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GODER OH, ONTARIO. CANADA : APRIL 20, 1911
THE 81ONAL PRIM •NO CO., Ltd., Pun.
FINANCIAL
OF CANADA
iATAHLI&HRD 1865
Capital, Rest and Undivided
Profits 86,600,000
Total Assets over *45,000,000.
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NOW
, Opportunities for ex-
ceptionally profitable
investments come oc-
calhonally to every man.
But it is only the rnan who has built up a SAV-
INGS BANK ACCOUNT who can take advant-
age of them.
We will gladly help yoe save the money, and give you sound
advice on its eubrequent investment it you wish. One Dollar opens
an Account.
Goderich Branch, W. L. HORTON, Manager
MEDICAL
OODERICH MARKETS.
R. F. J. R. FOR.STER-EVE. EAR, Fall wheat verba*
1 aces and throat only. House surseon, ...all a wheat.ing -•
ew York Ophthalmic and Aural !ammo, Rye r bash
runic,{ %s.i.t., /Car, Normand 1 hroat Hospital. I Bye per u per burst
Golden &teare, and Moorefield Eye Hospital. ' But , . peh„
Loodoo, F.nt1•nd. °Moe. Albert street. Stoat-
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lord. oppo.ltrr Windsor hotel. Hours : s to 12 Pea'- per hush
a, m., y to 4 ti. m.. 7 to 8 P m. Telephooe Net' afir(ey, per bush
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0 30 to 4 4.5
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20 00 to 20 Ou
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WANTED'
1 LATHES REELS FOR OUT-OF-
doam iron standards, about 120 feet ex-
eelMnt ebthe. Ilse wile. len be raised or
berated as degree and folded up when in the
BtoekeKosotoeet.pposite DotyIn um. WWoorkks. BR(ltl:.
WANTED. - INFORMATION 0 F
Hobert Kerr, who monied Grace Tall
man and who lived In Chicago In 1111. His
daughter. Ktbsl Kerr, would 1(keJe bear from
him. or ens, Information in regard. Address,
MIS8 LTBLL KKRit, 2148 Indiana Ave., 3rd
Apartment, Chime°. 174t.
SITUATIONS VACANT.
IJOUSE TO RENTOR FOR SALE. -
1 ROl'ERT CLERK WANTED.- 11 Brink veneer house. story and a halt. o0
1.T Active young nun, good mock' keeper. St. David.tr
sweet. For towns and further per-
tme acquainted with tioderteh and neighbor- ticulare apply to JIBS CUNNINGHAM, 81.
hood profaned Applioset sbould .ate age. David's street. 17-1f
experience &ad salary expected. Apply in own
hood to P. U. Box 100, Goderich.
Screenings, per ton
Flour, brolly, per cwt
Flour. patent, per cwt
Bran, per fou
Marta. per too
sttanywv.r ton ..f:.:'............... l0 0 o
Wood. per bid • 600 tp
Bnttar, per Ib 0 20 to
rggu freshIb per dos 0 16 ttoo
Potato... per busbeL0 40 to
U
Ua e, *rainy to good, per cwt4 00 to
Cattle, export, per cwt,
1R'wwrsrling Lambe ...-• it di to
S K'. to
SheTallow, ,perowtl 4 00 to
03 to
Sheee Rider, per owt
700 to
FOR SALE OR TO RENT
WANTED.- A MAN PART OF THE
tune to attend to lawn and garden dur-
ing wring and summer month.. Apply to C.
8E.AG.N, Wert street.
IVANTE D.•- BO1LERi11AKEMS
V ad msohlnlsta who are accustomed to
marine work. Throe bodernaasrv. one .h, et
Iran worker. two lathe hands and two vise
hands or floor mon. only first class. steady
men need apply. Ht hwt wears and steady
work. Apply t d.I.I t.WOOD SHIPBUILD-
ING COMPANY, LIMITED. Collingwood,
tinter{*. 45 4t
PUBLIC NOTICE
WARNING -PARTIES RIDING HI-
tyolen on the sidewalks within the oor-
..oratJon of the town of Goderich are hereby
notified that they will he prosecuted under the
bylaw.
A C. I'08TLFTHWAITK.
M[ Chief of Police.
NOTICE. --
Notice 1. hereby given that 1 hold a claim of
114006 sant the property oa Anglesey emit
os.o
I m at piant living ; end although
I ass now
baying lent on .000001. of attempt.
todiepoeNas roe I do not thereby relinquish
my said Balm nor admit the right of any per
-
eon f. onkel rent from me. 154 red
44.4t DANILL McLICOD.
THIS (3ODERiCH ELEVATOR AND
TRAN$ITCOMPANY• LIMITED.
Plmeer take notice Mat the annual general
aseel&Rse shareholders of the Ooderich
Aa and t Company Limited. will
be held at the oaks of the Manager. North
,tram, Mili0111. on
DNE8DAY MAY 3rd, 1911.
lit 12 tr* the lar the election of directors
feeaof
oak's the may properly bye brougn ht
►
W. L. Horton, Ma
r.
