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Cog. b (lard user ` give Co. BARRIE 21, 1925. Nntflrto nits. TO R A .5: mu:3f.:;w CHICKS SUCCESSFULLY ures per- ms. t! BROWN (30.1 Is a `tracle of Vefficiency normal, but,it is the cause be! many undesirable conditions if abnormal. end the sad . is that most eyes are amoral: ' to some extent. Abnormal eyes mean strained eyes-. and strain`-" "ed eyes meamheadaches and a other troubles. Nothing but = glasses gan make abnormal eyes a function normally. Give your eyes proper attention by having them looked after _here_.- 0. R.RUSK,\0PH.D. van` `n-.`I.4-`|..I...S.. ' \.l'l.'Ul-IGIIE Ullulll upnvnlmll; 'Col1e'ge,o Toronto. 7. _ 43 Elizabeth 8%.`, Barrio. 5 Rhone '80` Graduate Chnadia r1\'Ophthlx;1i;:' 'F.n"n'an ' 'I"n1-an O-n THUxsbAY~. MAY 21`; 11925. THEHUMAN ma Si or tin: Gaods 1 . Buo;;l.l,_Sof;i:ll,.Tgni1is;o co1,~Fp&tbgu, Etc. Call or `send your addres'an`d= get Spalding ,s` 1925 ~ Sporting Goods Catalogue FREE. = ` ' . % Pho:';e7 453.-' FlSHlNG.'l'ACKLE ;' , Atcock, Lafght and Wbstwobd Brand of A selection that will `surely :p1ease'fyqi1.; 7 Come in and see`pur,stdk.,.~.t t * _"SEl?if'i-`i5ii'i3$i'.% 453- Ina AND Mos? COMPLETE LINE INABARRIE ANA u17.'ro.nA*rE s'rocK or R'Tvm nomr o1=:cH%AA1u;m HODGI-`S The body of eight-year-old` Charlie `Hodges, son of Charles Hodges, res- taurant`-lteeper, of` Lindsay, and for- merly of Edgar, was found about 8.30 Monday morning in the Scugog River, just two weeks after the lad disap eared. The body was found 3.150 eet from the wharf, which is nnear his_ father's lace. -It was fully `clothed and was ound close. against 1 the river ba at.I-Iorn s Mills. I (`}u`nv'I;n ndovm: `had been -shing `1'f`a1`% 4.h.ri'ir_1 Blrr~ie n Monday "When Discovery Made; T _Fel1Q Dock. V lthe river ba at. norms nuns. ~ . lg Charlie odges had been shing V rfrom the wharf on the day he dis-~ {appeared with a ' young companion` Inamed Bobby ' Scott. The latter at rst told a story,of ,Charlie_ having fallen oil the wharf into the river, but later denied this, saying he had ` notbeen down to the wharf thatday and must have been confused by stor- ;ies t_old'himpby other boys at school. It now appears that the story rst .told by young Scott must have been true. -It was to the effect that\Char- .lie AHodges"h'ad been lying on his stomach on the wharf and that he was sitting behind him when Hodges fell A into the water. ` Hetsaid he threw a rope to Hodges but the current car- ried it away and he sank after abrie struggle. sAtr the time of the lad`s disappearance there were stories cir- -culated that he had been kidnapped. rIL_-_`l-.. 1 _'l'-.In-an IIIIIE :Il 'Rnv-via n Uulubeu |:l.lGI.I [IV nun Ivvvnn .--..--..`.r_ , Charles Hodges was in Barrie on `Monday, having motored over from fLindsay seeking his` 1 9s't.son. When in The Examiner office about ten o - clock that morning; he had not heard -:.4.1.;.. a....I;..a mP_.+|mvhndv and stated Conversational .. -_L.-. clock that morning; ne nan nor. nuuru oftthe nding of;-thevbody and sjzated -that he did `not believe Charlie had `been drowned.` May 18--'1`he local Sunday School -is still progressing under the super- vision of Mrs. `J. Jones. M. nn Mrs. v. E. Tracv of Toronto of Mrs. `J. Jones. -Though fire is a. good servant it is a bad master as proved by Ernest Carson at .lot 4, con. 5,'who on Satur- .vdafy 'nig_ht lost his burn, all his im- ~ plements and some stock and grain. _. Miss Walker -and` Miss `Gum, the Island, `spent a/few days with.Mr. and _ Mrs.` Wm. Pratt _last week.. _' ` Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Tracy 1 spent the week-end with friends here. ' lady. eva.'nge1isttrom Prince Edward TA'l'ION/ -- 6-`. 3_s` Bays;-la St. ? (Continued from page 1) who lives in the north` half of the house,- the witness said that there is no direct door of communicatioh but that Bo ne s back,door leads to a shed in ,whic there are doors on the north . and south sides, the north, door open- ing close to.Eden Boone's back door. Constable Rayner was watching the south door and from where he stood Boone could -have_Vgone;oht the other door without being seen. ` . va,,,,,I, ~rv__.-..--...l --.-....-l 8.... ALIBI IN i %- nus B0_0NE S_ CASE Ied heat- UUUI.` VVIIIIIIIIAII unsung ocvu. ' To Frank Hammond, s counsel for the defence, the witness said that he believed Boone" to be thevoccupant of 276 Bradford St. He had seen him about the_premises dozens of times. ~W.V` J. Shannon stated tliat on the night of Feb. 15 he` drove the police to Allandale, parking his car near the `Y.Mg'C.A; in front of lane leading to Boone's house. While waiting there he `saw. Bo6ne run down the lane, hat- less and,` he thought, coatless, and wearing high rubber boots. Boone ran up Tiffin St. Mr. Shannon said'he had known Boone for years and there i. _w-as_no possibility of his being mis- auu uuuuug W_u..u uuuup. Constable. Rayner s ted`-that he ` was on guard at the so th rearbdoor W and couldnot see -the other one and that a man could go out that way and` he would not be able to see him. He ` did not know of the north door until he found it afterwards. It was then i shut but not locked. - * ` Evidence for Defence` -- / 4 Eden Boone, the rst witness for the defence, stated that on the night 4 of the raid he entered his mother's house vsfhile the police .were there and 4 atyher re est went to_ the home of his sister, rs. Kashner, on Tiffin St., to bring her down toher mother's house. Describing his dress, he'said ` he wore rubber` boots and no hat or coat; He saw a car near Patterson's ` drug storebut it was too dark to see" I who was in it. `He understood that . his father was d-own the lake at the time. H had been in his motheris house. th previous. evening and his -father then 'wa`s`preparing to go sh- ing.