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would probably elapse before any one came near 



the place. Such were no doubt P 's thoughts 



after this finishing touch to his brutal murder. 

 But it was ordained otherwise as the sequel will 

 show. 



Having got rid of the body, the murderer sailed 

 for Pentecost, fifteen miles westward, there to 

 await a favorable day lo return home. To the 

 people who saw him there, he related that he had 

 crossed a trapper over and had left him at Pointe 

 au Jambon for the winter. A similar story was 

 given out on returning to Ste. Anne des Monts. 

 His own clothes and those taken from Ouellet 

 were all smeared with blood. These he soaked 

 in a tub and washed them himself, giving as a rea- 

 son for these bloody garments that they had killed 

 a large seal, which had been cut up for fox baits 

 for Ouellet, who had decided to winter on the 

 North Shore for trapping. 



Just about this period the Molson Iron Works 

 were in operation at Moisie River. As there were 

 no regular mails there in winter, they employed a 

 special carrier, a man named Luc Gagnon. In 

 the month of May following Ouellet J s murder, 

 Gagnon, with a companion, was returning home 

 in a canoe. The day had been windy, and in 

 order to take advantage of a calm, they had decid- 

 ed to travel at night. About eleven p.m. Gagnon 

 suggested to his mate to go ashore somewhere and 

 have a cup of tea and something to eat. This 



