HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1880-10-7, Page 1''Vol.. VW.
Exeter, Ontario, Thursday, October 7,1880.
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I1to..r Rs y LIST. TILT DONNELLY TRAGEDY
1;10 R Sit 1 - XN :ta CIE LLEN'll plerasEF.sS OF That' VIAL,
1�
FARM' •f .,'Inn hued -rod neves nn the Loudon
•(: ad, first core ,s *it c St ,I•lit»L. 'a ear pito village•
if Ever cr. Aping. tr 1114., LS, \i.. ELLIOT, Hollei-
' ; . t Exeter..... August ust l8 1o79,
Vola SAf:tlt] Olt '1'6) .'\.OUAN(xha f,'Lts V3111118 to °pyran) atlruistion to the
on. enterrt•eeentt.'iirct•11OUSee rat? two tete. Cu Curt Rohe°, even long before the
u tarp tntvu t t 1N„!l t t Ir .t ti,ty uu S. 11. 1.'11ta, II` lone, ltul.onneed for the opening of the
•'th'suru Gotr*t'' T? 15111 r ,1.+nt2, f
tloorrt. Promptly at half pest ton His
Lo•rtlehip Jlletice Ammer took itis seat
nth the bench, and the Coilusel for the
Crown, Me.st' . A. Irving and ,I, J .-
free, aeeiettd by Mr. 0. Iletelauson,the
Crow u Atttorney, sat near tree jury
!toe, while 1t.Eest;re, H. Macmahon, Q.
0., W. R Meredith, Q. G;.., GOO. Mc -
No?
'Monday morning opened the Did-
tlltlh reorder trial. It large erowcl
IJO S) L%�• l 'LIN it.,XETiel3 FUIt
8&Ti t'tate r tee 0eso-11'isnoes,.
-• s+1u pt ,stern is situ.' bed a , Wigiant street. 'rt,c
tuuse 1$ 1 star;• 41.11,1,L larolf h t•tutc eon tai lin; S4v-
•41 renals, tL closet (Led a woo isher1. 1'ur further
4nt2•tictlars.u.p16y 'to A lithe, Exeter,
1G14 Siti-.el+,--.--A NE \V Y1tAMML
levee +tel -third of an acre of land
.3itunted (RL 1de'lson St, net, i:xotnr. The llteus4L7
entente.? seems. } ...eaten emit eawietsera,tat l ltl? and J. J. Blake for the defence sat
•w(.4ti feu.tsiltal, ha o is , ;;we,I wall of outer imtnediittely fitciu}! the Judge. An
:alsua Hest-oluss ,vn.,.t++nutlet, t'1e proltlitiUM. Ap_ oi'de[ was tiRtletl for the prisoners to be
-lay et the Tisrn spur•:,
brought up. To the surprise. of all,
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IJOT'i.ON �i.1 �ial 01? FARM AND however, ouly James Carroll entered,
sot of c'red for sale by looking careworn ant firm.
„mite au,-t1uu, on the *windlass, on Satu1•day,
•uctober.d, istitf, cL valub-tl, tarlu of 1())) acres, tin SELECTING A JURY.
property of the, late Phi1i1, Rader, beim; lot 19, The selection of the' jurors was
neon on 7eethd,Lt't', (teen., lice, Iitty. 'rheic aro
•:'$i FL6rOS 0100-0,1 autl 111 a pond state of cnitivn- neessal•ily tedious. One by one thev
Loon,, Urea good well:, good dwelling home, good
". were challenged and left the box. Over
n Laklba e.and good tll'OlitL i'.t. There will alio bo O
• u.3 uaotttyof bay void by the ton (Jul a large three.ghal'ters of an hour was UCL:n-
i,1je of rt,asened Junin( r and tL lot of stook SILil
lit lOo'clock a, ru. All l,etsons having eleiu,s plea 10 tuts manlier, and at tile• end of
=s,;airs1 tt,e estate are r.'gnested to present them that time a patrol had been chosen.
-'to tl,e honor igno on or Union* *Ray of sale.
• �f.nr.ar, ILnI77nL, i.u)c:tit1,T \VjLuL3. s, llseentuxs. The following were clhalletgetl� by
I•ltay,A11 ust5.1650 the Crown :—Thos. Dickens, G. W.
