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POLICE GATHER' CLUES
IN TOTTENHAM DEATHS
CORONER ADJOURNS INQUEST
IN FATAL BURNING OF
FARMER AND DAUGHTER.
O'NEIL TRIES TO COMMIT
SUICIDE - HAS CHANCE
TO RECOVER
Tottenham, Feb. 13 -No evidence
was heard at the opening of the in-
quest in the town hall here today into
the deaths of Asa Robertson, Tee-
urnseh township farmer, and his dau-
ghter, Mrs. Ruby Martin, burned to
death M a barn fire on their term on
February 4. The coroner, Dr,
James Campbell of Tottenham, mare•
Jy summoned the jurors, and after
going through the regular procedure
adjourned the inquest until Thursday
February 23, at 10 a.m. Little in
-
Wrest was shown in the proceedings
by the people of the district, and only
six spectaLore were on hand.
Coroner Dr. Campbell explained
why the hearing was being adjourn-
ed, stating that George O'Neil, the
witness win, is presumed to knew
• most about the circumstances of the
fire and the movements of Mr. .fle.
bertson and his daughter on the fatal
morning, was physically unfit to be
present, and it was deemed advisable
to wait until he was able to give hie
evidence along with the other wit-
nesses who will be summoned to ap-
pear, He is in hospital suffermg
from self-inflicted wounds as the re-
sult of slashing his throat.
The whole proceedings today las.
,,d only twenty minutes, the time be-
ing taken up purely with the busi-
210SS of the court. After opening
the court, Dr. Campbell called the
Dallil1S of the jttrurs and then a fore-
man was chosen. When the :foreman
bad taken the oath and the °the],
members of the jury were duly eworn
the coroner told them they were to
listen to no evidence as one of the
important witnesses was unable to bo
Kent, and the inquest would be
adjourned until such timmas be could
a.ppear. He then charged the jury to
be present in the town hall of Totten
ham on Thursday, February 28, al
ten o'clock in the morning, when the
hearing would be resumed,
At the hospital in Barrie today,
attendants slated • that George o'Neil
was getting along as well es 2mild be
expected, and that he was resting
emefeefehiy, He was not ;Ode to
tall: ratieh, time aid. Only Bold
foods were beinggiven him, a. thie
was all he could take at prgemt, bul
ehowed Po .d'is of refte, lee to eel.
or or ,t-tndy-• n hml
been ropm1;-.d.
Cnniiie!rr., .-v,-4*27ation 1!:.•
R.;+bertsort,
towl- Yr, fm,m.,n. hio
Ilubv 'lin, inn here tire oe
1he ;'nrm 11 ,'"i,1.
povincial police on Satinet:1y eleered
vet al! the d1i ineenech or •rntur,
chws iA,u,.:ae how un,
A I01.11 bearing.
:leveled wed etraies was inweveved
end melee dela'' the elain s iney be
blood. They said they believe the
fork may have been pend is Wea•
pen. Opinions differed, however, es
to whether the stains were blood or
runt and they will be examined by
Cockshutt
Fr st St od
FARM
IMPLEMENTS
and a full line of Repairs
will be carried at the
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Shop
Agent Brussels
When you are in town call
and see the new machines,
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FEB. 19 -BIRTH OF DAVID
GARRICK
Two hundred and eleven years ago
on the 19th of February, 171.7, David
Geerick, the most illustrious and Yee.
Raffle actor in the annals of the Bei -
Cell amnia, was born in the Englieh
town of Hereford, where his parents
were on a Visit £11: the time of hi.
birth,
Him early life was passed at Lich-
field, the home of his parents, end he
received his education at the local
grammar school. At the age of 19
he became a pupil of Edial Hall,
where Dr. Samuel Johnson had re-
cently openedan ecallemy for young
gentlemen, and then began the life-
long friendship between these two
celebrities, Six months later ;Ranh -
son was compelled to close his ace-
demy, owing to lack of pupils, and
he and Garlick, having deeired to
seek fame and fortune in Dereleti
left; Lichfield together, with only a
few pence in their pcokets, and
tramped to the metropolis.
