i.N. ■ "'"' "'"" '"'•''"■'*'' ^ '""^ '"'••" ■^" ii'11'.UK.d by other ( i EK.MAiN, rt/;,i., Luc G AfiNoN, eramined : I know the priKoiif^r iordern of tfo forest I sa - » . "mn. i rT f 'i' «-ar.;h of wood. ()i, the the burrowiufv <,(„..„, J , " tZ *"*'"'''7J; ""^^ ^ th''"f?ht that it was buryii.Lr of a hu..nv, b7. V l'. *i' ,"lV":'"r.^* ^o me.to be no sio,, of the ^.w , „.„ u. u n.u.iim lH,ay. I then culled, fmf/. ,*""•'" '" ."» «'8'>. «! the hill, of the fact; he can... to me ,i . Mm I ,, 1 "'^ coi.ipui.iou U> inform was heard. My co .Z„ on .". Ill ^U ^'l'^''-^,^" S'-'^vo ; in doin-r .so, a noise rat, h,.t u dead- n.aT5 X 'mov i^ the 'earih u ■.h^'™""/^ '">' ""'■ " '""'*^- ceived that it wuh the rein nfsnfn^.! ^ vvith my hand, and 1 per- from one and aZlf to tvvcMWhes of frr^^?" >'eing; it wa« only coveied by body, and drew out tLri^htar^T*lv?L"'V * ^ "T""*''''^ " l'«''i°» "«" the myompanio..opporit"^c';.rbo^^S shirt, ot canadan woo) Th.. «hi,f ^,,„„ V"""''''*,'^!','" '""^'"''"''1 "»«'t-'r mark U'hi,.h ■,wii.;.:;.:/>ir:/:.""."^ d<"4™"!. f>Ut Uieie was alwavs .xon... which 'iidicated Christian burial'; in this case there \\ lys some ns no mark at all. mIiiiii|i Tho IdrcK-i 1)1' (he '.y ■viiN wiint- ihi)li', ill ( iiiuiu- Mr. Tftu. liiiiiiif India luci'ct ill my •T, 1K(!8 ; I t «r Quoou's vlii'ii luuli'r I hat portion istahK' ; tho I'tu, bocmxso IhuNsotiled. I locollect A ax. i\v that tho lit'oaiiso I it'd by other 1. In the (lagnon, I d. ()n the tluit it was Kigii of tho to inform ' «o, a iioiKo loraiimsk- md 1 por- !ovoi(kI by on of tho nation but uiol under and I did as drawn "H placed Aards the lave been i"W)n in a ays some ariv at all. ]''r()m tho |M>Mition of tho txHly, I wiu iinproNiioa thutilhml tioon pliu'od thori' uftortho commmmon of Homo ovil dood. (Olijocti'd to by tlio dofonco, on tho {irround Ihut tho witnoNN ufHVi« hlH inipri'KMidiiN ; ) objoction ovor-rulotl, and tho witiu'SN furthor naid that Nom« oriiiH- had boon oack. Tho ("iiiirt (b'oivor lo do with the trial, ax tho unid trial \h based upon the Coroner'n incpiesl.) Wo found tho luHly in lhpoaranco of a blow from a cuttiiiif instrument, beciiuso tho severing of tho shirt corresponded with that «)l the llannoi un'ronotte, for the dofonco demanded permissioi to ask tho witnosH (tome (piestions rospocting tho contents of tho said box before opening it. Granted by tho Court.) Wittu'sn txamintd by ¥r. Fremiti' : The rag round tl:o arm was white, but dirty, tho cravat, or necktie, was knitted and of a wb'tish colour. The shirt was red and black. It was mend- ed at the elbow with ' rod and black patch, but of adillorent pattern. These articles wore jdacod in . Ikjx similar to that now produced ; thin box looks very much like it, but there might be similar boxes. (The box was then opened by order of the Court.) Kxamination-in-chuf, — Continuet/. 1 recognize the shirt and the end of the cravat as those Ibund on the body, which were placo«o of holding the inquest. I was present at tho inquest. Tho bones, beard, hair, and rags, were in tho box. 1 recognized tin 'lox, containing the bones ; it was the same box deiiositod in the grave by Mr. Tetu. 1 live at Moisio, and have resided there for six years. I am a mail con- ductor on the North tt by travelling one hundred and eighty leagues through tho woods, in order to roach Hudson's Bay. Tho whole of this trip would be through an iwinhabited country. I know the locahty called on tho plan " Les Isles do Mai." I never saw .1 . B, Oucilct on the Norin Hhorc, audi never heard it .•jiaicd by anybody thai he had been seen alive, on the North Shore. havobfoi, bufi,Kl Ih™. ^ ■ (Jbioc" , If r^v Z f ■ I'"™;,"!"' '""""l r«m«ii., yl».,i,r._N„ bmlv h„ 11, 1°,; ',''»«''l»i«. <-!hjcclioii<,v.T-ral«d.) drow,„.cU,,,„,(,,h,lhi„'',"''bv,l , 1^1, '' "'",';,• " "■" "»' PO*-'"" fM« JW two p.„„,„ ,„.v,. .„,.„ .,„„.„„,,, „„„ „ ,„„„,,, ,„,, „.„. „,__, ^ hall'niro. Cross- E.ram iiialion . IK,rfoa. oithe bily, ^vineh L^S nonet'h""hivr *™- «^' ''^-^ <>» that was tho aU,nd oi" n Cross. A Sium m v.n n.?;""' ^'"^ '^""" coinmittod, up something els., If some tim^rha, ela sed K "I'h''?'''**'.''"^ ^'' I"^*^ ceased the cros. might have disappeared ^^^^^ "' the hunal of the de- , £ ilSair^^tSitSX^ 7^-- ^i-t^ thawed, could h^ve carried away tlxecrosHrS '""""' ''"^' ^^'^^^t^er they aithij^;£'^t^tt;:5tts;^;;tv'^"^"^'^- where th»M.ei« a sandy lM.y, and Ihv wood ""'•' •""" "' *^"' ^°^"% ^^:nJ!Z^XS^:^i:'^ ''''^'ir -^-" *»^« ^ody wa« the ground is not suitaLk- lor burhU then \v *"'' ''"I^S-c^. In the woods, . lurnjg the twe,.ty4wo dal tttV iS e rr/'"''^ ''^''''\*>- '" ^^e sand, trips to " Les Isles de Alai," (he bod 1. .d h ''' t"'"'"^" '"7 «r«t and second I do not believe that a ma ;dlh ; o .^™"''* nT'^'^''**^'y deeompo.sed to the extent of that «hown on he o^u> omXfnT'''^ ^T' "'-'"'''^^ ^'« ^^"rt. the deceased. The two cuts, one o° the" Irf "Vu ^'^' "'"."" ^^"^ ''"^y of wore not in opposite directions .n I T '""""t. th.' other on the under shirl h.-en washed sil.ce I .sarthe ' I d n"*"' *^'""' 'T'^'^^^^y ' "'« ™'?'^ have to this tin.e. I think the^ar^ Ihe'sLm but b'f '"'■' 'j?' 'V^"y "'■ P-^-Vo" that about one month and a h iX Jd 1, 7 '"'"^ '"' "^^V '''^'- ^ think I imjnently slo,. al " Les Isles do 1 ^i '" 1 ' ' '"^' ■^''^""J""^! third trips, there too. ''*' ^'^*" • other persons may have stopped not at Moisie, some; perst S tve^fs S'^r * '"T, ^''T' ^V'hen I am Ihe bodv was round, at 20.,r2.5^bet abm e tS.i \ w' '"'"^ "^^ knowledge. saM' the fu!.hest tide at (hat plac. 1 som .H.^^"^^*-'"' *'"^'^ '""^l'- ' hut I never ha. (ho water rises to a iS-V po i^'^tr;^^!:]"!' ^^^ '"''-^'l «!>"»» Cades Kouges," Trinity, and '• Sept Isles'' M, T„r im ^»-'i ^''"'^tenes at ce;ne erv as he wasin too great a 1, rr I ,in T '* '^"^ ""' tak,. it to tho already f.uried. I saw that (here 'Z\\rJJ'i'\f ""'^^'^J^ ^t there as it was I IS customary to carry corp.>^Ps (o t e nearll'f . the grass had been lilted up It IS more particnliirlv-i> ,.J, .! !( ^''T- J»'»'^«'*t cemetery on the North Sh,.v. never saw a cornse oii th« \',> "n'^L..'"?'''',"'^" ^"«--»."<>' exceed six leagues. ....,1, I'fli lll^IIIJiri V fcld H'li-i.. 4-1. »• . - J "•» "*V XH*I ill never saw^. corpse on the Whll.;;;^^^:;^::^ j Z^^Z ^f I I live to i^'o either to 'quc'iitej, but is "•- "SO it, but rt'hiMo tlie body <1 ol" LeK Isles ?rsf)iiN, ut " Lea mimm romuins on over-riUed.) ; pofisible for a L' tlic hodv was lii'ucrally have at Moiaif. srmaiR'eol'niy rtlnorPoiviu, > years njul a •"< 'lay, (L;i ,S(. r I'onr days. — 11(1 thoro was ' tiih'ni days nsod was of a oth shirt and r>tsuflicieijtlv blood on tha> iJ body, torior of the 1 committod, but ho puts I of tho df- •cd. hether they had camped hat locality e body was tiu" woodfi, I the sand, and second I'composed. Ihis sliirt, I he ))ody of iiidor shirt ' lags hn^•(' 1' pnnious X- I think Ihirdtrips. stopped nearest to t'hou I am nowledge. ut I never md s])ring leteries at e it to the as it was lifted up •th Shore, agues. I l>. I Hve at Moisie. I pass the whole siunmer at this place, and I only convey the .mails in winter. I am a hunter during } oth summer and winter. I do not travel much during the summer. I know that Bla'-.chard and Potvin were drowned, because they left my houae in a boat ; that they have never been al- luded to since as their boat was found on the North Shore. Blancliard lived on the North Shore and was a married man. It has already happened that a boat has broken her painter. I do not recollect having been heard as witness by Mr. Tetu. The lirst time I saw the body, it was about two feet from the edge of the wood. I do not recollect havnig stated at the Coroner's In- quest that it was at 20 feet from the edge? of the wood, (The 'nquest of the Cor- oner here read mentions 20 feet ) I am positive in stating that the arm drawn out the iirtt time was the right arm. My memorvis not very good, and I may have forgotten and have stated to the Coroner either that it was the right or left arm. 1 then swore ^o what 1 believed to be the truth. I unearthed the lelt side and of this I am positive. The woods on " Les Isles de Mai " are to the North west of tlic sea. The heiul of the corpse was at the side of the woods, facing towards them, with the back towards the water. I may have sworn before the Coroner that the head was to the south-west and that tlui face was towards the South. The corpse had its face upwards. I found the corpse in the even- mg with my hand, and I unearthed it in the morning with a paddle. My companion tiiought that it might be the bodv of a person who had died of a contagions di.sease. The corpse had en an old pair of socks, a shirt, a cravat and allannelui>der-.shirt. I swore before the Coroner that all these were worn by the corpse. My evidence was reatl to me bv the Coroner. (The ev- idence before the Coroner being now read, it is foimd that mention is only made of the shirt and llanncl under-shirt. AVhen I gave my evidence before the Coroner, I intended to allude to my first trip to " Les Isles de Mai," when I saw the body lor the first time. The body was buried in moving sand.— There was a piece of bark over the face which I did not remark the lirst time, but which I saw the second. (Evidence before the Coroner was here read.) I did not swear l)cfore the Coroner that the piece of l)ark wnsth?re the first time. (This fact is raeK,ti(med in the examination before the Coroner.) The second time, there Avas skin on the bellv, on the right arm, and in several places. The body whim I saw it the sec ' time was a mere skeleton. The first time I saw it, it was on the right sid' d back. I now recollect that it was the leit arm I pulled out. The beard, hair, shirt and cravat wore placed bv me before Comman<7aiit Tetu, on board of" La Canadienne." The cut in the shirt was on th(> right side. I thiidc this cut mav have been from i J to 2 inches in length. There were a great naany worm holes in the thirt. (The Coroner's inquest here es- tabhshes that witness stated at the time that there was on the lett side a hole made with a cutting instnnneut.) The second time, when I relumed to the place with Commandant Tetu, we found a whole cravat. (Evidence before the Coroner read.) I do not recollect having stated before the Coroner anything respecting the cravat.— The holt! in tlie shirt was split, but this split was nothing particular. The herbs or gra.sses growing on the borders of the woods, are found on sand iu ditfereat plactss. I caiuu)t say whether the wood extends any distance, as I did not visit d all all. If I had auythino- to hide, it certainly would be safer to hide it in the wood. The custom on the North Shore is to bury the bodies where they are I'cmnd. Re-ej-- inline J. The plac»\ wliere I found the body is a hunting ground. Mink, foxes and game are found there. It is one of the >)est hirntmg grounds on the noith shore. It seems ditticult to think that the tide coidd rise to th(> place wh.-re the body was found. By the tide mark, I could see tlmt it could noi reach that point ; I passed the whole of the summer of 18t!7 at Moisie. I commenced to carry the mails in the commencenuMit of December, and it was on the 10th of ])eeember that I made my first trip with them. Theri' was not suilieient earth in tht^ woods in wliieh to bury a corpse witliout ))ringing some from the surrounding i)laces. FUANCHUS PoiTRAt!, examind : I know th(( prisoner. I do not know whether I am a relative of his or not. In September 18()7, I left Mont Louis with my wife, and Francois Gagnd to go as far as L' Ani'o a Jean. I stojiped at piisoner's house, lie was about leaving lor the north shore with .1. IJ. Ouellet who was then alw at I asked J. B. Ouellet to accompany us, as h(^ said that he wished to visit his family at Riviere Ouelle.— Ouellet then said tliat he had a trip to make to 8 Ouollet VT to have relurned toXSi T , " ^'Tl!^' "*" *^« P"««»«r he left at L'Ance a j' an When otl e lefttl fh'' v ^JtT" ^"^'" "h'^'h woolen cai), black cloth n?lnf f ,1^ u ■ /"'^ *'^'' ^^"'■**>' *>« "'or^' '« f'lack and a pair o Slisl bolor "^ir.^^^^^^ VrT^ ^' "^'^ *° ^« •^"rded. saw tvvo boxes in the bame hufi I\.nf t?''"V''''l''™^!::'^^''°'*'»'*hirt. 1 «aw a gun that OaelKld me wa^his Tho^7^°'" ^^^'^^ .^'''"^ I same .run. There were so,n,?r.r^,M • • . J i ^"" "°"' produced is that roitrasor<>sse,f If thsirrheSTowiV^'^*'''*;!* '^^*"^ ^^"*'"*^t ^^^ It mi.rht hav.. thus chaUed its a meaZ fiT'" '^i* '' " gooddeal changed. fact tliat it was buried^ The « £^r. • 7V ^^n1?^' ^^ T"""" '^''^' ^'<>'^ the up with cotton rags The cloths o?r!.^i,?"'"u' ''^'^^ ^'""^ ^"^^ ^••'»PP«d against Eu"e l"o/i* „ ^""'^ f -f """'"?': "'• <^^"'^"<'t- It was I who iny liberty." I was rot pleas d„V T1 '* '''"' * '''^ "'i''>™ation that obtaSd aJid Leclerc gave thrnf iVh v « , ''•^'»? i™P."™»ed. Messrs. Lamonta"ne is near the lock^f ttS hanSlS^^^^^^ '""f'^"-. ^'*^^ ''l'''^ '" "."1;;' rels, and that of Ouellet lias a roundbarS' J'«^"'^lg»»« have round Bar- havo been changed to ca,> 'u is I am «. ;.. ^'^ ""™'''''" «*' ""'* ff«n« necting piece (douille) is'o? t"n but ft^ookV ^^'^'■•'L*^ ? 