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VOL. I
EXETER,. ONTARIO, TI URSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1894.
NO 363
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PLEADED GUILTY,
Chattelle Murdered Jessie
I .eith—Evitle nee Cour-
plete.
Listowel, Ont., Qot. 26—The train ar-
riving here from Stratford at 120
carried Alomecla Chattelle. Crowds
of people thronged their way to the sta
tiou, but by a 'ruse of the authorities
they did not see him. A hack was em-
ployed to meet the train where the
railway crosses the sideroad, and some
distance from town. .A. crowd was as-
sembled at the j'til to meet the hack,
and as the prisoner was being hurried
into the cell cries of "Hang him!" Lynch
hint!' and similar expressions were
heard, and for a time there appeared
indications of trouble But the officers
of the law succeeded in getting the
prisoner securely to the cell,
TI1E INQUIOST
NONE BETTER.
FEW AS GOOD.
Large Prize List.
Handsome Premium.
GOOD INDLICEMENTSTOAGEt TS
For Agents' Ternts, etc., add ess—
aauEflTIsEs DTII co.
LON i)OEX, O', 'T.
Bicycles,
Sewing Machines,
Baby Carriages
And Musical
Instruments. •
Wodnestlay)
, .., 0.46 to 0,47
88 to 40
.,••. 28 to 27
. 47 to 48
18
• 1.5
s. 85 to 40
, . 6,00 to 7.50
It was reported yesterday that Chan-
e011or von Caprivi, of Germany, had re-
signed, and that the resignation had
been accepted,
s.ei.
The Qwest Bruce Reform �1..soclati on
rrt0' at Kutcaedino yesterday, etected
of(ieors, and voted confidence in their
:'representative, Mr, Howand, and in
Hon, Mr. Laurier,
•
•
The adjourned inquest opened a 2.30
p. m, Only about 100 persons gained
admission to the lioll, but several thous-
and thronged the door and filled the
street.
When the prisoner was being
brought from his cell he was visiole to
the assembled crowd for a moment,
This was the signal for a tumultuous
demonstration. Chattelle is dressed
the same as on Tuesday when brought
on to the platform at the depot here.
The proceeding's commenced by ex-
hibitiug the articles in the valise and
thosefound on the prisoner when ar
rested..
The evidence given was yery con-
clusive.
Constable T. B. McCarthy was the
recognized
s
wither called. He
first
the articles found on
the pprisoner as
those he was entrusted with on Tues-
day last, when the prisoner was hand-
ed -oyer to him by Constable Travis.
Constable Robert Woods produced
the celebrated black valise and par-
cel containing tbe murdered girl's
clothieg.
Mr Wm. WTaynard, of the Bank of
Commerce, Stratford, identified the
blue jacket stolen from his clothes line;
also the black stockings marked "N"
and a towel, articles also found in the
valise or in the tramp's possession.
Isabella McLeod, of Ailsa Craig, tes-
tified that her house was broken open
on Oct. 2. She recognized the articles
exhibited as belonging to her and
showed about a yard of cloth which
site brought from her home that corres-
ponded with the material in the waist
found on the prisoner. Thelblood stain-
ed petticoat taken from Jessie Keith's
neck was also recognized by this wit-
ness as well as a cloth jacket, a bonnet
the Tam O'Shanter cap and a pair of
white stockings. Witness told of, los-
ing other articles that have not been
accounted for.
At this point the prisoner was made
to exhibit the lady's black cashmere
jacket which he was wearing' when
captured. This also witness claimed
to be her property.
Wm. Rodgers, of St. Marys identified
the pants but not the prisoner.
Donald Ross, engine driver; Bertram
Teskey, of St Marys; Mr. Wm. McCaf•
free., of Ellice; John Zimmerau, of Gads •
hill; Wm. Lambe Reuben York, Ale
Poole, Fannie Morniu ;•ton Miss Theresa
Loney, near Peffer Station; John Joues
of Mornin,gton, all testified to having
seen the prisoner.
