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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1908-10-30, Page 2BOGUS :t`f'1LL S MEN SENTENCE Thomas Crozier Nine Years, Milton Crozier Two Years. Father Made Use of His Son's Artistic Talent. Milton despatch: Before a court house crowded with spectators Magistrate Shields this afternoon sentenced Thomas Crozier to nine years' hard labor in the penitentiary at Kingston, and his son, Milton Crozier, to two years in the Cen- tral Prison for manufacturing and pass- ing counterfeit money. Both pleaded guilty, and the elder prisoner made a full confession 'to Crown Attorney Dick and Inspector Parkinson, of the Domin- ion police. In it he stated: "Early in 1906 we started to make the plates, We I made the Quebec and Imperial bank notes first. The next plates we made in the following winter. They were Farm- ers' Bank ten dollars, and Standards to ten dollars. Farmers' fives and Ameri- can fives were made the following wing ter. The United Empire and the Crown Bank five dollars were made the next winter. They were never finished, and it was our intention not to finish them, as I was disgusted with the trouble I had in passing any of them. It was my fault. I drew him (the son) into the work. We made them in the home upstairs in the garret during the daytime, when the other boys were away. The other members of the family knew nothing about what we were doing. On the first of July I tried to pass a ten - dollar Quebec bill, but they believed it was bad and refused it. I told the de- tectives I left it at Gough's, and nothing more was done in the matter. I never passed any until the middle of June, 1905. The same day I made the cache at Gowganda farm on the way back. At Buffalo I passed two Standard ten dollar bills and two Farmers' ten dollar bilis. The reason I did not pass any before that was that I was afraid to pass any before the plates and bills were hidden. The next I passed was between the 20th and 25th of September at Buffalo. I had been to the farm, and. passed them at Buffalo on the way back. I passed four or five bills in tens at that time. A few days after this I passed three American fives in Toronto. The next I passed. in Oakville. These were all the bills I ever passed. The reason I tried to get the bills on 'the Campbell farm destroyed was that I thought I would get off easier if they were de- stroyed On July 12, 1008, a went out see the Orange parade with three '-iebec, three, Standard and three Farm- ers' ten -dollar bills in my pocket. I was rubbing them over to make them look old, and must have lost them or had my pocket picked, for I did not pass them." Later Crozier tells of the fright he had when he attempted to pass a bad bill in a Queen street hotel, was detected and the detectives seized him. They took the wed of bills he had with him away, but he managed to break loose. He concludes lila confession with a pro- mise to make restitution o all those upon whom he had passed bad bills„ and a declaration that he had made a clean breast of it to the crown. Long before 2 o'clock, when Magis- trate Shields took his seat on the Bench, the County teourt House at Mil- ton was peeked. Everyone in the building knes, the Croziers more or less intimately. They had indeed at one time kers a little store in the town. After the c.. -true had been read to him Thomas Crozier said, •`1'ni guilty," in a low broken voice, and bent his head and sobbed. Milton, to the surprise of many in the court, aleo pleaded • guilty, but retained his composure and continued to chew •gum all through the session. .Pleading for clemency for the elder prisoner, Mr. D. O. Cameron dwelt on the fact that but for the con- fession of the prisoner the Buffalo and Canadian police might have had much difficulty in locating the plates and bogus bills. He also noticed another point in Crosier's confes- sion, namely, that he was willing to make restitution for all the bad bille that had been passed. Thomas Cro- zier was and had been in bad health for sone time, and he asked his worship to believe that a long sentence would wreck his spirit utterly. In asking for leniency an behalf .of Milton Crozier, Mr. J. W. Eliott commented on the good character that the elder Crozier lxad previously borne. For the last twenty years he had had business deal- ings with him, and during all the time he never had any reason to doubt his honesty. He came of a respectable family, was well connected, and was well brought up, and it was just an- other case of a good man gone wrong_ He had a clever boy, with almost an abnormal talent for drawing, and un- fortunately the temptation came to him to tutu this talent of his son's into wrong channels. Milton was at that time a boy of sixteen, and what could he know of the enormity of Ms offence? If his talents had been properly directed he might have become a nxan of emin- ence. Milton was not nineteen yet, and he .asked that the Magistrate should liberate hint on suspended sentence. lidOVING OF WESTERN CROPS. Half Will Probably Be Handled by the End of November. Ottawa; Oct. 26.