'r"*" ^^^''^ the con- ;^e. I great Wany conuli gm" ^^Var an J/iuhl " ^'" ^^'^'='^«»« ^'th (fouilles . The crack is three or bur hicheK^^l " '^i*''^'«o connecting pieces Guns crack very often but alwaV. If h , ^f"^^^' , ^* >« ""t very open a gun precisely Similar to th , ^,1 with " he^sa J "''■ ^^ ^ ^^••^' *« ''*' "^^^wn such a th ng extraordinarv If .t' . ^'"V apiwaraiices, I would find atL'Anse a .lean ZSe exnected to 'JT"'* *^' ^ '^'^""'d wait for One et St. Ignace. Ouellet vv^ to com A i,^**''' "J? **' ™«- I had gone to c' an persSaded him t^g^ rs^hoVrulSrr''^'u^'^>'- "^' ^'^^ thafpoitns haS niany persons are Sf the S^B and £ do™ 0^7' tt "?.''^- ^ ^'^«"t have hair and beard of the same colnnr tk . *' V*^*^'''' ^^a» 'i*^^ '"ay about ha f an inch TheWa^h^i ^°'°"'- Jhe lower teeth went inwards th. I , C^foim-Examined. ng^fiable, ho would of the prisoner, own bargt! which he wore a black me to be corded, ?d woolen shirt. 1 ley belonged. I produced is that lich Ouellet and 3od deal changed, e shirt, from the d were wrapped i those I washed n Ouellet left for which he then s a man of about ler than his hair A' produced look . The under jaw ceive that, when 'itras was taking B. Ouellet may ras in couversa- ould give them uld laugh over ave never since it had gone. I ■d no other con- ?ivcu by me in lat time. with a corpse, ad been on a house in the howed me the is' affixed to a •1- The barrel connected the bsequently put t try to cock it. ts, but this time J the schooner, ft was I who that obtained i- Lamontagne -k in the gun ro round bar- of Hint guns that the con- ilackens with uecting pieces ot very open. 3 to be shewn 1 would find ait lor Ouellet gone to Cap atPoitrjishad rth. A great han he may ■ent inwards ! chin wiis as an"— 1 am a n. I did not did not see speaking of 'd to take au hing else but •iiged. » mistake in cting ineco 9 ^un at Poitras' house. Considering <'douiIle) is the same one I saw on th( the whole, it is the same gun. IIectok Rvot— Examine J. IsaBailittatLa Baie St. Paul. Was present when a corpse was ex- hum.!d at " Les Isles de Mai " last September. I have a knowledge of the clothes louu-l with the corpse at the time of the holding of Coroner Bon- dreaus Inquest. The are now produced. They are those found on the corpse. 1 hey v^en? d m a box containing l>ones. I went there as bailiff and 1 received abo.; -. > for my services. I had never been to Les Isles de Mai helore that lim*^ i he rags were washed by Francois Poitras, and I had them dried inyseli. I measured the longest rag with my lingers, and I remeasured it this morning. I cannot say whether they are of linen or cotton. It would be a pecidiar coincidence if similar ones were produce*] With the exception of the longest having been measured by me with my lin- gers, I made no mark upon the rags. I do not believe that another ra"- of the same length and width having been washed under similar circumstances could be produced. I have not seen these rags since I saw them at "Les Isles *!">- with the exception of to day . My memory may faU me, as it does with many others. I generally recollect a circumstance when I gave it mv positive iittention at the time. I have a most extraordinary memory. At the time when down there, I supposed it likely that I would be a witness . Very olten I notice things very particularly. This being a valuable trip, I did pay particular attention. Ihe last time I saw these rags was at " Cailles Kouges" I do not recollect having on my arrival from Les Isles de Mai, shewn to Idalbert Oirard ot Pomte a Pic rags which I stated came from the bones and were supposed to have been wrapped round Ouellefs lingers. I had in my pos- session rags belonging to the ilannel under-shirt ; I may have shewn some of them to Girard. These rags had also been in the box with the bones I gave these rags Irom the body, and the flannel under-shirt to Dr. Hamel at his house at Malbaie. It was Dr. Hamel who had instructed me to take charge of them. These ra^s were wrap^jed up in the Ilannel under-shirt I was not entrusted with the care of the rags from the fingers and arms now produced. Maucel Leclkkc. — Examintd. I lived at the time at " St. Anne des Monts." Before the inquest I think it was a year previous to September of last year, I visited Poitras at his house. He was then buildmo- a large barge with which he said, he wished to go to the north shore, to Moisie, to see if the place suited him. He wished to see if " Petite Anse " was a nice place to settle at. This place was three lea«nies lurther down. At the same lime, I mentioned to him that I wished to °o to Moisie myself to see it there was anv money to be earned, and to »}ttle there. He said that he would ttike me with him if I liked. I then went on a trip to " Capucin," and I returned. I went to his Jhouse on the word of Carrier who told me that I'oitras would take me to the north. Ouellet was at Poitras'. I then a«ked him it he would come to the north with us. Poi- tras said that he was only going for two or three davs. I replied that this would not suit me, as I would have to remain there a much lono'er time. Poitras replied, if you do not come, I have at any rate Ouellet to assist me in cros,sing. I then said, as I am not going, will you bring me back news from " Moisie " and he, Poitras then promised that he would. Ten or eleven days afterwards, I learned that Poitrus had returned from the north shore. 1 then went to him to ol)tain news of'- Moisie ;" he then told me there was a Kailroad ther-.^ : I asked jiini if he had })een to " Moisie ; " he replied that he had ; I asked hiui if there was any money to be earned there ; he then said there was a Kailway, large hammers, and several other things ; I then said, (what about your iiuui ?) He replied (Oh ! my man ; I obtained an engage- ment for him there at three jwunds a month.) In speaking of "your man'" I meant Ouellet, l)ut I do not recollect if Ouellot's name was mentioned ; he spoke to me of Ouellet, and going to the north, and I understood that he spoke of Ouellet, at that time as engaged by him. We did not name Ouellet, but I wished to allude to Ouellet. Poitrns having made his trip to the north! I happened to be at Mr. Lamontagne's, with Poitras. (This was in the course of the winter.) Poitras in my presence that day purchased some goods for cash. I wasi)resent when Mr. Lamontagne found the letter on his counter ; I was at Mr. Lamonta une's in the summer of 1808, and saw Poitras purchase {?oods on an order from ilr. Hoy, I saw Ouellet at Poitras' liefore he left : nib coat was oil, ami as fur as i can recollect itseemed tome of red and black wool knitted. I was a strHng<'r to Ouellet ; I did not speidc to him at all ; I know that Poitras only made one trip to the north with Ouellet. I did not see them start ; I have no knowledge of Ouellefs return from the north with Poitras. I know of a barge which belonged to Ouellet; neither 8 ^^ollld do su. Poitnw on his r.-t. ,-, ntntd. tras mI:^ri^;;r^;S;r|^tP:S-tr''tt!ir"; """ l •^" -^ ''^"-e that Poi- "ojhersavvhim l.-avo nor r^.n, I ,lo f"/ T"" ^T"*^ '"'•""> Poitras' made two trips JVom south to ,.o h v o f/" 'i::i;; '>', ^'""'T ^«"''l ^^^vo l»oraus,M.i pasMiin-, I ..bserv.Hlthe ) o fs ?. J ''■ ,',-'"'^' ^hLs opinion jaw a great d.-nl ofea.h other I ,1 1 n " , '"'^'r'','""' ^'"'''•'^«' '""I myself Poitras alter his rel urn but I v. J hi. 'T,'""'"'' '^"^^' '"'i''v tinu-s / sa ■ '-en wiUino. ,., n.ako a neeoid , "j '^:Z t'" ^'T ♦""••■■^- " ^^^ ""»•'■ E d"l make, he was absent fronV en to ll 'T •'"""/"• '" the trip h mssod Poitras' house at h.ast o ee I knou Vh ^''k^ /^"'■'"«- *'"« «me 1 was away. In ,sVi.ten>b,.r lHi7 I LtlT ^Y -^^^ ^nniontaimo's barl^e vears below Poitras- Ju,ns,. The'ds. . • " '"'J"«' ''"• ''•'»" '>»e to two the ■'L'Anse a Jean,' is e ght lea .us ^s/' /""' "V"'*';-.^""^' '^^'^ Mon s "to my house to "Ste. Anne 3es &t "'the dk '"' •'•'.^^""'^'''■'^ '''^°v... From m- evidence before th.. CwS I ^Tvl ''•',' '''''" ''"''S"'^''' Iiitfivine leagues. Jt ^vas about the 20 Ir' o^l^^ ''''l^ that the°distance ^nV"! house. I do no< reeoih-ct vvhet e," at thl ""'"V' ^,h"t I went to PoitraJ^ question of shipwreek discissei between pr."."' V''^"^'^*- ^^''^ wa« a . m of'ff *'" 1' A" '''" «o"ver.ation 1 dd at Po n • 'I" M •"-''*^'"' ^'^ '*"" ^^'«« the ?U l"""^"'''"' t'ha'K'es at Moisie ''/^ .V '*''t,; ';?^.'"»F ^^«« ^P-^k^i of, the Coroner respecting the shinwiwL- w. P "'i ^"'* J^'Positiou before reach " Jfoisie " from ''^L'Ansea }''.'• f h/'T''^ ^^- ^"'^'^^ *"l«veu days to inaybemadei„„„oday;wtL odeWe^ *''^' "osWg When we .speak of a short i>ass .'e fh;« " 'V '* ^'"' ^« reached (luicker ^nd both going and rXuZt'^'j^^iZ:TdlT^' '''^''\ \^''^' '« ^S^d 3iilv t\yo or three days. I did not tlm \k < u ""* ''*' ^^""^'^ »t>t be iSnjr • positively state what time it genSly ties S t Tit ''''y '«"- ^ ^St Whom he saw, was engaged at 10s and btf nh 1 1 " 'l'"^ ^^^ ^'''otlier ^r««r.- I avked h,m if he woufcpcrosrSn and le - r","* l^" 1"=^ '^'^y «t Moisie' I oi ra«, (who worked for Mr. Sa^eWJle land n«^'''?'^ " ^>' ^ cannot say ij' another at Mr. i-amontagne's ToS fa To'?'^ ^T'^"'"'^^^'!^'". o^^b" little money in our locality. I think tha VrT^ workman. There is very of hi.s earnings. Mr. SaJeviUe h s tl^ n.of '"'r'"^"'-''^^'^ *•»« ^«" "mmmt toLuo? "5T''^'^^"''»«t, to the north w"th him- r' f?^*'"''^ •^••«««''d L, V\ '■''•^.^*^^''*^' ^""' much lighter hdrftr,r"'"* '''PPearcd to mo Ibn. ^!!" *" describe him. Ouelk^ mio-'h/ "''H"'>' *'"t«''iout atten- «hore, without my knowledge, l^^^ S'Vtlk/b ron'tb".""' ^^-^^'^ uimc ont on that occasion. •TcsEPH Du„At,.-_l>a,,,,-„,^ AVkdnesdav, Kith June, 18Cf». «ou^.< ;: -^I.^VKia^'r-'^ ^«'l?' ^ ^^« '- " C'aiiles I iTn n lit;i i x" " '"^"''^ "^"es a few acres olf Th« 7,; VT " ^"™'' "'Ofk- ton " vl '' r T-^' "'y co,ni>anions said then that tV.^^ "leard was, '■ hallooV tone, which I did not hear The.. «•» V*®"',*"'" they heard or es in a lower understand. We thou4thd it w,l\f''^? ^ ""'«*'' '"'^i'-'h we could not ['his l)arosition before I'leven days to . tile crossing' ached quicker, there is a good I not be long ; oiifr. I cannot »g liom south roiher Franr.; day at Moisie. I camiot say if for him, or for There is very 3 full amount -ash but ho is aitras crossed >peared to me ttieieut atton- to the south hat occasion. i^hen he pro- ""l fipoko of lor " ('allies ther became util about 11 same track. ^'as, '■■ halloor s in a lower * could not slieyed that 4 o'clock in eon the Ca- then sailed ^5. 'vViien o« Islands. were too 111 lar from land. The noise that we hoard appeared to come IVom about 20 acres duttanco. hach time we heard these cries, we replied, and then the cries stopped. It was alt.-r these cries, that wo heard the noisi>. I know a little ol the north shore Cattle are. placed on the Caribou Island at •' Cnilles Rouges, an Irmity. From tW three places the Caribou Islands were the nearest t< us. A\ hen we saw land, w.* were Irom •* io a leagues from if wo were only rowing. After having heard the cries, we ceased to row, and remained bmilmed. \\ hen we reached the north shore, we went to Mr Kivenns Idid not meet Poitni-s that sn...e day at " Cailles Uouges." I arnved at 10 o clock in the morning, and went to the w aods the afternoon of Uie same day. 1 wo days afterwards I returned to Mr. Riverin's ; I then met 1 oitras I asked him what brought him .to the north shore. He n-plied that he had undertaken to convey a man to Moisie but that he had not reached there. He further stated, that h.> had met with an opportunity, that he had placed his man on board a vessel somewhere ab6ut " Les Isles de Mai," to send him to Moisie. Poitnis then «,nM " I would ha\e liked to have reached Moisie, to see mv brother who is there, out ^vhom I have not seen lor a long lu ^^1^"'*l **»«* *»'" had lelt the south shore, on the 2tjth September with a south-south-west wind, that is to say, on the same day, that we did, and with the «ame wind, and that ho took a noi-th-west couis('. I said that we had taken a northerly course, I had with me a small mariner's compass. lie said that he hiul jiuded himself by the swell of the sea. I le said that we must have crossed each other on the nijjht of the 2(jth and 27th Sept I then said "did vou not cry out that night r- (He said yes) I said "we answered you." He said I did not hear you" I asked him why he called out. Hesaid because 1 wished to see il some one would answer." During this conversation, I found that Poitras looked strange, and more anxious than usual ; I was surprised to iiotico his appearance. I am a first cousin ot Poitras wile. I have not seen any effects of Ouellet's in Poitras hands. When Poitras was aiTested to be brought before the coroner at the iiuiuest, I met him on board the schooner, and spoke to him. (The defence here stopped the witness to ask him if Poitras was in charge of the bailiff when this conversation took place.) n •. ^ l** j"P* '^"**^ '*" ^^^ bailili'Avas with Poitras at the time but I knovv I oitras had been arrested. The prisoner reuoramended himself to my "ood olhces saying (it only depends upon yon, and the. other witnesses to get me ott.) (Do speak to the other witnesses that they may clear me) (I replied 1 oitriw do not speak to me m this way." When at the inquest, I shall 1).