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The Wingham Advance, 1907-07-18, Page 7A HAMILTON TRAGEDY; MAN ANI WOMAN SHOT. Former Dead, Latter Itecovered---The Alleged Murderer Arrested. Drinh and Perhaps Jealousy Said to be the Cauee of the Crime. (From the Hamilton Thutn.) it Was shortly before 3 oelock wit )eskin:tit Steward at No. 3 Police St tiOn Was iniOnned by telephone fro the International Harvester Company ‘vorks that a serious shooting affrt „wheel taken plate) in a little frame cotta k on Sherman avenue, a short distant below the Radial tracks, An emergency pall for • the patrol anti ambulance brought Sergt, Walsh and P. 0. John Clark on the rush to the Beene of tit tragedy. Headquarters were notifie too, and. Detective Coulter was detailed from there, Neighbors gathered in a group, excitedly discussing the crime, guided the police to the spot, Inside . Lying on a bed. in the backparlor the house a terrible sight met their gaze , his clothes soaked. with blood and with blood spurting from a gaping wound in his neck, the officers found a man about fifty years of age, gasping for breath. llthe death rattle in his throat was audible, ant it.was evident the end was only a matter of a short time. The Prisoner Arrested. Sitting. at a table in the kitelten, his head resting peacefully on his arms, and exhibiting no agitation over the terrible ttilieeedy, for which be is aeeltHed of be. in responsible, the police discovered SunfleId. They say he pretended to be asleep, but was really listening to what was taking place. Not ten feet away he could see the blood stained caimet and hear the dying gasps of hie vietim. With a show of stolid indifference Ito submitted to the handcuffs being placed • on him wrists, and walked quietly away with the officers. Although SanteId • really inade no attempt to resist arrest, Sergeant Walsh believes that after the first bracelet closed on his wrist, the prisoner was in a mood to fight, and made an attempt to draw his revolver. George 13randow, a special officer from the Iuternational Harvester works, and Eddie Goodall, 42 Fullerton avenue, a janitor employed at the game place, stood guard over the prisoner until the police arrived. They pointed to him as the man when the officers entered, and neighbors, emboldened by the presence of the police, rushed in crying, "Arrest that man, he did the shooting." Sun - field sat unmoved in the patrol as the hence galloped to the hospital with Radzyk lying at his feet in a dying con- dition. At the police station the prisoner gave the name of Jacob SniffleId, and stated that he was a citizen of the 'United States, born in Chicago, 30 years of age, and. remarried. Ile claimed to be a Ro- man Catholic by birth. Woman Gave Alarm. totteekable initiffertunteas in. ea sat calmly lacing the blood spattered m roowhite one of his victims, the man, ttn" ilay en a1m; with his life slowly ebbing "When wl entered the house" Hard • Walsh, "we found the prisoner with lis bead resting on his arms on the table, go leigning sleep. (merge *endow, a epe- e Oat constable from the Int " • t' llarvester Werke, anti Eddie Gooa dall, janitor, employed at the Sallie place, who were the first to respond to ti woman s alarm, were in charge, guard- ing Me prisoner. Sleuthed, when touched a On the arm, quietly arose and walked to the centre ue zoom. am your man. I am under arrest," he exclaimed, without any show of excitement. Rae- zyk was uut•onscions, and the death rat- tle itt his throat wee clearly it was useless to try to get him to iden- tify the prisoner, and I questioned the woman, Ste could not speak Euglish, but through an interpreter, Mary Ran- ked, an intelligent young foreign woman, who came to the house shortly after the shooting, the Radzyk woman /dente- fied &Wield as the man who fired the shots." "Who did the ehooting?" she was ask - in her native tongue. "Jake," was the reply. as it Sunfieldk" asked the officer. "Yes," she said, Reached for IteVolver Again. While &infield submitted: quietly to :meet, the officers believe that after one of the bracelets Was snapped on his wrist, he began. to realize the position he wee in, and was desperate enough to fight for liberty, if given au opportue- ity. Walsh had already felt his pockets, bet evidently overlooked the revolver in his Leek left, pocket. While Mark held the handeuff on his right hand, Sunfield slowly backed towards the \Vali, draw- ing his left heed slowly around to his hip pocket, The sergeant quickly grab- bed his hand and snapped the other handcuff. AL the station