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oe nolf emqnff` ollow~ `Ford : shoulder could be -made by- Sheridan (who was taller) if latter was standing in front, -but thouglhtit impossible to make chest wound from. behind. Witness said Ford: was power- ful man, with arms like legs. mm was no cut on coat to show where knife. en!t|ered,in. making the ehese.- wound which wae the fatal one. This wound had pierced the pulmonary artery. To His Lordship witness said there were three wounds, one on the breast (fatal), one on right shoulder. one half way down the back. There were sev- eral scratc-hes on the hands and face, some of which were not made recently. Winess felt positive wound on breast was made first and that those on the back were made after Fond fell for- lwagd. V f jJJZ T21? V I ckly stops coughs, cures colds, o throntand l,nn&s-`-- - - 25 ; through the determina- fhn Connor ``.-L -a-- -A- 5 Doctor: people anxious to 'hear the fate of tube` self-confessed. srayer of Ross Ford. Sher'Ldan s brother mt beside him at, the dock, while the/fatherr and` uncle of the dead man sat/jujsta few seats behind. [ Il'U'lIl l.|H'C` JCWLS [lull vasv uunuu wUy.,_cI|- the dock until the verdctw'as' c-o1'd'eu1 and sentenc-`ev passed. 'u c1ock the room began to ll ij.p=iwit,h.V. Bus TWO umnmc RANGES IN ARTHUR SHERIDAN Jury Disagree. Pandora and Kootenag} .I.'I73ll`o VI IDULI 5 H313? rugun UV Ivv nonv `Dr and I .9 id I do not want to ght, he had `his hand; o1_: my fAh~roa.t. 'I~ d9on .tA give a. da.mn,.I will lull you anyway-. [On Wednesday, 9th day of August, 1911, I was` in,-dancing at =Du s,. in North O1-i1*14ia. Ross Fc~:=d sent Robt. Thurburn into the ~ho'u_s~e to tell me that he wanted to see m'e,\I went Itlg ing :a,ro1_1nd! _;I'said' I dlidn t know. He asked: me to come down the road. when we were ' going down the road- he said that some fell-ow says that: .I am te.l1ing- lie s'. I -told him that I did- anybody. He said we would vhavef to the gate. He said:_fW:h5at tank is go-' fight it out. I itsold haim.-I dtidn, t want` A to gnh/t. He said: I dion t'.giv a damn whether you do or not.. ".`He struck me in the eye and knocke.d.`me in the ditch. I got up again and he hit me in the. ribsI..- We and he backed me over: .aI .root -and we. bot Crvlk -r , .1 _'I II)... 1. 1.-J..-_...'_ --.. I n t know,/-that I never told has about {UV UCI`Ul\U\L ll-II? ' V "V 'V '*'`' fen. when I ;;1:_;da&:'f; t;mi;avb`m'e up! -_5 1- __:3 1' .1- _-L. __..J. A... 4.1.5 1.... i Chief Reid. of Orin-ia, was the tjet witnem called. He related-_ nding .Ford s body near the Duff House, a knife wound! in the breast and three entefin the bank.` No indications of a scule were to.be seen on the road.- iway. She1~i'd`a.nfwas Irredtied on the Muskoka. Road ten miies from the tragedy on August .11. Prisoner show-. ied no isign._s_ of a- -black eye. `Under Ac=noss-examination. by Mr. Robinette Chisesf Reid: said Sheridan vcoluntax-il*y made a. statement to -him, in which he claimed that Ross` Ford had sent to the house where the dance was on fof him, and: said that -he would have to g h-t- it `out for` the stories he hedi -beer": telling `about -him. The prisoner de- clared Ford struck him and ?h*-ads. him down and cthoking _-him when _1he drew the knife on him. " The prisoner s*eta!be}nesnt to Chief Reid was as fol1'o'ws: T - ' 7 The remains of Rosa For6\w_ere- re: cently resmovodwfroan the comaetevryiin Orillia. and taken to Detroit_. for burial beside other m-etmbers of the family. vv-uqvurvu -vvuuuus. UV PHVIW` Illlllld pI.