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Nt'rDENcj or TUN wiTNEssEs: AND MINN
• INCIDENTS. t
Some time before the hour of open-
ing the; doors Saturday morning tho
Police Court was crowded with specta-
tors, anxious to catch a glimpse of the
two men tinder arrest for robbery. At
half -past nine the detectives and, a
umber of ofUcers formed a: body guard
at the jail and marched up the centre
of the Broadway . like a company of
?,soldiers to the Central Station.. This
precaution was necessary inview of the
desperate character of the men and the"
possibility of an attempt to escape. No
trouble was experienced, • however, and
Mlle two heroes , of Sunday morning's
robbery walked sullenly but safely into
the • Cour. t, Before this they were
stripped in an adjoining roolii, and
their persons searched for .scars defined
by American detectives as a Means of
establishing their past record. On the
man giving the name of Harry White
bullet marks were found which showed
beyond doubt that • he is the Henry
Curtis who escaped from the Ohio State
Prison'at Columbus i1i May last, while
s "
undergoing a eentencof: fifteen years
for various crimes; • Forty five :.dollars
was also found ingeniously fastened to
Ms shirt. When I brought • into the.
-Court room they 4ere .the object of
keen .observation :iv -the hundreds who
bad assembled..,
Police Magistrate • L'awrason and
Squire Peters. sat on the bend, Crown
.Attorney Ifutchinson appeared for the
prosecution, and Air. 'D. Glass, Q. G.,.
defended the prisoners. After arraign -
snout the evidence -was proceeded with.
E. R. Gustin, on being r+worn, said
lie was keeper of the'Cousins' House,
on the corner of York and Welling-
ton streets. The. prisoners had come
to his house on Thursday: night, the
25th•of Noveinber, When 'White had
registered both_ ,cam .cati net Asl,:ea'.._for_ a.
room. It Was said that one bell `Would
~lo both of them. 'On the •following
day they had come down 'regularly : to.
their meals, but witness had ..not seen
Them froni.noon until about ten o'clock
at night. On Saturday he had not
seen them until 'noon. On Thursday
night when White came hi witness
n ecoguized"hies aft the man s who "• had
Stayed at his.lipuse when Saunby's:safe
, was blown open in May last, On Fri-
day .he haat .told DetectiveMurphythat
a burglary war no doubt premeditated,.
and warned•liiin to be mi the lookout.
' 'rstable:„Litgale of
the G. W. R., and Messrs. Saunby ,k
Co's clerk were informed: of • the pies
.dice of the suspects d persons.. ' In con-
equeuce of' these snspicions, . witness
took an opportunity w]:ten"the prisoners
'were down stairs to go upand look at'
their satchel. It was sitting in, the
room, and the lady. .vhq. accompanied
Irim.lifted-it up-to---see-haw litiuvy-�it
was. She said it weighed tenor twelve
pounds, and on second. thought witness
opened it, He was '
o r si'
•ass l he Il
dto fi d
,that it contained a collection •of tools,
including a brace,•seise . steel • points,
two or three revolvers,- a. piece of. board
- on sac i st e:o • ie sa clrel, • three or
fear feet of fate, 'a dark.. lantern and
roller articles. The valise was opened
and witness identified the ar:tioles ••pro-
, duced as those he had seen in ` White .
and Allen's room. On Saturday night
The two men .had comet down stairs,'
paid• their bills, and •said they wished to
leave by the train. Witness 'went' to
the G. W. R. station and . found that
the prise -stere hail -not --lefty anti ho at
once"coneluded that. a• burglary would.
be committed in the city that night.: He:.
searched for the detectives, and sono
time. late' the Chief, Murphy _and
?hair ,came down and talked the .matter
over.. That ended witness's connection
-with the matter. . '
•
The register of The hotel :was pre-
,dnced, .and the signatures, of May lust ,
and a week ago compared. They were
the saute.
To Mr: D. Glees, the ' witness said.
White had made registration
Detective Murphy had received . in-
formation on Friday, the ..26th : hist.,
from Mr. Gustin concerning ,•t two sae
picioes Behar acters staying at his • hosed.