the police found the 22 -calibre Ivor -Johnson revol- ver,iti with wc•h the shooting was done, in this pocket. "teunfield," said Sergt. Walsh, "after doing the shootinge tralked over to the table and eatmly sat down to eat a pie. We found him with the partly eaten pie before lam." Lodged in Murderer's Cell. &infield had nothing to -say on the Journey to No. 3 Police Station, and showed the same indifference when be- ing searched and queetioned. Before leaving the seentu of the crime he replied, when asked about the tragedy, "You will find, it ail out. It will all be cleared up in the court." Some of the • officers say that the prisoner denied at the ela- tion that he had done the shooting, He made no continent, as the revolver with three empty chambers mei% taken from his poeket. He showed eonsiderable in- terest, however, when the police emptied his pockets of money. "Dow mach have you got there, eel., geant?" he tusked, as the money Was being counted. Sunfield had $29,45, and eon tided that lie had more money at home. &infield was marched out to tire dote goon the rear of the station and lodged in the cell that Pearson, who murdered a girl on the Waterdown road seine years ago, occupied during his stay at the station. When word was received by the pollee that Badzyk was (lead, instructions were issued to have the prisoner renewed to the jail for safe keeping. The first intimation that neighbors had of the tragedy was shortly before 3 o'clock when -they heard three shots, followed by Mrs. Radzyk rushing from the house and screaming in terror. She was taken charge of and through other foreigners told an incoherent story of what- had happened. The pollee were im- mediately notified from the Ieternetion- al Harvester office and Mrs. Radetch hat- er returned to the house. The police last night admitted that they were at sea The prisoner Sunfield, who boarded Could do was surmise from information gathered hero and there front the other foreigners as to what happened. Here is the story they teld last eight. Story of the Crime. The prisoner &infield who boarded at RadzYk's place, spent the day there with the dead man and his wife drink- tog—a fact that is supported by the amount of beer found In the house. It is suspected that there had been it guar - el earlier in the day, perhaps over a board. bill, or, as gossip has it, over the woman. It was reported that elunfielit, who had made preparation to return to Ode go, from where hm e eae two years t a4 ro work at Hamilton, had boasted athe works before leaving Mud, he was going "to make a teem tip." Yesterday &infield removed his dollies and valise from the house, leaving them at his sister's home on the same street. The police say she begged of hint ent to go to the. Badeyk home again and to leave for Chicago. He laughed mit her and told her he was going been eie have some more fun." The police enspert that Itadzyk discovered Sunfield was too fond of his wife and had a row over it, Whether the prisoner shot the dead man while he slept or fired at him as he at- tempted to rise front the bed is a mat- ter of conjecture. Two ;hots were fired. One of them struck Radzyk in the neck. The police were unable to discover where the other one went. Itunizyk apparently rolled off the bed, for Goodall and J3ran- dOW, from the Tuternational Harvester Works., found hint lying in a pool of blood on the floor when they entered the bOIY,P, It was impossible to get an intelligent story from Mrs. /holey* as to how she Was shot. The police think that when Sunfield shot her husband elm ecreannel onteolq -terror and rusted for the door. Ilelievag that she woe going for mete- tanee, they think he, fired as she fled. Thie is borne out by '',..A, natant and pos- ition of the wound. Dined and Slept After Shooting. While the prisoner was not sober when arrested, the officers say he was not crazy with liquor, and they marvel at his coolness after the shooting. lame- ditteely after firing the shote, they say, he walked outside and informed his bro. ther-indoev, a man named lleinker, who was passing and WAS attracted by the shots, of what he had done. Ire return ed to the house, took a pie front the cupboard, and sat down at a tat& to await the arrival of the police. Why li,.. did not make an attempt to escape im- mediately after the shooting is a mys- tery to them, lie might easily have had half an hour's start and made a dash for liberty before the alarm was given. From the amount of clotted blood around Badzyk's• head and the matted condition of his hair, which was steeped in gore, it was first believed that 8mm. field had. beaten Mtn over the head with a club, white he lay on the bed, and then a him. The pollee say, however, tint an examination disproved this theory. Sergt. 