|'Ul'l" &an- ha& simply netted! in self defenge when #119 plung A the into the. _ bneassti of Ford. This is the douibh person Atrisetlath ` Barrie on the charge of mmer, to es- cape vtzhihe gall-own, rbhreo of are now -serving life sentences `in King-. ston, the oxtihear for a. teumn `of seven yeams. . .. . V V u-v .awuw cum anus avuauuu au- dreuss, to.t1ne-jury, were butesof the trial. '1`. 0;` Robinetbe, K.C.,- of Toronto, who `acted for Mr. J .T -T. Mul- caby of Oril`lia, in -`behalf `of the pris- oner, was quick to take uihrantage of apy point in favor of ohtircliwent, and; Ins earneotgappoal! to that twelve-`jurors was an eloquent dummingup of all the I evidnemce .tendi:ng- to show, that Sheri- aon. `inl m:Iv|i\`Dvv 'aunLu...'Il 3.. .._-`IA _1_'.n____-_ -hence whi_o"h who was about to pro`- 'nounce.l If the v~erdict=o he jury Had` been unanimous on the ehargetof mur- der he would -have no. `alternative "but to condemn the: pi-i.s'oner`to` be ed, but .as,,-_th e jury could not `he had power to prontmncne sentence, which would .be_ that "the _--prisoner -would be ' condemned " to -Kingston Penitentiary for itnhe balance oflris natura-lolif~e.' T " _ . Mr. Beater White, K10.-, of Pembroke, was the Grown Prosecutor, `and utxhnougwhoutx the `case -his clever 'hand-- ling of blzefmcts and studie-d_ a_d- uagu `A `Jung. 4...... x.._._.. -I-`-1-- --A- Eleven Jilrors: __Mnrd;e;{- . Other Cuesjt the - an the: of~~;;Rss North Augnvst-- H ` `Re`cI:ivel Sgntence Stiulli; H ` We.'hav a} full ` of and Hem: Stove` Theyhave made their own repu_tatio q_ in thousandsof Canad- Vian homes and proved` by their work that` they are in a class themselves in > cook-1 nd bqakiAu)Vg4-.A ,%:% : $2.50 l'o Prisoner : statement. mnvaauowsl Murdock `McKee corroborated` his htohlzgai -3 ,ovid9gce.L .. .. ` , .. Tindaj wasjtguothbt qbw wit- Tnolas. _ He sid'- rat. . Sheridah` Ind Awi; m&i__,g.'whe he` Jl'a3 `by . the little ._ Ha" _vvI-v can vuau-o Q ya: `can- "3Z" /"ii :;;T&iJ.;.1 an to having seen, Smstidan ltahouwing .A a .-Vknie to 1'1-an_k Timlalli _ T1-organza about .9I.0 pn the evening ofihe Eta!- bingg a saw two men mov n`g' -own: the road; and -'hmu_'d Sharidan say to Ggbla; "'0ame,'Jin', coma qpick! I've It-iiiod F`ord.... H.e"ha41pseen ;._Sherida)3' ' -`..I___. A__',' LL`. ` _..- L, as-so-win 0 I LJV7 lII'|4l' ` -UGO!