11 6th Street

PRINCE

RUPERT

 

Che Daily News

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Vy, Duff was convit ted

 
 
  
  
  
 
  
  
    
 
  

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e for sale
exposing I

pstrave MeMo: le |
i Okalla Prison Farm.
McMordie showe

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band he wi

a police constable

rust as

bee would bring

he cases against Bessie Rile

proceeded with.

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found the ¢
| this was most decidedly so,

is compelled to find Duff guilty.

PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1920.

 

AAAS

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Months

In Okalla Prison

Sent Down by Mag-
VicMordie This Morning;

 

Difficult and Disagree-
able Task.

 

this morning for olfering to sell

g5.000 worth of liquor and sentenced by
i) nine months’ imprisonment with hard

‘d considerable emotion in de-
iat sometimes in his
ases both diflicull and disagree-
His duty, however, was
He had betrayed

and had broken the law. The

the blush of shame to all returned soldiers,

y, the Leachys and Hoskins were

 

DENCE IN
IEACHY CASE

,
prisoner Takes High Moral
round in Defending Him~
self in Court.

  
  
 
 
  
   
  
   
 
 
   
   
   
  
  
  

of Dan Leachy was
afternoon and the evj-
»jsnow all in. Charles Mil-
gain testified as to seeing
7 achy al the bath house. He
referred to the son, Richard,
told to go out with him and
ould let him know later; as to
‘. This was on the first
Mi when he did not have the
y 0 the deal was declared
On the second night he had
again and had been sent out
Richard. Later they came
and Richard said that the
would go’ through. When
left Dan Leachy on Thurs-
night the deal had been all
mced. Duff was in the bath
é that night and was talking
an Leachy. j
n Leachy, the accused, was
heard in his own defence. He
of Miller coming to the bath }
about liquor. |
lat he couldn't sell
+ as he ki®w nothing
tit himself. He told) him
nm, Richard, might be}
supply him. He had told}
of an Italian and his neigh- |
He had heard
He was not!
tsled in it himself, and was
out the’ bath house. 2 |
f Went out with Dick on!
0nd night and came back. |
len told me that he had the}
maid Was prepare for the |
All this, however, was}
’ business and I was not in-|
4d, said Dan Leachy- oy!
Warned Dick what
i he gol mixed up with
Or deals and | did oe allow
liquor in the bath house, ,
i. : a send Miller and |
F iol send Dick for
mes hor did I have anything |
” With setting the price, I
all my life my s
fXample gy d wy 7 my
thought ie oe pole the boy. |
law T would hy een breaking |
Doliee " ave reported to
' Dan Leachy de-
Ped his evidence in an effu sive
dent Manne and Mt hi 5 S
Pu & model’ a iimself
» during whict re or ae
T faced am: 3 ran he had
alt Videck aeraTeie
NE up the ti eanlae a8. to
b0 On the on , at Lipsett’s
hy Yor hy Hone of Dick
worked ali ae orders he
Ik Leachy then on
——-—_* itn Bave evidence
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ond said that his. father had
nowaing to do with the case and
knew nothing about it. Duff ana
jiuuself were the only parties
(aking part in it and the affair
had been arranged by Dull anu
himself from start to tinish, Dui
liandling the fine points. Any ar-
rangements with other parties |
been made by Dulf and he knew
nothing of the matter. An agree-
ment between Duff and himself
for the sharing of the $5,000 ha
not been arranged.

The liquor had been moved
from Lipsett’s house over a week
ago and taken to Jack Hoskin
cabin at Seal Cove. On the last
trip with the liquor Dut! had
been picked up at the corner of

Sixth Avenue and ‘Tatlow and
proceeded to the Cold Storage.
Duff told) me about Lipsett’s

liquor and I told him of the olfe
by Miller. Matt Videck was not

told of the particylars of the
case,

Dan Leachy is remanded until
Thursday morning also. The

hearing of the fifth. party impli-
vated in the Duff case, Jack Has-
kins, will come up tomorrow
inorning when he will face the
same charge.

BIG FIGHT OVER
OPEN FISHERIES

Strong Influences Being Brought
To Bear to Defeat the
Project.

There is likely to be a big tight
over the niatter of open fish ‘ries.
‘ome Vancouver business men
held a mecting recently and peti-
tionefl the Dominion Gevernment
to hold over the open fishing reg-

j} ulation and up to the present no
|instructiions have been sent out

in regard to the matter. It will
be done by order-in-council, which
has not yet been passed.

it is understood that every ef-
fort is being made by the canners
to prevent the opening of the fish-
The apgument used is not
that the packers will advantage
but that the fish will be better
under present condi-

Colonel Peck is on his way to
Ottawa by way of Vancouver and
he will have all he can do to hold
his own against the strongintlu-
ences which will be brought to
bear, especially in view of the
illness of the Minister of Fisher-
(ies and the absence and illness
of the Premier.