On Saturday evening ;tie: had seen .the
hotel keeper, ,again. and made ..arrange-
merits to *etch the suspected hien.
warrant was also obtained for two inert
Whose manes were uukliown Together
with Detectives Phair and Wigmore
and P. C. Ryder he was at the G. W.
R. station on Sunday morning In pur
visit of these men. .A.bont six o'clock;a
-trate ,was leaving. The particulars of
• the arrest, as published in these col:
,umns, •were then recited. The " money
:was'also produced and identifiedits that
fouief in thepossession of the prisoners.
^Se geantklrawforcl testified that he
was on dutylat the station en Sunday
morning when Detective Murphy
',brought lin.the satchel 'now produood
:and left it •ritit'la hint. He examined
`tlte contents rand found besides the
rarticles mentioned by the former wit -
mess, the spaaftge of postage stamps of
various denominations, also a bag sou-
tainiug a quantity of gold, silver and
copper .coins which was produced and
identified lay the witness. '
The Court then adjourned until 3
o'clock.
On resuming, Detective Phair took
the statin and gave a clear account of
his oon.nection with the arrest.. Ho
went to the station in company with
three other officers to search for the
two men. Its the scuffle he took a self -
cocking revolver out of White's pocket,
He then, told ahout.the finding of the
money, which lie counted at the time;
He identified the memoranda made then.
He got'tho broken point of a chisel
produced'from Mr: Clarke.
Constable Allison, of the G. W. R.,
gave evidence that he had seen the
prisoners at the station on the morning
in question.
Detective Wigmore said he and
Phair arrested Allen. They found 2
keys on his person. One of thea burg-
lar's tools he found had a broken point
which the piece of iron shown to wit-
ness was found to fit.
• Mr., F. 5. Clarke' ' identified Allen as
the m. ii who visited his office the Fri-
day before the robbery. The key
shown, lylien tried in witness' presence,
worked well in the door of 'his office.
He gave•tha amounts and denomina-
tions of money lost as $584 in Ontario
and Quebec batik bills, a one 'old two
of banks in Prince Edward Island, a
four and five of a batik in Nova Scotia
a five of the Meelianics' bank, and $$276
in American bills, altogether $877 in
bills,' The coin consisted Of two $20
gold pieces, two- $5 pieces, three .20
franc pieces, one sovereign and a half
sovereign in gold .$20,26 in postage'
stamps; $5.70 in Canadian, and $89.75.
in Auierican coin, with a few odd pieces
bringing the total coin up -to about $168.
He identified a Bank of Commerce ten -
dollar bill,avithA piece torn olr .the
upper left hand • corner, by pi;pduming.
-and biting-the-niissinrg-pieca, : "Some
the coin was wrapped to paper,..witln
the amount written in - witness' hand-
writing..
'P. C. • Rider tostified 'to: arrestihig
White, and seeing him ; throw some-.
thing away. •He.:al'iao detailed his•
single-handed .struggle with him on
Bathurst street. . _
This concluded . ti>o .easel and the
'prisoners •wore committed for trial.
gr. Glass' said he, .did • not. desire that
they should -be, brought up at the ep-
preaching'Sessioti s. •
Huron.'Expositor.
Tlie .'follow,ing letter from the now
yome vkiat notorious .: $le.ke,. ;who,,ab
sconded. frorif-Foc ter,a. few.'weeks agog
is about the most " cheeky'' production
which' bas ever seen the liglitof day: It
is utterly astonishing how such a• vile
ivretch•c6- iu d so far impose upon re
spectalale, • shrewd ',business . men as to
secure their signatures on his paper for
thousad
s of although.
tliy flail
only .]:hewn ."., him for • a comparatively
brief.period The , Letter, whichwas
dated .Detroit, was addrtssecl to Mr.
James, Oke and is • as,folio ws.'
Jarnes Oke, Esq , .Eketer, Ont.
