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il the sm Rat INTENTION OF DOING : BODILY HARM, mmt-- So Says the Jury Concerning the Killing of Beatrice Holland by Eric Sharp--The Evidence Yes- terdiy--Jurors Blame Second- 1 p filet Jt Oured by & New M<thod, CATT ee 4 & Russisg and Has last. evening. When ihe Whig went to press vesterday Bertha Strong, ons of the school girls who witnessed the jasuentable occurrence, was giving her testimony, Following i» a continu- ance of it: A little gir), Ansie, Tynan, sged twelve years, did not know the nature of an oath, and #0 the corowr ex- plained it to ber. § She said : "1 came into the cloak room to get my hat." When | pat IY on my head, I heard the report of the n. Tuning svound, I saw Beatrice Pine on the floor. IT saw the door swing, thon [ went into the e¢lass- room. I didn't bear any words spuk- en by Eric or Beatrice. I have known Fric since last September. The boys and girls liked hm well." ---- Saw The Revolver. Herhert Holder, aged fifteen, a pu: pil of the school, told his story as Jollows : "Miss Boyd. lst. me. ont early. 1 went to the room, got my hat and was speaking to Beatrige bo- fore R Niu glo, 1 told her to rome right down al not to wail there. ne said" she was waiting jor some of the givls, 1 went down and way sit- ting on the north side of the school, when | heard the report of a gus np stairs. One of the little girls told me that Beatrice was shot. [I saw Egie have a revolver when the gypsies were trading horses at the corner of Di- vision and Main streets. The boys Joh somouienl, way is ut it in| seid Eric bad one. loaded; he pulled it i ethids ars beng | out of his cost pocket, snd I'saw the is Powiey's Licuied | hindle of it. This wis on Monday Nine been acovered | aiternoon about one ow alook, when | Sirest, West, | WAS on my way te id. Eric Vay Poids fido't say lint he had 'the revolver asedingly bed, ds | for. He sai was going n to Cian many the quarry to shoot Sottething. He o his boos | war not stingy or anything, was that it woold by | Loli Jiked a fords ma 4h Christopher Wilson, aged fourteen, testified as follows :- of the dloak- "1 was coming out room door, and Fric Sharp wes wait dh antiseprios to the ordsary they souldn't be their wee wae dedided that ki vaniuish hese poison | tnd always dose. and con: fovesugation sought to nicks use of that element which assisted Neo- Sure to vid the body of germm ami atsending Osygen of Owons was foul to be the proper i Ma discovery, peedical v this cletent in & a most effective and by permasent bene! of 1218 Bloor & Punni Ory ric ing for me, He told me to hurry up. As | was walking ont; Eric went back and 1 heard a report. 1 don't know what be went back into the cloak-room for. I knew he had 8 re volver, because | saw it in vol. While school was going on, Eric took the revolver out and ed it to the boys around him. He showed 'how it worked, but did not pull the trig- ger. I sa% him shooting frogs at the quarry during the morning recess, I think he fired two shots.' i Cross-examined, the witposs said thot Fric remarked : "Did 1 hit the wall or anything ?' after he had fired the shot. He also said he did not think the was loaded. When wit ness told Eric that he had hit a girl, he ran down stairs, Saying he "did not think it was loaded." Witness did not tell anyone that Fric had asked him if he had killed anyone. = Knew Eric for three vears, ang he had al- ways been a good-natured fellow. -- The Teacher Testifies, Miss Boyd, the teacher who provided over the two pupils, next gave esti mony a8 follows ¢ 4 "About five minutes to four I dis missed | those pupils who had perfect dictation. The others to correct theic errors. As each ocd he showed his work to me and fam eid out. IT don't think it was Jater than three or four minutes past four when I heard the shat. 1 wae stand- - RY be hie have | ing just inside the pr, wad out Ti pg Be will by patient at once in time to see Beatrice fall. 2 yom Jirsetions. | Some. of the pupils © ealled out that a a the ny nthe emplow. Re Hote, tL my « ag loor Rumi, at hot t night, i, f w + JAMES STEVENS Me. Johu 1. Dunlop's Letter. the permanent Febtuary 28, 1902. . I Taronta, Ont. fo have smked me if the which I gave vou a testi: sired 8 year suo, bes am wld to state to vou 'no of this trouble , Youre gxcellent propara- i ; during the post me of the awl tortering tion i for over thirty years, did the rs ' that the discase oa not a peared slate to wou that my 1 am alo [pleasd to Rolie aia has 8 xplended vince, - > jkder you have in o's nolo Orvome: sis You my best wishos far suoveen with your remed v. (Signed) JAMES ey 7 Donia, Street. tals amd both in thirty-five venrs of he last two of s in my experience, stant discharge brought be and salieri from weakness of Hy hich of hts affurently Yad vile w to "the umat aver of ol 3 Shen; whet he les ved iy ore, return vou my heart: and pray your life may le pro- yonrs, and that thousands where she lay | di wound in her right temple. 