The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-11-09, Page 8Page R; The Tames Adkpcatet November t 1961.
Ingvest at Zurich
sing of fatal si
said Thoughtless
Friday
:inquest jury •at Zurich
J'riday afternoon decided ,Shy.
plan Howald's death wass due
to an "act of thoughtlessness'
during :a moment of horse.
pi ay."
Howald, a 61 -year-old Zurich
laborer, died in London Ilospi
(al, October 12, fon injuries
received when he was struck
on the temple by a stone
".tossed or thrown" by Louis
Willert, 21, of Zurich, on Octo-
ber 2
"We believe this was done
with no intention of causing
any injury or harm to the de.
ceased," the jury stated.
The incident occurred in a
field near Zurich owned by
Ivan Kalbfleiseh in which Ho-
wald, lirillert and three other
men were bunching beans.
Louis Willert, a husky 230.
pound, 6'2" lad, admitted tos-
sing the stone underhand at
Howald during a friendly ar
gument. I just wanted to
startle him," he told the hear-
ing. "I intended to throw it
over top of him,"
The argument developed, lw
recounted, when he noticed
that Howald and another man,
Neiland Sararas, who was fur-
ther down the field, were work-
ing on the same row.
Describes incident
Here is how he described the
incident, in answer to ques-
tions from rown Attorney J.
W. Bushfield:
"I said to Doc (Flowald's
nickname): 'Doc, you're on
the wrong row.'
"Doc said: 'No, I'm not." He
said it didn't make any differ-
ent any way.
"We argued about it for a
minute, then Doc stooped down
with his back toward me, He
crouched -down to pull some
beans -- he just bent over.
"Then I bent over to pick
up this rock beside me — I
just wanted to startle him —
and T threw it underhand at
Doc."
"Just as the rock was corn-
ing down, Doc stood up again
and it hit him in the face. 11
seemed to hit the arm of his
glasses. He put his hand up to
his head and fell on his
knees.
"I said: 'Oh Doc, I didn't
mean it.' Then he fell on his
stomach on the ground."
Willert said he didn't go over
to Howalduntil he saw another
worker, Edward Datars, rush
to his aid, "I was stunned for
a minute — I didn't know what
to do," he explained to the
crown attorney.
Mr. Howald bled from the
side of his head and from his
nose. The men suggested he
should ''go ° to a doctor but he
didn't want to.
marked to him when. they got
home that "Willert will hate
t this but we were only having
nonsense,"
Didn't think it serious
Asked the crown attorney:
"Why didn't you insist he see
a doctor?
Replied Willert: "I didn't
realize it was serious et all."
On further questioning, Wil-
lert said he didn't realize the
extent of the injury until Mr.
Howald was taken to hospital.
"What was your purpose in
tossing, the stone?" asked Mr,
Bushfield.
"I had no purpose in throw-
ing the stone," replied Wil-
lert. "I just bent down and
picked up the first thing T
could get my hands on. I
didn't realize it was a stone."
"Why did you want to star-
tle him?"
"I had no reason. We always
had friendly arguments."
Testimony revealed that, af-
ter resting, Flowald continued
working in the field with the
rest of the men until quitting
time,
On the way home, Willert
testified, he said to Howald:
"I didn't mean it, Doc." He
said Mr. Howald replied., "I
know you didn't mean it."
Another worker, Victor Dei -
chert, said Howald had re -
Na il!•feeling
None of the witnesses indi-
cated there was any ill -feeling
between the two.
The stone which struck: Ho-
wald was produced in court
and PG harry Reid said it
weighed 144 ounces.
It had been picked up from
the field by Mr. Deichert, who
said it had bits of skin and
blood an it when he first ex-
amined it. He put it in his
pocket and later gave it to PC
Reid. At that time, however,
there was no blood or skin
noticeable. •
Asked why he had picked up
the stone, Mr. Deichert said:
"1 was going to take it to show
them at home . , ..to show
them we weren't stretching it
wheel he told them what hap-
pened." He also said be thought
there might be some .trouble
over the incident and he wan-
ted "to give what assistance I'
could."
'You are to be commended'
for that." said Crown Attorney
Bushfield.
