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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-09-18, Page 9Investigate how Shaw Schools will help you prepare fora career that will asslfre your sud.'ess and security Underline course that interests you - O Bookkeeping !4 i ,si Accounting es Shorthand 0 1preteriting o Stationary Engineering 0i Short Story Writing O rumor, Intermediate, Higher Accounting d Chartered Secretary G Business Eniilieh and, Correspond,: nee Write for free catalogue today 10 Many- otter courses from which to choose Bay & Charles Streets, Toronto Dept, No, H-13 4. Love Letters Sealed Her Doom They were practically con• demned long before they entered the dock, Convicted in the inns, clubs and drawing -rooms of a shocking murder in a dark street at midnight. The victim was shipping clerk Percy Thompson. The killer was wavy-haired Frederick Bywa- ters, the secret lover of Thomp- son's attractive wife, Edith. The couple were jointly charged witu the murder. It was the most sensational crime since Crippen killed his wife and fled across the Atlan- tic. And after the police court bearing opinion swung heavily against twenty - eight - year - old Edith Thompson, For a series of letters between her and By - water's clearly suggested she had egged him on to commit mur- der. They called her an enchan- tress a siren ... a wanton. But when she stood in the docks at the Old Bailey with Bywaters in December, 1922, she was a pale, haggard -faced wom- an, dwarfed by the heavy fur coat which was then the fashion. Defending her was the mot famous barrister of the day, Sir Henry Curtis -Bennett, a veteran of forty-eight murder trials, A powerful pleader, ,a dangero:is opponent, Bywaters' counsel was Mr. Cecil Whiteley, also highly ex- perienced. In mariner and ap- pearance he was not unlike 9 famous barrister of today -- Geoffrey Lawrence, Trying the case was Su Mon- tague Shearman. A few months earlier he had passed the death sentence on Irish gunmen who had assassinated a senior Army officer in broad daylight. Outside the Old Bailey, hun- dreds of people were turned away. Some had quened for twelve hours to get a' seat. There were fireworks from the start. Defence counsel applied for separate trials. In a cold voice the Solicitor -General, Mr. Thomas Inskip — a West coun- tryman known as "Honest Toni" — opposed the request. The judge upheld him. The first vital round in the battle for the lives of the ac- cused had gone against them. The prosecution relied on ex- tracts from thirty letters to prove their case. They had been love letters but, now they as- sumed sinister proportions. They (showed, argued the prosecution, that the couple had carefully planned the murder, The defence had tried hard to YIPPEE— Freckled Judy Lazinka' can spot any contender for the "'Miss Rodeo American crown" this fall a freckle or two with no trouble at all. She's been named Oregon's rodeo queen for 1958. SYMBOL OF A NEW AGE — An impressive landmark rising against a background of quiet English fields are these huge stacks — landmark also in man's search far peaceful uses of atomic energy. They are part of the Calder Hall nuclear power station in Great Britain, which generates electricity on an industrial scale. minimize the importance of those letters. But they had not succeeded very well Then, late in the afternoon of the second day of the trial, came the moment for which the court, and the world outside, had been waiting. Federick Bywaters walked slowly from the dock to the witness -box to give his version of the killing. He did not look like the callous, stoney -hearted killer the prosecution had paint- ed him. He looked a weak-willed youth caught up in the web of passion. The defence of both the ac- °used depended on what he would say about the letters. For himself, he knew there was lit- tle hope of acquittal. His de- fence of being attacked first by Percy Thompson was an obvious lie. But Bywaters held the life of Edith Thompson in his hands. Just as he had held her in his arms for months before the mur- der . , The couple met in high sum- mer of 1921 at the Isle of Wight. With had been married six years to the somewhat dull Thompson when Bywaters, with his good planners, shy smile and engag- ing way, came into her life, Mr. Thompson invited him to come as a paying guest to their home at Ilford, Essex. Soon Edith and Frederick were going everywhere together; soon they were deeply In love — until a row between Mr. Thompson and Bywaters separated the levers for a while. Then came the letters, the fatal correspondence which the prosecution w e r e to spotlight. Among the words of love were the seeds of murder. the jury were told. Those letters were read and re -read at the trial. As Bywaters entered the wit- ness -box everybody wondered how he would explain them away . . if he could, But no- body knew that Bywaters had ready made up his mind on what to say. Nobody knew that he had disregarded the advice of his counsel, that he would, in effect, conduct his own defence and he hoped the defence of Edith Thompson. His debt to her was monumen- UGH - This Sphinx moth larva is a small one. Gloria Manville .rauld have something to "doh" about, for sure, if her frangii- pan, trees were infested with the big fellows, which sometimes oxceed a foot in length. tai. He had done the killing, he had kept the letters she had sent him; he had brought her to the dock with his foolishness. Now, in the witness -box, oppos- ed by one of the best lawyers of the day, he had decided to fight for her a 1 on e. Like