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.‘fl - Foundi- use lArthfiur Ellis never had a finer assortment of , nor were the current styles ever attractive than those this season.- is only the best of Fur that will, 1. a good garment. Style is essen- ml of course, but the value,lfor which v'ng comes, is in the quality ELLIS FOUND GUILTY. “ Gentlemen of the jury haVe you decided on a verdict, and if so what ('0 l “ Guilty," replied the foreman. “ Guilty' of what?" -â€" Justice Clute. . “ Murder." frOm members of jury. “ Guilty, guilty,” repeated Clerk Sootheran and Justice Clute in one voice. still more shaken. for the ver- dict came as a surprise, as a rude I l l the 16d. Happy Civilized forld in Canada l“l‘l~Iln TH ll" (il-l\r 'l‘lil-z p 3. punishment. l . .».'Tt-r3ni.: in Women‘s handsome Coats, ranging . lover an hour and a half to hear the self against a human ”me as "$20.00 lgrave, cold words, but few of whom would defend himself 333i?“ the at 'had expected anything more than tack 0‘ 3.901%" bear. a verdict of manslaughter with whether Porter wanted to shoot h sentence of perhaps 25 years less. “ HaVe the prisoner stand up,” re- marked His Lordship. " Arthur lEllis, have you anything to say why the sentence of the court should not be passed upon you. The prisoner, who did not seem to realize that guilty of murder meant death. had jumped Quickly to his il'eet when commanded to do so by i the Court, and at. the words of the ljrdgo leaned forward across the bar lot the dock with his right hand to lllE-z “ I don‘t understand you ’-â€"-I (I. n't hear you." he said in a. Icrlshcd blunt voice. with a puzzled flunk ujvl'n his face. Justice (‘lute reju-uivd the question and the pris- ._. n .,. .‘is ., No. no the sad .case 01 Lllls : Flitlllrhu'. he Sltlfl in a shaking voxce alone, “‘9 dead, babes lnmg he stood to receive the blow, I“. I ;\\'lll0.‘ll was unexpected. | l -!.!1 ‘ .................. a .................. ......$l.00 explode his weapOn to scare or in ‘1’0 defend himself. We find Porter this night carrying his fathefls rifle Mi 4)” grisly-ii Knitted Cloves at from _.,c l’ils‘r'\ j." ".‘.' " ll ,5 ,-,. and returning again.\‘ He got 1'1 ‘2' l l\ ”new- 4 s no:- in stock. turning home. but he did not home. lll'l't‘\\.l ." . it it it'll xxu'iill “‘1 can le purchnrrd at our right to lioâ€"protect his life. was not necessarily hind. -!lll .12: l l:l‘.' ill'r“ shot from lllLl . . otwvvmwvwweumu KY H EN YO U V l)'\’ r-sxlltl .ls (‘iu'u rt tlHt'Iug' tablislled it otherwise. ) \\ ,.- f. l K, , "Q 4 Q i \,. mills lit-in J tired, followed by three others." Counsel ltobinette pictured kl slzl’; «‘1' ~ . .\ . \ . it I shook head , hereâ€"a pOor lonely farmer. He had a chance to escape (six dayS), but He might , us ;mmumaflm. the terriblelhe stays on the spot. LLa c drowned the body in the ,adja- lcent lake. but he didn't. There was l feeling between. the two Qanlililas. and ll'jllis was warned by a letter which ‘lwas signed by “ Pith" (the Porter {héé'g'irl}. The girl denies the author- ship, but Inspector Miller swears she The. prisoner sank told him she did write it. ‘ bench, non-. " Ellis saw l’oier prowling around plusod, but yet seemingly at theihis Piaf“ two nights, and he was on . to may” the serious-[h s guard. Lew Porter was a very Price; ness of th.