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Edward Beaupre


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Middletown Daily Times, Friday, February 5, 1892
Arrested At Last.
Beaupre, Who Was Wanted in the Pension Forgery Case, is Captured.
Edward M. Beaupre, who is wanted in the Studor pension forgery case, and who has twice eluded the Assistant United States Marshal, was to-day located by Captain Lewis S. Wisner. He has been arrested by John R. Skelton, deputized by Assistant District-Attorney Powelson as an Assistant U.S. Marshal, and was taken to New York this afternoon.
Beaupre was hiding at the house on the farm owned by Thomas Neville, near Mechanicstown, where he has been working.

Middletown Daily Times, Wednesday, April 27, 1892
The Pension Forgery Case
Examination of Studer and Beaupre in New York City.
The pension forgery case against John Studor and Edward M. Beaupre was commenced yesterday morning in the post office building in New York city before Judge Benedict. There were many witnesses who testified for the prosecution, among them being Capt. L.S. Wisner, police officers Elisha White and Joseph Sharp, of this city, and Col. C.H. Weygant, of Newburgh, and Harrison Bull, of Circleville. The case was adjourned until tomorrown. It is the opinion that both will be sentenced to a term in prison. Bull has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced the 10th of May.