HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1997-07-23, Page 5'Be hanged by 1_ the neck CONTINUED from page 2 Cupid, with all the fascinat- of th
The end of the trial is print- THE SENTENCEAfraidinto the house. "Our object
For Lilo ing charms and witchery of a motive for breaking
Mrs. Miller (maybe a her sex, to betray with letters, was not murder, we wanted appeared in the September of m Lordship
neighbour) told the court that love and kisses, (pointinf to his money. We understood 24, 1869 edition of The mercy, or holsaid, "It is out
old Melady was afraid for his the prisoner) this confiding, there was We Y power to show you
life about two months before generous, but we only Expositor. y you out hope
his death, g truthful, and honest got about $300." He asked for any. Your days are num-
"Once we invited him and man. Kehoe a l •
Kehoe why Nicholas did it. Werredeliberg dRYng v� ted of the foulest ed. You stand deed that
"The old man had
his wife to our house when Although in earlier court in chance "
put him the whole time of came s ever disgraced the annals of
he said he would not go out accounts, it doesn't mention chancery." g
trial, and at 9 o'clock came in crime, paracide. I have noth-
He old man wit what he shot for instructions, what in technical y ing to application with prevent the
hs a whs afraid tnot ga man Jccou Kehoe wn's emend n the with.
from Tecumseh named Lester with murder -only Nicholas
would take his lme. Knew Melady and Nhomas for as to what was necwenty Qyer 'sreresnt iv for
"A double barrelled pistol, for a conviction, and twenty Queen's representative for
from my own knowledge that Donovan - there are testi- and hid it in the cellar"
minutes after, came in with mercy, but there are no palli-
he was threatened. He used to monies in a se McLaren said the reason for • THE VERDICT ating circumstances in your
ghe abouwas t sometimes. Was in mnsKehoe followinga separate
to for the theft was "to retrieve the That Nicholas Melady was case, therefore I recommend
the of sometimes.
drinking. He was trial. And money that Nicholas had lost "guilty,"
afraid habitof f when living hr's counsel thereaddwereses prison -s ll by the old man suinghim." g y' whereupon his You to your Saviour,mercy.
who
Thomas Little ws in goal lion toiPheuprhsoneral"If he There is no ues- alone can rooralve ydoubt upon
in Tecumseh. I did not tell three men in tjteir defence. for assault and battery when had anything to saywhythe mymind
this at the inquest, because 1 But it doesn't appear a ver- Kehoe was in. "Kehoe said sentence of death should not
was not asked. dict was read for Thomas but that the verdict
Counsel's Address Donovan. he was in the house at the of the Jury is one of the most
Melady's time of the murder, but did be passed upon him." righteous recorded. Though
Y' counsellor Hugh McLaren, who shared not say that the old man was THE PRISONER the Jury have found Kehoe
addressed the court in a jail cell with Kehoe told the
defence of his client. He court said he was in killed before hegot upout of Arose amidst the breathless "not guilty," in the eyes of
silence of the vast audience God and man, he is as guilty
attacked the of "for the Kehoe said
murder, but the cellar. Said the old lady of men, women, and children, as you. You are now to be
Mrs. Cooke testimony. Mrs. he was innocent." was butchered with an axe." and said in a clear and dis- taken to the gaol, from
Bond), who corresponded Then he told McLaren, Thomas Donovan was tinct voice: "My Lord and whence you came, and thence
withothe prisoner. "Donovan was t in asked to speak about Kehoe. Gentlemen; as I am convict- on the 7th day of December
"Taking all things othat wsnoi'"Tile evidence of this witness ed, it is useless for me to say next be taken to the place of
Meladher conduct is most together- and I wenin night.aNicholas win- was the same as he gave in anything, but I must return execution, and be hanged by
her c a disgrace is to andod he went up and the last case, saying emphati- my sincere thanks to Mr. the neck till you are Dead!
rally, 'Kehoe had nothing to Harrison, and Messrs. Doyle Dead!! Dead!!! and may God
sent e, ajail to entraptoher sex,ee made some noise,first, which
senta10dy, and then attract a do with the murder so far as I & Squier, my counsellors. 1 have mercy on your soul."
wakened the old man and he know. Had no conversation
man to live her, to lead him got up, when Nicholas shot with McLaren in gaol as we have the fault to find with any KENDE and DONOVAN
to the gallows. Though this him, when I got up the old were not onof witnesses, save one Were re -committed till the
evidence is admissible the man was dead. I never saw The Jurygood terms."man and one woman. Though Spring Assizes to stand their
machinery is disreputable. To the old woman at all." for Kehoe the Jury has found me guilty, trials for the murder of Ellen
send a woman into a cell with returned a verdict of "Not God knows that I am arra- Melady.
Motive for Break -In Guilty" in less than half an cent, and I ask your Lordship NEXT WEEK, the con es -
all the arts and smiles of Kehoe then told McLaren hour.
fora merciful sentence." Sion and execution joj
• Nicholas Melady.
