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Barrie Examiner, 21 Oct 1926, p. 6

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Stove 86 Furnace Co., Limited, - Galt, Ont. 800 `after washing them "Use it night and morning and V 16-26 here, and left the room. Butler and I wondered if he would really carry _out his threat. Butler went home and `Skelly came back and asked where Butler was and I told him that he had R0118 home and he had better beat it himself..Hevthen left the hall. I finished my work, gathered up my Iletters that I was sending`, closed up the hall and posted the letters at the Ipostoffice and started on my way `home. I got as far as the market on Collier St. when someone called to me. It was Skelly. He asked me if I . would show him the way to the Cath- olic church. I walked up Mulcaster ` St. to the jail and turned around 1 K on Worsley St. and showed him the property of the church. We did not 1 stop in our walk. We rounded Wor- _z I ` lwms uuh U1 cuuumssluly -1 Skelly then said. `If I can't. use xthe explosives in Orillia, I'll use "them. 9. V sley St. and "turned down Poyntz; Skelly accompanied me to my home. I bid him goodnight and he left me ; about two doors` west of my home. r Skelly at Lee's House s Along about midnight I heard a . Irevolvershot and put my head out-of `the window and saw Skelly coming along the street towards my place. `He turned in on the verandah and !knocked at the door. I did not re- isnond at first to his knock, but [thought that if I did not he would iwake the neighbors, "so I went down fand opened the door and snake to ;him. Skellv said he wanted to eretl iin, that the gun was not working`: v nrieht and he wanted to fix it. I said, I" i`You can t wet in here. Give me the If Eaun and I will take care of it and give "` lit to you in the morning. He would SI` inot let me have it. Hethen told me m i }he had aeconmlishecl the blowing` uwl ...!of the Catholic church and I told] "g`him he was a damn fool and that he 15. `would get us all into trouble. 0} ,i The next day at noon. the state- ed Iment continues. Lee and Butler dis- th icussed the affair and in the evening, nu gfwhile he was at Butler's house. or Skelly came and asked. Did you th ihear about the explosion last night? SW jButler said Yes. Skelly said, I mi hear it was caused by coal gas." But- de gler said. Get off that stuff; you he know all about it: you had better Sk jheat it out of here." Skelly left But- I sol 'ler s house right away. ers On Saturday night. June` 12, Skel- tol 'ly came to Lee's house in Jack But- Sta 'ler s car looking` for Bill Butler. l wii ..t0ld him. said Lee in his state- he: `ment, `You had better leave Bill Sk Butler alone and get out of here. rat The police know all about you and the after tonight we are done with you. car He went away with Jack Butler and ] that was the last I saw of him. on Explosives in Lodge Room `pro It was further stated that on the ta [Thursday night when Lee came into Ii ' HQ 1. i~TON gwrvnhvloltvi covets W. 5] 'Butler came in with. his little girl `and the discussion again took place about destroying the monument in Orillia. Skelly asked Butler to drive him to Orillia but Butler said his car was out of commission. Ql...Il.. LL-.. ....:.1 may -,..n 7 i _j , /-_j.-.-.- " --- SKELLY, BUTLER AND LEE cmvncran, W on FIVE, Fogk AND THREE mas. At Lunch % Hsnoa FOR (:13 T7 Scholarship Matriculation, Solo Singing, Music, Art Conversational French emphasized. Outd Delicious and Refreshing ' ` 6-C (Continued trgm paz 1) ____'LL I, 0 I . . vvu_y `was it not put in your state~ ment? asked Mr. White. I did not` read the statement over carefully before I signed it. V Was it not read to you? No. The officers say it was read to you ar_1d that you were- given a copy to follow while it was read. That is a mistake. _ . Mr. White pointed out that Lee had made a correction in_his state- ment in the very paragraph where the episode; of the revolver would .,..u=a...s. 116 was arraid to tell Inspec- tor Miller what he knew about the outrage. Lee resumed the stand in the ev- ening and Mr. White continued his -cross-examination. Lee declared that. he had told the officers that Skelly had poked a gun into his ribs and forced him to show him. the church. Why was it not put in state- asked did not signed .