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tan shoes. He their courtroom no indication that he recogmiyooe and although · his brothers sat nearby his glance PpftBed*ov**;th«m<' without hesita- ' /Juft^before "tha taking of ^i«riden,ce,-fttiier brothers were Basked ·S|<to«Ieawv;they..being witness^. ' fyivintiv;mm 9 Unpihftrtv ·· Special' Crown Prosecutor opened- the - o*»e,,- giving, tbe Jury the outlines of the case, and explaining that the evidence plAed'upbi'.thecni! would be direct arvi circumstantial' Harbor; Board Giyes Concord and Clndm evidence and because of the number '-ThougHt of, More Exten· (Contlootd OR of witnesses the trial will be lenftoy. Helold of Vertnllyea, liv- · siom at bock , ing in this district before leaving i$g|C · ?)h*>f Not CintUy;,; ; - for California, where he resided for \ With . an . expected surplus" or some twenty-three years, returning Ambers and ' othei- materials left i|; ^to a loWi,firm«voice he pleaded some eleven years ago* to help wind following the completion of -j the fc irot; guilty ;J and ^then seated hlm- up the estate of ; his father, the £Cv iself: on -.the -cushion as 'he s has been late Nathaniel Vermllyeai Reeve ot third crib now under construction I ffiuffering for^ some time :with ,an Thurlow Township for forty-eight as part .of the .new .dock extension, ?f injured hip."·-· Contrary to some years, Mr, Urquhart told of the lri< the local harbor, serious consld-4 expectations the plea was not death . of Mrs . Aurella ; Vermilyea, eratlon of the construction of a Bearded John accompanied by that of insanity. caused it .is believed by; a hatchet. fourth and fifth crib "is being given Hitch-Hikes 8 L:DurIng the polling of the petit jury the accused sat stolidly in Yv-,; ' ·.. Letter Mentioned 'y.-'>..- : . : by members- of the Belleville Board TellJ ~ tois chair- and paid - no apparent ·Turning to money matters. Coun- of Harbor - Commissioners, it was Toronto, Feb. 5 attention,.to the proceedings and stated that the accused man in stated by-Chairman at the Boajd, Kaston, 73-year-old by Treason of his position did not sel Mr. Oeo. F. Ostrom, today. J. early spring wrote his mother, hitch-hiked 80 mile; see' the - jurymen who were being the stating she was getting old and that :If :the decision to construct" the lar Plains farm to r> -chosen and who"will bring in a sheshould, .take part of her estate two extra cribs is reached^ the new ened circurnstancts ' verdict eventually, - 1 ^r; and divide it equally, among the ones to be- placed will materially Provincial Secret three brothers and She sister; Let- lengthen the proposed dock site on. yesterday. ters will be produced to, show this and- will allow considerable..extra ' selection of the, jury did not subject was discussed, he said.. · space for coal unloading and storconslderatk take longer than a half-hour. age. Working steadily during the possible complexioned -old m PbAtomtphs Exhibited"^ iTwenty-eigHt ' men were called past several weeks, employees en- drinks nor smokes, : before the panel of twelve was gaged, on the construction of the his far fcompleted. The defence challenged After a ahort recess, the Crown new dock have made considerable trek back to 1 Last year he t Steven, the Crown, two, and three opened its case with the calling of headway and will place the third were asked to stand .aside. Eight Robert Clarke, photographer of this crib within the next several days." from Brantford to ·of the jurors are farmers, two are city, who identified a ; number ..of Today a number of trucks that George -S.