1 then realized what had happened. I was not aware that Eric had o revolyer on his per son. The boy was mesry and amis Chic ions, a ke then hacdian his dis- tion, p gi a od deal of rouse in an adhoc rom wanti to Lr work... He oF impulsive and "in his actions. I think the cause of his FEES Bipor Brest, Weet, Torento. CG Ly 40. Sook : endure all hat Jn ¥ furnished v oy go Bn my omploy omploves $a would "wou | trouble was {orm he ight ushe. ] Hiorature, 1 that OTe 0d worst | ever looked at) are of Jesse J He told me on sever: ul Sure, al the At Te | nthe & it it Taeciowne A : Seoek we as Mea! ARV. Worse an Brie Sharp did it. On going ove to soovered tl -- and 'Onelall inches above and to outer side of the right eye. As the energies of child were failing fast, I tried to keep the heart going, but without avail. The child died about five minutes after I wrrived. There were no powder stains on the face. Dr. Mylks and I entirely agree upom the post mortem examination made." Dr, Mylk's Testimony. Dr. G. W. Milks stated that he and Dr. Campbell hal performed the post-mortem examination. The bullet had made 8 pound, clean-cut wound, about three-quarters of an inch in dia- meter, in the right temple. It was bot warrounded powder stains. The opening in the bone underneath was also cleancut, snd in an obligue : di- rection. The skull was not splintered, On examination clotted blood = was found under the membrane and at the base of the brain. There was a ragged opening in the brain, The dec: tor was satisfied that the bullet wound had caused death. The bullet was found in the back of the head. Two fragments of the bullet wears also Hound, caused probably by a defect in the bullet. The Revolver Produced. Police constable Aiken was next sworn. He laid the deadly revolser and the box of cartridges on the coroner's desk and proceeded to give bis evidence. That evening he and constable Graham od to the place where Erie said he had bid the revolver. = We got a hack and drove to the lane between York and Main streets, where he seid we would find the box of eartridges which he had thrown ovér the fence. There I found this. box. The Hd was off, and | found ten oartridges, 22 short. We deove then to Cherry street, and stopped between York and Pine streets. Erie said the revolver was near a certain telephone pole. We searched and found the chamber with one blank cartridge in it. He fold us that he bad hid the rest of the revolver in the basement cof 'the school. The constable considered that the revolver wag comparatively new. The "Jury decided that it wanted to know all about the revolver, Mr. Aiken swore that Edward MeDermott, a young mar, had told him that he hought the revolver Saturday night at Isaac Zacks' second-hand store, Prin- cess street, for Evie, paying 82 for it. The witness stated that cartridges of ten missed fire. 14 was possible for a cartridge that did not go off the first time, to ga off the second time, There might be a cartridge in the chamber, and the boy not know it. Witness heard the boy say that he thought he had taken all the cartridges out. The boy came to the police station and gave himself up. The revolver was a sell-cocker, and easily fired off. The Sergeant Testifies. Sergt. Spodden, on duty Monday night, stated he was in the station when the boy came in with M. E. Jones. He wanted to ses the chi, and so spoke to him, 1 heard the chief say" "How did yor come to do such a thing ¥' The boy replied ; "} don't kiiow." The sergeant then de tained the boy in the room. He: gave his age as fourtesdt years, and © said he wanted to give himself up. At first the boy couldn't give a clear gogount of the matter, bmt he bécame com- later on. Shortly hefore six o'dock, the jury, at the suggestion of John Smith, ad: journed t6 mest at 730 pm. N. C, Polson was chosen foreman of the jury. The Evening Session. The