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& ¢ -- 4 4 'witness being cross--examined. The M ;:Tdfil:l;glon:;j would not uphold Mr. | f , 8 ection, an s = - law said he would askd '}:irfatL?llfls | , Mr. McGeary of The 'woronto Star, gentleman be removed if he can--| | described his investigations, _ and not get on without interrupti;x-g 77 ' stated that Mr. Callaghan of Fort At a later st } C eos, Frances had told him "that Huston M age in the proceedings | might bhave slai Back r. Waldron said he would not go & slain ackus himself 'ondif the interruptions continued h:g he had the opportunity to do and the commissioner reminded Mr. i Laidlaw that counsel for The 'Tel C t was merely an expression of 8r!lm had no status before the con'el- I gg;rsx.lon on Mig part" said the Swit g;:m-n i Iirtl r?gard to the Porter | General Elliott, former Commis--| Sabiston tock ranspired that Mr.| sioner of Provincial Police, describ-- f TA on tock it from The Telegram ed the steps taken by his department office and showed it to Major Lewis to,elucidate the facts of Capt. Hus-- and after that gentleman -- had ton's death. He described Inspector| perused it, was taken back to The t Jeffery, who was put on the case, Telegram office and handed to % as the best investigator in the de-- Percy Bretz, City Editor. Mr. Br: Z f partment, owing to his experience in will ibe called on Friday in connce-- Scotland Yard. "He was a specialist ( tion with the matter. C in criminal investigation work," said § * the witness. Subsequently, Jeffery fl;lsu)n on Stand. | showed a tendency to take to drink, . Mr. Sabiston, .who reports the ses-- due to some mental trouble. General sions of the Legislature for his news-- Elliott considered that everything paper, was examined at consider-- possible was done to investigate the 2?lteh le?{gth concerning his reports case. . e Huston affair whic h peared in The Telegram. n nAdsp Feeling in Fort Frances. "Do you cover the sessions of the * Mr. C. Foote, who took the short-- Legislature, or are you the young hand report of the inquest, gave it man who prowls about the corridors as his opinion that the feeling pre-- interviewing members?" was one of » vailing in Fort Frances at the time Mr. Waldron's first questions. was that the case was one of suicide. "I certainly don't prowl," replied Just before the adjournment the the witness. missing Porter document was again One of the articles which had ap-- mentioned, and it was stated that peared he was only partly respon-- Percy Bretz, of The Telegram, to sible for, as it had been rewritten whom Mr. Sabiston returned the in The Télegram office, he said, al-- | -- document, would be called on Fri-- though nothing was added to it. 'day in connection with the matter. 'Was it hardened -- or softened "Mr. Robinson is apparently going down?" Mr. Waldron asked. "Aro | as far away from this investigation you in the habit of writing flercely,l is possible," said }}Ir. Waldron. "He truculently, trenchantly?" is going _to Japan. Mr. Sabiston denied the allega-- Mr. Hellmuth humorously sug-- tion. Asked what was added to the gested that he hoped the Commission aArticle, witness said the form was would not go to Japan unless it hap-- changed and he pointed to some nened to be vacation time. portions which he had not written. The proceedings were adjourned This witness also suggested a pos-- intil Friday. ; _ a@ible new theory in connection with t or l s 1 the affair, namely, that a business rival of Mr. Backus might have had an interest in securing Huston's papers in order to find out some-- | thing about Mr. Backus' business. | At any rate, he blamed Ingpector % Jeffery for failing to investigate this theory. Witness admitted he had no idea as to who was the murderer. ' HAS MR | Who Would You Arrest? | | o % x Mr. Waldron inquired if the At-' | w mamamamm mmz m torney--General had engaged all the | i detectives from here to the Gulf of }Whatevel' County Councils Mexico, could they have arrested the a murderer. h j Do He Will Be Mr. Sabiston retorted that they aid not do it. Pleased Questioned as to the reward of lnGenaitric ae ce carirreneraeceneare ts $1,000, Mr. Sabiston said it was as k a result of The Telegram articles '90--YEAR--OLD CONSTABLE that the reward was offered. | hdavi><+ Mr. Waldron (ironically)--Oh, no | ; t one doubts your power and influence! Second reading was given in the g | You put Lewis in the Legislature-- Tegislature last mght to the At-- The Telegram did! It rule§ the city, torney--General's bill to amend the © | fills the Legislature with its '?On}tl- f Constables Act. Mr. Raney.: je«ts | neesi ?n(;bfue]eudrz'the public with its plained that, where a County Council m?.ri)g y%u think, Mr. Commissioner,| did not exercise its right to ap- these are fair remarks?" Mr. La.id-' !point a High Constable, the Sheriff law asked. . | was to be High Constable, and the} [ they feetone fhat he ed no xf;galx-' f' | Government could then vote him a ;ofir t?) think that Mr. Backus, or| 'salary not exce'eding' $500 a year. anyone employed by him, or anyone | The bill, he said, in no way en-- associated with him, had killed croached upon the jurisdiction of the Huston. 4 ~ ils. ' e livin erson on County Counci ea,tlfi taer;ouanzvere .fttogney-Gen- In order to get around the.dlfil- 1 eral, whom you would go out and culty that would arise from inter-- | arrest?" Mr. Waldron asked. . ,, fering with local autonomy in such 7 j "I have not the @uthority," re-- matters, the Attorney--General re-- plied the witness. ; vealed that the act contained an in-- "But if you had," Mr. Walg'ronv genious scheme. One clause in it persisted. "'If you were King?""' . | required the County Council to ap-- "If I ha'd." said Mr. Sa.bisgon, T point a High Constable- Another would think a fuller investigation ' wlause said that where the County was necessary." 4 is Council failed to do this the Sheriff "That's what we are doing now, \was to act and to be paid by the said Mr. Waldron. , |Government. "Wind or Hot Air?" : Gets His Way, Anyhow. In connection with ar interview Ssam Clarke, West Nortlmmber-l \ witness had with Major Lewis as to a, asked if the Attorney--Genera ;v;ir?ging the matter up in the Leg-- :%x(')u'g ht that a County Council would 'islature, Mr. Waldron asked if he appoint a High Constable when it 'put any pressure or stecain on Major | knew that if it did not the Gov'i)rl!]'l- 'Lewis, to which Mr. Sabiston replied ment would, and also pay the k |that he did not deal in steam, \ The Attorney--General said he -- ex-- ' '"'Well, then,. wind or hot air?" : ected the Council to take that * | Pj as the inducement the asked Mr. Waldron. is | view. That W t to have the "No, I don't deal in those either, { Government held out i¢h Constable | said the witness. _ _ n vgic ts i | offices of Sheriff and Hig | E | amalgamated. j