~ He saw him agairy on his return Monday evening. Th" witness stated that his motherown oth houses. an " 3,---__1 .s.-_1_:..... .had known Boone for a long time and taxen. I .. Norman Semmens, stated that he had often been in his house, formerly having ,'called there two or three| c timesa week. He used to go shing and hunting with Boone. T I .,,1__.'LI_ -n__.__-_. _.|...J....i`.4.1....L `I... Luau lua~_luuuu_u1. uvvu vvu uuuuuu un To J. R. `Boys`h denied making any threats to the po ice. After tell- ing his sister that she was wanted by her mother, he returned to his own home. ` IR`..- 'l'I'....1nv. nun` nn-unnn`-\n19o+n!` `FHA "DV- home. ~_ `Mrs. Kashner corroborated the ev- idence of her brother as to his mess- ageand his dress. She stated that on Feb. 14 she saw her father preparing a basket to go to Shanty Bay and she sawahim on his return on Monday ev- en'ing'. ' She was at her mother's house `on Sunday, and her father -was not there. . - . _ . . 1 `ll..- 'r:I1:..... n!-may-. n1:n +n'|:1 n`F I there. Mrs. Lillian Hobson also told of seeing Boone preparing to spend Sun- day at Shanty.Bay and again Monday evening after his return. - ` - -A "5----` h........-I cu" Irnniivlnmn eVe!!lI!g au hex Iua_ Lwlaux. u. Isaac Boone` denied all knowledge of the still or the wash. He _was at Shanty Bay on Feb. 15, having gone there the previous evening with a friend, John `Carey of Toronto, and returned on Feb. 16, walking down` the ice and arrivingabout 7.30 p.m.. He said he spent considerable time at his camp at Shanty Say, sometimes` staying there for three weeks at a time. .When apprehended at Shanty VBay he 'was not warned and, not be- house on Feb." 15. V ing on oath, he told the police a lot of nonsense, but he did not remember telling them that he was at his son's I , _-:_1 1.- 1.-.! ....~ luuuau Uu arc. .z.y. Cross-exa`min'ed, he `said he had no `rubber boots. ,Anyone coming out. from, the north door of his woodshed would not be seen by Constable Ray- ner and might sneak out without be- ingheard. He admitted having been convicted before for selling liquor and also for making it, but denied that he had sold liquor illegally on lanzv other occasions. . -nu..- .1'........ n.........uh-I +1-mf.-:1-m nwng . OCCBSIOIIS. ` Mrs. Isaac Boone said thatshe owns the house at 276 Bradford St. and her husband\has' no nancial or legal interest in the property. She accept-' ed responsibility -for the still and the wash and said her husbandaknew no- thing of it and was not there when the raid was made. , ' - -" " `l'I-~-., _L'_ .._:.l -1... L.uu-Jul H18 rmu was unauc. To Mr. Boys she said she bought the still in Toronto and keptit in the L coal shed without her husband's know- ledge. On the afternoon of Feb. 15 she -brought it in -and started it to work. She had had it two or three -weeks. She was not making liquor for `sale but for her own use. The wash wag made about 24 hours be- fore outkof syrupand water. ` -- ~-l_--_.I :.. L:.. ...:|.:........ 4. can be oothtop 'reqLre-. s foods ed. can be UIJU U1. Dyan`: uuu "sung-- " Mr. I-lhmmond. in his address to the Court, stated. that the case for the prosecution depended entirely on the evidence of W; J. Shannon, and -he claimed that the evidence for the defence showed that he was mistaken. . He also submitted that-Boone is; not the occupant of the house withim the meaning of the Act. With regard to the analysis, which showed an alco- ho1ic- content of 12.31% proof spir- its,'Mr. Hammond claimed .that the wash had fermented` for nine days be- fore itwas analyzed. This, he said; ` [was a weak point in the prosecution. ,,,_;.,_. L- 1.1.- 1_u.-_. -....L....L:.u. W63 G vvvun pvslvu nun Univ `cow--wv-V ---- Replying to the latter contention, Mr. Boys said there was no proof. of` fermentation. . Both Boone. and. his "wife, he said, -admitted that he oc- cupiede-gthe` remises and it was 01: necessary- I p ove knowledge. r. Boys submitte that Boone did know of thestill andheld that it was pre-I \ posterous 01-bMrs. Boone to swear that he. knew nothing of it. Carey, owith whoin Boone was said to have gone to `Shanty. Bay, was the only witness who could be of any use to - the defence and he was not oalled. !--_-----------.- Little or-no damage has been Hone by `the fxequentheavy frosts` of late. 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