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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1897-11-19, Page 6e4.e Nxai s.els Alost -- 00 P9ILrgnED— EVERY FRIDAY MORNING (in time for the early malls) at "The Post" Steam Publishing Renee, Tintannan10 ST., Banasnl,a, ONe. Palms oa 6UnaOmPTr0Ni ono dollar a yea:, . - ..•,:.) 0, . R1 "tate in whictl every ou oo add osis laid is"denoted by the date Will be charged It Tthose Mhos adverbial, by w the year: - 1 -1 1 Ta. T 0 liCOr1--8 me Cue Column $00.00 $15,00 $20.00 Half II 85.00 20.00 10.00 Quarter ` 1 90.00 13.00. 8.00 Eighth!'.�__ 111 13.00 8.00 0.00 Eight Bente leer line for first insertion, and three euuta per 11)18 ten o:+3a sliotJeuout in. 80rt100. All advertisements measured as 030011 rcil-10 lives to the inch. a Business Cards, eight lined and timber, 85 per au bum. Advertisements without aimoifl0 dlree. tions, will be inserted until forbid, and charged accordingly. Instructions to change or 0isenntinue an advertisement must be left 01 the counting room of T100 PosT not later than 'Tuesday of each woek This is imperative. W. IRR. 1i"..3011V .. Editor end Proprietor. SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT BAYFIELD, A ennimarV of tine evidence, given be• low,furnisheo the salient points of the case. The jury summoned by Coroner Dr. Stanbury, were : Charles Tippett, (who was ohosen foreman), S. Moore, R. Rouatt, A. Brown, G. Lawrason, W. Os- mond, T. Clark, R. Elliott, J. Donaldson,. J. Falkner, W. Brandon and D. Doupee. They viewed the body and adjourned to meet at 8 o'oloolc. At this hour another adjournment was neoeseary. W. Proud - foot, Goderiob, was present to represent Fred. Elliott, but the Crown could not be represented, and the Crown Attorney asked by telegraph for an adjournment till ten o'clock Wednesday. Al this time the investigation was proceeded with, E. N. Lewis appearing for the Crown, Wm. Proudfoot for defence. The jury sat until two o'olook Wednes- day afternoon, and adjourned till four, on amount of the funeral, which was eon - ducted at three o'clock by Undertaker Erwin, and wag largely attended, the j01•0 reonminp at four o'clock. Albert Woods was the first witnese and his evidence covered nine sheets of fool- scap, part of it unimportant. The chief points bea.rino on the case aro as follows He, 'Smart and Harvey Elliott had been at Varna in the afternoon of the 8311, returning to Bayfield about 8 o'clock. They had all been drinking. Shortly be. tore ten o'clock he, Harvey Elliott and Dumart left Elliott's bar room, going outside, Fred. being ioside at the time. A few moments after Fred. came to the hall door and Harvey ordered him to go back, which Fred. refused to do. Both men were under the influence of liquor. Harvey started to go towards Fred. and I caught him end pulled him back. Both men were talking pretty loud, but there was 1101 actual quarrel. Mrs. Elliott and her daughter were standing near by ; and they evidently came out because the boys were quarrelling. I told Harvey to keep quiet, to leave Fred. alone, or something to that effect. They were on the plat• form between the hall and bar room doors. Harvey took hold of Fred. and we pulled them apart, bat did not bear what was said. When we parted thein Fred. had bold of Harvey. I parted them because I was afraid they would get into trouble. After I separated them Harvey pulled off his overcoat and threw it on the ground ; I told him to keep it on but be would not do so. Fred. woe jumping around on the platform, and Harvey appeared to be trying to get at him and made no threats of what he would do if be got al him. I again caught hold of Harvey around the waist. He seemed more determined to fight than Fred. Mrs. Elliott was standing on the platform at the time. Harvey struggled and threw his arms around a great deal but made no threats. Fred. was only a few feet away ; I saw the revolver in Fred's band a moment before the shot visa fired, pointing at Harvey, and I said to Fred., "don't shoot," I don't know whether be beard it or not, he made no answer, and in an instant the revolver went off while I had my arms around Harvey's waist. I