RCMP Note Regarding Testimony At Inquest From Conductor Turner And Trainman Marquis

At inquest held in Grand Forks on the night of 29th inst. Conductor Turner and Trainman Marquis both swore that a third person, apparently a Doukhobor or Russian boarded the train at Brilliant at the same time that Peter Veregin and companion boarded the train, and this third person got off at Castlegar. This third person was described as a middle-aged man and fairly well dressed, but that neither one thought they could identify him again at all.

Larry Veregin asserts that he was at Brilliant that night and was down to the train with Peter Veregin, that no other member of their community boarded the train. If a third party did it was unknown to any member of the community.