In view of the fact that no reg-
ulations have yet been olticially
promulgated it has bepn suggest-
ed that local public bodies might
well take some steps to counten-
act the strong Vancouver in-
fluence. :

TENDERS WANTED

Tenders wanted for moving
building now occupied by Prince
Rupert Feed Co. For full par-
tlceulars apply to T. Trotier. 39

 

Ladysmith Coal. The best. Prince

 

 

Rupert Coal Company, Phone 15

duties as}

Bessie
on Fulton Street for the finst time
on Wednesday night last.
her he had eome from Ketchikan |
to buy liquor and she said that
she might be able to fix him up.!

She told him to come with her and
house, arrived at her store and she again

back.

Dardanel

LONDON, February 17.—In ¢
held by the Supreme Council of t
ruestion il was reiterated in con
lecided to permit the Sultan to 1
Purkish but that the
mder international control.

sovereign,

In Police C

Bessie Riley and Richard dnd

sideration of $5,000, The case
neon and at the time of going to
with. All the evidence has bee
Mrs. Riley was remanded till 4
Richard Leachy pleaded guilly a:
Father, Daniel Leachy, pleaded

The first witness in the case,
Riley at her cigar

store

He told

ie took her to the bath
where he introduced her to the)
Leachys. In the meantime be-!}

fore going to the bath house Dull

She talked to the Leachys im
confidence for a few minutes and
then the subject of liquor was
spoken of in her presence, He
was told that it could be bought
but not for less tham$100 a case.
Miller was then told to go back
to Bessie Riley’s and wait He
waited for about an hour’ and
then they called up for him to go
“T went back and arranged
for the liquor and they asked for
money but T did not have it,’ he
said. “They then said the deal
was off but I said that I would be
back,

“The next night Bessie Riley

Al

    

uarante

$13.50 perton - -

Phones 11

 

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business,”

that | would be up in 15 minutes.

‘fending Bessie Riley,

Steam Coal

In Car Load Lots
$7.00 per ton, on cars at our whart,

$15.00 perton - -
$7.75 per }-ton 7 . ” ” ”

 

WINTER SPORTS.

—

Sultan to Remain Head of
Turkish Empire But the

les Open to All

 

(Special! to The News via G.T.P. Telegraphs.)

onnection with another meeting
he Allies to take up the Turkish
ference cireles that it had been
‘emain in Constantinople as the
placed

Dardanelles would be

 

Liquor Cases Continued

ourt ‘Today

Before Police Magistrate

Daniel Leachy appeared before

Magistrate McMordie in the police court thiS morning charged
with exposing for sale and offering to sell liquor for the con-

continued we!l into the after-
press was still being proceeded
n taken in the Riley case and
0 o'clock Thursday morning.
id will be sentenced later. His
ol guilty.

Charles Miller, told of meeting

 

alied ine up at the Prince Rupert
otel and asked me if I had been
them orm if I meant
said Miller. “I said

inging

i showed her the money when I

ook me over to the bath house.
Both Leachys were there and it

was as a result of this transaction

came im but did not pay much at-, that I finally got the liquor at
tention to him. ; Seal Cove. Constable Dut! and
$100 a Case. ;some others I did not know de-

livered it and I was to pay $5,000
to Duff.’
Cross-Examined-

I'xamined by Mr. Patmore, de-
...1er said
that the only connection Bessie
Riley had with the case was when
he showed her the $5,000 and
when she kad been present at the
hath house when the deal was go-
ing through, .
Riley was then called
in hen own defence. He had come
to her store on the night in ques-
(ion and told of_awishing to buy
liquor, She told him that he
ought to be able to get lots

$7.00

Bessie

ALBERTA HOUSEHOLD SCREENED COAL

ed Clean '
delivered in sacks

“ loose

ALBERT & McCAFFERY, LTD.

6 and 564

 

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4A merry purty waltlug the word “go —fotethe start of a tetoeean cin at Murren, Switzerlapd.
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iround town. At that time she
was entertaining a friend in her
dining room and left to go out
and get some records for her
gramophone fram the bath house.
Miller expressed the desire to go
ilong with her and went along
where she introduced him to the
Leachys. He appeared to be
known around there before. He
started to talk to the Leachys and
Bessie Riley excused herself and
went home:
Friend of Hers.

1 told the Leachys that Miller
was a friend of mine and that
he was looking for liquor. Before
going home I played three records
on their machine,” said Mrs.
Riley.

~The next day the Leachys call-
ed on me inquiring, for,Miller. 1]
called him up and told him te
come up, Then, when he arrived.

.I sent him over to the bath house.

