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The Liberal, 13 Jun 1901, p. 3

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whose real name is Fran}: \V'nrnell, is 31 years old. mid was born in Penn- sylvania. He is 5 feet 10 inches in height, imd is of fair complexlon. and medium build. He has dark chestnut, hair. He also is known as a. sale burglar, and was arrested hi Chicago along with Rice thes in. June last, on that, charge. and I l rushed to the car, where the desperate LWLW LU LLIU Jdll. I _Constable Boyd lived only ashort time after Rice‘s murderous attack, The bullets had entered his head on the left side above the ear and pene- trated to his brain. Jones, when ex- amined by Drs. Bingham, and Snea'th at the jail, was found to be badly hurt. The bullet in his. groin was ex- tracted in safety, but 'his arm is shat- tered and may have to be amputated. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER. County Constable Bogart says Ihe Saw. nothing of the stranger with the revolvers, After the first shot the horses were pulled up and he jumped from his seat beside the driver, and ran to the left side, of the hack,where - Constable Boyd was huddled. with his lhkmd to the side of his head. Bogart spoke to him, and neceiving no reply, Bank Burglars Shot Down Constable in Cold Blood. The, evidence in the Aurora bank Q'obbery case had been going against them and as the afternoon wore on they seemed to lose their habitual composure and became restless and eagelr. At the adjournment of the comrt at six o’clock the three were shackled togetheu: and placed in a hack to be taken to the jail. Jones” sat in the centre with Rutledge chainâ€" ed to his left hand and Rice to his right, the three being seated on the back “seat of the cab. Opposite them were Coumty Constables \Villiam Boyd and \Valteu‘ Stewart, and Constable Lyman Bogart, sat on the seat with George Highley, of 237 Sackville St, the cab driver. "I think you have a slow team, there," shouted Rice to the driver at the start. "Try and drive us home a little faster toâ€"night." Highley oblig- ingly whipped up his horses and brought the cab nearer to uSmach street, and Constable Boyd nearer to his death. At the corner of Sumach street, a stranger, who had appar- ently come up Sumnch street, and ,waa loitering at the kerb, ran to the side of the cab and tossed a bundle through the window. It fell to the THEY ARE MW MURDERERS 'A despatch' from Toronto says:â€" Erank Rutledge, Fred Lee Rice and Thomas Joules, known as the "Chi- cago bank robbers,” made a. reckless attempt to escape firom their guards on Tuesday night while being driven from the city hall to the jail, and .Were only nubdued after a county constable had been killed, and Jones was himself seriously wounded. The drive was uneventful until the cab began to approach Sumach street on Gerrard, street, when the prisonâ€" em began to seem anxious. Rutledge, Jones and Rice have had their story often told, They are known all over North America as a trio of desperate men whose records earned both in Canada and the United States, lhave hhown that they will stop at nothing. Aftetr the long legal Sight which went against them in Chicago, they came to Toromto and behaved as well as men in their posi- tion could be expected to do. They talked with their guards, laughed at things that pleased them, and seemed to take things witha. long measure of philosophy. Rice, the "gentleman" of the three, drew pictures. Not till Tuesday night did they drop the mask of docility and enter on the most dar- ing enterprise on record in the crim- inal annals of Toronto. Who fired the shot, which killed Con- stable Boyd, is 27 years of age. He is better known as Fred Harris. He is a little over 5 feet, 7 inches in height, is of medium build and fair complexion, with light chestnut hair, slightly curly. He has evidently been in seraps before, for he has a, scar about the root of his nose and his right and left index fingers are scarred. He is known to the police as a forger and