HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1885-5-21, Page 1Q, XIS,, No, 3- .d
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EX '37E. R# ONT., THURSDAY MORNINQ,- MAY 21, 18B
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• LEGAL.
II. DIOli.SON, Barrister; Soli
• otter ot:Buproule Court, Notary Public
eonv.y*ueor, Gotn,uitelc u,sr. clan. »Duey to
o eo cit srys,uon's 1310*, Exeter,
M Mo1'ADDEN
Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyeacer,
EXETER, ONT.
Willes Satawell's mock ttiall'a 014 p41ce
DENTAL.
',DENTIS 14. Tt.
lisere,uc,r
ed tc, Peet -
Teeth. ea•
traetellwith
out pain.
BIER, TAE N P USQNE
delivered 75 stand of arms, orogen-
day. Amouget then! were ..t*ral
Wi;noheetere, Sniders, Queeu"eo ff
rifles from Bttttieford. and one
Springfield U. 8. earabrne 1878.
THE REUEL ]GAPERS..
The papers belonging to the rebel
Government were searched to -day,
The minutes show that the Duck
Lake fight +vas >< ptemeditale affat
tine that the rebels were thoroughly a. a ie au American fear that my letter. will be few and
tsognizatt of General 1'!°"ttor.'e making no difference, Me Innnvre" far between, as we expect to be kept
u?iovetuet;te from tits time WO left may novo Civil or military tri la, and b, tsy for the naxt few weal".
be punished b death as felons
mains were chased by Indiana. Fort record ou the marob, as the trails are
Otter last night woe in readiness to iu a much better Condition than when
lie an attack, but. nothing hap- the other troops went through. The
paned. Halfsa. Battalion, 360 strong, have
Ilory lilacs USX BE TRIED. taken up the ground lately occupied
Ottawa, allay 19.-•••d, person who remain here until relieved by another
by the Quebec) Riflee, and will likely
bat boon reading up the law of the
subject, nays Rtel eau ba tried by depots. Will let' you know of our
r' the claim that h - '
Battelloa, as this is one of the supply
court Martial or by civil processes, pro•►Tess upon every opportunity' but
ltiel was captured at noon Friday Qu'Appel1e station, y u. in any I remain
Nunieroue a .traore frons Toronto fart of the Na>e ItIeet, appeal being Yours, &c„
by three aconin panned ArmatronQ, possible to the bfauitoba uaeu'e
and 1llontreal 'or;riials were also Q
Diehl, and Sevens, four utiles north found f j t Biel d th Benoh, last a and Ilio follosvore' -
of Beto,3hee Semite had been out ons referring o ie an $
til the morumgo scour the country, •
t ntry strength of General Middletou'e coal eeuteueee an cauviotian intuit be
bat therm three spread from the trlain mond. The quantity of ammunition death,
WALL ANDRa s.
DOOMED DYNAMITERS.
body stud ,just as they were corning and the amount of forage on which, OUR nose.
out at sowo brush ou an unfrequent• according to the miliutee, the Move- I•+ateat reports state that uiuo of cUNNI'N'tx1.BAltL AND t UrRTQN
ed trail leading to Detcelie e they tnaute of the rabele depetidod. is given our men tserc killed at Batoche and l'QU&D GUILTY'.
spied wet with three cotupaniene,"iu the oA%oia! ae0014-it. I4 wits Very forty-two wounded, illgjority alightly.
Ile was unarmed, but they Carried ,Antall. At the Fish Creek fight Tao rebole had 81 killed and 173 AND SENTENCED TO PENAL SERVITUDE. FOR
eheteee. They et once recognized Dumont admits defeat. He had over wounded, LIFE.
TUE hailed him by name, They were then Col, WIlliatlis, Nr., P. of the Mid Battleford, gay Ie.—when the Landau, May i8. --ills trial of
Baal and advauciug towards, lam, 200 men engaged there.
TIE INDIANS AROUND ae nenzerien.
t. d near a feuoe. No effort was 'land Battaiiou, highly distinguished police were returning with the body Ournming/tarn and Burton was eon-
standing
on-
e an itt s of Elliott, Indians were eeeu in every eluded today. The court was crorsd•
himself in the Charge on llouday.