! knew nothing about the liquor
sale but had merely been told by
the Leachys once that if anybody
wanted to get liquor to send them
bath house. I told him
about others where I thought he
could get liquor before I men-
tioned the Leachys-’ Here Mr.
Patmonre’s examination ended.

W. E. Williams, city solicitor,
inquired from Mrs. Riley who the
parties were she had told him
about before the Leachys and
she mentioned four local resi-
dents, one of whom, however, had
his on an island and was afraid
to touch it. Before Mr. Williams’
‘xamination Mrs. Riley stated
that she had gone through 80
much in the last few days that
she could not remember every-
thing.

No Real Information:

Mr. Patmore examining her
again found that she had no re-
liable information as to where
liquor could be got. She denied
seeing any money and Miller was
no special friend of hers, The
first suspicion she had had of
trouble was when Leachy told her
the next day about Duff and Rich-
ard Leachy being at the police
station.

Mr. Patmore in summing up the
case said that as there was no
rebuttal by Charles Miller of Mrs.
Riley’s contradictory evidence it
must be accepted as the truth.
The important puint in her favor
was that she had told Miller of
other places where he could get
liquor before the Leachys. There
was nothing in the case to do but
conjecture. Mr. Williams had to
go far afield to associate her with
the case as an accomplice. He
criticised the B. C. prohibition
act as being against all law and
justice. It would be an outrage
to convict the woman on such
‘evidence. She had known nothing
about a theft or sale and Dut!
had not taken her into his con-
fidence. She had no direct con-
nection with the matter and no
indirect, either, other than any
ordinary citizen might have,

Allegedly an Agent.

Mr: Williams stated that Bessie
Riley had been the first party to
whom Miller had gone on his
quest for liquor. She introduced
Miller to the Leachys and had
been practically an agent. The

 

 

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PRICE FIVE CENTS

WILL ATTEMPT
RESTRAINT OF
SCHOOL BOARD

 

 

| City Council Consider that Trus-
tees are Mandling New Sctiool
in Arbitrary Manner.

 

The presenting of the extra-
ordinary estimates for school
purposes for the present year

' was the cause of a general dis-
cussion of school matters at the
city council meeting last nigih.
They have been referred to the
Finance Committee for report.
The City Council will also en-
deavor to obtain a restrgining or-
der on the placing of the new
Hays Cove Schoo! directly facing
Sixth Ave., as has been decided by
the School Board. To this end
the city solicitor is being con-
sulted.
_ Alderman Perry urged the
Finance Committee to consider
carefully the classification of the
estimates. He also referred to
the joint conference that the city
council had been invited to at-
tend with the School Board and
to which only two members of
the School Board came. The
mayor did not favor the putting
of the school directly facing Sixt!
Ave. He considered that it would
be better to place it on either side
of tne circle so as to add to the
appearance of the longest avenue
in the city which was Sixth Ave.
Was Overruled:
Alderman McLennan stated that
he had been the only member of
the School Board who had op-
posed the putting of the school
directly facing Sixth Ave., but he
‘ad been overruled. He felt that
by placing the school to one side
a more suitable sports ground
‘ould be allowed for, . Alderman
Dybliavii also opposed the placing
of the school facing Sixth Ave.
He favored another conference
of the city council and the school
board at an early date.
Alderman Rochester could not
see why two or three members of
the school board should handle
the matter of a $150,000 school
in an arbitrary manner. The
placing of the school facing Sixt
Avenue would be making a monu-
ment. He objected to the city
council being made a goat of at
a conference and being ditched
the way they were. He felt that
7 per cent of the people would fa-
vor placing the school to one side
of the circle-

DRURY ELECTED
IN BY-ELECTION

Had Majority of 2,590 Over
Toronto Man.

‘Special by GT. PP. Telegrapas,)

TORONTO, Feb, 17.—Premier
E. C. Drury of Ontario was elect-
ed in the Halton by-election yes-
terday by a majority of 2,590 ma-
jority over Edward J. Stephenson
of Toronto, the returned soldier
candidates The general feeling
here is that the new premier
should be given a chance to show
what he can do.

JUDGE WALKER DIED,
MRS. WALKER IS ILf.

 

 

M. Walker of Winnipeg died yes-
terday af Venice, California. Mrs.
Walker is very ill.

97 and 50-piece Dinner Sets at
Tite’s February Bargain prices.

deal had been discussed in her
presence. She had acted in fur-
thering the sale and there was no
qustion that she had aided, abet-
ted and connived at the sale and
had helped to put it through.

Mr. Patmore argued that if she
was convicted that it would be
against all British justice and Mr.
Williams replied that he was not
responsible for the reading of the
law. The bench ruled that Mr.
Williams was not responsible for
the law:

 

WINNIPEG, Feb. 17.—Judge D. .

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