9'alsit"6 Story. Sergt. Hiram Walsh, who with P. C. John Clark arrested the alleged mur- derer, tells an interesting story of Bun. Removed to the JaiL A small crowd of men and children grthered as the patrol drew op to get glimpe of the prisoner. With hie hands elosely motet elect &infield marched out in charge of P. C. Lowery. Ito walked steadily to the wagon and seemed. to bo quite sober. TT e glaneed eut•iously over his shoulder at the newspapermen who stood on the walk. P. C. *Lowery and 1'. 0, Duncan rode with him to the jail, Suprield did not know last night when the iron door at the Barton Mewi jail elangee behind. hint that he would bave to face a charge of murder. •Tbe pollee refuted to inform him them that Radzyk was dead. The offieers took no chancels with their prisoner and drove him right through the yard to the jail steps. Died on Operating Table. The dying maim and his wife were hur- ried to the City Hospital. 11 Was Seen there that the woman's injuries- were not likely to prove fatal, but it was evident from the first, that the man had no Yhallee of recovery, *From the gaping wound in hie leek blood was spurting. [to was too week then from loss of blood to stand the shook of en operation and the doctors permitted him to rest for an hour or two to try and revive . him enffieiently to permit them to probe for the tmllet. Last evening he was played on the operating table. Dr. remmings_ aseistea by Doe Parry, Meitoghliti end Pain, probing for the bullet. Juet after the piece of lead Was located, lodged near the jugular vein, the patient expired Threatens to Suicide. The woman was not made aware of or her husband's death last night, She talk ed fin n Men ly at times in her un- broken Eve:Hell threatening to onnmit ettiehle wben released from the hospi- tel. "I will throw myself in the hate Mein T get out of here for I ent the valise of it all," she wailed, so the police anti hospital officials say. Had Dead Man's Purse, The dead man wits a Gement Pole. His wire is of the saute nationctilly. While I ey have lived in this country some time they mulerstood the language but hu - 'effetely. The prisoner has been in -this city fin' twos yonus 111d up till in day or so ago Was employed at the Deering's, wnekingiii i he (Ivey iron lot:miry, Mary Rent:Ian told Gat• police that laud week the prisoner. while in an angry mood had threntemel to "do up" the Radzyke be- fore left fee Chicago. lie was to bare left •foe Ching() to -day. Aevording to the polite, Mrs, ltelither, his ettter, isvery bitter againethim nett promisee to lei a valuable witnese, When searehed at the station he had tutu purses on him, mu' of Whiell it is •tlivited leilonged to the dead man. It ie oleo said that liadzyk had the pewee in his pocket just before he wee shot. In the purses there Was nearly 00, but "S, JACOB SUNFIELD, The alleged murderer, one had almost twice as nitwit as tint other. It le not known which one was the dead man's, As the stun was Si) small, however, it is not thought robbery mete any part of a motive for the crime, DIVORCE CASE. BRUCE FARMER'S DAKOTA DIVORCE IS WORTHLESS. Court Allows the Real Wife $4 a Week Alimony—Farmer Was "Figuring That Way." Toronto, duly Li. --Mr. Justice Riddell on Saturday confirmed the order of ali- mony made by Hie Honor Judge Bar- rett, of Walkerton, in favor of Mrs. Ida Switzer, wife of William Edwin Switzer, of Rheims, Bruce county. The parties were married in ISM in AlallitObas and us -ed on their farm at Striate:lair until 1004, the husband making periodical trips in different di- rections, between tseamons, for the pur- chase of horses and cattle. Chargee of infidelity made by the husband against the wife about two years after marriage had, disturbed the relations between them, whieh were further aggravated by the production of a photograph of a dressmaker of Ripley, Maria Hanes by mune, which the husband claimed was the woman he should have married. Matters going front bad to worse, Mrs. Switzer was induced to sign an agreement and was given $200 to go away. She went to Dakota to be near friends, and in the meantime her hue= band sold his farm and stock for $14,- 000, and moved to Bruce county, On- tario, where he bought a valuable farm. Hearing her husband had left &mat:het:tie, Mrs. Switzer returned to that place to be near her brother and has since intn-ea to