—If lake navigation can be kept open until the end of •, November the prospects are that at least one-half of the Weeteru crop will have been moved, The receipts and shipments at Fort William lin 1 tuber 14, were: Wheat—Receipts, 2,- 744,578 ,-744,57$ bushels; shipments, 1,940,- 028 bushels. Oats—Receipts, 342,7 ; shipments, 310,385. Barmy—Receipts, 147,585; shipmee:its, 150,142. The partment of Trade and Commerce has received eighteen standard samples ,t the standard and commercial grades of wheat, oats and bads', and aim ilar samples have been sent to all agents in Great Britain STARTS ;AFRESH THOUSANDS OF ACRES ABLAZE NORTH OF LAKE HURON. Homesteaders in Northern Michigan Abandoning Their Cabins and Flee- ing for Their Lives—Animals Run- ning Before the Flames. Detroit, Oct. 26.—A despatch from Sault Ste. Marie to -night say s that the forest fires alter being dormant for two days have started up airesh under the iittueuce of a 50 -mise gale, and with greater fury than even riameste:xders are wean:aming weir log cabins anti are fxeeiug Iter mem live.. .tee whole soma. eastern pert ox the country is ablaze, and the uu•niers coming to the Soo to- uay say teat Deals and other animals are ruuiuug entore the dames searching tar places of saiety-. 'lhe ouxmtry lb again tn\ eiulxel in a pall of smoke and navigation is once more hindered. luousauxde of acres in Ontario on the shone of Lake lluron, where Axnericaxl lumbermen. nave large holdings, are burning. Almost the whole of euanitou- lixt Island is in rlaxues, Relief measures on a large scale for Miehigan fire suf- ferers are now under IN all through the State. The city of Detroit alone will contribute $100,00h0 to the fund. All supplies arc being carried free of charge by railway and steamboat lines. The cold wave which set in this morning is causing great eufferimg among the homeless families, many hundreds of people being without shelter of any kind. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 26. --With nearly 4,500 men acting as fire-fighters and favorable atmospheric conditions pre- vailing, the forest fires in the Adiron- decks were reported to the State Forest, Fish and Game Commission late to -day as under control, tempor- arily at least. The situation is still serious, a heavy fall of rain being look- ed upon as the only permanent relief. Commissioner Whipple said to -day that with an additional $25,000 made available to -day by the State, it will be Iess difficult to secure mento fight the flames. The various railroad com- panies operating in the woods have as- sured him of theirhearty co-operation. Inspector W. II. King reported from Lake Kushaqua that the New York Central Railroad Company had ar- ranged to bring two carloads of men from Valleyfield, Canada, to Tupper Lake and Piercefield to aid in the work of combating with the flames. m.m COMFORT FOR SHY BRIDES. One Toronto Church Forbids Throwing of Rice and Boots. Toronto, Oct. 2G—Rice and old shoes will not be tolerated as tokens of good wishes to newly -made brides and grooms iii St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church. Such was the edict issued at the various Masses in the new edifice on McCaul street on Sunday morning. It is expect- ed. that this step taken by the brothers of the monastery will result in similar ordinances being issued in many other churches in the city. Of course, the prohibition applies only to the throwing of the articles in question while the bridal couple are within the church pre- mises. "To wish the newly-wed good luck is quite Christian," said one of the broth- ers, "but what connection there can ex- ist between future prosperity and the pelting of nice is inore tixan I can see." A SMART AND NEAR SHIRTWAIST MODEL!' This waist has all the requisites of good style, without too much orna- mentation. Plaid silk in pretty blue tones are combined with silk of a lighter shade to make this model, the yoke trimming may be omitted. 66 FIY99 CAMPAIGN. AIGN. U. S. Women Suffragists to In- augurate Poster Crusade. Buffalo, Oct. 26.—The closing day of the 40th annual convention of the Na- tional Woman Suffrage Association finds the ` routine work cleared up and the delegates well pleased with what is con- ceded ea have been- one of the most in- str'uetieg . supcessful gatherings the Na'tioteTa:se3eiation has ever held. The delegates will carry home with them to. every States in the Union thou- sands of large, posters, printed in heavy, black type, with which to inaugurate a "paster campaign." An effort will be made before election day to place one or more of these posters at every election booth in the country, or as close to them as the law will al- low. The posters give the names of States and foreign countries in which women are entitled to cast a ballot, fol- lowed by the query, "Are women of this State less entitled to a vote?" and the word"Why?" in type several inches high. This morning's session opened with re- ports of State Presidents. NEW MALADY AND ITS CURE. Disease Took the. Form of a Severe Eczema. London. Oct. 26.