God. 4.4.. A 18th, Ifni. 443&
GUNDRY'S
Livery, Cab and 'Bus
Stables
THE RIM BARN
Mouth Street. (ioderich
All our Rigs are New. 'Buses
meet all Trains and Steamers.
Particular attention given to
calls from private residences.
'Phone No. 60.
LIARS! TO RENTOR FOR SALE. -
LL Or.e hundred acres of good' land. being
.uuth half of lot 11 C4000 014/4013 4, Wert Wewa-
oosh,lnearly a11 in a .00d state of cultivation.
Buildings include brick house. large baro, .hed,
err spring creek runs through property.
Farm 1. within half a mlle of the thriving
village of Dungannon and Is convenient to
churches. schools and pastof0oe. On . the place
el a good gravel pit. which of late yeses has
.veraged over 12.0 • year. For further in
formation, p.rticulbre ereggarrding terms. etc..
apply to MIS.: E. B. MILLIGAN. Dungannon.
HOUSE FOR SALE, --ON WOLFE
btreet, seems room.. good cella{• under
kitchen and foundation under house. belonging
to the estate of the late Mrs. Ja.. Reid. Apply
to D. rotitART. Fast street. or to PROUD•
F'tM'r. Hal 8C KiLLORAN. 4n -lm
L OR RENT. - A NiCE SEVEN -
L' doom cottage with hot water heating.
el•c rt is light and bath. beautiful grounds,
good orchard and large garden ; conveniently
located to Square. Apply W. J. MUIR.
L1.4RM FOR MALE. -IN ('OLBORNE
r township, being lot 3f on Maitland oon-
oer.don. Contains sen acres. eighteen of which
M covered with hardwood bush, sixteen In
wheat, sixty 1n eros and remainder 1n good
state of oeltivatioo. There are seven acre. of
opd orchard end the term is well fenced.
There is a good solid brink house and two
bank barns on the property. For further par-
ticular.
articular. as to price terms, etc.. apply to
JACOB FLICK. on the premises. or Be nmlller
P. U. 44-41.
jj OUSE FOR SALE. -TWO-STORY
11. brIc4 bailee on the corner of waterloo
and St.. Patrick's street.: eight rooms. furnace
and bath. Lot contain,. one -quarte of an
acre. Very desirable location. For perticn-
Ian. see W. LANK {Mit
CHOICE LOTS FOR SALE IN THE
Darrow property_ Plot 132x125 fest, in-
cluding ootner of Dirket street end Elgin
avenue. ennoble for three Mosso; ar will
divide to suit purchaser. Hyrb and dry
ground ; choicest locatiou in best reafdentle
emotion. Sewer alooeosR Elgin avenue. For par
ticolars snit' at THE 8if3NAL °FEICK.
SALE. - TEN ACRES EAST
side of Saab street, ooroer Bennett statist,
oh. if you desire • smaller tract of obs
or two acres or • building lot In the mouth side
write H. A. JORDAN. 173 Windsor .venue.
,vindeor. Ontario.
Tows PROPERTY FOR SALB.-
lot two hundred and twenty-five n.'L51 on
Kingston street. In the town of t ioderioh. oeb-
tainine one-quarter et an sore. On the north
half or this property there is erected a story
and ii -half f rams dwelling house and a bluest
smith shop, once occupied by the late Alex-
ander Kirk bride. ,Both the house ae.1 the
sghao p are. at present, sunder lease the house at
The property wiildlll be solshop one oorr two paper rcel*
h.
as thappnroha.er.• may de.dle.Apply to M 'U-
t'AMgRON. Barsi.ter. etc., Hamilton street.
Godwin, Ontario
Beware of virtue that needs a press
agent.
GROWTH ANi3 SERVICE
The constant growth of this Bank is a sig-
nificant indication of the excellent banking
service given to its :navy customers.
SAVINGS BANK
AND BUSINESS AOCOi,'NT'( INVITED.
Lively Attention (riven to Farmer•' Busiuees
IFODRwlr-H Baela 0 li tt , LM Rn MOR.
Dungannon. Auburn. Varna. Kayfiel(i and (,ittderlch
ANINNIIIMEINIMINIP
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr. A. Lawson W vieitSslln lratrolt.
Mies Mo u. Kidd has returned from her vieit
in Toronto,
Mies Lottie Met 'math spent Paster Sunday
In Whethem,
Mir EtkerSutherland spent the gaster holi-
days In Detroit
Mason Ben left on Tuesday of last week for
Saskatoon. beak.
Miss Roberton W horn. from Windsor for
the Kanter week.
Mrs. Symons visited friend,. ai Brantford
during the week.
Mier Polley i. home from Port Burwell for
the Easter vscatio,.