knew Harvey was $bot and dragged him over to the pump to get some water, and dropped him in the gravel, Harvey made no movement after be was abet, nor did he speak. A0 the time shot was fired the revolver would be about an arm's length from Harvey. Fred.'s arm was stretched out with the revolver in his band. 1 do not remember hearing Fred, say 11e would shoot Harvey if he did not let him alone. Mrs, Elliott and daughter were both there when the shot was fired. The revolver, which I identify, was usually kept in a drawer behind the bar ; had gran it there fre- quently. Do not know of Fred.'s carry. ing the revolver. After the affair had taken plane I naw Fred, in tbefront room, and be said he would put an end to him. self if he got a ahanoe. Harvey wag quarrelsome when in liquor ; Fred. was usually quiet. I think the shooting was acoidental. The revolver was a 8e10- m:water, and in hie struggles Harvey may have hit it and it went off. I did not see him bit it, but the whole thing was done in a couple of minutee, Dr. Sheppard read the result of the post mortem, which showed that the bullets bad entered ab the second rib, and, pegging down through the eighth rib, had lodged in the fleshy muscles of the back, death resulting from hommorhage of the main artery of the heart, caused by the bullet svonud. There was a strong smell of powder on the sweater of deceased, Which woe also singed. He was celled by Miss Elliott a moment or two after and found deceased still breathing, but he expired in a moment. After deceased had been taken in the house Fred. Elliott came in and asked if hie brother was dead, asked also for hie revolver, but was told It had been thrown away. The doo. tor here produced the bullet which bad caused death, showing that it wag alight= ly flattened on ono side, and wee of 82 °allure. Dr. Gray, of London, who assisted ab the poet mortem, corroborated the writ- ten evidence of Dr, Sheppard, In his i [ opielon Ciao vac no doubt but that death wag 01018ed by the bullet, all the organs of the deceased were healthy and well nouriohod Could not tell whether [w11 wag full of a dark sour fluid, Frank Reagan testified that be went up to the house after the ;hooting oo. =red, and after viewing the body and learning who did it lie started to the book of the house to look for Fred„ knowing hint well. lie 0,,tv 11i111 ruining out of the yard,'and Fred. said, "011, Frank, I Shoo bib,,' .1. fen 11)011 to a neat au1 eat down by him, but asked him 110 ques- tions, as several parties anon in just them, Fred, was under the itillue 100 al liquor, but seemed to realise what 11e had done. John Erwin teetifled that he bad been in the bar room shortly before the :Moot- ing occurred, but left to go home. Fred. and Harvey were singing and dancing about under the infll1Onoe of liquor. Harveyy followed me out. The brother$ had no dispute while I wee than, Har- vey followed me acnes the Street and I re -crossed, Harvey still following 1ne ; just then Fred. Dame out to the hall door and was putting on his overcoat, and Harvey came up and they started jeug- ling. I told him it was not use quarrel- ling and caught Harvey and pulled him away just as Woods caught Fred. IIar- vey told Fred. to "go on in the house," I walked away then and bad tinned Gardner's corner when I heard the allot and they were carrying Harvey in when I got book. Ilnd heart: screaming a moment before. It sounded like women's voices. Up to the time I helped to part thein there had been no quarrelling. Harvey had grabbed Fred. and both seemed to be bent nn trouble, bat Fred. appeared to be trying to hold Harvey, and Harvey was trying to put him down ; I left them at tho time because I thought there would be trouble and did not want to be around. Miss Elliott (sister of deoeaaed) said sbe was at the hall door where her moth- er had bold of Fred. and was trying to get him around, the 0oreer of alehouse but he would not go. She did not see Fred. have a revolver, nor hoar a shot fired, Harvey had been swearing, but not at any one in particular. After the shooting I took Fred. in and he seemed in great trouble. He never came in the Hausa from the time he