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V0l4 Vii. Exeter, Ontario, Thursday, M'a'rch 4,.1880'.
WA•rurtee. 'Loom
SeWA Machines
I 'VgR11R, Ancortleons and
Umbrellas relterirod, kgeut
for the \Vaet'/.or'sotles sew
lug Alttohirki(,. Second-
huud Sowlug 3.. chtnoe for
sale cheap ,A11 kinds of
gice.11, s and shorties for Sewinr\f,tettircees kept on
.hand Shop -Main Street, neesi ioc R,'
sedis erase ereerieter. liretw 15 1-y.
i`JI3 SALT';,
A. NN Pide \t'•ttshinat m helm- pewee. In good.,
"order. At,1,1y'wk.Wit ul3ice. '
d'iliee? ee e' L1eese
L' 1'f+;
O L FOR SALE OR' Z (.) RENT
—" THE LV IX;FF4811.XN I1OTaeniu ' Ceutrulin..
stile or to rent Pcsact,sictt +here first of May
"tto�t. Jf' r purticOd ors wore.y ailT013•
Iii iekinaker, Oreditu1a, Out..
February .34 3kx+). tf.
TIOR SA:t.,E OR '1O RENT—A eet;)re
A- iu Cu tr: liu,'on corner of Station and Meun
'StreetK W. &.toed nett, and suitable for I)r)
Cyclols (accr,try t* General Store. k'ur Slather
eartteulars•ct4ti 3ty'to .1.1i, HYNUAfA1J,Exeter, or
' i1.HLi.Ll:ri,;Centralia.
1.0OB SALE ---=AN EXO3+RL'LKel'f
F.\1i11f of one. hundred acres on the London
etrud„ firntbuucessidia of Ntol,hou. near the village'
tiidExe•ia^.• Apply to Jtlit.UU, V. t91d-dc1'C, S,•l 01.
!tor, l.xeter. Acigust 14 Joie.
r ,t) I1,LNT FOR A el'ERer OF
:s deli*: it neenes.=Tres iwproyeetering of
ceuelittudred acres eae1i, a largo bunk barn anti
dither btiitu.inas on each pisco. Thr rent utast lac
•.h,eid tit adIan( e or satisfactory security giyeu.•
'Jeer ru.•ther ; attiectlars,apply ort the pretn'6es to
Ci, or.11 (41..11AN lot 1, con, i, c'lxor..+r P.0.,.
TeIGON SHOP AND D\4'l±;J,,L1Nix
House for Rule itt llctuhwood, win. otie-
Glrtil of an acre otlan•l, situated tuhar Ortlt's hotel,
Main +trees nr..t iu.the bastousilIGA4 +attof the
+village. 13ueldings nearly now. Qucutity of fruit
teees on tuopeetuises• Price $450. Tinto given to
n nit too, p,+:t:ai;u er. .t1ply tot PET19hi WiYTh113,
L'ru,ifmnt, lei.
11A.R11 FOR SA/Z.—Leta. Bauble
Line, Stc+phen,30 acres, 80 acres cleared,
0101114'4, good brick house, good stnhle, Ecol
font:ed. Lard excellent, Ou lake shore, j or it.
mile ftotn Port Blake, where hoots ren throe
7hnc+s et week,au(13 ofa mile from (;rand fend
nnveuicuttosoh001 mud churches, on goed rind
Priep, e2,3u0, teas eery; S13ll1t:1O AhSJd11
DIAN firewater3c o
11 #1td'1 FOR ,S'ALLi.—Lot 14, CON-
cession i0, StepLeu, cotit,tiniin 100 acres. 7e
acres cleared. Good 1 g house and franc bare,
nils; Good young oreha d, grafted fruit, The
'arta •is went euced and u a good state pf culti-
vation. There iso large quantity of black ash,
atsoF a never failing well, Por terms apply to
tlAISH t PHLLLII'p111. Orediton. June 6
IMPORTANT .V UTICE5.
