Lie wist* >x. Me., May 26.- A dispatch
from Bet!.el, on ihe Grand Trunk rail
road. in Ihe extreme we-tern portion
‘T the s at , g ves the particulars of
u ernbl - tragedy I elvveen a father and
son for the possession of a young
woman. The affair occurred Saturday
night in a lumber town iu the Kangelv
Lake region and the parties impli
cate! are all lumbermen.
About two years ago Peter Lmcrac,
a B rench-t ’amohaa, who kept a couni ry
store, atßell.el, died, leaving bis
busine sand some 1*2,000 to bis only
child, Jeanne, who was then lit years
ol age. Oa his deathbed Ihe fat her ap
pointed J ir k on Older haw, a lumber
boss. her guardian until she was 21.
Old* t-h i w was a widower with an
only sor, Royer, a young man aged 23.
Bi th lather and sou were men o’ pas
sionate anil selfish natur sand both
cast covetous * yes on young Jeanne
and her little fortune. The old man
hail greit i 'flu dice over the girl, who
stood mu* li in fear of him, ami after
persistent persuasion on Ins part prom
ised to marry him. although she pre
lerred the son ihe latter learned of
his father’s intentions and got the girl
to promise to etope w ith him Saturday
nig lit.
