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Barrie Examiner, 1 Jul 1926, p. 1

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'uu accept I118 plea. :Ske1ly s case was taken rst. After reading the charge to him, Magis- trate Je s suggested -that Skelly take advice from the Crown, and after a brief consultation between Mr. White and the accused the case proceeded. TAR... T| ."II-_ 12....---L~- " "` ` LC1Jl.CDC ll:C|4l uy cuuusel. Lee and Butler, through their counsel, entered a plea of not guilty on all counts in the information and elected to -be tried by a judge and jury. .Skelly, who seemed anxious [to have the case disposed of, wanted `to plead guilty, but the court refused Ito accept his plea. :.Ql(D\7 c noun -Iivnn `-n1!Iuc-1 C....L AIL-.. --__ - we--- - v -V ll\rIDL 1115'. Peter White, K.'C., of. Toronto was present on instructions from the At- torney-General to conduct the prose- cution in ,conjunct_i9n with Crown At- torney F. G. Evans. M. B. Tudhope ' of Orillia defended `Lee and Butler, while Skelly was without counsel. Alfred Cuddy, Deputy Commissioner of Provincial Police, waspresent but `took no part in the proceedings, and an interested spectator was Major H. J._ Proctor of Toronto, organizer of the K.K.K. _for the Counties of Simcoe and York. The Klan was not represented by counsel. T.no on.-I 13114-I-.. LL..---..L ;L , ' , `an u-av nanny; Col: 1 Clllcll Long before the preliminary" hear- ing opened, the court room was packed with interested spectators, and as many more were outside on the sidewalk, peering through the windows, unable toigain admittance `to the court room. `All the available seats were occupied and the walls were lined with people who stood throughout the hearing`-. `D..&..L. t!7L:;.- `If /1 ,n in ,..._uuucu nu one next, court oI`"com- ` petent jurisdiction, which` is" the Fall Assizes,_which sit in the court house in October. _ l On-ly sufficient evidence to warrant a committal was taken. The state- ments made to the police .by all three accused Were offered in evidence by the prosecution. Lee and Butler, in their statements, contradict Skelly s allegation that the proposal to blow up the church came from them and }state that it was his idea entirely. '-1`h eyvad-mit having heard `Skelly say that he would blow up a monument recently erected by the Roman Cath- olics in Orillia and, failing that, that he would blow up thechurch. Accord- ing to Lee's statement, he admits having shown Skelly the way to St. MarV s church and Butler s statement admits having helped -`Skelly get out of town. 0 bers of the Ku Klux Klan , were on Wm. Skelly, `Clare D. Lee and Wm. Butler, allthree self-confessed mem- Monday afternoonv committed for trial by Magistrate Jeifs on charges of attempting to blow up St. Mary s Roman `Catholic church here on the night of June 10. Skelly, who ad-I mits having placed` three sticks of dynamite in the furnace-room in the basement of the church, was charged {under Sections 111, 112 and 113 of the Criminal -Code and,Lee and But- ler, in addition to being charged un- der the same sections, were also charged with aiding Skelly toescape. After being committed for trial, Lee and Butler, on. application to Judge Vance, were admitted to.._b_ail on sure- ties of $9000 each. were re- }m_anded to the next court ofj'com- lnetenf. `lliriuinf-inn u-n'1.`n'.