first went out ; he could not do so without my 'knowing it. He was nob in the habit of carrying a revolver. There was no bad blood be- tween the boys. I was oalling for help at the time toe shooting took plane ; was doing so because I wee afraid Harvey multi hurt Fred. He seemed much en- raged et Fred. Ido not think that Fred. ever thought of shooting Harvey ; in foot I am sure he didn't. If Fred. had gone with my mother wheu she wanted him to that would have ended the matter. Thos, Clark, (one of the jury) swore said, I was in King's store and heard the noise, went over and saw the souffle ; I was only a few feet away ; they seemed to be holding Harvey, trying to get him in the hall door. I saw the revolver in Fred.'s hand as he was standing on the platform some time before the shooting, his hand hong by his side. I did not want to interfere because I was afraid of the revolver. I am sure he held the re- volver in his hand some time before the shot was fired ; I had no difficulty in seeing it ; he walked to one end of the platform still holding H. I heard Fred. say be would shoot Harvey if they did not take him away. This was before Harvey made a rush at him. Harvey said he was not afraid of being shot. When Harvey stooped and made a rash he came within three or four feet of Fred., who raised his right arm about half way up, revolver still in his band.. Harvey did not strike Fred, for he had no ohance to do so. The revolver was fired when Fred's arm was partly raised ; there wee no deliberate aim as far as I could see. Harvey may have struck Fred. but do not think so. No one was holding Har- vey at the time. I was in a position where I could see quite distinctly what took place. George Irwin and Thos. King also gave evidence, but they told nothing oonoern- ing the actual foot of the shooting. This aonoluded the investigation. Mr. Prondfoot wished to addreee the jury, but Mr. Lewis objected on the ground that he had no right to do so, and the Coroner himself simply directed the jury as to their duty in the matter, and they were looked up at 6.80. After deliberating for two hours they were unable to agree on any other verdict than the following, which ell signed : "That Harvey Elliott name to hie death by a bullet fired from a ' revolver in the hands of hie brother, Frederick Elliott, on the night of the 8tle of Nov." Fred, Elliott was taken to Goderioh Wednesday night by the Coroner's con- stable, John Ferguson, and Ofdoer Gun- dry, detailed on the oar by the Crown Attorney. Thursday ' morning the prisoner was brought before Polioe aegis. trate Seagrand, arraigned on a charge of murder, and remanded to jail for trial on Nov. 12th, at 2 o'clock, Williapl Proud - foot appeared for the defence and Ira Lewis for the Crown, NOTES. Harvey Elliott, the man killed, attend- ed the services of the Presbyterian obnroh Sunday morning last. Fred. Elliott was not at the inquest, being under police surveillance at the Albion ever since the affair. He was not actually under arrest, though it practically amounts to the same thing. The result of the inquest eimply puts the whole thing on the Crown, without committing the jury to anything. A bloody spot on the gravel, a few feet in front of the hotel, shows where Her. vey Elliott's life blood ran out. Constable Ferguson has had the re- volver in big charge ever shame ; every chamber is still loaded but one ; when he laid it before the jury and witnesses for identification, a chilly feeling paesecl over one lest it might go off. Before the post mortem the body lay on a etretahar in the sample 100131 of the hotel. There were afew soratobes on the forehead, caused by his falling forward on the gravel, a small, discolored hole well up on the left breast, where the bullet had entered, and a little blood about the body. Mrs, Elliott, who witnessed the shoot- ing,is nearly heartbroken and Wee un- able to testify. She has had hard lines ; sone years ego a eon was bathing, and a young fellow jompmd on him in the water, Causing injuries from the effects of whioh he died in a few days. life$ husband in said to have dropped dead while milking a cow. When one tried to interview any