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The Brussels Post, 1927-5-25, Page 7i THE BRUSSELS POST gent/ ,xr ^' /1411© f tic t. „t Made only from hard Western. wheats, Parity Flour is richt in gluten --- the energy giving told body building i; eel Purity Hour is best for all your baking and will Hippy extra nourishment to the children, in cakes, piee, buns mei I,ree'l. J1 Send 30e in stamps for our 700 -recipe Pru ity Flour Cook Book, los Western Canada Flour Mille Co, Limited Toronto, lvfontrcal. Ottawa, Saint John. 11 ry 111/11 ,i.4hub Copyright 1918, Z :&f rm tai ,�✓1 LaN —By IIARY ROBERTS RIM HART , "When you saw Mrs. Ladley on Sunday did she say she was going a- way," "No, sir.' "Did you see any preparation for at ;journey:"" "The black and white drew was laid out on. the bed and a snail bag. She said she was taking the dress t0 the theater to lead to :bliss Hope." "Is that all olio. said`." "No. She said she'd been wishing her htieband would drown; that he u•e: a fiend." I could see that my testimony had made an impression. Tle, slipper, the rope, the towel and the knife and blade were prodac- ed i'0. court, and I identified them all. They made a noticeable impre,si m on the jury. Then Mr. Llewellyn, the lawyer for the defense, cross exam- ined me. "Is it not true, Mrs. Pitman," he said, "that many articles, particularly shoes and slippers, are found floating around rlu] n•'� a flood?" Yes," I •:'dmitted. "Now, you say the dog found this slipper floating in the hall and brought it to you. Art you sure this slipper belonged to Jennie Brice?" "She wore it. I presume it belong- ed to her." "Ahem! Now, Mrs. Pitman, 'tfter the Ladleys had been moved to the upper floor, did you search their bed- room and the connecting room down- stairs?" "No, sir." "Ah! Then how clo you know that this Upper was not left on the floor or in a closet?" "It is possible, but not likely. -1ny how, it was not the slipper, alone.. It was the other things ana the slipper. It was"— "Exactly. Now, Mrs, Pitman, this knife. Can you identify it positive- ly?" i can." But isn't it true that this is fa very common sort of knife? One that near- ly every 'housewife has in her posses. :.len?" "Yes, sir. But that knife handle has three notches in It. I put the notches there myself" "Before this presumed crime?" "Yes, sir." "I''o• what purpose?" • - "My neighbors were constantly borrowing things. It was a means of identification." - "Then this knife is yours?" "Yes." "Tell again where you left it the night before it was found floating downstairs." "On a shelf over the stove." "Could the dog have reached it there?" "Not without standing on a hot stove," "Is it porsiblo that NIr, Ladley, unable to untie the boat, borrowed your knife to cut the boat's painter?" • "No painter was cut that I heard about. The paper hanger"— "Oh, nor The boat's painter—the rope." "Oh! Well, he might have. Ho never' said." "Now, then, this towel, Mrs. Pit- man, Did not the prisoner on the following day tell you that he had cut his wrist in freeing Letterheads Envelopes Billheads And all kinds of Business Stationery printed at The Post Publishing House, We will do a job that will do credit to your business. Look over your stock of Offlee Stationery and if it requires replenishing call us by telephone 81. The Post Publishing (louse the boat and ask you for some court /1111111'?' "He did not," I said firstly. "You had not seen a scar on his wrist?" "No," I glanced at Mr. Ladlcy. Ile was smiling: as if annlsed. It m ie me angry. "And what's more," I flashed, "df ho has a cut on his wrist, he put it there himself on account for the towel." I was sorry the next moment that I had said it, but it was too late. The counsel for the clefense merefl to exclude the answer, and I reeei,•eil a caution that I deserved. Then: You .taw Mr. Ladley when he brought your boat back?" "Yes." "What time was that?" "A quarter after 1 Monday morn- ing." "Did he come in quietly, like a man trying to avoid attention?" "Not particularly. It would lt•tve been of no use. . The clog was bark - "What raid he say?" "'That he had been out for medi- cine,. That his wife was sick." "Do you know a pharmacist