> unaer oath, and 1 shall be guided by my conscience.) Poitras added " if 1 meet 1^ rancois Poitras I will shake his body up ibr Jiim.'*^ II ,^'heu we went to arrest him, the day he was taken into custody by Hector Huot, Poitras said that he did not know " Les Isles de Mai " It is to my knowledge that on that trip, Poitras purchased from Mr. Riverin at ' tallies Rouges " a remnant of calico and a pair of boots. When Poitras told mo that he had left Ouellet at " Les Isles de Male," he said so with hesi- r }"V" i**'*™** started to return from "Cailles Rouges," at the same time as 1 . When we started to return. Poitras was alone With young Tremblay. Cross-Questioned. I know that it wait on the. 26th September, because I recollect it. On that trip, 1 remarked other dates. I remarked them by harvest time which Imrned me. 1 thought I would return for the first gram, and I made my cal- ciuations on that tnne. I did not remark on what day of the week the 26th was. 1 also failed lu remarking whether the 2(Jth was at the pommencement or at the end ol the week. When I went to the woods, J came back on the third (lay, and with days of arrival and departui*', 1 establish the whole at three days. When 1 start on a voyage I sometimes niak^ some rejnarkfs. Mr. Nelhon, Question :~^Vha.t date is to day. ? Tuk; WITNES.S, .4«.sM>c»-.— (Counting on his fiiu'c the 16th" June.) Mu. Nklho?? «Kked iki^ witnv«= f^veral questi„n« he answt>red with remarkable good sense.) I heard those; cries about eleven o'clock at night. Navigators luiderstaud each other by the cry " Halloo." We can use it. I have already heard this s, replies : "This is icspocting dates, but w 12 ooinpaiiioii Wttv he can Vail ^.w/- I- "^"e» » PtTsoii s ii „ harm. „ttu. m.- 1., 1... I ho cry of n man in li. ross IZ'u fll ''*'"?l"y"'"» «"id it appottrt. U, l'r..m my ciloultilioa w,. th,mLrh Z'l " '' . ♦'"'Uffht if waNunordinurvcnll l'^.' ™rS:,ii; n;;;';::;i^St -^li 't":;^ ^f 'S'^/i-te po.i,.,e that l">vt. w,. r.;,„ui»,.f| i„ tho sa.m. p Leo unti? 11 '*"*^*'™«' ♦ho'"" befor... I ," Nay that it is impossible that «...„. u ^yni^o'n'n«?need to row I do Zt rents that lis., aild oSer« t^tTdj'"^, tnV'"'^^'''.* ""*^''>-^« = t»,':^re afe ,w th,. euneut. Idonotknortholbrcoort^r "''' l*''''P*''"'y '"""I'^d Mlw enrrents rise in the ordinary ma,ZrN...'T'"* "•'**'^'' ""^^h «horo he outside. Th.. distance between /,. J" i i 'T '»¥ P»'»*» the currents »««« >s nine J.en^nies ; Iron, "cS.^ L«rs'^t:t ^^^," '" ^'"^ "''"^bou s 1 a X' ha e had i shorter distance to m to thf «'' .. w' ''''''■" '"•••«''n«d, would o I..>s Isles de Mai." During my ™^n T '""'^ *" «'«»ceal his crime, th to come from a distance of fn.m 10 fo^')?^"'*'^ ,'"?'■ ^^'' '""-'s appeare.l heard at that distance. I,, the n onn„" i ^ ", ''•' "*"«'* "'" «-*rs could be "t a distance of more than 20 acres " "^ ' '""''^ ^^*' «^•"^v 'hinff round us -U.I ;:;;;:Ss!:i Krii^':;;;'^^^"* - --^ -^i-* ^om it J alter a series of sl..epless niihf" I wJ /*"'', '" '^ ,""*» "'ter i voya.ro "r 'ouslpolc. Iti«wort'habo, Krpjjd^o "'^ ''''*'' ^'« ^'»™'^ ««d'nnx .lean to Mois e I receiv,.d t«,.iJ? i** V""^"* "* "»»" Irom "L Anne Sr •Voni .' C^ulles Rouj^eC "^ Ii t^ \lo\ri' ^'^^ T'^ th^'^l'l? V^'f r'^' '"''' I do not recoliectT^''^ " ^"^^ ^^''>^' " o» Monday the subject of the evidence I would ha oL .""^P^.^^on siwke to me, on before or since my arrival Th«f,l„ *° give during' this trial either mg. When the fo^ comment hI ferTwaTaH V^^?^- f'^^'^^ "'"he SSi- We called out, ' Halloo' to aiisiv..r ♦K • "'"p^^ ^^'»d from the southweRt J?ot seem to bo pn.duced b7tKwS^^ , Thenoiso ThelrS lor the nature of the noise /heard I te"^"' ^ ^*'"'*^ "''t '»y«elf accou it or afterwards. I arrived at ''Ses Wnl "*'u"''' «"'»"•■ during the Se fo)'- / T' h^'«. «^d befom tL'Som"^:L "^'^t/^^^ 1.0 o'elocjf of theS 10 o dock. I believe I stated h^S^t'f^Z "Z;?^"/ '"stead of about 9 or Win. s, and because he met a vo^Jul ^^^^'^'^^ *bere, on account of contrarv me that we must have En tl^ oTher ^^ E C'^ '^Tu ^^^'^^-^ »"«^ oS who cried out. I recollected t^o fUcL m, .K k T' »»d that he was the man Re-Examined. schooners find refuge. To reach the J i*" *,^*?'''' "•'" I'^-'^es, in ^vhich tortuous course amo\g the chEentlsla^rJrl'' '' "''«'-'«««^y ^ take a Placa where the body was fonnd1« J^ ? i ^ ^"''^ compose the "toud Th.t concealment of a ^^rl^^^^i^S^^'Sy^'^^'t^^ 4*^ bettered to the I™«™'?ff- Ibadnokn;.wledgeoffhrarri J^^^^ T ^''""'^ ourselves that 1 remained about 3 hours befSre 1p«v?« J p lu ^^^^^-^ at " Cailles Ron"-os" ••rTfi The distance betwe^'n thrplat wh '^"^'' '^"^ P^'*"-^^^^^ Les Isles de Mai" is about 8 leaojes and ^^Jn •)?' ^''"••' becalmed and leagues. The distance between '^fv.lL^'p '° 9*'"'"'^ Kouges" about 41 IS above 3J leag-ixes. We saTled in th. ™ ^?"^*^' ,^^ " ^eslsles de Mai " not notice the c°«rrent that mom .J?*' w .Tl^ ^^7*^^ » ?ood bree.e fd d direction of the current O [v. ^..l 'I *^'** ""* «^ast the liu,. to fin,l tl bargodravvnialoiVg^Vtl. c ret'u^L'^^^^ ^^ *=""™^ ran' upwards"*; The d,,ta„co from'' ^s^te. AnnfdcS '^^^^^^^ "failles Ifougos," to little Metis mni^'I^t /o"-^"'''^' '•" ^^ '^"g'"'^- "Cn lowed hy those others on ism a harjr,., at th« oe It somo i)or8oii hoar« >aiuou said it aijpearN t<. ■It wuNanordiiiiirvcall ou Inlands," r did not it is quito possiblu that 'd th('r«! before. I !„.. need to row. I do not wards ; there are cur- P^rly handled follow II the north shore, the uts the currents pnas Hd "(arihou Islands" le Mai," throe leugucn ^ere heealnied, would' Mieeal hiw crime, than > north, I Miw no other • |'h.> cries app.Mired \g inmi the echo the '>8« of oars could be 'very thing- round us, 'Very respect from its m alter a voyage, or Ills vacant and anx- 11 from "L. AnneSf. for crossing a man J.1 iJaie," on Monday son siwke to me, on ',ar this trial, either o clock in the morn- from the southwest, henoiso I heard did not myself account sr during the noise 9 o clock of the next nstead of about 9 or -It the next day for int on my arrival at ^d to take a man to L'countof contrary Poitras also told «t he was the man Coroner's inquest Poitras (Evidence Coroner's inquest write it down. ; time than at any was a calm night heon there twice, pusses, in which cessary to take a ' the group. The etter suited to the id ourselves that 'Cailles Rouges," Poitras had no^ "■e becalmed and ouges" about 4i es Isles de Mai," d breeze. I did hue to find the ran upwards, » « allies Rouges." leagues. From 48 Damase FitZBACK, examlneil : I know the prisoner, I live at Mataiio, niid I lived there in ScDtenibfr 1St!7 I saw I'o.tnis at Mr Hoy's ; he w.»« in chWe of Mr. Cotd h gh co " , L'. who" gave me charge ot h.m. [ am not a bailiff [ was not sworn Po T.^l me .(1 lie defense here objects to the hearing of this witnes. , be ", se ^i;>Sn.:^r^ps!;:.k^?t,liaiec;ti'"' -'^'-^ ^^ ••"'--"^-'- -^^^^^ TK f< 4 1 1 1.1 . TllUR-SDAV, 17th .TUNK i«,.J m""'*'^'"^'"''''.' *''''' ^^^ '""'••' '''^'"l l"*i»ff in charge of a .onsttble Js not sulhcient ground on which to recuse this witness It s , . ■ .s«„.t . shew that the constables threatened or m,ub promises To the PrS" ^ " Damamk FiTZBACK, R^-called : not lii?r""l "^'^a^ '"'" *'' ''"'Vf. '^'"'^^ *»'• ^^"^^ '» '"« *="«todv. Poitras did not know it. I neither pro nised him anything nor did I threaten him J^iammation reaitmed : Poitras told ine, that he had a gun, an axe a knife an.l ,. .„.;,. r i * ch«r)i'l .' '"^ * l^t des Mechins," on the south shore. 1 uue s^ n Ban: wrh.l Tf ' '*- ^""^ " '''^^^ fl'''* "'^ t*"" S"'iw^'« '^"d the stern <,f the Inr " WAS low. 1 here vvas a small cabin in the bow. She had three wh e^-o ton s [fs- on the mam sail there was the mark number !.. On the , Sen im mber > •' Darge. On the 12th of August three years ago Blancfiard and Potvii ll.ff ineir start loi the noi th shore. I only knew Blanchard and Potvin bv si* «'«»t-hard was there, because a man cruKl out " Blanchard bring me the kettle." poitras did not tell nie vvhether LV'Ti ^'^T^''}'\ »•• »°t- J .'>»'y knew Blanchard from havimr sS^i h ^' i,ass, Blanchard's barge reniaincd off the de, Mechim, during one moS «H I n r T'^'""^' } ^''r ?^'"""'*>" «P«^^«'»- He also said that he had agreed h m .S.f 5 1 " '"T^'ll'* '' ''^V^'** ^'"' '^"" "»^ that ho Ouellet, had advfi ced him eight dollars .lor the nails, and other articles required for biUldin" it Po.lras urther said that he had ^vritten three times ti Oiiellet U a heiad rec .ived no rcM^ly and for this rea.son h,- had not commenced thbar-e 1 saw Blanchard and Potvin leave ./.s M.r/./„Mhey said tW were S^ M./ane, and .on, that point to the North Sho;.. 1 did not L^t em lefve ?1X'^ i'i'*' "'" ''V,'* K. ''T 'r'" ^'»'' '^'^ ^•/'«'««« a»d that le Ih ed at Z tl i y"'"l\Z'' """ -^'^'th Shore the past two years. He did not tell me that he lived there permanently. I did not put any questions to Poitr^^ lome jNortn Mole, i never had a quarrel with Poitras I iPc..iv..rl ,.,, ws ructions ben>re giving mv evidence. I spdce t, iTobody about he i^ dence 1 would have to give in Court. I was not .•ailed as a vvtness before &uS™'l''£^;ht'lmitH 7:^-1 ''' '?!,«■ -»il-l«-^wit„eJs"belbre thi's II : xL-V' ,.t ' '"'of-t be interrogated as to what Poitras told me • T could not think of any other reason. I spoke of mv .'vide ' " ' and to no ot! iiis was ht-forr the C' theless, 1 did not then appear as a v itiiess. It cuce to the Coroner orouci'.'i inquest, and iiever- was not I who spoke to the C'oron.T oil this suhjcct, but he was informed by Mr. (Jruiit that I Imd had churyjo ol tho prwoiu'r, and should know somothmg. Whon I iuloruKHl the CorouT ol what I kii.^w, he said that if I should bo rennired, I would be sunt Or as a witiu-ss. I thou;^ht that what I had told th.- (\,ron.,r was worth ti'lhn;^ to thi' Court and I thought I might bo oalh'd as a witm-ss JortKi'u Mai.oney, examined : I live at "Jlivifero si la Morte. rt'iutivt' of his by niarriago. ,. ^. , I kjiovv the prisont'r Eugene Poitras. I am ii rHativ,- ol his by marriairo. He is married to a sister of my mother in .Sfi)ten>bi'r I8t>7, J. B. Ouellet came to my father's house where I live lie arrived, I think, on the i4th and left on the 18th September, 18C8. J b' Oueilet was to have returned to Kivii're Ouelette to join his lamilv residing here Oueilet s height was from 6 feet 5 inches to 5 feet 8 inches His beard was red and he had light hsur. He had one arm stiff and a little crooked. He was a man of v.uy delicate build, 1 knew him well, and he was certainly not a man to cone with Poitras in strength. When Oueilet staved at my lather's house, he had on a pair of half-boots, siuffle soled, a Dair blue pilot cloth trowsers, a little worn, a red and white Aeckered shirt 01 llannel, a glazed cap, a tight fitting black cloth blouse, a pair of glaxed trovysers and a great coa! of the same material, all of whkh he i)ut on in u'"l'^i "'" ^-Z- }}'\ "'"" '""^ "■ f^""- '^'^"^ g"" now prcKlsced is the one which J saw in Oueilet s jwsse.ssion at our place. Onellet wow on his own person the shii-t, coat and the j.ilot cloth trowsers of which I have already spokwi. Oueilet told me that he luul from eighteen to twenty iwunds with him, but I did not see them. He left our place and stopped at Poitras" house I saw I oitras on his return from the north shore. He told he had gone to th,> north shore vvith Oueilet. Poitras then wore the same clothing that Oueilet had on when he stayed at our j.lace, with the exception of the great coat ; but he had one on that resembled another great coat which I had seen in Oued(;t s iwssession at our house. I cannot swear that it is the same coat I recognized on the person of Poitras the shirt, the trowsers and the boots that Oueilet had when at our house. I am quite imitivc in statinir that I did recognize them. They were the same clothes that Oueilet wore all the tune he vvas at our house. I went myself to ^oitra8• house, and I recognized the blouse belongmg to Oueilet on Poitras' son's back, who told me that it came from Oueilet. I then found Ouellet's south-west and cun and I recognized these effects as belonging to Oueilet, I now examine the south-\yest and I recognize It by a mark. It is Ouellet's south-west. The mark ol which I speak is a piece (or patch.) When I went to Poitras' house on that occasion he was not at home. I met him coming from Ste. Anne des Monts I oitras told me that these effects had lieen given to him for the our- l>ose ol consfmcting a barge, that he had crossed Oueilet with him, and that these ellects had been given to him us an advance on the barge. The first time 1 saw 1 oitras, there was no question asked as to the mode bv which he had procured these clothes of Oueilet. Poitras t<.ld me lUso that he had during that trip to the north, earn.