-I ` UIIUIEIIIU at-terwa11`" living on" the. grass at Du 9., Hjwas mm when` witness lie.ft" `hr, .. C'1.'08 examined, `the ,-1yitn'e,ai: ni&*/11o__'bwo- man: down the 't_oad~ wm; L` .wepping roVu`nd'; _ :. At? Dal : 3h.ari;c1gir had -allvgn -'i_n A J ,5 - CIKILS II ..e., .....u;.. a cvuguvucc. -. _ Jaume-3 Cable was again the chief witness He swore tliaiu he `saw two men sculing down the road. They had holld of each otrhesr. `Both: were stand-. mg. He. saw'~Ford 'fa.lI'. He did. not know whether or not Ford was com- ing towards him at the t-izlll`, but did not think so. Sheridan then came up to wi9t:nee.s. When they netrnrned; to where Ford was lying witness" said to Sheridan,- Artnhux-, what `hi-ave . you dome? He -replied, I- t'h_oughst it` would come to that. `You ought to `get a doctor or -somrefglhing for him. Witness asked Ford; if he was dying, and he said`, No, get men doctor quick. " Cross-exa.n'1~i`ned`, ,`Cabl`e said `-he had. not seen Sheridan sparring with anyone. `He estimated that the sucu`.!ev 1ast:ehi about two minutes`. Wit- , ness was `ta.1 kiing'to Anderson and` the, Tinvnr "s.1u)il>In.n.nu -.u1.:`lI.. L.I.- '..-.-AI! ~ w('};o1?g:': qwson` .tel:1;-(`ii that he had been ibalk-in.g `to Ford -`0.uts'id`e A_Du s_r. -Ford! asked him w1rowa~sd'anc- ing with his girl. W-hen Sheridan Game out, * Ford asked him to come down the road, as he wanted to speak to him. 'J3heyw-appeared fri'end~1`y.,Wit;- ness` saw no scule. , C1-oss~exa.mi,ned., witness said Ford asked whether Es-r sie. was; d:'ancin.g,with Ed." S/ween`er_v. Wit.nesa_`told:._him he did not kn`ow.wHe=' d-idn t.fseem wold pleased wbot it. 3 `I2 :.h'u"'lI|'u-..dk.'.-.. .m..;. 1.--.1 ._-I.-- . 4--- uuuu v.~a1.~-nu vvuu 1uUw5U'l UUUIIL II. P_ Bobby"I'.hox`burn, the lad! whom Ford- ent into the house. for She,n':d`an, gave some new` and etantng evidlence. Fond had said, `_`I`1*ethim- go (Thee before, But I won .tv this time.". Fwd said nothing -as to what hedin|.t ende|d "d! - tug. `He `had told his fathdr this next diby, but had` not mentioned it in his _evidonce.'.a1.f th'o inquest. On. hisr res {urn mo house,v~ Sheridan had` said, UI7vh`a'm>_. an-4.1 L-.......m`....` .......a. n...... ,---- -u-w vn-V uvIowv,*'IlNTluoll 11%|] `{`_I Vfo.`_gbt steel kn-ucklea and 755$ Ford alias a bloody breast. He said potlring ab_o__ut; a knife".'._ . V , V Tninigi-' `f--- L-.._A.n!h_J x__ L._ I L` J Voa\n-rt) vvuI:' `|Il1:ll\ll.l5 ll nllerdu Iiaver broth-_ers -white the scule was going on`. He thougbut. Sh.-enidan co_u1d1 - have `got away. (1 nnhmn A ...`.'l ...-...... A.'-_L2n :3. A u - - 1' got the M... knife. that I seab- bed Ross Ford with down at the Italian Camp`. After I ;st:abbed Ford I put the knife und'er_ a rail by.Dus gate. I had a tight with: Ford about a month. ago over some ywhieakey. - On e 12th of July at Wm. 0; Connor s I had; a.qua,r1'e1 with him. - (Signed) ARTIIUS SHERIDAN. ` A Nightwzitc hma n Wright conimed I tvh-R 79 II17`.l`&l\lIl| vvuusull VI th-e;'-(lL'5l`1`i;e? .s evidence. T........... II-LI ,' not and young Lave: told `me to stand my ground. `I fainted and hay down on the ground` for half an `hour. When I got up, I looked` around -and went up the road into '8' e-lad of stocks and jvhen went to A the swamp and -met a survieyer and-_he coaxed me to come back. He said the police were in. here otter me.~ It was an old` Italian knife I h.ad.;'the blade was` three inches long. _ ' ' e Ross rdnn F Whd was. jstabboa to Death in an Almcauon in North oruua. ? ltiii:i`:"`intb""111m-:{.i5i V 1'n`e~__ up. _% isnef V TH%`%_gt111:a:eaz1:-%%n.; '_A;'[._p11l;l;o7;d t1h_e`Ifk'nifje.?.I'~ * 1 7l,en? riisegI%y=-n;y`j:haua% wis5.