"'so"'es' `"t'° —°-` Mussell, C. McLeod, D. Campbell, C.
Gowan, Wallace Lockwood, Gibson
I?fl ORTAN'T Nt)TICES.
A'IES UXE, COUNTY AUCTION-
ateneer. Soles p •0ml,tly attendodto. Days of
soles arranged at this while.
�ON L Y TO LOAN ON REAL ES -
tato for the Huron ,>` Erie Loan ' Savings
Society. Low rates of iutoresi. Apply to John
paukruuu, LsetO(,
`[ONEY LOANED IN LARGE OR
1 small sums o'ittrat-rate security ata 3110-
•derate rate of interest. Apply to
1,1. V, ELLIOT,
Solicitor, Exeter,
tcthNovember,1879. tt
MONEY '1'0 LOAN ON- FIRST -
Class Mortgages on IteaI Estate or for
building purposes, for the Dominion Savings &
Investment Society, of London, Ont, for any
ru,nberof years from one to twe nsy. Apply to
CELLS. SENIOR, Photographer, ,Exeter.
J. CLA N A�eni fRor” ti h4)
borneandlilbbort lfntha1 1reInSurinfec
Colupauy, ktesidotioe—Farquner, .Orders.' by
than promptly (*.treaded to. •
S. CAitit'B1;LL, PROVINCIAL
D e Land riurveyer, d:c., will le at the
it yal liotel,t3xeter,eu the first Tuesday in each
month- Orders for work left with ?11r, John
tinatekulanwillreceivegrolnpt Lttoution.
f1 W. HAMLI
',roxide• rmist and Naturalist. 'Beasts and Birds
tuifed and Preserved in the most approved
style- int stock ia' o a largo variety of Pictures,
;Lad Picture** tr+uned in the best and cheapes
*style. Maio Street, Isxeter. a In
Milli EXETER. GREENHOUSE,
All k/nds of Window and Bedding; PlanVi,
$1Li1ging Bauliot6 and Vases ij.ur: to
order. Cabbage. cauliflower, 6@je17
and Tomato Plants in season, ,Job.
bing Gardouing earettllly 1Yxte44
CatllLdian iN17Ft MIler}}c P I ilid1
Ornitineutel Tigre• kir. e so F t@¢
and satisfiLoGto1},r3}tfwranteeclr idea.M1ll', Ch,
IL NAa�A� t
A, «:GA'UNTANT, CONVEYANCER, REAL
f$TA1' AND INNUNAN,E ANENT,
money to loan en II grtdnrgee, totes and other
pocgyttlos. Rents g,tic accoi,nts collected on rea-
6gga11;u porins. Jts,) epee affected in first-class
t1cull)t(• jos at ropgo1able rates. O1iee--at Dr.
Ivt.ciman's,Mgig yS rest Lxotet
AjJCTIONEE.K FOji,
A,w Ting t}OVNTY OF HURON.
A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY
last received for investment on mortgages
pt Japer COAL,
\! DS,WILr s.. ETC., DRAWN
Ion reasonable terms.
Jl3BOTTL.
�kraaiiiij o Jitoya1Cohnie of
D1 NZA L SURGEONS.
,Oftoe over OtNellbnulc, and Apposite Samwell
l•��fOV U =�, I INSMA.N, DEN-
TIST,
has rerlluvecl
7th b'anspn'q
'Block, 111000,
doors north .
'of Ce,ijing1s
More, .cONi .,o
,uitetairs,
.$28"4 (PO TO IRAN Olj' REAL ESTATE.
:t� t 7 Per Cent.
Attply to B WrgAI1L,
Solicitor, Exeter.
.� BtGCir UOUSII, LONDON, ONT.
e S. GR1O.G, PROPRIETOR, (�,stn At the
American.) ',.v W HOUSE, l7EW FURNITURE.
tiO(t1) . NIT..f,l .l .l9it ti, Oerner of Yoi)f and
Jticllmopi S(rppps;
TIng INSTIDANCr, UoyfI"Y, ,bk' ISO TACH.