Soon after his arrival in London
Garrick inherited the sum of one
thousand pounds on the death of an
uncle, 'and this enabled him to mat
in business as a wine merchant 10
partnership with his brother, but all
his leisure was passed in threatrical
circles, where he soon became a well
known and popular figure, and it, was
not long before he tried his hand at
dramatic criticism and play -Writing.
His first play-"Lethe" was produc-
ed at Drury Lane Theatre in April
1740, and eleven months Inter he
made his first appearance as an aeeer
on the stage of the Goodman's Fields
Theatre in the character of a harle-
quin. He afterwards made a shot;
tour in the provincial towns, arid in
October 1711, when he eeore,1
greet triumph by his pleyine
espeare's "King Richard 111'' At Oat
Goodman's .Fields Theatre with,
drew feom his partnership in the
wine business and adopted the etege
as his profession,
From the very first he was a pepu-
lar favourite and his whole career
was one long series of triumphs. In
1747 he became the lessee and mana-
ger of Drury Lane Theatre, and for
-
his first production there Dr. John•
son wrote a prologue which contain-
ed the famous line - "We live to
please must please to live", Two
years later he produced his old
friend's tragedy "Irene", which
proved a dismal failure, and was the
worthy doctor's first and last attempt
at writing for the stage.
In 1769 Garrick organized the first
Shakespearian celebration. at Strat-
ford -on -Avon, and seven years later
he was able to retire from the atage
with a comfortable fortune. He died
on the 20th January 1779, and when
he was laid to rest in Westminister
Abbey peers of the realm acted as
pallbearers, while his coffin was fol-
lowed to the grave by all the lending
men of the clay and the whole of the
members of the original Literary
Club.
Garrick was the author -of a lerge
number of successful plays, and be
not only purified the stage of much
of its former grossness, but he in-
trorluced a correctness of costume
and scenic effects welch had been
unknown hitherto. He was a fre-
quent and welcome guest of the no-
bility and celebrities of his day, and
was one of the most popular members
of the brilliant coterie of which Dr.
Johnson was the presiding spirit.
an expert for decision.
Remnants of a pair of overalls
were also discovered. These may
have been worn by George O'Neil,
hired man who was burnet1 in the
fire and is now in a hospital at T3nr--
rie recovering from self-inflicted
throet wounds after being Mimi into
custody as a material witness for the
imineet, which was formally opened
here today. O'Neil told the pollee;
he never was in. the habit of wear-
ing overalls when doing chores be-
fore breakfast. They may have been
hanging in the barn when the fire
reached them. The pieces secured
by the police will be carefully exam-
ined for stains,
In digging among the ash5e cm the
floor of the barn the police on Satur-
day found straw which had appar-
ently not been touched by the fire
and this leads them to believe the
fire esu have originated in the hay
loft. Some of this straw was found
in the stall where O'Neil says the fire
started and where he says he was
burned while trying to release o calf.
The police claim if the fire hail start.
ed on the ground floor the straw 1
\mild have been the first tliing •to go
end 'hey are now convinced the 1
Iltre,e,, had their origin upetaiee• Thee
;0--o rom.11 the rao: thnt none of the
1(0 151115 1.111-011 sianA, '1 ONii
eeeeIf 'ran while trying to releas,
teeet flee- by i'i'ed lee
1 feether -gate, he pulled off
10, ••Iiirt nod I-ub:T.11bl qu.y1
entr-tt rne police omducted a I
.'nroh for ftnoes ni' 1 hitt
"it 11101! ti)')' obit, la cv,u1 tow
•ettl et•ovubish Rio.' think mtly be
:11 ;lett left of the itetl:•:•,hia.
Hatier Const,ani: Quard
o' , ,
'"of r arm hand, who .‘a
yesterday morningslashed MA' threat
nttd wit while inearcerated in the
Lennie :police cells ae a ranterial
1105a for t110 111(111(101 into the eirtum-
teneee eerreueding t1.1, death of
Mrs. Ruth Martin and her father, •
When the barn on the
Robertson farm was burned down
Saturday mornieg, is today reported
to have even chances of recovery..