Both Mr. Deichert, who is
partially deaf, and Mr. Datars
said they did not hear or see
what had taken place prior to;
the incident, although they
were only 20 to 30 feet away.
Mr. Deichert said the first he
heard was the sound of the
stone striking Alt'. Jana d. 111r.
Datars indicated he had his
back to the others and. didn't
realize anything was wrong tin.
til he heard Willertilsay; "I
didn't mean it, Doe."
Fell twice :afterwards
Testimony revealed that Ho-
wald fell twice after the inci-
dent — once that ,evening when
he was returning home about
8:30 from the Zurich hotel and
the next morning about 10:30,
when he was in South Huron
'Hospital, he fell from his bed,
The physician testified that,
in his opinion, neither the •fall
near the house nor the one at
the hospital created the brain
damage which led to Howald's
death, l
Dr, J. C. Goddard, Mensal,
.was called to examine Howald
after he had fallen near his
home. Ile said his reflexes in-
dicated damage to the right
side of the brain which was
consistent with a blow to the
left side of the head. (Fie ex-
plained to the jury that a blow
of the left temple would jar
the brain against the right
side of the skull, thus dam-
aging the right side of the
brain),
North Bosanquet News
Personal items
Mr, ,and Mrs. Mac Melville
attended the Piggott family re-
union at Edy's Mills, near
Brigden, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Romphf
attended the funeral of the
latter's brother, Mr. Ted Pat-
terson of Dorchester, on Mon-
day, Interment was in Arkona
cenitery.
Miss Doris McDonald, of Lon-
don, visited at home over the
weekend,
1hlr. George Smith, of Wind-
sor, renewed acquaintances at
the Haig Farm last week.
Mr, and Mrs, Gordon Candle
and family of Sarnia visited
the latter's uncle, Mr, and
Mrs. John Wilson on Sunday.
Mr, and Mrs. Bruce Wilson
entertained on Saturday eve-
ning for Mr. and Mrs. Donald
J. McLellan, newly-weds, of
Hensall.
Mr, Francis Van Praet, of
Elginfield, visited Mr, and
Mrs, Remie van Praet of the
New Venice Farm on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Wilson
and fancily of Sarnia visited
relatives over the weekend,
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Swain of
the New Venice Farm announce
the birth of a daughter, Kath-
arine Jean,
Mr, and Mrs, Alex Davidson,
Darlene and Shaaren, of Lon-
don, visited Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Davidson on Sunday.
Mr, and Mrs. William Nord-
strom and Robert visited Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Morrow of
Denfield last Sunday.
Mrs. J. Catt and Steven, of
Sarnia, visited her father, Mr.
Chas. F'awlinski, and relatives
over the weekend.
Mr, and Mrs. Earl Little vis-
ited relatives at Shipka on Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. William Nord-
strom visited Mr, and Mrs.
Jas. Schell of Forest on Sun-
day.
Mrs. Jas. Price, of London,
visited Mrs. Fred Burley Sr, on
Sunday when Mr. Price left
on a hunting trip.
Mr, Fred Burley left on a
hunting trip to Stokes Bay in
the Bruce Peninsula, with a
party on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs, William Nord-
strom visited relatives and
shopped in London on Satur-
day. Mrs, Remie van P'raetl
was manager in their absence.
Miss Violet Burley displays
boxes of wild raspberries re-
cently picked on their farm.
Mr, and Mrs, Harold Prance
entertained last Thursday eve-
ning for the latter's birthday.
Mr. N. Steeper, teacher of
SS No. 17 and pupils, enter-
tained the mothers of the sec-
tion at a Hallowe'en party last
Monday afternoon.
Mr. William Nordstrom is ex-
pecting his brother Albert of
Camrose, Alta., to arrive in
Toronto on Friday with 36 fat
steers for exhibition at the
Royal Winter Fair for Byers of
Byers Flour Mills, mfgrs. of
Sunny -boy cereal. Mr. Nord-
strom will meet his brother on
arrival for a visit here with
relatives next week.
The sale of the late Lucy
Romphf, at Romphf's Corners
last Viedne'sday afternoon was
well attended—the ladies pre-
dominating. Antiques realized
good prices.