of the villagers, most of them maintained a THE BRUSSELS POST dlaorct1 11lunoe, while others intimated that they know something, but were un- willing to tell. 14 was insinuated that there wag bad blood between the brothers that Harvey wan nota bad sort of a fellow at a11, There wee no ovidenoe adduced to show the existence of previous bad feeling, Every villager iuterview6cl after the inquest, without exception, spoke very highly of the manner in which Thole - Clark in particular gave big evidence. The doctors and Erwin and Keogan were oleo gond will.esees. Woods told a lot, but was seemingly more reluctant than the others, and admitted he with tinder the influouoe of liquor the time the al. fair mime!. Mise Elliott naturally was Knoell embarrassed. Caustaiaarr. 1N q'woo. The unoccupied G. 2'. R. shops at Brantford have been secured for the Pro- vincial Fitt Smelt Show. This is peculiarly a season of second crops. Wm. Gray, of Saudwioh, has a second crop of potatoes, some of which weigh 10 ounces. A syndicate has been formed to go into tine tobacco growing extensively on Pelee Island. The Seoberle plane has been leased and options have been enured for the purchase of 500 sores more. David Gowrie, of Hamilton, has a claim ;gains) the Spanish government} for 825,000 indetnuity for the imprisonment of his son Wiiliam in Cuba on 000. 28, 1895, by the Spanish war authorities. The grape crop of Pelee Island was very heavy this year. The fruit was all gathered before the fronts and will most- ly bo used for making wine. Growers secured from $12 to $15 per ton for the grapes. Mayor Elliott, of Brantford, has re. ceived a letter from the Verity Plow Company, asking to be relieved from their agreement to build new shops in that oily. Tho Veritys employ some 200 hands. It is supposed they intend to locate in Toronto. The first brick from the Hammond Reef mine, Saw Bill dietriat, near Fort William, was sent east last week. Its weight is about five pounds, from 259 tons of ore and a run of 804 hours. Pre- parations are being made to enlarge the stamp mill. The ran is considered very satisfactory in view of the extent of the veins. The run of two weeks at the Olive gold mine, Seine river, produced 118 ounces of gold. On Thursday evening of last week Henry Deering, a highly -respected resi- dent of South Eaothope township, while driving home from Stratford with his wife and three children, suddenly fell for- ward towards the dashboard, and died almost instantly from heart disease. In the excitement that ensued the horse ran away, upsetting the rig and throwing out the occupants, but, strange to say, hurt- ing no one. The annual meeting of the Ontario Ex. perimental Union will be held at the Agricultural Oollege, Guelph, on Deo. 8, 9, and 10, when several well-known agri- culturists will be present to present papers and take part in the discussions, among others Geo. MoSerrow, Superintendent of Farmers' Institute for the State of Wisconsin. The annual banquet of the staff, students and ex -students will take place on the evening of Deo, 8. The old boys s of the town of Strathroy residing in Toronto, will hold their annual reunion this yam• at their native burg on Thanksgiving eve- They will be banquetted by the town, end the guest of the evening will be the Hon. Edward Blake. Besides the honorable gentle. man, Hon. George W. Ross, Dr. Mon- tague, M. P., and W. D. McPherson will be present. It is anticipated that up- wards of 200 former residents of Strathroy will take part in the jubilation. It is reported that a vein ofplaoer•min- ing gold has been found in Raleigh town. ship, about eleven miles from Chatham. The parties who made the disoovery are very reticent about the find. Some of the sand was tested by a Ohatbam drug- gist, who estimates that it would pan out several hundred dollars to the ton. He refused to tell the exact location of the land where the find was made, but said that the vein was about six feet deep and exbends across the whole farm. Wm. Crooke, of Goderich township, Oakes the distinction of being the oldest Orangeman in the dietrio6. He fleet rode the goat in May, 1852, so that ip May next he will