>d eight dollars at " Cailles Kouges" by working there, with Mr. Itiverin. He told me that the latter had paid nim casn for his work. * J. B. Oueilet had a box covered with linen. I cannot say whether this hnen was nailed down or not. The box was ^ feet in length, ] 5 inches in wid h, and about the same m height. It was of a dark colour, either blue or black. I never saw Oueilet again, but his barge has remained at L'Anse a Jean It is broken up there, nobody having taTcen any care of it. I recog- nized the sails in the hands ol Poitras. I have idre.idy been to the norfli shore, and the crossing fjom south to north is from 20 to 25 leagues I did not know "Les Isles de Mai" previous to the Coroner's inquest. Poitra..said to me: the eight dollars which I received from Mr. IHverin, I used for the purchase of goods. Poitras was not well off at that time, and his fishinir operations had been very small. He is not ui the habit of having money I saw him purchase goods on credit in the stores. Ouellet's stiff arm was to the best of my knovvledge, the right arm ; it was not wrapped up. The hair and beard now produced resemble those of Oueilet vei-y much ; in fact no- thing could be more like them. I see nothing noticeable in the India-rubber coat; the one now shewn me might be Ouellet's. Ouellet's India-rubber coat had a Canadian cloth collar; the collar of that now produced is taken .u rl "«t »f the book straps and razor that Oueilet had. Poitras told mLf «..5Vr. A"^?/.^"*"'^',*'^ 9"^ north shore to see the Moisio establish- ment, and that Oueilet mtcnded to engage himself there. ,u . i^""?*'t '■•-'jJ' (^tr. Nelson here establishes by the Clerk of the Crown that there is no other name but that of Poitras in the book produced, and causes 11 each imu;(' of the said l)ook to bo exiuiiint'il iiiul noted.) 1 uevtsr nuvv Ouellut read. I Nvvcar that the hairs now pnHluccd arc the haiiHoiti heard. I have seen a ifrciit manv men having hair and hoard siniihir to this ; novcrthelesK, I am cfrtuin tb ■ the best of my knowli'djjc tho.so now nroduocd are the hair ancl hoard ■ . aellot. Thoy have nothing to distingiuNh thorn, liovvovor, but thoir ooior. ii I were to be shown hair and board similar, 1 would say that thoy are the hair and board of ()uolh>t. I hnvo sovorul timos soon hair and board of the same kind. Ouellot woro his wholo i)oard. lie was 4 days at our house ; I might have said bolbro llio Coronor 7 or 8 days. At that tiuio 1 did not reoolloet very well, but I romomborod it later. Qiiention. — How do yon know it was the 14th / Answer. — After my return from the inqiiost in tho month of August, 1868. I mado some caleulations with my mother. Thoro had l)oon a marriage in our house during tho lirst wook of Soptombor, 18rt«. It took phioe on a Tuesday, tho tith. I did not go to tho churoh, but the bride and bridegroom left our house. I do not recollect what day of tho wook ( )uollet came to our house, aiul I cannot say if it was in the l)og"inning()f tho wook. 1 am assured by others that the marriage took place on the 6th Soi)tomber, 1867. There is a caloiular at my father's house. My moniorv was l)ottor at tho Coroner's hiquost than it is now. Alter two years one is likely to forget a little. I did not take Ouellet's clothes in my hands. They wore of ordinary material, and other persons may have similar clothes. 1 hoy wore made in tlie same form. Ouollet was a shorter and smaller mini than Poitras. The height of the latter may be about 6 feet 10 iiiches. The diHorouco between I'oitras and Ouellot was al)out 3 inches. I'oitras is a little stouter than t)uellot I do not know Ouellet's strength; some men of his size are powerful; J never saw him try his strength. Some little men are strong. Thoro was not a great ditterence in the stoutness and height of Ouellet and Poitras. "The gun I examined in Ouellet's hands, but only for 5 minutes : I did so to see what kind of gun it was. I merely looked over tho whole of it I saw it again in Poitras's house in his absence ; his son shewed it to me. I examined it again, cocked it and pulled tho trigger : it worked badly ; it was rusted. I saw the gun again at Mr. Lamoutagne's. I examined it, after selecting it from among three or four other guns, and that without searching much. The other guns were one new, and two or three others that had been used. The other guns had uitfereut locks. I have not seen it from that time till to-day. I recognized it by all kinds of marks upon it. Tho breech has been cliangea; it has boon converted into a cap gun, having previously been a Hint gun, and it had a conn<>cting piece {(louille), of tui or copper, and it had a split in the mounting. Since I have been here no person has sjwken to me respecting the description of the gun or of the etlocts. I did not examine the l)oots that Ouellet had on ; I only remarked them because they had short upjiors, and were ordinarj' half boots, without anytliing remarkanle. Poitras never told nie that he had Ouellet's boots, but I recognized thorn ; never wore such boots, and on seeing them I recognized them, because they woro half worii out. Poitras mi^ht have bought these boots from some other person. When I see Poitras with his ordinary clothes I pay no attention to it, or even when he has new clothes on, because I know that the latter came from some of the tnerchants. It was only on that occawion that his dro.ss struck me. I do not know if Oiu'Uet left the sails of his barge when he started, but on the return of Poitras from tho north shore I saw them at the house of the latter. (Evi- dence before the Coroner road to tho witness.) I may have sworn before the Coroner what you have now road, and have since forgotten it. I wa.s not present when Ouellot left with Poitras ibr the north shore. The differ- ence betwe(>n my evidence now given and that before the Coroner, may be caused by tho fact that the Coroner took down what we had heard said by others, as well as what we actually knew. J. B. Ouellot told me that ho had from il8 to £"20 that he had earned in difforont places. The first time 1 saw Ouellet was when he came to our house. My reason for recognizing the trowsers, was that they w ere too short lor Poitras, and they looked like those of Ouellet. I saw Ouellet's gun at Poitras's house hung iipon a beam, and Poitras was at homo on that occasion. When Poitras said that he had earned some money at Mr. Kivorin's, one of my brothers, who has not boon called as a witness, was present. Poitras is an intelligent man ; a good working-man when employed, and earns his livelihood. IF Ouellet engaged him to cross to the north shore, the job was well worth five pounds. Re-Examined. From Poitras' muscles, I would judge that he was much stronger than Oueiot ; the latter did not appear as strong ; he appeared w^eak, because he was rediiced and slender; he had wide shoulders for his thickness. Al,K\lH VwiKm.—Examinnf. I kmivv the ^niNoiicr, I tiin am a iclutivi' ol'liiH In iiiuiiiui^c, my wife Imii cousin (.1 I'oitniN will' On the 2(itli ni St'i»t. IHt!", t 1,.|1 IWr the noil h shoro about hiillpuNl live in the inoiniiis-. with aS S W. wind. I ielt "(Jai) Chatte," for "Cui lies l{oui{.'N," Anothci- haiKc li'l't with inc at the Miuat^ time. That h«i>,'e was coiuliicted ],y .]o>iv\>li and I'ierr., Diij^an. Ui> to luid (hiy tlie wind wari S. S. W . l)ul tlien it eeaised. We used thuoaiN till 11 oVloik that nij^ht. Iho lo«' wiiN vts; ou hearinjf them, I replied and then they oeiVNed IhcNo ericK Neemed to Ix^ tho.se of Home person in I rouble, an if he hud lout hm way and them- crieN gruduaily diininiNhed in Htrenjjth. After these eries I heard .1 nowe m if an oar had fallen on the i-ide of u Imrjre. We then thouL'ht that thiN Home miuiil have been eaused bv Mrs. Madnre's bull, we tii oiisrht we were ii.'ar land. ,\b..iit .", or 4 o'eloek in the moriiin4' the fo>f roN(. and we perceived that the noise we heard eoiild not eoiiie from land as we were Irom 4 to ;> leaji-iies from laud. These cries ai)i)eared to be those of a person lu trouble, who wuK anxious to be heard. These cries were unequalin sound, a* it eonunu- from a person seized violeiitlv, who was anxious to be heard 11 ^ort time t)efore 12o'clo(^k we reached "Cuilles iJomfcs," on the north shore The lioise seemed to me to be like u tii''^' " . " '■" '"'''^ '^'' ^*^"''" '' l'"**'''^ " <'">"''« Konjre," and returned to Mr. Jiiverin s esta)>lishment. The barffi' anchored. '1 here was only one man 111 it. Mr. Kiverin sent out lor that man, and it was the acccused Eu"'- eiw 1 oitras, wlio came up to the house of Mr. Ifiveri,. " I asked hini where lie came from, he replied that hi came from bolow and tliat lie had lelt the south shore to briiitr a man to the north shore for hunting. Il.'toldme that he had left him above a place called •' Pointe a Jambon, above a small bay and b.-low a large rock, and that he had left tam there to hunt. I passed by water opposite " Les Isles de Mai," and La pnjte a Jamlx.n. J hero are no habitations in this locality. Tlie distance trom 'Les Isles de Mai' to " ( Jailles Kongo" is 3} leagues. It is the same dis- tance irom ''St Margarets Jliver" to " Les Isl.is do Mai." Poitran when he am ved at " L lulles Kongo," presented a strange appearance ; I asked him what was the matter with him. (In the following words.) " You look as if you had had a great deal of misery and trouble." He replied yes, I have been ^rrilily cold. It had Mined a portion of the night, and it was raining when 1 oitras arrived. The weather was not cold. The contractions of lus conu- tenanco ^ere stronger than usual. I had seen Toifras several times before but had not remarked such strong apparent convictions of countenance. He looked anxious, silent and pensive, only answering when spoken to. I asked him the name of the person he had brought to the north shore. He said that 1- ^"fu*'/?!""'^ ™*" '"'*^ "■ stranger ; I asked his nanu> 3 or 4 times. He re- pUed that there was no necessity for naming him, as 1 did not know him 1 asked hira if it was Peter Malony ; he replied, that it was not, but that it was a Btranger. 1 oitras seemed annoyed at my questions. It is very curious that a young man as you say, who knows no body, and n.j place of refuge Bliould remain alone in this manner : I am very much surprised. He replied ' He will not staj; there long I think, he is a young man of very little intel- ligence and he \yill soon leave for Moisie. I started to take some clams lor codlishing to Poitrass barge. On reaching there, I saw a ban-el on its side and I failed it it with clams. I went — ' '" ' ' . . .. contents. I saw^ a box of dark black eighteen inches in width. It was narrower at the fop man ai me ooiiom. It was about fifteen inches in length ; ou the bench in rear of the barge, I saw a a sheeivskin or imitation sheep-skin cap. I opened the locker of the barge and 1 saw a gun ; according to my opinion of the gun nowshown me if 18 not the same, it is exactly like it. I see no difference and I believe it to be the same gun. 1 f ft 11 ^'**'*'*'*** !^'" **''>■ ^ ^^ '«'"• "i<^ 26th September, and he replied, " I tux. t' ^''"'*' '^"y «"«! "le «ame morning." Ho told me that ho started i^Mv^'l /u'"u"/?^?"'^*'*"'""K^*t'^tl^e north shore for hunting. He ul^ T, u^'l't'^ ^"*'". "'*" "^ ^■''ff- I «P«ke to him of the cries, tolling him that we had heard cries that night. He told me that it was he who had cru a out. ^1 aaked him, " what was your reason for crying out in this way ? " ..e .e.p.-,ef, : • ^o see ji. somebody would answer Jam.- I then said that I had answered him. He said, " then I did not hear you." I said, " this is strange, w heard you distinctly." We heard the cries at about four or five reaching there, I saw a ban-el on its sid(^ But ou board the barge and examined its ick colour, about 2J feet long by fifteen to I narrower at the top than at the bottom. IT iiK't', my wife Ihu the iioilli Nlinro, rt"(;ui)('lmlt..," iiK^ lime. Thiit ill (liiy till' wind 'lock that iiijjfht. 1(1 ii) iicrt'N I'roiii ii'ii I key foawt'd. H ir he had lout ftor tlicNe crii's I kV then thoujfht lll,\V>! til OUjyfht ic Ioh; rose and md lis we Were lOHC (if u pornoii iiequuliawmiid, N to ho heard, ii the north Mhoro. IIS, it scciiK'd to ilHiut mid day. 'liti'iiihcr, Iml'l ' 'iiioon. This roinhclow.from " and returiu'd \\a» only one > ncci'nscd Eng- ic I'roni below, north shoro for alk'd •' Pointe a lilt ht> had lelt [f Mai," and La Tho distance 1 the Nuine diw- )itra8 when he wked him what . look as if yon s, I have been s raining: when ns of hiM eonn- il times before, mtenance. He en to. I asked He said that times, fie ro- lot know him. but that it was very curious lace of refuge, Ho replied : jry little intel- ome clams for rel on its side examined its 2f by lifteon to it tlie bottom. )f tho barge, I locker of th(( vv shown me if belioTo it to be he replied, " I hat ho started hunting. Ho cries, telling IS he who had in this way?" ■n said that J said, " this is ut four or live leagm',s I'nnn lund. The distinu'c acio^M is from ,') to 10 leauiics. The morning alter the log, the wind wiis light from the soiith-wcst, but it turned to north, and the sea beennii' calm. The wind was suitable ibi' uoiii.j' down- wards on the coast. If the bnigf had been maiiagi'd by Isvoiiirn. il niiirlit have gone a distance. Om man iilone mighl have taken llic buriji' n huIK- ciont distance to mov<^ out of our sitfht, from the dislnnce ul whicfi we had heard the cries, and that before the disnppcarancc of the liiy. We were not bearing on the Hanie course. I'oilras told nic tlint his course was lower down and that .