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The Brussels Post, 1940-11-13, Page 3+00•1•101.1.011/111•11•111.1.11111•1.1•11•••••••=1Mmm... THE Baussas POST 4,1111111111.1.041019apaymmIlliiiaikamlaSIMINI11111111111111111111111111111111111111MINMillft 1 Gereral Machine !Work Feed Chopper Plates Ground Brake Drums ;Machined Motors and Generators Repaired Exclusive Agent for Electric and TransmIssion Equipment LISTOWEL MACHINE SHOP Mill Street --- Phone 177w Manslaughter Trial Opens In Goderich 'Court Lorne' Jardine Of Ethel, Charged In Death Of Girl In Car Accident CoderIch, Nov. 9—The trial of Lorne Jardine, of Ethel, charged with manslaughter, got under way on Friday nmening before Mr. Jus- tice Urquhart at the fall amine here. Crown Attorney D, 11, Holmes is the prosecuting counsel, and Camp. bell Grant, Walkerton, assisted by Fe R. Darrow, Goderich, is appear- ing for the accused. Crown Attorney D. E. Holmes in outlining the case to the jury, said the charge arose out of a motor accident whith happened at 12.80 a.m. on July 7 011 a county read about three miles south of Clorrie. The road had been graded the day before and was in good condition. The car driven by Jardine struck the south-east corner of the bridge causing the breaking of a steel girder, then proceeded north, turn- over several times. As a result of the accident, Betty' Edwards received fatal injuries. • The Crown is endeavoring to show there was excessive speed, that the drive, was not keeping a proper look -out azid was negligent. A great deal of technical evi- dence regarding the structure oK the bridge was given by Witnetse& Counsel for the defence argues that approah to the bridge is • : FREE SERVICE OLD, DISABLED OR DEAD HORSES OR CATTLE removed promptly and efficiently. Simply phone "COLLECT/a fo WILLIAM STONE SONS 'LIMITED PHONE 21 • INGERSOLL, BRUSSELS • PHONE 72 deeptive: that there was. a crown on the road, and that there was a 'soft shoulder and a pipe sticking out of the end of the'bridge on one corner. Technical evidence was' given itY T. 11. Patterson, engineer of the county of Huron. He said the bridge bad been up twenty-one years. Tells of Ride Miss. Edith Ritchie, Barrie, sister •of the deceased girl, testified that on the morning of July 7 she was passenger In a car driven by Lorne Jardine which collided with the bridge. She sat in the front seat with the driver and Eleanor Par- sons, Lee Allan Wardlaw sat behind the driver and with hien in the back seat were Betty EdWards, Icla Ritchie, 18, and Reta Galloway. They were returning fro ma danCe at Listowel and made' no stops be- tween there and the scene of the accident. She did not remember Peeing the bridge at the top of the hill. The car struck the south-east corner af the bridge. Saw Bridge Collapse She saw the" bridge collapse after it was s`ruelt. She was In the hospital foe a week with injuries re- ceivecl, She saw a car approach- ing the bridge and told Jardine, who went to stop it. To Mr. Grant, the witness testi- fied she had not noticed anything oat of the ordinary about the speed of the car. People in the car were laughing and Joking. , Jardine seem- ed to be paying 'attention to the driving and was not taking mina Part in the conversation. He was driving 011 the right stele of the road and she had not noticed the bridge until fairly close to it, The color on the uprights of the bridge •was much the same as the roae, 'she said and the traveled eeart of the road is wider than the bridge. She did not remember seeing the treaties applied. Jardine was net under the influence of liquor. No Race Between Cars, To Justice Urquhart, the witness said there wee, no race between the cars, Dr. R. C, Redmond, Winghatu, Is Your Car Rea:1y For A WINTER CHECK-UP IS NOT EXPENSIVE Cari's Now, at the first siga of droppingtefllPeiatulles, m topetatuues, is the tine to prepare your ar our efor wInter. The lubrication, ,battery, brakes, motoe, spark plugs and starter all need attention to 'make sure of' a- sate driving winter, We'll check Your ear from A to 51, ter very little money, and we'll gaarantee a pertect Job. Drive in today and get emir winter checkaap—you'll save time and money in the long run, arage 3A "For Scientific and Satisfactory Service" Phone 21 LISTOWEIL` eommismosemonemaineselsOmememortem waitwas caned to the scene of the H d c accident, desleribed the ilduriee. The two dead glide Were en the readWay, the head of pee having been severed, Jultilne Was normal and did not appear to be intoxleat. ed nor did he' detect any odor 0 liquor. Die W. R. Fraser, Forwieh, who had examined the body of Betty Ed. Wards, pronounced dep.th due to de- capitation.. Describes Accident 'Scene. 