a knight-errant, Or a foolish youth. He quickly gave his version of the killing. "I struck Thompson in self-defence . . that is the truth , It was not — and he knew it, Not once did he look at Mrs. Thompson, sitting with bowed head in the dock, Bywaters was cool and composed as he an- swered his counsel's questions, His replies came in an off -hand manner. And time and again he looked at the prosecutor, almost as if he relished the thought of clashing with the Solicitor -Gen- eral, The prosecutor rose to cross- examine. And the tension was needle-sharp. Bolding a sheaf of papers in his hands, Inskip fired his first question. When had the couple met? And when had she expressed her love for him? Bywaters paused before he gave his replies. Quick as a ter- rier Inskip pounced on the an- swers. Holding aloft copies of the letters he was able to tell the court that the prisoner's replies were untrue. So it went on, Question -- and answer. And many times the answers were damned by the evidence in the love letters. And then Bywater's plan be- came clear. He was going to lie to commit perjury . do anything so long as he could avoid admitting that Mrs. Thompson was in any way im- plicated in the crime. Yet almost every letter showed she was! There was nothing defence counsel could do, for the pro- secution conducted the examina- tion with complete fairness and complete ruthlessness. As the Cross-examination event on it became clear what the jury thought. Bywaters — brave and stupid and chivalrous by his own stan- dards - had only made matters worse, with his lies. For all the facts pointed against him. And so did the love letters which Edith Thompson had written to him, Yet it would have been easy - and mora credible — for him to have told the court that the damaging phrases in the love letters were the dreams of the woman he loved. Already the court had heard evidence, called by the defence, that she was a woman of ima- gination, given to day -dreaming. Why did not Bywaters pursue that line, as his counsel wanted him to? Bywaters took his secret with him to the gallows. Could it have been conceit that made. him fight his own case? Could it have been that he was blind- ed by love? No one can say. For ' Mrs. Thompson was also executed at the same time as Frederick By - waters stood on the gallows. But even today the world aske: would Mrs. Thompson have died if Bywaters had not taken his strange line? The answer must be, yes. For her letters were proof of her guilt. Customer: "What's this vege- table soup nn today's menu?" WAitpr: "That's yesterday's ir- rigated hash Tcdes Of The Baseball Diamond IN POISON TODAY Next to managers on the hate slate of the men in blue are those stentorian savages—rabid rooters. Players can be under- stood and argued with, but what can you do against the howling terrors in the stands? The wise course is to turn a deaf ear to their taunts. But even the calmest and gentlest of umps will sometimes be goaded into action. Jack Sheridan eves once taking a 'terrific needling from a big crowd, He suffered in silence, until a husky female fan leap- ed from her seat and shrieked, "If I were your wife, Sheridan, 1'd give you poison!" Sheridan slowly turned around, removed his mask, bow- ed to the lady, and in a clear voice replied, "And if I were your husband, madam, I'd take it" 1, * p NOTHING BUT THE RUTH The great Babe Ruth was no- torious for his strike-outs—up at the plate and with the spok- en word. Driving his fancy car in Orlando one day, he drew up alongside a big Rolls Royce bearing a white-haired old gentleman. The old fellow leaned out. "Gee," he exclaimed, aren't you the famous ball player, Babe Ruth?" "Yes, sir," retorted the Babe. "That's some car you're driv- ing," continued the old boy. "Does it have hydraulic or me- chanical brakes?" "Sir," Ruth graciously replied, "I haven't the slightest con- sumption!" * 5 e STEAMBOAT WHISTLE T h e fabulous "Steamboat" Johnson also loved to deflate tormentors. One day a w e 11 - known local doctor was making life extremely miserable for him. Johnson bore it as long as be could. Finally he stopped the game and marched over to the stands. Pointing a finger at the bel- lowing medic, he yelled, "You got no right to beef, doe, When you make a mistake, it's follow- ed by a funeral. When I make a mistake, it lives forever!" MIAMI, BY CHRISTMAS — John Frey, 64, posses Battle Creek, Mich., as he steps off some of the 3,600 miles between Regina, Sask., Canada, and Miami, Fla., where he expects to arrive on Christmas Day. Frey has walked some 9,000 miles in the last four years to get in stride for the "stroll," 'Bellying' Boys A national Boy Scout official has urged Scout leaders to stop "babying" boys at summer camps with such conveniences as dishwashing machines, freez- ers, hot showers, air mattresses, potato -peelers and heated cab- ins. David Dunbar-, assistant na- tional director of camping for the Boy Scouts, has character- ized approximately hall of the nation's Boy Scout camps 85 tending to be luxurious. Dunbar said private camps started the trend toward soft living in boys' camps, and that the armed services and the Boy Scouts have joined the trend. The camping official spoke of the "uphill fight" involved in attempting to "get back to the pioneer spirit of self-reliance." The. United States justly prides itself on its many "gadgets," within range of the average pocket book, which make for easier living. We rightly consider our "Plan modern conveniences to be a blessing. 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