Mies Evelyn t'ra.g1 a 1. spendl.yt the Easter
holidays at Walkervfle.
M,,. Dorland had returned to Toronto after
spending the s Inter In Gods/rich.
Master Manrioe (Tritan. of Elwell. spent sev-
eral days visiting friends et Dubliu.
Mir Barnhart, or North He.. was at. Fater
visitor with Mr. end Mrs Jos. Kidd.
Rev. Father O'Neil, of Parkhill, wee in town
for • few day. on • visit to hi. mother.
Miry Krma Whitely la benne from Bishop
Sarmatian School. Toronto, for Late Baster t:wa-
Liet,
Hector Thompson. of Trinif r college ocher'.
Port Hope, is.pendlrnt tl)e holidays with his
aunt, Mr.. w'ilroo Her 4
(Jordon McNevin. whn has been te.ening
school at Tavi.toca, is epeuding the Easter
vacation at his home hers
Misr Constance Griffin, who has been ill
since coming home to attend the funeral of her
sister. is very much improved.
Maters Morton and F rawer Robertso0. of
Stratford. are vinitlnss at the re.i.ience of their
graudfathrr. W. R. Robertenn.
Mrs. D. Johnston and daughters, Misses
Dorothy and Hildred, of Preetoo. are visiting
at Mm Johnston. old home here.
M1.4 Jacqueline Ewart, whole attending Mies
Veal's school. 'Toronto, 1r pend log the holi-
day.
olyday. with her aunt. Mrs. Wn Herald.
Must Lydia and Ella Beck, of Toronto.
were visiting their aunt, Mrs. Holland, and
other rel*tives daring the Easter holidays.
A. F. Cook was at Londe.boro' on Monday
evening and a•.d.ted In the program given in
connection with the -national supper- at that
place.
Mia Orsoe and Md.ter Robert Jon.,., of
Duvet. Ont. are spending the Easter holidays
t the home of their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. LeTourel, Nelson strfet.
E. Hanna. of St. Catharines. •,.sant gaster in
town and returned home on Tuesday with Mos,
Hanna, accompanied by the latter. .later.
Miss 8.0. Boyd. who is visiting at 8L Cathar-
ines for a few *aye.
Mr.. Welter H. Harrison formerly Mists
Augusta M. Whitehall. of Londont will receive
for the fr.t time 00 Wednesday afternoon,
April 28th. from 3:30 to 6 o'clo k, at her hone on
Elgin weenie.. and afterwards on the second
and fourth Wedneadeys of each month.
Easter Visitors,
W. A. ('antelon, of Osr000de Hall, Toronto.
Mie Ella Goldthorpe. of ('redlton.
R. J. Dean. of St Jerome's College, Berlin.
Rev. W. 1. McLean. of Sarnia.
Mien Marian teats, of Toronto.
Mir Coltin.on of Sea(ortbr
MIAs Lena OnJ am, of Dashwood.
MIS. Rose McNevin. of Stretford
School.
MI04 0150.5 MoNevin. of 7.nrich.
Mien Augusta MnLeod, of Woodstock.
Ralph Herald and Karl .teen, of St. Andrew's
School. Toronto.
Donald .McLean and Cyril Carrie, of Toronto
Univer.ite. -
Harry Hillier. of the Ontario College of
Pharmacy. Toronto.
Bert H. Mc('reath. of The Toronto Star.
I)eLemme MalyarJ. of Woodstock.
Mrs. FA. Campion, "1St. Pant. titan.
Miss Mabel Thuriow, of Toronto.
E. B. Hale. of Atwo•d, •
Frank Sounder, of Toronto.
Misses Josie and Alit Saunders. of H:.verg,l
College. Toronto, and their 000.40, Mies glee.
of Toronto.
A. J. Kidd. C. P. R, dreight.uu.n, of Mon-
t real.
J. Kiev. of Toronto.
('..t. Bottles. of Paris.
The Mise. NcCaughan and brother Archie.
of Toron • p,
Mr. and Mrs- Jos. Haile. of Toronto.
Clare Sweats. of 'Toronto.
Charles Turnbull. of Toronto.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kickley and child. of
Guelph.
)ifs. Jewte Thomson. of Kerlin.
Charles Blackstone. of Owen Sound.
Mises ilia Allen and Mabel Doty, of Loretfo
Abbey school. 'roronto.
Mita Marjorie Kelly, of Loretto Abbe
ly
school. Stratford.
Mir Strang, of Grimsby.
Mhos Grace Strang. of I)rangevllle.
Mite ghee Tye. of Ottawa.
Mr, and Mr.. J. Armour and children. of
Clinton.
Normal
BORN.
PARKS.- In Dungannon. nn Friday. Afir' I 7(h.
to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Parks, a daughter.
ZEiEB,- At Hotta Montana. on April lit h. to
Mr. and Mrs. 7seeb, • a•aa (William I'otuu.