' TeTAIITAH ID IN 1782.
agency established in Ctunittta in1804. tiriimi.
tort 1i.t.htlity of wit the Stooltllolrlers; and large
iteservo Funds, Moderate rates of pre nittni.
JOHN 1t, IIYNDtMAN,
lfon'x W TYI1E, Alcolager. Agent at l;aeter,
•
Wright, David Rumour, J. P. biareh,
Jahn Shuebottom ; and the following
by the defence :— al -Leitch, B. Bryan,
T. Mcldroone, J. Miller, W. Sampson,
J. Schram, Thos. Andrews, W. New-
some, S. Yoe, J. W. 13arber, James
Walker, Geo. Hampshire and Obis.
Woods.
The following persons being left, were
then sworn in as the petit jurors to try
the case :—Thowas Hall,, Wardsville ;
Alex. Ross, Metcalfe ; A. Brownlee,
Westmiuister; Wm. Speuee, London ;
bates Douglas, Newbury James
Rogers, London ; Wm. Gran t, jun.,
North Dorchester; John Drake, Cara -
be, and Wm. linapton, London Town-
-shin.
own--slhi . •
The indiotinoti6 for the murder of
Judith Donnelly was read against
James Carroll, the prisoner, and hav-
ing pleaded "not guilty," the collection
of the witnesses was begun. Mr. Mac-
mahon asked that those for the Crown
he removed from the coart room. This
eves complied with- sand the witnesses
were confined under the guard of eon-
stable
Whalen sworn—Litre' ow.
judge.
in the room to tha left of the site the Donnelly homestead ; don't re -
judge, Tim wituesses for the defence memper *ken I" went 4o bed on the
ware also called, and were removed to night in question; hard n+i'rap at the
the room on the opposite side. door, and thought it',was Michael Car-
Afr, Irving, counsel for the Crnwn, , roll; gaup after my wife, curl befora l
then narrated the oircumstanue of the got an the door the bop bad pressed in
Murder. es known to our readers, after the door;• I asked him what brought
which the jury ware served with din- him out at that time of uiglit;-be said
net in their room, awl a recess taken he came from Donoelly'e; Ives fixing
ler half an hour, the fire; look nee about 15 minutes to
¶be Bret witness e4Ued wss Samuel make the fire; I again asked bim what
Peters, who attested to the drawing up brought him cot;• t'hen looked out of
of the map of 13idelulph used in making the window and saw what looked like
explanations to the jury ; he had made a lamp-iu Donnelly's house; then cal -
an accurate survey of the .localities in led the:boy a little fool, and again ask-
queaton, and grpertanued that the div. ed bine whet brought hila out at that
tanoe from toe Dounelly bomettead totime of night; looked out again and
Patrick Whalen's house was '165 yards saw ,the baok of the House nn fire;
in a straight line; by the path the dluo went't4 son John's, told him of the
tante) 198 yards; from Patrick Whalen's fire and ;then left; did not tell'rny eon
to John Whalen's the distance was 184 anything about the boy O'Connor; saw
yards, and thence to thoDoupeily Ranee what appeared to to the body of a roan
to Thompson's was480 yards; to W. lyingo,nethe floor; fire was bursting
Donnelly's house at Wbaleu'e Corners from the dnois and windows; when' my
the distauee was three miles less eight eon Jehat 'Moe we 'law we could save
roils ; in a straight line, however, it nothingtitnd,Went back home.
was two miles and fifty-two rods; inn. Mr, , Irving—You know where the
mediately Routh of W.Donuelly'e house Swatup School Hodge, e, don't you ? '
stood Blsckwell's hoose, at a distance Witcness-Yee. •
of 25 feet, while Walker's house was Mr, Irving—Were you 'ever there ?