Miss Carrie Lantz, near Listowel tes
tified to having given prisoner a lunch
on the day of the murder. He after-
wards went in the direction of the rail-
road track, and distant from the seene
of the murder loss than a mile,
Thomas Johnson, residing at the
sante place as last witness, also testified
that he met the prisoner. A man
walking an ordinary pace could reach
the scene of the tragedy in 25 minutes,
Robert Morris, of this town, saw the
prisoner in two different places on the
day of the murder, the last within 10
minutes' walk of the place
Dr. Rutherford 'said the cause of
death was due to loss of blood from the
cut in the throat, and detailed a tech -
Meal deseription of the condition of the
bo L found.
to the criminality of the prisoner,
The route he went was indicated by
a'l
the witnesses, Dearly y the whole dis-
tance, from Ails& Craigto Listowel,
thence to Cataract, The jury were out
but a short time when they returned
with a verdict of wilful murder against
the prisoner, who gave his name as
Almeda Chattelle.
1111 1'L1']A.DS GUILTY.
The prisoner was then arraigned be-
fore a magistrate's court, consist Mg of
police Magistrate Tullune and Mayor
Weatherstoue. Muck of tbe evidence
by car'oller's jury was gone over,
The Magistrate formerly charged the
Prisoner under the section in the Revis-
ed Statues which gives him an oppor-
tunity to reale a statement; and warn
ed him that anythiug he might say
could be used against him,
Chattelle replied that he was guilty,
and had nothing mord to say.
Ile was then removed to the cell,
where his clothing were stripped and
examined. Many blood stains were
found on his drawers,
While being eearched he, repeatedly
said he did not care how soon he was
put on the world, "Let them cut me
to pieces, or haug or shoot me," he re-
marked. "They have proved I slid it;
what is the good iu delaying matters?
The sooner they got it done with the
better."
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and vicinity, . . • .
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F
UflIRTI
ATTEILPT AT LYNCHING
At -10.15 a hack was in waiting at
the jail door, and a restless mob was
clamoring outside for the prisoner. A
numer or constables were ou hand,
seed the prisoner was suddenly• rushed
through and into the hack. .A. large
rock followed in dangerous proximity,
missing person, in the crowd. He was
driven off at full speed to the station,
followed by a turbulent crowd.
At the station the train was not yet
t the
nut into was take
prisoner
the o
in and
p
,
depot, where he remained closely
guarded until its arrival.
The crowd here was very demonstra-
tive and seemed dangerous, All sorts
of cries and threats were made, such as
"Lynch him!" "Hang him!" • "Use
the rope!" "Throw him under the
traiu," etc.
The officers ran him down the plat-
form, followed by the crowd, and at the
car steps a determined effort was made
to get him.
`There was no organized leader,but a
few men the worse of liquor called for
volunteers to follow them into the car
and take him.
In the scramble Constable McCarthy
drew his revolver, and. Chief McCarthy
of Stratford, narrowly escaped falling
under the car.
For ten minutes the train remained
during which many inflammatory
threats were made by the crowd.
Finally, at 10.40, they pulled out, fol-
lowed by wild and derisive cheers from
the mob.
Chattelle will remain in the Strat-
ford jail uutil the spring assizes.
To a reporter who accompanied him
from Listowel to Stratford Friday night
after the inquest at Listowel, he
made a full and complete confession of
his crime, He told how he had met
Jessie on the track. The fuilowiug dia-
logue then took place between the ac-
cused and the reporter:—
"Did you accomplish your purpose?"
"No she resisted me o11 the track, and
was too strong for me, and, after a
struggle, I hit her on the head with a
stone, rendering her insensible. I then
half -carried, half -supported, her across
the field to the bush, where I cut her
throat, and then infil'ieted the other
wounds."
"What dill you do with the organs
you removed?"
"I buried them in a field near where
the stance was found. I cruet describe
the place exactly, but if a bloodhound
was put on the scent it would find
theta.
"But why did yoil remove the parts?"
"I don't know; after I found I could
not accomplish my purpose, I became
maddened, and do not know what fol-
lowed.
"Why did you strip the bcdy?"
"I don't know."
"There was a strong case
you."
"Yes, and the witnesses
truth for the most part."
body when Dun "They say you have been
11irs. Keith, mother of the murdered similiar acts before this!"
o•irl, identified the blood-stained gar- , Y
`\o, nester; and I would not do it
kill him, and the sooner the better, He
did not eare whether he was shot,knifed
or pulled apart. Mr. Murray said
further that Chattelle .confessed all the
horrible story of the cringe to him iu
the Stratford gaol, but it would not
haye done to Slake it known then.
The .details were too horrible for recital
and the prisoner stated to him that he
did not know what possessed him,but be
became animated by an ucteoutrollable
fienclistl frenzy for the time being, and
could not resist,
Aroltlld About Us.