McDOWZLL.-At Westfield on Friday. April
7th, to Mr. and Mrs. vin McDowell, •
em.
l'ENTLAND.--In West Wawanosn, on Mon-
day..(prU 10. to Mr. and Mrs. A. Pentland,
a son.
HORTON --At Port Hope Ont.. on Monday,
%pril 17th. to Mr..nd Mrs. P. H. Horton.
a lob t H0110e1.
MARRIED.
•
MAJI.R-POLLICS. On Monday, April 17th,
by Rev. Dr Edward Pen.e. pastor of Fort
street Presbyterlat- church. Detroit, Mich.,
Helen. youngest daughter of A. M. Polley,
North street, Goderich. to W. Victor
Major. of Toledo. (Ohio.
DIED.
EIRK L.LND.-In Ooderich, on Saturday. April
1.5th Krn..t. Albert Klrklend. beloved eon
of Mr.. W. J. Ramsey. aged 8 years, 9
menthe and Il days.
SNYDER. In Orderleh, on w'edne.dwy. Apllr
19i h, Jess Snyder. aged ew veers and 12
dat
The funeral will take place from his late
rsrdeenee. Rome street, on Saturday. April
sed, at f?. o'clock p.m. to Colborne cemetery.
nervier, at the hones at 2 ardor*
__ AUCTION SALi.o. - -
A l.'criON MALI
or
INICRESiDENCFLPCRNiTURE, 971''.
The a ndersigned has been Inetrnete° by Mrs.
John Aobeeen to esti by pnbllc enctton. on
THUMP A Y APRIL 227TH.
at 1 o'clock p m ..5 the pranda, the residence
at the corner of Broca street and Camhrla
road. oernpp/ad by Mrs. Aehe n before her
removal to Tor.,nto T10. 4. a newt deeirahle
property. the hone he.nf oommodlos.. and the
=tpgmppanrad1a well kept. Allo at the more time the
aw. °coslatloe of 1 dining
gea,ter.eet oak. 1 dining table. I sideboard, 1
walnut 1 ethos cabinet. pnarter-opt oak. 1 nen -
hired Drearier. and s.nretary, walnut. 1 parlor
table mahogany. 3 tabeor•ete. nun.Noue small ,
stain, meters. anal portiere*. 1 sleek 1 t tiros
pl.ec heviraom re
wt. **Mot, 1 the -pee. bed
coon, eat, 4 ..Mort. of drawer., ionyaM. of Hens
sale carper s, wed srp.L I large Axmin.tar rows .
kiteh.a 044040444. tabes., china. t Neve• noise
teat verandah Mans, lawn mower, r•art.er*-
t.w, Ina cream fowler and numerous other
s
hese will M nee,. t►. day hr.bre the
on the Memel. Ten pow rentet the
perehnr mommy to be pati or arranged for at
dee of este . bala.ee within thirty days. for
arrangement, smog be mads hy whir* ea
weeent may orfs is imrMSae 54 • /eMMn
ab4. rare .M Ines r.
Yonne sin havelare mod Arm4etnga. All
elms of Ns seal .e4......4. eve Mat
astnnetthroe elm&41]a' WOW wig be gj van es
sesta. A
hrateable gnggeavwg JJ
yylfa Jtq if tram
YI•ti•
O4ltDRT.
JARDINE GUILTY.
CONVICTED ON CHARGE OF MUR-
DERING LIZZIE ANDERSON.
Chief Justice Falconbrtdge Pronoun-
ces the Death Sentence, to be Ex-
ecuted on Friday, June 115th -Pris-
oner's Confession Plays an Im-
portant Part in the Case.
On Friday last it was the painful
duty of Chief Justice Sir Glenholme
Falconbridge to deliver sentence at the
Huron county assizes in two of the
rnost serious cases of crime in the his-
tory of the county •.f Huron. At noon
the jury in the trial of Edward Jar-
dine, charged with the killing of Lizzie
Anderson on the _filth of Septewber
last, returned verdict of murder, and
the prisoner was sentenced to he
hanged on Friday. the ltkb of June.
At 8 o'clock an the evening. after a
brief trial, George Vanetone was de-
clared by the jury in his case to he
guilty of manslaughter in the killing
of hie little son, Freddie, in December
but. and was sentenced to the peni-
tent ilia y for life. The day was it very
sad uoe in Go4p int), where both the
crimes were corflwitted, and it is to be
hoped that it will be a very long time
Leto., another' 'men day appears on
the calendar of our Sown.
An appeal ie being , taken in the
Jardine case. L. E. Dances, counsel
for the convicted man, will test the
question of the adulis..ability of Jar-
dine's confession as evidence in his
trial, and if he tails in the effort to oh-
tain a new trial an appeal for clem-
ency will 1,e made to the Ooveloor-
General.
In the meantine the young fellow
over whom the shadow of the gallows
fall. i6 .aid to maintain the stolid de-
meanor which has characterized hi a
all along.
