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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1931 - Amer me LV`aJ[10nal Alluleln vvas sung, a dainty lunch was served by Mrs. Luck, Miss Jessie Foyston and Miss l\ Iu1`;-I McLean. The December meet- ing will be at Mrs. A. 0rcl1a1'd's home. Roll call will be answered my giving t.\\'enty~ve cent: to thqe Nat- ional Institute for the Blind. 1 would, but 1 would not say I was sorry. When we got to Rowe's. Rus- sell \\'as not in. Inspector Miller said ``it s too bad. We're too late. Mr. Rowe has gone to Barrie to lay the charge. Ofcer Kelly said he woula phone the magistradze and see if the Lna1'g'e could be \'`ithdrawn." 1 Did you see Russell Rowe s father aL `(.1211 time 2` `asked Mr. Slaght. I [HA \Vhun uwx unr tn 1-hn hnnuu 1.1211 nmc `asked 1.11`. blagnc. I did. When we got. to the house 1n_ Miller introduced me and mid Mr. Rowe I was sorry for the trouble and expense that had beer caused by the shooting and had come to x it up. Then Miller went out ....,I I ...n...A "734-la ln:v\-\ to nx I'D up. Lneu M1111 and 1 wen`. with him. unm Irnn mu R/Ir nn N. SIMCOE. TEAM CHOSEN anu l \VCI1L VVILH. nun. D1 you tell Mr. Rowe you were sorry ? I did not. ..Wmy Because I did not have anything to apologize for. i\h1(-,h pmnhasis was laid bv the de- to apologize 101'." Much emphasis by fence counsel on `the fact that the Bradleys were supporters of Earl Rowe in the last general election, and that Gordon had hauled votes for him and Mr. Jias. Bradley had acted as scrutineer at one of the polling booths. Cross examined by Mr. White, the accused denied having told Office: . Kelly `that Miss Carter had told the - witness George Mantin was going to ; get Russell Rowe. So that when 9 the officer says you did, he must V have made the story out of w.hole 1 ClO`llh. LIA mnc+ have Tf wne Rnh Rnv-F cloun." He must have. It was Bob Bur? who told me there was `a rumor that George Martin had made threats against Rowe. How is at that at vour former against uowe." I-Imv is it that at your trial you did not say anything about what Inspector Miller said to you re- specting apologizing ? asked the r (`.1-own. ` -(ALSO 'r1-11:_ Consoli Table Ironer and Plug Made in Canada of Camxdian Materials by Canadian Labor. "l)Ul."ol.l Bradley. Thrx (11 Bradley. The evidence of the members of the Bradley family was given to sup- port an alibi that the accused was in his room on the night of the shoot- ing and did not leave it until six o'clock the next morning`. rm.--mu, frn` Vlillmv nnrl Constable o'clock the next mo1'nmg'. l`.`_:':pe;to1` Miller and Constable Kelly were recalled by the Crown and I'la.tl._\~ denied B1`adle_\"s evidence with respect to the apology, the letters and F11 :rown. 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I submit, my lord, that it would be most unfair and we would have a public scandal if a man were allowed to escape justice ber.-ause or the faulty laying of indictments," de- clared the Crown. l\T.-.4 an rnnnl-1 n`? 9 :r-nnrlal an 1.1` |c1arec1 me urown. Not so much of a scandal as 11 a man had been convicted as ehe re- sult of wrongly laid indictments, re- sponded Mr. Slaght. A ma Inga] noint having bee; spondeu Mr. magnt. A ne legal point having raised, Judge Jeffrey gave the mat ter a few minutes consideration be- fore ruling that the trial would pro- ` ceed on the indictment as it stood, whereon the defence refused to plead and the court ordered that a plea or not guihty be entered on all three counts. Provincial Officer John Kelly, who swore out the information against Bradley on Oct. 6 L'h, 1930, was the rst witness called. Several photo- ` graxphs were shown this officer, who identied them as taken at the Rowe home at Newton Robinson, where the shooting occurred at 1.30 a.m., June 30th, 1930. The witness stated that he arrived on the scene after being notied of the shooting, and found a pool of blood in the laneway i a short distance from the gate. V flnllnnrintr n.'n his invpgtigmtinn. I short cnsnance Irom one gaw. Following up his investigation, I witness said he went to the Bradley 1 farm July 1st and saw the accused. ; In the conversation he had with him 1 at that time Bradley told him he knew ( Russell Rowe, but could give him no 1 clue as to who might have shot him.