- message He stl'aight-Idmi’firnus man and had it in for ‘ lened up. zz'asled the railinur with El '5' 1‘0”" had used his last bul- ion" hand, while the other dropped let' and perhaps was abOUt I”) turn to his seat. and h.» stared with ”Hid r 11 when hit by Ellis. Then 'ercinur eyes at the judge on the I like the wounded stag or bear, I’or- l pl . :tel' t‘ ms and rushes at Ellis, when ‘ ‘Dtnch. ? lh: i I " ' J ' ' An unnatural deathly silence fol-‘ s agan Stmu b" Ellis bullet. :I \entl.re to say that after Ellis. lovved the Verdict and a thunderboltl _ , .l\'lng alone as he was, got that l thr.a en'ng letter he was thereafter dell: ll St 111 once. (Xintlllll, were thvn ginorliig'iug words, pro- l .. , n .' n_-.-rl upon the prisoner, " Arthur El l~.llis .\Oll will be tukrnthence to the 7' , ~ Ipltlce from whence 50:: came. there to be kept until January ‘when you will be hanged neck until you 9am: dead." iillHlllr‘l .,. infill ~ lanc- .\ \up-lirll, 7 by ’l'he blow came. down onto his wooden u l l time Militg o frOm the blue would not have caused] so much surprise. The verdict was! 1 .. h l t sickening and as His Lordship per- l a ways on t e a er ' Bids Good-Bye to His Father ‘â€" formed the only duty left open to . _ . him and gave utterance to the ter- tears dropping "0‘” h'5 sleepless riblc sentence, “ You will be hanged of eyes. A full realization of his posi- bv the neck until dead On Jan 7 \v ll e n . ticn swept home with awful force. and God have mercv. on vour soul " l -- z:. 1:: c'llllielnnxt‘ 5 nd - - ‘ ~ - . . )i- l 10”? l aw.bth:dhe ter pd” 0‘ the- man “as the audience was stuuned and Al: 1: .c v ' -‘,r .- - . _ . ,1 :1 , htr le 1 ‘t breathless. It was possible to hear :.s ., w :u.‘ ’. . . ' ' D ” ‘ l ‘ I don t know. I don‘t know," a pin dr0p and ones heart seemed conVictt‘d. It bellOOVes every man to be s:rious when such a sacred thing as life is at stake. it rolls with you to take the life or not. "The Crown will try to discredit the story of Ellis in the box. Ellis is int a simple. plain. country man, _ l Tl»‘b$:‘«l at it):- ' w :zlill‘nill: "i'h , a ‘cw present. but! . . . . the first time in he “owded c u .. ~ _ ‘ . was all that he could say; “1 don‘t to mow thh a Sickening slow glide t c. , o rt .. H, , .. i ~ . c): as the przs- _ . _ , room. Does not his story ring true? â€" .l. 2 , lkn'Jw why I did lt. now. It was a down. down, doun to ones very , . . . . ‘ l ..i. v " U‘Itblctelv and: _ . , I _ _ Ellis 15 looking f0r his cows, and ‘i s w . . _ f , , ’terrilile mistakeâ€"a terrlble mistake ” boots. Horrors. what an indescrlb- . . , ,, 1-. n l .t. as miners , , ' _ _ 7 Porter gets his traps. Ellls walks - l ' land the wiry but thin face of the able, uncanny and faint-like sensa- . , , l “I _ . _ , , _ half a mlle looking for cattle. and \ , , man shook with emotion, hls voice tlon ! Women in the gallerv moan- . \‘l v-\' ”"5 ”I”: u" wonder-Ichok‘n ~11 h ed audiblv others cried and'left the on his urn ha meetu‘ Porter. who ’Ill.’ mail. but the: a as ‘ e tears gus ed down his ' ' ’ should have been home by that time. court room, in a dazed manner, while strong hardy men flinched and paled, s°m° hem“ “able t_° suppress a l was looking for Ellis. Ellis has a groan. The deep. smcere sympathy, which was eVer manifested for the, accused man, leaped out to him as ; cheek. ‘ '--l in be so 59-. Why does he return when he should -v~\‘_:rect thedcath; A sad sight to see the prisoner be home? The defence says he ‘l‘o-day he I weeping, a‘ sad sight to See the poor home in the father standing by still believing ‘.l‘.‘!