-... _,u-.. nub ecu Mule!` that Skelly did it? Because Skelly told me to shut my mouth and threatened me with a revolver. On Friday night at Bill Butler's house Skelly pulled a gun from his pocket and said, `Lord help anyone who gives me away. Vm. 6-nlnl l\.f:II-.. AI .`c\a7S"hy did it` rno 4-n g.L..a. ..- l\llUVV ``Yes. (117 Eh _......u,..u us. uu\,'_L`llul".'ll. In cross-examination Lee at l'ir. denied having` seen the explosives iul the lodge room. but` later admittedl that he knew there was a parcel there i which Skelly said contained explo..~-; ives and that he warned Butler jok-f ingly to keep away from it. When ln.~;pe(:tor Miller saw youl on Jtme 12 you knew Skelly had done ,* the joh`. 7 asked Mr. White. Yes. 1 ! HM.'n.... ..-1.-..: , - --A ,,_ -. -....uu_ LU mm. Lee deniezl having` had an_vthing' to do with g;etting' Skelly out of town or e21c<)L11'z1_ him to commit ithe outlage at tho` churv.-h. ']__ ,,, J3ar_rte_ .wc_m~.u. wnue on his "way home from the lodge room. he met Skelly who asked him to show him the way to St. Mary's Church. ` Pushed Gun in His Stomach I i _I said, `No, I am going` home. ".4 Lee swore, Skelly then pushed a_:' gun into my stomach and said, `If You don't Show me the church I ll let you. see the inside of the hospital. I told him to put the g'un away and went with him to the corner of Mul- caster and Worsley Sts. and pointed }out the church, to him. ' T .... .I, ' 1 ` ` ` J cu as uusoiuteiy false and declaredi that he had never heard such a state- 5` ment made or read in the Klavern i` elsewhere. He never before saw the fuse which was produced, he swore, and had never bought dvna-L mite or shells. No discussion about destroying` Catholic property hadll been entered into bi anyone butir Skelly. who said he wanted to do!` lsome damage because the Sinn Fein-; ers had killed his wife in Ireland. I,3 told him he was cra7.v. the witness ii stated. He e\'plained the green memo '2 with the names and telephone num-ll hers by saying that he gave it to} Skelly to call up those men and ar-l range for a meeting. He denied that.` there had been any talk of calling al car to take Skelly to Orillia. ; Ton n.n.\-... A.L-A 8 I. ,.A....~ r.wru-.re m 1 telli0:ence. I Lee was the firgt witness called in his defenc-e. He stated that he is tw.t=.nt_\,'-f'our years of sure and mar- ried. a mechanic by trade and a resi- dent of Barrie of several x'e'1r<. hav-I ling been born in Collingwood. ' Lee Denies Skell_V s Story , | He described Skell_v s story ofABut- ler reading` from a paper that the? Orillia monument was to be destroy-E ed as absolutely false 5 Klavern? saw` \Vhl('h uraa nun.l..,..\.! 1 v uucuy ll-u press- ed a revolver his ribs and forc- ed him to show him the church. Dr. Moffatt Crawford of Toronto, a psychiatrist. stated that he had ex - amined Skelly a few days ywreviously and found no ev`dev~ce of mental ms- order. He stated that for the oppor- tunity he had had. he was well up to the avera2'e in ir`te1li0:ence. rn~L - I I u|.ull'JUl'b' U EH8 green 7! Chief of Police Stew spector Jordan both de: '*eard Lee say that Skell; revolver into ril T1 `If-J-'1-`-U ". _~' Cross-e`mmined by Mr. Tudhope, , *Insnector Miller,` stated that Lee said rlnothing to himabout Skelly threat- . ening him with a revolver and forc- ; n2` him to show him where the church r was. He did not hear Lee make such a statement to the other officers. 0. B. Staunton, a hand-writing expert, testified that a statement produced and said to `be in Lee's writing and the green memo with names and telephone numbers of three men whom Skelly swore he had been told to call up to try to get - .a car to take him to Orillia, were written bv the same hand. A. A. ` Smith, manager of the Bell Tele- phone Co., verified the telephone numbers on the memo. Stewart and In- spector Jordan hnfln .