• had tacked nbout a league fr-nn Cnilles Rouircs. I-'rom the lime l!'at expiied beiurc he rciichcd "Cnilles ifoimcn," I'ortnis had I think, time to go to Les Isles de Mni and return to ("iiilles,l{i)iiii-es. During the fog, we were between Isles aux ("ariboo.-i ami |s|,. mux (I'llils. rojhas miid : '• On a certain niy-ht we must liuvc met (mcaniiitr Ihe iijghl of the 'ilith Ne^)t.) We then spoke (»f our respective courses and of our hip iicncrally. Tcntras said that we must have met. I'oitras said that he had placed Ouellet near Les Isles de Mai. Oross-Ki-nuiitiPi/. I kno.v that it was the 2()tli Se[>l. that I left, as I was eiujaged to Mr, liiverin. I left Mr. Itivcrin's to go to Ihe South about the sixth Tind I was absent about a fortnight. In this trip, I let! lor .NLilbnic about Ihe third or fourth ol June, I think, on a Wednesday. 1 arrived on the :J7th at Mr. Riveiin's and he took my time on the :2stli. I did not lake note of these dates I cannol read, I "cannot judge of the dates on the calendar. I was heard as a witness before the Coroner in September, the Sih or !Hli or .some- time in the commencement of the month, i left Cap Chatte six leagues from L'Anse i\ Jean to iroine to the north shore. I'oitras told me he had cro.s.sed to take a man to Moisie, nnd al the same time to see his brother. I told I'oitras that we had left " Cap Chatte" on ii northerly course and he said that his course was north-west. Tho cries wen? at intervals ( f from .') to 10 minutes. They sounded like " Hiiflon" We rci)plied with the same cry. In a log these cries are not as eleiw. They became weakened and we did not understand at the time that this weakness may be caused by the distance, bul that might have been the ease. The greater distance the cries come from, the weaker they are. AVhen the cries ceased we heard the noise. It was duller than the cries. W^' heard no other cries but those. Tho night before I'oitras arrived at " Cailles-liouges" il was raining slightly, with a light north-west wind and it was neither very hot nor very cold. When I saw I'oitras, the muscles of his face were in motion, but at "Cnilles Kouges " the motion seemed stronger. I found that the gun was not made for caps ns they generally are, when we purchase them at Quebec. I made ^cry few remarks about it. Old Hint guns an^ lixed in the .same way. I have not examined enough other guns to say that I have seen similar ones. There was nothing parti- cular about the api)earaiice of I'oitras" barge, nothing therein surprized me, there was no appearance of blood stains and nothing broken. Th(! night we crossed, Joseph iJiigas in the (jther barge was about 2 or 3 perches Iroin us. A\'e were in a log and he also replied " JIolloo" to the cries we hoard. " Lew Isles de Mai " nre above " Pointe a Jambon." I do not know whore the big rock is. 1 have never been to " Pointe a Jambon " by land, but I know tlie place by water. I never stoi)i)ed at " Les Isles do Mai. ' I heard the cries about 1 1 o'clock in the evening, the fog cleared oil between 3 and 4 (I'elock in the morning. During this interval a man iniglit liiive gone from a league and a half to two leii,','ues. When the log cleareil oil', we .saw land at from four to tive leagues. If we iiad looked .seawards we might [icrhaps have seen the barj'e. It is ea.sier to sec tho land at tivt; leagues than ii lunge at two leagues. From Mr. Riverins we see tho barges when they are tisliiiig otf the land, \V'o can see them at tlio distance of lino league. Poitras came from the directionof " Los Isles de Jlai," and stated tlmt he came from tlia^ [ilaee. " Les Islo do Mai,,' as far ns "Jam lion," contain open reaches, but I caniint say if there are Islands that lill all this space. I do not reineinlier if Poitia.s tuM iiiu th.it ho had ])laied Ouellet at "Los Islo de Mai," but I i*woar that ho toM nie lie had placed liini alnne the "Jamboii" and ai, tho coiiinicnceinent (if ' Les Isle do Mai.' I only miw one gnu in the bargo ; many por.sofis take a gun v.-liou they cross tu tho Moitli .Shore. Poitrrts offered no ohjoution to my visiting his barge, hut I cannot say if ho saw mo going there. He know that I was going there, and did not appear displeased. The clothes that Poitras ha"-' "- < fr« f; L .n- «.-„.«. the |rfui.i.. t «. ' work M I . ^ '•'".''"'■• "" •"''• ■■'" I- timt tk,c young num ),e 1,0.1 rm.Jn^\ J ""'" """«""' ' think h.. t.l.l „, , m 1.S<.7. [ do not know ifh.. i tho .hit .^''''^'.'''''t'"^ <•>' tl.o Houl,, -l.on. M"...'. H« „«k. .! n,e t.. ..,,11 ,„ his h US. . . ""''7'«.l'<'"l'l- -v^ -' '"-i I ' k. . hin, wh..,.. h.. ,.,,„„. ,v..M.. II.. ol... M ' ''."■ '"■'''■'"' "^ '"V l'l<"v hIm .-.. nt this M.„,s.„..' H.. .vol ., V ' { -V "*■"" '" '•'■*"'•'' " '""" to th.. Mort 1, ;v.t tJ... intention ..f «"ln^ 1 J '•..^ • Vfei:!' ^ ''"'■ ^■'■"' ''"' ' ~ -■.U.,|,aM..o,.h-arvwi„,|,;.,,,I, ,,,;'';,;; *'■'•'■'■ M-'W'nte, an.j I w„,, ,,,„. I -I" n..ti,....,||,.,.t r.i« statin., wl,.,- I,, . ' "?',r'««'.^'-.«"«I I ,.„„,., i„ i,Jrp.. «h..t„n,o„nt, hut f h. i.*;' , , ! •"*':'''';'""""t- I nu.not state. ." n • |v t^. «>r " two .loilnr 'hill i„ ,i„ " ' T , : \ '•'."'""♦' ^t-t- ^vh..th..r h.. «hv,. ,no a '^ u whioh I ha.l not in sto.'k ' H,. IS] '^"^f '" I'l"-"''"^" «<'v.'ral kin.ls .?f ?.o^ " oft.-.v.l to pay ..n.sh for LJ Ho 1 'V .\ "'" '"■'" "^ «''"'-' ^"1 . ly ^f. •"• " i-.V .•Ht«hlishnK.„t. Mv Vstal I ., . ./ .' r J'- i >""•""♦- "'■th.Tcls,.wher.. -•'.'Muni. „,,w„r,|s t.,wa,-,|s I.«\\ ,,.'''''?. '' ^''^' '''"*. ^'""^ '■^^'"* T^los .In M«r 'I'rt>''.lt to n.iss s,...i„j, !„•„, I " ,,., V.' ">"" .l'"««''>< i" -...■ .Iir..,-ti.,n it is ve.v 'VM.h La Malhai.. with . \ • "'"""^t ""|i"N«'h.. to h.av.- L,.m Is1..s ,!., M,^; / H.'^t at n.y ,,h„.... Th.T,. is th.- Rivic'. S \ ^'!:''^V''"'''"''' "'"' t"tl'<".souti- H.ul ;; r...s s..,.t Isl..s," hut this i. . iHv Ts „ /f.'.'"','-:' '"\'"'r" '"^ '■*'-'« •'« M i f^'5vetS:rri:t'is,r'r^*'-^'"^''-'^^ si.oui.1 he hi.h. Th': c Zrr; nrn'.Lr rr?.*'"'* *'^" -i o s lH.en selectcfhy the In,ii„nN for on^of L i f H ^? '^'''%'''^ *^»' " "-"V I'^vo the moHtri-tirofl an,| m-cluth-d JocnhH.l T 'i"""™^''. a« th..y gen..rnlly sdoct •s not the usual plaec of iV.^r Po J' ' "" ".""■''^'' '» W««^^ on lomnn pos,t,vely swear that 1 gave no n.oncvZ Pn "T""^^""^ ^'"' «'"«« plaees fiir me on my schooner. ^ ""^ *" ^"'*'"''« ^"'- 1>'«-' work P'Tforme,! hy i,;,,! .1 . (^^on-Examined. came to'S house'* I'^S IT^'^ \^ ''^^^^ '■••°'» the «out- .. • , ., „ ., ..^ T? '""',"r" '»" Pe'^on. He „urchre?„"'*'' f ^^ "°* «""»* tl'" nioney tbout four dofian. or more. He LCht a It ^ ««*«''• ^l''"'^"* f^r « value ^• ^.'l^ sell at n,y place for cush only aiid heCr„. ♦ ' "•?'' '™"" '''*'^«°- I gen- fc^^ !■»'. .. Winter supply it woul.f l^fore^h ll *" ."'«'«'?f"«J that if I woul.I tT 'V . '. ™'T" -^ t«J^e it to th^ souftor?w?r.'; ' •• T"''' J"«* «'* ««- '^^^--Ff- "-we^tpointof-Le^TJsl^sdeMlu-I^^^^J till' |(ri*■ I II Ml lint a rv. "IN with wliicli t(, '■• Me Inl.l |,|(, |„. uikmI l«uk lUNt tliiiik hf til.l III,, ' M.iiNi... I iinvi" tllO M<)ll»/i SlioM- 'vcr to the iNoitli liiil III' wdiild jfjvi. >v my |(ciiK. Iiiiii At till! i>iii| <>itiii.s ciiiiic alone I'litli. I tlioiixlit (If Imp\,s,,|| iMiHl-tl iVfil nl my iilmr si'd II iiiiin to the Hill to til.' Mortli '■11, tmt I iiroHscd "I II I I wnn j),,!- 1 <'iiiiit' in liorc." iw worke.l iil«,iit not receive nny 'ttftto c'xiictly to ' liii'l in liix piN- K'lvi; mo a one kimls of gooly. He I'li-onsh. r I„„i iiikI liiH l.i-othoi ''itlitTclHcwhere '« (sleH (le Mai," '<*tioii it is very Isl'is lie Mai, to iiihahitud Ntoii- iiil totlieNoutli- iv'- iNleH (1« Mlii v"Le.s I.sloH.lu ge- Tiierc nie n lilaek on tlio » order to jiaj^s 3 water or tide i>i" may Jmvc [onerally select pk on tlio map east side. To lO'""' placen. 1 Wmed I>y liim a. i thought ivation. The nt the money for a value of •rmbornes); a iilico. I gen- fiatif J would [ just as soon itively swear ri- '•irticics, ill i " in woocie n-mtnen: 'tI • n t o (}o I " rf'/ 'J ""'^\jr""y (I-Ih are KO if Voli din aot tell the t u ."V '/-A „ I ~ I '.'T ' " ^^'"•'•" «">'l'lyo'l "I Hay ...V prayers i.iLht a. i,, Jh,.r- r/"V'7 >'"'", l''.'^^'''-^' ' '//"• mt,m, the t/uth; Jhe^ J\^::^^'l^^r~;,'t 't. Sir ■ " TaT j") '" ''V^'' taught you those thin,^ ? 7/,, W/«,r ' my n.olher " ^' •^"'^^'' ^ ^^ '"' I he witness was then sworn. ExamimUioii in CkieJ. an,l th, t IIS mrge was not my j^oud. M.y Father *ud 1 will ^ivr " .a S ' nune. My Father and Ouellet left tow'ther for the North Shol f ^ V <.f the efl-eets that Onellet had Ik^Ioiv h- left fo the kuhShorUuelT.^ r a pair of l.laek eloth eorded trousers, a l.laek 'loth J ea e o^ „ l.h , k el^ 1 "" . luk eheekered woolen shirt, I .saw hi,- 'oox it wiw I.lue al.out two feet inlen^t « e two ends were narrower than the side, the top and bottom w -re of he "fine wultl. 1 remem her my Father's return from the North. Ouollet w.^ not w ?h 1 le 'ollee ( uellet leav-u.jr a j,M.n at our house. My Father took I is w o t lie Noth with h.m. and .rou«htitl,aek on his return. He eamo lek u^th om^ W.lhrod 1 r,.,nh ay. After f re.nblay left my Father brouKht s i.e s uff A Iv ' out ot his own box. Ouellet lia.l taken his box to the NorU M V.M r not br „. it baek. He then .sent my brother for a tub ad jS' th! .ffS wVi eh he had taken out of the t.ox n the tub to soak He .>1,.J, fi T i • .1 if ISi'f;."' ^^ ^f^ -r' ■".-'-'"^^JTstut/ln t;t^^, "^^u^ t My tather sn.d at tb- hou.se that the elothas came from Ouellet HeTft t^ en Ct'irr " ""t-^ "■" " «"^f "\'' ^''^'' ""•' •'»"^«' t»'<^'» to soak anoti r cay thetliir.1 .lay which was Sunday he wished them, before .loing so he said to m J brother "should any one a.sk you where these thiAjM eame fr?ni sav t },t tlZ came from the Americans." He told my sister in nTpr^^iee w" ile ^a^ S^^^^^^^ clothes to place herself in the north-en«t window ami to warn him if aTiy ™ coming, k Y little b,. tber looked into the tub; my Fathor^id 1 not^ k iZ It effi r\ "r'-"VT:^' l/"^" *'''"F- ^y *^'^»''-'- 'trough Sack llo ftuow. ng effect.* belonging to Ouellet a saiF and a jib, five great coats, two ,S of trousers three caps, vu: one ,...,nd cap, one south-west ; one she;pskirca^ t powder horn, four pai-er eoHnrs, two .satin, and one woolen cravat, Ouellet's Zor ^ kniie, onepies ^f haw^^r ^r^;^;u.:z'^^:^sj:ts^ My father said that he had roeeiveil eigl, dollar in money that Ouellet gave £0 liim t.) iimko a Uiiyu, wliidi liu aus tu iimko fui Iiim; tliat lie had .'ivoii him these oHoc'ts 111 payiueiit fur the har^ro u-hid, ho was ti. liiaku ; that Oucllut wis to writo him, and il my fathii- did nut luako it, my father was to dve him tlireo barrels ul eo.l tisl. in the fall. When Ouenot eame" tu uur huuse he uidv lm.ii.dit iisboxashuie My lather r,:ike.I him if he Im.l dune a good summer's wcuk Ouellet replied that ho had not ; that he had eanie.l nuthing. He had tidvon some men duwn to ti.-h l)elo\v, and he had received one dullar ner head Ouellet never spoke l.oh.re me of the umouiit uF money lio had, When my fatlu-r returned ho had money in his poeket-l.aok. My fither said Hut Ouellet had loa..od him hiH poeket-book My sister wr.ppe,! up Ouellofs fingers with cotton, and tied the rags with black thread later. Ouellet cut his wrist at the l-.ouse with his knite, and my sister tied up his wrist with a strip uf white handkerehief Mv father said t,. my sister : " Th.y are going to semi y,.>i a subpoena from the Quceii as a witness ; you must play tn.. fool. If they lim! timt vuu are n<,t foolish tliev will put you under oath. .Swear, but when it is for on,-.; father, even a fa Is^ oath IS Jiot 11 sm. (A prayer-book is here shewn to the child.) I .saw this book at . our houHC ; my father brought it from the north, and said it was Ouellofs book. C 'ross-J'lriinifiif'i/. f ,/ IVT' tI''1^ n.y fathrr is now undergoing his tiial. ehai.,^d with th^ murder of Ouellet. If he is foun,! guilty he will be hanged or (ran.spo.led. I know ■. my evidence ,s against hini, and may assist in hanging hi.,'. J am verv fond of sny father. I came up with n,y unde, l.'eter Maloney, L.ocn.iie Poilras, my sister Joseph Maloney, \ irginie Mahme.v, wife of Dosith^r Oagnon, Marcel Wleiv, luid the other witnes.ses Joseph J)ugas and Alexis Parent 1 think there were eleven of us on boar.1 o the same barge. I felt .sorry to eome up and .-ive ev demv against my own father. I ha.l to come becuise we were summoned. I received a subpoena before starting. I had no id,,, that J w,add be .piestioned as I w, s this morning. I did ii<,t object to coming. Mr. Sehvn^~D\d „ny person calF at y,.ur boar,ling-hou«e last ni. Hamel speak at all ? J»..((wr— " Yes .sir' little ^>'-^''^*""""'^''"^ '"'^ '"' ""• ■ ■ "' "*'"'■'■■-" II« "'^'"^ '"« 'if l' ^-"^ Poitrns* Mr. Nehon.-WaH Dr. Hamel some time at your place ? Ansicer.- Ahoxxt a qiiai'ter of an hour. f '•■ ^W->"''.-Uid he speak to your .sister i ^1,,.s7«t.