‘t‘ the chil-itliat his boy was the victim of cir- Jllll I own house. testimony was to the point that it. ”.9. _- .. .,- thu- con-acumsmnce. and that the rash deed he sat in the caged dock. The lull . . . Should the court of appeal uphold stand aside by the counsel for thelVisited 0,". place'and showed me a K, “9,, . _. , . ”g. anxmusu. l “as committed in self~defence. was pronounced and prolonged all depended upon the posxtlon of Por- counsel for the defence in this mat- prosecution, 1:,“tu the following letter which was supposed to be i: iE-c wows about their; The prisoner handed over all he eves ‘ being focused on the pfigone, ter’s arm. and Ellis said he was ter and the confession is disallowed jurors were selected: Messrs. JOl‘" from me. b“ “him I did not \..., . ”:lhad to his fatherâ€"his'money, letters Judge. jury, lawyers. court officials pzrtéy turned. What; etudence his as admissive evidence. a new trial 0X5.“ Dalton township'; ngid A.lWrite." “U“ I ' mace “p' :and “he" property. bid mm 8" £0“ and reporters and spectators all t e .rown given 5°“ 't a Is not se ° would be in order. and it is thought “"1“.“ Emily: W- J . 'l‘homaS. El- " That is “01 In." writing." said Id s »-v:: m1» parting re- farewell. and the little old man de- turned to the accused man as he sat defence ? He tells his story three that this is one reason whv Justice don; w. .l. Glenny, Little Britain ; the witness when shown the note, < 17‘ "is sun in theiparred. The iron .bars were shot stunned , timesunfalteringly and clearly and Clute set the date of Ellis' punish- Neil Mc'l'aggart, Mariposa; Rich. “ Mr. Hoynsell’s little girl is just .‘ . - .- m~;.- imlifierencemcross the corridor. and the con- Fllis hever moved the position of|clalms salf-defence.~' Jug" to show ment several weeks awav, on Jan. Prouse, Mariposa; Thos. Wylie. llig- nine years Old." continued the wit- rlsofit‘r 1-,? ‘llr. first tllne was I damned man “.as left alone “Vith his his’ bodv a hair's breadth but sat the State of his mind. you heard this 7' 1913. In Order .tO giVe Mr. by': Jam“ E‘Verson. Liarlposa r 11888. «5 I knew nothing ill in re. 3:: scam-d a'ldibly, big jniler, erect ‘The blood rushed with one letter he received with the warnings. Robinette ample time to present his Hugh McMillan, Mariposa; James gard to Lew Porter. I deny know- VWV‘MWWW great leap from his hands to his nits letter shows " mass M alleged arguments before the court of ap- RiCh- ”3'11”“: Fred C- 3- Bent, int! anything about my grandfather‘ T . , . . crimes done by the Old man Porter al Emily; Wm. McWatters Lindsav. throwing out any po'son for anv of l 0 face his white hands bmomlng cold 99 - v - l . a r13! 01 i E1115 OUld 'i: th - ~linched th aili ‘ [and Lew. a man feared by the whole In his preliminary address to the Ellis'_ dogs." brie . g as 1 e as if)! c e r ng m!nortb country. We want to hammer TALKED WHILE JURY AGREED. jug-v Mr. E. Meredith, K.C., said in To Mr. Meredithâ€"“ I am not m... Ellis C052: the Not Return front. 1):: 111:1.1-8-(38. becoming e35 1:: l out on the anvilof justice the‘spark During the hours while the juryde- part ; .. The chm-goof murder is one friendly with the prisoner and our ,r. _‘ :3 a ' ' 13:5:5fninow a of truth. If Ellis believed his life liberated upon the fate of " Heck ” of the most serious eVer mane family is not on good terms with mle Country To Dead Body 9 was 5:” ”tho’fnthaisgfg ”I; in danger and knew the good shot Ellis. the accused man'chatted cheer- against man. First decide whether the Hounsell's, although we girls iolls er a mo cine: ah do ll d Porter W88. and was atta‘cleed. he fully with a reporter. He had 890" he is guilty of murder or of the less- are friendly." ' n. , ,i I. d that . 