Vermilyea Sentenced to Hang, 26 February 1935, p. 4

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DQYQU THAT* ***,«·*» kit t?*i fer wfm «so M &utt of enl police corrt being "held on days for the canTerHence of Uit oounw), "Abide were RT Earl W) Albert preriou* to tbe pesdnir prtKjocc a* after > fair trial and ratieci.ol -Tour-caie fcy tbe lory. Itjrouid serre-na c^od purpose tor me 15 say anj-thJnf lo you about'the nature c< tbe act which, you. committed.If at the present ttaw yos feel no remorse for the enrnmtoioa of the crime,-no words of Tntne can mate yea appreciate it. . ·-·. *I do earnestly beseech you to 3*ek.'the coosouaon that yuur religion* affords you.' K was deveiopec la eridooe that you were a good father; you cared (or jour children and lotted after their spirt hurt -welfare, You can ask forgiveness for your sins, and forgiveness will not be denied you." Ceort Bma RUed cwirt room filled long before the opening today, hundreds of curious mined about the front steps of the court house. Some had arrived early,, waiting since-6:15 ajn. for the door* -t« open. Special "guards under the direction of Sheriff J. V. OTlynn. found difficulty In stemming the crush and keeping tbe corridors clear. In the- spectators' rows when finally admitted, many knitted patiently waiting for y»«a»u.ttime to open.-- Yennflyea, In the same chocolate-brown tw«ed suit, with his dote cropped Iron t**? -hate iwaUy-slkkBd entoed as he has entered for -the day».c< the trial, more composed appearing than the three ProTtoclal Polic»euajd>"7:ho $>j£^, through ft*""*! Uboer? ;. THAT date-qu«r*»*-irfaa people \jtvttfiftyttaStrfromdsfissht vste? ' THAT ^xxl Bght«^ «a» de&ar« --:eyet wore thai k does norad ejw ? .. ta_C*nad*, bu It if preswoed by tbe eraim, "Tie c*ms by trtta ·* he f«t Octario, on September 3SUi-.«Tl- The jvere. Eoade y m« ·iany fua*r»l took pLhis lute Tioe *«. FOR HOMES e OFFICES e FACTORIES --OWNED BY THOSE IT SERVES-- 277 Front Street · e Phone 2 Verrrillyea born m Thi»rlow four miles fiom Bellevillfl spent hlj early days in that. tsjjmship.-. attending scbooi, then he attended collete isre fcr some years, thence no went to tbe UniTwtity of Toronto, graduttng ~tn~y~i eueral -oocrse^ia-- 18CT with the degree of Baehrior of ArU. Watchmaker at T. M. PALMER'S He hsa a^&ught Impediment Jn his Zfi BRIDGE STREET EASIT ~ "3 spc«h and attended a school for correctloa -orthS defect. Ttatn be entered the prisoner's dock,fgtanced ook a course in business accountaround at the curious crowd, then receded and followed by the three template^ would be made by thieJ ng. In school and college he had seated himself on the air cushion 'rovincial police guards, was hur- defence counsel, Col. R. H. Qreer, layed a part In sport as a boxer and lolled back at ease, arms or. the ied through the court room through K.C, Toronto who so capably conrunner and won a champtTMdock railing. ' he large door, down the stairway ducted the trial since its beginning. h'ip in boiing *at 'Varsity. Swne j years after graduation he wen', to o the same double cell in the s»rne He has been assisted by Mr. C. Mwt la* a Drarn»' the Pacific coast to British Columloci in the south wing which he A. Psj-ne, K.C.-of this city. bia, then down the coast to CaliforA hush fell over the court room rill occupy until th< date set for Continent-Wide Interest nia and at on« time wag living near as the prisoner toyed wiln a match he execution. the Mexican boundary. He 'Inslly end of a bit of wood, cleaning his From this time on. careful guard No case in local annals has ever settled at Ontario. California. Ho will "kept nails. Last evening as he ·ill be kept over the prisoner, it exercised so great interest as this ir-entered the court room he had was stated today<*j&Governor G. trial on account of the prominence was married and had a daughter