`..L L. .n._- :1. Application forv `Skelly; Three Men pn St. Mary's and Butler Released on Bonds of $9000 Each; No Bail Individual Statements by the Church Outrage Read in Court. "Great Interest Taken on in uuu. -x, -UJVD, uwu nines west. OI r'ne1p- ston. Good programme by Mr. Fin- lay of Collingwood-and others; base- ball, Elmvale its. Phelpston; supper ' 6 to 8. Tickets 50c and 26c. 26c The Scythe: Reunion ` The McLean, Meredith, Hill and Banting families and all others con- nected with the Scythes family re- union will please accept this invit- ation to attend the annual reunion and picnic at Killarney Beach on Wednesday, Jul '13,`-at 11 mm. Bring your baskets 1 to the brim. W. .;D. Scythes, president. . " 26,27c Ubl `KT... cxn. 260 Keep Wednesday, July 21, for St. Andrew s Church, Oro Station, gar- den party. 25-27c Townline Church strawberry fest- ival, Tuesday, July 6. Excellent pro- gramme. Good time assured. 26c Tent City opens summer season, Saturday, July 3, with Percy Steven- son s famous seven Charleston Kings. Prizes and souvenirs to everyone. 26c Strawberry festival at Ed. Lessor s grove, Anten Mills, Thursday, July 8. Good programme. Admission 40c and 25c. Come and enjoy yourself. ..-..-, nuuuuauay, duly 1. ZDC "~I};ornton United Church garden party, July 21. Jimmie Fax and oth- ers. 26c Kenn Wadnnuoxy T..1.. rn 12- In I Central` United S. S. picnic, Min- et s Point, Wednesday, July 21. 26c "T"hnwn+n... TT...L...`l l`1`L- Q 3c per word; minimum 50c. `111&& J4& .VA.V..v..v..v. e per worn; xmmmum 500. pic $im$mm$$mmmm&wm them at Butler s house, and when there they told me the Provincial Police had been there. The officer was not a Klansman but was an Or- angeman and a Mason, and the Pro- vinoial Police wanted them (Butler and Lee) to help nd the man who put the explosives in the chapel and Butler told the police that he had arranged -to go shing, `but if he wanted him he could put it off. I forget the officer's name. (The name of Jordan was mentioned and he said no). I think the officer s name was Miller. I (`"I11__., I ` ` ` 'f`hey told me in Butler's house that they would motor me out in the (Continued on page 8) ( TCH -mwwwwwli I01` % n U\t\- -.-.._'I _ wmww COMING EVENTS g&$m$$&&$&&%&$mg and gave them a Klan, bill. I saw Lee the next mght and he said I had made a pretty good job of it. He told me -to .be up at the K.-lavern on Saturday night, June 12. On Satur- day night Butler and Lee phoned me from Allangale a_nd(asked me to meet AL ._.V as1u_ Lap auu ruse and snowed me how to set it off. He told me he would wait for th`e,repor,t of the explosion and if he failed to hear it I would have to be prepared for the punish- ment of /the` Klan. I then went to the ch'ap el, down into the furnace- room and put the sticks of dynamite down alongside each other and straightened the fuse out as far as it would go and then I lit it and ran down the street. I red two shots in the air as I ran down the street. I went to Lee s house. Lee said he heard the report and that it would be all right and that I could go home. unn..:1.. -.. my and let the Catholics know the Klan was in town. I did not know where the Catholic chapel was and Lee said he would come out with me. I said the people where I live would know if I was out late and would know who did it. Lee said it would have to be done and `Lee brought me out and showed me. where the Catholic chapel was and `told me where I was to put the explosives. He went into the church with me, into the furnace- room. Lee then brought me down to his house and gave me a drink of dandelion wine and then gave me a bottle of dandelion wine. Lee came part way with me towards the church and ha-nded me the explosives and cap and fuse and -showed how set it n'_ n. mm YVIA 1.