51‘1”“ “mg t “I at ‘5 If" ' had the right to defend himself. The ken of his form at the scene of the or offence of manslaughter Or you was PORTFR sn ‘ -~» .. w.l:l;te . . s i . . . . ' ‘ ' ‘ ' ~ full ,5 Mow”. , Fm“ w“: Constable .Welsh. of Minden, who Tie silence remained unbroken first 3110‘ “m “P 919 “”9“" 0‘ murder - He M described the 003' have the right to say whether the The father of the deceased was (7‘ m cm“... . ., . . .. . .1 arrested the mndemned man, Ellis, A , _ th in . . b- . Ellzs. and at Porters second shot ditlouunder which he as a little prisoner when he fired the shot was next called and stated: .. I have liv- _.._____... “ ‘ ""“i‘il’ OI heâ€" asked the prisoner afterwards if he ‘ 38"” a woman m e. 88’ e” 3° the explosion came. and we'have the firmer had worked in the desolate the prisoner in peril of his life. ed in the township of Lutterworth 'h'l come to .. i I) h 3““ 7' 'lh» amount. received any assistance in dragging bed aloud, an umbrella amp?“ to result. Killing is an awful thing, “country in buck." where he 3b“ There are three indictments: lst for twentv-four veers Mv son was \\ le ~ he). ,a, the floor, there was a shuffling of but a still more horrible killing is down hisi m, Lew Porter. Ho ‘ ' :hemselV’eS- -« it Elwin-dc the cost the body of the murdered man to the feet and the crowd in thecourt room defer . .. . ~ ' that of takin a man’s life on the w 21‘1“; ' l .usm FOll0\V- 590? where It “’85 found. In reply moved forward and craned their gallows Shegl‘iflg constables and r: -- me :33. ..- Ellis slated that.-his strength was necks in an effort to get a_ last look t ‘ . k ' it .. 1.1:.2‘ t'; .. )V“. .. _ 0m shun h'mn . 3,150,302} wuws ............ $109.93 5? great at that time,.through ex at the condemned man as he was MR. E. NERDITH. . .. e 2;), ‘9‘” " -”- =‘7illv‘nn‘t*s.... 201.25 at?!“ ’ that he experlenced .no d‘f‘ taken from the’courtrOOm to hiscell At 3 10 pm Crown Prosecutor l [#5: LiIlnS‘Jl’l'V ”pens-is” 33.55 ficulty mhatever, and that no, person in the adjoinmg' jail, where fbr Meredith Roman. ”'06,! his address to- causes for a Ike-regs mu m. ”(mum 454_00 aided him in hauling the body ~to months he lived confidently awaiting minding the jury of their duty be- 8 h be I. 499nm“ 20.00 file place .01 ”damn m the total“ the outcome of histrial. fore" their fellow‘ man and. before i i it may on 'I - . “I could: not d0 it. in an hour after,” I It' should be stated that the ver- - u l“ ' ‘ 1‘5. ““118“ ' 01 he said Il'but at the time I med . . ' . ‘ m G“. Gatlm.y°ll m w , and ...$818.73 ' » , dlCt handed by the format: to-Jun: i: let ,1 influenco‘ do? v- crry f th St I t . ' , ‘ no oqm you . Liver W°‘° rengtho w°tlceGlutecontamodthechuserercm . not‘ ‘ data-really.” me Cid of Ix; ”‘9" Am" “king “‘9'”?- M comendmgmerly This acetone-it “mm“; rm, W ~ : ck. enacts! “3E1; CLERGYMA}; HURT I planned going back and'mrying ' ’ i ‘ - ' also , or or It Is free mm ‘.'.!1[r_ E 1 ' the remains. I darted (or. my home t? and m ‘ k. (11' - rector of the Church . '_ . , . . ' having d1 gland in Omem With the I mmtm-i 0‘ getâ€" teuce. ~ . ~ ; . -: .. - '.. , r ‘ no It pm” ee. was serious- tmg a. shovel, nndreturning' at once, The M won out 'for'thrce . “m‘QM' ’ On “Onda3_' just outs'd to ‘t . .r . .7 W ,. . , . ) ‘ . ’ ~ . ,5; ~,r . ~ . . j ... ~-_ 1%. l agoJailed. and I could notchink song hack. a lanthanum: 7 of looking upontfi man {I e. AS he was returning. in ‘ er a Sh°°ting excursion. a Re 35 be droVe down ‘ hm. he ran ”WY. and the rovm .. “elem” '88 pitched forward ' coI'I‘Teyaxlce, 'whic " . H. w h ran ovu- MyMup.