and oon. He engaged in ths orang* been more talkatalve. As he entered French of the CoMnfy Gaol. Blnce of the victim and the accused, of the lighted room last night be had the verdict of the Jury had been their relationship, the accusation planUtion business snd was a s»le&remarked In an audible voice which de.'irered late last evening, a special of the crown that a man bad ms,n up to a year or so ^go. nve clearly carried to the TpectatoH'. guard has been placed in the same crossed the continent from the years n«o he r*d dlTOCctd iiU wife. "Just like a* drama".' Today he was cell with Vermliye* and will be PacHlc Oo&st and after the com- He w»s last here to 1«3 shortly apparently- not- tn-tbe--mood--for a*il»t«d -by another, guard .Just, out- mtsstar of th*-crlm«-~f led - by-taxi-- afver the death of his Miner In connection with tftirTjrobate-o<~his iide the door. talking. cabs. _ train r and plane to his Cali- will. Mr. Justice Jeffrey en tered^ the fornia home al which be arrived Appetite S*«o« Good Vermilyea U a well built m»n court room at ten-thirty. He mountin lltUe over forty hourm after tbe ed the bench and sat quietly fot a Vermilyea has shoim liUle lo&s attack. The interest was accentu- weighing about one hundred and moment, rustling some paper*. Ver- of appetite. Even though laboring ated by the rapidity with which the siity pounds and has carried a name as \ good dresser. milye* (at down easily as court w%s under the stress of the final verdict police secured and fcOJowed the clue officially opened, arms on the r»il- of guilty, early this morning, at Hi. to the west coast aod secured the six-thirty o'clock he arose, took the arrest. Th»re was the added interDuring the trial his reaction has ! irst oj the day's airing-and shortC«ortcied Han't Inquiry est ol the insanity defenc*, and I, y before seven o'clock a breakfast many other factors including of not been marked as he has gjnerally j sat with his head slightly bowed ) -Harold YennUyfer 'stand up," jof bread, milk and porridge, was couree the nature of the attack, ; ordered Justice Jeffrey. jyiven him. He ate well, apparentiv which shocked the entire province, j and inoking away from the jury. - - j The prisoner stood erect, placed jundfsturbed. Throughout the night The interest in the case was con- j A U'~g« number of witnesses wtre brought from the coast- and at boih han<ii on the railing and faced | his sleep has been unatXibled and Uneni-wide. -: I poinls along the trip whu-h the the court. - . [during the earlier pan of the n i g h < crown ivdenc-e charged he took on "Hare.you anything to say?" |hsd evidenced » desire to chst with j OHIcUU his jeturn trip ILS well as » rir.i*h ~-:-~df fVirivfrsAlkm with !h< > Don't DUeard it aa Beyond Repair Bring it in to us--All Work Guaranteed Repairs Your WATCH R_J UPPLIL_I__ TOTonlo OQ Suortay, September SOth. Tfefi C^9wtt cfeaj^sd " B^ BcUerllle t^ nighl by taxkaB'on October 1st and October..itix..And that on the latter listt he sivr&erou*ty attacked his the crown charfed be escorted ttom the boa«, wti«re sfee ttrtd to §o to the hoove o/ he daajhter. eonuntioo WM U»*t tfet p»rt«rr from BeOsrfile to OslU«al» Tfc* I wu cy tartcah. to Toronto and to Hamilton,.thence.by_trati_to Chi- mtru, cago, then to Glemdmle by alrpUm Clemen from Glendale to IJCH Angeles by In ten Lsjdeab and thence to his own car caneter to his iKxne in Ontario, California. la the nature of the return as charged the trial was one of the LAtK 1 moat ifmaramble in Oolavio si^xiU Horid of crime. The trial was the longest eriir.tnal MM. B 3ial in Ontar»'«a well as in Hast- August ings County. t The defence set up a not guilty Wert, friend* Idea and also ft secondary defence of her ot insanity. service home i Hb Early lilt Church rites > Ihe Wilte. 1 an, Ix

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