West Zorraa Malcolm. McKenzie
sold 440 barrels of apples from his or-
chard, at $1.25,
Clinton: The other clay while Mr,
Will Holloway was out shooting, he
brought down a black squirrel which
had a tail as white as snow.
Tuckersmith: Mr. D. R. Lands -
borough, the popular teacher of School
Section No, 5, has been engaged for
next ye'tr. Mr. Landsborough has
proved himself and able and efficient
teacher, and the trustees have shown
their appreciation of his services by
making a liberal advance in his sal-
ary.
Brussels: W. Il. McCracken, our
veteran gardener has the following re-
cord for prizes taken in 1894. Wing -
ham, 25; Belgrave, 16; Seaforth, 86;
Wroxeter, 88; Brussels, 50; Fordwich,
28; Blyth, 19; Dungannon, 13, Sotne.
times two fairs occur on the same day,
but to meet that emergency he sends a
wagon load to each place.
ROYAL OUTCASTS.
Ex -Empress. Eugenie lives in liinglaxitl
as the guest of Queen biologic, who, is herr
warm personal friend, She often goes to
the continent, and is said ou one or two
oeeasions to have visited Paris incognito.
After' the downfall of Napoleon, his
mother, Mine. Bonaparte, went to Blois
and thence to Rome.. ,She returned to
France during the Ilundred Days, and
after Waterloo, went: back to Rome, where
she died in 1886.
Isabella II. of Spain was expelled by her
long-reufl'ering people iu 1870, She has
since lived in Paris, and while in by no
means good repute with respectable people
before, she has been much less careful 'et
her eonduet since her enforced retirement
front the throne.
Count de Alirabeau, the father of the
famous revolutionist, had so pleasant a
time with his family that in the course of
his married life he took out no less than
fifty-two lettres de cachet against Ids wife
and her people, and had most of ahem ex-
iled.
xiled or imprisoned.
Louis Napoleon was taken prisoner by
the Prussians September 2, 1870, and im-
prisoned
mprisoned in a German castle until tb.e close
of the war. He was then allowed t0 de-
part, and, going to England, took up his
residence in Chiselhurst, where he lived
quietly until his death, January 0, 1873.
Louis XVIII. spent most of the years of
his exile in England. He took a house in
London, where he lived quietly, and, it is
said, was much more concerned with the
quality of his dinner than the nature of
the news from the war that was waged for
his reinstatement on the throne of
France.
Brueefield: Burglars are again mak-
ing their appearance in our village,
having visited the home of Geo. Logan
last Saturday evening. They seemed
determined to make entrance as they
returned. the second sac ud limo•1 . Logau
being 1
1 : dtisab e to
bc.lu„ up they deemed t z
retire. It would be well for all to see
to their iasteuings when such are
about.
Clinton: Mr. A. Gorrell receiv
ed the sad information on Monday,
from his son frank, who resides at
oxbow, N.W.T., that he had Lost two
daughters. within a few days of eae•h
other, with black diphtheria. The
children were aged about 6 and 8 years
respectively. A son, aged 12, was also
at the point of death at the time of
writing.
Mitchell: Tho people here were ter-
ribly shocked on hearing of the terrible
death at Palmerston, on Monday, of
Mr. Fred Davis, a former employe of
the Advocate, and who was for a long
time a member of Trinity church choir.
It appears that the young' man was
caught between two sections of a
freight car and crushed to death, his
body being almost severed in two. He
died in about half an hour,
Mitchell: There died here on Friday
evening last, Miss Carrie McNay,
daughter of the late Thos. McNay of
Fullerton, at the age of 20 years and 5
mouths. Deceased was a bright young
girl, a clever student, but having failed
at the late intermediate examinations
she became almost prostrated, and her
nervous system being unable to bear
the strain she succumbed to a broken
heart almost suddenly on the evening
aboye mentioned.
against
told the
guilty of
meats and a purse shown her, and said
that they were Jessie's.
A number of other witnesses were
called and their evidence was taken,
some of them. haying seen the prisoner
t
murder.
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r' and others after
be
f0 L.
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The evidence taken as a whole was
complete, and as
very
leaves
no
REMEMBER
1 hi
doubt
P�t�l' 1S Cailllil
And you will have to have
Winter Clothing.
By buying at J. H. Gr'ieve's you will save money,
look well and feel Well dressed at a verylow cost.
y ,
All the Fall and Winter Goods. are In now. We make
a speci.dlty of fine goods and sell them at the P IGI'
Y
prices to suit the TIMES. If you want a nice over-
coat suit, call and see us ! For a fine We lead the trade.
again for all the world. I am sorry 1
killed the poor girl."