“ ‘m aft ‘31: go i 0 It} no ., ; sentenced. to hexnanged on Jan. 7+- the calendar is made against a man 'fivo childrm‘l The dead man was Iabout cooking than about making the crawn must prove him guilty. inot here to.answer for himsell. 'and l Wilson “’09-" he ”id- and vilified When a life is in the balance it be. his character should not be besmir- broadly- is that verdict ? "--Clerk Sootheran. hoves everyone of‘us to be serious. You. have a right to go into your room and by your ballot send a life. into eternity, so you must be true to yourself. and you vmust give the defendant the benefit of the doubt. Many of us do not believe in capital Every British subject has a right to defend his own life and his own property; ..o defend him- shock to the People who had waited self as he would IaglfinSt a Wild ani- patiently through an adjournment of “19-13 the same right to defend him- he I do not care' in: or or not, the essential point is did he ’jure him. then Ellis had'a right to on and we havethim starting for home his trap, finished his errand and was new go Ellis was shot at twiCe and then he retaliated, which he had a Porter be- This was a clear case of self- defcnce, and the crown has not es- Woods cor- :rolzorates l-Jllis that two shots were -'i\'idl_v Friendless and else- [0 u. - . . . l A man 13 “0t 8““"3’ “DUI he ‘5.Reburn should not have been accept- ied by His Lordship. Justice Clute, was made before Constable Welsh . and Detective Reburn good excuse for heading towards hls had I n wa l but previous After all the medical his arrest. outofthis."ashehadputi§. “d board in regard to thememust wucoins'Weettomeliesoodinouwcx-ve ‘ new WW- "he“ .fll‘" would he should be a fair trial and no opportunities. he said. He said that he had worked his farm for nine years of incessant toil. and had paid mm hundnd‘ , dollarl in debts. and had led and clothed hhncelf and finally. That m hiatom "0-. “from mim years. 80 hgd.;_ newsman in a them.- new-nois- 7M.¢I.‘I"derâ€" . judice. Bender a just ‘ cording to the evidence. 7,: duty to society, to- yo " . to carry out thelaw; no man has a right to take another man’s life. If it is proven that he took Louis D. Porter's life the law then puts upon the prisoner of the bar the duty to prOVe himself not guilty or justified in doing the act. Whether Louis D. Porter was a man of bad characâ€" ter or not he is protected by the is sweet to everybody; life is the sweetest thing a man can eniOy and a man must not take allâ€"- other man‘s life. There must be _ljustice. Three bullets were fired -â€" . of 1:19“ ’ Effort to Have a New lriar “They were mighty good ched. When a man takes a life he to me in there." he said. " It was -must satisfy the CrOwn that he does not lnuch likewhat I thought a jail it because of peril of his life and would be, but I'll be glad to get out. upon reasonable ground. I do not. I could have escaped lots of times . , . care whdher the girl wrote the let- just gone out at the doar. For ai ‘11:“ tbulletsâ€"thls man filed it t3? ter or not,.~that is not the issue.‘8°0d while this summenthey had a or unate man. .He ta es ls e Ellis could not find his cattle. so he coople of crazy follows to look after perm” be?” he ‘5 prep???“ t° gets his rifle and went seeking 'the me. and ‘they couldn't do much else. :‘M h‘s_ °°d' Have in "W ‘1‘“ dead man. Haw could Porter miss "I know my story didn't sound as ”.1118" me mus? be promted’ The .Ellis at ten feet? How could be good as it might," be said, 'rbut it ”“5“" “mm that he 5"“ “f" believe it w.” a magazine rifle at was the only one‘I could tell, for it immi- the: he dragged the bold}. 3.34 :that distance? Porter was the best was the truth. I wish I had giVen f” °r ‘ e,p"rp.