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'he had no idea of how many
imilar shoes were manufactured
or imported into Canada or how
many were sold.
Kelly LaBrash, Ross Andrews
and Jack Parish, Torontoprivate
detectives told of visual tests
they made •from the bridge. They
had no trouble picking out colors
of ,licence plates from that spot
and that'distance, they said.
Mr. Parish ' was involved in
retracing Truscott's steps from
the time ?rhe accused left the
Clinton schoolyard to walk with
the victim and then take her on
his bicycle to the intersection
where he said he .left her.
He drew laughs from the court
when he said, the first two. tests
were fouled up by a dog that
chased the investigators and
spoiled their stopwatch calcula-
tions. A third was completed.
There was `no explanation of the
, import of the tests.
Prof. Valtin Henderson, 'n
pert in, light and vision and
lecturer at the University of
Toronto, said that photos used
at the trial didn't accurately
represent what could be seen of
the intersection ,from the bridge.
The distance wasn't as far as
the pictures indicated. lie said he
had "the good ici'tune" while
on the bridge to spot a car with
yellow plates at the intersection.
Dr. E. L. >tarcinkovsky, on
the rneawc.tJ staff of the Guelph
R efur►;ut.ury, said 1►e hal treated
Truscott ;ur dermatitis in 1961
and 1962. Truscott also had dis-
orders on his penis i .;i thest. had '
gone away after treats;. '2nt.
Steven Truscur.t, neauy dress-
ed and combed and appearing
calm, answered with a firm"No,
I didn't" when asked by his law.
yer whether he had killed Lynne
Harper, He said he had given
her a ride on his bike to the
highway and upon looking back.
from the bridge, had seen her
enter the 1969 Chevrolet.
Truscott also admitted apply.
ing for a parole in August, 1944,
and in his own handwritting tell•
ing the parole board' he sought
only the chance to prove "that
one dreadful mistake does' not
mean I would make another.?'
Prison officials were ooninc.
ed of his guilts he explained, and
he thought the letter might help
him get out of jail. But it was
not meant as an admission of
guilt. Defence cousel then read
a letter from a prison official
which accompanied the parole
application and said Truscott con.
'.inued to say he was innocent.
Under cross - examination
Truscott said he could not re.
menu 'r the names or testimony
of five 'witnesses at his 1959
trial. He agreed with the Crown
lawyer . who said their evi'dence
placed him in the Game 1vood-
ed area where the :;.rl's body
was found. He also said : e was
foo embarrassed to tell his par.
Pnts, about, the sores on his
Private parts.
Dr. Charles Danbv 1 King-
ston, Ont. dermatologisr, said he
didn't belheve, the sores no Trus-
cott's penis could have been caus-
ed by intercourse. While in the
arme.. :,,, ces he had observed
such sures on sailors and they
were not the same as those
Truscott had.
Pr. Norman Wrong, a Toronto.
dermatologist, said he agreed
with Dr. Danby that the ?sores
probably were common cold
sores. It was common fok' young
men to hide such ailments from
their parents.
Dr. Charles Petty of Balti.
more, assistant medical examin.
er for Maryland, Said that from
reading the autopsy report and
'trial evidence and from looking
at photos of the dead girl, he
believed she. had been killed sev-
eral hours later than the time the
Crown suggested. This would
have placed Truscott at home in
bed when she died. Heals() said
scratches on her body indicat.
ed she had been moved to the
bush, and that Truscott's sores
probably were not.' caused by
intercourse.
Prof. Keith Simpson, a London
pathologist, who lectures at Ox-
ford and is an adviser to Scot.
land Yard. sai he would have
"drawn the same conclusions"
as Crown doctors had at the
trial. He said be believed the
doctors and police had carried
uut a thorough and conscientious
investigation.