"Were you not afraid of being lynch-
ed?"
"I would not have eared. I might
o . What
i to dayas to Iuort w
as well die
difference does a day make ? I did it,
I have confessed it, and I have got to
die anyway, and the sootier it is over
the better."
After answering these questions the
prisoner became annoyed at the num-
ber of people crowding around him in
the ears and refused to talk furthur.
Later he was asked what became of
the Christy kiC
t
hat he had on
before the
1 •
a
murder, and which disappeared when
he doltiled the Tam o'-Shanter. He
laughed immoderately at this, and
thought it a good joke that it could not
be found. "Oh I buried that deep down;
you'll never find that," he grinned.
Asked if he was not' a great eater,jud,g-
ing fl•otnitlle number of places he called
and got food at, he said, "When a man
is out a week seven times three are
twenty -cue, but I find that it is oftener
seven times two are fourteen." and he
laughed. again.
StJICIDLI I J]AR1ID.
Detective Murray was seen by your
corf•espondent Saturday evening, and
pressed his belief. that Chattelle would
Ladi,. r y7 -le Department, ConiEt' suicide a8 soon as he got a chance
and should be well watt:bed, Re
based his belief upon the prisoners ac-
We pay l�
special attention to the Ladies' Mantle Depart- tions, 'Upon leaving the hall he had
merit, We out and make all: kinds of Jackets, Capes
and Wraps, ��s,. Remember the ' place:
rigg's Olde Stand.
�• ■ d. c I a7 E
liilgerecl near a window, and was eau -
ti000d about exposing himself for fear
ofedanger. He replied that he did not
care how soon he was 13.11811 , now
that all the Witnesses had eonspired to
WRITERS OF FICTION.
Rudyarel Kipling is said to have been
jilted by six London girls before he wooed
and won his American wife,
John Jacob Astor was annoyed because.
a Londoner asked him if his recently pub-
lished novel was to be translated into
English.
The Scotch writer of stories, S. 11. Crock-
ett, says that he began his literary career
by publishing a volume of poems which
no one read.
The neighbors of the present Lord Ten-
nyson think he is a great poet. One of
them recently remarked to a stranger:
"Ile carries on the busindss now."
To Emerson is this story attributed: On
being asked by a friend what he lectured
for, he replied: "F -a -m -e." `'What do
you mean by that?" inquired the other.
"Fifty and my expenses."
Alphonse Daudet has nearly completed a
new novel, "Le Soutied de Famine,'?
whose hero is a Russian student living in
Paris. Another novel, "La Petite Paro-
isse," dealing with life in a small French
town, is ready, and will soon be published
as a serial
CROPS.
Russia's rye crop is 539,000,000 bushels.
The Kansas wheat crop is 70,831,000
bushels.
The total hog slaughter last year was
18,196,580.
India has 27,000,000 acres in rice, 18,000,-
000 in wheat, 75,000,000 in other food grains,
1,000,000 in sugar cane, 251,000 in tea, 10,.
000,000 in cotton, 1,000,000 in indigo, 300,-
000
00,000 in tobacco.
In the United States, from a bushel o£
corn a dealer gets four gallons of whiskey,
which retails for 816. Of this the govern-
ment gets 53.60 the retailer t,7, the distiller
54, the railroads 51 and the farmer who
raised the corn 40 cents.
It is estimated that Florida's crop of
pineapples this year Will aggregate 50,000
crates, or fully ,3=0,1)1)0 pineapples. The
growers have been doing so well financial-
ly that the acreage set to pines is increas-
ing very rapidly and it is expected that the.
crop of 1895 will amount to 100,000 crates.
Seaforth: Ona clay recently Mr OBSERVATIONS.
George Cardio, of this town, met wits`
what might have provecta:`very serious Here is something new, a sign in a wine
store window which reads: ' Cold claret
punch, 20 cents a quart."
A New England dictionary affers the
following definitions: "Bicycle: Pleasure's
treadmill. Ink: A black fluid often used
to make black seem white."
Capt. Moore, of the etary Gibbs, is home
from a voyage to Africa with a cargo of
rum and missionaries from Boston. He
called at thirteen ports to unload rum,
which was received with wild enthusiasm.
At the thirteenth port the missionaries
went ashore uninvited.
