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eae SPARK & 'TOMORRO FRIDAY CIRCUS June 20 ANATIONAL Two Performances INSTITUTION COMING TO' BA RRI E vamir TUER ACQUITTED (Continued from page 1) avin her attegether SEF0 sinee while out breaking peads he was, fest tine. Tn wile of Loos be in Kirby's barn anil mall loan from Tuer to wheal the bins bar an engine Tue, that Ther: tind <1 theft several times There was exactly five bushels | lo de so delivered at the will, "The pr being 82.12, Tuer gave him a cheque for $10, Counsel read an entry from Puer's books show ing thal on Jan, $8, Scott had eumstan letting him haye the money Flevator Manager the two bu Wilness vv fonot count forling after (he robbery recalled | with between] ing b pul there asa blind, H a@ conversation with Tue we froin | wy, Mr. Agnew the retort. fool, He knew that nobody but/the track the Crown could) withdraw the! ccharge," Referring ton trip. with s+ said he helped Scutt's Sister to hifeh Tuer's team but could | Miss Nellie Scott, sister of were! Chas. "Seott, told of being at He|Tuer's mill regarding ehop some t Christmas. Wit- own and also that his unnamed) ness took 15 hags of oats to be Witness! chopped. The chopper at Scatt's Witness cap-loffered to pay Tuer but he re_ This not tell what colour they exactly op if bells were we admitted having horses of his/ time after | chum alse had horses had a chopper driven by anjhad been sold. then. engine in his barn, It able of chopping the whe jfused to take the pay. Get after the Potato Bugs now We Have:-. Church's Bug Finish Pure Paris Green Arsenate of Lead Also:- ; a Silver-Hull Seed Buckwheat BROWN & CO. | | "loby Mp. Cotter he said he went te Toronto in Nov. taway from his eval ON THREE CHARGES :7"0" 20! ae fom bie ova WE obos mother different sums, thalan his eine eould not afford Witness denied telling coy Tuer he would be sorry for not James A. Patterson, buyer for Canada Grain Ca, at 'Thorn been paid S10 for rye and that) ton, told of the condition in which > Were to be called for./he found the elevator the iican- a Wis ovi- any such entry except that tt was! denes corroborated that of Seath reference to the elevator be- 'ken into &nd wheat stolen. the court house and the jail but! The wheat loss he estimated al denied having said to Tuer, "UC fifty bushels, bul he did not miss made a mistake and 1 should|any barley, though he saw wheat 'have played someone else." Tuer]in the barley bin. He tracked the 'told witness he should withdraw] sleigh and horses for 2 miles ns ke it easier for! towards Cookstown. The snow drifting a bit and there were eris evlteams on the road so they lost He said rye al that worth 1.75 per bushel. : Agnew he said the sleigh ain to the Thorn.| used was not a heavy bobsleigh. was done without any A strange lantern' was around their stable for a couple of weeks. She saw a lantern very similar to this later hanging up in Tuer's mill. She remembered her brother coming home be- tween 7 and 8 a.m. one Sunday morning in January, 1918, after being out all night. Some wheat and rye were scattered around the floor of his bedroom. Cross-examined by Mr. Agnew, she said Carter was at their house the morning the wheat-was found on the floor. She did not know that Carter helped her brother to steal the automobile wheel and tire. Her brother worked through the day but was often out at night. To Mr. Cotter--Carter came on Saturday and helped to do the chores and stayed all night. She saw Carter in the house before Charlie came in, Evidence of Mrs, Scott Mrs. Scott said Mill Carter came to her house some time during Saturday and remained all night. She noticed the wheat and rye in the kitchen and in Charlie's bedroom. Charlie left home after supper on Saturday night. The strange lantern spok en of by her daughter was notice ed by her. When in Toronts Charlie wrote to her regularly and sent her money. Since last November he has sent her $155, ef which S100 was sent froin, 'Toronto since April, He went to Toronte with her consent to earn: money to help buy a horse. In (he fall of 1917 and early part) of 1918 Tuer and Charlie were intimate. No rumors of Charlie's misconduct came to her until he was arrested To Mr. Agnew she said she never gave Charlie a note to Mr.