safe-blower, and was arrested in Chicago on 1st June last year on the latter charge. BEHAVIOR IN COURT. HORSES TOO SLO\V PRISONERS OVERPOVV ERED. “I give in." said Rutledge, and as Jones was unable to fight, Rice was the omly one left to deal with. He was soon oven-come. and the car ran on to the jail gates, Rutledge, Jones and Rice Being: covered mEea'nwhile with revolvers. They were trans- feljed tgrthg jail. one else was killed. Bullets crashed through the doors of 449 and 455 Ger- rard street, but with the coming of the two jail guards the resistance practically ceased. floor of the cab and was instantly pounced upon by Rice and Rutledge, who had eath 3 free hand. Rutledge tore the newspaper wrapping frm the parcel and brought out a. stiff hat and a revolver. Rice had also pulled a revolver from the parcel, zmd he aimed it deliberately at Boyd, who sat directly cpposite him. The con- stable sprang forward, but Ric-e pulled the trigger. firing twice, and Boyd fell. be who was shot by policeman Stewart, and who has since died, travelled unâ€" der the alias of Frank Ryan, and is also known as Davis. He was born in Kentucky and was 37 years of age. He was a little over six feet in height, was of medium build, was of florid complexion and had dark chestnut hair. He was a laborer by occupation, and Was arrested in Chi- cago on lst June for safeblowing. Rutledge at ounce jumped out, dlrag- ging the others after him. Once outâ€" side he tun‘ned and began shooting hack into the cab. Rice. also. as he alightcd, fired into the vehicle. The three then ran for npassing street cm? of the Carlton and College line, but, us they turned. Stewart snatched his {revolver and began to shoot. The first ball from his revolver broke Jones’ right arm, and the man yelled in agony nnd would seemingly have stopped. He was shackled, to the others, however, and thy MORRTALLY \VOUNDED. \Valter Stewart, the other constable in]: the cab, was} the ley officer arm- ed. He reached back toward his hip pocket. but Jones saw the notion, and hchng unable to do anything else yell‘ed to the others to "give it to the other one." Stowart promptly dropped all form of resistance and feigned fear and submission, "I give up,” he said. throwing up his hands. "Get out of the rig.” \V cam only by happy accid‘eutrthat no DRAGGED HIM ON struggle between the prisoners and gemstablcs and citizens was just endâ€" mg. ALL THREE INJURED. None of the prisoners escaped un- injured from the min of blows from the club in the .hands of Stewart. Rice has two wounds, an inch and a half each in length. on the back of his head. \Vhen thesv. were being dressed he coolly requested the surgcom to be sure and remove all the blood from his hair. Rutledge also had scalp wounds which bled profusely. and when he arrived at the jail he was very weak. Going down to thc jl'in in a cab U'C'thling unusual was noticedin his be‘havira-ur beyond a moody silence which under tbz circumstancls ofth: case was not looked upon as signifiâ€" cant. 2 red winter is quoted at, 68:30, low freight, to New York. Spring sold at 69c for N0. 2, on C. P. R. middle freight. Goose, 65c to 65§c middle freight. No. 1 Manitoba hard, at, 92c, g.i.t., middle freight to Mont- real. No. 2 hard, at, 89c middle freight. and No. 3 hard, 80c. No. 1 lmrrl Toronto and West, 90c. Millfeedâ€"Market. quiet and prices steady. Bran, in car lots, $12 to $12.50 west, and shorts $13 to $14 west. Crown Attorney-s Dewart and Curry visited the three prisoners, and also heard the statements of eye-witnesses whose stories were all taketn down in shorthand. A charge of murder is to be laid against all three for the killâ€" img of Boyd. MARKETS OF THE WURLI] Toronto, June 11.â€"Wheat â€"’I‘he feeling to-duy is rather weaker. No. 2 white and red Winter sold at, 686, middle heights, to Portland, and No. Cornâ€"The market is steady. with Canadian yellow selling at 40.1.