5$ yards northward; ii blacksmith elinin' ' W tgelfi-..Yes; once at the start of a
intervened, which he learned was oo- night; it 'was before the turning of Ry -
copied by W. Blackwell; from Tbomp- .dere barn; I went there to see how
son's !louse to the road it was 160 fee};'tbings were; once 1 heard that the ob-
a room was pointed out to him as• hav-
ing been cocnt led by Wm, Donnelly,
from which a sash door looked out on
the road; but apr'ojeotiOn barred the I Edwerd Ryan,Sullivan and John Katu;
sight to James Donuelty's house. ' caw Heenan, Micheal Blake, James
Robert Thompson, of �Moreville, de- Carroll,, John Kennedy, Martin Mo-
posesbuildit;g the Donnelly homestead. Laughlin. and others; perhaps about
Ano Whalen, sworn—wife of patriok thirty in all; came away before the
Whew., live directly opposite the Don- ' meeting broke np; there was uo busti-
nelly house! remember bight before noes transacted while I was there. On
tragedy, and recollect AioLaughlin and nig
James and William Feely being in our
house; was noarty eleven when we
went to bed, and 1 think 1 was the last
to retire; the back door was not looked,
although there was no special reason
for leaving it so; think I tiled to bolt
it and couldn"t,
Mr. Erving—What did yon first hem
Witness—There was a knock at th
dnor about half -past one, and I Doke
wile it was; the mid it was Q'Conno
he then ppsbed the door iu end carp
iR }liui§glf,
Hie Lordship ruled that what the
boy said on that occasion was scarcely
evidence. A disouueslon crowed between
tbo Conunel, after whitrh the eviaenoe
proceeded
'Witness—Tile boy answered me
when I spoke to him; my lllleband got
op and lit the light, think the boy had
his coat on his arm; was barefooted and
asked me to make au alarm to call the
men out to „quench Dannelly's house;
it was about 10 or 15 minutes after
the boy carne in that ray husband went
aver to the Donnelly'.' house; I saw
my son John near daylight,but William
did not get up until three o'clock; I
called him then to tell him about the
fire; at daylight the boy 0•Connnr was
in bed; I went down to my son's and
got back about breakfast time; all I
know of the matter was. what the boy
told me before he went to beet; I went
over to the scene of the tragedy after
daylight;saw- a membei of people there,
John Citrrol'E among the rest; I remain-
ed et Marne a1P itiay; I was summoned
as a witness in the ease to wale orf at
Grairton on the day mimed, bat did
not go; there was a case to onme on at
Granton dud day between my hicsb:ind
and Carroll, but it was settled two
days before;
Mr. Irving asked his Lordship to al-
low him to attk the vritness if the boy
mentioned any nacre to him without
giving the name.
Mr. Meredith objected, and kis Lord-
ship ruled the question out.
To Mr. Macmahon—I went to bed 1
about 11 o'clock, and heard nothing
after that till the boy came but the
barking of the dogs; was in 1)onnelly'sp
house after Christmas some time; woe
there between Christmas. and the tiniie
the tragedy 000nrred; was in the front
part of the house;, the bed room door
was opened when I was there, and I
remember seeing onrtaina. on the bed
at that time, which name dawn to the
floor.
To Mr. Irving-.eCurtains may not
lane been..on at the time I was there,
but I 1 .0 � iehisa ;w phase its there 'whet
Mr. 1tfl otte�'w is laid out; have been iu
t,.
Mrs.Viinhelly'n bed:roger; was always
friendly, arith Mrs. Donnelly; could see
the divieien between the bed -rooms; it
wan up to, the ceiling .of the house;
never saw -nue/ opening between. the
two.
to search the house, and I wouldn't
let him --hence the trouble.
Ikfr, Macmahon then pat some ques-
tions to Mr. Whalen, who went ou �o
say:—About a year ago Ryan's barns
were bunted; McLean's barna, Lucan,
were also burned; could not tell about
the time; MoMahou's barna were burn-
ed about the same time; did not go to
Hasket's burning; could not say how
long ago it was,
John Whalen sworn—Am son of the
previous witness; remember the night
of the Dounelly burning; never saw
anything in the house; went from the
fire to my fathers's bonne in company
with my brother enol Johnny O'C'on-
ner; saw Carroll that warning after 1
came back a soaoud time from the fire;
saw him pooling on the road was not
speaking to him.
Zo Mr, Meredith—Left the Eire abient
9 o'clock In the morning; saw the lrrie-
oner going south; did not know whether
he stopped to talk to any one or not;
heard the clock strike two; think it
was about the time my' father came; it
was snowing the first time I went to
the fire, which would; be about two
o'"ol`oolr. it was snowtug, and continued
to snow till' I came back; the tracks I
spoke of wero, visible in the front and
on the south side of the house; they
indicated that people had been walking
about, but further than this there were
,no marks of their visit.