-"Xo, sir, n,.t to my knowl,;dge My unele, Peter Maloney, lives in the same house with nie • he to d me ,, tell f^I.e truth. All those who have .spoken to me on the subject told in o tell the truth. My uncle did not threaten me to in.luce me to come and -nve evidence apin.st my father, but he tol.l me always to tell the truth After 1 received My suWna at Mr. Lamonta-ne's, my mother said to me my little boy, you must tell the truth otherwise you will be damned " To ner- suadc (,k.baucheiO a man is to try and take him toa place. The shirt that Ouellet wore when he left was re.l with black .spots. When my father and Wilbrod Tm''- blay arny.Ml '* ""i'^ » ^'ut tw.. hours before daybreak. They went to be.l an.l afterwar.ls breakfas ed Wilbrod Tremblay left an.l nev,.r came back. The box my father brought ba,.k from the North Shor.. was black. It bclon,.ed to mv father, n... bo.x was ocke,l. I know that it was so locked, because he u ,1 ke I It ,n my presence. Wh,.n my father left for the North Shore he placed his pr - visions .11 his box. On his return I .saw him take everything out of the box I do not remen,l,er it there were pn.visions in the box. ^\'e wo.^ quite clo.se to hi..,. I sa,v those a tects ,n he box an.l on the gronml. There is only one room i.i ,„■ house. he b,,x ,vas in the i„i,l,lle. My father pl.iced the tub in the po I'c It IS by this ,.., ranee that eviybody co.ues into the house. He phu'ed nothim over the ,1b. The paper collars had not been u.sed. I do not rei.lleet 1 le t Ouellet shave.l or kept his beanl on. I know, however, tnat he owne. ,; I ,lo not .-emend,,... whether Ouellet .shaved .xt our house or not. I did not so,. Ouellet dress himself at our house- He was in the habit of ri.si... at th, same time as oui^.-lves Tl„. money I .saw in the pocket-book was tl",t wh ,•!, m y fathersai.lwasgiventu him by Ouell..t to make a barge. Tiy father ir. and has prayer-book.s My father ha.s no prayer-book lik,. this one. Ho J, . he (.ospel (Lhvangd..^ nn,l a (Paroissien). The one now shewn me is ."Mass- book^hvre do Messe). My fathers (Gospel] is black, an,l his 'Paroissie s red in colour. I kimw that these are their ,l..signations because wh,:,, my fat er p i,-- chascl them ,n Qnebe,- he to ,1 me so on his n-tuni. I wa.s then young, 1,„ } ^^n. not reeolleet how long ago this was. He purcha.se.l them befor.-Ouclle eve, cZe to our house about a y,.„- p,.,haps previou.s, perh,-,,,s more. I know tin, I e book now nruduc,.,! ,s .•, ]!,_„,!.: ..rfi.,. TU:..;.; i,.«.......\;.-.. -. - hear Onel (-)uelk't said that hi.s b; ligo was (dd, and iliat li locr tiiii! Hi. V weather with il. My Vatlier said, " I let said, he did not appear to have niu( will Avas td'iaid of iiioetiii}: givi'voiuiiine roll! w ive much inoiiey," ( )iicllef stated that tl hut liist nii'lit '>. ncei: — Aliout a 21 money ho had earned was by taking men below. Some Americans nassed our place either before or after the trip. There were more thSee^ The Amencans stopped It our place, and they left some clothes. I was not at homo when ttey left. I cannot recollect if this was two.'years Z After pur place To the best of my knowledge, I th nk that there were five Amer- leans m the party. I could not state ixTsitively t/mt there wTre four Ctl kiiow there were more than three. I do not recollect how many arrived in did not see them at the house. I cannot say whether they slept at our house ff * • J^^ not know if they left great coats, but I know that thev left some effects behind them in the^shapl of men's clothing. ^ saw Tese effecTs biit I cannot state what kind of effects they were^ I cannot remember whether the Americans ate at our house or not. I cannot state f tW we?I sailors or " navigateurs," and this was not establisl.ed in my presence ^Tan- not remember the length of time they passed at our housJ P'*''*'"'"'- ''*"■ VVJien those of the morning arrived, v,e were fishing on the banks- those lfjL'""Z^' ^ Tv°1 'T^\'' ''^'''' ^ ''"'■ I '•'"' g'^^' »° »•«««"" for thus fmt ^tting When on the banks, I cunnot state at what distance we were from land cwC „f ?1? *'l^^"l'^"*='»n« arriving and we saw them. I cannot say whether the clothes of the Americans was washed or not. We wore the clothes of the Ameri- cans. I cannot state whetlier my brother wore tlie clothes of the Ameri^ns or not They were men's clothen and I .lo not know who wore them. I cannT s^v If they were mended or not. I had no knowledge of it. Before my father 7L nu in jail we only went out to fi.sh. Sometimes, we remained all day on th^ banks, at other times not long. My mother makes the clothes at our house I have seen her working at clothes making I do not know if .she works dming the evening. After tea time, I do not know what mother ,loes. I have been hert for some days. I cannot say if it w^s last week or this week. Since my arrival at La Mailbaie, I have always remained at Leandro Laponte's house, from which Malon.y who brou^it me to court. I Jo not remember if my uncle Peter Mal- tttLTTwlS^vT'"- J»''«r*'^"'y«»]'Poenaatourhouse. I cannot say whet er I went to My. Lamontagne s or not. I did not see Ouellet open his box at om house I do not know what effects it contained I do not know if Ouellet put hi.s provisions in his bag. Ouellet took his meals at our table. 1 don t know if Ouelkt liad or had not provisions when he left for the North I do not know how long Ouellet remained at our house. He remained more than aday. I could not .s^vy whether he remained a week or more. I do not remem- mv ?«f7.r^'!^l." wr'^T.f our house, but I know that it was on a Sunday that my father washe.l the clothes. My sister and my little brother were at the house at the time but my mother was not. All the otliera were there. My Uttle brother died lajjt summer. I do not know what his age was He was about 6 years old when my father came from the north shore I „ir n» I\ '^ '''"•? ^VT °^^ '^•'*'" ^''' *^'"''^- I I'a^-e "o knowledge of !f!f; [/V*'"•'V'*''??^['V'^^''f^ "!'*''»'' ''^■"i^''''ch to place his effects, I saw nothmg. else which he had to ser^•e the same purine. When he was at OUT house, 1 saw no other effects belonging to Ouellet but those he had upon w?iVi ir n""n /r'^i'l^*"* '* K ""'"I "'^^'*y' '" '"** ^^'^^ sleeves. I cannot ^y whether Ouellet had his great coat on at any time but the day of his starting When he left, I do not biow even ii he had his coat on his back. I saw him of his^ shirt '°'*' " ''' ''°'^' '"*"^ *""""• ^ remarked the color T savv only the pair of trousers that Ouellet had on when he was at our house. I have seen Ouellet's great-coat several times ; I cannot say how many times, and it was always the same. I do not remember what descrip- It nn^AiT""'!' §»"«"*-f f *« ""'i «^r^« the Americans had on when they were at our house. I do not know whether they spoke English. They did not fT*?. ^."''' *"i^ } """"'T^ ^"il T'^'I^'^J: ^^^Y ^^^^ t« ^"y person belonging to the house I do iiot recollect whether those who arrived in the eveniiiff slept at the house. The first house is distant from ours. I do not know whether it is more than an arpent distant from ou.' house. There are no neighbors near our house ; we cannot see the houses, llie nearest neighbor IS to the South-west. There are neighbors on both sides. We can see the sea from our house. I am unable to state the distance between the sea and our house. I cannot say how wide Ouellet's box was, biit I know it was 2 leet Jong. 1 do not know how many inches there are in a foot. R„ wr, \r \\^r CA^v J.1 - 1__1 yj tucjr :t itn:r..cr {S({ulpClt6} tO Ui« box Y •a; i WiTNFSS -I do not know. I do not know whether Ouellet's box was covered with oilcloth. I am not able to say whether it locked or not. I do 6 not know whether it had a kc>yhole. OueK'tto hnd put his box in the cAavffnu (shed) neiu' the hou.se. The shed had no door. As n.aiiv travellers stopped at our house as i)assed without stoppiiig. I saw Dr. Ilamel last night. I do not remenibev how he Avas dres.sed. I cannot state the color of his trousere or of his coat. He hud on a hat which was nearly white Ex- cept Uuellet, I cannot say how the travellers were dre,sscd when thoy came to our house. I cannot tell, either, the color of my father'.s clothes As to UueJiet, 1 observed him particularly ; I remember well. AA'hen Ouollct ^me to our house, he came for the Jirst time When papa started to jro Worth I do not remember how he was dressed. I was at mass on Sunday last. It was at high mass at Malbaie. I do 'not remember the dimensions oi ray lather s box My father hnd the «ame box before Ouellet came to or house. Mv lathers box was at the hou.M.; I have often seen it. I do not know whether papa and Onellet went away in the moniins', at noon orin the ovemmr. I do not recollect Ikjw long the "Americans stayed at our house. I do not know whether they stayed an hour. I do not kn6\v what an hour is Ihere are twenty-lour hours in a day. I do not knoAV whether the twenty- our hours make up the day without th.; night. I do not know whether :?^ ^^^I'^'^t"' '**">'''*^ three days at our house. Papa took away the box to the Morth ; I saw it put on board. I cannot state positively, but I think it M as put on l)oard l)v two persons. Papa put his provisions in his box. I do not remember whetlier there was anytfiing else in the box. I cannot say What sort ol provisions there were in his Box. I did not see the provisions put ,n, but my iather s.ul to Ouellet : " I have put the provisions in my box " I cannot state exactly .w long my father was at the North. He was there more than tw^ days. 1 cannot tell the day of his return, or whether X weather was line or bad on that day. I did not take notice where my father put his clothes at the house, and I do not recollect about it. I do not know how many -reat-coats ray father had when he was arrested. I cannot say ?X T7* n ^° ^""^ belong-ing to liim. I cannot say what trou^srs^if , father habitually wore before his arrest. W,- ]«hA was ^ome%nvAiihl * shirt. I cannot say whether he went more often in his shirt than in a great- coat. I do not recollect what sort of great-coat my father usually wo?e. I cannot say whether the Americans were young or old. Ouellet left his boat at our place, together with a sail. He put a Lil and a Hb on , a's boat and papa brouglit^thera back to our place. Papa's boat ha 1 its ow^ sails bv I te w'*^. those belonnjuig to One let, so a.s to put on more sails. My fathei- utnl r fu"^*^ Powfer; he earned it with hira to the North, and brought wi alellf t's horn. ^^^^"S"^^ *« 0«*'llt't- My father told me thaf it Jie-examined : The articles which the Americans left at our house and those which mv iather said belonged to Ouellet are not the sam.-. ^ 18th JUNE, 186lt. Ai.EXANDRK a?w, Aqapit Gagnon.— I ki.ow Poitras ; I am not a rela- ilM ^'^- ^V'.*he ™°"th «f June. 1867. 1 went with Germahi Giuon to the Isles de Mai I was returning from hunting with him and Ywards evening we anchored We had a llat for campin|. We used'th^ llat Het from our boat to the land. On reaching the liiid? my compaii on sa d to me ' You get the wood ready and I will get Hr branches^' He approached "he branches, and as he went on he trarapled (trod) ui>oii a permnu Galled from the body and caused a sound something' lilJe a cry. My c^S him). I then went to him I looked at it and said to Germain : " This is not a ground-hog, there is a body buried here." " No," replied he " there has be^en no one burled here." 1 then said to him : "By th.T igt of the earth which has been disturbed, you can plainly see that It is a pef o„ Germahi then stooped and scraped in the earth, ite drew out a hand. The^e we e cloths around the hngers and around the wrist. These cloths were hke those shown to me fle wished to disinter the body ; I was miwiU iS u do so, fearing that death might have resulted from somVcontao-iZ Safe as I remarked t:o Germain. He replaced the earth and next da ve we t buck to look at It. Germain took a paddle and removed the sand Heun^Ured an arm and said tome : "Come and see.' I saw theerm of a man iSd see ^nn^?u ""•'.■■ »«.™ai" ^vi«hed to uncover it further, but I ^bjoZl I could see the skm ol a part of the side. The skin was 'red. The body did saw that there was a shirt upon the body. It had irone ud under the arms. The shirt was a woolen one, checked red and blafk iK^t wWch 18 shewn me. I saw no clothing except this shirt on the bidy^ The bury! 1 lis box in the [i.nnv travellers Dr. Ilamel last ite the color of ly white. Ex- leu thoy came clothes. As to "When Ouellet I started to go ass on SunUay he dimensions et came to onr it. I do not noon or in the it our hoxise. I hat an hour is. er the twenty- cnow whether i'ay the box to but I think it I his box. I do I cannot say the provisions ns in my box." lie was there whether tlie tiere my father do not know I cannot say lan m a great- lally wore. I it left his boat 1 prpa's boat, own sails, but Is. My father , and brought id me that it )se which ray a not a rela- n Gragnon to and towards his ilat to get 3n said to me : ?roached the Gases issued V companion Iden upon it in: "This is le, " there has of the earth n. Grei-raain Then; were IS were like willing lo do i disease, as I e went back [e unccivercd ; I could see objected. I 'he body did ip imder the Et that which The bury- ^,^\t i t ,''°''^ badly done ; there was no indication of burial ; there was no head-board or cross. Thr body had a piece of bark over the face To^?v saw the piece of bark imperfectly; it was covered with a little sand The body w^ covered with from an 'inch to an inch and a half of sand In the evening we at first thought that it was a younjr eirl' Mv oom pamoiisaidtomo "the Indianshave been masters herJ iH.f perhanfa^drK b.