named Alexander—Jonathan Alexander?" "There is such a one, but I don't know him." I was excused, and Mr. Reynolds was called. i•Ie had heard no quar- reling that Sunday night, bad even heard Mrs. Ladley laughing. This was about 9 o'clock. Yes, they bad fought in the afternoon. He had !tot overheard any words, but their voices were quarrel -some, and once he heard a chair or some article of furniture overthrown. Was awakened about 2 by footsteps on the stairs, followed by the sound of oars in the lower hall. He told his story plainly and simply. Under cross examination admitted that he was fond of detective stories and had tried to write one himself; that he had 1 said a t that tor' thet ' s c t he would like to see that "conceited ass" swing, referring to the prisoner; that he had sent flowers to Jennie Brice at the theatre, and had made a few advances to her, without success. My head was going round. I don't 1 know yet how the police learned it all, but b ythe time poor Mr. Rey- ' nolds left the stand half the pe )ple there believed that he had been in love with Jennie Brice, that she had f spurned his advances, and that th;re was more to the story than any of them had suspected. Niiss Hope's story held without any alteration under 11!. eros; exa(in:e. tient She w:!,4 pi rfectly at emit., looked 1111ultmn. 0111 w:11 dreseet, 0. 1101 ,i 5 h told 11c.lenu Drieu 11/1 b,,(1 Ira 1e:u o1' her lift• and h11 111x'(1 11 r, only the '. t e 1: before .•u the eppetue.11, to elide: lett. to pat hove. With her 111.+.. Hope. 1e, told of the attnek 01' by:e•ri1 in her dres5i!17 room, :old that the 111(5 ;ee. 0(1(0(11 had -:(1,1 flint her husband could kill her eene, day. Ther, wa,4 Ruch writfielitBr bv.'r her testimony, :old 1 ludi,•ve ;11 least a part of it not allowed to go to the .lacy. I:ut I ani not alawyer, and I repeat 'obit f 1_1all. "D"l ehe ran' that he had att 1c'lced "Yr . more than once. She was 1 bit - nonan, fairly muscular, and had alw ty.s hltl her own." "Did she see: that these attacks came' when lie had been drinking?" - "I belieile he was worse then.." "Dill ehe give any reaeon for her i II b; ad's attitude to het'?" "She .eadd he wanted to marry an- other woman." There e w to a small sensation at this. It proved it eitablished a motive. "Did :he know who the other wo- man was?" "I believe not. She wile away most of the eke:, and he put in his time.' as he liked." "Ilid 1lfss Brice ever mention the nature of they threats he made against her.?" "No, f think not." "Have you examined the holly waoherl (shore at Sewickley?" “Yes" --in a low voice. "1-a it the hotly of Jennie Brice?" "I cannot say." I'1)oes the remaining hand look like the hand of Jennie Brice?" "Very much. The nails are filed to points, Ile She wore hers." "Did you ever know of Jennie !:rice having a scar on her breast?" "No, blit that would be easily con- cealed." on- c001 (1." "Just what do you mean?" "11Di11y actresses conceal 1101(014. She could have w•0011 flesh colored plaster and covered it with powder. Also, such a scar would not necess arily be seen." "Explain that." "Most of Jennie Brice's decollete gowns were cut to a point. This would conceal such a sear." Miss Hope was excused, and Jennie Brice's sister from Olean was called. She was a smaller woman than Jennie Brice had been, very ladylike in her manner. She said she was married and living in Olean; she had not seen her sister for several years, but had heard from her often. The witness had discouraged the marriage to the prisoner. "Why?" "She had had bad luck before." "She 4 ' 1 been eon marriedbe before?" "Yes, to a pian name d John Bel- lows. They were in vaudeville to- gether on the Keith circuit, They were known as The Pair of Pillows." "Mr. Bellows is dead?" "I think not. She .divorced him" "Did you know of any scar o1 your sister's body?" "I never heard of One," Have you seen the body found at Sewickley?" "Yes," faintly. "Can you identify 1t??" "No, sir." A flurry was caused during the af- ternoon by Timothy Senft. He test- o.ura pp s ter-,.--....