Wall«irton. In le06 Switzer obtained a divorce from his wife In the Dakota court and went through the form of marriage with Marie Harrie, Referring to the divorce proem:dime:, Mr. justice Rid- dell said that he 'ndeelined to comsider a divorce obtained in this way, there appeared to have been no personal service, and that the wife and husband were both absent, the lmeband aetually living in Ontutrio at the time the divorce was granted. During this period le was milieu:tile, visiting Mite Harris ani in his examination for diseovery, in the action of his wife for alimony, in reply to the question whether he did not in- tend at the time to marry the wmuan, replied, "I was figuring that way." Besides the alimony Mrs. Switzer is allowed $05 for disbursements. e (- CHARGES OF PERJURY • CONFLICT OF TESTIMONY IN LIQUOR PROSECUTIONS. The Testimony of the Crown's Detectives Impeached by Residents of Niagara Falls—Deplorable State of Affairs Said to Exist. Niagara Falls, Out., July 15.—A most deplorable elate of affairs exists in con- nection with the Wats of Seven liquor license holden., for alleged violation of the law in selling on Sundays. From the opening of the finst case the evidence of Messrs. Cameron and Thompson, de- tectives repreeenting the Provincial Sec- retary's oifiee'who claim to have bought liquor in the hotels on Sundaye, wn most bitterly assailed by -Mr. P. W. Griffiths'the lawyer retained by the as- eociated hotel men to defend them, One of the deteatives referred to a re- eident of Ude city named Smith as bay - hug been with them in the Lalattutte Hotel on Sunday, June 23rd. filnith stat not in the city when that evidence was iliven, but has since returned, and says e is ready to swear that he wale not in the hotel on the day mentioned. at all, Ile will be placed in the box when the trial of the Tufayeete ease is reeumed on August 51.h. Jut the ease of Nelson Pitton of the Itosli House, the detectives swore Ilea they found a bartender named Potsb hi the bar out, Sunday, June 23rd. The se E. Birdsall Was placed in the hax IT the defence and swore that Iltedl wilt v011filled to his bed at his boardite4 home by illness on that day. anti AleS, • Hansel], who keeps the hoarding house, -wore that Hush Willi in her house all that day. The contradiebory nature of he testimony •produced &tided frietion letween Mr. Griffiths and Mr. le W. ibe Crown proseentor. Mr. Casey 'intimated that the detente was "menu - "maudlin" evidence end. Mr. Griffitlee venire; expretsee similar opinion of the estimony for the prosetellion. On a motion by the preemie ion to ad. Mourn the CORN for a week there was 1. sharp argument, in whit -it ehargee of eerjery mut subornation were freely nunie by both lawyers. Pollee Magistrate rruikehank intimat- id that when the evidence, wee so .fla eontratlietory as to the fact he etiuld lot but believe that one party or tho ,ither Was guilty of perjury. The wonted lite eases carried on and ptol)ed to the fullest extent. However, he comented to an adjournment for a week. CANADIANS IN I HUE MATCHES. THEY MADE FAIR AVERAGES AT BISLEY ON SATURDAY. Pte. Mitchell, Pte. Smith, Sergt, Kerr, Sergt. Morris, Capt. McHark, Pte. Moore and Sergts. Bayles and Snow- ball Among the Winners, Bisley, July 15.— Two feamtdians, Staff-Stemgt. Bayles and Capt. R. ON Snowball made 34 points out of a pos- sible 35 in The Daily Telegraph. mateh on Saturday. This competition, which is for a cup given annually by' the proprie- toot of The Daily Telegraph, coneists of seven sleeve at 600 yards. It is open to all comers.. Veneering is the store made by Canadians in tile competition: Sergteelajer J. •Caven 33 Sergt, U. S. Carr ... ..... 31 Lieut, B. E. Converee ... • • . 30 Sergt. W. Grecgan 25 Corp. IF. B. Fisher 27 Staff-Sergt. A. Lira= 20 Staff-Sergt. D. MacKay 20 Staff-Sergt. It. Kerr ... ......30 Capt. W. Hart hicliarg '32 Lieut. J OeleVittle ... • .• 31 Pte. Geo. Milligan— ....... 31 Pte. A. 13, Mitchell . 25 Capt. C. N. Mitchell... . • . 25 Pte. j. P. Moore ... „ . ...... 26 001.Serigt, J. Moscrop ...... 28 Sergt. It. Morris ... 31 Pte. J. S. Stevenson . „ . • . ... 31 Pte. W. A. Smith ... „ • ..... 39 Corp. R. 0. Snowball . ... • , . , 34 Staff-Sergt. that•les ........ 31 Major 0. W. Wetmore ... ....... 31 In the Wimbledon Cup competition, teu shots at 000 yards, open to all comers, Canadians scorett as follows: Capt. W. IL Meliarg, !Vancouver .. 