- _--.--J L szcnon 1 % men-:s 1 `F0 3 rea In: me new tor the visitors. v Barrieebroke into the run column {in the first frame when Emms, the first man up, drew a walk and stole second. Dobson scored him` with a double and Lynch followed with. a three-bagger to centre, but was stranded on third. Jennings stopped the rally by fanning Burton and D37- er, and in the following inningsvhe `struck the side out. In Hlau.-J-`l.....l -.L-_ .11. , I n -i Dbl uun MIC mue ,UUUo In.-ltxhethird, after disposing of the first '-batter, Meredith walked I-Iewson and Ball. Moore followed with a hit, scoring Hewson. Fowler was out, but Wiser, Armstrong and Jennings -W .c*:'.....::.':.:::**:.':-..,;",*"*' -he handled faultlessly. Emms also vvwuuuu uuclr supper B0 BBEWIIB game. Meredi-th s arm was not in good shape and he didnot have his usual control, with the` -result that in. the third innings he g'ot'into' trouble and. was touched up for five` runs. Barring that one session, he was never in much danger and he was given great. support by his team. The inelders were articularly good, Marks hav- ing a usy afternoon with ten chanc- es, some' of them very difficult, which handled eight chances without a bob- e. u . -Midland Had the Breaks Herb Jennings, after -a bad start, _ pitched good ball for Midland until the eighth innings. He weakened `in. the eighth but the breaks of the game helped him out of two bad holes. Bal1,'the Midland first-baseman, star- red in: the eld for the visitors. `Row-win `IRAIPA -Int}-A &\u. u... --I--_... gain: was caueq Luz` uve a'c_Locx Out the visitors were late in arriving and play did not get under way unt1l'a- ter 5.30, which did not add to the pleasure of the fans, who had to go, `without their supper to see;the game. M9PDd-f}I a nvm ulna nndv {Is nan!` "wrangling 5_e`t_.vv'en me xasc 1I'1`n,lngs. naa"p.1g'e_ oases r_uu- with one .ou\1`rhegj1`,qjddmbl`e,, w1ay'j_Fut4 a sud en_ dampgg yin` '1}a{*z_- ho _s';' V-he gam was featured biz _l_rill`at Abgld-, ; ingyon both aides...!,1, ,a._ 8`9 .E`,`d3 1"= ..$>'1`8" .N`.1 f.i.c.~., ials. Arguments. ' e1j`,e"' so1r dg'1t.;; and;protracte;'d that" the game was` not. over until nearl eight o'clock. The game was calle for ve o'clock but .1110 Viaifnr unnvn Info I'n nhuhrinu ant` Barrie ~rn'et"4theirvrst defeat in the_ O.B.A. series on Monday afternoon when Midland won the most exciting game] in years by 6 to 5. Five runs in the third innings gave the visitors a. commanding lead which they man- aged. to hold throughout, although through . bad base-running Barrie passed _up an opportunity to win the game inthe seventh innings. Barrie threatened on frequent occasions to pull _the gamenout of the re and in the last innings `had the bases .full- .oiit'iu`rht:`,a `double ` A nnddnn (Uln'I:|a${"'4:`iLf)i `I-M FIRST DEFEAT ma BARRIE IN % O.B.A. smuns Fiv Rims in %()ne% Inhings V Givex.-Midland Victory; Score, 6 to S. W Wiiipped in cm; Length t Walter Smith, -110 Bradford St. who was lying on` his verandah, 'sai ` that he was aroused-by._a screamxfrom. across the street and, jumping up, saw a little girl running between the cars. There.