�� J. CLARK, A.geut for the Us-
J,.•�1 it bore and Ribbert Mutual Piro Insurance
Company, Residence..,-V'aryattar, Orcle{ra by
mailltremptly asreb4.ec3 p,
S, Ud.11,l'l3jatete PJ OVXNCIAL
I,ctnd $i3rveyer, &o„ will to at the
12 yrhhotel flxeter,oet the first Tuesday inrush
mouth. Orders for work left a'ittt Air. John
tdjackrutp trilircooly eprompt cttontior
e' Guilt 11. laND.1MAN,
ACCOUNTANT, CONVEYANCER, REAL
ESTATE AND INSU, ANOE AGENT.
nioueytnloauon mortgages, notes and other
peottr�ttes. Itontsanrl'aeoouuts collentedon rea-
eouabie terms. Insurance effected in first•olass
Comps 3es at reasonable rites. (h:tue—at 1)r.
33vudmait's.1tctin S root Exeter
J A -e
LAKE, AUDTIONbliel FO±
'FHB UotJNTY or' HUkioN.
A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY
just receive a for investment on mortgages
atlrpur cent.
.dll+',EDS,WILLS, ETO., DRAWN
/on reasonable terms.
if R. ABBOTTL.
Graduate of Royal College of
DENTAL SURGEONS.
Office ovox O'Neil bank, and opposite Samwell
I'icicar+ls.
I 13.00.
SAFES,
SAFES
IN PERFECT. ORDER.
No 28.
BIDOIILPII'S TRAGEDY.,
CONV1 UAT#OA` OF PitELLIIINA113' LXA111?fA-
Tfu.' .al:lenar, 3fA(i•ISTIcAT13.
I'reltne. 273h February.
�`lte t)ielletivary exteuiinatiou of the
tiereons inverted for the Douuefly nett►
der wise continued at the fury , Hall
this tnoruiug, the Court room at the
Court 11coteee 'being moulded. 1. the
Division Court Judge
Wslliani Pliuuipsoa, recalled, was
orosi•exereiued by Mr. electnxllou, Q.
C., for the defeuco. The sucvcty which.
was formed was fur no purpose that lie'
kuow of other teem fer disc:,vering pro-
perty which had beou stolen; arty neau
who Iik,td (solid Edge the bone: iu rho
CLIIre'il; it Webs peri to everyone iu the
parish; did not take tiny notice who
sigued it; the prisoner William Carroll
was winking fur Wituese eiiJee some
thou List July; ho then hired for three
tubules, then weut tiwa\ fortwomoutile
;nickname buck agttiu; James . Unroll
ear iu the hit[eit of ceiling to see hie
brother at witiieead house art he went
along; he used to stop it night now-aud
ugaiu at wituers' hours:; Le had slept
at wituess' house three or four tiluee,
maybe more; always slept with Lis
brother idA the s•imo bed; there in no
ucilie dowu stairs, only the board,
Hour of the gcxrret; tee floor i.3 of wide
boards, some of which are loose; the
hones was built about five or sir years
before wanting' weut thele to- live; the
door bourns would' be pretty dry;. a
small ))•
taco of the
aur loor v
it wits burnt
%here the stovepipe weut up through
the loft;" that ocoesiouea the boards
arouud ittogetloose; the bel is about
three or four Aaetfrom the stovepipe;
from witness' knowledge of tlhe, linitse
he olid not thiuk aur cue could have
tot out of bed, across the floor and
down the stairway au.d out of the house
at night without witness would bear
them; wheu witness opened the kitchen,
door to the south next hnoruiug there
were uo trauks iu the snow which were
fresh; slid nut retut•utbcr seeing any
tracks left across the kiiclieu floor of
any one oomlug across the kitolieu with
snow on their boots; James Carroll's
bouts were iu the kitchen thattnorning;"
Carroll came down stairs without them;
his boots- were left with 'Wm. Carroll•'s
and "wituess' between the stove and the
wall in the kitchen; where wituers got
op in the morning as their pairs of
boots were iu the sande place. Witness
described the course ""a person would
have to past' within four feet of his bed
room door; Wm. Carroll same dowu-
entire et his usual hour ;:ext morning.
