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The Canadian Champion, Fniday, JuIy 23, 2004-7 Big-City hoodlums wreak *OU«R READERS WRITE ha voc durîng holiday visit _____________ Time Capsules' are gems of information to provide a window into Miltons past. V Explanatory comment is sometimes pro- vided to place thte situation in context. August 1903 On Monday, Trontos civic holiday, * about a dozen Toronto hoodlums arrived in * titis Iaw-abiding town. They are said to have come on a freigitt train early in the momîng. Aller a copious lubrication of the r vocal organs and fighîing muscles, they started in to paint the town red. 'Meir ftrst scene of operation was the Hartmas House, where one of them stole a boule of whiskey. On being charged with the offence, the bottle was fished out of bis pocket and retumed. Then the fun begas. The ruffian stsrted in eamest to, vindicate bis good nane by threatening to rip up, shoot and tear 10 pieces on sight. Mine Host Hartmnas, to save bis life, scrambled beitind the bar and grabbed a revolver to protect hiniseif. His assailant said he had enlisted against guns and anything so smsll as a revolver did nos scare him, and, diving bis hand into is hip pocket. said he could do tome thooting himself. About titis ime Citief Constable Bradley arnived on the scene and managed to get the leaders of the gang outside. One of them tumed on Bradley and sîruck im severai blows in the face while another fellow held bis arrn. The chief said the fellow used steel knuckles on him, cut- ting a gasit under the rîght cye about an incit and a haif long from which teflood tlowed copiously. Bradley, being unanned and weak from the effect of the blow and loss of blood, had to give up the fight until he could get assistance. Immediately W.A. Lawrence appeared on the scene and securing Brain Bros.' delivery wagon, wbich was on the street, called for volun- teers to round up the toughs. In a few min- utes Bradley, armed with a death-dealing Smith & Wesson revolver, loaned by the Bank of Hamilton and reinforced by W.A. Lawrence, James Houston, James Davidson, James Morley, Robert Rainshaw, sr., Robert Anderson and Hugh Campbell started for the exhibition grounds, where the gang had gone. As soon as the poste appeared a general stani- pede took place and a cross-country race ttarted. Jumping tite fence, the hoodtums ras through Jesse Atkinson's orchard into a field of oats on Citas. Norriss farmn. Being closely foltowed, they %truck into te open and made for the 1Ist ine, but owing t0 the bard mun and thte effects of copious draugitîs of the moming, their Time terms of government and other institutions f92u~ut ! )'. staymng powers as sprinters soon played out and in a short time they were rounded up and four of themn captured without resist- ance. The nippers (handcuifs) were placed on the man whn struck the chief and the quartette were marched out to the road, loaded into the wagon and in a short time were sojourning behind the bars of Castie Van. Later on two more were bagged. mak- ing six in aIl. One of the number proved to be an innocent onlooker and was reteased. In the evening another was let go, after put- ting up enough to satisfy the authorities. The other four, who gave thesr names as H-. Palmer, Wmn. Kettlewell, Atex. Buckier and Eugene Conroy, were remanded to Augusl Il at 101 a.m. In the meantime enquiries wilI be made regarding their pre- vious character. 'Mis wa.s undoubtedty the worst gang that ever struck this town. and we are sonry some of them got away, but they are known and may have a trip up here soon. The tanguage lhey used on the sts-eet and at the C.P.R. station was of the foutest blood-curdling kind. Ladies took to their houses and botted the doors from fear of the ruffians. Too much credit cannot be given tri Mr. Lawrence and his posse for their prompt action. and Constable Bradley, though getting up in years. showed that he was no coward and we trust that if he ever gels into a gang like that again he wilI be prepared for emergencies with a good heavy club and a gun. When the prisoners were searched at the jait a corkscrew and 30 cents are said to have been found. Council granted two weeks' leave of absence to, Clerk R. Coates and the town halt committee wa.s to provide a competent substitute when notified by the cterk when hie intends to take bis vacation. Yesterday sftemnoon John Agnew threshed for Messrs. Greenlees Bros., adjoining the town, 460 bushels of barley and 140) bushels of wheat in four hours, being 150 bushels per hour. Titis barley grew on ten acres, being an average of 46 bushels to the acre. This marerial is assembled on hehaîf of te Milton Historical