` were ` two cars going north and she get by them. The wit`-' ness did not see the jitney until it The Inquest At the inquest ordered -by Dr. H. T. Arnall, evi'den`ce was given by wit- h 1'esses of the accident, the driver of the jitney and Dr. A. T. Little. Mrs. J. Armstrong,` 115 Bradford St., stat- ted that she was on the verandah at her home and saw the child running across the street from the east side. She cleared two cars and ran infront of the jitney. Mrs. Armstrong saw. - the bus hit her but did not see `the wheels pass over her. A In her opinion the driver of the jitney was unable to see the child and could have done nothing to avoid the accident. She stated that" all of the cars were go- ing slowly. 1 0 [I u cl. uau uu uuuuce wavom nlcnmg ner. After the accident the little gm was picked up and rushed to the hos: pital, but she- died_ a few minutes af-V ter arrival there. * W uucl- luI:U .|.1'Ul mama. 4 _ Eye-witnesses of the `accident -state that, the little girl, who had been' playing on Bradford -St. etween Yes- pra and Victoria Sts., _ as crossing from the east to the west side, of Bradford St. There was consider- able traffic on the`street at the time, at least two cars going north and one auto in addition .`to the jitney going. south. The child dodged between two cars and ran out directly in front of the jitney, so suddenly that the driv- er had no chance toavoid hitting her- After the accident Hm In-+1.. ...:..1 Running across Bradford St. and dodging between` motor cars going both north and south,` eight- ear,-old Elma Straohan, daughterof r. and Mrs. J. J. Strachan, 70 Victoria St., was struck by a jitney driven -by Haughton Beelby. and died a sort time later in the ,-Royal Victoria os- pital. Two wheels of the jitney.pa'ss- . ed over the child, causing injuries to her chest and lungs. The accid- ent occurred about nine o clock Mon- day night. Atia coroner s,inquest~ held on Tuesday afternoon to enquire `into the little girl's death, a verdict j of accidental death" wasbroughrt in and the driver of the.J'itney was ex- onerated from blame. ` 'l'`_u..,u.:a............ -1 LL-_--!-1---VL .,L_x DRIVER NOT TO BLAME uru u ruxu \J'UUn started from ey at Mr. Mit- ts situated at Id it sprezul so ussible to save- wns destroyed. Cooper's barn. 'l]S() fell a prey` ;4'zL;'a;:e. which the,.1-ast bulld- There was a. the time and. ipment, it was ire. Eight-Year-Old Elma Strachan Running Out in Street is Killed.` ~ vouue Lure |Sc-RllsIlElI`% nzumu Bug on mnronn 81.1 ClRCULA'l'ION ' --IMen"s straw"h'ats,;jregu'lar price $2.50 and $2.75, about `50__ gram le hats at $1.75'.--Simmons &' Cd ."- Bc n -./7- u a-gnu, vv -vnuiigx fill DUIIS '- _"-`7 W ---Strauss Overture-Golden' Hive '.. Brepsant March-Royal Canadians .. Hughes Waltz-_--Isle d Amour . . . . Edwards Selection--`-Pinafore . . . . .. Sullivan Novelty Inter'mezzo-Peter Ging bb - o Wal'tz---The Girl in the Train, Fall Mar`ch-1'-Iigh .School- Cadets, Sousa GODASAVE THE KING. . Queen : link, Thu:-q..f ,JI;I -1, pan, March--Distant Greeting .. Daring Tone _Poem-.--Lila'c's` ". . . . . . Roberts Walitzz--Wi2_1e, 'V>\.f 'n%:&_e,n{ and Song ' _;I-Inn nan l\l wnnl BLUE `The speaker announced for last week's luncheon at the Barrie _Ki- wanis 'Club not being able to attend, Rev. S. H. Greenslade lled in on short-notice and gave a brief talk on Names. In the course` of his re- marks he spoke of the splendid fel- lowship he had enjoyed at the Kiwan- is Club and-of the real helpfulness` that had been so manifest. I` If mve won their )ntarlo Tennis- o into the se- Iay J. R. Buys t to Penetzmx: HIS. Boys win. ittle winning n the doubles. events on the 1d Boys and tion, winning ac-unu oulnvvu -uuuu av IunIIlJ.U6lu '. A. G. -Mac-Lellan `was chairmanof the day. A glass comport `donated by 'W.' `C. Walls its an attendance rize was `taken home 'by Edmund ardy. guuncy. ; _ Elma, Stracha-nj;:who.nwas~.