Junes 1'eheely, next witees, said—
After leaving the Donuellys witness
went to Mr. Whalen's, nearly,opposito;
sawshis brother William, Bridget -bin-
3Si chlin, Jane IIeLaohlin and- the fam-
ily; staid there about half an hoar,
more or.less; after leaving Whalen's he
went home, which is about 20 minutes,'
walk from Douueily's house; it is aldlit
three-fourths of a mile, more 'oi less,
from. Whaleu'st Thad to pads thehouse o}'
previous ttituesson his toad home, also
passed the sobool-house; saw about
three people down the road below the
school house, standing an the road;
they appenred to be standing when he
first saw them; dill not bottle Up - to
diem oil the toatil tame tip to two of
Them at 'iiio►npsou's gated saw lathes
` .11
GOOD AS NW.
Half Price.
Carroll and Jaries Nyder then; Ryder'
ad on a round dap} Carroll had oe
ark clothes; cored hot tell what kind
i' �lutl ;p.t can net airy whetter a thirdI
lierseil wee tilt:ilk of uott got home
• a
2L,.Is t. 2.11.0ZZ . w
. fir iron, 'Carriage aryl Builds
err' Hardware,
tout ll e'elnelt;its coli;.'s4• bo could Say;
ridget and Jane sic haclilid were with
MOSS at the time lie saw the! LWo
ou at 1hompsou's gate. -
ArTtgt ,3)J(JU14NMENti,
The Court resumed at 2.8t) o'dlock:'
L. t . Thou bou lee -called, suld-eeStsesal l W
Cm 0N.
teneeelesSer
remembered the Chief asking her
questions-ou'tlte Brat aebesiou `a'f`t`he
calling; did not - recoiled. `telling him
thin Jahues )atroll hail- not aleph at hex
house ort the night of •the murder; she
did not, tell hint so; could not have told
lain anything to the noutrary of his
sleepieg; there. - '
. Seth nit% t'eb. 28.
William Donnelly, 'sworn --I live at
Whaien`s'Corners, in the township of
Biddulph, and am the eldest son living
of the late James Donnelly; I am a
married man, and -live With my wife at
the place spoken of; I recollect the night
my father and brother John wore kil-
led; I' was at home that night; my min-
yes, young James Keefe and John
Kennedy,- Sr., were there at the lions.'
before dark; illarhu.11;ogan, my brother
John and my wife remitined all night;
John came Omit dark; he brought a
pony and huruese for the purpose of
getting a cutter to take 111;. ivlacdermid
to hrrautou'next day; I went to bed at
half -past twelve, after allowing llogau
end my brutllar Juhn where to sleep;
;Hogan did not want to stay. but was
*pomaded by. John; my wite had gone
to bed about uiueoetluck; About twenty
seven nliunrev • after two: I was dis-
turbed by John curring out of hie room
and going throne!' thine into the --kit-
chen; Lu the room oil mine; he had to
nes- through trine to get into the
kitoaee; he spoke at) be went through;
ttis bedroom was against the gate, and
ha weal(' see mai bear ;anyone before I -
would; 1 want, to see who is rapping at
door end calling Firs,; 'he aid not .wait,
but opened the . kitchen door; and I
iJcn rd then Ray .E.r -! fire l Open the
low, Will 1;' aud 1 heard two shots
Led in reuid succession almeet to- -
gather; Jouu fell back against the door
of coy bedrnotu leading to the .kitchen;
Ri.e said) e1Vill, Will I'ui fihcit.; nifty the
Lord have fusser on, tny..tronl i' .Ilttgau.
tail, 'Lay quiet; tie, will all be ',killed;'
ere bed was almost agaiutet the .door
that came into my routnt Elogau said,
'It is yuq they want.'