`% the, knife ig A A. Ax: : st;g;gc1;,`. in ne `lixt:-TI. in the brast rs_t.3 I (_m_1y- .efttLhbed` him `twic tahaats`. I rvea - mmber. ' `He `thgn __Gi_ve me the knife, .-Ijthlern ,ro1.1ea_ -him om and `I .gb.t:.up and he govbu`p_also and wallk;-` -eds towards_Dn s `house abduig 20 feet.- 1:50 let a `yell! "out of `him and dropped I went up and got Jim }Ga'bl0e to comIe_ _T duwh; He `called. -to 2 crowd of men td coma quick and t_:he-y came daown. s_`_ome- of _ we smen s .na.mes a.re:.~Mur- dock M:c!Kee,> James Mk:Kee, _ Geo'rge 'I'h.orb1_u'u." When` I went back to the _ `house `*I told `a. 1Io,t `of more men `that I had nearlyLki1 .l-_eid ;hi.m.~ I told young Laver I struc_k h,im-with-.-a `pair of steel knu ckl es. I- was shaiiding around and did not know whether to leave or um; war. u; would gufe mgtant telief.| We have many mniliee in our store I and make it a. point to Bundle only. those that van` -'be_ relied upon, but we- A especially reconmnend the D. D. D.` , Prescription for Eczema to all our] =pat'ron.9=~whoA~.have anylqxan of skin idtroqwblg, sbecguaq we luiow it win 3&0." -We can vouch pel'a6nal1y for Who. : merits of the D;;D.D. Prescription; - . TC? vnia`-Lqnrgni. 'nnahu}.4. -nllml 5...... -u|.~-.1. . - an-vs) lib VI-IV` Ilollollo .I.l.U3l'ol'l.pIrl\_lll. ` If want ' sybant relief from that; torturing,\itp.hy, Eczema or would like` to have yoinr facle freed from u`nas_ight_ 'Iy pimplqp let my men ymr, about} D.D.D. '-Prescription-, the } D.D.D.r So'ap ` that iswlsekli ` Bemem:ber.%~we;~?know `the. %1-`I951?-D:%%` Paw- gi\vg_ you 3 ` =3-etttgica *1-y` .. ` .._ > .u:. - . I. U ......a ~ `A.-.; -:..`.~:.a1 . _. or pit` down. at once an d-W-r-its the` - Laboratories, Dept. B;Y.,V _/49 Co1I1)'0rn9 :'Stv.,<. Tqrotibo, "_01'._ -tialf I-uuugu wuvuu V_V,UI.l.\lU'1.'l-VI-I:-I 'l`1n@1y- v I We would. not recommend ` a-nyi remedy for Eczema; Psoriasis`, or any2 .'other trouble with the skin, `unless we knew that it was sc'ientiga.l1y- come pounded,'thut its. ients` could not they-_ ` , delicate"? skin, and that it would. gi e einetaent relief. W9 vhnun `lunacy nnn'4 uJ'}4..- -- A:-- `J---A -' """l """"'U"" ' "" ' Leo Corrigan, `barbazrf, gave evidence as to Jh'avin.g shaved t'he- prisoner on bhe 15th of August. He saw no evi- dence of a bl'aic1k eye. ' ' _ 1 Painted in Box. ' a11y_gave Evidence as tn the post. mortem examination.` While the"; Peter Rahmer testified to having ex- ` a.mined= the road on thomorning after the stabbing, and found only one pool of blood, and no evidence-of a scufe. i o ;- .--~---- v- -'-~ -W`-J.' . Th-os. Fordv lrad examined_the spot without seeing any signs of a scuttle. Miss Susie Du! testiedfo having sent an invitation` to Ford to come to the dzance, through one of the Sweeny girls. . ` ~ . -- . - I Ernest Laver `had met Ford and. Sheridan walking along the road to-' gather. He corroborated` hi.s'brother s I- evidence. Arthur; for Dr. Har- via, and Bert Miller, driver for `the; ,OriH:iaa.. Garage, gave similar testimony. ` I A.-3J f 1I_..I- _,_`_1-4A,`I - -01- - - Dav.id/ iCl.a.r.k, uml-ertaker`, testified to [taking possession of the} `body. 1 nu.