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treated for insanity," said he,
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TAE BRUSSE LS. POST, NOVEMBER 25, 1981 ,A3
Old .Post tells of murder trial
Recently, Mrs. Doug Rath-
well of R.R. 2, Brussels
discovered an old Brussels
Post newspaper behind a
piece of plaster upstairs in
her home and in it was the
story of the trial of the man
charged with killing Jessie
Keith, a little girl who lived
near Listowel.
The story taken from an
April 12, 1895 issue of the
paper is as follows: "Alme-
dee Chattelle, the murderer
of little Jessie Keith who was
condemned to be hanged on.
the 31st of May is in a Cell at
the county jail, Stratford and
is constantly guarded. The
death watch is placed upon
him and will be responsible
for his safekeeping.
The night after the trial,
Chattelle was very angry with
the jury which convicted him
but he has since become
indifferent and to all appear-
ance is careless about his
fate. He spends much of his
time reading and can read
both French and English. As
he reads he sits by the
window in• his cell and looks
out upon the jail yard be-
neath. The book which he
reads most of the time is an
English Bible. He is not
disposed to talk very much,
but incidentally he has spok-
len of his approaching death
as a matter Of consequence.
On the day of the trial,
the prisoner coughed a great
deal. He was just recovering
from an attack of grippe and
is still under treatment. So
' serious was his illness
that at one time it was feared
the would not be well enough
(Obituary
NORMAN R. ROWLAND
Norman R. Rowland of
Blyth died suddenly on Thur-
sday, November 12. He was
80.
He was born in Walton, the
son of the late John Rowland
and the former Mary Ryan
and was also pre-deceased by
brothers Lew and Joseph,
who was a private in the
army. Surviving is a sister-in-
law Mrs. Lew Rowland.
He worked with Looby
Construction in Dublin.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, November 14 from
St. Michael's Roman Catholic
Chirch, Blyth with Rev.
Father Pluta officiating. Bur-
ial was in St. Ambrose
cemetery, Brussels. Pall-
bearers were Lou Rowland,
Ed Rowland, John Rowland,
Harvey McClure and Gerald.
Ryan.
to attend court by the time th6
assizes opened. This ac-
counts for the marked change
in his appearance since the
enquiry at Listowel.
Chattelle's extraordinary
conduct on the day of his trial
would lead an ordinary ob-
server, who was not accus-
tomed to his actions to think
that he was insane. Dr.
Dunsmore, jail surgeon, says
that Chattelle never acted in
that way before. "Chattelle,
said he, is not insane. As the
law defines insanity, he is
perfectly sane. An insane
man takes no heed for conse-
quences. He does not know
what he is doing and does not
care for results. The murder-.
er of Jessie Keith was con-.
scious that he was commit-
ting an illegal act. An insane
person would not have acted
as Chattelle did. He hid the
i body of the murdered girl, hid j
the clothing, hid the black ;
! valise and stole away to
escape detection.
"Chattelle ,"continued the
doctor, , "is a very , peculiar
person. He imagines he has a
right to do as he likes and that
. in attempting to restrain him
from doing what he pleases, it
is the law which is wrong and
not himself."
Dr. Dunsmore concluded
by saying that from a certain
medical standpoint Chattelle
might be considered insane,
"there is, he said a school of
Alienists who believe every
person who cimmits a crime is
insane. A crime, they say, is
the work of a diseased mind.
The doctor does not consider,
that any reason why criminals
should not be punished.
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