Cynthia, In addition to what I sent earlier, that offered very little new information, was wondering if you'd seen any of the following? Searching on Absolom Hurlburt, found NS Sessional Papers Volume 6 (No. 9), Canadian Parliament. These are dated 1885, after the incident, and show Absolom "jun", as fined 5.00 and paid 2.50. His fine was for "Fishing for salmon during weekly close time, Wilson's Lake, N.S." Just after him is listed a Caleb Trefry, fined the same amount, but paid in full, for "Fishing on Sunday at Wilson's Falls, N.S." Did find that Benjamin's wife, Jessie, died before he did. In Yarmouth Deaths: "At East Tusket River, March 28th, after a short illness, Jessie, beloved wife Mr. Benjamin Trefry, and daughter of William and Sarah H. Cavannah, aged 22 years. Her end was peace." Ah.. hmm... found the following in a post, at: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/CAN-NS-HALIFAX/2003-04/1049831705 Yarmouth Newspapers. Oct. 1884 ======= THE TREFRY MYSTERY. ======== page 624 Mr. Benjamin Trefry left his brother's house, on the Tusket Forks road, on Saturday afternoon, October 18th, 1884, a little before sundown, intending to go to Mr. Fred Armstrong's, about a mile and a half distant. He had been digging potatoes all day, and left them in the field in barrels. He had engaged two men to work on his house the next Monday. They went to Mr. Trefry's, but he was not there. No tidings of him were had afterwards. About 150 men searched in the woods and grappled the lake, but all without avail. The disappearance of Mr. Trefry caused much excitement for a long time, and it was thought that he was the victim of foul play. Some suspicions having rested on Mr. A. Hurlburt, between whom and the missing man there had been ill feeling, he was arrested, brought to town and lodged in jail, but in the absence of any formal complaint, was released. The Local Government offered a reward of $500 for the discovery of the body. __________________ Yarmouth Newspapers. ====== THE TREFRY MYSTERY. cont'd. ======= page 624 An examination took place at Arcadia before William V. Brown, Esq., J. P., on November 15th, when Mr. Corning appeared for the prosecution and Mr. E. N. Clements for Mr. Fred Armstrong, who was arrested on the charge of complicity in the murder of Mr. Trefry. Joshua Trefry, sr., father of the supposed murdered man; Syivine Dulong, David Andrews, Mrs. Caleb Trefry, Eva Hurlburt, Odbin Hurlburt, Amelia Hurlburt and Sarah Jane Frost, to whom the missing man was to have been married in a few days, gave evidence. The shot of a gun was heard by Sylvine Dulong a few minutes after Hurlburt had passed his place, in the direction in which he was going. There was no evidence, however, against Armstrong, and he was at once discharged, and returned home to East River. All efforts to find the body of the missing man resulted in failure. A diving suit was procured, and the East River searched, but to no purpose. This being the case, Hurlburt, who had gone to the United States and had been arrested there, was released. I'm GUESSING the Hurlburt "who had gone to the United States" is the Absalom in question or "A. Hurlburt". Just curious as to why he was released??? Was it simply because, even though he had claimed to have killed Benjamin, and dumped his body in the lake... since no body was found, he could no longer be charged??? Interesting! Jared > Would anyone know of the outcome of the disappearance of Benjamin Trefry? > > Absalom Hurlburt was accused of his murder in Oct 1884. In the British > Colonist, Nov 1884 there is a small article about the fact the Hurburt > admitted killing Trefry. > > Cynthia > > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------ Jared "Jed" Handspicker [email protected] "Do your best; let God do the rest."