„„^l''' *^^y T «'i^\t^^"t " ^^-^^ '^ m«»- The burial appe,nr,.d to me toWe been done m a hurried manner, because there was but little sandmer U and because It was canted (turned) upon the right side. The place wheretho body wasloundis very see uded. The "Isles do \T,i" nirfi; i from the " Cailles UougJs ; " the hou.ses are further ti^^nthZ^lV^Xn I returned to the •' Isles de Mai " subsequently. I pointed out to Drirmol where the body wa*. Wc found it in the same place We took it nn and took ,t to Caiftes Rougfes. Mr. Alfred Ilamel, Germain Ga-moi Tosenh Maloney, Joseph Dugas,'^>ancois Toitras, and myself, accompanfed Dn h2i «ot J«1>. fl^ ^"1 " ''\'K°'' ""■ '""^ ^"^ two cloths on t^e fingers IdS not see the flannel undershirt. '"btio. i uia I live at Mataiie, and do not know the North Shore much. Cross-Exam ined. eve oT'^^f "p .Vv"'/ "•^'^'»^*'^« ^f''^ low the breast. I saw raiVdto the'belly^ ' '" ''^' "'' *^' '"^" °*' *^" ^^"j'" ' ^^ »«* ^*^« "^« cZTT^ Maloxky.-I know the accused. I am the wife of Dosith-' & Mhl T ^'''^^^ot P«'tn.s by marriage. In 1867 Ouellet came to our house at the l{iv6iere a la Mar e. I saw him from the lOth to the 14tb or 15th at our house and at Peter Malon.'v's. On starting Ouellet said that he waa going to River Ouelle ; that was all that he told me Ouellet wore trowsers of corded cloth, worn, and of a bluish color • it wa. necessary to look closely to se(^ if the cloth wks corded. The color w^ a deep blue nearly b aek. Ouellet had a flannel shirt checked red and bll^? with a patch at the e bow of dilferent stutf. He h.ul another shirt nearly the same. He changed h,s shirt at our house. Ouellet had half boots of' Slack leather ; the tops ol these ()oots were of red leather Poitras came to our house three or four days' after his arrival from the trowsers like those about Poitras' face, stamped on his i'nce. to kill somebody." The trowsers that boot \ii^. Poitras told (shore) without saying at what place. Poitras told me further that he had T^}^^'^ u ".¥'■ '^"'•''•"i « ^'H-'oner at Cailles Rouges, T think that he told me fJll Mr Ri^S-nr"'"' ''"'• '^' ^''^ '"' '"'' '"^'^^^^"^ '^'"" he iSd recdved Poitras informed me that he had set out to go and see his brother at River St. Marguerite, mt that he had been obliged to turn back by cont a,^ winds Th« .ii-h<.l..u (li.i* T an,., „ /-....^u^L iP.r ,■ , "'-"^ "> i-uuuaiy had been m the habit of wearing at our house. ^^uciiei Cross-examined. When Ouellet came to our house, J saw him for (he first time I live about two leagues or two leagues and a half from Poitras. I did not see him belonging to OuelTet. Theri^ was something peculiar observed to my husband that Poitras had murderer Isiud to my husband: "Poitras h:v8 killed, or intends Poitras then wore were short enough to stoi) at the me that day that he had left Ouellet at the north • * • u ' and St. Onge's ^''"''^'- ihere wmi no other marriage between mine h.m t, the "RuisseauauCastor;' or a minr OueUet refLor*^ ^^ T5. two men were not able to get a nine. PaS sDoke of .. oS i ' ^""y^'V^^^ his refusal papa asked him^ to go to the north^fSore^ Sl\'^"T ^P°" «trong-l,ox. Onellet wa« reluctant to go, Ct by dintlf iSi.ttn h.'^'" " Onellet oSectedthattswoid delay C md that hi'L^'r'^'^^^ '^''''^■ one; my Uer said that he WoiSy^^^hirn his Mv^^^^^ would divide the monev bv halver '?L, .^ , .1 ^ ^^^^^ ^'^^^ ^^'^^ ^^ the boat and they fuZd7ack Theu\J ,f 7*"^' '^'^ «;«»< /•'''"• league» in paper collars ?. pocket tndk^r^hM 5^7 iL"' a^'^kef tl 'T^ ' 'T arLTk^U':,roTL\fra£^^^^^^ shewing two^feces The gi^olt^ tw^^^ "''''^'^' ''^ """^ ^l'^^' the two others wereoilclofrSats ivJmSLi t''"*' grey were of cloth, from the north (shore? OuellTwas not w^^h,'^'^' p™^^ *^^^' .""™'' ^'''^'^' the north (shore) with a vonr.™^ h vT ^V".. ^''?" ^«™e back from young man had ie YC f^f t ^"^ '^''^ "^* ^^"""^ '^« "tides until the littloflothhiR from out of hf« hoT^ Ho^ "^^'l' departure, my father took a Onellet wUeThe started h«nn.*t'^^"*f"i^*'* ? *»^' «»'• yo« to wash those cloth.s, said my father to me. My father told me, if any one asked mo where these clothes cami from to say they came from the Americans. "''^' *'*"•' Ihe articles that I stated that Ouellet had at the time of 'lis denartur« my father brought back. My father brought back, besid™%ix yards of nrint and a pan of boots for me. t forgot to speak of he book I saw it bE his departure ; my father brough? it back. My lather hada kuT Ouetle also ha, a case-knife, which he ground belbre starting, and whkhmv father brou-ht back My father brou-ht back a razor, a' strap Thorr to hold powcter, which belonged to OuelTet, and which I had seen'i, £ ,ossessk,n also v."'/^"P"''KrK =,''•'"' "u^-^'^P"' '^ ^"'^ of blacking for hoes.' He may a^so ha\ c brought back somethmc more ; I do not recoflect. My lather 3 me these were Onellet's things. My father said he had four notes o f 1 ( s 3 also «ome quarter dollars. i{^. had that in J. Ike. ( )uellet'"pSt-bo ,k AIv father said tbat the pocket-book and the money cam from^ Set that £ w^fh^Z' that to buy /he nails for a boat. Ouellet carried vway his box w th him ; ray father did not brin- it back. Ouellet did not talkwi h mv The last time my father came to our house, he. said to me th-it T vvn« goingto have a subpoena from the Queen ; that if 1 ,lid hve on™ I should do well not to chatter (ja.er); that if I played the fool-that if I swore "lei y that that was no sin for my father. laiseiy, I examined t .e book ; it is the hook I saw in Onellet's nossossion I recognize ,t by the pencil writing which .here is in it^ J icSuTS at iJ in i4 a»d l^y 4e •ov«- ,*f the boSk. I was yoitn- • V diS n?t^fh«tv,^; T'T ^ * but I remember that of which I have spoken ° ' '"^ Crnts-Exaviined. I knew that my father was theie in Court, be" „ ile IS accused of having killed Jean BaDtiste Inmyojimion the evidence which I haye=' given this moSigt My father is at the bar cause my brother said so Ouellet. In my (minion t adverse to him. fte will be exiled' or hanged. Nobody spoke to mVns to the evidence which I had to give; my relations told me tl teU the tmth T saw 13r. Ilamel at my boarding-ho„se'here. I love my father much I can not say at al how many days I have been at Malbaie^ I have not asked nnr' ^ZZXTT^ 'f''\ ""'r'"' ' '^»^^^' *»^ I *ouldiXbtn permit sion to see hini. I spoke about some words of my evidence to mv mother ony, not to otbers ; so that it was in that way tha[ it became kn "wi that I had evidence to give. My mothcv and my father were separated three vearJ and a half, because they dJd not agree. I Lver told my Se Peter MiCev what had to say I was very reluctant to come up, but I mmle VroWeS I cried then, and this morning also, before starting. ^ 'it was h SeptemTerS; Ouellet came to our house, 'f say so, because it was the harvest month f cannot say whether it Avas at the 'beginning or at the end ofStemrr i do denarJZ ^T T"^ 'i'T ^^"1"''* ^*^>^'^'» ^' »"' J^^^^" Se Hrs C b^ore £ departure^ He stayed three days after having been out to sea • thev set ont on Thursday morning; they returned and set'out again on Saturda? I can not say at what hour on the aft.-rnoon of Thursday th^feturned ,!hfZ before ni^ht. They set out again on the Saturday LrninySredav*} »T w?"S"r"n ?• '^"*"r'^"J'' ^^''^ ^ ''^''''''^'^ f>»^"et> clothes Twas^ihen up. When Ouellet came back to our house he had on the same cloThes tha he was wearing when he left; he did not change. Ouellet'sTox warunde, «7todrv'fh t'- ^r'^'T ^^^"•«.<^'""P- Heto'okthem ^xt ai^hTnn hem .>^«:,f 7- ' u^i '' ^Vl^-' '"^ "'•''^"ng: apparel. I was with him when He t(^k It out ; his book and his razor were in the locker of his bov tT.!.!," how to read a little, I did not read the name of the book ; I d d S k™ how to read then. I saw the book in the house; Ouellet had taken it i,^^ the housa I cannot tell the name of the picture; i reprSentf the Holv Vi^in : there are two persons. I did not remark whether^they were siS£ down or standing up. After my father brought it back I exaSedT^ I sLw that It was the same book -the same picture Aanuuea i , i saw Some Americans came to our house about two mouths before ()iiell«f half now tZ A ^y.^^^^^i' box was black. Ouellefs blanket wasTboiU liff w T u ® Americans changed their clothes at our house but thev on v ifli^^^^l ^^y^J^^t mentionea. The went into the loft toXSS •.iviurs. 11 W33 1116 AmencBiis wiio gave the articles Thev snnke IPi.n.iiok'. oiie only spoke a little French. The'^Americau. S some^articles iitt iw"f i '^fu "*'* f"?- ^^T Amerscans rai^ht have saS to my fkther th!t they left other articles, m English, Avhich I sLuld nothave understood The id articles \yhich my father put to souk, ho took out of his box noar the north wuido'v in the house. Ifo took out a pair of boots and six yards of print ■ those were new. He took out two great-coats of black cloth, the book the horn, the razor, iiu old i)aif of black trowsers, a shirt that Ouellet hud in his box, ol the same color us that which Ouellet had on, with two patches on the elbovvs, a dish and a nlatc, woollen socks rolled up as BoekH arc folded- these socks were white; I swear positively that they were Ouellet's socks' because I saw him with them; a box of caps, a box of blacking, Ouellet's ^l \ r ^° ""?J' ""^'"^ ^^^" something else but I do not recollect anythiiin-. Iho box of caps belonged to Ouellet; it was an ordinary box and half full it had apicture on the top, with a little piece torn off. My father said that he had It Ironi Ouellet-that he had bought it from liim. I am certain about ^u u • ■' L* ."" *^Y" ''^^■''*'' '^^ the end in the handle and one in the middle. 1 he shirt hud patches of ditlcrent stulf; itmav have had other murks. Ouel- let had had it dried at out house before starting. Nearly all casvi-knives have similar rivets m the handle. The gieat-coat had a grey lining whicii was iu 11- L , *^'"''^v*'^'*^''*'*'**""^"*^ abaired lining, unstitched at the sleeve • the other had no lining. They were ordinary great-coat linings. The riffht sleeve ol one was unstitched ut the shoulder.' There might have been other thin seen people • per- sons belonging to the place, they have not talked before me about the busi- ness. Since I have been here I have only been out once to take a walk aloiitr the road with my cousin, Virginie Maloney. My subpojna was for the Uth I did not come on Monday; my uncle Peter Maloney told me that the yueen s counsel had told him that it was not necessary to come on the 14th • I took my uncle's word. It was not said before me, either by my mother or by any person siwakiug to my mother, that it would be better that the accused should no) return . Peter Maloney did not say before me nor to my knowledge to David Desbiens that Poitras must be hanged, nor did I hear it I. i ■ rrV- U-T'ii. r";^""Tr rV" ,■ ^ <-i-^-^-~ timt i uuras woiua not come back. 1 lie shirt that Ouellet had on when he started my father did not bnng back ; the one he brought back was like it. No person was near my lather when he put the clothes to soak in the tub. My father said before us iT that Owellet hod myen him these things as an advance on a boat that my athor waa to build for him. I did not see the things when my father took them out of his box. The articles that I saw taken out of the W emptied Uie box. My father brotight from the north shore only the clothes which he Had on he had put his provisions in his box, when he came back there wore none ielt. I did not look into the box. I saw the proWsions put into it. / yvent mth them a$ far m the boat ; it was still ,lmk the last time they started. I know what stutt there was in the house ; it was impossible for him to put any article belonging to himself into the box without my knowledge. I did not keep close by the box all the time, but I was not very far from it. After my lather was gone 1 washed oil the clothing tha. remained, and it was all that theje was, including what my father had with him. I washed a shirt a pair ol trousers, a great coat and a pair of socks. My father had two pairs ot socks on his feet and a pair of socks at the house, lie had three pair of HOcks, two shirts, two imir of trousers. Ouellet did not put the paper collars to dry. lie did not take oiit everything that was in his box, but he shewed It to us. My little brother had the articles in his hand and I looked at them they were body garments which were at the bottom of the box. I counted the collars, there were tour of them. I counted them when my father came irom the north (shore). I counted to see how many there were ; sometimes count, sometimes not. They were paper collars like other collars. I counted tlie number of great coats, shirts and trousers and boots and head- dresses. I did not take a note or cause any note to be taken ; I do not know how many head-dresses or how many shoes I had then. I had no interest in countmg Ouellet s thmgs. I cannot say how many pairs of shoes my little brothers then had. They had, each of them, a head-dress. I do not remem- ber having counted the clothes of the Americans, nor taking notice how many they had. I was in bed when my father returned from the north • (•lio«e)'witk IrAnblay. The door was barred ; they woke me up Bbancois Marquis.