Joseplf Whalen, sworn --Lived at my
rather''s at the time. of the burning;
went to bed about SO o'clock; Wm,
Feeley went away about that time; the
first thing T:tteanl was Johnny Won -
mer down stairs, knew it was he, be-
cause I heard father ,pall him; stayed
in bed for ten minutes, and then dres-
sed and then came down stairs; Abort
a quarter of an honr•after F eame been
father went over to f�lne•fire; I did not
go; father went downito_brother John's;
mother gave O'Conner a pair of boots;
did not hear mothetljs, ! anything about
going. to the fire, btrt she might hive
said something; nn�arrival, I found the
*heshdfrse"atiefxre,. there, wee a sleigh
outside 1 think brother Jahn helped
to shove it away; 'did net stay very
tong; went home and went to bed in
Short tine after leaving the fire, with
Johnny O'Connor; went hack about 8
o'clock next mornin>r; I asked Johnny
()'Conner nothing about the occurrence
while`I s1ez with him, or.while t wee, if ke did he told* lie.
Messrs.' Pope, Hodge and, Chief .
Williams have also been examined, but
their evidence added nothing to the: in=
formation already obtained.
The trial was continued yeeterdeyt
morning.
feet of this e�)mmittee was to keep down•
rogues, horse cutters, and such, and
bring them, before the law; Hent with
the night of the tragedy the weather
wee•not, old; it was moonlight, but
the lnioonw'as clouded with snow; the
moon was not visible till tefter five
o'olock; told James Carey to pelt. my
name on. the liet of the Vigilance Com-
mittee eonte time before Thompson's
now was missed.
'? .'Mr. Mfaomabon--What waft the exaot
e nature of the complaint that Careoll
d had made against you ?
r; Witness--lt was assault; ,Carroll
e came to my place to serve snbpaeuaa,
and splved ode to my wife, and wanted
present, as also airs, Feeley and Mies
McLaughlin; when I left they acedia•
paused me; saw James tlarroll and
James Ryder, juu,on the road;: I think
a third man was present;. could not
swear how Carroll or Ryder were dres-
sed; went to Locale a short time before
the tragedy in conneetion with Ryder
fire, in company witlo James Carroll,
and talked about the society, and he
said it was gotten up to put down bad
cork; that Tom Dou'nelly 'or whoever
was doing Clad work was to be put
down; he also toll me to shun the
Donuellys; the conversation took place
on the road; we were walling at the
time; this was the oaly conversation I
ever had with Carroll about the Don-
uellys or the society; my father often
warned the against associating with
Tom Donnelly, as he was bad coat•
rany; did not think it strange that Car-
roll warned ma against him; after I
got home and bad got upstairs I heard
the elects strike 9 o'clock.
The Court adjourned until niue
o'elnok Tuesday rshontning..
On Tuesday, Court opened promptly,
Thos. Keefe swore that on the night of
the murder he was standiuglat his fath-
er's gate, and saw Pat Hyder pass. me
horseback, having' in his hand what
he supposed to be a gun. It was dark
at the time, but 'he could clearly die
tinguish the man.
Robt. Keefe, jr., was atanadrrng at
the gate with Thos. Keefer when the
man passed on hoasethack. Couldn't
swear who the man was; it was too
dark for him to'distnnguish the features.
Couldn't tell whether it was a gun or a
stink he carried. The man was guing;,�
iu the direction of Rydst's home.
James Robbins met young O'Connor
the morning of the• murder about a
mile from the Donnelly's; asked Wee
reveral questions, but received no ere w-
er;whatever.
Johnny O'Connor and Mrs. O'Connor
were sworn, but their evidence) differed
in no important respect from that which.
was taken at the' meeAdieiisl alttip4ivat•
fon, sod to hiet = li>iat a1 9pd}�• appeared ..
in these, .00lumul. Their tesiihili fi
conflicted in one respeeir',' where Mre.