39 Staff-Sergt, Bayles 45 Lieut, J. MeVittie, Toronto 40 • In the "Gregory," Seven shots at 200 yards, Sergt, Carr macle 34. In the "leynoch," SCVell abets et 3,000 yards, Pte. Moore made 33 out of a pos. tibia hum 31:15:e Armorers' 'Company match. seven -shots at 900 yards, Pte. Moore made 33. The Canadian team shot in The Daily Graphic and The Graphic matches. white, belong to the Service Rifle Championship Aggregate and the All -comers' and Grand Aggregates. The former is seven idiots at a distance of 200 yards, the latter seven shots at 500 yards. Their scores follow: Daily Graphic Match: Sergt.-Maj, Cayce 32 Sergt. G. 8. Carr ..... .... 20 Meet, D. E. Converse ... ..... :30 Serge. W, Greegen ..... ... 20 Corp. F. F. Fisher... 31 StaffeSergt. Graham ....... 33 Staff -Serge. H. Kerr. • • • .. :34 Sergt. D. MacKay ... ........ 31 Capt. W. Irate Melfarg, ...... Lieut. J. MeVittie 33 Private Gearge Tsliihiga,i '12 Priv-ate A. B. Mitchell 31 rapt. N, Mitchell 31 Pte. .7. F. Monte ...... 31 coi.sernt a. enwrap ..... 27 Sergt. F. If. Morris —. • •. 33 ee S. Stevenson . . ....... 3:1 fettle R. 0. Snowball ... ...... 33 Pte. W. A. smith ...... .34 Maj. 0. W. Wetmore .. ... 29 Capt. Tom .• • 33 The Graphic Me Leh: Sergt.-Major. .7. raven 31 Serge 0, S. Carr . „ .., 30 Lieut. D. b. Converse ... . • • ... 32 Sergi. W. flreegan ... • 29 Corp, lie D. Visher •. 27 Staff-Sergt. A. Graham'31 Staff -Serge IT, Kerr Stat f-Sergt. 1). MatiKiry•—• • .• ... . . 27 Capt. W. Trart Mellarg $1 Lieut, Mcrittie . Pte, Gem ... . • ...... :32 Pte. A. II, Mitebell ...............31 rapt. (1, N. Mitchell • • ...... 25 Pte. 4. F. Moore '32 Col.-Sergt. Mos:crop 27 Serge F. Ti. Morrie „. 32 Pte. J. i. Stevenson ,.. . 31" Corp. 11, 0, Snowball,— ... . thl Pte. W A..feinith • ..,. 29 thee 0. W, Wetmore . ., 80 In the Daily Graphic contest ....., hilt- «Itehi shuttle fiend mei Smith 550. Kerr is 83rd. mud Morrie. 1170t, and each wits forty shillings. Bayles is 128th and wins. shillings. In The Graphie, Capt. MeTtarg wee 6end. winning '113, ma Pte. Moore was 07th, winning :C3. In The Daily Telegraph competition Corporal IL 0. Snowball won 25th place end it prize of ,113. Serge, Bayles '20tht plaee nett a prize of et3. in the leteek Exchange match iiiaw- hill ttlith 'thee and it prize of .C3, Bayles rust, place and a prize of X2. NO IVIORE FIRE INSURANCE. tonlreal Managers May Abandon That Line of 13usiness. nruireal, ,Tuly 14.---Insuranee mana- gers in 'Montreal are contemplating a move whielt will Pella inly arouse public... Opinion, insurinice business in the whole. ale .ilistriet of the city is to be largely t• l in itretecie. art, to be reduced, amt Otero may he the ititinettem of no more new laisincs,t done itt the heart of Mont- t...al. In u 'word, there is a poegibility of a virtual abatitionment of fire insurance business in the business centres of the city. An insurance manager made Oda , A rig it agig Art% irtir, Ivo 44trilientltattitIngliVIVA Igat tlit 4/8°111 MILLIONS '11) USED managers have been going taoroughly the ronditione which now present TO SAVE THE FAMILY. PRODIGAL themselves; a brigade with a. leader, a water supply which is short and which Ieil, which will do nothing, apparently, to may give out at any moment, and delay in putting up new pumps. Then we 1141,0 improve either this or any other matter , . Clinton Millionaire Arrested On the Charge of to consider the apathy. of the City Coun 1 Slaying His Wifeq in connection with the TWO fXPLOSIONS. EMMEN BADLY SHAKEN UP MIR- ING FIRE AT OAS WORES, Leaking Pipes Froni the Main, Tank Allow the Gas to Escape, and When a Fireman Carries a Lantern Into the Desement the Explosion Takes Place. Windsor, .fuly 14, -Assistant Fire Chief Defiehis and Fireman Cakebread itnul Dournotu.helle were badly shaken up by an explosion at the Windeor ufeas Coutpanyes plant on McDougall street at 2 o'clock this mooting, There were twoexplosions, but the seem' was the more serious. Leaking pipes from the main tank had allowed a large quantity of gas to accumulate in the basement of the building, and a light- ed lamp upstairs caused the. fire depart- ment to he called for the first explosion, and when one of the men went below carelessly earring a lantern the second and more serious shock Occurred. There wasa bright flash of light and it deafening report, which was heard for many mike. Windows were broken, and Dennis Reddins and Wm. Crick, two speetators who were standing outside tile building, were blown bodily into the street. Both were temporarily overcome by the gam fumes, and Crick received several haul cuts front flying glass. An official investigation will be ordered in- to the causes leadiug up to the explosions; as the plant is practically new, having been rebuilt it few years ago. The in- juries sustained by the firemen comigted principally of burned faces and hands. FALL FAIR DATES. Abingdon. .,Oct. it;, 17 Aylmer . • .. Sept. