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Show MURDER CHARGE AGAINSJPRIEST Slain Half-Brother Took Out $25,000 Policy Just Before De,ath MONTREAL. Feb. 15. The Rev Adeard I lolortr.e. a Catholic priest,' was arrested Tuesday on a charge of having murdered his half-brother. Raoul I)elorm. en Ottawa university j Student vvho!e body vva found In a suburb of the ci January (5, w ith six ( bullel boles in ahe head. Father Delorme, who had been un-i der police guard all dny, was taken ln-j to custody after a county Jury had, found him criminally responsible for, bis brother s death. Th" long mlxMtiK will of the stu-l dent, who took out $25,000 Insurance at the alleged dlrectldn of the clergy man Juct four days before his death I was found Tuesday arftl disclosed that the Rev. Delorme was chief heir of the estate. mm I n: v I R8TIFUES At the hearing before Coronor Mi Mahon on January 24, Theophile Marot. actuary of ra$auYegards Life Insurance company, testified that the prlfst had come to his office, where they discussed Insuring lh- young stu-! dent He said the priest asked for, premiums on n HO, (TOO policy and figures on $80,000 and i6,000 policiesj alMO wer" gven to him Marot further testified that thel priest came ng.iln to his office, thlsl lime with his half-brother, and the application for th $25;00Q insurance policy was made oul When tlv olausel relating to paymenl in the event (hat the policv was cancelled or a claim' wns reached, the witness testified that Father Delorms said: "You are young In vnur place I would make it payable to my heirs." .11 K( ills VUTIQNED This was done, the witness declared and later Father Delorme telephoned I the agent Inquiring if the policy wge ready, explaining that ho wanted to make hl9 brother a ore-sent of It Marot said he obtained the policy and delivered deliver-ed it to the priest at his home young Delorme beinx present at the time. Coroner Machon cautioned the Jurors Jur-ors that although Catholics, they were not tp ! influenced by the fact that a priest and a servant of the church might be affected by their decision. They stood seven to one on their ver- diet, findimr him criminally responsl-bls responsl-bls for (is half-brot her's death. Kather Delorme wa unmoved by the verdict and walked briskly to the auto-mobls auto-mobls in w ho h be was driven to police po-lice headquarters. OFFERED Rl VRt) The death nf younc DelorniS aroused arous-ed wide Interest in Canada. Father Delorme who is cbeplaln of L'Aalstt anco Publiojuc ha been much in the pubiir ove. lie first attracted attention atten-tion when he offered a reward of ? 10, 000 for the capture of his brother' broth-er' Blaver. Iater he issued statements denying allegations ',p charped were being made against him by irrecpnn-sibio irrecpnn-sibio persons." When be began to be prominently mentioned In th f-a.e l ather Jielorme telephoned Premier ! a. Taachereau if Quebec and the nttorney general demanded that the inquest, several ilniwi adjourned, be proceeded with in I order that his name be cleared. The body of younp Delorme was found at ETnowden Junction, n lonely suburb of Montreal it hud been ' thrown on the snow near a shack The hands were tied with twine. SMI I.I S M UOVYS Kather TJrlormc apparently was unaffected un-affected by his arrest, smiling and bowlnc to the spectators. K.ith'Mfd around hlni as he VfM led to the waiting wait-ing automobile on his wuy to headquarters. head-quarters. j "I am Riad something has iiecn donr at last ' he remarked to an official af- H ter arriving at the detective bureau. H adding that his arrest would serve to lcar up thelCUO. Tho priest Inspect-I'd Inspect-I'd his cell carefully, observing his H pint 1 of confinement with Keen curios- H tty, then said: "Thin is a nice place." He talked with the officers of the expressing the wish to see H friends. Me was granted the use of the bureau for the greater part of H 1 1 he venlna : w . ' |