FnieNO Oxe,aa-I have just received
a. letterfrom that party to ge to Chicago
at once.. 1 am going •'to leave • first
'train. ' • She .has' got some ' money with
her and says I -will have to go with her
to get the balance. Jilmny,.I am going
to -follow' this thing up if it.'tukes /tie a
-year,-•-My-bu.inesswv ill -be a tt-rn in
bad shap:>, but I can't help it. - You
have enough to. ivake you safe, and also
Jack: --There is 400 aorde of wood oft
the Ki tail (look • ready for shipment
There is 580 cords of bark on Port.
Blake dock.: •The 12ashlemi is going to
carry 'wood steady from Kintadl. See
to it yourself, andeeollect the' money,
also the bark. I sent Bob and Hicks
word about this, and they came down
yesterday and said They would not stay
unless I came back; but I'am'going to
stick till I get this menoy; 1, know it
is all.eight;•hut- it may eanse•yon.--soino-
tronble, but you and Jack will be well
paid for your trouble, 'aiid don't you for-
get it I I:know•this thing is'going .to
come right, 'Don't :You let them get
the start of you. If you have to,°you
make a -turn ; put your property out of
your hands for a month or two, as you
own all the wood in the bush, on the
docks,' and the chattel property its full,
both the docks and all the brick, and ga
on; Now, Rodgers will give you time,
1 ani Ftire, and : so will • everybody.
There is soma parties in London sued
me. • I sunt to hall to -day to put in a.
defence' and keep there Of. Go to
I intail and tell J'erniyn on. the square
how things are, and tell him to get itis
payout of the store, Yon get all you
can, rix it up, with Jermyn, , You
want to keep this quint. If ' you have
not your papers of the Kincardine sent
to the Custom house, 'Goderlch, for
registration, do so at once. I had to
writoto my wife to -clay atid• tell her,
and 1 never felt so• bad about •anything
in trig ~life. I told her about the we.
man. Jim, it night have been better
to of had nothing to do with her, but
there is money in it, and I must see it
out now. I will be hack in December
some e tune if things works right; if not,
cannot say when, Make yourself safe
in every way ; talk to Hall ; do your
business with him i get, your „property
out of your hands till you can snake a
turn, .1 know there will be a good
deal of talk, but there won't one of
them lose a cent, as. I will pay •every
body every dollar, and. can assure you
will be paid for any trouble or incon-
venience you may be put to. T am mix-
ed to -day. feel strange, My wife, I
am afraid will go crazy. Talk to her
and try and console her, poor woman.
She is as fine a little woman as ever
stood upon two feet. But something
says, "Go in old man, on •this money
business," and I am - off, If you ' see
Fried, tell frim to renew that note in
the bank a couple of months ; he, will
get it then all• right, Also Jack Sand-
ers. I wonder why Jack' did • not or
would not ship them telegraph poles;
•I anfout, so far, $1,500 en that ,cedar
speculation.' ' T don't know what Jack
has been doing, I am sure, Do the
best you can with everybody ; and if I
don't be in Exeter before • Christmas
Day with over,$200,000, will give'
you my head for a foot ball.Good
bye; old ratan. Fix °yourself. ,Don't
lose a cent pr get in trouble , by 'rite,,
who respects you better than a brother,
Your old friend, • BLAKE.
Chollted to Death,
SD ENDING OF MASTER FRAN$IE DAWSON'
•SUNDAY A.1'2E101'00:4..
An accident of an unusual and fatal
character betel the youngest son of Mr.
M. -D. Dawson of London, Sunday after-
noon. Along with his. brother and•
several other lads he was on • his way
home from the Queen's avenue s 111etho-
dist'ellurch,- ami when near the -corner
of William street, on Dundee,' he was
suddenly ,seised with a, choking fit.
His brother ran to his assistance, and'
ascertained that had swallowed
a button. 1•Ie slapped hfui on the back
and diel everything in leis power 'tc zits
lodge theobstruction,. but without being'
gine to bring, aboutany,relief whatever.