The development of the Jardine .:ase
followed along the lines set out by
Crown Attorney Seager last fall al-
most immediately after the discovery
of the corpse of the murdered girl.
In the absence of direct clues, it re-
quired a great amount of industry and
patience to deal successfully with the
matter, and the case against Jardine,
&though ably presented to the jury by
the Crown prosecutor, George Tate
Blackstock, had its foundation in the
good judgment. and ,persevering work
of Crown Attorney Seeger. The Chief
Justi^e who ti hat the ca... and Mc.
Blackstock himself privately ex-
pressed their appreciation of the men-
ner in which the chain of evidence
had been worked out.
Detective Greer, of the Provincial
fore,, who, with the assistance of
Chief Postlethweite, had much to do
with the gathering of the evidence,
was in attendsnce at the trial and fol-
lowed the proceediugs closely.
The Address to the Jury.
L. F. Dancey, the prisoners counsel,
addressed the jury as so..n Aa court
opened at 9:3U Friday morning. He
spoke three-quarters of en hour, Mr.
Blackstock an boor, and his lordship's
charge to the jury occupied about
three-quarters of an hour.
"There is not a tittle of evidence on
which to base a conviction, except the
prisoner's confession to Dr. Smith."
Mr. Dancey declared. "I'nfortur►ate
ss it is for him to traduce the cheaac-
ter of this dead girl, 1 must tell you
the statement this man has made.
There is nothing to controvert that
statement. I submit yon are hound
by that statement of the prisoner.
1 here is no evidence, as my learned
friend will ergots r
i rg that he torsi this
girl over to the house, set down with
her. made indecent nroposale, was per-
haps refused, struck her on the fore-
head and dragged her Litt) the cellar.
We cannot deal with this supposition,
"There was n.• reason or motive for
the rnmmi,t.fon of this act, the atro-
ciousness of which he unequalled by
anything we find in the 7riminal
annals ,.f tbe country. My learned
friend will undoubtedly argue that
there are motives, tbet he struck the
girl before he took her into the cellar,
end in a frenzy killed her to cover up
his crime. But we must recall that
portion of the stptement whore he
tell* of her falling on her way down
the steps.
The Act of a Maniac.
"if you come to the conclusion that
there was no Motive for the crime, we
do rot ret4uire Any mediesl men to go
into the box and tell us itwas the act
of a maniac. a lunatic, any person ber-
eft of senses.
"The indite'nen: charges
aforethought, but where is the mal-
ice % if you find there is no malice
vnu will he quite justified in finding
him not guilt on account nt insanity,
and to my mind that is the proper ver-
dict in this ease.
"Physicians for the defence and also
Dr. Gallows a Crown witness,. gave the
opinions t.hnt et the time of the crime
the man, [wing a sexual pervert., would
not beep knowledge of the quality of
the AM.
"if this man. because of being a aee-
uul pervert. did not know the differ-
ent... between right and wrong, 1 sub-
mit that you cannot find hint guilty of
murder.
"Von have nn•louhtedly witnessed
tate conduct of this prisoner as he rat
in the bot. the moat uninterested man
in the names, epp.renth'. Our ho.pi•
tale and amyl are full of .u, -h as he.
(tan vexes dec.Ae (rr capital punishment
In hie ease-.
My berm. ,nerd will to. draaist tell
you to tbw.deri.t.gg toss, that this was
&a &frontons wino and that vwo.
g+san-e aur• ti wreak.,) 'oar this maw
feu. 1Jvs1e A od-rs,n'e d W th. Mat yo.,
tau* eonri.ler t bas he did not tinder
stand at the time the differ nee be-
tween right and wrong,"
Mr. Blackstock's Address.
"API there is iu this case," declared
Mr. Blackish/et. in his address to the
jury, "tribe question of the legal re-
sponsibility of the prisoner. It was is
convenient form of expression to say
that 'the devil got pols•ession of him.'
The devil had possession of him long
before that. This prisoner is no luna-
tic, but has not as much brains as the
ordinary man. just as tnen called in
that witness box are seen to to stupid
and not up to the average. He is no
more lunatic than you and I. This
ptisooer was responsible when he told
this girl to bang around the fair
grounds ani wait for him. He w*u
responsible when be went with her
through that hole in the fence. He
was responsible when he walked with
her through that wet place whets she
gut mud on her shoes. He was re-
sponsible when he helped her over the
fence at the house. lie was respons-
ible -when he followed her down the
cellar steps. and he was responsible
when he nulled out hie knife- Then,
in the twinkling of an eye, it is said,
he became bereft of reason, and even
then was capable of looking after his
own safety. though not that of his vic-
tim. There would be no law in the
land if excuse were to be wade for
thi. atrocious et lute."
Mr. Bleck.t,.ck in opening remarked
on the fact that under Briti.h civiliza-
tion a primmer charged with a ...rime
or such an aggravated character could
he tried w calmly and dispassionately
Ly a jay of yeomen of the country.