` ` Questioned some days later, the ` officer said Bradley told him that on ( the Sunday night before the shooting . George Martin, of Stroud, had been 1 at the home of Miss Edith Carter ,- (Russell Rowe s ance), who had tom 1 the accused that Martin threatened to get. Russell Rowe. The accused , left the impression that Martin was j jealous of Rowe, as he further in- . formed the officer that Martin, who ` is 21 widower, used to go with Miss ; Carter before his marriage, and had renewed his attentions since his wife s death a little over a year ago. Mystery Man in Case Did you ever hear of a man by the name of Bob Burt '2 asked M2. Slaght in cross-examining this wit- ness. I 117 1 , I L1,_4._ ....-.,. 1-. vvunin a-1+ ihfnff ness. ._ I heard there was a man at Matt. Bredin s hotel in Bond Head by that name, replied Kelly. hm vnn know he was a. detec- replied lieuy. Did you know ` tive ? I heard something to that effeo . Did you ever see him ? Had he a false heard or any other earmark of the detective ? ur ,.,...1.1n gnv I didn t have any- For Cbld Weatl_13 1j_ 1 of the detectwe '1' ``I couldnt say. I didn t any- thing to do with him. V:m1 were not co-operating with do with h1m." Y=ou were co-operating him on this case then ? u\vn ch , 11 No, sir. So he had your blessing? In other words, he could hop t; it as far as this witness was con- cerned, suggested the Crown. H1 rHdn f have anvthinrz to do with cerned, suggested the urown. I didn t have anything him, repeated Kelly. nneenn Rowe. whose positive iden- repeated neuy. Russell Rowe, positive iden- tication of Bradley as the man who shot him, proved rthe strongest feature of the previous trial, on being called m rm: stand. told the story of that the previous trial, Demg caueu to the stand, told story June night on which he was assailed, just as he told it last February at tin.- spring assizes. spring asmzea. Examined by Mr. White, he said that on the night in question he had borrowed his brother s car to go to Bond Head to see R/Iiss Carter, to whom he had been engaged for two or three years. Shortly after one o clock that night he arrived back home and after putting his brother s car in his garage, was on his wag; to his father s home, where he wa.= living , when he heard a shot. I was near the gate leading to `he road when I saw a man rise 12; from behind one of the posts and walk toward me. He came so close to me that I could have put out my hand and touched him. I would say he was about three feet away when he red at me a second time and hit me in the right arm. I stepped back and said to him, `You ve shot me; what did I ever do to you ? '1`!-m uvihxnce cniri hr: cnvv H10 man what did 1 do no you : The witness said he saw the man distinctly before he red the second shot and was certain it was some one he had never seen before. He described him as wearing a peak cap. Calling out twice to his brother, the j wounded man went toward the house, where his brotiher met him at the sim- door. Later he was taken to the hospital at Alliston. ` Wlhmt. is the condition of your arml now 1" asked Mr. wmte. 1t is all healed, but I have no control of it and have to lift it with my left hand, replied the witness. I-lpvn Hun Crown nlaced in evidence hospital at AIIISLOH. W|hznt is the condition your arml ? asked Mr. White. Mn :0 n1` Inn-Jlnrl 1111+ I hnvn no At regular Sl buy in tailored-to-measure C1othes-this special offer represents sensational Value that you can t af- ` ford to miss. The special Skill-Craft representative will 1 be here to give his personal attention in helping you to select your new Skill-Craft Suit, and to guarantee perfect t, to your individual measurements. left hand," replied the Wllinesa`. Here the Crown placed the blood-stained gray suit coat worn by the witness the night he was shot. Vnn remived a threatening an by the wnness one mgm, ne wan at You received threatening onimous letter, did you not ? as] the Crown. I did. uunm... Iuvns Ha-3+ 9" on CHIS I no- kn in-J; "1 am." When was that ? In September. The witness was shown a portion of a Goodyear tire poster on which was written You ll be sorry if you ever go around Carter s. How do it feel? Like some more ? You said you would not marry, so just try it. This he identied as the letter he had received Sept. 16th, after which he phoned the provincial police. Did vou tell Constable Kelly that phoned the provmclal ponce. Did you tell Kelly you knew Gordon Bradley and that he was not the one who shot you ?" queried the Crown. . I said I thought I knew Gordon queried the