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Dr. Goddard indicated that
in South Huron Hospital the
neat morning Ilowald ;appeared
to be in good .condition and
could remember everything
that had happened up until the
time he fell outside his house,
At about 1Q;30 a.m.,howeYer,
ilowald suddenly became deep -
1 -v unconscious, It was at this
time that he fell out of the
hospital bed.
Ile was taken to .St. Joseoh':s
hospital where .an emergency
operation on the brain was
performed to try to remove a
blood clot creating pressure on
the brain,
Other witnesses' testified Ho-
wald had gone to the Dominion.
Hotel at Zurich early in the
evening to have three shots of
whisky, Bartender Jerome
Sweeney revealed this was a
nightly habit with the deceased
and that he left the hotel
"quite sober."
The witnesses included Carl
Thiel, Zurich, a friend of the
deceased; and James Masse,
Zurich, the deceased's neigh-
bor who found him after his
fall at his house.
Jury members were Lorne
Chapman, foreman; Donald
Mousseau, Harry Smith, Ken-
neth Elder and John Ingram,
all of Zurich,
at Kippen
cel�brates k.irfFcJ ay
lsy MBA., .N9RMAN' A -PNP
JIPPEN
Nippon, United Church was
tastefully decorated with aut-
umn leaves and flowers far the
annual WAIS birthday party
meeting held Wednesday eve-
ning, November 1 with ladies
from Varna, liensall and. Duff's
societies: ,as guests,
Mrs. John Sinclair:, in charge
of the worship took as her
theme, "Duty,"—"I slept and
dreamed that life was beauty --
I woke and. found that life was
duty." firs. Kenneth McKay
read Scripture,
The President, Mrs, John Air.
Berson, then presided for the
remainder of the meeting and
welcomed the members and
guests,
¢ Mr's. Bruce Cann :accompanied
by Mrs. Johnston, both of Exe-
ter rendered .a so14. The of-
Ifer.ing was taken by Mrs, Alex
11cMurtrie and Mrs. Hugh Hen-
drick co -hostesses for the eve-
ning, Airs, Alex McBeath fav-
oured with a poem,
1t-1, R. D, iced
thrs
e guest speakEklgeer Mrs,introduM. C.
Fletcher of Exeter. She spoke
on "Tensions of 1961,"
She said the tension in grand-
mother's day was adjusted on
the sewing machine, She said
"tensions are caused by fear
and to overcome tensions we
must adjust ourselves to our en-
vironment to be truly happy,
We should stop stewing and fus-
sing and have more faith, Je-
sus is still at the helm. The
most exhausting thing in life
is being insincere." She ended
her very interesting 'and inspir-
ing talk with—"Lord, give us
courage to be on the outside
what we are on the inside,"
Mrs. Cann rendered another
solo. Mrs. Fl.. Kyle thanked all
taking part, in the nmeeh.ng.
Phe ladies were then invited
into the Sunday school room for.
a soelal hotly, Mrs. Russell Con-
sitt and Mrs, Winston Workman
Presided at the tea table which
•was decorated with lighted tap-
ers in silver .eandelabra and
centred with a. two tiered birth-
day cake, tastefully decorated
for the occasion, Mrs. Moss
Iove had the honor of culling
the cake. A social :hour was
enjoyed by :all.
Personal items
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Riley and
family have inoved into Air. Ed-
win Taylor's house.
Mr, and Mrs. Hatay Van Wie.
ren and family accompanied by
the latter's parents, Mr, and
Mrs, Van Tot of Holland, vis-
ited Sunday with friends in
London,
Mr, John Doig had a success
ful sale of household effects on
Saturday, November 4.
Mrs, Keene of Stratford was
the guest of Mr, and Mrs, Dow
son Friday and Saturday of last
week.
Mr, and Mrs, Harold Jones
and boys visited Sunday with
Mr, and Mrs. Arnold Gackstet-
ter and family in Guelph.
Mr, and Mfrs. John McGregor
Mr. and Mrs, Doug McGregor
and Katherine visited Sunday
in Delhi with Mr, and Mrs,
George Vansteelandt and fam-
ily,
Mr. R, Vei'beek is taking
treatments weekly at the W. C.
Board Hospital and Rehabilita-
tion Centre Downsview, He suf-
fered an injury to his back one
year ago while employed with
W, G. Thompson and son of
Hensall,
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