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10MWMI"'*t-flMK · · » · » . hlmtelf on the ttr etuhte PrsviaMal polioc tuwds. w«* httr> " on tt» ,ri*4 through the court itwm through lh* Urg« door, down the *t*int»y I to the same double call In U» came Dr»*na' ;'-!· --· block In the south wing whiah he A hush fen o*» th«:c«jrt loam will occupy until the date set for M the pritnter to^ed vttnr't *m«teh the execution. .Proas thU;tlot..on, eutlol jutrd «!»4. of-.V'WVo* wood, etefcninjf W« will be- £*pt- orer the prttpootf. it _ o. wte. H« ewint »* )w U»t eeort'wwi ft* find room ton |Prtt*3M UK1 KHKIWVU at vue »..v» tmm aounttV Oal, a, B, Oftw, K.C,, Toronto, who »,,««pm6iy eeo. tens ouet«d the trial slnw It* fecflnalas. years «rt*r^ gtiwJuint** t>« «*h*. ia He h*s bt>«n assisted .fey Mr. 0. tne Ptr Sftc '«oejA to BriUth e«tow» A. Payne, K.O.-oi this eltf. , bia, then down the etwct to CaUfernl«. «nd »t one Umt was Uvinjr near th» UexkAn tfrnotdarf, Ha Ka .,e««"ia,loe»l anntU.lvM vnse tttttod it^mt*Ma>«d great intereat a,s this . sosttiM and had* of ii tftttr :- ' "IB- with Veraiilj*a ind will be fcft*f Go«l «*Ut*<l by *.MiU>*r «UW4 Jli»t out- , side. UK door. . . cite, trftln and plane to his Oall; TM--. -- isa Mm pt«*i el,, tee «** l&»tr ft BMM1 MM, mt mnniiA ta tts ««n up »e » »«·*"'<»'· tor 14* artin .«·» i'js At WM rf Ml fSffitf th« Mr, .nuucv -rot..*.., court room at t*n«41tiitr. He mount, ed the beach and aat qutetl; for a Vermilyea has shown "ISttls' k^ I moment, rtatlrng some papers. Ver- of appetite. Even though laboring Jmllye* *at down eaatly as court was under the stress of the final verdict officially opened, arms on the rail- of guilty, early this morning, at ing. '. , . ; _ -.-.--· , _ ^ ; . ; . . . : . _ : .. six-thirty o'clock Tie arose, took the first of the day's airing-and shortConvicted Man't. Inquiry ly before seven o'clock a breakfast bread, milk and porridge* was mrolX^V^rmUyeaT" "stand up." of jlven him. He ate well, apparently irdered Justice Jeffrey. The prisoner stood erect, placed undisturbed. Throughout the night sleep hag been untroubled ' a n d both hand* on the railing and faced his during tho earlier part of the night tin court. hud evidenced a dealre to ehtit with "Have you. anything to aay?" Ilia guards. Conversation with tlw asked the court. A slight pause, a momentary hesi- prUoner, hoirever, · is not encour· · , tation and then Vermilyea cleared aged.. his throat. "What was that?" h« It had not been intimated by defence counsel whether- an appeal asked. Tnen a further hesitation from the sentence would be_ made. . . . . "Hat a thing.'Vhe finally replied It was gathered that the first move ID. R clear ton*.- . · .,-. Mr. Justice Jeffrey, turned from toward an appeal if such ^was conhis cloae obaervation-pf The prisoner to his deck. A paper rattled slightly, iU noUt -crackling through the tension and stillness of the ioom. Ths court again glanced at Vermllyea. The prisoner, with hands In pockety, ihlftlng them from Lime to time to rub them together. In slightly nervous fashion, stood Sftme Vitamin value as With head up, facing the judge. A (light pallor on his features turned Squibb's Cod Liver Oil. a (hade .whiter. His eyes returned the steady gate of the court. A Can be taken by those who spectator in one of the hack row cannot take pure Cod Liver benches coughed a bit nervously. OH Then, in the dramatic-stillness of tr»_room^lir_ Justice Jeff rey_.de:E*new your vigour and avoid llyered his address to the prisoner, end' with you can ask colds by taking Adcx Tablets. (ortrlveneas for your sins and forgiveness will not be denied " Cap Hoi Used , " to little over forty bourn alter attack. 'To* · tinwratt w*s ao§ent«ated by the rapidity with which the police secured and followed the clue to the west coast and secured the arrest. There "was the added Interest of .the insanity defence, and many other factors including ,of course the nature .of the attack, which shocked the entire province. The interest in the case was contlncnt-wlcln. ' '*·-·.«. OfUclaln I'nlMxl . ,,.,,,,, ,.____ win. Vrrmoywi U · ««il sixty aa a good drtsaer built and Squibb's Adex Tablets POLAN Phone 138 -- Mr. Justice Jeffrey paused for a moment at the end of the address. Then the death sentence was proriounced. The eourt did not.don the b)ack cap."The sentence of the court upon you, Harold Vermilyea Is that taken to the place from which you rtme kept in close confinement. ;· unt.l the second "day of May. and upon which date you be taken to the place of execution »nd be hanged by the neck u n t i l - y p u art clf»d...... Condemned Man Swijrn "And may the Lord have mercy upon your soul" Slowly and cl*nrly the words were pronounced by-the'court. At_Dne__polnt as they were recited, Vermilyea, appeared to-tway sli|htly. His hands shifted again from his pockets to the railing In front of him. His eyea appeared to close for a moment and his head bowed slightly. The court concluded. Again a-rustle of papers bench crackled through the stillness of the eourt room. · The death sentence hatj been delivered. Vermilyea still stood standing, appearing A^U. uncertain of the "next' move,. A guard reached over and _U>ut-hed hiCL-PlL-th* jshoulder._ l«T~doWn »gAin «ai51y, ~«nd then ·race' u the eourt moved. »pp«rfnt ly to go. ylgaln a guird r*»«rted c-vtr. Venrxpxea turned quickly. r«his tu- eothion. and thrn, THE DRUGGIST WRIGHT'S RADIO SERVICE 31t',, Front 81. Phone M M. G. Wrlghl, Ceo. Sw«tn»m Manager Radiotrician We Service all Makes $500 in Prizes I. D. A. CONTEST Nothing to-Buy Aik for entryjfprm , · . j; »t any -»^, I.D:A. DRUG STORE ·Mr.