-Henry, t Ontario. -After -a re photographs produced, "which^were taken by him at and near the had been engaged "in-the steady his hike to Ottawi OntHne of Case scene of. the alleged ^offence. All of hauling of rock and* ballast to fill, grantett a. hearing t: these- photographs were placed in the interior of the _ cribs... already ter R. With the swearing in of the jury the records as exhibits. The homes sunk were again on- the .job after a "I have -worked Crown Prosecutor Geo. Urquhart. of Mrs.; (Dr.) J, A. Farley and lay-oft of several days to allow- the "the farm," he said. K.C., gave an^utline of the case DnL^J,_A, -Faulkner. JMlnister^of crib workers to catch up with 'con^Health for Ontario, are prominent struction. Thematerial is being the mortgage thre ing. and education . in this district. In the photos, the distance between hauled from the Thurlow. quarries $1,600. and all the Brief reference was made to the the two being of a short distance. to the "city. seven percent intere ' murder of Mrs. N. .Vermilyea and Question of Pole Oat of Picture period when I couh · the results of the subsequent in- Ool,,R. H. Greer asked why three for my grain. My r vestigations. .«.-- <· farm,. Today my photographs were, taken of the Clergyman Halts . $2,150. I am afrn; The evidence" given . by the first j Faulkner home and a light pole Hauptmann Trjal struggle is going to two witnesses. Mr. C. Clark, oft was left out of -each. The witness ing my property in · Belleville,- and. John Donovan,' was sure it was not left out with Fleming-ton, N.J.7 Feb.13--v\t- boy was a soldier c Oshawa, was technical . in. detail any motive. Laughter was supand concerned the examination of pressed as a question was asked lorney-General David T. Wilentz a day, while I pud numerous photographs and- dia- and-His Lordship instructed can- late Tuesday completed his sum- to take his place." grams &nd numerous measurements stables to clear the court if "levity mation for the state, clearing the that are involved. The§e related was again manifest during the way for Justice Thomas W. Trench- i particularly to the location of the trial. Toronto, .Feb. Piulkner residence to other build- Fred Donovan, land surveyor of ard's charge to the jury^ j.n the snowfalls have' oo inurder trial o f Bruno R: Hauptings nearby. Oshawa was called" to identify a mann. '~. · >· ' parts of Quebec ' t plan made of part of the City of N.J., Feb. 13--A cry districts- east of ^y^,;^ Pleads Not Guilty Belleville, where, the residences of of Flemington, a., clergyman, "A man confessed weather has, been ! Harold WY Vermilyea was indicted Mrs. Farley, Dr. Faulkner, Pro- that murder to me 1A my church," Vnild from the upi 'for -the,' murder, of his mother, Mrs. fessor V. P. Hunt and Dr. Marshall yesterday afternoon startled · the Valley westward bi Anreli* Vermilyea on the night of are situated. .This plan'was placed court where Bruno Richard Haupt- ern Quebec and th October 4th., before Justice Nlcol as an exhibit in court. A number of ftf|Q making its final plea to sen-J him mild today and p; Supreme Court sittings at the distance between the several to the electric chair; probably followed Assize here-today after the fore- idences. The ground floor plan of\ The man sUxxl on a window Lake Superior: mkn of *. .e grand jury, Dan. Mac- the Furley j-cstdenco was put tvs uh ledgo In the court to shout his In- southwest windn; ( , Donald of point Anne, announced exhibit. terruption. He was dragged ilowh Kenora and Ujv to His Lordship, that a "true bill" Portion of Lljhts by a deputy and a. hand was clap- and mild. h»d been found. »· Q. Were lights put In your plan? ped over his mouth. The-court was . Manitoba: Most] /Verrailyea was Immediately placed ; asked Mr. Ore«r. A. No, they-were In turmoil. prob&bly somewha Hhe-prisoner's dock and after the i not mentioned. Hit clergyman was the Rev Vin- .ture at night. indictment was read by', the Court ! Mr. Urtjuhart stated the surveyor cent G. Bums, brother of the not- Saskatchewan: Clerk. Vcrmilyea pleaded not ; would have evidence a"-er the lunch orious Georgia chain gang l comparatively mild guilty, - / , > . ·' · -!.i-----, (Continued on page ten I tire. i Alberta; Mostly mm ' tTn'der , landed, able 10.. miles . S3*,e:"'&arjk almost In wiLvr ;