Shenanigans ran amuck in small towns, even in those days, and this was quite the story between a Smiths Falls shoe store and a member of council. It went back and forth for a long time, and the whole issue smelled badly from the beginning. on october 11, 1897, four of the most important witnesses failed to show up? Things do not seem to change do they? You only need to look at the news clipping in historical facts to understand there was history to one W.E. Brown alderman from Smiths Falls and when witnesses do not show up–well, it’s hard to make a case.
Clipped from The Ottawa Journal, 25 Jun 1897, Fri, Page 6
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Judge Senkler and the Almonte Fire Bug
The Very Sad Tale of Hessie Churchill
The trial of W. H. S. Simpson the Railway Mail Clerk
The Buck Lake Murderer
Have you Ever Heard about Doran? Here Come da’ Judge!
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