Crown. I said I thought Bradley, and if I did, he was not the mrm who shot me. Later I found 1 = 1ni in the one I though was Golden Brzldley." The Northern Advance ` asked i On further questioning the witness told of going to the Bradley farm in company with Inspector Miller anu Constable Kelly on Oct. 6th. The accused was in the eld plowing with a tractor when they arrived. When Rowe first caught sight of him, Brad- ley was about 50 feet from him, he said, but he at once identied him as the nun who shot him. As the ac- cused approached the fence, which was about 30 feet from where Rowe was sitting in the police car, he was certain that Bradley was the man. VV`hn+ rln vnn sav now ? asked Cel'EB.lIl DUKE Drauley '35 L116 man. What do you say now? asked Mr. Whlte. T anxv 10- 117019 `Dan-unu u-I-an ah.-n indridual masurements. For TWO DAYS ONLY`; H18." 4 Subjected to a rigid cross-examina tion by the defence counsel, Russel] Rowe stated that the night was- cloudy, but had begun to clear. He ` admited that the trees near the lane- way'on a dark night would make it more diicult for him to distinguish the features of his assailant. He denied telling a reporter from one of ~ the Toronto papers that he thought the man who shot him was really try- ing to get his brother, Earl Rowe. What sort of a man would you think would do a dastardly thing like that ? asked Mr. Slaght. My first impression was that the man was out of his mind. You say you had never seen the man who shot you before that I n1'o'l1f: 9 IIl'd.I1 night '4 "W111 you say mat you never saw Gordon Bradley in the choir at the Bond` Head United Church, where Miss Carter is the organist? Not that I remember. There was no reason why G)0Td'0X'l I_ Bradley should want to shoot you, ; was there '1 Not that I know of. Earl Rowe, who followed his bro- ` ther on the stand, told of being awakened by the report of a gun oi. ` the night in question. He got out ` of bed and went to the window about the time another shot was reu. W1en`he heard his brother calling, Earl, Earl, I m shot, he rushed downstairs and met him as he reach- ed the verandah. Witness said the wounded man was bleeding profusely and he tied a cord around the shat- tered arm to stop the hemhorrage. To the insinuation on the part of the defence that the witness, and not 4 his brother, was the marked man be- - nmmn lna urns lrnnwn tn nwn and rm`-r-3 HIS DTOUUET, W33 Une marxeu IIli:lIl [)8- cause he was known to own and race his horses and probably carried large sums of money on his person, Mr. Rowe replied that he hail never bet a dollar on one of his own horses. It would not make you round- shouldered carrying around your win- ` nings ? remarked the Crown. You were engaged in an election ' campaign at the time, were you not, and I suppose you naturally had to carry considerable money to meet your expenses? continued Mr. Slaght, in an endeavor to suggest - that the motive for the shooting had 1-Len robbery. As a rule I never carry any more money at election time than any other time, replied Mr. Rowe. The mysterious Bob Burt again referred to by was the defence counsel, but the witness c `uld throw , no light on this illusive Hawkshaw. The evidence of Mitchell Riley, em- ployee of Earl Rowe, was important in that it emphasized the fact that a man r-nnlrl hp rpnngnizerl that night in Lnat It empnaslzeu nne lact. tuut a } man could be recognized that night 1 at fairly close range in spite of the ] fact that it was cloudy. 1-Ie told of , hearing the shots and going to the . window saw a man coming toward ` the house, whom he recognized as . Russell Rowe. . Dr. William J. Scott, who attended ` Russell Rowe after the slmoiing ano ; later operated on him at the Allistou , hospial, gave evidence of the condi- - tion of the shattered arm as he found it. He stated that he had 1`(-,- moved twenty pieces of bone from the arm, some lead pellets and th- packing of a shell. These he hau placed in a bottle, which was 3.2. duced in evidence. rd` Hncn alwrn Lr. wmte. I say it was Bradley who shot an ` uucea 1n evlaence. Can you sh any of those sho out of the bottle so tlm-`L we can se wlmt they are like? asked f-h Crown. :1 n ,,,-_, , L, .:A.._J. .1 ... LlLUVVllo Here the witne.<.< he.~'itat.-d, re-` marking that they had been placed in the .sealed bottle over 21 year ago. I suppose you would prefer not to unccrk the bo`t1c because of the odor, suggested Mr. White. I-t can t possibly let loose any more germs than there have been in this court for the past week, re- marked Judge Jeffrey. At Hui: the hn1f.lr- was rmened in n 1na1*1 dl1(1gC .JurIrt.