Prof. Simpson disagreed with
the theory that the body had been
moved. The scratches and other
..narks would result from the
slaying and from the body being
m' wed for pictures andfor trans.
fer to the tr morgue. - '
nq - Francis . C^mnG, also of
London, a specialist in forensic
medicine who had done work for
the British home office, said it
would be impossible to pin down
within hours the time of death
RE-ELECT
•
from a victim's stomach con,
tents. It also was a dangerous
practice, since it could seed pot.
ice off on a wrong scent. Hts
best guess was that the girl died''
between one and 10 hours after
her last meal.
Dr. F.A. Jaffe, a Toronto path-
ologist with much experience in.
criminal. investigations, said
.stomach Contents .are "almost
useless" in establishing time of
death. rack of decomposition in
the body led him to believe the
girl died ,much later than Crown
doctors had said.
Dr. Milton Helpern, chief med.
teal examiner for New York,
'said he believed the girl had been
killed where her` body was found.
He also sunnorted time of death
as within two hours of the last
meal. It was a general rule
to establish it in this wary, he said.
Dr. Samuel Gerber, Cleveland
corner, testified he wasinagree.
ment° with the Crown as to time
and place of death. Punctures
and scratches on the girl's body
were probably caused by "the
debris" under the body.
Dr. J. J. Hartford, e. Kitch-
ener psychiatrist who examined
Truscott several tim-?.s after his
arrest, said he felt the boy *as
ill. Although he appeared normal
to the untrained eye, he was
guarded and defensive and did
not have normal range of -emo-
tions in boys his own age.
Dr. R. C. A. Bunter, Dr. R. F.
Briggs and Dr. Rotert Mc -
Caldron, all of Kingson and Dr.
E. F. Rich of Toronto, testified
they formed a panel to inter-
view Truscott this year at the
request of prison officials.
Dr. Hunter said Truscott had
indicated to him he•couldn't.trust
psychiatrists because most pri-
son doctors who examined him
tried to make him confess. He
said he found no indicat`on Qf
paranoid or psychopathic tend.
encies.
Dr. Briggs said Truscott was
a_ guaxde.cl boy:. as .a.result, of
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fession.
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All four said they saw no sign
of psychiatric disorder or euro.
tional defect,
Under crass • examination,
Dr McCal.dron 'said there was
nothing significant in their joint
report which said it would be
helpful to recheck Truscott to
see "how much sadism and anti.
somal attitudes" might be hidden
by his exterior.
Lodge Pins
Family
Affairs
At a recent meetingof Morning
Star Masonic Lodge at 'Carlow,
50 -year member ship pins were
presented on behalf of the Grand
Lodge to Wor. Br. Thomas Wilson
by hi`s son Bro, Malcolm Wil•
son,' Dundas, and to Wor. Bro.
Maitland Aplin by his nephew
Wor. Bro. Wm. Craig, Clinton.
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Karan � oN
Amer Powe, 17.1t. 2, Centralia.
wail elected president ,of the 13u.
iron countySoiland Cropmprove.
ment Association` at its annual
meeting and banquet.1ob,Grasby;
R.R. 4,, brussels vas elected 1st
vice'President and Jim Knight,
Brussels H.R. 2, was chosen 2nd
Vice.President, Howard Datars,
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Ian McAllister, Zurich and Don
BOWLING
The Ladies Thursday Night
Bowling League standings:
Salties 43, Dare -Devils 43, Misr.
fits 42, Smoothies 41. The Out.
siders 38. The Spares 38, Green-
horns 34, In Betweens 33, Alley -
Cats 24, The SlowpQkes,14; Mar-
ian Beacom holds the high Aver-
age of 190, Jean Good has high
triple 687, Audrey Machan high
single of 284. Following are some
of the high scores bowled in past
two weeks. Marian Beacom 272,
Betty Reid 269, Jean Good 259,
Mary L. Clements 248, Jewel
Plunkett 245, Dorothy Willis 240,
Donna Duncan 222, Adriene
Beattie and Rhona Hadden tied a
218, Joan Wood 20'7.
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