=Web), him to escape, and after a ed, The t,Ord Mayor and :Monter
(brief couvereetiou in wide* they ex Officers and ;pelt almost disobeyed
dilatation, wba attempted to prevent y
prowled burp ilia at finding him there, ''orders iu their auxiety to charge. the police returning here. Sergt. p'belpa were aulong those greaent ;,
Biel declared that he intended to give Biel expressed liiinsell to this effect "-.•\103131:nt
Wattau, who Cotuaudecl the also many ladies. The prisonere wore
himself up. Hie only fear was that ''-•-•-"I do not think this trouble will be ayuad, says the buehee are literally an auxloue look, and followed Judge
tree a, u without remit ,e alive with Indian,;. Priuta of moo Hawiuua'°barge with intense interest.
d safe sac Irl to the farmers will be regarded with some
canine were discovered on every eagle The charge was clearly against the
chorea
t ler n were not with Niru and he , that his booms and papers Gad bean The huetiles ,are auppoeed toe be iu the nature of the charge and ex'
Geld they were an the west Bide of the raptured he said ;—
reserve. ani glad of camp lu ilio waeda near rad Pheasaut'8 ponaded the law on the enbjeot,
river,
this, the paper,) will Shaw that 1 Rin reserve. Roo and other mute are He then analyzed the evidence, call -
To avoid the 1llain Hedy of the not the ao1ne . leader of the rebellion, firtuks the woods and prairie in ovary leg
the
jury's attention to the foot
eoouts Biel was taken to a t-ouIer near 1 Have been encouraged. by people direction, so as to prevent the Indiana that Burton's statement was not made
by and hidden, while Diehl went off to of good standing et and around i under oath, and therefore entitled to
indreeleoace. now :mopIial.oratp)y,Eixeter- , corral a horse for him, the other ' Prince Abert, who iuvited me over
nu. J. A. 11flLT,TbtS, M. C. p, 5 scouts being lett with the prisoner. from lloutana,." He expreeaee great
aex 0. Males, train at.Fxeter,unt. Residence \Vheu •Dietl returned I'siel •and Diehl' e l anxiety as to whether bo will be
iw,nsereeeuttvt c, ttt,leabri'. atul'1tnutpe,Esu, companions bad disappeared, evident• tried by o'tvil law or caurtwarlial.
ly to avoid other acoute. Diehl says' He seems to have turned out a craven
_in C.urreut rail,, unions they are I
Biel was cat in the least agitated coward, as be apeuds his time alter- under the care of a strong escort. nioghain,and Burton had frequently
when arrested, and was willingly uately praying and embraoing a oruci• A tetter carrier !Qft yesterday for the been aeon together, and dwelt upon.
media Captiva, Iia was aesared of a fix. south, but Jeans re expreseetf'that be their oouneotion with the trunk, what
Il h d to ,Nina; a Mau May 10.—A. de will be capture, by some of Pound they had told their landladies Con•
he would Le altar by the p b t th t It•as tit Complain 8 of
he was promise
G 1'c) quarters His wife and degree of atteutiun when 101(111101, and near every olump of buehee. prteonere, The Judge expialued
•
EL YNDMT.f . N,^..,•COItONE11 FO!
iiet'ountyofTheron. lstUee, opposite i
I4Arlinti's itore.F.xeter
efW. BROWNING M. D., M. 0
• 1*.8,lfra luatoViotoriallaiveriiity• Odie
getting under cover too Close to our
camp. Those precautions will be
aouduoted ou au extended scale es
opportunities present themselves.
No auppliea eau now reach ue by the
very little credence, If there was any
truth in his statement it was astound-
ing that no witnesses were called to
support it. The Judge drew atten-
tion, likewise, to the feet that Cun-
f1 LUTZ, til. D.,
!.+ • ilrneent -*e' Exeter.,
I11I, ERVING, cu1.1ADUATE, UNI
LfvERiSrx' 'TrinityColieglretrrbire0liagp'
;ev¢iclanaadauwasont At, ftlo Ei kt
falx trial, which was a , e seem, p g, ; y .
want. oerniog 11, and the unsatisfactory ea-
(. lanatlou Cuunin ham hoe since glv•
spate!). from the West states that there maker's followers. The ae- }ries at
_ ..._ e Y On .
When ha saw the Getting So down is no Insanity about Ictal, but that he the bridge say thele is a 'aro party j p g
wont type, who of Indians on the other Gide of the -.- r...— _ much alarmedB
I UPAnTA.N it•.torILis `with the grouts at Brioche s Biel wee is a crauk of the ora yp , , on o
! on account of his fam• kuowiug simplicity of iniad and
superstitious weakness of the Metis,
L Lieu Way, Ste Licensed rc Ano- ily' max, .APPEARANCE. has, by pretended divine power,
tioueerfar [lay, Stephou,autl 3Ic(tillvray
Townships. Sales couductedatmoderate rates. Biel appears careworn and hag- worked upon them and oblaiued,
sifllen-at Poet•otRee,CreditOn, Ont. Bard. He hoe let hie hair and board power beyoud comprehension. Biel
--' grow long. He is drooled in a poorer assor,s that the rebels uliutbered al -
'[ONEY TO LOAN ON REAL ES- fashion than Most of the breeds cap- together 700- He will net speak to
1 tatofarthelruro„tCErieLoan•+•Savings lured. While talking to Gen. Mid.