- O'Neil is under constant police
guard, Constables Law and Robinson
taking turns watching the prisoner,
who is in a private room in Royal
Victoria Hospital. Admittance to
any on11. other than nurses and doc-
tors is .denied and the police-, so far,
have secured no statement from the
men, although today he is reported
to be rational. At times during the
night O'Neil expressed a deeire
get out -o:e bed, and slept fitfully: His
eons:emus moments since he entered
the hospital have been punctuated by
mumblings. Some sentenres have.
been •complete and they deal with de-
tails of the fire which have served to
increase the suspicions of the police
that O'Neil knows more about the
affair than he has told so far.
Was Quite Rational.
No theory as to why he should
have attempted his own lif a within
two hours after he was nlared itt
the cells has been advanced. At the
time of his admission to the police
station he Was perfectly rational and
seemed to accept bis p0' kion cal nily
He asked that he be given a plug of
eliewing tobacco, and Constable Ray-
nor accommodated him. No new
evidence in connection with the
deaths has been located since nice.
day • night, Inspector Rae, in (merge
of the investigation, VMS )routo
yesterday consulting Deputy Coin-
miseiener Cuddy on the varieus an -
glee of the ease, rout it is peobabie
that n C. I. D. investigator vid
assigned to work with the local de-
tachment of the Povincial Police. Ile
has not yet returned to Barrie, but
cemected this morning, end in the
meentime MIA ieeued instruelions that
the pollee are not to interview O'Neil
or take further action. •
Worse than the Burns.
•.:uore than 1-00 stitches were ra•
e1111.ee1 to chew the wound., O'Neil in -
With OW .11111111 pen-
knife he heed em,evelvil ascot blot
1 ti!;1.)11iNf-:.1 ill:,
otnte:t
'-•.• • :,• tt;' hettt:, ;:ttl'vr,t1 t11:•
tire.1 helms. ,int;•Iren,h..,
tr!' ..ti' e of
,o1:t•n. inntoil„,t o•e.
,i1,, - pore,:
'0`.1 ,,11:11,1i0ra.1 01'11- ,'111
!111:11-'01 1I :4;111. They eentieems.
:1 en e1 -tin that b me set
'eeei eompleied, aryl
11.111.-ny the man who
no the hieed man im
the first of alareh when O'Neil': yen!!
Wafl enneeleted, that eeveral we, le.
before tho fire, he and Mr. Ilobert•
-;00 were looking for some teeedine
in the _drive -shed. At that time they
fonmi that a 40 -gallon drum mod to
contain coal -oil was empty but fleet
in. 0 five -gallon can that was standing
alongside o.f the leeger drum there
was about three gallons of coal oil.
- Robertson Was Warned
On the day of the fire, aft011 the
property stored in the driveshed had
been removed, Pettit told the pollee
that the can was empty. This ie
sigatificant because coal -oil used on
the was not obtain•ed fro NI this
supply, and if it is missing it 'tilde
to the chain of suspicious cireurn-
e.tances stirrounding the origin o.t the
fire. That O'Neil acted in a -clonthi-
coring way on the farm, especially
towardMrs. Martin, has been de-
finitely established by the &ice in-
vestigations and fulther, it is report-
ed that a friend of Mr, Roliertsola,
HOME AF'TER HOLIDAY
Hon. Qeorge S. Henry, Ontario
Minister of Highways, who has 10 -
turned from a trip to Bermuda and
the Southern States, somewhat lin-
Proved ifi health.
who lives io Georgetown, Ont„ ot
the time he was leaving the farm al-
ter a short visit, said to Mr. Robert-
son -"Asa :there is one thing I want
you to do. Get rid of thet man.'
It is presumed he meant O'Ne:
and the police will interview him in
an effort to learn just why he would
melee such a recommendation to his
friend. There is no circumstantial
evidence agaisnt 0.Neill, only SUP-
piciou points to him despite the clam-
or in the Boston district that he is
in some way associated with the
deaths. His attempt on his own life
adds no additional evidence but hs'
served to increase the anger of the
residents of the community and to
strengthen their suspicions.