-the:ieldest i '91? `a family of our,7w.ould have been `eight-Idn~" July --`:29; .'=She`:uw=as-. born at ' Call`an'dajt;e but the family have lived in"B'arr ie for 1a number.'o.\.5rears; Mr. ,Strachanv"being a rai'lro ai'!`man;= n she attended "St. Mary's`-'school..-and had just recently passedfihet promotion examinations. The children who sur- vive are Tommy, Jack and a -baby a few months old. Tnhe funeral was held on Wednesday. morning Itjo` St. Mary's church and c emetery.__ _._--_ v wuyvn -- A uwuvllo m'After srhort deiiberation, the `jury brought in their verdict.- `V The jury] "was composed of Geo. Livingstone (foreman), Chas. McGuire, J. Mc- Corkindale, W. F. Stone, Stephen Gardner, Roliaert-Martyn and Thomas -Hickey. -V A 7: Tllrnn Q4-un1.-..,~.....L`.. -..-- ,.uI._`._1.I__;'r v- --g u-.- rlvolirl Dr. A. T. Little stated that he was in the hospital when the ((3Ilild_ was brought there, which he ju ged was about 9.15. -He was called to attend her.but she had died before he saw her. He found that she had sustain- ed severe injuries to her. chest and lungs, with hemmorhage and presum- l ably concussion of the brain. These injuries caused her death. . 5 VVIIUVIB yOBBGU UVUL` net. SD09 E0 the car in about eight or ten eet and notied his employer and the police. He asserted that it was im-I possible for him to have avoided the[ accident, because he did not see the; child till she was right in front of` the jitney. He was attending strict- ly to the business of driving and was .not talking to the passengers. He stated that he had never before had an acciden-t or been ned or caution- ed by the police. . A II` 73411 um .y'jl_ UL ggssln n1m.- yy,g1en the` little g"irl.ran in ronf`of'1n's' bus he} immediatelyput on the brakes and, tried to avoid hitting her but she was too close. She was struck by the front of the jitney and both right wheels passed over her. He stop ed car in eiglgt or'ten_ e_et -.....I .._;.:A._ J L3, I tire oavvc IJ MIUVLJ Hhnghtol; l.3'.eel'l;y`, driver of the` jitney, stated that he was going not: more than ten or twelve miles an hour. He wasunable to see the child until she ran in fron-t of the bus, because of the other cars on the street. _'l`here" were two cars going north and one going south, all east of him, the one going _south.being' in the ac -t of nmanino him . Whhn +7... 1` Cjtier's __Band Concert UL. mu: Gal`! were going 0V8!` ten miles I an hour. `In his opinion the accident' was Tunavoidable, but he -believed that the child might not have been killedif there had been a bumper on the jitney. l\- I an. arriage longed struck the child. He ran out anti when] he got there the jitney had passed over her body. He picked her up, pint her in a car and took her to the ospital. There was no sign of .life~when he picked her up. He heard the driver of the bus apply the brakes and hestopcpedin about the length of the car. Mr. Smith stated that none , of. the cars were going over ten miles H II.