"The laziest cigarette smoker I have
seen lately," said a citizen, "was a young
man who crossed the street the other day
with a cigarette in one hand and at un-.
lighted match in the other; he held the
sulphur encs of the 'match against the rim
of the wheel of a wagon that:was passing
and let the wheel light it as it revolved:"
accident. lie was out hutting black
squirrels, and while in the act of firing
the gun he was using, a breach loader,
it burst. Tiis face was badly blackened
and burned with the powder, and one
eye is pretty sore, but he will not, un-
less some complication sets in, lose the
sight of it, Under the circumstances,
he had an exceedin]y fortunate escape.
Goderich: Mr. William Warnock,
who has heretofore captured easily the
first of the three prizes offered by Wil-
liam Rennie for the largest squash,
was this year only third, his sample
weighing 229* lbs. The first prize
wont to Mr. Naismith, Falk enburg,
Ontario County, 295 lbs.. and the see
and to 1llr, loose, Lockton, Cardwell
county, 250 lbs. Mr. Naismith received
his seeds from Mr. Warnock's big
champion of Last year, and he has evi-
dently profitted by our townsman's ex-
perience and advice,
St. Marys: A young Englishman
named T. Little, tried to run a fake at
Avontou a little place out from here, on
Tuesday night, but just as he thought
the success of his little scheme was as-
sured he was captured and made to
- •m •l art two
0
dis><aoinc. the boodle. For the p
weeks he has been working up au en-
tertaiumet,t at Avontou, the "proceeds
to be devoted to the church building
feted," cunningly announced on the
program. "The Toronto Orphans Soo
iety" was to furnish the talent, and the
program was a very attractive one,
On Monday Little came to town and en-
gaged a number of the St Marys band
` music..
goinstrumental ental m u
dols m
to out and give
He engaged a double rig from Walker
Bros. to take out the band, and a single
buggy "to meet same of the performers
at St. Paul's station." The St. Marys
boys went out through a drenching"
rain. While they were playing the
first selection Little left the hall with
the proceeds, and was packing 311) his
traps to leayo when suspecting all was
not right some of the St: Marys boys
followed and caught him and made
hien go into the hall and pay the band
thou promised foes, and also settle with
Walker for his rigs. The audience
were exceedingly good natured over
the affair and made no demand for
their money back, het even coetribut-
ed more to pay expenses. The band
gave several selections, and Little, who
was kept to the hall until the enter-
tainment was over, made a tepid sneak
as'soon as let go, Little evidently in•
tended t0 use the extra single rig from
Walker's to take hien to Stratford
where he would take train for the un.
known,
MIRTH.
He—I heard a report that Gus Dude-
leigh had fallen and hurt his head.
She—Well, there's nothing in it.-1'&im-
sey's.
• He—She ]las very handsome teeth. She
',VIiy shouldn't she, when her brother is
a dentist?—Syracuse Post.
He—You are the only girl I ever loved—
She--Oh, never hind that. The main.
question is em T the only girl you ever will
i
— lll.atl Tribune.
love. Cinen
- "She just dotes on: poetry." "She does?
Then I think i'll try niy luck with her,
for if she loves poetry she isn't looking, , for
a
171811 with honey."—N. Y. Press.
"Miss Meek seems to always be es mild
as her name." "Humph( 'You ought 'to
see her in a'drive whist' when her part-
ner trumps her ace."
A BATCH OF SCIENCE.
The ltarlrm,,g of a dog
on earth can be
distinctly Beard by balloonists at an ele-
vation of four. miles,
A star 25,000,000,000,000 miles away would
be considered quite remote by anyone ex-
cept the astronomer.
Through telescopic observations we have
learned that when en route birds travel at
an altitude of from one to three miles
above the earth.
Bathing is often answerable for .aural
disease when ducking the head is practiced.
It should be borne in mind that the ear is
intolerate of cold Water.
Iceland is pronounced by a writer in the
current ntnllber of the (Quarterly Review
but a burnt out cinder, more akin to a bit
of the moon than anything on this planet.
ELECTRICITY.
The electrical railways of this cousatry
numbered 469 lest year.
ft cost WS per word to stolid a message
from New York to Demerara,
At the end of last year there were 6,114l
guiles of electric railways in this couurtts%
The Western realest. Telegraph company
lied at the end of lest year 21,078 o%lloes,
which received 130,111,858 messages, which
were sent out over x09,201 miles of wire,