1 Traffic Meer Noonan Le ver desolibed• the scene of the accident When he arrived there about 2 a. I in, The Muth east corner of the br.dge was hanging down, and the body of Betty Edwards was lying taventy-five [feet north of the bridge, the head under a piece ne the car covering, The length of the bridge is 60 feet and the platform 14 feet. The cur was damaged ea the lett side and ,the top smashoe In, To Mr. ant, the witness said there 'weer no brake -marks on tit shoulder ot the road. He had neve found any vibration on the bridge when going over. it, The width of the travelled portion of the road ie 1 his opinion It would h., dange our foe a dri'ver approaching the bridge at night to put' the brakei on at 40 miles an hour, T South end of the bridge had been painted white, and witness said, was the same color as the road. At the south-east corner of the, bridge he saw pipes or railings sticking oat 16 or 18 inches beyond the holder, Be had not noticed the girder broken off before the ,accident. 11 was one of these pipes which came in contact with the Jardine ear. The travelled part of the road ex..ended a couple Of feet from the abutment cf the bridge and is wider :halt tae approach to the bridge. Sounded Like Airplane Mrs. Mabel • Toner, 'who lives there miles south of Gentile, about sixty rods north of the bridge,testi- ea she heard the roar of a 'motor on the morning in question which sounded like an airplane. She heard the crash at the bridge, The cee, did not seem to'be in the centre of the toad. The lights were point. lug to the met.. Asked gy Grant if she hall any iutereet in the roads), she replied that her husband takes care o' calm y road. ,tehe could not toll whether the engine made a noise after it turned over. LarleToner, husband of the last witness, stated he ISard the of the engine, after he had gone to bed. He heard the Mash and went to the scene, and later went for a doctor. He thought lights of a car Would. shew the bridge 400 feet away. tee said real heavy loads went ever the bridge including a cater pillar snowplow. Justice 'Urquhart; "When you heard the noise of the ear coming, i'011 did not get out of bed." "No, sir." `Thete was not enough noise to get you out of bed?" "There are a lot of cars on Sat- urday Jack Toner and his father A., le. 'Potter, living a 111 i 10 11.01'1,11. of the bridge, both swore to having heeel the crash at the bridge, Thomas Edgar swore he did not observe anything out of the ordin- at7 about the bridge. Mrs. Margaret Mundell, Gerrie, gave shatter testimony. J. Merkley, garage owner, who team called to the scene testified ae to the condition 08 the car. The fl'ltfl 153 told Mr, Grant the PbOtolZraphs 5113154 as 5511111)"S 0 Wedneedae", November 18th, 1940 a . . . olice mash nor see who was in the Jee. teseeteMISMetteneeepee A. HECTOR CADIEUX, one of Canada's best known police offi- cials, has been appointed acting chief, investigation department, Canadian Pacific Railway, Mont- real, during the absence of Brig. - General E. de B. Panet, D.S.O., L. dH., V.D„ on military duly as district officer command- ing M. D, No, 4. Mr. Cadieux has been with the Canadian Pacific investigation department since 1913. Be has been assistant chief since 1925. made the damage to the cae- look worse than it was. 'Court adjourned at 5 oeileck to Saturday at 9.30 a.m, and will be ad- journed at 1 p.sn, until Tuesday morning. Campbell Grant has issued a writ against the Couny of Huron fer unstated damages claiming abso- lute diseepair of the bridge caused its collapse, Fatal Accident Case Adjourned at -Goderich Goderich—On l0rlday morning Justice Urquhart refused a motion Of defence counsel, Campbell Grant, to bring in a verdict of not guilty of manslaughter or reckless driving t in the trial of Lorne Jardine, Ethel. The motion was made at the con- clusion of the case for the crown on the grounds there was no evidence o shatv that these charges had been committed. The charges arose out of an ac- cident on July 6 when a car driven Jardine crushed into a bridge on a county road near Gordo, in which Betty Ddevards and Ida Ritchie, Gorrie, were fatally in. jured. Defence evidence taken Saturday morning was largely technical In an endeavor to show that the im- pact 011 the bridge had not caused the accident. .0. mechanic named Bodden, who 'vas over the bridge a week berme the accident, testified the structure alevays. seemed to him to be a little West of the travelled portion of the road. He did not think it possible that the lights of a car coining down the hill would pick out the bridge. John Allen, blacksmith, and Sgt. •Reginald G. Newton, mail carrier, testified to the condition of the Midge, Edward