-- 1-.1-_,1 `1 , ma- a..~_' ------an UVLIULIILUIIJI Geo. 'Mil`ler,` opposite Whos house` the stabbing -took, place, said he haal been.sound aslap thnough. it all. ` TA- l'I__....S..`. ` , __ ____.,._> ._--uv-- nu cacao Albert Cox, was v5vit-h Justin, had asked. Sheridan -how it lrappened. Prisoner answoned _ that they had a ght capture of Sheridan. Hetlbert Justin gave evidence as to` tine capture of V Sheridan. .He had` _s11outed Hold on vherr, Sheridan. Prisoner had said What. do you want me for! Witness` replied 'You re the man .t1lma.t stnbbeda Ford." He saidzz Yes, I stafbbed him, and I don I give - a damn. Witness had seen no marks `on Sheridan '9 face. i ` } said- Sheridan tolid {hinm he had- had a couple of drink.s,_ and felt about right. He was fooling with a knife.- Witness asked to see it, and made re- mark stated by *}arevim1s witness. Sheridan started showing how the Da- goes used the knife. He_ presented it to Tindall, remarking '_'l`her'e s the way I use it when I get in a scrap. Thenuhe ltook it by-the end and jab- bed it towards---Tiud'a1-1, saying: Look-~ out Frank, it s ' open. - Witness wouldn't` altogether say it was fun. . This -was before they had gone into the house at all. He h ad'~ never told anybody of this incidemt till the pre- vious night. _ - . am Thoas. L`aver1~epea'ted `his evidemce at the inquest. Shetridan claimed that` Ford had struck `him t-`st, and that he, had struck back with steel knuckle-s. .T0 ECZEMA SIIFFERERS Neighbor` slept Through i_t In-on! ' Jfess Goods % AT SACRIFICE PRICES Retiring Sale IV V. v V uvuu vruv llVJ\/l` the pri..s`one-r s fate in their handle led "into the Court. Room, the foreman an.- nonn-cing' that they were unablie to uome to a unanimous vevrdict. . I-Iis l.-o1~l::~::hip enqnirevd if tl1~eve'We1*e any 1'u1'tlie1` directions wlLi.c.h they nequi-red to assist them in coming to. `a nding. He then asked th-elm to revive `again nml onde.1'ed nefre.slnnentrsv sent to Ptlhetm. Eleven to One. After one hour longer of d iscussi'on on the case they again entered the room and Fonecman James Finlay. an-. o-oum-ed that. eleven of their nuniiber stood, for nlnrder while one 'W'Olllvdi _IlOt .::n('tlion conviction on anything more than nitms-la.ught~er. He said there was no 1o.ws=i:bi.lit.y' of rea.chin.g a.-- unani- nious nding, and His Londslrip then `ilS(`ll{lI',`.Z0(l' the jurors. Wiblu tllre con- sent. of the Crown the ch'arg'e was re- . dncerl to on-e of manshaugvhter to which the pi-i.~'(')ne1"s` connsieal, Mr. J. T. Mul- v::1l1_v and M1`. '1`. `C. Robinette, would plead guilty. Hi..~'- Lolidslp thanked the jnryinen for tlnenir careful. attention tllroiugltoitt the. case, and s'aidJ.'hie ne- Fpocted the opinion of the! one man 93 much as the other eleven. He did` not look with favor on a new trial; Some time must elapse 'before`th'Ls could he hrong`ht- on. and! in the meantime,nwi`l:_- nesses n1i;_(ht die, they miglrt_ .be.'taa!n- 1-e1'el with, and the fac-Jtis of the case would become obsctmed by a. post`-. l'f0_nenwut. The prisoner had had _-a V lain t1'inl;, and he trhotnglhtt the ends; of `, Justice would be served by theoem-,__ ; To Crown Prosecutor White witness `said bill! would require a blow of fair ' ;forceTt'o-drive a knife into the shoulder ` and produce a cut such. as he found on the dead` man. A human shoulder `blade (sea-bula) was produced and wit- described -how he thought the blow may have been delivered. It. r was qiu-te possible that the knife blade [was bent in making this shoulder wnnnn `hp `R'..'ll.. ....::1 nun- _...