McLaren walkingwith woman
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dination of effort across
Canada to eliminate the
regional disparity in educa-
tion.
Not long after the Council
of Ministers of Education
was set up at a meeting in
Winnipeg by all the provin-
cial ministers including
Quebec. The first Chariman
of the Council was Ontario's
education minister, William
Davis.
The first time I met Don
McLaren was at the Royal
York Hotel in Toronto when I
picked him up at his room to
take him to meet Dr. Robert
Jackson. Bob Jackson would
in the months ahead become
the founder and the first
director of O.LS.E., the
Ontario Institute for Studies
in Education.
I remember it well for as
we met the first thing he said
was, "Is my hair parted
straight?" That became a per-
sonal joke between us, for
from then on, when we met, I
would comment, before he
asked, "Yes, Don, your hair is
parted straight."
There were times when
Don's socializing created a
bit of a problem...for he
loved a party. In Paris, New
York and Frankfurt I dragged
a reluctant Don to his
room...but he was always up
bright and ready -to -go in the
morning. We looked at facto-
ry schools in Germany, met
with the French Science
Teachers Council in
France...and it was always
Don who asked the most pen-
etrating questions, getting the
kind of answers we were
looking for.
Don and I, the Assistant
Deputy Minister, and the
Director of Planning from the
Quebec Department of
Education, went to Rome to
look at Telescola, probably
the most successful education
television enterprise in the
William Thomas
CONTINUED from page 4
boxes and it's not Hamilton,
Ontario.
But the real importance of
Mars' relationship to earth,
was best summed up years
ago by the then vice-
president of the United
States, Dan Quayle when he
said a.id I'm not making this
up: "Mars is essentially in the
same orbit... somewhat the
same distance from the sun
which is very important.
We've seen pictures in which
there are canals, we believe,
and water. If there's water,
that means there's oxygen. If
oxygen, that means we can
breathe.,'
And breathe easier too now
that space cadet Dan is no
longer a heartbeat from the
presidency. In short, outer
space has all the potential of
becoming as weird and
wacky as our own planet
earth. But first we gone get
there.
page 4 world at that time. We spent
two days with the Director,
Dr. Nen, and again it was
McLaren the non-academic
who elicited the answers we
needed with his insightful
questions.
Don and I hada drink
together at Leonardo da Vinci
airport in Rome and we part-
ed. He was going to Paris to
meet his wife and do some
Christmas shopping and I
was heading home to
Toronto. As he walked
toward the gate to his plane
he turned and said something
like, "I'll see you in Montreal
next month - don't forget." I
was a bit concerned as I
w o wasn t his wife, at Expo
watched him weave his way Expo."
We chatted for a few min-
utes and said goodbye...and I
was never to see Don again
d (although we did talk on the
phone a couple of times
after). He,died of a heart
attack.
Here was a nice guy from
Montreal who worked for Air
Canada. He was not •a teacher
nor was he on any govern-
ment payroll...hut his insight,
and a drive that few of us
could match, had an influ-
ence on education in Canada
beyond that of many high -
placed academics. •
I often think of Don and
through the crowd...for he
had three drinks to my one.
The next time I saw Don
was at Expo. I was alone an
saw him walking arm in arm
with a woman that I knew
was not his wife. I skirted
around him so as to come up
on him from the back...and
when I was about five feet
behind him I called out,
"McLaren, what are you up
to?" Without even turning
around he answered,
"Westcott, you old son of
here
sister-in-law,
west
come
and
I'm
and
she's
meet
from
showing
a
my
out
her
his, "Is my hair parted
straight?" or as I watched
him heading alone to his
plane at the airport in Rome,
or the last time I saw him
when he was "showing his
sister-in-law around Expo."
For Don was a giant and I
was so lucky to $et to know
him and have him as a friend.
I have often wondered if he
would have'driven himself as
he did and been such an
achiever if he had been able
to see.
For Don was totally blind
and had been that way all his
life.
Sign up for
Branch golf
Friday August I, the
Provincial Service Officer
will be at Br. 156 at 9 a.m.
Contact Mary DeJong for an
appointment 522-0474.
Linda Gridzak, sports chair-
man, asks that anyone intend-
ing to play in the Branch golf
tournament on Saturday,
August 2, please sign on the
list by July 26. Please every-
one entered pay entry fee
before at the bar.
Friday, August 15, there
will be a steak B.B.Q., $7 per
person. Also horse races and
kareoke. Post time 5:30 p.m.
At the going down of the
sun and in the morning we
will remember them.
We wish to draw your attention to
the error in our '75 Years Summer
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Page 2 - Item 8 - Deluxe 3 -
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long.
Page 9: Item 5 - 20'
aluminum extension ladder,
61-1079-2. Copy reads:
Grade 11 ladder. Should
read: Grade 111 ladder.
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30%.
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