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Baden .... . Sept, 18, 19 Barrie.... Sept. 23, 24, 25 Theeton ...Sept. 26, 27 ilinbrook , • , Oct. 7, 8 Bracebridge ... Sept. 26, 27 Brockville ., Sept. 10, 11, 12, 13 Cayuga ...... „. ... Sept. 24, 25 raleiton • „ Oct. 3, 4 Caledonia Oet, 10, 11 Cookstown ... Oct, 1, 2 Cellingwood Sept. 24, 25, 26, 27 Dunnville ... Sept. 17, 18 Drumlin)... Sept. 24, 25 Fergus ..... Oct. I, 2 Port Erie. ..„ .,. Oct. 3, 4 Galt • ... • • ,. Oct. 1, 2 Georgetown ...... ., Oct. 1, 2 Guelph • . Sept. 17, 18, 19 Ingersoll ...... .,. Set. 24, 25 Jarvis ....................Oct. 3, 4 Kinmount, ...... Sept. 10, 11 Lindsay . ...Sept. 10, 20, 21 Meaford . ...... Sept. 26, 27 Milverton...... ...Sept. 20, 27 Milton . . Oet. 10, II efilchnay . . Sept. 23, 24 ..... Sept. 2(3, 27 Mt, Hope Oet. 2 Niutgarfeon-the•Lake Sept. 23, 24 Norwich Sept. 17, 18 Niagara Falls ... Sept. 26, 27 Norwood ... . .. Oet. 8, 9 Oakville...... Set. 26, 27 Ononclage ................Oct. I Paris . • • ... Sept. 20, 27 Peteitoro . ... Sept, 26, 27, 28 Roekton.. Oet. ft, 9 SimeoeSet. 24, 25, 26 Shelbourne .............Sept. 24, 25. Smitheille .• Sept. 27, 28 Stoney Crook Sept. 20, 27 Strethroy.. Sept. 16, 17, 13 Thoeohl ..• • . Oct. 8. 9 Tilloonbing„ .. • . Oct, 1, 2 Waterford. ... ... • .. Oct. 3 Waterdown ... • .. —.Oct, le Western Fair, London . Sept. 6-14 Wellandport Oct. 10, 11 Welland .„ „ . Oct. 1, 2 Woodstock .. ... Sept. 18, 19, 20 AUTO ACCIDENT. MAN'S LEG GROUND OFF AND DAUGHTER DISEMBOWELLED. Pittsbarg, July 15.—Peter Walzer, 50 years old, his daughter Stella, 26 years old, Clara, Lausinann, 22 years old, F. D. Alden, 2e years old, are all in the Allegheny general hospital as the result of an automobile accident just outside the city of Allegheny. The melee(' :struck it rut in the road, and tamed turtle, burying the occupants beneath it. Walzer's left leg WaS almost ground off while his daughter was partially disem- bowelled. Both arc expected to (lie. Miss T.ansmann and Alden received bruises and scratches, but will recover. -0 4+ PRISON LABOR. COMMISSION OF M. 10S, WILL VISIT UNITED STATES PRISONS. Toronto, July 15.--4'rison labor is to be investigated by it Government com- mission. It Will he C0111p0ANI of Joseph P. Dow. ney, hi. P. P. for eolith Wellinglem; Fin- lay G. elaediartnid, M. P. P. for West Elgin, and 0, Pattinson. el. 1'. 1'. for south Waterloo. Mr. lhovney will be ..hairman. ' All these members of the Legislature letve taken a particular interest in the subjeet, and they will visit several large eilemis in the (hilted States and gather informatem. This will be used by How Mr. I fanna before he finally formulates hie prison farm echeme. • *4-* TOWN BURNtO. duly 15,---Smolyany, small town ill thiA neighborhood, has .suffered severely et the handsof itiven• eiartee. One hundred and fourteen Jew- ish neat fifteen Christian houses, tot well as seventy shopswere burned down. A number of the people perished in the flames. GOT MIN VEMIS, NapAnN•, 7ut1y 15,—john Armstrong, diamond signalman of tho ir. T. It., here, stat today eotteneed to seven years in lila penitentiary for criminally knowing it girl tinder 14 years of age. Armstrong IA about 45 years old and ha the seemel man to be sentenetel en the sante charge and in the same ease, Clinton, LI, July 15.—The lifagill millions were to -day pledged to •the de- fence of , the families' prodigal, Fred- erick IL Magill, who Was, arrested yesterday with his wife and daught4.1r at t74an Diego, Cale eliarged with the menhir of lde first wife in this plate on Decoration Day, May 30th. LeMon* Lemon, regarded as Met ehrewdest eriminal lawyers' In Dewitt County, 'were early this evening detained to save the ex -banker from the gallows, •The money for the -defence war itur- Welled by Mn'. Samuel Magill, aunt •of the twensed, who lives in a patellai hone in the choleest, residence dietriet in Clin- ton azel who is worth $800,000 in her own right Slue however, is only the head and front of Megilles eupport, end behind her are the money of the four Magill bretiews, famotie denting their lives for their great wealth anti business astute- ness and equally famous now that they are dead for the milliens they left to Weil: widows. - The message retaining ehe Lemon !mothers was dated elan Diego and read as follows: "Consider yourself retained in our