Society bv Jim Dills, who can be reac/ted at jdills@idirecýt.t-om. Dear Editor: Times have certsinty chasged from the 1960s and '70s, when thte Purpie People Ester wtt a lut and people were treated like humas beings. Yes things were fairly stable in those years, and life itad meaning and was good for most. The future looked good. Titen camne the 2000s, with over- sized govemments at ail levels that - in my opinion - promise what- ever they need to get elected and titen do whatever they wish witit tite regard for the people. t feel we're quite over-govemed, witit duplication at ail levels, with over-sized staff and over-paid per- sonnel who do just enougit to save their jobs and who excecd their budgets so they can get more money next time to increase their salaries and make sure there's lots of money for those alI-expense paid seminars 10 places we cas only dream of going. 'Men when att cIsc f'aits. they hîre their buddies a.s consultants. In my opinion, we have a mcd- ical systeru that swallows up money tîke there's no tomorrow yet bas graduatly given less and 1 Mitton's proposed transit routes. witile an improve- ment, still encourage people in te new subdivisions 10 work and sbop out of town. [n my opinion, for new ares residents the proposed roules only duplicate the service already provided by GO Transit. For this my taxes are going to increase? My daughîer must rely on us 10 drive ber asywbere site wanss 1 go. Site can't go 10 work by hertetf because there are no buses, and site casIt visil friends or sitop in the evening because there's no service afler l'm a stsy-at-home mother who's isolated tbrougit- out the day because my husbasd takes our otsly car 10 work in Mississauga, and there's no stores or restau- rants east of Thompton Road. There were promises that Milton was growing, but I see only a growlt in probtems and not in services pro- vided. As mucit as t don't wanî 10 move again, t'm sure considering il. Chrîs McFarland Mlton YE LLOW TAS SALE0I u ON NOW UNTIL JULY OO0> e Pe Foo ér e Lan &Garden - MILTON -WlSupplies e Gftware Cou ntry uepot 28 Bronte St. N. 905-878-2391 I- W'.otning, Footwear SeBird Seed Monday -1 " .arm Supplies " Propane " Equine Supplies Frlday 8-6pm # Sat. 8-5pm Milton faits short when it cornes to public transit Dear Editor: 5 p.m. Letters welcome The Conodion Chompion welcomes letters to the editor. We reserve the right to edit, revise and reject letters. Letters must be signed and the oddress and telephone number of the writer included. Letters con be e-moiled to miltoned@holtonseorch.com, foxed ta (905) 878-4943 or dropped off at 191 Main St. E. 1 ' 1-11L CANADIAN ClLýMl'ION 1 test care 1ttote titat reaily need il. t feet we have a banking systemn titat considers titeir customers as money treet. Banking executives feel titey cas just raise or add a new service fee titat will net titem bil- lions of dollars witit very ltlle effort on their part. Is titis hetpful 10 te community? We have a manufacturing indus- try that, in my view, will soon dis- appear due 10 lite higit cost of doing business here. We have a service industry titat's misused and over-staffed with bigh paid executives who draw huge salaries and huge bonuses from the money they overcharge us for sucit things as insurance, investments, credit card use and funerals. Then there are te gas and oit companies that basicalty have, t believe, licence to fix prices at wil and taugit ai any type of govem- ment control. And tet's not forget te natural gas and hydro industries titat have been mismasaged and politicalty driven into sucit a mess wiit huge detîcîls thia wetIl be paying for many years for overpasd execu- tives titat are govemment appoint- cd as a reward for loyalty 10 te parties in power. And last, but certainly not least, we have as education system ttat I feet has been completely taken out of te hasds of parents and good teaciters and given 10 overpaid boards tat complicate the whote picture while spending money on titemsetves, as wetl as on buildings and services that do notlsing at lte ctass level but cause confliet and grief. And don't forget the unions titat spend ail their limne protecting te wrong personnel in thte system, wbile scitools go dirty and kids team tlest. 1 betieve we have enougit money in the sysîemn to teacit our citildren righl, if we would gel rid of the special interest groups and govem- ment interference. 1 hale 10 be so negalive, but t sure feet sonry for our future genera- tions. 1 hope and pray that we'ît wake up 10 where we're headed and start 10 bring our minds back to a future with itonesly, moralty and goodwitl to att without thte greed and me-me attitude. Atlan Lisk Milton