- to 41c, and mixed at 40 to 4013:: West ; yellow, on track, 46%.. T113 guards changed, and Constable Frank Brown was with Jones when he died. The officials say that, noth- ing in the nature of an anteâ€"mortem statement, was made. SUICIDE OF RUTLEDGE. Frank Rutledge, the convicted hank Idbbcr, who with Fred Lee.Rice, was charged with the murder of County Constable Boyd, committed suicid: in thg jail 0:} Friday afternoon. He was being taken with another prisoner, in charge of one of the jail guards, to dinner, between 2.30 and 3 o’clock, when he made a sudden darsh, and Bpringing up the stairway mounted to agallery running round the inside of the jail, 30 feet from the floor. Reaching the galler , he gathered himseIfd together without a second’s hesitation, and climbing over the railing jumped to the floor below. He fell in a. heap on the paving, which is made of this glass in an iron framework, and apparently crushed his skull. Whether the news of Jones' de-ath had any eff-wt on him is not known. He showed no emotion whatever when told of bt,a~.nd newt referre‘ srcept to his oomrwdle Rice, about 1L.er dead companion. The Crown is now left to (193.! only uni-t1.- R'ce. the mm who, accordimg to the sworn testimony of Wa-lter Stewart, fired the allot which kiiled Ccvnsta'bbz Boyd, and against whom the Crown hm; what is considered an impregnmble ensue. He â€"made no statement to the officers or the Crown A¢torney, and at 4.20 ha breathed his last. Prices of Cattle. Jhsan. Gum. m in the Leading Marketa. real. No. 2 hard freight. and No. 3 hard Toronto and Thomas Jones, the bank robber, who was shot in the arm and in the groin by Constable Stewart at the time of the Boyd murder, (lied in the General Hospital at 7 minutes past eight on Thursday morning. The shattered arm was removed on Wednesday and J ones appeared to be resting easily. The bullet in the groin was probed for without sucâ€" cess and it was decided to leave it alone. The patient was placed in ward 21 in the east wing, the winâ€" dows of which are heavily barred and a. county constable mounted guard over him. After coming out of the stupor following the administration of an anaesthetic, Jones slept quiet- ly, but Thursday morning he took a quick turn for the worse. Twenty minutes before his death it is said that he turned to County Constable J. F. Stegman and said: "If I had had the use of my hands Stewart would have been where Boyd is.” Guards at once hurried to his as~ s‘stance and carried him to a cot and Drs. Richardson and Smooth wene soon in attendance on him. His case was seemingly hopeless, both doctors being of the opinion that his injuries would be fatal. A telephone message was at omce sent to the City Sheriff’s office, and to City Crown Attorney Curry. An officer from the former office and Mr. Curry himself went down to the jail, Mr. Curry hoping to secure an anteflmortem statement from Rut- ledge. Rutledge seemed to take the sen- tence of twenty-one years with much equanfimity. though he turned 'pret- t y w bite. He showed no signs of faltering when leaving the deck at the Sessions, or in appearing Inter on in the. Police Court. At the investi- gation into the murder charge he took his usual irate-rest in all the proâ€" ceedings. and talked with Rice and with his lawyer. Mr. Robinette. llyeéTlie market _is quiet, With THOMAS JONES IS DEAD Placing" the muzzle of the revolver in his mouth, he shattered his brains and fell dead, as the murdered Woâ€" man’s husband rushed to the spot, Fulford was a prosperous contractor, living in Chicago, and Gertie Mc- Cord was his first cousin. Nine years ago she was a girl of 16, livâ€" ing with her parents near Exeter. The prosperous business man came to Ontario on a. visit, and was struck with the charms of the young girl. He was talented, and music was her hobby. He invited her to pay a visit to Chicago, and stop at his house. He told her parents of the great facilities for obtaining a musical education in the big city, and persuaded them that his wife would be glad to welcome his cous- ini Gertie went to Chicago, and, for a time, pursued her studies in music. But the family was not a happy one, and Mrs. Fulford object- ed to the presence of the pretty Canâ€" adian cousin. The husband and wife did not agree, and, in the city of easy separation, this meant but one thing, a. divorce. BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal June 11.