Jewell, Brussels who alui hall experience in the erection of steel bridges, also testified. Reginald Newton, Gorrie, who was driving from Listowel to Ger- rie, testified that the Jardine car had passed him at Molesworth and that he clid not hear the roar of the engine mo•re than ordinary-. To Crown Attorney Holmes ilea witness said he did not hear the dine eat, when it Passed hiul, 11"3 stopped 1110 041' twenty feet trim the bridge. Car Occupants Testified Eleanor Pa,rsone, passenger in the front seat of the Jardine me who injured, had no recol- lection of What happened. She had paid no attention to the speed of the car, but thought it 'item not very fest," Wise- Reta Galloway swore the car waa going at an ordinary speed. Rendered unconscious in the acci- dent, she had no recollection of the Betty '54.11 Betty and Ida Rlts e,nt. She was in the back 8eart Lee Allan Wardlaw, also in the batik seat, wise suffered concuesioe of the brain, had no recollection or the ecicdent, having been uncon. setups for three weeks tater. The court was adjourned at one 1, o'clock to Tuesday at 1 p,na., when additional witnesses for the tie - fence Will be heard. Howick Council Fordwich, Noveruber 5th, 1980 The Connell met in the United Church Hall, according ,to adjourn- ment. Dhe members were all present. The Reeve, J. W. Gamble, in the chair, The minutes of two previous meet- ings, also Court of Revision 011 the .Amended Schedule and repairs 00 Branch B. of the Bolton Municipal Drain, were read and on motion cf 'Strong and Winter, were adopted. .Moved by Strong and Weir that the Report of the School Attendance Officer for the month ot September. be accepted and placed on file, — Moved by Winter and Strong that the Reeve and the Deputy -Reeve be a Committee to putchase a wreath for the Anmistice Day Service on -November 10th. I The latest models of Massey - Harris Superior; Ranges ars more beautiful, more practloal than ever. For economy and vague -giving too, these famous stoves are outstanding. Don't buy any kitchen range until you have seen these snappy ,new Massey -Harris models. BUY YOURS ON OUR EASY PAYMENT PLAN J. W. Fischer MASSEYJHARRIS DEALER Business Phone 51X Residence 25-r-18 TO OFIAIrE YOUR KITCI-Iff4 ,...., • •,••_ •••, - ••" • Work"' MASSEY-A RIS SUPERIOR RANGES —Carried. Moved by Winter and Weir that he peeve and the Clerk be hereby ' authorized to sign the Applleatien for the Provincial 'Subsidy of one Intl]. • —Carried, Moved by McCallum and Weir that the Road Accounts as read, be passed, —Carried. Moved by Mceelltun and Winter that the following acocunts be paid. —Carried. United Church, rent of hall J. W, Gamble, selecting jurrors Wilton Leonard, selecting Jurrors Isaac Gamble, ,select. Jurrces lean. llighton, sheep killed by dogs Ruth Roman, nursing Brussels, Ont. Amilittfiktr hlomE Ignatius Strauss, sheep kill- ed by do gs 7.600 1'3 ° HOW. Agr. Society, grant for 1940 150.00 4.00 .county Treas., hospital ex- penses for C. Seven 27.10 4.00 County Treas„ hospital ex - 400 penses, Melvin Harrison 1 5.75 David Robinson, servicing 164" I street lights, Wroxeter 76.0} Mrs, C. Severt 22.50 I J. H. Rogers, postage & Excise o...........8.00 i Clark Renwick, sheep killed by dogs , 10,00 Aaron Diekert, sheep killed by dogs 5.00 Municipal World, sapplies for Cleric's office 3.29 30.00 5.00 T. A. Roberts, ads. in Record & printing notices 9.70 Carl Douglas, bal. pay as Witness, Dustow case James Stevenson, sheep killed by dogs 10.00 Renee 1 Road Expenditures, for the month of October 335.06 Moved by Winter and McCallum that this Council do adjourn to meet In the Township Hall. Wroxeter, or the Fif.h day of November, or at the call of the Reeve. —Carried. ISAAC GAMBLE, Cleve. Isaac Gamble, pt. salary as Clerk T. A, Roberts, trip to Geode - etch with effleials J. H. Rogers trip to Gode- rich & work with valuator Isaac Gamble, assistance 10 Prov, Auditor J. H. Rogers, bulbs in Fordwich shed County Treas.. arrears of taxes, Elmer Ring County Treas„ arrears of . taxes, E. Riau 5.00 I 1 4,00 Forme] hats are flatter and small - .90 er, as the heart -shaped felt with , I ribbon bow and streamers at back, 7.02 or the little black felt sailor with • tour feather pompons posed above, 1997..and below the brim at either side. sonlo•aw•mrwai.uvottetam.a*ermn“ re* qa "gee. 4 ' e Having taken over Insurance business formerly run by Mr D. C • Warwick I, Chas. T. Davidson, wish to announce the transfer of the agency; and will continue in the office of the Radio Shop, reczntly vacated by D. C. Warwick. Companies represented :— Consolidated Canadian General Dominion of Canada Zurich General Perth Mutual BRUSSELS Cha phone 92X T. Davidson eJet1115, 45 • D