investigation 'was resumed at 7:40 pam. Edward MoDermott, the lad who hought the wevolver, was the fiext witness called. He is a wewsboy, four teen years of age. In his evidence he said "AN I know about the revolver is that 1 saw it on voung Sharp on Sa turday night, while he was on Prin- sess 'stieet. He said he bought it at 1. Zacks', Princese wireet; and that it cost 82. That's all I know. 1 did not buy the revolver." Cross-oxmmined, witness said the revolver was 'not loaded at that time. Sharp had two boxes of cartridges: Witness had the revolver in his hand also. Y-Py you sell many books at the the character of the of adventure--J ess James style, some of "them. Few school boys buy them: thoy sre sold to' men, Young Sharp purchased hooks only once. or twice. Witness further stated that Erie had wanted him to go to Halilax; he wanted to join the soididrs. 1.2 N. C. Polson had two of the books in his band. In reply to his question, witness. seid it 'was mostly young men who © bought them. "Then, it well for she young olson. és 2 2 Ey lg Boo eo din msi pe S-------- Constable Aiken said that the | younger © brother was in the store when he interviewed McDermott. Coustable Craig stated be was in Zacks' store about 3 pm. Saturday. Young McDermott introduced himself to the eonstable, and" gave him a paper. 'The young lad present looked exactly like the ove in the store. -- A Schoolboy's Testimony. Herbert Nicholson, - aged fourteen yoars, also gave evidence. He said : "{ was coming out of the cloak- room when the shot wae fived. | furped and saw the girl lying on the fioor. I saw. Erie showing s revel ver to girle in shoo! that alternoon: I did not see the shot fired. I was Gown in the quarry with Sharp in: the afternoon. 1 did not see him shoot then. He showed the revolver to Beg trice Holland in the afternoon. The hows and girls thought Eric was nice; anything be had he gave to them." The witness was a remarkably bright and intelligent fad, and seemed perfeétly composed under cross-ex: amination. is handwriting, as he signea the evidence, 1 skill of no mean quality. The signature was much admired by the jurors. Jobn Mclntyre, éonnsel for the -un- fortunate boy, stated that, though iv was umwsual for the hoy to appear, he would withdraw all objection. The jury merely wished to have the boy tell his story, especially as to who purchased the revolver, and they stated that he would not be cross examined. The statement would have to be voluntary. The jury desired this, and their wishes were met with ft being voluntary - evidence, young Sharp was nol sWorn. * aint -- ; Eric Sharp's Evidence. Ta reply to the magistrate, Eric said he got the revolver from Edward McDermott at the depot on Satur day might. He said he hought it at Zacks. "I dida't give him a cent to buy it. He gave it to me because he wanted me to go away with the sol diers that night. But I didn't want to go." Erie recognized the boy as soon as his ave fell unon him: The coroner--We have nothing to do here with the question as to whether Mebermott's evidence is true or false; only it shows that the police con stable's evidence is correct. In addressing the jury the coroner said pains had heen taken to select a superior jury. It was felt that the highest intelligence should be obtain ed. It ill-behooved him to give more than a definition. of the various crimes, and he left it to their judg ment. He outlined the detailed mean ing of murder, man slaughter, and homicide, by misadventure or in self defence. : The ecourt-room was then cleared, and the jury proceeded to: find a ver dict, After an hour's deliberation they. announced that they bad arrived at the following verdict : Finding Of The Jury. "The jury is of the opinion that Beatrice. Holland came to hor death by a bullet fired by misadventure from a vevolver in the hands of one Eric Sharp. The jury ie further of the opinion thet the evidenco supports the conclusion that. the said Keic Sharp believed the revolver to be emply, and that he presented the revolver and pulled the trigger without malice amd without desire or intention to inflict bodily injury. "The jury desires to place on record ite opinion that there has been an un- due ineresse in the number of pawn: shops ana second-hand stores, and that the existence of these places give rise to many evils, of which the pres ent deplorable case is an instance. 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