-. Dimond jubilee Tnsplires Song Dmo( per Tuna talo A D FI 11 At The Canada Jubilee 'WALTZ SONG By GORDON V THOMPSON Wrnpr or WX°^ 00 wlpd ap Tho lvoteh 0, •ria /11,1,5" 'Wapn 1ba, a^r Ct. ,q anoI 7, Ziea. Tempo dl Va.lee Thema a dr' Coo .tog soon, When to Mos.! Thoo let 11(1' 110 World know, We've the land anteda's Diamond Jubilee !has' been the inspiration, that led to the writing of a new ,Canadian. song "At The Canada Jubilee" which has re- cently ,been published to commemo- rate the sixtieth year of confedera- tion, Its,conposer, Cordon V, Thompson, has ei6'ee,dy established the repute. tion of (being one of ,Canesla'a leading song writers.. His polnllar war songs composed and published 'during the stirring days of 1914-18 are well- known. There ,are tow who do not know by heart the airs of "When ,lack Comes 1351117", "Khaki" or "When ?tour 130y Conies Back to Yeti", throe l 01.01090 !songs in par- ticular eovnposed by Mr, 'Thompson. during the War, 00117)ON V. TIIO11IPSON, Mr. Thompson composed (lids new song recently while staying at the Chateau. Fronten'ac at Quebec. Here at .the very ;birthplace of Canadian history Mr. Thompson felt the urge to write something that would ex- press the joy of ;Canadians at the corning great overt. Having produced "At the Canada Jubilee" 111r Thonrp- sUn felt that another song, express-' leg the optinuistto sen'titments of Can- adians, would. be oxcoediegly appro- priate. "Land of ,Glad To -Morrows" eves the result of this inspiration which the composer /'oohs 'expresses something of the optimism for the future throughout Canada at the present time. 4.11•♦ r0+4,44•'rG•FA•b•✓r0✓.4,+.+•4.4•h IFAT G F A WANT e a 6 R 0 eieria,4 pace; for oth- er 1110.a, i. ad 011kk a 4 (4.63 i,y,.l.6.1”Site?'LG':-eo.tnter: s,aPenn Jett:. ithel to what i already knew. --that between ' 1 Monday e ' I w 0. J and 1 11 un ,) n . T lay mt nmr, during the heiteht. of the flood, h • 1111.1 lseen item 111.s shanty haat a -1./111 e ,i, ht in tl.e current (mai! th" Nint.th street bride•. He had ,,11,1(1 d encouragingly to the man in the been, running out it way 011 the ire: a) nolle,• him hear. Ile bud told hint to row with the (1('r ,t 01111 to try to si,,.adr In toward ',burr. IIe had 1')110(' ell (•1011, to the river bank in his (wit boat. Below Sixth street the other host wa.< within 0090 tlr'owlnt'a dis- ten(t•. He had pulled it in and had towed it well back out of the current. The man in the boat was the prisetur, Asked if the prisoner gave any ex- planation—yes, he said lie couldn't sleep and had thought to tire hinleelf rowing. Had been ,.aught in the ew'rent before he knew it. Saw nothin • .eusplr ous in or about ,the boat. As they passed the polio' pat - co! boat prisoner had called to ask if them W'as much clistrc s and express- ed regret when told there was. Tial was excused. He h't.l made a profound impression. I would not have *given 0 dollar for Mr. Iadley's chance with the jury at that time. CHAPTER XI. The prosecution int! proep10 '1 limey witnesses during `he next two days Shanty Boat Tun's story withstood the most vigorous cress examination. After him, .Mr. Bronson from the theatre corroborated Miss Hope's story of Jennie Brice's attack of hys- teria in the caressing room and told of taking her home that night. He was a poor witness, nervous and halting. He weighed each word be- fore lie said it, and he made a gen- eral unfavorable impression. I thought he was holding. something back. In view of what Mr. Pitman would have called the denouement, his attitude is easily explained, But I was puzzled then. Sd far, the prosecution had touch- ed but lightly on the possible motive for a crime—the woman. But on the third day, to my surprise, a Mrs. Agnes Murray was called. It was the Mrs. Murray I had seen at the mor- gue. I have lost the clipping of that day's trial, but I remember her tes- timony perfectly. She was a widow, living above a small millinery shop on Federal street, Allegheny. She had one dau- ghter, Alice, who slid stenography and typing as a means of livelihood. She hacl no office and worked at Thome, Many of the small stores in the nei- ghborhood employed her to send out their bills. There was a card at the street entrance besicie the shop, and now and then strangers brought her work. Early in December the prisoner