Case Sufficient without Coafessioo.
"We eke face to fee today once
more with the hideous lineaments of
vier, its mean subrerfrlges, its desires
to divide the responsibility of crime,
and above all the whimpering of guilt
for that mercy which was denied its
victim. I dissent entirely from the
view of my learned friend that the
confession was neeessery to convict
the prisoner, but submit that the other
evidence was sufficient for any jury to
cons ict."
Mr. Blackstock read again the state-
ment given to Mr. Seeger by the pris-
oner on the day after the murder, and
added : "Where • is Thomas i' Not
called for your edif)jeation."
"When this girl was.. not with the
prisoner at the fair she was alone.
They are traced right up to the time
the people t
eried from
the gate, at
which time, naturally, her disappear.
*rice was noted Notwtthstend-
ing anything the prisoner had
said, any jury un this evidence would
Ise asked to convict. But the prisoner
ha. admitted his gill'. and affected to
ted the citcumstancee of its carrying
out.
About the Little Italian.
"I nm s;,rry to hear any suggestion
of improper relations between Spatat•o
and this gir I. There is absolutely no
evidence, and it is against the state-
ments of the doctors, against the con-
ception we have forn.ed of this little
girl, and I should be sorry indeed if the
etrnnger in our land should have this
aspersion cast on his reputation. 11e
leaves this court without any stigma
on his name, and 1 here should he no
additional reproach cast on the pat-
ents of the girl,
t is sug eated that this girl went
willingly with the prisoner. 11 may
be ,.o, but there. ate considerations
which suggest otherwise.
"As to the blow on her head, the
prisoner rather suggeste that it was
sustained in a fall down the cellar
Continued on Page 2.
The Grand Jury.
The grand jury was conipnserl ,u
follows : Alfred B. Carr, Blyth (fore-
man) ; Quinton Anderson, Morris :
William Ball, Howlck ; John Dustow,
Colborne ; Thos Elliott, Hayfield
David Hicks, Howick I Chas. McLean,
Ashfield ; Patrick McGlynn, Ashfield ;
Wm. MCRw.n, 114y; Joseph
O'Rourke. McKillop ;.ismer 11. Roach,
Usherne : Ira P. WVellwood, East
Wawaonah ; ('bas. A. Nairn, (:ode-
rirb.
On Thursday n►o,ning Dr. W. F.
('lark, of Goderich, was added to the
wend jury to repbsrc• Mr. McKwan,
who wits absent un account of the
death of a relative.
in addition to the bills in the Jar-
dine and Vaostone cases. the grand
jury found attue bilPin the case .of the
Crown verso. Johnston. the charge
being that of using an instrument
upon a wotnan for the purpose cf pro-
curing an abortion.
OBITUARY.
Gnebn. •
After a brief illness of a week from
pneumonia, Winnifred Mary Joseph-
ine. daughter of Joseph C. Griffin,
county jailer. was railed away on
Tuesday of haat week. The deceased
was a young lady who enjoyed the
esteem of a large circle of friend, and
h• r unexpected death is the cause of
and sincere regret. 'the funeral
ts,..E place Thursday morning and in-
terment was ninde in the ('etbolie
cemetery at Kingshr•idg'. The ser-
vice in fit. Peters church was con-
ducted by Rev. Father McRae, and
Rev. Father McCnrli.ack took (-berg.
at Kingsbeidge. The pallbearers were
J. POW.. F. Shannon, V. (Man, Jas.
Dalton, Jos. O'Loughlin and Mr.
from Tyrone county, Ireland, and I THE VANSTONE CASE.
settled in Goderich township about
the year 1840, when the subject of this
notice was only four years of age.
Here she grew to won►anhood and
forty-seven years ago she was united
in marriage to Redpath Falconer, who
predeceesld her ten years. The
greater part of their 'married life was
spent in Kinloss township, Bruce
county, but since the death of her hu,.
bend the deceased had made her home
with her son, George A. Falconer. on
the lth coucession of Goderich town-
ship. She is sut vived by a family of
three sons and two daughters : Ed-
ward, of 1)anpbin, Man.; George A.,
of Goderich township; William, of
the London road south of Clinton :
yrs. Hero, of Toronto, and Mks', Kate
Falconer. of London, Mn, Catherine
Cox. of Goderich, is it sister, and Rob-
ert 51eLean, of town ; John McLean,
of Dungannon, and Sant. McLean, of
Dauphin, Man., are brothers of the
decease({. The funeral took place on
Monday afternoon, the retrains being
interred in Maitland cemetery, Res'.
Jas. Hamilton, of whose church the
deceased wan a staunch member, con-
ducted the services, assisted by Rev.
(lel,. E. Ross. The pallbearers were
Wm. McMath, Sam. Mcyath, Thus.
Cox, James Bell, Robt. Davidson and
Mr. Beacom.
Thomson.