()trustable "William Hodguis, • of Ln.
eau, - sworn, a.til--Hs was well .o,
tluaiiited with Jttuiei Carroll, who is .a
constable cls ); a -short time ago he leut
Carroll a pair of haudeutrs; lent 'them
to 11itn the day after Ryder's burning;
thought he had uo htiudoulle of . his
own; the reat•ou he burrowed thew for
wee because he was going to wake an
arrest for the burning; they were re-
turuod by a younger brtther of Uarroll
ou the day af'te'r the fuueralett the time
elfthe murder the handcuffs had nut.
b elf. returned.
Caose-oxiuninedt-nCitrroll was in the
baba :of borrowing the 11'tudeuffe !rum
witness; owned them four or five years,
stud carried them arouud Considerable
with biro; u:+aally carried them in the
breast pocket; they have several tines
b eu damp with sweat; thought he anit-
ed Carroll if he wanted theta; the Laud-
cuffs .produced are the saints• they were
brighter when lent to CarrdIl than they
are now; examined the Lwudculte when
the sot theta house; froin rough 'oatcula-
nun the.ught they here -in the same
couditiou as when he loaned them; they
bear uo traces of sandpaper having
been used upon thorn, re several
tine§ arreuted tee Doune%lys;grti a.ltave
served promisees at the old' sites house;
eerved summons there once, and Thos.
wont into lite house and oaine out with
a gun, said he would blow wituesa'
brains out, and. called Irian it sou --_
—. ; was going to arrest Thomas ;
when Tom pointed the unit at him the
old man told wituess nut to be afraid,
that Tom was not guiutc to shoot him;
wituess judged e4hat \then the old tuau
said thin he was tryiug to ))take thingts
a little bottle; the reason witness did
not aiiest'1'out was ,that he had a stal-
lion and he was afraid it would get soar-
ed; that was the only Glint) he ever had
anY
truub.e with Lith; was going to N.
reef Tota upon a wiirraut for rubbery.
Orote-etamiuetl--Ou .other' meets -
ions weal there fort the, purpose of ex-
eoutiug warrauts;•wu fur trifling of-
fences, ,
William Donnelly was the next 'wit-
ness called, but again failed to sumer
to his ))awe, and the Court thou ed-
journed nutil ten o'clock to -morrow
morning et the Court House.
Tae it merle prix mere anti Mrs. Mr -
her were 'wain allowed bail, the others
being taken batik to the cells. They
are ut.uelied down to the jail, bt;iug
}
followed by a large •browd of persona,
the—floor of the ball *ea densely orowd-
od., the gallet4es were also well tiller,
a ft+its Eprinkliiig of latdies being pre-
sent, '
I'hfeard seifen 'fired in front of the
horse; more in The diredtion of the big
gate; there are two gates, one a. small
one and the other a large one for teams
to come in; the shots sonude(l ]lite re-
volver shots; they were fired one after
another, and although I .would not
swear to there having been seyen, I was
satisfied at the time there was that
many; the gun was almost itt the house, .
because the smell of powder 't+hed in-.
to my bedroom;l was lying tretked. next
a door.' the top part of which was glass;;
my wife was in bed on the front side; I
turned the corner of the blind and look -
Ad out;• I. saw John Kenuedy, James
Oarrnll and Tames Ryder, jr.; they were
etandintr in front of this window where
I wit.; 'Kennedy was standi:hg within
two or three feet of the door; Carroll
was standing with Ryder about nine
feet from me; there wore three others
beside the fence whom -I could not dis-
tinguish. but I took them to be Michael
Heenan, Pat Ryder, jr., and Wm. Car-
rell; they wve outside the fez et. aud
would not ave it to them; the biggest
man had snmething around Liar; 1
sneak positively of Kennedy, Jams%
Carroll and Ryder; I have known two
of them as long ae 1 tan r tl! m'ler; I
'have knave Ryder since he was born.