had brought her the manuscript of a play to type, and from that time on he came frequently, sometimes every clay, bringing a few sheets of manu- script at a time. Sometimes he came without any manuscript and would sit and tall( while he smoked a cig- arette, They had thought him 111n - married. On Wednesday, Feb. 28 Alice Mur ray had ditsappeared. ,She had taken. some of her clothing—not all --and had left a note. The witness read the note aloud in a trembling voico: Dear Mother—When you get this I shall be married to Mr. Ladley. Don't worry. Will write again from N. Y. Loynigly. ALICE. From that time until a week be- fore, she hacl not heard fl'oln her dau- ghter. Then she hart a card, mailed front Madison Square station, New York city. The card merely said: Am well and working. ALICE. The defense was visibly shaken, They had not expected -this, and J thought even Mr. Ladley, whose calm had continued unbroken, paled. So far all had gone well for the prosecution. They had proved at crime, as nearly its circumstantial evidence could prove a crime, and they had established a motive. But in the identification o:f the body vo far they had failed, The prosecution "rested", as they say„ although they didn't rest much on tato afternoon of the third day. The defence called, first of all, •>Jliza Shaeffer. She told of a woman answering the general description of Jeenie Brice having spent two (Stye at the Shaeffer :farm at Horner, Be- ing shown photographs of Jennie Brice, she said site thought it was the .k. WEDNESDAY, MAY 211111, 111117, -soon wemltll, Sint wit' 114t c"('11111. n' 11,1,1 1'o,'tht•r of tIlo wumalt 140..1. - t irv;e rtorily on Wada, dry 0f W, -•h ft too Thorovilhi, et,rtetiu❑ 1,....11.6 2110261i ih e 11 I r ,ebb wniel, ilei Craves 1111 It ,v ,, 0.r•, . h' identified till woman 11 th.•-irru11 : ht'u11.1h., 1(0(11 ln- ti0n. 3, h„ 41 517(5 111;01,1W 1,1 II yr i. retro 1, y't.11e 'lite::, oh 1 11,1, "hi' dt--erile.tl ".110 1)1t0'1' and 1rh:L• 11214 tin• I1•04 t',' 1(3 1•:':,« tr 0 ed:0'. ,h.,`, urr th• a e.,leel /11- 11(4 'n : '4111 0 that th •lint•.,. tun! lust 11"'.'1•..41 e1 r. :1111o.. <.•.rt yell'; th I }Lt t -e en nn 111 • bed .n Jennie Brie, room the rla5 befere Am die" pp,• ori d. 1 CW11,1 not zuy '1441nt t 11/5Lier Iht• 5011113 to 1111• 911 .!pit Jennie( e 171. 'll 11',!1 1 t i 0.l 1!II ]n, 1! e ti(lttr'iar it imeeet i, . Ii. o l",1 ]On.ltll,ta Al -55.:1- 4,1% .5, ;1- 0 i, wilt t .. 11110,1 that on the Mal' ,iu,•st;alt he had b-•,-tl P„I1;lel 11 1 iia iia (. 1,?: 111., er'em 't•, '1110 had 54 It':: ,t if. wit., '11, 0nti It 1 leo. 4 t I I,ut'1, of pirtpt' t t'y remedy from W.:1. I11.: dd,•r' h, ....,.0 was ah:'nlut t. Tho rf••.r to . eat! d 3,11111,. 1 11 ;•• d 1 o 1, and o /ld 53vetti,.1 to prat fiat .11.11111 • liriee had had no :,u,h sem.. It v'td ,siitf.v1, That :lie W1.1.; MI inti- riIt • t• rot- with hot' 1311171','n 1 V. 1111111 hardly hare (omrt-aded. at, me atiu l 0f ally . lavdty from 11000. 111, (1•. •1 ,,..-t'ot'ed that d.0.'. They had -hotrn that the pri-on.'+,• 1/5111'11 the truth tell"11 11::aid Le hat eee., t0 tt 9leirmtcy for nodi; 1' that night for his wile ! ? -h hail ;hewn that a woman, am w, 1 in..r ti3O description of J„ani,• 911,59 1111 two day's in a town calh•,1 Herter, and 11011 gold, frrom there on W • u'.,d,1 after the crime. Anti tht 111! ehoev11 that this welnalt wale .ittieecl as Jennie Brice had been. that watt the way things .tood uta the afternoon of the fourth day when court adjourned. Mr. Reynold:, nold.•, 0110 Itt hone ('1. '11 I :0.t 'there. 11, h:,d been very initch subdued since the development, of that first day of the trial, sat mostly in his own room and hail twice brought me a bunch of jonquils as a peace offering. He had the kettle boiling when I got home. "You have ha da number of •visit- ors,” he said. "Our young friend Howell has been here, and Mr. Hol- combe has arrived and has a loan in his room," Mr. Holman came down anwntent after, with his face beaming, "I think we've got him, Mrs. Pit- man," he said. "The jury won't ev,in go out of the box." But further than that he would not explain. He said he /lad a wit- ness locked in his 1'00111, and he'd be glad of ;upper for him, as they'd both come a long way. And he went out and bought sora,' oysters and a battle or two of beer. But as far a; I know he kept hint locked up all that night in the second s dory front room. I don't think the plan lnu'W lea War: a !11;111 0 •, a , o J 1I 1 55 It -] 1 11111 dt,V;ti the 11,11, mai tut'• hy 11 • 'win- dow, .ud O. t7 •1 alt! the paper's. 21't 1 unt of .11 11'401 ul illi I I :01!11 (tete, 1111,11034, 1'r, 11 1i o t rt, It 1,5 on liPt Upper in), •,I ;r I +..rt lit li' t :1I 1 f,l;,t:i l- te)t !.11:'.1 1 At I,, h ,. a ,,;tt t.