— No relation of Eugene Portras or of Ouellet's 1 live at Sept Isles which are ten leagues frem the Isles de Mai. The Isles de Mai and the ftept Isles are in the District of Saguenay in the rrovince of Quebec. The hrst inhabited house below the Isles de Mai is at Sept Isles .*J? * ,S*".o *'^^'',*': '^"'^ .^"^'*' ^^^^ ^° ""^<=« twelve months before the month ot May, 18tj8. This spring, in June, I had been living there for about seven years. Moisie is nineteen miles below f^ept Isles, fhave occasion to ddish beard. His hair was a little more brown (Those produced are very like thein.) He had blue eyes and a fair complexion Ihe Icnver jaw was shorter than the upper. When he went away he had a pair oltiousersol corded cloth and another pair of black cloth • a pair of trous. ;s o grey cloth and a pair of oilcloth trousers. Five great coats ; two of pressed Ijlaek cloth ; one of grey cloth ; a black oilcloth over coat more worn, and another oilcloth over coat ; three head-dresses. A sheepskin cap a cloth cap \vith a large peak and buttons, and a south-west (an ordinarv fiouth-vvester), four woolen shirts bought from the shop-keepers. These two cheeked red and bkck ; the others were checked but ol^different colors ; vests ol black cloth ; thr.^e pairs of boots ; a pair of thin boots ; a pair with double soles and flaps at the knees ; a pair of long boots ; a pot, aii axe and a gun ; socks, mittens, a red llaimel under shirt bought from the shop-keepers and one of the country flannel. My son was twenty-six years old when he started. He was about five feet seven inches Wgh. He was of averaire build but not very stout ; his forehead was rather high. Cross-examined. The articles vvhich I have mentioned were the oidy articles that he had. It may be that he had others. The lower teetli were deeper set than the upper teeth, because his lower jaw was shorter than the upper law Dr. ZfePHiRiN BoNDBEAULT, physician.* I am a physician. Question.- Su pposing that a corpse were put into the ground about the » Thi. eTidonce shoulil come after that of Dr. Jog. A. H.mel. nnd I, the !a-t .Hrfn-.- :&u urowb. h.knii'.^r I rve it. Poitriw )tknow Poitru about him. I lor a i'ool, 1111(1 HPohiin at the 1 from Malbaie to tuke him to ) now how it in c ol' him cilhor ed " my Iricud 1 was going to iffol'the p«ople liet with thum. )uel]('(. Uixm trns : " tho peo- ings from the irn i " Tfli mo hirty or forty ' thirty doliarn '. Lamontngiiu ! that he will >tiNt(>, I have a •in ranidisti I hiim : what do I slmll not be ling :" I'oitrtw hero will be a . write a littlo. as arrested for frns was going \j loagues and ■ Poitras used, did not take hat the words ptiste Ouellet, )ur house two obtain news ews that I re- 1 i'or the north own. (Those ■ complexion, way he had a th ; a pair ol' it coats ; two rer coat more heepskiu cap. (an ordinary . These two erent colors ; a pair with t, an axe, and shop-keepers rs old when 8 of aA'orage that he had. set than the aw. d about the 99 in?, and I .^ee witi h' m Yn'^l 'tZtZ2' J"'' "iT'"' t'^ '^^ "">'"- evidence. " "" respects with regard to that part of his Croti-txamincd. corpse IS buried in the sand L a ,'E ,Z? /l ^'^^T^ '''^J'«t'-«faction. If ^ body in four days, in a place Lp^S fo th ^^^^^^^^ 'he smell of a dead covered with a thin layer of samlThV.^j,*'^'' ™" a*"' when onlv in which the inhttbia If^the countrrul"!?'*^ ^^^T»''l '" *»>« «•»«« cannot be ruddy If aoonnfV,; rl, ^, . ** '*' "ifons hea thy. A corrMw corpse, I should say Ih^ThSiSirow that f''^ '« '^"'^ '"'^ ^ -^ try person sa^d to mi that I have found a nidi 15, ^'^Vfy'nff If a coun- eorme, I eould not tell what he meant jl if T. ^^^Pse, /A-,,,, found a ruddy we^l; I cannot answer it. ItSy 7when . '^'^ ""*^'"''"^''^*''l"e«tion plexion, and in good health. I do not nnlfP^'^" \\ ""^ " ^''^^^ com- corpse and I have never heard it used h. tZ?! '"'"'^ /"^^^ *« "^PP^^d to a Let us supnose a corpse buried at the end oMof 1''" I ^ T^^ ""^^^^ that, which has l)egun (and 'rone oii\ IVom%i f T^' T*?^""' **>« decomposiUon of and that the sin skinestot forUZ orS.T„i'" '^f, '"'ddle of ifovember faction would be far advanced ; even at thf oVi^r r "'^^'i; " ^'"""^'^ ««« Putrel ^^'•"^k fairly down and the corpse ,va^''^th"i/?"'i''y"' if the s„„ had would be considerably far advanced ereciallJiff ^ *'''^*?^' Putrefaction seven or eight days. Decompositfon IZZ^n^ '^ decomposition went on for InthepartsadjacUtothSome^SareL'w"'"^ '^^'1«™«» «t«"d over the whole abdominaTrerion^ *'"* '* '^*" ^""^ blackish spots do nTtXl>er.' ir ^:z "z^t ct^^^r" f ^l-- ^^ **»« -o-ng made in the fill are still v°SS the surrj"1„''"1' ^^' t'*'='^« of vehicle! not cover and where the sand is unstahfe n?t, " P'**:^ ^^'''^ **»« ««« does vehicles follow about the same trS ' *"^ "■*"""""• ^^ »*'« St. Paul. Doctor Joseph Alexander Hamel Monday June 21, 1869. quest, which nquest w'as to be held ^n tLK V^ ^^^'''^'^ ''* ^ '^^ be Jean Baptiste Ouellet, at the Isles de Mai ?J v P®^.'''" supposed to the coroner had received, the cornse wa^ t^L /''*'5'ding to the information at the Isles de Mai. The;e IslaS arl^n the SsfnJ" rl ^'^'' ^^^ ^ai o? Province of Quebec, on the north shL of Th-^^i ""^ ^^S^^'^^y, in the leagues Irom Malbaie. Arrived at the plifL p ^*- ^.r^^-^nce, at about 60 pecf, and gave me an orderTn writKwhtf ?"^'':,*^^ ^r""^'- 'hen stop- hon of the body which was at the iffi fe^ J-f^"""^ ^^ *»»« «"«ina- Rouges where the inquest was to be h«M i ^, *^ removal to the Cailles de J^ai on the 3lst August ^"omDanieJ W a °''^°^^?.^ ^«"t *« the Isles fas AgapitGagnon;^JoseS B„S^^ JotLhT^^^ ^"^S?" ' Alexander! Francois Poitras; and my brotheSredHlm.l^n ''"f^ = ^^^'^'^^ I^««lerc exammed. I observed before landing tLttrw'^'*"""'"'.^'^" h J";!:«7 clear, so that one coulSu, Sn Lh nlM^' "T"? **»««« '«l«nd« depth of 16 or 20 feet. On lan& H^?] n P!,'*^'^\*°d shell-lish at the Gagnon to conduct me to the placf wC ;?«*"" ^*^"°" "^"^ Ale- -ire me, (we were at the western extreJtv of the Isle?!? m'\ 7^^^ «^°"'' -«d we found a wooden cross painted Wackwhieh a ^^ ^a,) to a place where had been placed there by commSder Teta at th?fT^"'J u^^»°" told me served then that the place wherethePn/J^i' *'™* "^ his inquest. I ob- '^ocdiat.GfeetaboleThehStiod^rT^^^^^ ** *^« hoVder of the made to the depth of a foot fnd a^alf iSi ^'^^ "^ excavation to be sandy soil. I made aii VxamLtioifforZ^erf?^^^ an oblong box in a the box was, and remarked that the sdl w^ vLv\ "Tt^ *^« P'^-^^ ^here very little earth. I had then a stick I triKTn^.K^' '^^V^' "^'^ contained vincedthattodigagravebeyoSheLrdelyiL^^ "5'^' ""^^ ^ ""^ ^on- qmred considerable time Witt a Saxeo7/n«^^^^^ ^''"'d have re- tW It could be done with those Se4nt^^^^^^^ I am not even certain to be Dlaced nn o K,vo4 „_ u— _ , „ Pr.™^nt8. 1 afterwards caused the box to be placed on a boat ■on"b;;^To^wWc^I'Lw^!^'^"'^^.^'*«««d the" b^x led the corose whieh th- k^- -~"l--^ i . ^^^™harked myself, and aemmn-T.. Co7onerti;err;w"n^^'l?^''^"„'l?«?2_«'?d gave it"Wo --■w* V.AV v/vj Lnst; wiiif'ri tqa »\^v A»^i._j i . .^ ... "• — -j"^*** cuiu MiTiTiimrfcoti- • • Dr. I ouchvuu .u.k.'(l I'or th.- kf) 1 1.. o.m.» i( '^ «"«Nung, i kno« that «..„« ',""""*''■'' "' ","' '"C nt^^^,'^'^'^^^ ai.dlK.,,r,lwhl.l, r„l.„i;„ii.ai,Ml„. I,.,. ,„ (],,. '."k,/,,, .,',',?' r,'" :;t..l;-;;;;:': ;i:;;.si.r-i;;^^;:*;- tjl'i:: rs traces oi v.ole.u... I |„u„d howovr that tn.- • w ' n> h • , ...n ','""' '"?>' uoii Horn deciy. Thi! mciHors di CUV much more slowlv th.m *»„> ,' • r.V*; r"°^ P'«'>"We that throe teeth shonhirve be^>n xtrac ed lb • I'lT"'"'' nevertheless sufficiently ossihed not to allow of tla-i • sem-^t^-^n tL l'^ ^"' and ,.ronunences of the bone.s, without heing stro X^ '"ked wernn'r'' and mtJSvSped"' °^'^" i"Jivid«a] during life must have been slender 30. That he might have been from 20 to 25 years of aire. 4o. Ihat he was oj the male sex. ^ pre8sioulotU^l^e?f"th'^';'^"•V"rr^^ ^''^-^ S^^^" a„,uxcommon ex- tb« /„.!:"^-^,'*^'^"'Stot^e description which ha« been iriven befnr.. /m/p'.,,. „.• tb. p^.^on „, Jean i.apiu,te UueHet. particularly by the fathe7of tie deceased uiul by t\w chiUlrtMi ol" tho acriwcd , .,.,„,. handH and tho wriHt, uiid tho drfKiniii'if ..f tl 81 thcNC IlINt IIK'llti M' wouihIh Urn otopmiou that th.- nk.-l.-tcn «ubtnittwl to m« for Jean Itaptmtc Oucllot. I havi" hoard tho evidonco which toxliliod to tho d oiiiuK- woundN on the with tho 0(1 cxatninatii ""<»» clot^, IN that ol of th iuUhennhorom;S Xem to hen, T f i\ ' '"'/' ^TV">' ''"P'"''"" I outrustod the care 01 mem to them I took them out ol the box and put them into a barrel nftLl havmg soaked them Mith lime to prevent their ..nttii^ any snudnt^^^^ vicimty. I have no knowledge whatever of dog.s havi .^gnawed the one« Tu S"'\JtCtrhi,?^r' '"'"^ ^y *'''"' '-'"^ I douo^tbeSothatXt thf« n^ ' • r • '*: tJ^ey wore m my possession. I engage to produce this corpso m hvo miuutos. The two little cloths which I lu^d hx^tho box • • 8f i...x...r/ 1 ir,,,,^Kli?n.„. ;r" i"" '■'""'- *""• •>«•» "..t nt ih.. ti„.., of tho i .r^i U.U.H \ ""';'":!; "" *"" "^ ""• -^K Hoi.^,.. .|.il»t th.. i..qu..Ht wttTi' i .V a I «.. ].*' ^,*''" •"""" "' '•'il'*"^ "«h.>« for Ih.. Nolt imrtH I toolT .». V r .i*^i "" ""'"*»"«• "' "■•'« or two »h,.H..^..r„lv..rtihra./ It.,ii , "ofa^^^^^^ "' ll... ioi„,H ; aim. of th .3 rmr " wll^*' «-artiraff..« «hi.h uro to 1... fo„n,I '■••••' I', thin I follow "1 th nrihitiT J '7 'V'r. '^•"'."' "' ""' "«'"• "» il^e y .ttnKi,,>f th..ir color or their' ,u..vi th. h ilE 1 '"'""'"■'ii' "/"'""t ^^eir ;.Sn:;,"i,'i'-,'''"^ ■' ' ".;:.;E;..r',V!.'::3 ",r;;:i;i i';^ I caiil.ot Niiv at what tim.i iiO..» tu i- clay., N„,,po«i„g „,„t ' »'"•• •""" color of the nki,. would noH.a o ,. -n t. n- tEt.'ir.'jy "'V^"«"""«. '^o so.,,,. ,h,y8 of groat l„.at had i„torve ,"d Th . 'o Ir Tu"T^' ''«J'«'"""y if , exc,.,,t tho rniddjo yario£th„ lllv^tslro./l i^m. I'lU'"*" «^tha body,,, re«uL from th?^^i?.i..iV of th. i K,;^ i ^^J*'^ ''f ' "^' f 1^»».-. ft'eeT, c*olo\:*' belly hocomo8 greenish^ tho othrmr « m 'Vu''>'J!"^« ^''J^'" that th.« aorn.iH ,u,d tho donnis. Tho rrmisk tl-.^i Jr *i '^'''" '^«"«"'t« of the opi- nevor co.nos away except vShholelhTT.'''/ ^""^ f- ^^^ '^"' wh4 the first «tago of ci-comJosU^.^ (&_!?" fiT"'' ^^'T''""' •!»""» Beck. I have not made a special «tudv ,(■ fh,? I- "^ '? V '''"*''"'" 1»o*ed by red color of decomposition i^hecoL of thd^'u »' •I'^'mpo^tion. The violet. The rod cofor of which ,ne,,«o„l ^\i'\l^ i?"'*''' <''■"«» 'ed to ordinary red color of tho Sy The to ,1 nu 1^ **" ^T"""' '" "»* «>« Ciag.,0,,8 implies that tho skm xvl^ ItT' 7u*'?'°J ""*<'" "«« of by the gone; They^onfon,,dod thrdolfsTvS thel/j'"* ^^' T*^«"'"« ^«« "«! physician the word rudaj, (.'.rSnoai, .J^?" J^T'? '^f'" "^ P""' " * (ns applied to tho skin a, d not as a,» L.^ « , wu^" "'•^'"^'y ^^^^ fresh rod, full of health, ^vhe, s neakS a n.«,'f'^ 'h "^"'.l '""^^y n-^""" as a physician. "■" speaKingot a person. I do not know Gagnon speaking of the skin Z ffie 1 tharth. r"^'^^ (fer««/) that ho made use of in hethoufhtthattheeStisStVi'^r;"'^'^ ^^'^^^'^ -^ *»'** decoSKd, ?eXs^i?atXtdri:^ X'^J^^thV^^*'^*' ^.^>' "- -* he meant, m my opinion that iTwL w ? ^ ' ^ Y^^ **""** """ddy (vermeil) his evidence he^re^ealHi^^ of rcS^osroT'w'hf.A ""*^ '^' "^^^^"^^^ ^V men and not to him. The siirns wKiTn. ' 7^ ''^ "^ "?ns ^o medicd nevertheless repoSd, areX removil o^h^/-? "«*.'«™"^. but which he .kin. the gases Jnd the odor emuSrbirlo bo'^^**'"""' '''' ''^ ''^'' '^'^^ -onSTt^liltr.S^lii'^J^iJt^ """^ ''■'?'-«^ ■' »"^ he said so. h. epidermis w,^ removed tXr% color SZu^^^ JJ^^f"^ *''«**^* ■" '"'^ "^^nos" -»«»>« il was. iJesides the compre'ssed ^r oi' 81 «.ni;'tt!rp\'^,S[.^''::,r":?l!:^* f^^;, Hoart w,.ul.i „ece. >n1h,« oa.0, ,n view of th. thin^.^g oSul Hf ftamiried.. hnn.lon the mouth, or by strl !XTon'wif7^^Tr"" ^'"'''""^^ puiul ; a person .navnl«o,hV .wC thorrhii T'"'' /'»»«'"» '"■ u,>ou the f>y jmiHon : hy a wound with « V. m?.. ■ » '"'"« ""X tf'i'H'N uiwn the bono grout voin or arteVj ' ' *"" "^"''"""" • '"• ''y " ^vo«„d infUcted k! SI Evidence for the defence - W»^'"'»^'«i>*v. 28ki) Jvm, 1869. I -:^E';h"S:j;;SS-!^:X"^! '^^ "-^^^ «-t appeared, voh.c .,« far a« .b„eph Dufourd's Sm i . a ^ n'^^J ^"■''"'?'^' ^"" *" "Y "aid tha they wore Liuu to ..rl^,?!^^;? i i' \^: .,/^» *•}« ^'^V. ♦hither Hnot -iau.atth^w;;eSSt;!?::^tf;r^^^^^^ becttusoho hud his UnKor/wram.fi,l,>.«ifK'^l ''"''" ^lul been found, we" lie shewed mf tw^ hSi croth« o^.« l"^**' ' l"y'?»' """rothey loflg Slid an inch wide. They weVo , ranned ' „ ^ i **^'' ''"' *"■ '^^« inch*8 my con,cience, they are those pr^lucod f nS "^ '" * , P"'*=" «*" P»P«r By only danced at them. P'oaucoU. I put no special mark upou them, 1 fiirmshod by the Gagnons' Fr,.Ht w, , , l^f iX'1 "*'°" *''•". •°f''"n^ti'>n frozen nnd thawed rots rai)idl v A h.X J • *."'P,*"^ ero -orpso of a person assastnafed witk effSilnof AW i '^"""f, ^^^ "*"*" The of « pei-son who has died from illnesf ^ ^ " P'^^^'ved longer than that after ihtrKoIoH7„1^3ir\r„^ "' -"^^ »*• » '--? P^-n • epidemu-s. , '"'*'""^' "^^er than what supervenes after the lilli" the ■4 • • npressed air of