Murder of A. Hanselpacker--St. George, NB

Murder of A. Hanselpacker--St. George, NB JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
SAINT CROIX COURIER--EDITION SEPTEMBER 17, 1925
Verdict of guilty readily reached in Hanselpacker
That he found traces of human blood on portions removed from the coat of Alfred Arsenault, the youth charged with the murder of Alpheus Hanselpacker, aged storekeeper, of Bethel, near here, on May 8 last, was the evidence given by Dr. H.L. Abramson of St. John, provincial pathologist and bacteriologist, when the trial was begun before Mr. Justice Byrne.
Several other witnesses testified, among them Dr. H.I. Taylor, coroner, of St. George, who performed the postmortem examination and who told of the several wounds on the skull, any one of which, he said, would be sufficient to cause death. The Crown, which is represented by J. B. McNair of Fredericton, has still about thirty witnesses to call and it is unlikely that the conclusion of the case will be reached before the end of the week. E.R. McDonald of Shediac is appearing for Arsenault.
The prisoner eats and sleeps well and shows no ill effects of his four month confinement in jail.
The following jury were sworn to try the case, George McVicar, George Maxwell, Willard Harmon, Herbert H. McLean, Wallace Boyd, Herbert E. Fraser, Frederick Steen, Edgar Banford, Frederick Steen, Samuel Hall, Edward Devlin, and Alexander D. Heron.
The first witness called for the Crown was Sergeant Roix, who lives at Bethel, 15 miles from St. Andrews. He said he had known Hanselpacker for 12 or 14 years. He lived 200 yards from witness on land sold by witness to him on which Hanselpacker moved a building where he opened a shop.
In passing Hanselpacker's store he saw the key in the front door and, going along the west side of the store, found the lifeless body of Hanselpacker 10 feet from the store, face downward in a pool of blood. The hands were stretched out and one foot over the other. Witness went over to Mr. Fisher's and told her.(sic)
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JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
SAINT CROIX COURIER--EDITION SEPTEMBER 24, 1925
The circuit court closed long session
The closing session of Circuit Court at St. Andrews came Friday afternoon, Mr. Justice Byrne finding it necessary to attend St. John County Circuit on Tuesday.
It had been a long session, lasting the better part of two weeks, and had cost the county heavily, there having been much criminal business and no civil cases.
Alfred Arsenault, found guilty of the murder of seventy year old Alpheus Hanselpacker at Bethel was sentenced by Judge Byrne to be hanged on Jan. 1, 1926. The prisoner did not change countenance.

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