HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-07-16, Page 2Gri °sli murders shocked town in 1868
iz first in a senior .pf
pigmy on the .gruiy Mak*
inunier.3 in 7tioleorsiniin
Township which occarnitin
Jane of let*, dhow 12 yenta'
before the famow.Doneeral0
irtimilicre near iliatesm. .41
guilty pita 41y
Melady J., .27,tin,the deaths
of has parents .tv the Iasi
pith& hanging iin traruida
,Goderieb on December 7,
16169.
Warning: :Perth ,of ,thia
story aontain ,gruestuter
details -some treaders may
find ofbensive.
AN (MAW HIM
fgpositaraiiiitor
One :hundred and rtsvenky-
nine (years .4go, tthe %mini
slaying (planing** Mein
eon . iuppetted ! in, ouratnnmu-
nity.
itheitolasstadiElindfillatty
Were muss . in tdtair *one
alot 2.Amentaatuon Lkflumi
.Road 78invtay, llaulltatsmith
!Township Ant 'the nghtuf
June -6, HMS. 4 Charged ,irms
'Thomas !Donovan Alai alto
youngitietholasidandiy.
ib afutententimialpropar-
ty isinemnitly nivel:41*y its
Farms, and theta is 'no .konsar
a house. on , it. Xmas* ; is .4
present neWithour and
Joseph .Nigh appears in anti-
mony Will ilk* as a hour when the murder -took
place.
There had iteen • well.tknown
d spit tes h.e WOOD -farnwsr
Nicholas 'Melo* Sr- and "his
son 'Nil:holes ir. The father
chine to CallAtittilpprOAithitte-
iy,liye years prior to the mur-
der. -His son didn't arrive at
the same time. Me went to
work in the States and
returned to fatten locally later.
iwzorthos ;to (tostimony tfrom
!Thomas TflaGuaelh, enritin-
' law (of ilielheilao br.,uttthe
murdartrial.
Moe Ifathar dud bean
e:WM tfor About these (or !four
!oaten (Whon the dignified tin
temanty. Minn !the een thawed
elf this thither to !plans,
VanCisadh Ruud then !any the
•mmteutW sae (Whether (or mot
'dWkthistfothantamartind):"
!mom was a Imam
• tthat undid !set the min natal,"
!Medullas bT. lbad !repute-
dion (of timing di& but my ,our
wanes (nu tie sum viten the *pi
*is :money. Mare mete dliav
storiestefthensthowaffbis
Inantoy at this *one When tite
Witti,dnutk.
tadoCiuuch ttdW tthe
lationtat Counall the Afield It
1Mww tthe instniae (time JO
*bit* Medullas !made tthe
Maui. Ita idle esflitat dint tli
,tild 'man *mold mot tiniag
anotherwminen *time:"
VA mot &nova **Minn
itlininhts k. (debt tt Iparsonally
; 'lite this strignuither tor par-
tbtps lb* %IS !father's !fortune
moillti end dip iin intr !hands Air
ittuiyhe (dein It Avant then tto
itarnanyrtotgrannvetthe
.otzbeitisrmother.
idocamob *moat Ike (Old
sum :Matti 'to hike :tits !faun,
; that -he had 'leased .to this sten,
away !Irian rhim. The !two thad
"lawsuit both in Saafinth
andStratfuntjust pnotious!to
:the :murder. about ,ths •lot on
which the or live and hail
taken.t life leue ;hum his
father.
MING 411/ERAPIKOlil
Fur some -tints (an moat
length is nut indicated) :the
whok matter of rutmdiag up
the guilty • party following :the
discovery of Ihc bodies was
on %did tthe community
was in tikedk front 'de !duff-
icemeent.
"Nothing !tuition NO* ,lIone
until !the 'neighbours, :burg
that ,the ,pequeretturs ,of a
%einem crime %would cacape
punishment, ipatitionad Ate
Attorney kfarmend df Onion)
tier a special ktiettnainos ttv
andotwor tto (Obtain mitrioimit
ban do *egg amuse, wide& all
!hilt uflutignithle Ito the
dhii-
thmi," •atainii a argent !front
,the (Oahe !that Amend in
!the Eqpwitor. The came and
its !trial ,attlatillarieth (noun !had
attracted (the manakin tif tthe
tante Clash slams
mittnimd tto tths same wif ;the
rounder. On hio animal be
atented !the amain* !mem-
then (oldie !family, arnaiating
of Ater Amy:hews - Mrs.
Kelm, Mai. Dame beraiwan
and the youngest and
anmartiati (daughter, ntit (the
Unhands ouf the two loan=
Itlionnas ithslady, !the elltlast
son, Who ihad manned 'thaw
tthe (other silk" em thawing tit
this tfathers (death was AttlIV
Jemmied.
tudia
Ittddiaiken,
lithesietatte, text-
tity aftetwatils ,aritiated, and
heMmJa.santitend !law Mee
&ma, gamed at maw lin Alto
heads of William Smith, an
aid and tithed offload -0 this
own them. Le at .un ee dater -
mined aeon a sew uuwae 'of
ittltion; .and emoting tthe ser -
%view of !Mrs. unLtthe wite
of another 41010140w iv
foute. kawed ',her in gatil an a
oheige _of sounteifteitieg, thin
with tlee meat ,olliect.of mar-
!tainiiv. tow 'mut* Ate ow
..kliste !Malady ;know .uf Ithe
facts," stated inewapapor
accounts.
