Physician Murdered Girlfriend's Husband

Civil Secretary's letter books : H-1201:

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To Gov. of Vermont

Re: Physician who murdered his girlfriend's husband

1839

Murder (George Holmes, a physcian whose residence is Sorel, Quebec) committed near Kamouraska in the District of Quebec...perpetrator has taken refuge at Burlington, Vermont...using the name George Fly__...name of deceased is Rebille Tache

"In 1839 two new residents were involved in a murder trial. George Holmes, who lived in town, was in romantic pursuit of Joséphine d’Estimauville, who had been staying with family in William Henry. Holmes killed her husband Louis-Pascal-Achille Taché in the seigneury of Kamouraska. Holmes fled to the United States of America, and d’Estimauville was acquitted of any involvement. In 1970, Anne Hébert wrote a book, Kamouraska, about the affair, which was made into a film in 1973 by Claude Jutra." [Source]