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| f | % desire to recover it had been sug-- | [ P gested as a motive for murder, he | ' i8 contended that, with the establish-- } | ment of the non--existence of the 'r | . 'document, all charges fell to the | ground. 9 He outlined at length the relations that had obtained between the two parties. In this connection he read \several letters between them and em-- f phasized the fact that in his letter soeNewmmminscommmetemene employing Huston at a wage of $250 f # per month, Backus had mentioned Scath"\g Language FeatureS= efforts toward securing a reduction F « | of freight rates as part of his duties.| ClOSlng Session of |Counsel argued that, as Huston had 646 9 i been given a free hand, he had prob-- HUSton Pf'Obe 'ably considered it advisable to pose mnzrnnn en dn as an independent contractor, a re--| | * turned soldier trying to build up a} MR. LEW'S ON THE STAND | pulp industry, as a means of pressingf nale his case more effectively. f SA _ i7' "By the widest stretch of the Af i o clock last night the in-- | imagination it cannot be said that vestigation which grew out of the there had been any contract bmken,"l' charges of Alex. Lewis, M.P.P.. as | he said, to the death of Captain Orville Says No Motives. | | f \HMuston at Fort Frances last Decem-- Mr. White then came to the night [ber came to:a closow«in so far as of the death of Captain Huston, and F R C en in 8P r,'" * urged the fact that Dr. Cameron-- \ public hearings are concerned. There |\ who arrived at the scene a few min-- | now remaine only the repori of Com-- [ utes after the shots were fired--the missioner® Macintosh to the Attor-- ;?orone'r. ghlief of tPolfIcef,t Cro;vndAtli ney. s orney an nspector Jeffrey 'had a er General i peliered 3t 10 De a tese or aniclde During the four hours which the lThere was no motive for murder on three .('nunsel and Mr. Lewis occu-- ; . !the part of Backus or 'his associates. |pied In presenting argument words Iporperating ane omerere ergoatet 'gv\fere not minced. Gordon Waldron, j Ied if Mr. Lewis had any motive of |K.C., counsel for the Government, } 'his own. He compared the_reports of 'and the last to address the com--| Porter wuhl ar]'tic_les irx\)ptear::éiin '1;};e s s ; P L & j > f p n = missioner, said: "The creation of this | :;;';fira}?'tf,:c :;ilglgr;a] asu%stantia}:ing commission is amply justified,. if the suicide theory had been deleted . rabid, dishonest and scandalous from the published accounts--"dis--| Journalism is to be curbed." closing a deliberate attempt by this| '1\'1r. Waldron and 1. F. Hellmuth, "E"";}'(P"g"';k'gs";",f';";'ti;','n;hgf"mfidgfi 1!}(," Packus, . on EP careu. or co-.nspai'racv "_ He asked the com'i n"ne % Racl.us_. Cewie. rufinan. m yal missioner to find that the charges nts that.Mx. Lewis, unconscious-- were made by Mr. Lewis recklessly ' ly or consciously, had been the tool without caring whether they were of The Evening Telegram in mak-- true or false, "but at the instigation | ing, under protection of the Legis-- "of this newspaper--to further in-- lature, charges which he dare not terests of its own--whose tool he voice in its columns. was."' $ Mr. Lewis, in his statement, vig-- | | ron--And -- whose tool orously denied this. He had been | iheMi;: Wwald actuated, he averred, only by the Mr. White urged the commissioner motive of having the fhemory of a to make such a report that the vot-- comrade in arms cleared from the ers of Northeast Toronto would rec-- stigma of suicide. ognize in their representative "a Dramatic < and forceful was the Arst--class representative of Bay and address by Mr. Hellmuth, who rose Melinda streets." [ at the conclusion of Mr. Lewis' state-- s 4 | ment and indignantly rebuked the . | Claims Bias in Case. latter on the count that he had P j § * t rotest against what he charac-- made no WOld Of ret"actjfln as to the terized as the biased (fondllct Of the charges brought against Mr, Backus. case by Mr. Waldron was the open-- "I had expected that Mr. Lowis, at ing pért of Mr. Lewis statement. least, would have expressed his regret . Mr. Waldron, he said, conducted a at the unwarranted attack he made ca.s.e as a ba'u'rister in the defense in the House upon Mr. Backus," he | . of Mr. Backus, who was already said. "I thought that, while he-- de. | | well represented. '"Instead of con-- sired tolexcl'qulpate himself, he would | ducting an ingquiry, he has been on --have felt that, in common decency, 2 o ip raus m ; moene "HERK wo mietonent est contrition for having accused a gatin 't.he subject HiaLter * of my ifellow-man of the crime of murder chargges but inquiring -- into the gor conspiracy to murder. | operations of a newspaper," said / Says Message Altered. i Mr. Lewis. | _ _A telegram from C. O. Knowles of | s He then entered into a review of ter, asking for letters passing be--| tending that a left--handed man such tween Huston and the International 'aslinUStt%n tCOUld not hfive shtotdhl;n- emeiey e ardence mow! Sles:® [Phat as hou® bafore me acathanng points o e evidence most vigor-- o T | ously emphasized by the Crown and ;0" haddlsletr})]t tmhehi}sxa}(;o:gl biegm:;?f | by counsel for Mr. Backus. This tele-- § C s(;'u",rh-" . hC J h Wf | gram--an original, and one of those FNad) 1 HAL i olating . 1y fcide_ snel forwarded by the Appellate Division | nidee. Pht respoute enerance at ;rl:adtoa}r; zéas%Vheitz °K,'§_,'§o;,:§§f§& Inspector Campbell, who held to the _ _ % € st with th libel ti theory of murder, and Inspector * the requtegatw;ews : oY frhea(ielloer-l « Jeffrey, who advanced the suicide against o 4e Sr eP 7 | theory, were dealt with by the wit-- gram read: '"Please _ see A. W. Mor-- ++ P P bernmesrqumane omm mm m ommmernemmmmmmmmmene= . ness, who referred to evidence of !!ey, solicitor for Huston, and ask him Jeffrey's drinking, the lack of cor-- if we can have actual letters passing roboration as to his ever having, between fTuston and | International been at Scotland Yard, and suggested 'Lumber Co. May be of great value. trouble in respect to his actions j The words scored out were: "to us when entrusted with the enforce-- in our libel action," counsel said. ment of the O.T.A. February 3 was the date of the mes-- "He was not in a frame of mind sage. ; 5 to make a report worthy of con-- Mr. white, in opening argument, sideration as against that of a man dealt with Mr. Lewis' charges only . like Campbell," said Mr. Lewis. as they affected his client, Mr. He repudiated the suggestion that -- Backus, and read from th.e publish--| > he brought the matter up in the ed report of the former's addreqs' j Legislature at the instance of The passages which had this bearing. Telegram, and reaffirmed that, upon ; Most of his address was directed to-- reading the story of the death of + ward proof that there had been\no | Huston, whom he had known in f contract -- between Backus -- and : --_--| France, he was interested only in fieston. _ As _this contratt_and the _' getting the full facts. . 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