CLEANER SEED,
CLEANER LAND
ONTARIO SLOGAN
Campaign for Stimulation of Higher
Production Being Vigorously
Pressed. -Demonstration Train for
Western Ontario -Most Effective
Methods Will be Shown at Many
Points During Next Two Months.
The Provincial campaign for clean-
er seed and cleaner land is to be
namely pushed throughout Ontario
between now and the opening up of
Spring. The Ontario Government is
melding out a Need -cleaning demon-
stretion train. starting at Alvinetoo,
Lambton County, on February 111.
The campaign this year is largely
ritimiernentary to the operation of
tie -Noxious WeedAct adopted by
the Legislature at last year's session
and the plan is to stimulate interest
ill -the importance of having meritd-
tura] land, as far as possible free
from weeds and to encourage the uee
of the cleanest and most virile seed
possible for better and larger pro-,
dectioe.
Tinder the Noxious Weds Act
township inspectors aro 11111111! 11
and it itt the duty efl these insms.tore
ta ed.ei 15- property owners of tee
Intwalence or 1?CI1da on their lend
:tea ordar t'nnir destruction. It
new being urged unon the Previte; al
Mmister fa•f Agrieulture that n
vieer• for the province be normintt.sti.
:ma it is vonsiderod
ap;n1efrro111
I h.. .dtiottl t.,
the emeeeien :•,:eeees e.egi
the
no,r.
Ort cl-teott:1,-.1t-;on :"!1 1 •
-e.” • :thd ,t• -•Id:•
Ale, ti tlI be 111
1 eit- • •,:: '11 he tivIt, ere 1
emit often"' 1011 M titipa4os tl
calla :/rul insect
".11,-1,111_11.111 weede and otlee.
ben-, of feem work, Samples or
varieti, of farm erees t 11
,,Ise be :hewn.
The treirt will stop from 9 nom 10
prn crib day at the -follow...1g
Ames in Ilumni. Perth and Ileneeee-
Pertle---Febieutry 29, St, • III:Try:4;
.Februery 21, Steat-f d ; February 2ii
71Iiiehellf April 10, Milverton; Meech
6, Atwood,
Hueon-February 27, &aortal;
February 28, .Clinton; February 2D,
Exeter; Nevelt 1, Heneall; Marel) 5,
Cliaton Sawing
Done at
S. Half lot 7, gon.13, Grey
Also at Henfryn Station
Jas. Stevenson
Phone 42-11
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For good, sound Basswood
Bolts, cut 21 inches long,
will pay $4 per cord at mill.
John McDonald
Phone 1913 WALTON
Bruseels; March 31, Wingham; April
11, Blyth; April 12, Goderich.
Bruce -March 2, Kincardine; Mar,
8, Lucknow; March 8, Mildmay;
March 9, Pakeley; March 10, Port El-
gin; March 12, Chesley; March 33,
Tara; March 14, Hepworth; Mare%
23, Walkerton.
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NOT ONLY AT
HOME, BUT
Within view of the glittering. mine
of the wonderful Athenian buildings,
Grecian mothers are baking bread
and cookies made from Canadian
flour.
Workmen In the dairies and pack-
ing houses of Denmark wear Cana-
dian -made rubber boots.
The mines of the Rand in South
Africa produce gold by power trans-
mitted by Canadian -made rubber bolt
ing, and business men in the Nether-
lands, Straits Settlements, Belgium
and the Argentine skim along about
their business in Canadian -made auto
to
mobiles equipped with Canadian
The popular sandwich at Henley
Regatta is made from Canadian lob-
eter and salmon.
Peruvian and Colombian crude oils
How down Canadian pipe lines to the
tankers at the port clocks.
The fields of France resound ts the •
whirl and slash of Canadian binder:,
et harvest time.
We are sending needles and pie.;
to Great Britain. Canadian latitern,
gibed a glow on. the waters- of the
ensue from Chinese junks end
Our ferro-alloys, lead, zinc, enelte,.
!deice]. aluminum are all improving
the metal product; of other nation..
Theatre curtains the world 000'
are made fire-resistant with Canadian
esbestos.
Canadian toilet soap brightens the
WEDNESDAY, FEB: 15th,. ;togs.