- 1,, p 12,t,'.''. ! ., It I' 111!:1.': il, I I- i - t„ 1 1 to ;mt.. 111, iceiz 11 I, 9, . '1 itie Mod,. 1 11,0.room, I lair. ,. 11 Win i ;1 .11 5.x•0'1; ;Jot tI 11111"e• ) "t t' 1• toil 1» •. 1'1 , %vie; ..ar,.f eily. hitt hi: B-y.,t uula'u it, I 11, c h :i 1.11 h • - I 1 1 � t t 11'1,1 1 1 I l,- t i 1 Mr. e111 1 t.= 11:3/53-ite.;,. t•.<., 1',07 fl)aLu I n1,11'11.11. .'Y '311 13,,..,11'1 i, .;.1„ SL. 11-,'- 1, ,15'' you?" I ,1.',, 14, tit!, 110, 1'11 we'll orad '1. l' 11 travelling a1out, Tlu070 11Ift,0- 1 -d , rt cars" - 111., doh, trailed oft, en/; 1 saw him ekin.^ it 11y mother s pletu.i•, with 1` jonquils hitne11111, "']'hat'., '1,1,!'' 1),; Fold. g" ,'n;r ISP.- nim',. t 111es„y" "31y nteths'r," 15:1111 (imply. "Iiav • }e!1 -e•t tt Ler istel}':"' ';1I;' )r/ th 1.7" 1 -"Co. 1(111.'' '•1 saw hc1' a 'few day-: ,111." "Here?" "Y,•s: she 0181x• herr, Mit 1I o1i, two week- ,g". She look.bonny—• ,f .site . - rwe,0rvi11L', "Not ---a hem me 3oar n'.k,':1 ca^'- • eriy. "Yet; about you. What poeeeesed you 111 go away a; ro udid' Whi n my-1u•e—)%hen her uncle 41('(U' (1 you of rem..•thin;"_ you 1111 away in - of facing things like 0 utas." 'I was trying to find the 01,' per- son who twat{ ele•:1r me. Moa. Pit 1r.. with 11 ; 1,5/ ,' e i . 1. Ile louk,:d ill (,tough to he in bed. ".And yeti succeeded?" "Ne." I thought perhaps he had not been eating. and I offered him food, as I had once before. Ilut he refused it, with the ghost of his boyish smile. "I'm hungry, but it's not food I want. I want to see her," he said. I sat down a,r000 from him and tried to mend a tablecloth, but I cowl! -(1 not sew. I kept seeing thnee two young things, each sick for a sight of the other, and from wishing they could have a minute together. 1 got to planning it for then. "Perhaps," I could finally, "if you ; want it very much"— "Very much!" "And if you will sit quiet and stop tapping your fingers together until you drive me crazy I might contrive it foru y u. For five minutes I ::aid. "Not a second t h longer." (Continued Next Week) • HE Industrial MVlor+cgage and Savings Company, of Sarnia 011111,1... !r)ui1 !1 1,11 moneyi' yo1, 11,,1 ,e 1 / , i R1, , k (li eun•tnp WOW., u i t 5, r' , W a t e r splay i,rt.r .0.5, t ia.. On! ul:o Wllf f"rof-.'1,,111 ,-xa'. 1 ntl"•r rensi'((x,?. 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(oder 119110'10 0' ocr 'Will, 11111101. a..t:rlvrtu ssauwu.wtw�e.•arot.otri. ..rise s.9tn91t3ti„sy aaa I/O mrfRiell a .gt.a1ra werase they' Firm Ut usi ess Just one Of the news items which are appearing in papers quite too often these days throughout the Dominion. Ana what Is the reason? There is only ono, and that is lack of loyalty to home Institutions and the lure of the flashing publicity of the large city establishments. Many citizens, while earning their wages and salaries in one place, never- theless send a large proportion of this money out of the community for questionable bargains, thus depriving such community of that much necessary- working capital, Busines , ,en Do the Same They have local firms who are able and ready to supply them with all their requirements, yet for the most tidal reason or excuse they will consent to extend this patronage to outside firms, thus holjiing to build up distant Citic, at the expense of their 1101111 town. They seem to forget that this money so sent out might otherwise have been largely returned to them by those with whom they should have left this business. Therefore, when it need of printed matter of any kind, whether farmer, business man or professional man, always extend first consideration to The Post Publishing House