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THE MURDER OF MPS- UHEUmitmwd it mu page 9*Sfi| an« tb«* poport will bn gitw ftt tilt* t.qu mt to be taekl tbii eveutng tit 8 lt;/c.o.*k Til* man already arrart#! wan brtra ih * u,» JPed*© M ig;#trat*sCampbell yesterday. «nlt; wan t mm tided for © ubt day a. in order to await Other ♦*»« oCm#ntis*i Ti»» prisoner «ra» tak«u to the ) iU to await h * prelim nary hearing-Another Tramp Arrc*-©i At neon to-day Mr. John M* Nu ty whit# at work ou «b© fiata, notvcoi a tramp »ak n; h« wajr oat of the bush ami go ton ar « i8th street. He at once notified Mr. Tom Red and the two o» them obtained a rig ao*1 went lifter b in. Although be had only a short time to get a start, bat when capture 1 he ha i succeeded in getting a start of fully five mdes. When the pumucrn first noticed Dm, he w»*» out by H«nry N lt;ho s farm, and when b# found was after h m heturnei anu ran aerost the fields. They «irovo fast an f cam.ibt h ra. but he refused Uj go lt;ju etiy, and gave them quite a light lie ora he would submit.Mr .Thomas Red, when seen by a Sun representative, said: When we were lt;ij*preskli ug near him, he tried to run uci os** a t e*d. I go'- up to him, and toki hm I wanted h m. and he replied in broker; End sh that he would not go back to Bran Ion. and also said *1 am not th man.’ We tried to persu ids him to «oaie, with us, but we finally had to th o v h ra in the rig;. From his talk it seems as if he h td hear 1 of the raur **r. H ? Inform# us that hewas on h viy to Strath datr to workon a f; fits also said that he was21 rear 1. an i had Just got shaved.”The ra. a was taken into the po ice staton. and there his c othes, pockets and lundle were looked into by tho detect ves an i eh ef of jodee. Nothing of nir ortan a however, was found, and it is thou ht hy the ponce that he is in no wsy * onr*eefc#d with the crime, but he vv iii, however, be held for a f/»iv nu ha is a snsnicious chtr-ask the witness any quest tons he would : k * them to do so tbrouzh ham or th©foreman, jftxaminod by Mr. Matheson th# witneus* said:Mv name in Erafly Hdda Blnke. and I have i**en work ng with Mr. Lane * n *e the 15th of last July. Matters have aiwars gone harmo«Mrawly up to the tlt;me of th** shontmg. I was there a lone with Mrs. Lane up to the time of ihe tramp rnak ng h « npp#»r.;n* ©. Tii-* lt;b Wren we.e ou, o.i th lawn hiv* hfbff a taa party. Mrs Laue was put-t nr up curtains, and I w.h roufng th**m for her. It was a coat 3 ocfo k oa tic aft*T Oiao Wcdraa fay. I wn« in the kitchen and she was m the o *r-lor. Til© lt;hildren playing on the lawn were* the four Lane children, Katb’c* en and H^ien Johnson. Oeo**^;o Han'ey and another child I did no: know the name of. The distance between th *m and myself must have been about tw eci-ty-f ve feet, in the morning Mis. Lane promised them a party if they were gool. and I know they were nil there be-aus# I carried out the bread and rotter ror imun . Tm*r# *» a window in the summer kitchen wh;eh was up. The tic or feaddig to the outs de was also opien. I first know of a man at th# lt;kor when I notice! the darknaw cause i by his shadow there, I paid little at Wit on to h m. as I thought it was the man who had been engaged by Mr. Lane to fix the fawn. When I turne I my head around o see him I saw him stoop down and place a bundle on the ground Ives do fhe c! ,*or. I was standing at the table In the summer k t hep. (A plan of the inter o* of the house va« shown the witness, end she rxplained th# posit on of the table.) I was then cutting broad aim was about six feet from the door. 1 did nbt hear him lt;oming. and did not know he was at the door until I saw him. I just moved my head nround. I was not startled, and did not think tha ■prewen*# of a man at the door was anything unusual. I was perfectly self pressed. He spoke firs* end said, ‘Cou'd you give a fellow some* th nz to eat.’ and there was nothing unusuai In his tone. He spoke to me as soon as I turned around. I did ooo answer, but said to Mrs. L°ne, who wn« stnndmc on the sofa. ‘Mrs Lane,stairs so os to show the course of th#tadet, it was found that the ight, iadH ate i the shot rom»n« w ithin threefeet of the floor at the point where b was alleged the tramp was staa*i-itig.The tramp theory was further d’ur* credit# t by the circumstances under which th? revooer was found. Chief K rke.akiy had two men make a thorough search of the back yard for the rec.aiver. and after they had been, ©earthing some time, th© giri came out and asked them if they had !oaked under the barrel** When they said they had not, she turned over on© of the barrels, the txvttom ©an.