{y. At this the bottle was opened 1n 2: side room, while !he crowd of spec- tators prepared to ho1d_their noses. At Hm Mnndav nvnnlng` session. I,a1'.O1'S prepareu E0 nulu uleir noses. At the Monday evening session. Inspector John Miller of the provin- cial police headqualrters at Toronto, said in talking with Gordon B1':-\.'l- ley Sept. 8th, the accused had ex- pressed himself as willing to go and :0 Russell Rowe. UT-P 4-lnnu lm'n1r I hurl nnxrflnu` fn Fri. & Sat., Nov. 13-14 uusseu 1i0\Ve. If they think I had anything to do with the shooting, I m willing to go halfway with them, were th: words of the accused as quoted by Miller. The witness said it was on this occasion that Bradley went wit`. him and Constable Kelly to the Row: home. Russell wu away and 9 waiting for about a half hour, it was decided that Bradley should return , at 8 o colck, when Rowe was expect- ed homo. Previous to the trip to the lIRowe home, the witness said he had told the accused that certain letters along with the sample of hand writ- ing secured from Bradley by Con~ stable Kelly, had been submitted to a handwriting expert, and declr to all have been written by the same- hand. Witness said he had also told Bradley that he was under suspicion. .l\li,< F.rlit.h Cm-ter showed consid _ ....- ,-...--.- _ ..__ ..-.-- _,,_ um!) I `an ` Will say that you never saw mdm. Rvnrnv in thp r-hnir at H19 Bradley that ne was unuer SuSpl(:l()l Miss Edith Carter showed consid" able nervousness as she entered t.1` witness box. It was plainly see that the ordeal she was about to g through was dreaded. Qlnn +nM tho (.1-nwn t`n:1t she 11." through areauea. She told the Crown that she had met Bradley in 1925 at the time of church union. This was before she became engaged to Russell Rowe. On several occasions the accused had taken he`: home from church. She had been `o the Barrie fair with ihim and also thv Royal '\ Vintr-~: Fair in To1'on`of Several moeflas before was positive I had never seen '- ' ` . .~a shot seen nger prints." to gr He did not show me anythina`. but jusf kept his hand inside his coat. I Then he told me I shot Rowe. I said ie I d-id not, that I had nothing again=t Rowe. Miller said if I would Iowe. apologize to Russell Rowe and 521:.` I i had was sorry they would let me go. otherwise they would take me to Bu`:- rie and lock me up. I said I had no- - thing to apologize for. He asked ms.- before to gr) '.':i h l`im tn liw nn-l l . Ce S( with 11 that nw might Did wmte. No, sir, I did not. Then,if he says you did he is not telling -the truth ? I did not tell him that. In his cross-examination of Miss Carter, Mr. Slaght brought out the far-+ 1-119+ Gnnrorp Mm-tfn was hm` ".lJlLl Martin ing to White. try,` 8 Storm Sash and Doors |U thr- nnnlw Sept. 9 or 1U. The Crown rested its case with = evidence of Oliver B. Staunton,` hand writing expert, who expresseu ' the belief that the threatening letter to Russell Rowe and the anominous letter which Gordon Bradley claimed to have received at the same time, were written by the same hand tha wrote the sample given to Constable TIn111r $3;-{Se ' Kelly. ` 1.x\.u_y . Accused on Stand For two hours and a half Tuesday morning Gordon Bradley was put through what his counsel later called a gruelling examination, as -the de- fence began its case. He told the court he had a sort of bowing ac- quaintanc-e with Russell Rowe, that while he had never been introduced to h-im, he had spoken to him when they met at several dances they had both attended. He related an dent which was not brought out. in his previous trial. Prompted by his counsel, he told of Russell Rowe coming to his home New Year s Day, 1929, when the car in which he was driving his mother and sister had gone into the ditch near the Bradley farm. Rowe asked to see his father and inquired if they had any chain: he could borrow long enough to go. his car on the road again. Mr. Brad- ley called to Gordon, who was in an- ' other room, to nd out where he would nd the chains and Gordon came to the hall door leading into the kitchen where Rowe was stand- ing, to tell his father that there were some ropes in the barn that would be be`t(-r than ohains. Witness said he and Rowe said good night to each Aalnnu Hllu l\U\Vl.' rulu ,_;uuu u.,-,..., h\/ \,|/1\4AA other. On the night previou.