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Brussels Horticultural Society
Premium List
,f1 teal t ei..11113 ARE E.NT.ITLED (11) JII0101.48
CHOICL 1 -One INerway Spruce.
Jtoee-flyorici Perpetual--Fruu lead, Druechiti (W);
(leo. Artanis (P); Ulrich Brunner ((.1); laugh De:hetet O.,/
OpIiiuiu (11); Hugh Dickson (It); Sunburst, CO; Old Gold;
Cumbing, Lateen:a; Pew s Scarlet (31) ; Vali Fleet (P).
3 -One Peony (Red, White or Pink)
4' -Ono Foreythia (Fortune's Golden 13e11).
5 -One Buddleia (Butterfly Bush)
6 -One Deutzia, (Double Pink )
7 -One Spirea (Van Houttei)
8 -One Japan Barberry
9 -One Hydrangea (Paniculata)
10 -One Asparagus Fern
11 -One Phlox (Orange, Salmon Rose, Mauve, White)
12 -One Lillum Auratum,
13 -One Iris
14 -Three Begonias (Assorted Colors)
15 -Ten Gladioli (Good Varieties)
16 -Two named Gladioli - Any two of the followinge--Herada;
Red Emperor; Golden Measure; Bryon L. Smith; White
Perfection.
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giffiggrw LIST MUST BE RETURNED BY MARCH 1st -eglair
Any choice from 3 to 17 may be duplicated.
Any choice from 4 to 17 may be duplicated.
Extra Roses, Bulbs, Shrubs will be supplied at cost; also Geraniums
Rhododendrons, Dutchman's Pipe, Chrysanthemum Roots, Delphiniums, etc.
eee.eeeere-eere-
faces of West Indians and South
Americans, while Canadian cer-
bide brightens their nights,
West African docks are
by Canadian cement reiniorced by
Canadian steel. The dock ware-
houses have Canadian rolling doors,
and Canadian rails carry the produce
to and from the steamers.
Newspapers, with circulations
Itin.6ng into millions, carry their
messages on Canadian newsprint.
Bonnie Imeies in New Zealand and
England photograph their picnic par-
ties with Canadian cameras and
films.
MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN
by thousands, use Mrs. Sybilla Seabee
'ronsolitis for Head Colds, Cattterb,
Bronohical Asthma, Bronehitis,
Cough, Croup, Quinsy, Sore Throat
and Tonsil troubles. Try, it's enar-
enteed. H. B. Allen's Drug Store,
Brussels.
Some gasoligee, originally relined
to a water -white color, soon become
o straw color even though not ex-
posed to light. Slight diseoleradoe
of gasoline, if it is pure, does nut
mean anything in mileage effivientes
JELLICOE CHOSEN
The National Executive Council of
the British Legion, in session in. Lon-
don, Eng., invited Earl Jellicoe, re-
tired Admiral of the Fleet, to become
President of the legion. The Execu-
tive decided to request the Prince. of
Wales to use his influence to have
Earl Jellicoe accept the invitation
Croyden, Eng., has pensioned its
eight blind beggars, and each will re-
ceive 3275 a year.
Australia has a school for teach-
ing auto owners how to repair their
own cars.
WINTER WON
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The wonders 01 Niagara Falls
which have for years attracted
sightseers from ell parts of the
world, are even more striking when
the frosts of winter have played
their part in beautifying this mag-
nificent spectacle. The Falls are
coated with ice in peculiar forma-
tions and are, pertugas, evert more
attractive than during the summer
months when the water runs freely
over their beink,
So great has been the interest in
the winter appearance of Niagara
that a series of excursions have
been arranged by the Canadian
National Railways from American
points such as Chicago, Detroit
and intermediate cities. Special
trains are being operated from
Chicago, South Bend, Battle Creek,
Lansing, Flint, Detroit and other
points. It is anticipated that be.
cause of the facilities provided,
thousands of tourists will make the ,
I
journey to view the Falls in Winterstates that enquiries front prospet-
13, Chown, Geeetal Passenger tive visitors are pouring in from all A
Ageta of the System at Chicago, directions.
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