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THE MURDER OE IRES- UNEC.intimwd hwm p*g« f*Inj Aii«t the rfiort w d Ex? given fitth** ft to be he d thii e%su-ngat 8 oV o kTie* i Mft aimmtf um®t«t 'vnfihrt/o h * up Wo lt;» Po w ® M tg «trat4iCampbell y«ww*r lay, an I km teaman” ed for « gbt bay*. l» o-ocr 10 a trait Olh-r iAm* n1s*i * Til» prisoner wan taken to the J*tl to await h « pte-litn narj hear big.Another Tramp Arrested.At r on to- lay Mr. John M-Nu ty at work on ^ fiats, notice 1 a tramp uak ug It e w y out of the bush and go tow nr « l8tu itreit He at once not fsei Air. Torn Rod and tho two o» them obta ne.1 a rig and went lifter h m. Although he had oniy a short time to g* t a start, bat when capture 1 he ha J succeeded in getting a start of fudy f*ve mites* When the pursue;® fiint e i D m, heout by H* nry Nlt; ho * farm, and w hen b found nomebo was alter h m he turned ana ran across the fields. They drove fast an-t cac'tht h ro, but he refuse! bo go qu.etiy, and ga ve them qu te a f:h t V* or a ha would submit.Mr .Thomas Reid, w lien seen by a Sun representative, said: “When we were a**p:oa- h ug near hnn, he tried to run i t e;«i. I go-, up to him, andto/d b m f wanted him, and he replied in broker En, I sh that he wood not go back to Bran ion, and also said ‘1 am not th man.’ We tred to persu idp him to «oaifl, with us. 1 ut we finally had to th o v h in fit the rig;. From his taik ;t seems as if he it id hear 1 of the mur -*r. Hj Inform®.: u» that he vi/ to strath lair to work fja also gavd that he was I, an 1 had just got shaved. vraa t iken mto the j o teeslat on. and there his e othes, pockets an 1 lundie were looked into by the detect \»\s an i eh ef of j oUee. Nothing of mr or tan c however, was found, and it, s th u ht by the ponce that he is in no way lt;onr*eeu»d with the crime, but he uni, however, be hold for a few nays, us hr* is A suspicious ehir-was on h on a f. 21. yea r Th ? m.ask the witness any questions he «oiM f ke them to lt;o m through ban or the foremast Jvtain net t»y Mr. Matbesoi t h e witness saM:“Mv name m Emily Jidda Binke. and I have ircn w ork ng with Mr. Lane s n e the 15th of last July. Matters have ;uwiv(i cone harmo nouslv up to the t me of the* shouting. I was then? alone with Mrs Lane up to the times 4 th* tramp rnak ng h» appoirair e. Th lt;b Mr**a « e/e « u ox th awn hu* n; a tea pirty. Mrs Lane was put-t nr up curtains, and I was qonmc them for her- It was acout 3 o cio. k on th aft«*r on o Wedr.cs lay. I was in the kitchen and she was in the pr-or. The lt;hiidren playing o i the lawn were the four Lane children, Kathte cn and listen Johnson, Geu**i”:o Hauy ml another lt;hlld I did no: know* the name of. The distance between th'm and myself must have been about tw tsn-ty-f.ve feet. In the mo,-.!mg Mi*. Lane promised them a party if they were geof, and I know they were all there bemuse I carried out the bread and rotter for tirm . Ti« rc ■*» a in the sunitner kitchen which was up. The door lead'hg to th^ outs de was also ofien. I first knew or a man at the lt;kor whu I notice! the darknew causei by his shadow there, I paid little utt ait on to h m. as I thought it w*n# the man who had been engaged by Mr. Lane to fix the lawn. When I turnel my heal around o see h»nr» I saw him stoop down and place a bundle on the grown 1 lies de fho d. or. I was standing at the table in the summer k t hen. (A plan of the inter o* of the house was shown the witness, and she rxplained the posit on of the table.) I was then cutting bre d a no was about six fset Irom the door. 1 did nbt hear him lt;oming and did not know* he was at the dlt;yjr until I s«iw him. I just moved my head around. I was not startled, and did not think tha presence of a man nt the «'oer was anything unusual. I was perfectly self possessed. He spoke first and sa d, ‘Con'd you give a fellow’ some-th nx to eat.’ and there was nothing unusuai In hiR tone. He spoke to me as soon as I turned around. I did noo answer, but said to Mrs. l.nae, who wms stnndina' on the sofa. ‘Mrs .Lane,
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Brandon Western Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jul 13, 1899
Page 14
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