â€"The weakness of the outside markets had a depres- sing effect on the local grain market. to-duy. Buyers were unwilling to give more than 760 for either red or White wheat, and holders are shy. A few cars of peas sold at 76c. Barâ€" ley is scarce and prices are firm. Oats are quiet, and rye is easy. There is a. fair trade doing for local account. in the Manitoba. grades of flour, but Ontario brands are lie-(ivy owing to the fact, that. Ontario millâ€" ers are putting up prices 20c a barrel above Montreal quotations. A Shocking Double Tragedy in London Township. ye‘ OatmealUâ€"Market hnchanged. Car lots at $3.65 in bags. and at $3.75 in wood; small lots 200 extra. IONS. Dressed hogs unchanged at. 88.75 to $925 for small lots. Hog products firm. as follows: Bacon, long clear, loose, in car lots, 10c, in case lots, logo to logo. Short, cut pork, $20 to $20.50; heavy mess pork, $19 to $19.50; shoulder mess. $15. Smoked Meats â€" Hams, heavy, 12rfic; medium. 13»;c; light, 14c. Rolls 11‘} to 12c; backs, 14 to 15c; and shoulders 11c. Lardâ€"Pails, 11c; tubs,.10£c; tier- ces, lotc. Barleyâ€"Market ruled firm: No. 2 quoted at 500 lake ports, and at 45c middle freights. No. 3 extra, 490 at lake ports. ~ Oatsâ€"Market is easier, with No. 2 quoted at 34 to 34:3c on track here, and at 31 to 31%c high freights. Flourâ€"The market is steady, with fair demand. Millers quote strong bakers’ at $2.75, in buyers’ covers for export, and shippers quote 90 per cent. patents at $2.65 to $2467 middle freight. For shipment in bbls. to lower provinces $3.20 is quoted. Manitoba patents, $425, and strong bakers’ $4. Butterâ€"Receipts are fair, and the demand good. Pound rolls job at 150 to 17¢; choice tubs, 14 to 160; inferior, 10 to 120. Creamery, box- es, 18 to lsic; and rolls, 19 to 200. Fulford wrote to her asking her to return, but she did not; come. Then his letters grew threatening, and, fearing a. scene should the irate husâ€" band come seeking his Wife, her parâ€" ents sent their daughter to the home of some friends at, St. Mary’s. Folâ€" lowing his letters came the deserted husband with two 45-calibre pistols to induce his erring spouse to return price's’fihchdfigfidfiifsofmiddla an‘d‘ 50§c east. Vfijflggésâ€"i-fiMalllâ€"(e't unchanged at, 11¢: per dozen in large lots, and at, 11%c for case lots. No. 2.chips, f0 9c. Buckwheatâ€"Prices nominal, with very little offering. Peasâ€"Market. i§ firm, with sales at 661m west. CheésEâ€"Market quiét. Full cream ( September, 9% to 10c; do., new, ‘ to 9-50. DRESSED HOGS AND PROVIS- MES. M30031] MURDERED. SUI" .ke troubles and riots are spread- in various parts of Spain. DAIRY MARKETS Parsons for some time had been deeply affected by the loss of achild vSLX years of age, and gave expression §to the belief that he had nothing to ! live for, there was :no pleasure for him ’ID;0I\V. For the past two weeks Parsons ;had acted strangely, but no one I thought he contemplated any such ac- : t‘Lom. with him. He nrriVed in London On Saturday afternoon. and immediate- ly took train for Ildertou, a small village near the McCord farm Arriv- ing there he secured the servicu; of Wm. Schwartz. 0. shoemaker, living near the station, to drive him, to the McCord farm. 0n the way to the farm he chatted to his driver about various Blattfll's.‘ As they came to the MeCord place he told Schwartz that. hi‘s wife had run away from him “bout. three weeks ago and he was gcinp: in there for her. He asked the driver to wait a, few moments for him, as ho Fulford-walkerl up the lane toward the house. Mrs. McCord was milk- ing in the barnyard, her husband be- ing engaged in some work about the barn, some thirty yards away. The mother-inâ€"law rose to greet him. and they shook hands, in an apparent friendly manner. There was a con- versation of scarcely a. minute’s dur- ation when Fulford drew two revol- vers from his pockets and opened fire on the old lady. Four bullets struck her, one passing through the left breast, another through her. head, and two lodging in the groin.