ease. Will return volumarily owitliont extradition.” "Fred. IL Magill." The message was preceded. by asOr• Ira of others which passed between Magill and Ids rich aunt and which assured idm of the family's financiel support. Earlier in the daY Magilits fathothelaw, Walter Graham', eine pleyed John Fuller, for eight years prosecuting attorney, a man of Lin- eolnesque mould and a, renmrkable law- yer, to defend his, daughter. Fining this array of legal talent entrenched behind hulwarke of money stands Arthur Miller, the young State's attorney, backed by a firm public ous- t:hien that Magill's wife vitae to her death by foul means, That the battle will be the bitterest ever fought in DeWitt County, that families and business aesociates will be 'estranged and that the whole eemeastnity• will- he broken into factionis now admitted on all breathe The deadly vapidity with which both sides have moved in the Met two days indicates that the bat- tle to avenge poor, dead. Pet Magill gill In' to the death, HORRIBLY TORTURED. HIS TONGUE SLIGHT AND FEET SLASHED vrug KNIFE, Buffalo, July 15.—Because he would not deliver to two burglars the keys of his employer's house, Frank Smith, 45 years of age, it coachman in the em- ploy of john Gene, a wholesale neat dealer, was horribly tortured on Sun- day morning and left for dead by hie assailants. Smith :emit in a mem above the bum at the rear of Gehnes. He was awakened shortly after midnight by two masked men, who demanded the keys of the house. emith refused to give them up, and the burglars then began a series of revolting tortures. Smith's tongue was slit with it knife and the soles of his feet were shut -sited in a score of places until he became unconscious. gifte men then threw Smith down the stairs, whehe he was found the next morning, Time matter MLA kept a secret by the pollee until to -duty, when one arrest was made, The prisoner gives his name as Taylor. POOH STOESSEL! MANY CHARGES AGAINST THE HERO OF PORT ARTHUR, St. Petereburg, dimly 15.—Lidietment issued against Lieut. Gen. Stoessel, the defender of Port Arthur, which has just been made public, charges him, among other things, with disregarding the or- der of the cm/mutter-in-chief to hand over his command • at Port Arthur to Lieut. -Gen. Smiruoff and quit the army. It further charges hint with stating, in an official report that he led the troops in the action at Kie Chow, whereas he remained at Port Arthur and did not participate in the battle; of having de- corated Lieut. -Gen. Foch for bratere, in the Battle of Kin Chow which Pock lost, and of offering to abandon Port Arthur and other fortresses when he had ample meanct of resistance. The indictment charges Lieut. -Gen. Foch with being equally guilty with &mese' on all toads. FOREST FIRES. LUMBER CAMPS, FARM HOUSES AND HAY FIELDS BURNED. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., July 15.-1l.e- ports to -day front every direction tell of forest fires. A report from Reber says that the camps of the Mud Lake Lumber •Company have been destroyed, es well as several farm houses. Flames sit ept across bay fields, driving all be- fore them. Melt live stock is reported lost, Between the Soo and Newberrth heavy damage has been done by tires, which are still burning in the woods. The whole country is as dry as tinder and crops are suffering. • t REV. F. M. SMITH DEAD. For Fifty Years a Minister of the Meth- odist Church, Kincardine, Ont., July 14.—The Rev. F', M. Smith, 77 years of age, died yesterday after an illness of upwards ot one year. Ire celebrated this year the fiftieth anniversary of his entrance into the Metholist utiuistry. Among his eharges were Smithvilhe Croyland, Wel- land, St. Das'he's, Lynolen. Flamborough, Eramosa, Garafaxa, Mt. Forest, Thorn- bury, Shelburne, Elmwood, Henfryn and Kineardine. Ile had been on the retired list for some years. A widow, two sons and three daughters survive him. MAYNOOTH SUFFERED. Worst Fire in the History of the Village. Belleville, .714 14.—The village of Maynooth hae been visited by the most disastrous fire in its history, Eight build- ing* were destroyed. representing it lose of about $20,000. The fire etarttel in the building oamed. by Patriek Flynn, part of which was oecupied Jaallert etoneburg as it barber ,shop and pool- room. Father eletuereey. WhO WaS the first to motice the fire, hitched up p. team tied drove to W. G. Gibsonee rail- way ramp, about in mile and a quarter nevreet and gave that alarm. About 200 Bulgarians Were scion on the some. and it wee due to their -efforto that the vii - lege wits not wipeil out of existence. • **se - • Ottawa Woman's Suicide. Ottawa, duly After kissing her little daughter gooa-bye, Mrs. Wm, It'aer. Wile of the proprietor of the Oxford Ito( el, Met mail' street, Indeed herself in her room last evening and swallowed a bottle of earbolie aeid, dying a few min - et es a ft erwa rd.:. Domest if. troubles were the cause, as WAS eVidenved by a pathetic little note left for her ehild. StVEN KILLED. T.roon, Jute 13.