°s‘.’ of 90“” mg ‘t' shot. in the country.' Ellis got be- myself up that night, as I told how be sals he did It m self d8. ,hlnd a tree. fires a cowardly shot Hounselbthat I would, but I guess fence. ,, . 5from behind, and kills Lew Porter. I Was so excited and worked up that whiiriiiafiwli2122);:rfnjfwzzgsiiz He deliberately puts an cnzl to God- I did not know just what to do or-h h d I h" h uld a d ’given human life. and he must an- what I was d0ing-" l e a a m" on ‘3 s 0 pr n swer for his crime. Let no .expres- TRIAL A MAZE. I:went in search of cattle. . After deo .sion prevail, but each man rise up, “What did you think of what thegcéa’éw had‘pa‘ssed‘ that mening that and give his ballot; for 8. just Ver-‘judge isald ?,, he “’88 asked. “I did “13;: 1:119. laftlb. etsaw (:1- prisoner.ted dict." [not think he wanted them to believe cheowhsiiseiiintrbe Fill: 21:; bsvtaln- ’ me at all." he said. "but then edu- ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ' Icated fellows like him can talk and !spectordteburn on ,the date in ques- talk and I don't understand whatluon' lhe last witness saw of her they are saying. I ain't got nmch 'brother “1.15 '1? March: ‘ “The killing of Porter by Ellis is not education myself. I could not tell] “’1‘“ I’ORU‘R- ‘ denied. The letter in question is of'what any of the lawyers or the! \lllness stated .She llved with her little impbrtance. beCause the facts J'Udge meant most of the time. They l Handrail")? Lou's Porter. '1 he dfa- hnve not been proven here. Porter, I used long Words and I didn't under-‘cea‘w‘l LOUIS hf ‘ ‘ hm accordin: to the evidence. did not stand them. But they can't find fathers 0" April 23rd” had tea there, come down to his father's house to more than manslaughter," he said,lthen 1"“.5‘mmg ht" Would have tea. commit any crime. but the prisoner ' for there ain't no one but me knows I at Dry 9" 5 Man" U “.8 “10k “uh may have thought so. You must what happened that night, and I i mm my grandfathers “Ila lie Judge his frame of mind. You must told them all I remembered, andI100k if“) mmmdges with mm only “determine, if possible. whth way told them true." “fld 1'3” t” go and 599 ms traps' lie Porter was going when he was shot' l:\'lm.:.\'l'ic IN INC'l‘AlL. d“? ”m 99"” bad" as expmm' and by Ellis." F . .. my gran-hauler, grandmother and .1 o clock Justice (‘lute thought it was ob- mysell‘ waited up till 11 o'clock for . ‘ , him. We waited also on l-‘r'iduy and \lous that lorter' “8‘3 ShOt. fir“ with the lnurder of Louis IL l’orter, frOm the rear. “\\ hy did Ellls call Saturday. I heard Ellis say he. jr., ill April last, appeared before to flatter, asking ‘14: that you Lew'?l ! l JUSTICE CLL'TE. , At 3.40 o'clock Justice Clute com- Imenced his address to the jury. Porter came to It was exactly before Arthur A. Ellis, prisoner accused I Tu Ml’. Itobinelub“ lle (Porter, jr.) was not out Wednesday night. and I do not remember him going out with his rille Tuesday night. His mother didn't want T’orter to go hadn't time." . . . _ ' ‘ l' . _ lternoon on trial for his life. The “hat justlficatlon d'd kl 15- blue in l prisoner was defended by his counsel, shooting at all? Suppo$e .Porter ,‘Mr. T. C. ltobinette, K.C., of ldid fire the first shot, it did not strike him. and then the prisoner had no right to shoot unless he felt it to be a real case of imminent dan- ger. If you believe Porter did not fire the first shot. then-your dUty “a clear. But if he did shoot first and ‘ 'a passion was aroused within thel prisliner. then the charge can he reâ€"l duced from murder to manslaugh-‘ ter " '1‘0- lronlo, while Mr. 1-). Meredith, K.