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Barrie Examiner, 15 Jun 1977, p. 31

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Mello Blends make donation Members of the Mello Blends recently donated $500 from the proceeds of their last concert towards the fund for Ontario Autistic Children Making the presentation were from left Crime Flashback Joyce Wilson treasurer Shirley Stafford show chairman receiving the donation Betty Marmura and Phyllis Parent president Examiner Photo Murder not quite perfect By MAX HAINES Copyright 1977 Toronto Sun Syndicate The perfect crime has always fascinated students of the art of murder The murder that can be considered perfect is one that is not detected as murder at all but often is thought to be an accident or suicide In 1953 Sgt Major Frederick EmmiettDunne of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers was stationed with result of hanging but rather had been killed by an extreme ly vicious blow to the throat EmmettDunne was ar rested and under provision of the army act was returned to Germany to fact court mar tial for murder The trial began in June 1955 While EmmettDunne pleaded not guilty it was apparent from the outset that Watters had not committed suicide Emmett Dunne had halfbrother Private Ronald Emmett He heated until finally the smaller man pulled out pistol Fred claimed that the pistol was aimed straight at his head In desperate gamble to save his life Fred stated that he slowly was able to extend his arm br ing it back in wide arc in an attempt to strike Watters on the side of the head in order to stun him and gain possession of the pistol Instead of the vicious blow landed squarely on his adver sarys throat Watters slumped over in the seat of the car and BELFAST Geuer The nonsectarian peace movement which last year made headlines around the world bringing hopes for an end to bloodshed in Northern Ireland has entered new quieter phase Gone are the mass rallies with their floodlights and whirring cameras and the stonethrowing enemies Leaders of the ninemonth old peace movement say they are changing tactics Their supporters are cam paigning quietly but insistently for support in the Roman Cath olic and Protestant ghettoes of Belfast We decided to stop the ral lies and consolidate our efforts at the grass roots said bear ded Ciaran McKeown the THE BROOKDALE PRESENTS TUESDAY ONLY iting it jl In Barries Most Luxurious Lounge with Disco Live Entertainment movements philosopher and pamphlet writer Movement leader Mairead Corrigan said We have more support than ever But recent rallies have drawn only fraction of the tens of thousands wholast year chan ted hymns and linked arms in spontaneous expression of solidarity that swept aside sec tarian lines and hatred There is no doubt that the ini tial momentum generated by the deaths of three children killed in an incident between guerrillas and the army has gone WANT COEXISTENCE Less passionate followers are beginning to demand concrete targets as well as fraternal c0 existence in society where the gun and the bomb and sectarian suspicion have become way of life Such aims are difficult to achieve for movement careful to preserve nonsectarian the examiner Wedneeday June 15 1917 31 New quieter phase for peace grau nonpolitical line movement already accused of supporting British interests and appealing to people who are removed from the grim realities of Nor thern Ireland The grassroots campaign in side the ghettoes from where the core of the violence is said to emanate is intended as an answer to that criticism pulic notice Hurry up and SAVE UP TO 50 We have to relocote wearing uNbiMirEo is closing up its showroom at 128 Brock St in Barrie Clear out of all LAMPS FIXTURES SHADES SWAGS TABLES Bring your favorite lamp for proper shade fitting OPEN MON SAT 930 530 FRI TD 900 PM bicarma Lu UNLIMITED flew the British forces at Duisburg hada strange story to tell Sunmmowm Germany EmmettDunne was Ronald told of recegving lEmmettDunn hcarried dthe featuring léT big husky man standing over message from his half rot er imp am out car an in 9ngk six feet He was career army Fred on Nov 30 1953 The to the barracks quick ex this week LJETSZ mum WEST OFANNE ST man living in the single mens quarters at the base It was sort of an open secret among his army buddies that Fred had eyes for Sgt Reg Wat ters pretty German wife Mia The Watters lived in flat about mile away from the ar my base and Fred was in the habit of phoning Mia when he was sure her husband was not at home Before long the in fatuation with the married woman blossomed into an af fair Sgt Watters who was small boned 51 individual became suspicious He wasnt sure his wife was stepping out on him but being jealous by nature he felt somcthing was rotten in the state of Denmark In the middle of this poten tially explosive situation an unexpected and dramatic eve took place Sgt Major Emmett Dunne together with Quarter master Sgt Fry found Watters hanging from beam in the barracks There was rope around his neck and an over turned bucket at his feet His distraught buddies cut him down An army doctor thoroughly examined the body and was satisfied that death was due to selfinflicted strangulation Watters was written off as suicide and that should have beenthat Two thngs happened which served to shed new light on the apparent suicide Watters friends in the service felt that he just wasnt the type of fellow to commit suicide for any reason Those who had been in contact with him shortly before his death stated that he had been in excellent spirits Months went by and lCmmettw Dunne returned to England Just by cliancv the army discovered that six months after Watters loath Emmett Dunnc had married Mia the dead mans former wife The military authorities ordered Watters body exhumed It was then diseovcretl that the first doctor had erred Watters had not died from strangulation as message was request from Fred to meet with him outside the sergeants mess This he did and the two men talked Fred told Ronald that he had just killed man He said he had had an argument which had led to shoving match The man had fallen hit his head and died instantly Ronald told how Fred had led him to the body and had asked him to help set up suicide scene Scared half out of wits the younger man complied with his halfbrothers wishes He held the body in an upright position while Fred placed the rope over the beam and tied the knots Then they placed the overturn ed bucket at the dead mans feet Sgt Major Frederick EmmettDunne then took the witness stand He stated that everything his half brother had said was completely true They had both set up situation which would make the death appear to be suicide He claimed that while they were sitting in his car he and Watters had begun to argue Watters ac cused Fred of carrying on with his wife The argument grew more Test drive new Leyland Tractor on your form today George McCague wishes to thank the voters 6f DufferinSimcoe for their support at the polls on June 9th pledges to work on behalf of all in the coming term amination revealed that Wat ters was dead Instead of repor ting the tragic accident EmmettDunne confessed that he had panicked and called his halfbrother The rest of the story had already been told by Private Ronald Emmett The tale was plausible enough Men have panicked and acted irrationally The court reconvened outside the courtroom Here they had car of the same make and size as the one EmmettDunne had owned two years previously man of the same height and stature as Watters was placed in the front seat Dunne was asked to reconstruct the scene when he had described in court He couldnt do it The car was too small He was unable to strike the man with anything close to vicious blow to the throat There just wasnt enough room to get any power behind the swing in the confin ed quarters of the small car Sgt Major EmmettDune was found guilty and sentenced to hang His sentence was later commuted to life imprison ment EmmettDunne was released in 1965 after being confined in prison for 10 years and The Brookdale Inn 150 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