-E nv\:n1nn I-L- `nail--L I ( 811- 1`. Yijayaraghavachaa-ya Who_ represented All India. at the British, Empire Exhibition, and who will preside this year at the ope - xing ceremonies of the Canadian N - tional Exhibition. Saturday, August 28.1 CMm On C.N.E. Opening Day nu-9, use uuu _gu_uIg_suuBn.De1ng m I .c_t_ of ppssxn him.- V}{1en the le ron`f`ofh1"s he nnini-nlu-nu+ nu. I-L- L....I.-.. -_.l KIWANIS cLu'3 % "`i"he Driver's Story LL-.. n--|.L__' 63rd var . rm!) BARN NTWOOD ---' ~---. -vwv A-1 vywLuIuuu. The seizure was made about ve o'clock on Friday morning after a long search by moonlight, and_ the still and its roprietor were brought to Barrie. enney was remanded to Orillia,` the case 'being`i'n Magistrate ._-..-._ --_..p..-.-any-vv wnusn \J.I. Ulllllaol _ In addition to the still,.thirty-ve gallons". of `mash and half a~gallon of the nished product were found. The still`wa_s- of the most primitive type `and was without doubt the crudest `contraption of its sort that has been seized locally in years. It consisted `of a ten-gallon galvanized iron pail, which served as a boiler. The cover . of the pail was made of wood, with paper and rags tucked around the, edge to make it t snugly. The cool- -.ing system consisted of a :wrought iron ~ ipe which passed through a ho}- 'lowe -out 'block of wood, which would be lled with ice or cold water while the still was in operation.- - nu... ...-:_--..- -_-, V I 1 Moonlight and moonshine were closely associated last Thursday night when` Sergt.` Cox, Provincial Con- stable Kelly and Constable Rayner,` searching by the light of the moon,l found a still in the bush in Phil. Ken- ne'y. s farm on the fourth concession of Oro, four miles north of Edgar. Kenneywas placed under arrest and, pleadingguilty, was ned $200 and costs by `Magistrate Clark of Orillia.| __`.`A' Phil. Kenney of Oro Fined ` $200; Had Still of Crude ` Design. E} f v First `Class Honors -_- -v -can ALL \tu.lb .LVl&Ull}':" Henry `Sims, Richard Abbot, Eric Hardy, Victor Knox and Ida Rose (equal), Allan Porritt, Ronald Hardy, Fraleigh. u fl-'0UN;D Moonsuma '* IN THE MOONLIGHT I aauuuuu umss nonors -- Ernestine .Rowe. V Pass-May Annie Moth. '. V JR. III T0 S-R. III (Miss Nixo n)-v 'li`m=+ .01-..- u....-..- rt. 7 \cqu'su}. I Recommended on account of 111-! nessV--Marv Neelands, Vera Tracy, Harry Rooke. ' SR. III T0 JR. IV (`Miss Young)-- I Second Class Honors --'Ernstine..' .Rowe. ' __-_---.., ...uu...u\.c uccruy. ' Second Class Honors-- Georgie Brown and Fred Skinner (equal), {Emerson Graham, Robert Urry, Roy ,Brown. Dennis Millerand Jean Prot` I (equal). 0 pQt'b!\V\`IIr\n1\s-nA.\4` -_ -A- --- ` fire dest;my- J. H. Mitchell, barn and Geo. n u9.In~fn:'l -Fr-rxvvu mmmons (equal) . ..Maurice Cromp- ton, George Smith, Agnes Rowell,_ John. Milne, Harry Exell, Margaret Poole, Evelyn MacDonald, Gladys- Lee.and,El`sie Miller (equal), Gilbert_ Horton, Grant Brown, Edward Shorttf and Harry~Smith and Beatrice Urry (e"qual),. Myrtle Keown, Kenneth Ho1_1g'hton`,, Jack Barron, Dorothy Brereton, Florence Beel-by. Qnnnnpl I"l........ I"l'_-- -~- " _ _-_...,, --an--nun \aa.s.y, VIUICU IJCLLIL `.i ass--Lena Stransman, Jack Cole- man; Morton Knox, Ed-. Tordi , Os- waldjMille_r. - SR. III mo JR IV (Miss Marshall)- ! Fairs; \Clals)s kl -Ionos-N-II{dei1t&1 II`-Ian var , oyce un ar, ona c 'ean and Violet Ord (equal_),__Evelyn Bu- chanan, John Swan, Marjorie Glen-` nie, Elizabeth Lewis,_ Keith McDer- mott and Fred Richards.(equal), Es-I ther Tordiff, Dorfs -Simpson and Elsie Simmons (equa ) ..Maurice ton. George Smith Au-nan D'm-m _ -..