-Justice-Jeffrey, while off the bench praised the officials ol the county on the excellent manner in which they · had carried out the arrangements for the holding of the trial and on their general performance of their duties. The trial was marked by uuite serious illness of Jurors with Influenza. The father ot on<s of the Jurors died at Trenton , and the son was unable to attend the last rite*, tlie funeral cortege proceeding through Belleville and passing RUSSELI. before the hotel, where the jury MRS. was staying, providing the juror n of MrsEvelyn means of seeing through the winW dow the funeral pass.. In the ex- Samuel ftuScll. e,t-M. P citement of going to_attend the East Hastings and former trial, a spectator died suddenly on of deeds for the County of Hast away at her home on Monday morning in the lower part r t on Monday. F^of the courthouse. a r y . The late Mrs. Russell who w« formerly Miss Evelyn Dav* Jury's Long Guard daughter of the ,lat« Jam" and Last night (Monday) was the Anne uavu>, was bom -»·· and - educated , first night the jury was free. They In this city. ·»« On her marriage with had been under, guard at the B«l- Se late Mr. Russell, she went to vldere Hotel for twelve niyhti and to reside for about were under guard thirteen days. years to 1905 ihi mov'ed Most of them stayed in Belleville o thLs city with her husband last night though they com; from Mr Russell .became Caunty the country, so that they have been 'of Deeds. She has been away frof\n their homes 'at least a of Belleville full two.yeeks. making her home at - The costs of the 'trial will be very heavy, what with long dis- 8tMrs Russell was widely, known, tance witnesses who were kept though o! a very quiet and retiring here a lengthy time and the pro- disposition. She was a member of kmgtki period for which the Jury John street Church and had was held along with the"balance ol always taken a «ry active part in the Jury which was not sworn in on the work of the church. For many the Vermilyea case. yeans .he was preeldent of the , W.M.S., and lor a time presided Courx- Of Trtil j over the Prcsbytertal, She is survived by two sisters. The ^n-ia! bewail on February 12, when ths case was given to tne j Mrs, Byron N. Call, of Toronto, and grand jury to deliberate. Ou Febru- MI^ Florence Davis, who has reary U'h,, the trial began with Mrs, gan on the e pre- ^ded se , Russell. Her husserUfUkm of a true bill by the grand band predeceased her sleven years. Jury. The hiry of nine fsrmera. two i LATE MBsTloiSi H. REID laborers , end one merchant was ' sworn In and the trial bc>un imTlie funeral of Mrs. John Henry incdlaUly Sitting, every Jay «ipcc Field who pM6«d awny on Friday that Umt except Sundays and a morning was st the home of week ago Monday, when thorn w;ts her daughter. held Mrs. Jay White, 4th an tdJOLmment on acoounv of 111- Concession of Sidney, Monday. r.ess of a number of the |ury from February 25th. with relatives ami influenza the trial concludi<i only friends in attendance. late Kfonc*ay night. Ttif late Mrs. Reid wiis a d»ugtiThe hatchet attaek^on Mra. Aurof Mr.- and Mrs. Robert Rodgtrs, ,, .W ' ·rm«irTj PHTwl dbw of tUc late ter Stirling, and was a. .United EmNathaniel Vermilyea, nock pJacc on pire Loyalist. Her husband prethe lawn of the daughter of the - thirty 'D' fh'c survived by one son, W. A. R«ld. of nirht of October 4th, 1934. A few Trenton, and o"* dsughtjr, ^Alwr^ ^Ifterwsrdi inquiry wxs ^ in ^ for Harold . Jav White, of " Frankford.' "with eldest ? of the victim ar.d on'hL- whom ihe has. resided for the pist Curing the trial his reaction has not been, marked an he ha* £«n«raiiy sat with his head slightly bowed and looking away. Irotn-the Jury^__; _A large number of witness:* brought, from .the coa.* > · and at point* alone the trip "which the crown tvdcnce charged he took; on his iHUrn trip as well an » r>,ini>. ber ot Toronto note! employee and taxicah drivers from Toronto.- Several. Belleville person* ·whjtoipot eyewitnesses of the attaetrfHm. V«rmilyea swore they taw Wo persons .cross the lawn and f'"---·"*"-·"'» words or moans a frw · afterwards. California witMeses left to-day a o for their home after their Vwvf stay I In Belleville. ~- Obituary