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` 111) taken three bottles ho. do my work without I an ..._...."`.`. ` 5E`:1P`E.`.`.`.;`i1`.`E. $2`! E6 'he,':ii{{rZie ii'ri- Bf Xiorj rzyaseie; son and his `daughter, `Mrs. Ruby` M.....:... .nv1\r.,m. ..:..+:w.. wmm +1.`. BUN. tutu tub 'uuu5uuc1., xusa. .nuu,y Martin, 'O Neil s victims. From the moment nei hbors arrived at the burning R0 ertson vbarn on the morning of February 4 last there ' was strong suspicion, 'but,even the police were never too sanguine of obtaining a conviction, although the case against 0 Neil grew in strength as the investigation pro- ceed'-ed. `Standing on its own legs, the evidence of one witness meant little to an observing spectator un- less he had followed and pieced to- gether the testimony of previous and following witnesses. 4-usv__-n- .!_._`1.1131.__ 1.. _-L:_J.'--L"... twill 3 tn wulgu adly recommen lulu d th: pound to a one.- !. Burrow. Box 220.uitchd. GNU M-JHUWJH5 wwucaaca. I O"Neil's inability to satisfactor- ily account for the time from when he arose and went to the barn un-` til he first soun'd'ed the alarm went strongly against him, as did his wholesale contradiction of Crown witnesses evidence and the tell- tale blood stains on his trousers. _ If 17 T\_1_~_.--.. _-.1.- .'IL.-.....AJ Dr. M. K. Delaney, who dressed 0'Nei1's burns, said there was no 4 Widence of bleeding. Prisoner told the doctor of he and his de- ceased employer giving medicine to a cow on the fatal morning, the cow knocking Robertson" to the oor. O'Neil said he rescueid` him from the stall, set him on a block in the stable, went to the house to call Mrs. Martin and returned to nd the stable full of smoke. He then started to release the stock and got burned in doing so. HT -...1-gal Lun Lnvuv Ln nnln1A' Av- Have You Varicose or L | Swollen Veins and Bunches` Near Ankle or Knee? 'l'huu-my. om... 13, 1920 -lO\I avv UUIoao\vu' can savanna navy I asked him how he cdu1d' ex- plain Mr. Robertson not being where he left him-; said witness. O'Neil said: I don`t know, I E_an t To stop the misery, paln or sore- ness. help reduce the dangerous swollen veins and strengthen the less, use Moone'e Emerald 011. This clean powerful penetrating yet safe antiseptic healing oil is obtainable at Douglas Drug Store and all first- class drug stores. a I.. |-._...|..-.:_ -2 -_--- |k--..-I- E... emu urns scores. In hundreds of_cases Moone'e Em- orald Oil has given blessed relief. Splendid for Ulcers, Olgsoree, Bro- ken Veine and Troublesome Cases cf Eczema. v` ._ " `'.mII Moo~"E's. LEM no: In explain, my idea _is that he got up after ITle'ft, took the lantern and collapsed on the straw., Witness _w,as not-cross-examined. - 4, -u- n .- ca -1 not-cross-examined. = 5., ' When Walker Botham, the Rob-` ert-s ns `nearestneighbor. for 44 year , reached the. fire he entered the cow stable to "hunt for Azor Robertson. It was pitch dark and he made his search feeling with his feet and hands rst coming across the spot: where later the charred remains of Mrs. Martin were found . rThere was no re to be seen anywhere in the stable. While I was standring,.listen- ing, I heard footsteps above over my head. I called: `Azor ve or siig times and `*Ruby the same number of times. I'called-' so loud they could hear me -outside.` I heard three sounds and the only way I can describe them is a muffled or smothered: wail or. scream. There were two long and one` short wails. the last_as though it was cut off short. It sounded like a mother trying to quiet a baby by pressing it to her breast. ` .c1.....4.1-- -41.-.. n.-.... 2...... .... .... Ila DU 1161' uzcaau. 'Shortly after there ivas an ex- plosion in the loft and`iflame`s shot up. He rushed to release the stock, and saw Gebrg'e O'Neil a short dis- tance from the main door on the east. He was rolling in the snow. 1 u--run --u "was chino-00 0-. cu... ---- u |Cross-examined as to why he had not told` of hearing footsteps and; stiedv cries over the turnip bin where Mrs. Martin s body was later found, at the inquest and preliminary, Botham said: ``I was . not asked, adding ``I didn't want to get any more involved in this than I could: possibly help.- I had I told the story at home. I-Ii`s Lord'ship in-terrupted to im'- press upon witness the serious na- ture of the ,.oath he had taken, to tell the whble trut . A ...1--Ja 1.--` 'l'.-._L-- 'Il-`l'.'I_--_.. .L_ I Asked` by" Justice McEvoy to make a sound for the court like that he had heard from the -mo-w witness said he cduld not. It was dcifferent to anything I ever heard in -my lifetime, he said. _, ____ 1'17!` 1 ,, 1 `I Henry Wilshur, farmhand, also entered the smoke-lled stable and shouted Azor and Ruby sev- eral times as loudly as he could. He released two horses, some cat- tle and carried: a calf out. He saw no r_e nor did he hear any sounds or cmes. . M11... 4.......:.. 1.:.. ,_-_. ___1__--1- 1'|-_1__- `The turnip bin, in which Ruby Mar`f.in s biodywas found! and over which Botham heard cries was, witness said, burned from the top down, only three feet of the up- rights remaining. - 1a11'in1n runny -nn-:nn1n1nnu A3 J-Inn Llglllab Lcllllulllt . Elijah Wray, neighbor of the Robertsone, talked to O'Neil af- ter the re. Prisoner said! he got his burns'where the young cattle where kept. When he opened the door the blaze met him in the face. _...