St) VIM Sad and bor
bogus 4101111tettfeitug chage
went 'to wort trying 41.1 gat
(young Alice tio confide sew
thus al the ,arime so thin. Diu
At girl (was iitort anti a
Amon tebsormar. She **s
eurnetihgbar thimily sat tv
talk !ID Mrs. Sad ,suisti !they
suitipectell slight them the
lluat wthem !the dbattettives
ware about tto oakum I.
Send andgam !up thuma-
bun, tf dud She amused
the attention wif Niertheaas
Malady.
'This wan lin a dinantiothin
ma env anteupetted, but, thy
sitstioa,
he sti cum wank
aikvaritags ,of the sarcasm -
mance Whitib began by bar
uving the billowing tune:
- -Tear - saw row
envy day with slater Aline,
and wudill llMe te speak with
yea II satiind lath alattithing
tthe ether Amy in The wards.
MBLAVY:"
'Beherve rise •
Jennie I will love
mita I draw
sty last breath."
The anguainetrue was
tip by !letter, the ratios tail
ignson ipowenting Ethan- &Via%
tigtitther, tut [that the was -Wil-
ling Ito =eft& in het, twaoavi-
Armt rfuout Mite rfaot off his
,aftemaids.:aaking "her
,in a initor not :to !tell anyone
Ahoy limns aorthaponding. 6ts
hiLawterhadkWarfiVt1 hitt) rte
beware .of lett. Tits mugs,
!moot ,tif dile teals was meth
That tdrs. Siront, *Ohm) .00t
,dating :Ow ,day tin Rite yard.
.t.ould tweak with hint !through
the grating df *Os cell, and
thus ss'* in ibe &Ey ban
Airy vault! haw a amstanna-
im dbit, 11111M1101, silk a
hal angeloyed a ceerjiiii
to dhe cells *ill at eilkar
nob ,eff ttbe thy, mak Ike pal -
boy dor than camernendainta,
according to acarspapes
agents.
'In all those ismarwiews-
Mrs. Sand habar knew ati
anderstand Au the rams im kw
acuenortIonig, ad Mat she
wat connond with a ricili
gang. This id then ea the idea
the bar aisistriner watill be
,uf ineurrial avail to thin, ad
suggested stun she Amid
Ohiain her 'leather 's (anotter
nountarfaitarl astesumoe by
snowy and otherwilie to bribe
the 'jury in the trial, and buy
tip esidenue to prole an alibi.
- 'Gradual y hi bietter
theca= inure ,desailod, and, at
last, boy ouniconnutti Ao hint,
And alto do skull] broadly, the
=lie of fin rint:111X11111hC111, hi6
tutannoutiste with the
and the manner iv which it
had hose commitied.
Meanwhile his desire fa
ftrectiou incleast& said
thriller:Mg that est release
outuild, de wane way lieCIVIC
his., .asiked his lawyer to
undulate AV 11=4 bet out.
'Mr. Smith hen aatwnnd to
rths aeons, and *his mud-
d.tri the ithar Ws.
had her tromomed by a
matt=tu iiimeifutel, pabate
Saaftimb un this way
tam he stopped iarto the
Court then sitting to envoi -
gate Under Mr. titclitioken.
and *bar Ake *OAK* was
Mdly 4torb.,
annuttneed that abs had bees
atneited dials :attempting to
escape., is Stamm, soil was ma
:her way rte GotlaArth.. The
ammo for the defetax. in
retuning from Seaforth to
Sindold die same a mw
bar in thaw of Irk. Trainer.
a constable, oa the saute
tank ad at once concieded
tbat sbe had boat antned as
sues/
mom mak Mouldy's
combeirace is her armlet.
amil 11111111106mely cm her maw
tens& about the first of
fawn last. be resumed his
*slam Maids peoccoded to
waif more precisely than
eser the facts of the unonlee
SIXTY NOTES PASSED
-Abram siuy ante% passed
between these during the
math taubsioquent to this, in
the majority of which refer -
moos West made to the mor-
on.b one he itaitzd that one
good CeictIMbteinte in his
favor was the fact that bc
changed hit pante trumcdiale,
)y atter the harder.* fan dee
coniatibiet were unaware 011
Lv mother he Mr0160.16 that
David Donovan had burned
ii iMelady trunk • asit
cuntaitred Sy! sithOe against
bin, or be would send for
more him thiagt he had is it
to make a present to bet..
After alL kr mud he telt pla-
ty outs wo oar saw him. He
was ledhe saki is one, ta
understand that wine man
was "nag ty swear lb* he
saw tram and DOOWNSI going
and sowing from the house
that night, but with her init..;
tame ist could be bought
olf."
Onshater ran alb fOlio1K6: -
Opening aa. it originally
appeaned)
'130EAE JENNIE, - After
tomateaced tout you: I
kat .a,s is could not du with -
Continued on page 5
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