—The secretary of St. John's Hospital for Skm Dist ares announces a serum cure which 'Ins recseatly been discovered, The sem. plaint took the form of a severe ec- zema and the condition was extrem •1!.- resistant to treatment. The disease attacked children and adults with pitiful effect. A micro scopic exam- ination finally revealed the press me of diphtheria bacilli, and a long ex- amination established the fact that it was actually diphtheria of the sk'n, which is readily communicable. .Ex- periment resulted in the discovery of a pure culture of the germ. Patients, it was then found,, responded to the serum of diphtheria, antitoxin and permanent cures were obtained. EIGHT MILLIONS OF ORE. Output of Ontario's Mines for Six Months. Reports to the Provincial Bureau of Mines for the six months ending June 30 show that the metalliferous mines and works in the Province produced over eight million dollars worth of ore. The classification is as follows; Ar- senic, 256 tons, value $1,573; cobalt, 365 tons, value $30,822; gold, 1,524 ounces, value, $27,672; silver, 7,746,537 ounces, value $3,888,991;. copper, 3,887 tons, value $547,417; nickel, .4,770 tons, value $032,828,; iron ore, 84,440 tons, value, $214,284; iron pyrites, 8,728 tons, value ,27,068; pig iran, 148,305 tons, value $2,- 401,709. FIVE KILLED. Steam Shovel Struck Dynamite Which Exploded. New Orleans, Oct. 21.—News of the killing of five men in the Panama canal zone by a dynamite explosion was brought here yesterday by pas- sengers on the steamer Oartage' from Colon. The explosion occurred Oct. 15 killing W, J. Davis, engineer in charge of a steam shovel; Geo. God- dley, a eraneman, and a pit foreman whose name was not learned, and two negroes. The steam shovel struck a charge of dynamite which had failed to explode when planted, THREE KILLED. Lost Their Lives In New York Tene- ment Fire. HOW HE GOT A ° t AY. Dramatic Escape of Lawyer From His Captors. BMJ NED TO ERS' E T GE. Four Men Lost Their Lives In the Catastrophe. aused by Lamp Explosion—Made: Spectacular daze. Newburgh, N.Y., Oct. 20.—The steamer New York, of the Hudson River day line,. burned to the water's edge at Marvel's• shipyard early this morning. Four lives were lost. Since the end of the day line season the steamer New York has, been moored at the shipyard. Soon after daylight the fire was discovered aft. Union City, Tenn., Oct. 26.—Col. R. Z. Taylor, the aged Trenton lawyer who was taken from a hotel at Walnut Iog at the same time Capt. Quintin Rankin was lynched on Monday night, has turn- ed up near Tiptonville,'Tenn., having es- caped from the night riders an hour af- ter Capt. Rankin was hanged, The mask- ed men got into a dispute among them- selves as 'to what to do with Tabor, some favor killing hem, while on vers wanted to hold him so as to force a con- cession to the demands for free fishing on Reel Foot Lake, and while the riders disputed Taylor jumped between his guards, and, despite his years, dashed to the edge of the bayou leading from the lake and plunged in and swam across. He was fired upon many times by the night riders, but escaped in the darkness. He was lost in the woods, and when daylight came was afraid to go back to Walnut Log. New Yok, Oct. 26.—Three persons were killed, four others badly injured and the lives of a hundred more were imperilled by fire in the six storey tenement house at 83 East 3rd street early to -day. The dead are: Mrs. Etta Moseowitz, aged 25 years; Maurice Moscowitz, 13 Months old, son of Mrs. Moscowitz; Louis Moses, a boarder in the Moscowitz home. None of the injured will die. FOR THE VETERANS. Interior Department Has Land Grant Papers Ready. SHE IS A CANADIAN. This the Crime of Woman In Jail at Port Huron. The Newburgh fire department was called, lett the firemen were unable to stay the flames, v: hien soon swept the steamer from bow to stern. The blazing steamer made a spectacle which could be seen for miles around. When the New York was docked on Tuesday her boilers were cleaned pre - paratory for inspection. There was no steam in the boilers when the fire broke out, and the steamer's pumps were use- less. Had the pumps been in working order it is believed that the fire could have been extinguished with little loss. The blaze was first discovered by Chas. 'Webster, a waiter. There were twenty-five colored mien asleep on the boat, and Webster at once began to awaken them. In their night clothes the men fled from the burning steamer and shivered in blankets on the pier, watch- ing the vessel burn. The colored men had been paid on Tuesday, and they lost their clothing and most of them their money, some as much as $200 each. Four of the colored men on the steamer are missing, and it is thought that they perished in the flames. One of the vic- tims is Joe Matthews, the second pantry pian. Matthews, when fleeing with his companions, learned that some of them had been ]eft behind. He insisted on returning to rescue them. Rushing through the flames and smoke he dis- appeared from view and never returned. Matthews had worked on the