Spacknu n I xetor of interest. Applyto'Tol,n dieters, as could be seer, from the out-
side of tale tent, his eyes rolled from
J. CLARli, Agent for the Us- side to side with the look of a hunted
+. \ • 1, a
Cru audl1ibbortMutuaiFirelnsurancc man. He is evidently the most
t;o,npauy, liosidtz,ce—Larnubar. Orders by
cuailt,routptiy attenacdto. thoroughly frightened man in the
camp, and in coustant fear of violeuce
ONEY TO LOAN AT 01- AND 7
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13 . V'.ELLIOT ,
October15,'80 Solicitor, 1"•.xetef.
----TRF--
x. I7 .a,rt. ING's
Central Shaving Parlor
For Clean and easy shaving, fashionable hair
cutting,so. in the lurch after the fight. The fu- The latter, it is believed, will resest
Clean Towels for every customer, gitives had no food, and no clothes capture to the last. Lepine was sent
to Prince Albert nnder a strong
guard,, the steamer Marquis taking
the party. Riel occupies a tent close
to the General, and is closely watch-
ed by Capt. G. A, Young and a vigi-
lant guard. All the troops take a
lively interest in his doings, but do
not display animosity. They only
realize that his capture ensures to.
them an early return home.
Scouts are still scouring the coun-
try between the two Sasketohewan
Rivers in search of Garnet and other
fugitive rebel ringleaders.
at the bands of soldiers. There is no
f his relations thereto.
river about a mile from the town. ` The jury then retired. They re -
Scouts who have just arrived in camp i mained out fifteen minutes, and re -
say the 'adieus are travelling in the I turned with a verdict of guilty again -
direction of Ducal: Lake by the carlton at both prisoners.
trail, but are keeping in coulees to ! The Court at once sentenced both
avoid being discovered. Last night men to penal servitude for life.
the scouts camped where the Indians •
correspondents, and care is taken camped the previous night, and count -
that he is secludedas much as poo- ed the marks of 200 tepees which
Bible. Middleton. who hag annum iudicatee that the camp contains at
nioated with the auttiol'itisb at Otte - least 000 warriors. The Indians are
rya about his prisoner, has had sever• evidently travelling as rapidly as pos.
al oonveraations with the rebel, but as sible, considering that they have their
the latter wanders into religious mat- women and children with them.
tern, it is hard to get anything defin-
Tho announcement was received by
the spectators with applause, which
the Court suppressed.
Minister Phelps sat beside Justice
Hawkins while he was sentencing
Cunningham and Burton.
The Judge, in charging the fury,
said the prisoners had been ably de-
fended and their trial had been abl
The prairie is strew[, with empty y
danger of such violence. Riel spent ite from him. He is o»Ie content boxes, tubs, barrels, bags, g o,, defended, and their trial had been
fairly conducted. The gs and coat
nearly all day on Monday in the when he is talking about religion. indicating that the plunder is being found ab Charing Grose astation had
woods. At the close of the fight be Lepine, one of the councillors, who rapidly devoured or put into a more been identified beyond queet;eon as the
and Dumont, with their wives and surrendered only when he saw his portable condition than before. Used -
o property of Burton. Burton's state-
Riel' s two children, skipped out on chief a captive, is very much dejected up horses, cattle, and d
foot, going in a north-westerly direo- and wholly disgusted with the turn
tion. Some of the rebels were very affairs have taken. Re talks bitterly
bitter against both for leading them against Riel but praises Dumont
even oge were meat in which he admitted buying
two bags at Southampton was incon-
sistent with the statement of the de-
' fence, which denied that Burton had
been at Southampton at the time, or
had bought bags.
Burton's explanation of hew he had
came into possession of Cunningham's
trunk was unsatisfactory. It is a re-
markable circumstance that the pris-
oners had both informed their res -
costive landladies that a friend was
coming for the trunk. The strength
of the oases against Cunningham was
his presence in the Tower at tha
date the explosion, ooupled with the
discovery of a detonator in his trunk
Cunningham maintained his self-
oomposure, but Burton broke down
and sobbed when the verdict was ren-
dered. When the prisoners were ask-
ed it they had anything to say why
sentence should not be passed, Cun•
uingham protested he was innocent.
He said he was willing to accept pen-
al sefvitude for life, bat they could
not touch hie soul. Burtou simply
declared he was innocent.