have been a member of the Order for the apace of forty-six years. During all that time he has been in active connotation and never without the annual pass. Mr. Crooks scarcely ever fails to attend Grand Lodge, where he meets year alter year veterans who have seen the ups and downs of Orangeiem, A serious accident occurred in the east end, St. Thomas, Thuredav night, 8 persons being injured. Mrs. Richard Heard, who, resides near Pinafore Lake, was driving along the street, a000mponi- ed by her two daughters, Louie and Lena, The horse became frightened at a passing byoyoliat and ran away, and the owls- pante ooupants were burled into the ditch. Mrs. Heard had her collar bone fractured, and the wheels of the vehicle pained over Louie. Tho bicyclist did not give his name, but dismounted and. aided Mrs. Heard and the children. Toronto deteotives are searching for a fakir who has been working the farmers in Oxford, Waterloo, Dufferin and Hal. ton countiee during the past month.' He wears a miner's outfit, says he made $50,000 in the Yukon diatriot in ten weeks, but had tired of the hard' life, and was now on the outlook for a good farm. TM stopped over night here and there, and, leaving a small quantity of alleged "gold dust,' which he carefully weighed out on o delicate pair of scales, as secur- ity, he borrowed $10, $15, $25, or as much as the farmersoC t would ko woo d stand, and decamped 13.8 soon as a favorable op- portunity presented itself, The Farmers' Loan.and Savinge Com- pany, Toronto, has decided to go into lignidotion. The manager, Geo. S. C. Bethune, elates :—"Owing to the do. preesion in real eatato existing in To - mote, and to the foot that considerable unproductive property has cone into the bands of the oompaoy, and the margin of profits having been greatly reduced, the directors of the Farmers' Loan and Som. Inge Company have decided to reoom. mend to the shareholders the gradual winding -up of the oompany by imam of a voluntary liquidation. Interest on do. benturee and deposits for the half-year will be paid forthwith. The amount of the aerate is largely in excess of the lia• bilitieo. The total sums due h Canada aro about as follows : Depoaite, $200,000 ; debeoturee, $200,000. The total liability to banks is under $00,000," There are 75 doctors to uvci'y 1003950 people in London, England, Berlin'e popelatiou is. 9,041, according to a good authority. This ie a gain of 2301 fiord, d,..ia,; tae poet yes.. The steamer Amazon in bit If Beew'g'11t the largest cargo of wheat that over entered the porb of Fort William. 01jio carried 210,000 bushels, loaded by the Northern Elevator Company. At the banquet in his honor, at Yon - (cover, H. C., on Friday, Liao. Clifford Bitten, O'Lilliliter of the Interior, was very warmly welcomed, He declared, amid loud cheers, haat the government's policy in the Yukon MS to compel every rAao to observe the lbw, to provide au ttll.t$axa- dian route, and to confine the trade as fee as possible to Canadian channels. That inn program which will unmet with seismal acceptance. 111is8 Cora Robinson, who for the past ten years has boon a servant .in is North Braude, Lapeer County family, one day laeb week vieitod Detroit, where Pita par- ohasod a1.1 oalflt of men's clothing and attired herself in thorn, She went out into the street, bub wee.. arrested While entering a barber shop to have h.n hair out short. She told the pollee elect teas on her way to California and had decid- ed to wear noon's apparel in the future. As the police had no reason for holding the new 100man, she woe released, had her hair clipped and started for the West. OUSLEY Real Estate 86 Luau AGENT, BRUSS. LS 1 Money to Loan on Ftorm Secur- ity at the Lowest Bate of Interest. Money Loaned on Notes and good Notes Discounted. Sola Notes a Specialty. Fire ci Life Insurance Written. Special Attention givein Oro Conveyancing. A. COUSLEY, 01100 over Deadman'$ Drug Store, BRUSSELS. SHINCLE British Columbia Red Cedar Shingles AND -- North Shore Pine and Cedar FOR SALE AT THE . t ?Aa .,OT,, ../.6'C9rA' t,9.5A`r The Bost Ono Cont Daily in Western Ontario. Cannot be excelled a0 a brighb, enter• prising and