Last. week The Signal lhronicled
briefly the death of Jall►ee Thomson at
Bowt'smont, North Dakota. The de-
ceased was & brother of the late Geo.
W. Thomson and uncle of James F.
Thomson, of town, and WAS himself a
well-known resident of Goderich be-
fore his removal to Dakota. The
(.rand Forks (N. D.) Daily Herald of
April 12th has the following reference:
The death of Captain Jas. Thomson,
of Bowesenont, removes one of for old-
est and hest -known settlers in the Red
River valley. The. decease 1 was born
in Glasgow, Scotland, Novemiwt• '2*.
14:111. and died Sunday morning. April
9, 1911, in his eighty-first year.
In 1842 he came with his parents' to
Ontario, Canada. There the family
came to know something of pioneer
life. Like other hardy pioneer. they
felled the forest and carved a home
out cf the wilderness. In 1851 Cap-
tain Thomson married Elizabeth Col-
lin'', who died at Bowestnont, N. D..
May 10, 1869. To them were born
four sons and one daughter. The la:-
ter died in 1890. T sons ere all living
and in the .tivi of business life.
Jams C. li in, ontana, Geo. W. is
a resident California Herbert C.
and Oscar W. compose the firm of
Thomson Brothers, general merchants
of Bowesruont.
in 18811 Captain Thomson came
West and with a seer', vision s+w and
was impressed with the possibilities of
the Red River galley. He returned to
Ontario and in the spring of 1881 cave
with his family and a group of pion-
eers who responded to hie leadership
and like him bed heard the call of the
frontier. They settled in Lincoln
township, Pembina county. and pro.
ceeded to bund homes and cultivate
the prairies.
These pioneers knew hardships hitt
by co-operation they overcame ditlj-
cultiee and won the reward of Mil.
The history of Petnb`,ia county cannot
be well written without giving a de-
gree of prominence to Janes Thom-
son. He was a member of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church. In the
strength of his manhood he recognized
the claims of childhood and gave his
best to Sabbath school work. In the
JURY FINDS PRISONER GUILTY OF
MANSLAUGHT ER.
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for
the Killing of His Little Son in a Fit
of Passion In December Last --Fam-
ily Record Shows Mental Dis-
ease.
irease.
Immediately After the close of the
Jardine case on Friday last George
Vanetone was arraigned- on the charge
of killing his five-year-old no. Fred.
die, on the evening of the 13th of De-
cember last.
"Guilty," was his reply to tbs
charge.
"What:- said the clerk, astonished.
"Guilty," the prisoner repeated.
"Oh. we cannot accept that plea"
Mr. Blackstock remarked to the
judge.
"He is "not capable of understand-
ing," explained M. G. Cameron, the
prisoner's counsel.
"Then you believe him insane
now'r" said the judge.
"Yee. I do."
The following were the jurors for
this trial : Harry Godkin, jr., Turn -
berry ; Charles Griffith, Goderich ;
Thoma, Westlake, Stanley ; Ferdi-
nand Burgard, Kgmoodville ; Thomas
Wheatley, McKillop; Charles Clifton.
Goderich township : Edward Talbot,
Stanley ; Lorn Tyndall. Mullett ;
George W. Wray. Goderich town-
ship ; James Thyne. Morris ; Robert
Murdock, Stanley : Leonard Weir,
Mullett.
The Prisoner's Wife.
Mrs. Vanetone, the wife of the pris-
oner, was the first witness. She told
how. on the evening of December 15,
their little son. Freddie. was doing his
lessons at their home on Trafalgar
street, in the town of Goderich. His
father told him to write on a slate the
figures up to twenty. The boy got as
f r r as sixteen and stuck. The father
told him to go on and beat him when
be could not. He struck the lad on the
side of the head first with his hand
aLd fist, knocked him down repeated-
ly, set him up on .4 chair again, later
took the broom. and continued to
strike him, breaking the broom. His
wife tried to interfere, hut he kicked
her. and she ran out of the house.
I She tried to return several times, but
WWI shut nut. She tried to induce
neighbors to interfere, but they failed,
from some reason or other, to do so.
Finally after two hours Taunton,
called to her and told her he had
"gone too far." She wi•nt in and found
the boy dead,
Mr,. Vanstune WINS. a meat remark-
able account of incidents in Ven-
stonr s life since he married her. She
told of several times *hen be st.a'l-(.d to
commit suicide with his razor, of one
occasion when he took poison, and of
threats to shoot her and himself. So
numerous were these incidents that
she was not sure when counsel asked
her as to whether she had related them
all or not. On one occasion he struck
the then youngest child several times.
with a bat. and the witness worked
two hours bringing her around. •
Outside of such exhibition of anger,
Slates and county Sabbath reboot con- Vanetone appeared fond of the chil-
'n, and even on the night Freddie
ventions he was frequently heard in
was killed he and his father had been
song and public address. playing
In politics 'ne was a Republican. but
always it prohibitionist in his attitude Lloyd Vanetone, the prisoner's eN-
to.vard the saloon. The leaders of for rets )n. thirteen year- of age, corrob
party consulted him because they orated his mother's story of the events
knew that he woe close to the people of the total evenigv.
and best represented the moral convic- The Medical Evidence,
tions of their conetituenev. He bad i)r. A. C. Hunter produced a chart
to think his way throat/h. but once
possessed of a conviction he never fal-
tered.