In sentencing the prieouers, the
Judge said they had been convicted
of a Crime as bad, cruel and wicked ae
had ever entered the heart of man. It
could not be too well . known that
neither the Queen nor her advisors
Could be iutimidated by any each
means. The- humanity of those in
charge of the prosecution alone, pre.
vented them from indicating the prie-.,
oners for high treason, in conviction
battalipu.- All the lneu are in splen- for which their lives would have been
did health, and the privates Land and forfeited.
Davidson in the Winnipeg Hospital Cunningham and Burton maintain -
are recovering from the effects couee• ed a Cheerful appearance after being
eluent 1Ge journey ugh taken back to prison this afternoon'
gape. Wof e are ready forthroany Cillerthe' and ,chatted freely', with the warders.'
found near the camp referred to,
mauy of them with the remnants of
their load attached. The opinion is
gaining ground that these warriors
have gone to form a junction with
Dumont's party, or possibly to join
Riel, not kuowing of his defeat.
•,•,•
[FUOM THE TIMES' CORRESPONDENT WITS
THE 7TH FUSILIERS] .
Swift Current, May 61h, '85.
Since last writing to you nothing
of especial note has occurred. We
have been hard at work drilling since
aur arrival here, and have made re-
markable progrese, both in battation
and skirmishing movements. During
the.past week we have been having
ball firing, for the purpose of pinking
out a company of sharpshooters, to
act as a cover for the movements of
the supports and main body. The
the scout asked him to go. to Dumont company picked out have proved by
and bell him to Dome out unarmed and !should, with other Indian chiefs as• their shooting that -they are as fine
the scout would meet him, also nn• sweated with him, be at ouoe shot or shots as are to be found in Toronto or
hanged if peace is ever to be restored.. -Ottawa, or any place in the Dominion
Whites have sworn to shoot Pound -
maker and
ound-maker-and other rebellious chiefs on
the first opportunity. The doctor
was greatly surprised to hear that
Lord keigund had stated that the
Indians needed food. They wanted
nothing of the sort, but wanted a
good thrashing to teach them a les-
son,
POUNDMAKER'S WHEREABOUTS.
A Battleford despatch says :--
Poundmai[er encamped on Thuriday
night close to the Stoney reserve,
on the Swift Ourrent trail. Scouts
have brought iu a number of ponies.
No supplies are arriving, and will be
stopped anbeaten.
the
redskins b a
ten.
Elliott's remains were interred yes -
Next door to Central Hotel.
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TOH,N ntoDONELL, ISSUER OF
V M1;lnRIAGE LICENSES.
• OFFICE IN PANBON'S BLOCK;.
Also agent for the Loudon Mutual Insurance
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except what they stood in. Dumont
did not want to go, but Riel persuad-
ed him. Dumont fought like a tiger
all day Monday. The half-breed
prisoners say be -bad not slept for a
week, working night and day.
Dumont had arranged for Big Bear
to strike us in the rear a week ago,
but some of the messengers deserted ,•
and the scheme miscarried. Two of
the prisoners say Dumont was wound-
ed once on Saturday and twice
(alightly) on Monday.
GABRIEL DUMONT..
A. snout said that he had seen a
half-breed looking for' his wife. The
breed started to run, when the snouts
threatened to shoot. He stopped,and
AN ARCH•MI90IIIEF MAKER.
Dr Roleau wile has just, returned
from Battistero, pronounces Pound -
maker an arch -mischief maker, and
armed, on which the rebel replied,
"Dumont says he will never be taken
alive." The scout promised protection
to Riel until he was handed;over to the
General, and finally the man consent -
WATERLOO MUTUAL TIRE ed to this. Ile said both Riel and
▪ INSURANCECO. Dumont were in a bluff not very far
from where they were talking ' and
warned the scout to lie down or he
might be shot. The breed left for the
bluff and the scout heard them die.
cussing matters. ` After waiting two
and a half flours and no one coming,
the scout returned ` to Camp. Gen.
Middleton took no stock in his story,
and said Riel and Dumont were milee
away, but it is now evident the story
dank, GovernmeutDeuosit,andunassessed was'aorrect, at least so. far c)9 Biel was
Premithe um Notes on hand and in force J.W SyAL
BEN D. Presidelt. C. K. TAYLOR, Secretary concerned. enc and expecto make a s lendul
• Hocues,Insoector. CHARLESSN LLY The 11a1f•1)reeda on the week bau>c terday. The police teariug the re- g y,p They still insist they are innocent.
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seS >s
,
for that matter. Gen. Laurrie speaks
very highly of the 7th, and when ad-
dressing parade the other day, said
that we were second to nous in the
Dominion. We are off to Clarke's
Crossing in the morning,under orders
from Gen. Middlotou, I presume, to
reinforce Col. Otter, but am nct oer-
tain. Could Londoners have heard
the Cheers with which the marching
order was received, they would have
been prouder than ever of their oraok