'faking a little wagon • near by,' they.
wheeled him•home as quickly as -possible
anti sent for a physician. Mr. •Charles
Lilley rah it to the ]rouse along . with:
other n.eighborss acid found' the little fel
low gasping for breath; s and, rapidly.
a, oasinsa_hlac.k_.ii, the fare T took
•lt m in his arias,. unloosened the clout-
ing about, his neck; and ponding. the
arrival of the doctor,.ondeavored to sus-
tain the
us-taili•the flickering spark of lifea', .I lien
`minutes' however,:.and' just w.'lien • 1?r.
Gardiner opened: the door, • the'',littl'e,
pulse ceased to beat. Still hoping that'
"resuscitation might bc, "possible,' -tlui.
-DoctorMade, an•.incisien••iu the throat
anti:fuser ted.a tube: in the Wind -pipe..
Efforts to restore breathing were made. •
Ed Lilt to no avail.. Dr :Cclward5, sr., 'iii*
rived shortly after this, and at the re -
'quest offAirn „Dawson a search-::'iiitrr:.
'made for whatever had calmed .little'
Fiankie:s• death.' After considerable
•trouble an ordinary collar. button • was
found, in the '.throat, 'tlirectly.ilt front.
Of the passage,` leading to the lungs. It
is supponc:d..that while . h9Idiiig this- in -
sae mai:li arld playing along tlierstreet,'
it suddtul.y sl.ipped.b'ack:into the:throat,
and there lodged in siich a position as
to::produce strangulation. ,'Thus with-
in' pelf an: Hour after" he rvas... skipping
playfully along the 'street,.;. "little
hankies spirit had Bitted beyond this
'world•. The incident is n sad warning
tti those wile •inay'careleesly hold play-„
'things, and especially. buttons jor.piece:i
of money, iiitheir';mouths:
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A soniewliat peculiar . accident oe
_carred on Sunday afternoon. It ap-
pears that a lad maned Joseph Holliday
Of ''Lo ndoli, was. walking, homeward
whistling through aportion of the wind-
pipe :of a goose, when suddenly it slip-
-ped down "Iris: 'tlirorit.'.-'O.n iirrivitij;`
house fie appeared to be suffering great
pain, and, : Drs. Moore. Eccles and Rees
vera sent for. The physician attempted
to clear the boy's throat, but without
success, and as the only 'means of pre-
serving animation, performed tracheot-
omy, which consists in making an in-
'eision in the throat and passing a.tube
into the windpipe. At a late ligur
last .' night the • poor follow .was
breathing quite comfortably; under the
circumstances. .The medical attendants
aro of the opinion that unless the it-'
ritation-producesinfiatnmation,. their ea-
deavoxs to extract the obstruction may
yet be sugeessful -
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BIRTHS.
M'vxtnAY,—In•Wingliam, on the 22nd
ult.,' the wife of -Mr. Andrew Mur-
ray of a daughter:
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MARRIAGES.
]3nOAbwooD—LITTI.E.--DIi the, 19th
ult., at the •Queen's hotel, •Brussels,
by Rev. J: Harris; Mr, Jas. Broad -
wood of Mullett, to ,Miss Ellen,
(laughter of Mr. . Wal,,' Little, of
Morris.
li A feature at the last meeting of Ash- •
j;field Council was the presenting of the
[bounty to Francis Minns Russell, a
i,boy df thirteen .years, for killing a wild
[cat on the farm of Wni. Harris, .eou.4,
in Oct. last.
TUE' MARKETS,.
Wheat Treadwell,,yar.buah. •
Spring wba,*t, (red cha>f) • 1 0'0
Spring wheat, (8fs) • 2 01
Batley, poi bush. • ' 0 e')
Oatyt,pot bush. • - • . 0 28
1 Peas, per bush. a ..' 0 01
Corn, per bush, 0 ea
During the month of Novontber'. Mr. f Clover Seel, per bash 10
1t. Irwin shipped over 70.cars-of grain ; Titrtothq:4oed, twrbush. • e
pAb i Viewer per cast. • • 110
porn Clinton station. . , I
iia," 4e' Um 7 00
1 Metter', per Ilia .. :