In business be was characterized by
the strictest integrity. Like L.ongfel-
low's "Village Blacksmith" he aitned
"to look the whole world in the face
and owe net any man." A cause
that meant the extension of righteops-
new always ,Lppretled to him. Like
other piooeere "he lived in a house by
the side of the road and was a friend
to men."
The funeral services were held from
the Methodist Episcopal church. Old
neighbors and friend,' came from town
and country to pay a tribute of re-
spect to a pioneer. friend. neighbor
and ahoy., all to James Thoroson, the
man. The service was most appro-
priate, the, hymns such ss he loved
to sing. Rev. G. W. Cooper, of Cava-
lier, a former pastor, was in charge of
the service. The vitiator. Rev. A.
Birohenough, preached a brief and ap-
propriwte sermon. 1)r. J. G. Moore.
of (.rand Forks, a friend of twenty
years, paid is tribute to Captain Thom -
eon. the friend. neighbor, citizen and
man nA he knew him.
The body of the deceased restain the
cemetery beside that of his wife.
Along the highway will pass trienda
and relatives who for many years will
keep green the memory of a man
"whose lite was pure in its purpose
and strong in its strife."
The County Fair.
Get ready for "The County Fair,"
Masterson. to he held at Victoria Opera Rouse
Falconer. Friday evening of thi. week. Ewell
Another
body rtes, will he there. Ree the alid-
Another link hetween the pest gen-
oration and the present has teen .4'v- way and hear the eldeshow harken.
.eewl by the death of Ann McLean. Catch on to Doctor Pill, the dirk mrd•
widow of the late Redp.eh Fah -own, kine vendor. Behold Protean, Veri
who rosewood int,. rent on Friday of Smooth, the mkgfol.n. Watch (sit tor
last week. aged seventy -It ye years and ; the wild MOM from Borneo. Nee the
two months. Mn. Fwleoner had crowds and hear them Wk. The old
always enjoyed • fair measure of toewi favorite*, George end Henry. will he
health and the beginning of the 'Reese' there with their funny *portal( v whish resulted in bet demise dated'Mia! epeeialtiese hent...n wets
only &boort .hr a weeks D svion.. 1'be thing op -to -date• Raab ere going
the late Rdwasd fdeLesn. who •-aane Prices Ns n 116c and .
deera.wd was the ,aeons daughter of fast at R Rdwsedr' restaurant.
•
prepared hy Dr. Alex. Taylor, which
showed that out of about ninety nt
Vanst.one's ancestors and blood rela-
tives over flfty had suffered and were
suffering from the nervous disease
known as Huntingdon's chorea.
Eleven of them were in insane asy-
lums. People who had this disease
invariably died in asylums. Dr.
Hunter said the symptorns of the dis-
ease were manifest in Vanatone six
years ago. He did not think the pris-
oner cripat le at the titre of the crime
of jttdging right from wrong.
l)r. Clark, of Toronto insane Asy-
lum, stated that at the time be made
examinations of Vanstone in jail he
could not have certified that the man
was insane. He had noticed no symp-
toms of chorea at the time of his ex
-
amination ,.o December :11), "hut
now," he said, "It is quite evident
the man is firmly in the grip of the
dise.se, and ftom now nn it will be
pro .Frees{ ye.
1►r. Bruer• Smith ,{greed largely with
Doctor Clark. having examined the
prisoner on four different ocrasions-
Un none of thele was the Doctor .Me
to obtain evidence of insanity, .1-
tAough he gave careful .atention to
his se.rch for mental defects in the
prisoner.
Exhibitions of quArrelA illeoeas were
displayed at time's .ince his inr.rcerr.-
tion in the jail. on one ncensinn b.
att. eked .. prisoner mimed Nie('.'eh.
and the litter turned around and g.v,'
him ,i gn..1 thrashing. Since "het
time he had Iwlon,vl well. And been
reported a model prisoner.
Dr. Arthur Jukes Johnson said h,•
had found no ssmptorns of Hunting-
don's ebores in the pi isnner when he
examined him. He Aliso doubted that
the to itching in the prisoner's fare Aa
he sat In the box that day was the
d4.A.e known As H..ntnngdrra'e,
vorieb different from ordinary rho,.s
with whish is his opinion the prisoner
was afllirt.d when esaeai&ed by Dr
Ranter is 10111
Dr. Alex Taylor. peri sswgeus. er.
Meed that when V asabes• keel his
'setla41.4 en ease e
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