-- -A despat eh from thl- teeta ettets that eevett pereons have been killed and many injured in an explosion in a secret bomb factory in tint place. TWO MORE ARRESTS. DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LINDSAY COUNTERFEITING CASE. George Miller, of the Watchman -Warder, Captured at Lindsay, and John Goslin at Port Hope—Police Are Very Active. Lindsay, July 14.—The usual quiet- ness of • a Sabbath prevails in police circles here to -day. The fact at so many alleged. counterfeiters have been roped in in the short space of five days speaks volumes for the energy of the officers in charge of the ease, and to the Dominion detectives, Chief Vincent and the local police is due a large meas. ure of praise. Two additional arrests were made yesterday. The first was Geo. Miller, foreman of the pressroom and share- holder in the Watchumn-Warder Com- pany. His arrest Was made about 7.30 at Pleasant Point sununer resort, oppo- site Sturgeon Point, where be had been camping with 1M wife and child for some weeks. License inspector i'lmornbuPy, a. county constable, drove down with the warrant and returned with his prisoner at about 10,30. Miller was then brought Lefore County Magistrate Moore and reumnded until Thursday next. It is rtunored that a strong effort will be made for bail in his case, but that is nto likely to succeed. John Goslin was brought in last night from Port Mope by Chief of Police and lodged in the county jail. There are now four of the suspects in eepar- ate apartments of the jail here, and there will be three more under the same roof within a day or two. The demeanor of the prisoners is quiet; especially is this the ease with Alter and Logic, both feeling their posi- tions keenly. There are rumors of more arrests to follow, and names are mentioned in a vague manner, but the police are re- tieent and adroit and do not verify or deny ruiners. The men already arrested will not likely, be up for preliminary trial before the end of this week. MESSAGE OF PEACE. BUT YAMAMOTO CAN SEE U. S. WAR SHIPS BUILDING, New York, July i15.—Admiral Yenta - moth bade farewell to his friends in this city and started for japan via Boston and Montreal, after letvhm taken part in in series of official and social engage - meets which might have exhausted a less strenuous visitor than the hardy teenier and statesman. The message el peace which he brought to this city Ito will convey also to Boston, but he will find time while in that city to ale serve the manner of building the best type of war vessels at the shipbuilding ' yards in Quincy. • • • QUIT TEXAS. NINETEEN LIFE INSURANCE COM- PANIES • WITHDRAW. San Antonio, Tex., July 15.—As the result of the Robertsou insurance bill, which became effective yesterday, nine- teen life ineurance companies have with- drawn front the State including these: eedumbia, National, Home Life, -.Manhat- tan Life, Mutual Life; New York Life,. Trustees insurance. and Washington Life, all of New York. National Life, Main - relive, Vermont; Security Mutual, Bing- hampton„ N. Y. COULDN'T SWIM AND PARACHUTE MAN DROWNED IN GULL LAKE, Ws - Kalamazoo, Miele, July 15.—Charles &um, aged 20, of Battle Creek, was drowned in Mill Lake on Sunday on mouthing n paraehnte drop front hie first attempt at a hal10011 ascension. Small boate melted the parachute quickly, but Sann's body had gone to the bottom. De - scouting, he WaS heard to say; "Get a boat; i can't swim." '41,- lAP tNDfAVORERS. Seattle. Wash„ July 15, ---At tt is veil - tall by• General Seer:eery Shaw, me of the most notable meetinge tam held in V011tlaCtiOn With it kilr; Entlei“or convention wag that of japaueee Endeate mete here yesterdhe. Hunartels of :lap - armee came to- bear addresses in tacir twin tongue. Friendly root ions how rim dapan and the tr, S. were emphasized La every addreFo., .i.'ceeetary 'Shaw told the Jopattesie that the Inietian BMW- vor Society plane to hold its tonvention in Japan in a few years, ,Joseph Ilarbone. a St. rm. ployee of the hi, V. If shops, WM found dead yesterday morni»g sitting in it ehair. lie .was cabled to epileptic fits.