Door to door mischief

January 31, 1933. The 'eadless body of Victor Petitjean, 66, was found in the rear of this home at 1847 Dandurand Street. A detonator cap was used in the suicide. The murder theory was discounted upon investigation by police. The verdict was "suicide while of unsound mind," according to Coroner Lorenzo Prince. Petitjean, 66, was a widower. His headless body was found in the lane way behind his the home by his brother-in-law, Adelard Martineau. It had been blown off by a cap of dynamite.




May 2, 1934. Constable Eugene Maleric, 33, of 4651 Chambord Street, who had won the Montreal Hearald's traffic cop contest in 1929 for his good natured guidance of cars at Francois Xavier and Notre Dame. Coroner Prince returned a verdict of natural death. He died at home of acute indigestion, aged 33. He was a popular and well-known figure in downtown Montreal.

May 1, 1933. Alcide Lagace, 6437 Clarke street, was charged with "holding by violence property not his own,"he refused to vacate a house into which he had moved without the owner’s permission. The case was heard before Judge Enright. Lagace pleaded not guilty and was committed for trial on May 9, being released in the meantime on personal recognizance. He was "workless, it was shown, and almost completely destitute. He was advised by Judge Enright to vacate the house." (Herald)