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Monday.
May
XI,
1931.
FRED
WIGGINS
IS
ACQUITTED
BY
JURY
ON
CHARGE
OF
TRYING
TO
BURN
DOWN
STORE
AT
SOUTHS
ANK.
continued
from
wire
1)
from.
It
had
lain
for
some
time
over
Editor,
Daily
News:
some
boxes
under
the
telephone.
On
I
have
read
with
great
interest
the
night
of
January
13,
accused
the
report
in
your
paper
dealing
neard
(rQm
Bruce
Little
that
the
with
the
meeting
of
the
Prince
Ru-
poiiee
were
looking
for
an
od
quilt
pert
Radio
Association
and
a
qus-
ln
connection
with
their
investigation
has
arisen
in
my
mind
that
I
tlon
of
the
fire
and
that.
If
Wlg-woUld
like
answered.
had
one
he
nad
better
get
rld
We
read
every
so
often
ln
your
ot
it.
Tom
Noian
me
and
asked
If
paper
and
others
of
the
progressive-
he
could
borrow
some
bedding.
Ac-new
of
our
city
and
It
citizens
and
eused
pointed
to
the
old
quilt,
say-yet
when
one
of
our
young
citizens
lng
lt
was
all
he
had.
Nolan
steps
out
with
the
Idea
of
starting
took
It,
away
a
local
broadcasting
station
the
Officers
on
Scene
Radio
Association
puts
its
foot
down
Dn
January
16,
police
officers
and
restricts
bim
to
daylight
hours.
to
the
store
and
searched
It.
A
seeend
question
arises.
Are
we
They
took
the
sweater
and
brace
true
Canadians
or
not.
A
gentleman
and
blt
and
asked
for
tne
qulH
gg(
up
at
the
above
mentioned
.
Peartng
that
some
one
was
trying
raeetfn
and
asked
if
the
proposed
ito
work
a
game
on
nlm
accused
station
would
Interfere
with
KOMO
denled
had
know-Seattle
tog
a
qullt
or
or
any
other
V&A.
station
anything
about
one.
near
the
proposed
channel.
Mr.
Bait
;
Aecused
then
described
the
cloth-was
very
ecmservattve
in
his
answer
lng
ne
was
wearlng
statlng
that
a
and
a"IIe
not
f
Any"
'black
sweater
and
blue
Jumper
had
one
who
knows
a
little
about
radio
.
been
hi8
C08tume
all
wmtcr
He
know!
Oie
effect
of
crystal
control
'details
as
to
buildings
which
he
ln
keeptaf
;
a
station
on
its
assigned
:
m
connection
with
his
store.
a'Z
lUHBuyt
Accused
admitted
that
a
brace
one
Yankee
station
ten
kilocycles
jand
bu
court
was
hu
from
the
local
station
would
away
jHe
had
had
it
ever
since
he
came
to
L
Z
!
enthusiasts;
the
country
in
1919
He
used
it
to
who
wouM
sooner
heten
to
Uncle
j
bo
b
out
of
cider
kegI
He
had
Earn
wWk!
have
lota
more
to
listen
onc
tantd
lt
out
and
come
....
,
..
.
'
'back
very
'
dull
so
he
had
to
sharpen
Aside
from
interference.
Have
we;,.
.,
T,
M
-
.
-V...
r..r.AT
Ulenhtor
anyone
to
come
Into
his
tore
Mfr
w
luuvp
PWKJ
ISUCUU
VI
Ul
the
stuff
we
hear
from
the
major
ity
f
the
Pacific
Coast
stations'
At
and
take
away
the
brase
and
bit
while
he
was
out.
also
returning
it
JZI
'ZS
S,S:oUier
Bouthbank
who
gramophone
reeords
and
lt
would
wore
Mxumat.
sweatees
like
.
0..,.
accused's
old
M
cut
tame
of
the
power
used
and
be
a
lot
easier
tm
tubes
and
speakers
and
still
we
eouta
listen
to
the
same
rgrey
one.
In
conclusion,
Wiggins
specifi-
about
the
fire.
-whatever
BUNK
at
Oentrevtlle
OHO.
Tam.
if.4
Hum
,
,
o1i
,1,.!
Under
cross-examination.
Wl-
progrees
Into
actions
and
support
I
?htt,?ut
mTJ?
?
$
this
local
project
and
give
our
mu-
f81
"
ce'
whlfhhe
keP-
au
sieal
clubs.
Boy.
Band.
etc.
a
chance
fi
m
!"
ta"on
af?
to
shew
the
Northwest
the
town
of
"
,"L
"mlmim
Prlnce
Rupert
isn't
a
logging
camp
at
thf
baek
of
beyond
OVERSEAS.