--._:I -A ` "gnu uvuv Au Auanxu IIIILU UuUul(ler Lwound. Dr. Kelly said Who wound on Crown . Prosecutor" was examining` witness as to the wounds in who back, witness became faint and almost swooned away. After a few minutes n: I.nau1nJn-in AAA`.-...._..J _-.__.L L511 nnn -..........-.. novvuuc csxtvl cl LEW Illllllllix His Lomdship adgjou-rned court till 9.30 Thursday morning. l When the Court. opened on Thurs- day morning `the room was filled to the doom as it `had been since the opening of the trial. Sheridan salt! in the box and` showed` little concern in the proceedings, occasionay giving furtive glances at he witnesses as they gave their evidence, Dr. Kelly was again placed. on the stand, continuing his evidence in re- gard to `the wounds on the murdered ,man. . The coat worn by Ford on the night of` the fatal accident was pro~ `ducted in courtand pinned over the [back `of a ehair in full view of the jury. There were several cuts in the back, one neaxly four inches rang, and [one on the am. t _" 11:1: 1' :-: It Was the Best 25 Years Ago---It is` the Best To-day You 'nave all heard of the Happy Thought '~ Range and most [of you-know some one who owns one. One of the .rst ranges made exclusively for the Canadian market, A it. is still first in the estimation of the Ca- knadian housewife. The The Least Fuel, The Most Satisfaction At .<>.`_ 0 His Lord-ship entered the! (fourt, Room, the xcyonshwble in oh-argoi announcing that the jury were ready! to announce the result of their deljiv he.rations. The twelve men who h'el`d- L` . ._,.'.4.____L. 1_'-L_ 5,, . ,9 4|` * Thursday : sessions. ......5. uua .u-uuuuuu us tuning posmon through the determina- tion Qt its `makers thatgnothing short of the very best was good gnough _t9 putjnto it. _'I`hol" but ggstoriul, the, East. yorkmndship, the best ideas. - Ey_'ery yep: luuogn it Aibetter range. Er,ery..1iowidot in` range` making bus` been thomugzly; tested and- whgnjound in be an advantage it has been H9993 Thought my fthin `uieaus gone cam its supremacy -he maintained-and -;4_,t,lI9t.Vi`t bebn `maintained is unied to by the-outhusinatic _thj;t]1onsi_p`dn of ` housewives who use it.\ ' . -...1' M ed to -the " & sdiw. se. . n ' I .ln..Id.;.l Q.___-.";`~'., , homo and` sozejone at ,`I9x;gh, it.lcsd_I. Tun 1uTsmxita'Vod"u1 3' ' ' .tiong`:f its mneri:nth.;-nn+:.a:.l:.8 9312112 3432:: ..mmrrs Tpur In appoarngce, as in gouerai vvvv-an touted: VII; Dr. R. 3. `Carson of Orillia, had been associated with Dr. Kelly in making the autopsy. He disagreed` with for~ {met witness, and thought it woulld be impossibfe for Sheridan to have caused shoulder wound from in front, while standing up, and using his right hand. (Continued on page 7). Who This Week Enters on a Life Sentence at Kingston. ` . `