---- ---..uvu;a,> nouuu .ul.Uuucl.'. Second Class Honors--Edna Car-f son and Morris Stransman (equal), Charles Hepburn and Earl -Prot. (equal), Esther How, Louis Vair, Jean VanAtter, John Ord, Gladys Marriott, Patricia Myers and Tom (Huxtable (equal), Borden Hurst and Charles Jacobs (equal), George Urry, George Spanis and `Claude Sylvester; (equal), Edna Urry, Violet Barth. `Du..- Y _..- L_.r ' , VICTORIA `SCHOOL ` ` JR. IV To SR.IV (Miss Booth)- - , First Class Honors - Cathrine" Brown and Crompton Lewis `(equal),." Elizabeth Huse, Jean Lay, Jim Cam- eron and Harold Meredith (equal), Margaret Biggar; Marion McLean, |Harold Bingham, Elliott Reynolds,-: Clarence Graham, Gordori Jamieson, Ruby Hepburn, Nettie. McLeod, Frank Hargraves, Ruth Brother. Q..'...._.I In_,,, 1' 1 card I. - J 1926- GRCADUATING CLASS, ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL i;ng__Mi `ighnnnmnnn A nlI:nV`nu`u` Cl.-_----I---- J - I PUPILS WIN ADVANCEMENT IN BABRlEf`PUBLIC SCHOOLS BARREL-3. CANADA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1926. Received Theif Nursing Diplomas I Denise husband 1, but--'- violinist Clark's district, and later in the day he was taken to Orillia, where he ac- knowledged ownership of the appar- atus and was fined. ` v --Balance of our. children's and misses straw: hats at half price.- Simmons & Co. 26c In the evening a choral ;compet-i ition and debate will be held in the Town Hall. Earl Rowe, M.P., is ex- . .pected to speak. Mi_ss Pedd, super- intendent of music in the Toronto public 1 schoo1s,'will judge the-com- getition and Miss Jean Hesson of orontowill sine several solos. A joint meeting of the Institute`, and the Trustees and -Ratepayers Association, under the direction of I W. M. Morris, Toronto, will be held in the Public Library Hall from 2 to I 5 p.in., when addresseswill be given by Mrs. Field Robertson, provincial president of the W.I., and George A. Putnam. A picnic will be -held in St. Vincent s Park, tea to be served I about 5 p.m. 1-__ LL A V H n 1 q Members `bf the Women's Instit- utes in Simcoe County are expecting a big time in Barrie on Wednesday, `July 7, when `a county` convention is {to be held. ` A Mddresses, Picnic and Choral! Competition; A County | Gathering. I IN BA_131_E, JULY 7 'W..l. CONVENTION % uccxuy, 1.` reu -JOIIGS. . I .~ Second Class Honors - Eddie Stransman, Morley Oaks and Willie `Rodgers (equal), Valde Bell -and Florence McIntosh (equal), Edna `Scanlon, Lorrie Thorogood, Reggie `Lewis, Arden Milne, Hazel Williams. 'Dimmick Brown," Wilfred Lee, Ernest Wolfenden and John Rooke (equal), [G. G. Smith, Walter Atherton. . ' Pass--Jean Luck, Meta Lee, Ern- lest Carley, Ruth Dignam, Marrin My- ers. - 'Recommended-- Margaret Morri-' son, Marion Piggott, Alice Green. Recommended on account of ill- iness-~Grant Reburn. m.c:.cuuu, J.u.ul'gaI'eE Smlth. I Recommended - Jack Cameron,l Arthur Coleman. '11 T0 JR. III (Miss Livingstone)- I First Class Honors -- Gwenneth Brown, Muriel Hunter, Perry McIn- - tosh, Reta Simmons, Harry Goodwin, Edith Keown, Harold -Cooper and Helen Urry (equal), Rosabel Lay, ; Douglas Simpson, Dalton Corbett and i Mabel Richardson (equal), Marie Carley, Vera McLeod, Lloyd Judd and Albert Pye and Austin Smith (equal), Donald Beverley, Clifford ' Crompton, George Ottaway,. Zeta lBeel`by, Fred Jones qannnr] (*1.-..... 