O'Connor .swore that Joltbauy told `fiee
that he saw -Carroty standing in ;be
doorway , and Purcell *ad Thee. Ryder
stood behind bion, while Johnny swore
that be did notion his mother so, and
going aerobia to the house.
Mr. Macmahon. waived hie • eras -
examination.
William •Whalen, sween: ,Arte son. of
Mr. Whalen, and on the night of the
fire I went to.' bed about. ten o'clook;
cannot remember .who went to bed last,
but . the 'first thing I remember was
mother calling "me; she said she saw a
fire, and. site 'said' Donnelly's house;•I
then got np anit looked,oat and saw
the honee burning; I never, went over
to the fire that -Haight al all; asked
Johnny O'Connor if John !Donnelly
wee at home; I do not know of any
reason that I would have to ask him if
John Donueth. was shot; did not hear
•any.of the family ask O'Connor any
questions.
'1'o Mr Macmahon--I was workintr'
at•Feelev'a the day before the tragedy;
slept at Feeley's one night, either the
night before the tragedy or the night
before that, bnt wan not sure; had no
object in asking Johnny O'Conner
shout John Donnelly; there are two
windows in the south of tipe bonse and
one in the north; my brother elect in
.the same room 'and Johnny O'Conner
went to bed with him; I was not asleep
when they memo on stairs.'
Tereeaa • Whalen—I (vas at Immo on
ills right of the tragedy; 'beard onme
talk between father, mother aid John-
ny O'Connor.
Mr. lrvina•--Did vont. hear him say
anything about. O'Connor being feol-
ish ?
Witnaae—Yes; he said he thought he
was foolish:
Mr. Trvi^e—Did vont mother say
anything about the boys going to the
fire
Witneatt--She pail not to make a
no19e. to waken the hnvs; do not re•
member mother saying that the bey
R116n41 not go over; nintber naked the
boy if be knew any of the parties, and
when the boy answered elle told him ,te
abut up as they might be into trouble
on coronet of it.
James Feelov,aworn-Knew the Don-
nelly familyfor a number of yore;
was working in the wonde the day be-
fore the tinnily wero killed; after get -
ling tea 1 went no to Donaelly'a; sifter
leaving Donnelly's I went over to
'Whalen's; Mrs.. Whalen's family were
•DOMI1NION
A new turn table ihiasbeen. built oily
the G. W. R. at Cbatbam..
Wm. hlelloroby;'ofHltrore township,
who skipped outip the spring to avoid
a trial for the illicit distillation of
whiskey, bas Peen arrested and ledge&
in jail to stand his trial in Deoember.
Mr. H. H. O'Reilly, teller • of the
Listowel braficli of the Bank of Hamil-
ton, has been promoted to. position
in the head ofiiee at Hamilton. Mr. J.
A. Tracey, from Port Elgin, takes his.
place.
The contract for the construction of
the large drain in Logan, which is to•
be fourteen miles long, has been award-
ed to Molars. Kirk &'Son, of Stratford.
It will take about t'wo years to wren
plate the job. Pelee,'$8,500.
Mr. E. A. Vidal, of Landon goad,.
Sarnia tow» ship, has succeeded- in.
growinge and maturing several fine
speoimeus of the Southern s'veot po-
tatoes, on bis farm. The tubers were
,f enormous size,one of them weighing
28 and another 25 ounces,
At a meeting of the Presbytery of.
Maitland rocentty, a call front Chal-
mers' Church, Kinoaraine township,
was presented in favor of Rev. Charles
Camerons, of Cotswold, in the Pres-
bytery of Sangeen, offering $700 pet`
Annum and free house, with fuel.
The uufortunate womau who died is
Maidstone a few deys ago from injuries
which she received by fire while smok-
ing, was a sister of Mr. Thomas ()valley,
shoemaker, Olinda; and, also of Mrs.
Edward Barrett, of the American
Hotel, Windsor,
Mr. Theodore Rolls has taken pos.
session of the Grand Central Hotel, e.t
Listowel; ou the retirement', of Mr.
Blatchford. Messrs. R. Si J, Smithy of
/minstrel, have leaved Eons' hotel is
14loorefieid, and Mr. Itolis has gone in
with his brother in the management of
the Gland Central.