‘ The woman dropped without a word; Her husband heard the shots and in- stinctively grasping a stone he rush- ed to the defence of his wife. Just as he came behind Fulford there was another report, and the murderer dropped with a. bullet in his skull.,1 Within ten yards of the tragedy, sat David McCord, a 15-inU‘Old lad,._Y milking. He saw Fulford walk up. to Mrs. McCord. A He heard thd shots fired, and saw the woman drop. He was busy milking and never left his cow until Robert Mc< Cord cried out, He heard nothing of the conversation between Fulford and Mrs. McCord, and knew nothing of what happened. His milking oo- cupied all his attention. Friday morning about a. quarter to; six Ida Parsons, the eleven year old; child of Famous, with her ninevyear-i old brother, and a. baby. girl of three' years, ran crying across the road,! to the, houzseI of Patrick Kenney, a: man employed in the soda water; works here, and told him their fatheri and mother were dead. Kenney ranl to :1 neighbor’s house a short ills-i tancc away and wakened him andE said : " Get up; Ben Parsons has kill-I ed his wife and himself.” Together; they went to the house. The bedroom' is. situ-itcd on tlm east side. The Par-i sons were in the ambit of rising about‘, five o'clock, and it is supposed that at that hour or near it HIS \VIFE WAS KILLED. ' Parsons went upstairs to his chil- dxen’s bedroom and said; "Ida, the Lou-d has told me to kill you chiln drew." The bed presented asuggesLion of a slight struggle, the sheet in one place had been grasped with a. tight clutch, but nothing el‘e had bzen dis‘ tu rbcd. Even if Mrs. Parsons had made any cffart to save herself. she could not have done (:0. for Parson: was a poxverf’ul man and in the prim. oflife. Itis evident he was deranged for :1 more kind and better man nave! IIchd. He had not an unkind grai! in his make up. His 10": for hi( fum'ly was We” and {11704151 : known HL; \v'ife was formerly Miss Eliza-bed Chatbam. She wag; thirty-{WI years of age. V run away from him “bout. th weeks ago and he was going»: in t1: for her. He asked the driver wait a, few moments for him, as would not be very long. THE MURDER AND SUICIDE Fulford-walkcd up the lane tow: the house. Mrs. McCord was mi ing in the barnyard, her husband ing engaged in some Work about The body of Mrs. McCord was ca ‘4 ried into the house, but that of the murderer suicide lay where it fell all night. Sunday morning the body was removed to the barn. In the inside pocket of the vest, was a. roll of $427 in bills, secured by a safety pin. There was 55 cents in change in his pockets. The two re- volvers were 45 calibre selfâ€"cookers. and were beautiful weapons. Four chambers of the one held in his right hand had been discharged. One bullet was gone from the one in his left hand. Fulford Was well dressed in a grey spring suit with tan shoes, and new grey fedora. hat, and he was of fine physique, six feet tall, and a man who would be noticed in a crowd. He. anzworing, said: "Oh my,Idi-’l," and going downstairs again he suicid‘ ed. ’1‘th room presented :1 drstrcssing picture. Mrs. Parsons was lying part4 1y under th) bed in her night clothes. with her throat gaslwd, and 11} head in a pool of blood. Her husband mag beside her. face down, saturated with his own blood. Benjamin Parsons Killed His Wifq and Then Suicided. A desputch from Brampton, Ont., says zâ€"Belnjamin Pan-sons of Queen street east, Brampton], a wholesale butcher, Friday morning between five and six o‘clock, killed his wife and sui- cided by cutting their throats from ear to ear with a large butcher kane. The chi‘ad Ida jumped out of bed 3310 said: "No, father, the Lord never told you that, for He would have tell me, too, and you have kifilvzd my mother." TRAGEDY AT BRAMPTON,

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