Inquest lleld In Death Of John Mahler

That “John Mahler came to his death sometime between midnight May 7 and May 13 at Charlotte- town. We find death was due to . drowning. and that it was accl- . dental" was the verdict arrived at by a jury empanelled by Coroner Dr L. E. Prowse following the re- - co\'cr_\i of the body of the deceased on May 13. _

Dr. J. H. Show submitted his findings as a result. of an autopsy I; indicating the body was submerg-.3 ed ill water for some days l'aI.I'l€i‘le than hours. There was no evidence 1 of external injuries previous toll d("l?Il. An interior examination 3‘ disclosed no evidence of diseaser ~ The lungs contained watery fluid which is accepted as one of sev-I) eral signs of death by drowningilg A fi iher examination of the blood conﬁrmed thLs conclusion.

Wallace MacDonald. atevedore. lr“S!Ifl(‘(I that he had heard of a coat being found on the deck of the ferry and had grappled in the ferry dock on May 13 and brought . the bodv to the surface. Question- ed by the Coroner he said there was no ladder on the smooth sur-

—?"—eT_—-*.~——:_ face of the dock and it would be on mu {mm page 6 necessary 10 BWUU DUI and around

it to make a landing, in the event. In corn".

or failing in and no assistance atlThB players had trouble ﬁndiniz )1-nd_ accommodations for the night.

Sworn eiiiieiice was submitted Evcryiihere they went the Penne- lrom aiiilioiities in Saint John, N. ton fans followrci them taunting B as giieii there by Horace cam. them about the warmed-up plane, cron, Hugh Gotell and Gordon the sandwiches and the hotel. MacDonald all in agreement that ' ' ' they, with the deceased came from Saint John. N. B. by car on May 7, :m~ivin.: at Charlottetown at 11.30 pm. They were dropped in suc- cession near the homes of friends before midnight. Mahler failed to reach the home where he anticip- ated visiting

Wilfred McQulllaii of George- town gave evidence of picking up is coat and laying it away for safe keeping on the morning of the 8th. On the 9th, still finding the coat uncalled for. he examined the pockets and found a dentist's re- ceipt in favor of the wife of the deceased. and reported the inci- dent to the City Police.

Sgt. Tony Lund testified he had received a call from the ferry wharf on May 13 at 2.35 p.m. and on responding with Sgt. Webster er. He hit iiell diiiing his first and other members of the police Y9" ll‘ U15 Bl!-I League-ii but 3 force. and tool: over the body from 3096 ln.Illl'l’ the f0l10“‘lI1Z «ECBSOH Wallace MacDonald and his son hampered his iblllll’ so much that who had been grappling in the he never showed anything like his ferry dock. sgt. Lund had been promised form. 'I'l1l§year he ob- lgokmg tor the miggmg mm cg,-1. talned one hit in six trips for a ter in the week but without suc- .167 average and was finally on- cess. He had not called at the tloned out to Ottawa of the inter- Nicclle residence where he was Iil!ll0mI- Thﬁrels Plenty 01 Excite- 551d :0 mm; piumed to 50 u merit around Ottawa over Luke's usual when visiting here. ’

Chief of Police MacArthur testi- regular ferry and the substitute fled that-on Wednesday. May l2. ship with regard to the stern guard at 1.30 pm. he received a tele- chain. The substitute ferry did phone call from Mrs. Mahlenauint not have a. night watchman a- John. NB.. describiniz how the board. deceased had left there on May '1 Wilfred Macczuillnn (recalled) and had not returned with the said the toilet facilities on the party as planned. She believed he substitute ferry were not located would be visiting his mother at in the same area as on the regular Rocky Point. Following unsuccess- boat. fiil attempts to locate the missing Coroner Dr. Prcwse in address- man. he ordered Sgt. Lund to ar- ing the jury commended Wallace range for dragging operations on MacDonald for his voluntary work Friday morning. However the body in grappling for the missing man was recovered on Thursday after- and his knowledge of the water-

Tlie Warwick brothers won the series for Penticton. Grant War- wick, who played with Halifax in 1952, played as much as 50 min- utes a game during the series. Coach Max Silverman stated if he had Hub Beaudry to watch War- wick the Wolves would have won the series easily. The Quebec Aces wanted to play an exhibition ser- ies with Sudbury after the com- pletion of the Calgary-Quebec and Penticton -Sudbury series. They might have continued playing for the summer.