--_ ..--- v-.--..- `V ...-.. ..,..-v~.v- I was in the same place, 0'- Neil replied. I asked Mr. 0 Neil where the re started, where Mr. Robertson was hurt and` where he left him. He practically didn't know a thing. He said he left lylr. Robertson sit- ting on a stool or block in the pas- sageway behind the dairy cows," sairda witness. He didn't say any- thing much about the origin of the re. He indicated that it might have startedfrom the lantern and I pointed! out the lantern when found was sitting upright on the cement floor, after the re was out. He examined all horses and cattle after -they -were released. There was not a hair burned. I would be safe~i.n_,,saying' Robert- son's cattle were all Idce-horned, and quiet, he concluded. FIlI_. 1- 1,1`. `I, II While releasing horses during the re Herbert Thompkins, anoth- e_r farmhand, said a lantern was hanging on-, a post, still burning`. He saw a small s'teady'ame, but nothing was burning around him. He, t-oo, released cattle and did not get` burned. `There was no re, just smoke, he- said. A little later he went out a__nv:lI ames were breaking out of the south side of the barn. - v ..-_ ---v ._-....- --.-- -.---- .-. u-av suuwwv `Where were you when `Ruth Martin came to the stable? tuned to am; by man. ' [.1153 E. Pinkham s `Vege- tlble Compound V V-T1V1ismis awful, O'Neil told -Melville Clark, `as the ames lick- ed up the big barn. I agreed with him, said Clark. ` `"1711; i;}1{{,"h2"t}1a Mr. Cres- wicke, was intact except for its chimney and soldering. I 1'7` 3` ` 1 `Witness was right behind Ira Hastings. the man who found the bodies. They found the charred remains of Azor Robertson just in- side a south stable door and; those of Mrs. Ruby Martin in the turn- ip bin. ' . -'mTurnnA hn1a Tadwxxynvn man. 1p uuh ` , Elwood Dale, hardware mer- chant, Schomberg, was at the re by 9.30.` `He -saw O`Neil and` talk- ed. to him. O Nei1 asked him if they had found; thebodies yet. Dale replied in the negative. 0 - Neil -was laying on a sofa in the kitchen. `T e doctor had attended L:....-....1. 1.:.. L.......- --....... 1.......J\........T ISIUUHUIL 1113 QJUCDUF HHJW uubeuueu him and his burns` were bandaged. He corroborated other witnesses as to the finding of the bodies and their location. A piece of `the skull o?f Mrs. Martin was found -on the top of a postin_ the roothouse orturnip bin. '!,`he rest of the re- mains, 'and `ashes, were lying on top of the turnips. The `timbers had a_pp'arent1y fallentfrom above. `\--.l.L If__A._'__ __.- _ -11 , 1 L... -11, _ uuwvvi VVWCIQ -u ouuoa-van on voon vvwv w -Iv Ruth Me;;n,.reca11ed 'by `the Crqwn, said she'd-id not remember whether or not she screamed. or vyeiled, or `cried, during` her three visits to the barn during the pro-' gress ofothe. re. She told ,Mr.. ecreswicke, `V her late .g'rand`fathe`r was being` treated for high blood II-_`._. L- _-..- J-._..A-__. _I_.'_,I '1`urn;o_pugo ion}-tegn, plague} 3 v-our-_-w -v- -_C O- -v-vvt Last week's murder trial at the Assize `Court, as a result of which George .0'iNei1 was found guilty by a ;Iury`1ate `Saturday ni ht and- sentenced by `Mr. Justice cEvoy to hang on Uanuary 4 next, is with- out. precedent in the criminal an- nals of lSimcoe County. The trial lasted three days,,twenty witnesses testre -the counsel for the de- fence 8. dressed the jury for near- ly three hours, the special iCrown nannu-M-Aw Pan an Hnnv unit`! 1-: ' Siil/lmons and ourselves co-operate; in ~. this great sale. of Simmons Bedding Y a special -arrangement of cooperation ` and with added reductions offered by the manufacturers, we are able to give you this opportunity to purchase Simmons `bed- vding at.unh'eard-of prices. A} _ The lines shown here represent_but a few of the many bargains obtain- able during this Sale. There are ` and Pillows in styles and sizes to suit every taste and requirement, and at prices that are only `possible through this "co-operative plan. . Don t let this fineiopportunity slip by. i A Simmons Beds, Springs, Mattresses The CHATEAU`Bed is a beautiful combination of Graceline tubing and delicately shaped steel spindles. Can be finished in forestwood or colours to harmonize with al- most any furniture . . 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This 3-piece outfit ,5()" specially priced at, . . L. . A. . . . . . . . The Star Mattress is one of the best known and most popular of Simmons famous mattresses. Filled with fine white cotton feltglayer upon layer. it combines comfort and appearance with great wearing quali- ties and sells at the very moderate 25 priceof.............$16` lg DHKUB KIUUFS, L116 BLJCURH Iuruwu rosecutor for an hour an'dJ His Lordship for about the same length of time. `The trial commenced Thursday morning at 9:30 and a verdict was not reached until S'at- urday evening at 8.40. `The__j.ury was out nearly seven hours. 04. _____, L__ _._;.--_.- -1! LL- --.2 /4e:y"mo`Zie:a}e '7v'1.Ys:'."'.5.i'1'{ 0 Paar EIIVIII KTlTTF|"E"ITI'F-_ TWS_H_l_ELPED WWW -Vhv Abvsoang Uvvu-0 onvvvovuu It was the nature of the evi- dence, totally circumstantial, which made the case unique, how- ever. There wereno eye witnesses to thermurderin-g of Azor Robert- nuns and M5: lr1|nI1n-kt-av Mlfvu `PI11'\\).