[ Whiteside to get money, She| fixed the date of finding the! wheat by the fact that Charlie's! birthday fell the foltawing week. | arter has only ane horse thee confidential friend of Charlie's has horses, Tuer was never oat her house. Charlie's chums had been there, Charlie had engine and chopper and was using it in January, 1918. Wit ness had no idea where he was | on the night of Jan. 18 Thos, Maw, emptoye Thornton elevat = the evidence of Mr Mr, Agnow asked that the! Crown put Mr. Kirby in the box, he te have to right ta cross- examine | Kirby testified that Scott was in the barn when he was clean. ing up his wheat He had no pesitive knowledge that any wheat was stolen, as he saw nothing to indicate that anyone | had been in his granary. On Jan, 12, $918, Tuer gave him a} cheque for 8700 as advance pavy-| ment on wheat that was to be tielivered To Mr. Cotter he said he had 400 bushels and two bags might easily be taken without being noticed. At the time of the sup: posed theft he had teamed out| part of his wheat to Tuer. The Defence Edgar Tuer, the prisoner, was first called for the defence. His mill has run practically night and day for the last three or four: vears: it has a capacity of 60 bbls. a day. He denied stealing two bags of wheal from Kirby, or of receiving from Charlie Scott twa bags knowing it was stolen or of ever receiving two bags of wheat from Seott at any tinte, He denied positively that he was near the Thornton elevator in January, 1918, and deélared Seott's story a lie from start to finish. He told of paying Kirhy $700 on wheal account, Regard- ing the cheque of 810 to 'Scott, he said his brother took in the rye from Scott and handed wit- ness the ticket. He fieured the price and issued a cheque. Scott's statement that the word "rye" was put. on for a blind is untrue. Every cheque he issues shows what it is for. He paid $2.00 per bushel for the rye. In the grain hook is an entry on Jan. 48, 1918, of the two bags of rye bought from Charlie Scott at 82.00 per bushel with a memo that two bags were to be called for. These twa bags were produced in court. When he was arrested he told the Pinkerton man where he thought he was an Jan. 18, 1918. The last entry on Jan. 18, showed that a Mr. Canfpsell was in the mill for shorts about midnight on the Saturday night. He and his brother were working in the mill together till midnight when he went home to bed. His sleigh is a heavy hob. His team is a black and a bay, 44 and 15 years, weight about 900 and 1000. This team couldn't do the trip with the heavy load from Thornton to Alliston in the time described by Scott T. Robbins had got his heavy harness between Jan. 15 and 48 and it was not returned till the following week. On way all white. Su Prices ... Prices . . 7 BEAUTIFUL FRENCH AND ENGLISH VOILES--Made from the { "finest of yarns, nice, soft finish, sheer, rich, itable for ladies' or children's Dresses and Waists. trsssesss 50c, 75c, 90c, $1.00, $1.25 and $1,50 yd. FANCY IMPORTED VOILES in beautiful with dimity cord stripes. weight dresses, also children's wear. Some styles shi PHCES gece 2 PHOES 9 wis a. Voile Blouses. >= of this here, 1 should have changed it." Scott wanted ti borrow $285 but witness had mo dealings with him cther than the 2 bags of rye, Scott said he wanted to buy a Chevrolet car and when refused remarked, "You may be sorry for this." Witness knew nothing of a Jantern of his being in Scott's barn. He told the constable when ar- rested that he was at = Prid- ham's on the night Scntt said he was in Thornton, but later found he had been mistaken Il was suggested by Mr. Cotter that he changed his story because the Crown had witnesses ty prove that he was not at Pridham's but witness denied this, Scott was in the mill several times after the sale of the two bags of rye, but witness never told Seott to take away the bags. As to the heavy harness. he had no us. for it for a few days. He hardly knew Robbins when he loaned the harness, Witness said he did not know how much his team could handle and didn't keow the size of loads drawn as hin was done at the elevator, When the Judge rather sharply remind ed the wifness that he paid for the loads, Tuer suddenly recol- lected that ax high as 80 bushels had been drawn by the team and that the drawing box had a cap. acity of 100 bushels. Rollo Tuer, who is in charge of the White Mills, corroborated the evidence of his brother re- garding Campsell being in the mill on Jan, 18. Witness took in the two bags of rye from Scott. Garfield Tuer, another brothes, who has charge of the horses, told of the harness being loaned to Robbins a few days before Jan. 18 and returned in the fore part of the next week. That winter he went to the stable every night about eleven o'clock as they had a little colt that was in the habit of getting a foot caught' in the halter. Had the team been ont he would have known it, A tesw driven from Thornton, as describ- ed by Scott, drawing 56 bushels and 'trotting half the way would be pretty nearly dead. He never found |his team in such shape. His team could not. have made such a trip without his knowing it. He swore that neither horses or sleigh were out the night of Jan. 18. W. E. Campsell told of being in the mill; accompanied hy Fred from court house to jail, Scott Horne, on the night of Jan. 18. said to witness, "I made a mistake|Edgar and Rollo Tuer were there, DEVLIN & MURCHISON colorings and designs Specially for ladies' light summer 36 inches wide. trtteeeeeeeee'., 5Q¢, 75c and $1.00 yd. FANCY PLAID GINGHAMS in large overcheck plaids or small neat checks and stripes. Scotch and Canadian mal Wie Vamnieien . . 