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Big Luke Easter appears to have come to the end of his Mruor League career. Big Easter. a giant of a man, at one time was thought to be a potentially great ball play-

iioon as already shown in evi- front, which has been valuable on clence. many occasions such as had been Warren Mahler. Rocky Point, described in the evidence.

brother of the deceased testified as to the habit of John Mahler in going aboard the regular ferry at night as a friend of the night watchman in order to make the first crossing in the morning. He described the difference in the

The Jury retired and shortly re- turned with the above verdict.

Members of the jury were: Wil- liam McGregor (foreman). Keith Carver, Allan MacLeod. Ralph Wil- liams, Wilf McQulllan. Wendell Boyce. Ernest. Foster.

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as follows: Margaret Craig. Isabel ‘Jnrdine, Olive Jslley, Nancy Bell, |Ralph DeGt'aut'. Bill Campbell, -Angus MacDonald and the cap- ltain, Bob Archer. Each member of pine team received a replica of the ‘larger trophy. Mr. Archer, speak. ;ing for his team. said they all had enjoyed the competition very much and were thankful to the organizers for the enjoyment they had all season.

The runner-up.Schurman's team, also received a trophy. senault,cnptaiii of this team.made a fitting reply after the presenta- tion. The members of the team, all of whom received trophy re- ‘aliens. are as follows: Elaine Cash.

argaret Mulligan. Marcellus Mc- Ivor, Maynard Schurman, Keith Plckard, and the captain. Alban Arscnaiilt.

Individual awards were present- ed as follows: Ladies’ high aver- age. Laurie Peters. 191; second high average, Olive Purcell, 192; third high average. Paula Verette. 191; high single. Roma. Richards. 339; high three. Roma Richards, 7'18; meirs high average. Earl Smith, 232: second high average. Allie Harris. 223; third high average.

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Luke is reported to be I colorful .fellow. Once after Roy Campan- leiia blocked Easter at the plate the conversation went something Iiike this: Easter: "You and me‘s lgolng to fight." Campanella: “Look .at the size of you and look at the [size of me." Easter: “Come on ‘and flight." Campy: "Luke. Tm lnot ﬁghting." Luke: "You're ‘afraid? Campy: “No. Just sens- lble."

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The men‘s and women’: leagues were won by the All-Stars. Doug Harkness. captain of the men's section. received on behalf of his team the trophy emblematic of

victory in this division and Mrs.»

Olive Purcell accepted the ladies’ trophy for her team. The person- nel was as follows: Olive Purcell. Doris Mrcue. Winnie McMullin Irene Silliphant, Doug Harkness, Lou Butler‘ John Morrison, Lowell Andrews. Barbara Matiieson.

The runners-up who also receiv- ed awards were: Marjorie Ballem. Kay Johnson, Ethel Compton, Brenda Hickey. Charlie Ballem. Thane Baglole. Ray Clow, Milt Moliison. Awards were given to Shirley Craswcll and Windy Clow for most improvement during the season‘: play.

Earl Smith spoke bileﬁy coit- gratulating ihe Vl'll‘.llel‘$ on their achievement, and also the riiiiners- up. He discussed the iirw handi- cap system and said he felt it had been fairly successful. He aniioiiti- ced that Siimnicrside had been invited to send two teams down to the provincial meet in Char- lottetown this week. and thatbnw- lers desiqius of competing in this tournament should see him after the banquet.

John MacNeill in his brief re- marks. thanked Leonard Gallant for the assistance he had given in compiling the averages. He up- held the handicap system in that it had encouraged the weak teams to greater effort.

Allie Harris. master of ceremon- ies. paid Fl special tribute to Mrs. Verna. Maxwell for the assistance she had given in getting the leag- ue organised.

At. the conclusion of the ban- quet Earl Smith moved a vote of thanks to the ladies of the Baptist Church for the excellent service they had given and this motion

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Queen's Member Presides Al Bowling Banquet

OTTAWA. (Special) — J. An- gus Mai~Li~an, Conservative mem— her for Queen's and president. of the 90-member House of Commons bowling league .presided here Wednesday night at the annual banquet of the bowler-parliamcm tnrians held in the railway com- mittee room of the Commons.

The Queen's member congratu- lated prize-winners and also-rans alike and spoke of the friendships and mutual understanding be- Itween members or different par- ities and from different parts of ‘Canada ciigciidereri at the bowl- ing alleys. lie noted that the Commons bowling league had A chaplain l.his.year in the person of Rev. Dan Mclvor. Liberal member for Fort William. Ont... and remarked that in his 81st year, Mr. Mclvor bowled as straight a string as many MP’:

was enthusiastically endorsed. After the banquet the auembly repaired to the Legion hall where an enjoyable program of dancing was carried out. 5

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