7'|'--- - ` " ROUP ---. __- --v vv-Va ALL \AV.llba' l'Ul'I'y}"T'\ I First Class Honors--`Muriel Dodd, Jim Bakogeorge, Beryl Wolfenden, Leslie Judd, Mary Dignam, Elva _ Coughey. - y ' Second Class` Honors - William Rowell, ,Walter Swan, Billie Malcom- son, Paul Hart, Clara Ord, Walter Rank, Myrtle McLeod, Harry West, Fred Cooper, Alfred Thorogood. ` Pass-Hilda Huxtable, Joan Mays,: Jim Buchanan, Gordon Litejohn,` Ruby Barnes, Margery Tuck, Greta Meredith, Margaret Smith. M Pnnnrnw-nan:-Ina 7- -L f` uvvccucy. Second Class Honors - Dorothy - Brown, Clarence Rank, Vernon Mit- . che1l,'2Kenneth McLean, -Sidney Skin- ner, Margaret Beelby and Zeta Weay-. ,m outh (equal), Lila Windross, Chas. T Newton, Norman Sweeney, Amos Miller, Yvonne DeGear. Recommended---Mabel Wice. __ __ I U -Rec'c>1r'1rh'e'1-1-(-i;2d::`1II:l;l `JR. III TO SR. III (Miss Perry)- Firef (`Jump TJ .-.-........ ,1|t-__.:,u .. `------ I Jones, Ted Twiss and Harvey Wilson I (equal), Maurice McBride, Maurice Beverley, Ruth Maley, Tyson Smith, `Reginald. Wright, Betty Blackstock, Barbara Cooper and George Carley and Seace Sooe (equal), Muriel Sweeney. . .._...-- --yvusano (Contmued on page 2) \lJ- uuuuuu'llolUll LU]? Ila. I. CHIHK It Was a .38 calibre. I got the ammunition in a hardware store in Barrie, do not know the namevbut would know if I saw it. I also bought the dynamite, fuse and caps in the same store and I believe I paid $2.05 for the whole thing, which includes the ammunition. This was between twelve and one noon on Thursday, June 10, 1926. I was told to bring this up to the IKlavern at eight o'clock on Thurs- day evening, June 10, which I did and gave the dynamite and fuse to _CIare Lee. Lee had a bottle of dan- delion wine, which he and I drank. About nine-thirty same evening But- ler came to the Klavern and said he could not goto Orillia as his car was not working and Lee said he would ihelp=him to_ fix it, but Butler said it I would take too long -to x it. Butler ii said instead of blowing utthe mon-u- 1 nienttohlowupthe' olic chapel I ' 1926, I was in a Klan meeting at u; 0.) nova vcxucuu On Vllednesday night, June 9, Barrie with two superior officers, Clare Lee and William Butler, and they were talking about blowing up the monument at V Orillia and they told me I would have to do it. Both Butler and Lee told me I would have to do this.. I told them some others knew the place better than I who should do it. They told me to get three sticks of dynamite, nine feet of fuse and two caps. Both Butler and Lee told me to do this. Also to borrow arevolver and get some am- munition for it. I borrowed a re- volver from A. J. Tuck, second-hand dealer in Barrie, and got 50 rounds of ammunition for it. I think it was ; Q nn`:'\ T a-AL LL- ........--.._`.L:___ A ._ .._. ..vv.-av`. nu-v van PLUDCCUCUQ John Miller, Inspector of Provin- cial Police, told the court of Skelly s arrest :by him on June `21 at the cor- ner of King and Yonge Sts., Toron- -to. The arrest was made, the witness stated, following information receiv- ed from -Major Proctor of the Skelly was taken to Deput Commis- sioner 'C1iddy S office at Provincial Police Headquarters, and there he made two statements, .both voluntar- ily,'o'ne'immediately on arrival at-thei office and the other after` having. been warned . . The latter -statement f was taken down and signed by the ac- cused. Thisstatement was produced by the witness and read by Mr., White." Init the accused said :- . -Skelly's Statement Wednesday _ m nnnnrinr nmdnnvna

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