anti Kennedy is my broth ,r -in-law; I'
liave known Carroll two or three years;.
was too 'W Al min tted with him;
became he has bleu drag:;ing us around
the country since a year op IA+t Oc-
tober; he b tgan a year ago the loth of
last Cit Ober and bag hardly ceased
alive; he had beet getting As arresie 1
all the tinxe,.and when be beanie con-
stable lit�heri it on Mill; he arrested
ins broth••it o e`a.oharge he had been
acgnitterl oily four magistrates, and
(+Sgiiire Petrr3 in Lyndon; there was a
.bad feelic'g on thepartof Carroll to-
wards ns, which _ he showed every •
chance he had. Kennedy seemed to'
ger term rae•gti+th.::•1araoll all the time,
and went` to witness' fathers; hutise to
rertrG,ll: Iienne1y and witness had
been had friends ever Wince he married
hie aie.'er, The" had a gnarrel one
den ill lemma-.. Siooe then they have
always been b%d -friend ; When wit-
1leaea Raw the nerties ontai(1 , his wife,h
said she world "et up whether sate got
glint or not, mg was cholcifie with
the blend in his mouth. She then got
nn and lit a lir itt, Witness is also
I will accriginted with' .lames Ryder's
vnien. He knew hie fattier. before he
freta married. His wife went into the
kit(!}ten with the Iamn, tonk John by
the arm. end landed him n.hmnt a foot
+nweede.witness' room. She said, "Oh
Lord, iifi q dyine." $v this time Ho-
ene' gni. nit and draw him into witness',
room. Witness' wig got it piedet. of
hlesspri rrtnrlle aHyl ilrnrtin held in his
hand until he diol. Ile died ie about
five+ minutes. Witness remained in bed
;luring thio time. I3'ogan said if they
found out it wasn't witness they had
allot, they would dome back, and till
lain' and them too. t e told hurl to
atop quiet in bed, and not say a word:
Witness whispered to his wife to gee'
what time the shooting occurred. She
looked at tba clock, and said it'
was
half -past two: Witness' did not 1oo1c
out of the „window ,again until four
o'clovk. IE ,was dark then and still
enowinez•. At, j,he time witness saw
Kennedy and the pthersi it was pretty
light. It was its light as it was se live
o'clock, as he oould pee it pump, about
fifteenrods away. The reason it was
so light was beoanse there wag endw ori
the ground, and it seemed preiaty clear.
At four o'elnok it *aa snowing and
shindy. Witness . got slit of bed a
little before day -light.. During, the
night John's body was in witness bed-
room, near the door of his -bedroom"
He had been drawn Into the room. Ida
was quite dead. It was not daylight
when witness got up. His wife and
Regan we're in the same room. itis
wife went into:the kitchen and pat on
it fire. it was when tltejt said he was
lead his wife looped At the uidok ; that
was about five minutes after he war
sant. 11 then wantei'i a minute or two
"Up to the tittle be got tip be
(lid not look at John., When witness
trot tin he opened she kitchen ddor; and
Whet tie the tracker oiitaids the !cachets
door% There is about silt feet of roof
prq)eating otter the ddori sand the snow
had not blown in Crider that. Outside
the kitchen door were the tracker of- a
hair of boots and a pair of overshoes.
Slo grow the tk.:ciie iu the snow: titers
was suow thex'e previo'aata that taigltt,
and no fresh snow bad ltil(len Mete
that night. One of the boots that diad
no overshpes on ,had shipped atbcAtt
three feet in. towards the house. The
boots were long and broad. The over-
shoes were large and apparently old,
from the outs in the sole. The traok
from the overshoes went across to" the
big gate going away. The tracks of
the big boots went around the front of
the, house, close by the house across
the front of the lot. Before looking at
the traoks, witness went and called Mr.