When
conBtipation
threatens
remember
these
age-old
non-habit-,
forming
correctives
BIS
SleecliatriS
BRING
HEALTH
"frame"
evidence
against
him,
ae-
cused
declared.
As
for
Bruce
Little,
"he
is
a
friend
to
my
face
and
an
enemy
to
my
hack,"
accused
declared.
While
he
was
by
no
means
a
rich
man.
accused
asserted
that
I
he
was
not
hard
up.
He
had
once
inquired
about
purchasing
the
1
building
he
occupied
but
had
never
I
made
a
definite
offer.
The
rent
was
r$5
a
month.
Accused
would
not
say
that
he
would
be
better
off
If
Brun-j
elite
store
had
not
been
there.
I
Akin
Bratten,
Uncha
Lake
log-
gf,
told
how
he
had
borrowed
the
grey
blanket
fiom
Hugo
Melander.
a
neighbor
at
Uncha,
to
use
it
as
a
horse
blanket.
He
told
Melander
he
i
would
leave
the
blanket
at
Wiggins'
(store
after
he
was
finished
with
lt.
This,:
he
did,
leaving
it
one
day
when
Wiggins
was
on
the
other
side
of
the
partition
and
did
not
see.
No
Smell
Under
cross-examination,
Bratten
wai
unable
to
find
horse
hairs
or.
smell
the
odor
of
horses
on
the
blanket
which
he
identified
as
being
t
the
one
he
had
left
at
Wiggins'
store
.
;
for
Melander.
I
Constable
Talt
was
recalled
for!
the
purpose
of
settling
a
point
in!
.AH......IIAH
...1.
La
UnJ
..U
I
Wiggins'
store
for
the
qullt.
Wig-1
gins
said
that
he
never
had
had
such
a
qullt.
'
Mr.
Williams,
defence
counsel,
In
I
addressing
the
jury,
pointed
out
that
arson
was
never
committed
without
motive
and
no
motive
"had
been
shown
ln
connection
with
this.
As
f
r
JC,..
j
tff
J.
i.,
-
:
1--.
4.
Were
there
not
others
who
would
have
benefitted
from
a
fire
In
Urun-!
ell's
store.
Defence
counsel
contended
that
all
actions
of
the
accused
had
been
Consistent
with
innocence.
It
was
not
reasonable
to
think
that,
had
Wiggins
set
the
fire,
he
would
have
left
a
trail
of
evidence
leading
to
his
door.
There
was
no
definite
evidence
that
the
shayhigs
In
ac
cused's
brace
and
bit
had
come
from
the
wall
of
Darnell's
(tore,
that
the
piece
ot
yarn
was
from
accused's
sweater
or
tha
the
cotton
batting
"
v.-
,
dMhWIIWT
ORIN'AKOK,
pr
bTTvVA,
iith
iiiVY.-ioai,
4c
had
come
from
his
qullt.
He
submitted
that
the
crown
had
not
proved
IU
case
beyond
a
reasonable
doubt.
Such
evidence
as
there
was
i
was
entirely
circumstantial
and
he
felt
Justified
in
asking
the
Jury
to
acquit
Wiggins.
A.
M.
Johnson
K.C.,
crown
counsel,
admitted
that
the
evidence
was,
largely
circumstantial.
He
asked
the
Jury,
however,
to
consider
the
silent
witnesses
in
the
piece
of
yarn
found
near
the
augur
hole,
the
nature
of
the
cotton
batting
and
the
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discretion
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the
minister
of
finance.
t
(havings.
He
submitted
that
the
circumstances
were
consistent
with
accused's
guilt.
As
for
the
the
evidence
of
Ilretton,
Mr.
Johnson
suggested
that
lt
was
most
improbable
and,
possibly,
a
"fairy
story."
All
j
the
evidence
pointed
ln
the
direction
of
the
accused's
guilt.
Was
not
,
his
action
ln
denying
the
qullt
an
ovldence
of
gulltf
Mr.
Justice
W.
A.
Macdonald
reviewed
the
charge
and
dealt
at
some
(length
with
the
question
ot
reason-'able
doubt
In
circumstantial
evi
I
'
Si
v.
dence,
it
was.
necessary
to
have
a
strong
chain
with
each
link
pointing
ln
the
direction
of
accused
before
there
could
be
a
conviction.
HU
Lordship
discussed
the
evidence
very
briefly
and
declared
that
It
was
for
the
Jury
to
form
Its
own
conclusions.
The
Jury
retired
at
9:41
p.m.
His
Lordship
this
morning
ordered
his
brace
and
bit
returned
to
Wiggins.
The
old
sweater.
and
qullt
will
be
destroyed
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in
the
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