-l.\..:...) L-"- `e lodge room he saw a parcel on he table and was told that it con- ained the stuff. When Butler en- ered Lee told him to keep away `mm the parcel as it contained ex- plosives. On the Friday night, it was lso stated, at Butler's house, Skelly nroduced a detonator and they told `aim to put it in his pocket and get rid of it. No, said Skelly, this might come in handy_for someone else. Lee then took it from him and took it home and threw it down the sewer. ' Ask your dealer about the Banner Rotor or write for literature de- scribing Banner Stovu. ,.,.... ..\. uuunru L0 (10! 21120 lled 19 witnessi mmnc nmi +nInn1---M --~~ you not tell Miller that _7" Rat-sumo Qb..'H.. A'IJ` olic`T S'{( \;;;l`:t1`3W.nd 11 denied having Skelly had press- hm rihe nn cm-n ; then calleci and everything` that His evidence cor- Lee wherever it 1` nnnunwmno-:.... - - THE BARRIE EXAMINER j -Lhltlllblllcllo _ I `(iii Seven jurymen were challenged` It; by the defence and two by the Crown. I ,)laThe jury that heard the case was} `fcomposed of Neil Gilchrist, Cardiel `I';Mc-Lean, Oliver McFarland, Harry q}Lawrence, Albert Gibson, John Wat- bison, Henry Aikens, Robert Gordon,, Wilhert Kneeshaw, Fred Bell, W. S.i ' Robbins. Robert J. Duncan. 1 ii Klan Organizer Testifies ' t,` J. H. Proctor was called after the iievidence of Skelly, Chief Stewart,` iDean Sweeney, 0. B. Staunton and ,]A. A. Smith had been repeated. An-i ,;nounced as Major Proctor, Mr. 1. .|Justiice Logie asked what he had! ,lserved with. Did you retire with} ,,rank of Major? No, my Lord. 6` ,1 Then you are Mr. Proctor now. You are an organizer for the Ku fKlu.\ Klan?" asked Mr. White. I zwas." E The witness stated that on the - night of Wednesday, June 16, he presided at a Klan meeting in Bar- rie, at which both Butler. and Lee were present. Butler the Cyclops, or Master, of the lodge and Lee, secre- tary." At this meeting: the witness, .:1s tho 1-hip? k'I._... nnv:...... cm. m--~- u(u._y. cu uus meecmgr the witness,i `as the chief Klan officer for Snmcoe :('ount_V. 1)(')inted out that the duty of the Klansmen if they knew any- thing` about the affair was to help the police to apprehend the guilty per- son. as the niime of :1: free booklet mother .\.auL:u u_v we grown, dlssuc-iateal him-j self and K.K.K. from connectlon with .the outrage committed by the three' ? Klansmen. I cu..- = The Big Furniture House Cor. Collier agd Bayeld Sts. Phone 82 ` : Barrie G. G. SMITH & CO. u.....-...c..m u; pee and Butler v-are contradiy-ted on all important paints by'every witness, while the statement of S!:n.hv was stlpported` by c-veryone but his fellow-prism';ers. The jury were out an hour an] 1'urt_\' minutes. 16-n:r:*..'-11g` with :1 \'(_'I`-` m:,.+ A9 M` A evidence of the officers. by the green memo, which could not be exnlamed away, and by Lee s own statement. The statements of Lee and Butler contradi.-tor] nn 0]` :w...--.L-. j INVINTOIS. PIIFIGTOIS. AND 35 YCAIS HANUFACTUIII8 OF THE FIRST . - attic- I Knowing the detonator that you took from Skelly to be a valuable piece of evidence against him, you ' threw it down the sewer, said Mr. - White. Why did you do that? I i thought Skelly might want to use it again, was the reply. In reply Inspectors Miller and Jor- dan were called and repeated that Lee had not told them that Skelly had forced him with a_ revolver to show him the church. ' Addresses to Jury In his address to the jury Mr. Tud- hope placed all the blame for the ex- plosion on Skelly and contended that he had concocted the story against Lee and Butler, who were afraid of him. Lee and Butler had been fool- ish and unfortunate in getting mixed up with a criminal but that did not make them criminals. He pointed to] the fact that Slmnv `mm +1. . . . . -_ ms appear. 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