populist' paper, klas all the latest news from all parte of the world. Supplied by all eowedealero int'Wisdom Ontario, or sent direct', THE ---°mm Western Advertiser effeel:il• rtttl.lonl,) ONLY 75C, A YEAR, Equal to and better than many pub. liebed at $1.00 a year. Agents wanted in every district to can• vasa for this publication. Address all orders Advertiser Printing Co., mated, LONDON, ONT. 20 Mg., 50 eta. and •q+i $1,00 Bottle, Ona omit a dodo. I110 Bola on a guarantee by en drusalr It sures Inolplont Ooneumptiev and 10 '., beet Cough and Cso0D Ours. Solan by 0,15. INK, I6rtixsl4t, r0russcis. MONEY TO LOAN. 1• Any Amount of Money to Loa; on Farm or Village Pro- o perty at 6 & 61u Per Cent., Yearly. Straight Loans with privilege e repaying when required. Apply to A. Hunter, Division Court Clerk, Brussels SSELS-225uar R. LEATHERDALE, PROPRIETOR. if r ( After a business experience in Brussels of 20 years I desire tF return my hearty thanks to the Public for their liberal patronage and at the same time to state that I am in a better position than i ever to sell good goods at low prices. Having two stores, one iI 1. Brussels and the other in Seaforth, and consequontly buying it i large quantities enables me to purchase a great deal finer than 1 could in the past. ' You must not compare prices of 5 years ago, or even 1 yea>3+': ago, with what they are to -clay, and I assure the Public that it wil),j( well repay them to call and see goods and get figures, even if you don't buy. I cannot give a list of prices here as I carry sued} an endless variety of goods consisting of FURNITURE of all style# from the lowest priced to the best. `-jPr'tgr--Wit' The largest stock of Pictures and Picture Framing goods ever shown in Brussels may be found at my Emporium and they are sold at half the old price. Brussels Planing Mills I gaN5e---n Also Doors and Sash of all Pat terns on hand or made to order at Short Notice, Estimates Furnished for all kinds of Buildings. Workman- ship and Material Guaranteed. J-. & P. AMENT, BRUSSELS PUMP WORKS. I wish to inform the people of Brussels and surrounding dietriat that I have pur- ohased the Pump Business of JAMES BELL and will be found ready to attend to all wants in either now work or repairs at moderate prices. No better Pump in the market. Order left at my shop or residence or at P. SCOTT'S shop will be promptly looked after. KS' Orders taken for the Digging of Walls and Cisterns. GOmer Green., MILL STREET, - BRUSSELS. THE ORIGINAL KIDNEY PILL Ki NEN= LIVER O THE ONLY KIDNEY -LIVER P)LLI1 0 PILLS T. Uaweort, h onager Standard Bank, 13rad- ford Ont says, 01 axes Kidney L ver 1'llla are a grand medicine for the Kidneys and Livor. w P, CRllaior, 115 licCnnl St Toronto, re. li(senting kfent elI Stat toys,Chest's ds rink,act ke nngig ter 33118 rend of ban l..,Cl,e, bilious attach and 003.0Ihat7031, ft everywhere, or 1,y matt ma rece,pr 't 0108. 10 SOh'.AllSe11, OATe3 to CO. „6 rol"AOS ar 3aa8NTa 051 Ll Organs 1 have been selling them at from $15 to $20 lower than other dealers, but I can now sell them cheaper than ever. Buy the hest—the Goclerich or the Boll—both of which I am agent for. 'UN APIT4E-t-TIL I prefer to say but little about this department, as I have been with you cloing business for many years, and those who have called on me are best able to say whether I have given satis- faction or not. I hold a Diploma for Embalming and make a point to personally and promptly attend to this branch of the business. At this season of the year there are often Lounges, Sofas, Chairs, &c., requiring attention. All work intrusted to us will be neatly and cheaply done. 1E� A specialty made of Ordered Work and Repairs. Again thanking my many old customers for past favors and soliciting a continuance of the same, I am, Yours Truly, other 0 ale. rRa � 1y'rr z of Toronto. .t p4{• • AL, 1K CD 00 I.• a' J oc°cc oa t.. 0 OD — o a O O perfectionlitself, TheGPolicy Contract issued by this Association is UNCONDITIONAL, ACCUMULATIVE, AND AUTOMATICALLY NON -FORFEITABLE. It,leavcg nothing further to be desired. Bates and full infor• motion furnished on application. Wt, E. Zglialt, Agent, Brussels.