30c, 35c, 39c and 59c yd. The most charming to wear with a separate light skirt or a light suit. Cool and dainty, lacy and frilly or simple and plain, their freshness is proverbial. ow only a few tuckings and hemstitching and others have pretty embroidered front and lace trimmings. There are round necks and V necks. Prices .......... CREPE BLOUSES in Silk the newest and most popular styles. 3 Ui ++ +++ $3.90, $4.50, $5.00, $6.90 and $7.50 WOMEN'S LIGHT SUMMER VESTS, without sleeves. Made from fine ribbed cotton yarn. Medium sizes only. Special .. 25¢ each WOMEN'S VESTS with short sleeves or without yarn. Some are finished with tubular edging, beading or with lace yokes. Nearly all have the V neck, Kitumene iy waned ea WER 5 33c, 35c, 40c and 50c each MEN'S ALL-WOOL BATHING SUITS in Navy blue with cardinal trimming. Made in the one-piece style with skirt. Sizes 38, 40, - +. $1.50, $1.75, $1.90, $2.00 and $2.50 Crepes or Georgette Crepes, made in all ING SUITS made in same te eeee es $1.00 each in plain and fancy kes, good width. sleeves, fine cotton - $5.00 He got home about midnight, Horne gave evidence in corrobor- ation. T. Robbins told of break- ing hixy harness while drawing wood and borrowing harness from Tuer, This was on Jan, '7. Harness was returned early in the nex! week. Jos. Whiteside, postmaster at Alliston said that Churhe Scuit caine seek money of his ows aveord and alse a with an orter purporting to be from his mother, but in each of nothing: detrimental to Mr. Tuer's character. Alliston, has had extensive deal- ings with Tuer, und they were al- ways satisfactory, This closed the evidence. The Conclusion Mr. Agnew referred in scath- ing terms to the record of Charles Scott and contrasted his character wiih that of Edgar Tuer, a respectable business man. He scoffed at Scott's alleged re- formation and pointed ont thal he had made no effort to make restitution to those from whoin {he had stolen. As to the Kirby charge. Mr. Agnew inaintained that Tuer would have paid eash jfor the two bags had there been anything crooked. 'This charge was disproved by the books and by the evidence of Rollo Tuer. If this erain was stolen for Tuer why did he pay Seotl (he full market price? Reference was made to the strong corroborative evidence to prove that 'Tuer was not in Thornton at the time charged. Mr. Agnew said thal Scoth had put up these yarns ; against Tuer as as excuse for his thefts and to shield guilty pals, The motive suggested was Scott's ill will to Tuer because the latter had refused to loan him 8285. Crown Attorney Cotter briefly reviewed the evidence and laid emphasis upon the manner in which Scott had made a clean breast of his offences and upon leaf. He had lived a steady, in- dustrious life since that time and strong evidence of this was seen in the monies sent home to his mother. Because the boy had done wrong' was no reason why case witness refused. He knew] T J, H. Mitchell, Ex-Mayor of, his conduct since he had left, Co Alliston and turned over a new Thirty-first da; verdict was one of exoneration for the accused, ------ The first instalment of "The Bear of Silver Dale" by George Gilbert, the well-known outdoor writer, appears in Rod and Gun for June. This is a thrilling story of adventure along the trap line. Anyone interested in Timagami Forest Reserve would do well to read the splendid ar- ticle entitled "A Seven Day Canow rip." ; ---- BY-LAW NO. 520 A By-Law to raise $25,000 to aid in the construction of tile, stone or timber drains. The Council of the Municipality of the Township of Innisfil pursuant to the pro Visions of The Tile Drainage Act enacts as follows:-- 1.That the Reeve may from time to time, subject to the provisions of this By-Law rrow, on the credit of the Corporation of the said Municipality such sum not exceeding in the whole $25,000, as may be determined by the Council and may in manner herinafter provide issue de- bentures of the said Corporation in the sum of One hundred dollare each for the amount 80 borrowed with coupon attach- ed as provided by Section Five of the said Act. 2.That when the Council shall be of the Opinion that the application of any per. son to borrow money for the purpose of constructing a tile, stone or timber drain should be granted in the whole or any part the Council may by resolution direct the Reeve to issue debentures a: aforesaid and borrow a sum of money not exceeding the amount applied for and may lend the same to the applicant on completion of the drainage work. 3.A Special annual rate shall be imposed levied and collected over and above all other rates upon the land in respect of which the said money shall be borrowed sufficient for payment of the principal and interest ss provided by the 'Act. PASSED the Slat day of May, 1919. (egd.) R. M. McConkey, (agd.) Eben Todd, led Reeve. he should not be given credit for. his good motives' when he tries to go straight. It did not take the jury very long to make up their mind upon the evidence: adduced and their 24-260