= to the ; ing Bradley said he was \\`lLl) the ; boys that hang out at the hotel and .\I(.-A1~thL11~ .: grarage. A thunder storm came up and he left for home about 9.30. Shortly after getting home he went up to bed. Next morning` 2: neighbor called on the phone am: told about the shooting. Questioned about Constable l\'elly .< rst visit 13 the Bradley farm on July 1st, the witness said he was in the field vvhen the officer arrived. nun nalznri ma if T had ever visited the o"1cer armvea. He asked me if I had ever visited .\li.<.< Carter and I said I had. Then he asked me if we had kept company and I said yes. 'I`.lno uvwrnnqu mr-ntinnml two other and 1 said yes." The witness mentioned two men as having taken Miss Carter ou-.. but when asked if he had ever seen her with George Martin he told the court he did not know him and `mm never seen him in his life. . Q.-mm Hum ism-v Kpllv oanie to see e shooting she ceased going out th him as they had both agreed at now she was engaged people ght talk. Did yuu tell Bradley timt. George ~.wH.-. 1.1-ad +r\`H vnn 11:: rue crn. mm In 1115 Inc. Some time later Kelly came to him again and inquired if he had re- ceived a letter. W-itness said he told the o1cer that he had found a letter stuck in the \\'in(l.~vl1iel(l of his (:21: while it was parked at Bond Head. The letter warned him that he would be sorry if he went around Carter's. 1.+ has been suetszested that you We Measure, Fit, ,Prime and Glaze Them for . % You. be 11 he went arounu L/ctruzrn. It has been suggested you wrote the threatening letter to Rowe and this one to yourself, said Mr. Slaght. No. sir. I did not. replied the Slaght. No, sir, not, replied witness. Dha4; day when Kelly came to see me he said `to throw off all suspicion against you, will you write these words for me ?' We went over to the verandah and I put my foot up on the step and Wrote with the paper on my knee what Mr. Kelly told me to, `Mr. R. Rowe, Newton 1 Robinson, stated Bradley. . 1+ urn: cilwnriilv after this the wit- Bradley. It was shortly after this ness said that Inspector Miller came ` to his home with Kelly. Miller (lid ' the talking and said Young man, the evidence is strongly against _.";r..' Bradley said the officer put his hand into the breast pocket of his coat and holding it there, said, This is you; hand writing and these are your V prints. T-To did not anything. talk." .d 11 had xold you he was go- get Russell Rowe .`" asked Mr. mm mat." mination 1; Martin was her that he had been Rowe came there kn turn: aknf SIN +1.... Mr. `D. Wood is spending a few days in Alvlandale. Mrs. L. Livingston the Queen City. Mr. and `Mrs. ds visiting in N. Jamieson of St. George visited over the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Johnston. Mrs. Jamieson was one of the speak- ers at the Trustees and Rialtepayers convention in Barrie on Saturday. A very sad death took place on Tuesday at the R.V. Hospital, Barrie, when Fred, second son of Mr. and Mrs.. Ernest linupp, passed away af- ter some weeks illness from blood poisoning. A bright boy of fteen years, he will be much missed at home and among his comrades at a school. The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon from his home to the United `Church and Union Cemetery. Rev. Mr. Newman, of St. `Peter s' Church, ofciafted. Sincere syrnpahy is extended to the bereaved family in their bereavement. The W-omen- s Institute met on Ia%HUJy 1H. Ibllelf U\`$1'|:hVllH`.`l1L. The Women s Institute met on Thursday, Nov. 5th, at the home of Mrs. Luck. There were over fty ladies present. Roll call was answer- ed by Ideas for inexpensive Chris-t- ma: rif'f.':. Interesting current Cu Dy J.uC'(i5 LUI' JIIUILPCIISLVC \J`lH.'l'|.' mas gifts. Interesting current events were given by Mrs. Wilmot Cook. A very interesting and enjoy- able musical program followed the business part. This consisted of vocal ` solos, due-ts and quartettes, instru- mental solos, duets and readings. A . musical contest was also ent-ered into v with zest. A hearty vote of thanks - was given at the close to Mrs. Elvin . Richardson, who 'had charge of the I program. A committee was appoint- . pd tn sap nhnnt. forming` a choral program. A commrutee was a.ppuun.~ ed to see about formmg a choral soc1et;y for the wmter m the village. Afcter the National Anthem was sung, n Avnhv luv-mh um: cnvvnrl hv Nfrg It s a Pleasure