(‘,, iof London, represented the crown. ,A large number of the legal frater- go because it was too late. They lnity were in attendance, while theihad no argument about it, lie took ,court room was packed to overflow- the gun himself, but I gave him the ing wilh'citizens. two cartridges. 1 did not object In all four witnesses were examin- speaking to Ellis. nor did 1 ever ed before 6.30 o'clock, and no start- hear l‘orter threaten Ellis. 1 did ling evidence was forthcoming. As not hear him say that he would prognosticated by The' Wardcr Mon- sh001 Ellis- day Barrister Robinette brought to At this point A NEW TRIAL. “8M a copy of the note written to asked the witness to write as It is understood that Barrister T. ElliS, the prisoner, a year ago, and he dictated as follows: C. Robinette. for the accused man, supposed to haVe-been penned by a " Eek: Arthur A. Ellis, will immediately ap- daughter of his deceased wife. but “I am writing to tell you not to ply to the court of appeal re his WhiCh the girl flatly dened as go away frOm home. I heard Lew contention that the confession made anonymous in court Tuesday. The to“ grandpa, he would set fire to Constable “'elch and Detective note warned Ellis to be on his guard .VOUF U‘Jildings 'the first chance be against the deceased Porter. Bax» got. I heard him say he shot st‘ rister Robinette secured a sample of! (Hounsell's) colt. and set fire to the young girl‘s penmanship and will I Russell's camp. He took everything have the two compared. he wanted, and hid these first. It Constable welsh, of Minden, was him that broke ’l‘homas' scales. of the‘linding the body, the arrest It was grandpa that poisoned your of Ellis. He also related Eâ€"llis' dogs last winter. He throwed it conversation to him after being ar- off when we came past your place. rested, and a misapprehension as to After we were in the turn, he stop- where Ellis stood when he fired the Fed and walked to the top of the hadn't lime to look for the gunâ€"he Justiccd‘lute and jury 'l‘llesday afâ€" I If Porter did not fire the first shot,l l l Barrister Robinette he ' w: h p l l as admissive evidence. It was at the close of the judge's charge, and when the jury had left the r00m that Mr. ltobinette rose and asked for a reserved case upon the adulissability of certain evid- ence. Judge (’lute said. that he would reserve his ruling in this mat- told fatal shots was cleared up. ('on- hill to see the dog dying. I’ll tell ter until after a verdict had been reâ€" Stable Welsh stated that Ellis told you all when I set a chance. turned. At that time Mr. Roblnette him that he (the prisoner) was (Signed) ‘ “ ETH.’ " had returned to Toronto and will re- standing to the west Of a tree and JUStiCG Clute objected to the Wit- new his motion at Toronto. ,not behind the tree as at first stat- Bess being thus examined for penâ€" It is alleged that the confession ed' "lanShiP and to Mr. Robinette wit- Considerable timl was taken up in 11858 continued: " I called the pris- Ellis the selecting of a jury, a number be- oner sometimes 'Eck,’ but I never to lug challenged by counsel for the signed my name 'Eth' or 'lth.’ I defence. and several being told to remember the time inspector Miller after murder; 2nd manslaughter; .3rd acquittal. 36 years old. married, witha family of five. The gun was supposed to beingoodshapeandLouis was a sure shot. He came on my place to Continued on page 3. as to sell his farm‘ “when I get Nothing you may have you in any respect; there pre- l l l l, l