boat for seventeen years. The wind blew hard in the early morn- ing from off shore and carried the flames out in the river away from the shipyard buildings. A small barge lying near the burning steamer caught fire, and floated out in the stream a charred hull. At various times during the morning the flames romnxunieated to file shipyard, but were kept down by the firemen. Every part of the vessel that was com- bustible was destroyed, and nothing is left this morning of the beautiful river steamer but a charred hull with a mass of twisted steel and iron work. This morning the charred remains of the four victims of the fire were found below the decks in the men's sleeping quarters aft. The names and addresses of the vic- tims are: James lanes and Isaac Jen- kins. Jacksonville, Fin.; Alex. Bran. New York City, and Joseph Matthews,. Charleston, S. G. All have families. The origin of the fire is not yet known, hut it is stated that it was caused by the explosion of a lamp be- tween decks. An inquiry into the cause of the disaster will be made by the cor- oner this afternoon. The hull of the New York broke in 4snvo near morning. She is a total loss. The steamer cost more than half a million dollars, and was• lengthened at a cost of $40,000. e. Port Huron, Oct. 26.—A petition is in circulation here which will be sent to the department at Washington asking the cause of the delay in the case of Mrs. Mary Blevins, a Canadian woman, who has been confined in jail for many weeks on a charge of illegally entering the country, and in whose ease the witnesses have been allowed to go away, while the prisoner is held with no prospect of a trial. Mrs. Blevins was arrested here some months ago on a minor charge and was acquitted in the Police Court. It came out that she was a resident of Canada and she was at once pounced on by the immi- gration officials and thrown into jail "to await trial." Recently she became ill, and Sheriff Davidson had her removed to the hospi- tal, where it was found she was suffer- ing with appendicitis and she was oper- ated on. For days her life hung in the balance, but the immigration officials paid no attention to her ease and she was again thrust into jail. Ottawa, Oct. 26.—The Department d the Interior is now prepared to issue immediately warrants to over one thous- and South African volunteers who have made application for land bounty under the bounty act of last session. Appli- cants shpuld immediately inform the de. partment whether -they desire land, or cash scrip, Scrip will be issued as soon as the department is advised of the vol- asked to be given the ehanoe to under- ,l; write the stock. MINING DEAL. Ottawa Men Bidding For Cobalt Station Mining Rights. Ottawa, Ont., Oct. 26.—Three and four to one is being offered for rights held by the Cobalt Station Yining Company syn- dicate . This company, made up of Ot- tomans, is mostly also in the Right of Way, who were successful bidders for 16 acres at Cobalt, made up of the station property there, and also two lots. They will organize a connrany at ogee at $500,- 000 capitalization, aha expect to 'catch" the Right of Way, Cobalt or Ooniagas veins. The commitne.e is xiow at Cobalt. Messrs. Dreamy Bros., of Detroit, who were among the unsuccessful bidders for the property, have offered $10,000 and a third interest in a company capitalized at $2,000,000 for it, but their offer was refused. Several Ottawa brokers have COSTLY DIVORCE. May Bar Lady From a Share In a Big Estate. A Toronto despatch: Mr. Justice Mac - Mahon was yesterday in the Non -jury Assize called upon to settle an interest- ing point of law, affecting the disposi- tion of an estate valued at $612,000. Af- ter hearing evidence and argument of counsel his Lordship reserved judgment. The estate is that of the late John Smith, at one time owner of the cattle byres, who died in 1890, leav- ing his estate of $612,000 to tee di- vided among his children. A clause of the will provided that if any if his children were dive, eed they were to be voided of all ben, sits under the will,. and a request was nxade that tlxis,eIause be not made public. As his daughter, Mrs. Mary Middle- wood, divorced her first husband in Dec- ember, 1894, and married again in Febru- ary, 1895, the exeentors or the estate asked the court to interpret the will. Mr. G. H. Watson, K. C., who ap- peared for Mrs. lniddlewood, argued that the clause was an illegal restraint. on marriage,, and that as a woman became in the eyes of the law a single woman after 'obtai •ing a divorce, the clause barring her from a share in the estate was not applicable to his client. Mr. I. F. Hellmeth, for the other legatees, ridiculed the idea, and said that originally all second marriages were looked upon as being bigamous marriages, a remark which made Mr. Justice. Maelifs.h e. who is a Catho- lic, smile and say, "Of comae, in the true Ohtirch, it was always understood," to which Mr. Hellmuth, who is the son o an Anglican Bishop, replied, `I do ret think I.would care to argue with your Lordship here as to Which is the true Church.'.