# off, she lifted it up and screamed, and there the men went and found the revolver and cartridges wrapped up in piper something a tramp would not stop to dotAs it was learned that the girl had been in Winnipeg within a few* weeks, Detective MeKentie took the revolver and cartridges down there and investigation showed that on June 120th, shehad n-jrT«t*?r*Ti at the Sgj wOSir -osdhad had dinner. It was also discovered that the revelver and cartridges had !ecu bought at the Hingston. Smith Arms Co. on the game day about noon by a womam The clerk says tho woman wanted a cheap revolver, and did not want to buy a whole box of cartridges, but only a lew. She was shown how the revolver worked, and little was thought of the purchase except that one of the clerks vvomtered what «t woman would want with a revol-ver» and said he supposed it was to 6h*xt a dog.The piacetwhere tnese were purchased was discovered by the fact th it the brand of cartridges found wore sold in only one place In Winnipeg, and th# Hniggton, Smith lt;o*npany nre sole wholesale and retail agents for western Canada and except Tor one Jot at Calgnrv are not ou sale elsewhere In western Canada. Th# cle.-k who matte the sale always opens the box in a peculiar way. ana it was found that th# box in question was bipeiioi just as lie had opened it for the wtra , n'dene# that she put the revolver under tho barrel about 11 o clock the night after the murder* This as#» she cor*fcseod when questioned by th** chief. When »«fced why she had done the terrible deed she saJd that au insane fit of Jeafoo«y took possess or! of her that day, ami raid© her commit the crime. She had gone up to Mrs. La no and k eeevl her. and then shot her.When arrested *Ue took th© matter quite cooiy at ftrst. but after she went over to the polk*# stat on she became quite frantic and want#! to go back to the house and take some fnmt-anum. she said she had pun based to commit suicide. When the chief would not let her go she wanted him to kill her.She has been taken to tb© jilt here and placed under the charge of Governor Noxon. This afternoon about 4 o'clock sh© requested to have Rev. C. C. McLaurin visit her. which was permitted.Toe preiimitiary hearing of th© cnae w ill be beid Monday morning at 10.30 o’ ’ock in the council chamber.The gift is about 22 years of ng# and her name is Emily Hilda Blake Sh# is an orphan and comes from the work house In Haekirvghnra, County or Norfo k. England. Through the instrumentality of Lady Beauchamp, sh© with her brother w as seat out to Alfred P. Stewart and wifo at E kborn, Mam After being w ith that family for some time she deserted and was taken in by Mr. Rex wlto was prose a tea by Mr. Stewart for kidnapping, The ca»© was a long on# and after appeals, end© I In being dismissed with costs, which were very large. The trial took place fa Brandon, and is remembered by many old ttmora. Since then the girf has been out at service at different places, and for some years has been in Brandon. Inquiries indicate that sinco coming to Brandon she has been of good char icter.Everybody is praising the skill and ingenuity shown by Chief Kirkcaldy, Deteetlve Foster and Detective Me-Keniio m working out to a successful issu# in so short a time, a difficult cag# like this one. ,When the girl read 111 Friday’s SunTHEOPENDOOR.Last winter the newspapers had considerable to say about the Open Door policy in far off China, since then a change has come and to-day the Open Do r Policy is yours. Whilst the Open Door Policy of China allows nearly every imaginable thing to enter, so does your open door unless protected by one of our suitable, up-to-dateSCREENDOORS.Make yourself comfortable as our price n doors has h##n matariallv reduced.
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Brandon Western Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jul 13, 1899
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