Blackwell. Hogau and witness and
Blackwell examined the tracks together.
Witness traced the tracks as far as the
two town lines. He saw two tracks
leave the crowd end go on along the
towu heel in the direction of Mther's.
Wituess told Mr. Nelson, the store-
keeper, early in the morning, of what
had happened, and he said he had
bend nothing during the night. When
witness got up he examined John's
1► east, and counted twenty-nine holes
iu his left bro.ist. The most of the
holes were over the lung. - The colar-
bgne was broken and protruding:
There was a slight wouud on the fore=
head, which witness took to have been - t
caused when he fell against the door.
He did not examine John's body, be-'
cause there was a lot of women round.
His wife pinked up a piece of paper
near John's body. It was a large piece,.
and had the appearanme of haviug been
fired from a shot -pun. The - pieces,.
when put together, world cover a piece
as large as his hand. He could tell by
the reading on it that it was a piece of
the Catholic lfaco'rl. It had blood on
it which witness took to be John's
L•lood.
The Court resumed at taro 'o'olpck,
•William Donnelly contiuued: —Aft er
John opened the duos, and got into the '
kitohsu witnets could hear the rapping
at the door. It is a door with glass
panels. Hb heard them cell "Fire,fire."
They called several times: He could
not say he heard ins brother open the
floor. Y The whole transaction did not
take more than five.. or sik seconds. '
He hear(I Marna 'bloLatigblin'a voice
before any shots were fired at all: Ile
did not bear it after. He caul Bay
how far it is from his bedroom to the
kitchen door. They were kicking or
rattling at the door. They made •a
good deal of noise. , He could not tell
whether they were rapping with their
hands or kicking it: When John op-
ened the door, he beard MoLaughlin's
voice say "Eire, fire, open the door,
Will," and John replied"Whe'a there?"
and James Ryder's voice repliedh•Fire,
open the door;Will." ,Witness'consider-
ed 1'IcLaugliu a good . friend until he
joined the comneitteie He had no-
thing to say against hien though he
had used him unfairly since the Com -
was formed. He thoughthe had a good
repnttition in the neighborhood. Ha
never heard anything against Lim. ''Du
the eight of the'rmurder winless did not
1 tokeo& t of the window after John was
ghat, as if he bac;, they could have seen
him through the wiudow. .Befere his
wife got up wituess heard Carroll say
something. It was either"what's next,"
or "what's best." He was then speak-
ing to Ryder and Kennedy. Iiennedy
raid " brother•in•law is easy lit last.
Kennedy used to call witness "brother-
in-law," when he wanted to maks fun
of him 1ii a crowd, - Witness was sat.
iefled from what they said that it was
bim that they thought they had shot.
At the time witness heard Kennedy's
answer, he was still Iookiug out of the
window He only mimed back just a
little corner of the blind; His wife
took the light Out into the kitchen,
Ile could hear other'voiceo just behind
the gate rt the first timed when John
was et the kitchen door, as they called
"fire,' fire; open the door, Will." It
was Said more than once by t wo parties.
The Voices were those of Martie 1VIa-
Ladghlin and James Ryder. It was
their voices, to the best of Witness}
knowledge and belief. He had known
Martin McLaughlin se long de he bad ,
known aurone. He was raised on the
next lot but dnd to him. He dtstin-
guished his voitte withuut any hestta-
tion.
The dross -examination further elicit-
ed the fast that the witness did not tell
Hogan whom be recognized because
Slogan told Ili tt tit keep whdt he knew -
to himself. He also did no tell Meek -
well, because there was it good deal df
the woman about him. He weld net
keep it secret. He lad beet on bail
teems with the Kennedys aince his +ittar-
l'iage ,to Kennedy's sister. Michael
tOON't11t1JJ7p 0tr i enn Melte.] -