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t Woman of Twenty-Nine Plots With Her Lover of TwentyOne to Murder Her Husband Which He Does in Her Pres~ encc. Both Convicted.

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LONDON, Dec. 15.—Iu a court

ushed to solemn silence, the jury .. ilhe Iliord murder trial this vening found Mrs. Thompson nd her young lover, Bywatells, uiity of murdering the woman's, osbanli and ‘both were sentenced o death. ,

The jury. which included One oznan werealbsent for two and a jllllfffil‘ hours considering their ertllct, and when they returned to the court the faces of some 0| them were wllrite and drawn as ihougth they had nerved themselves io a stern and dreaded duty- Al-

ter a short pause Bywatens was liroilgllt from tbelow and placed in the dock. He stepped firmly to W116 imnt with this shoulders squared, glancing first at the lury and then nt the judge. ‘MlPB._'DhOIII])SQD was in a pitable state of collatpse. She min it.) on almost carried into the dock (by two warqresses and ska crumpled into an apparently 1m- consclous heap on a chair. , wlheq the jury lpronounced their- crd-lct of guilty upon him, By-| zllters did not flintoi or give any titer align of emotion, lbnt

rs Thompson, a nloan came om her lilps as she sat in the m; with ‘her Ihend thrown back d lher eyes closed. when the Old lBaiiey court ned at: ten o'clock lcllls lmc-rn- ._ n long dine of cold and weary o and women smlgh‘. to gain mission for the final stages of l u sensational trial. Seats in ‘the Old Bailey were at w‘ Dram/am and several persons "l-l tile hundreds waiting in Jllv Offered. as much as ‘five ounds for favorulble places. The ollrt could \ to flees than L" ‘$95M 5Y1? .0f the un- blond Ito a vanltage n; me tell-est in the trial by selling their aces ill the IlliB. Wlnen ‘asked If lie had anything - slly Bywatcrs turned towards r8. Thompson and replied in ear ltones: “The verdict is rang. Edith Thompson l5 not lily. I am no murderer. I aim not assassin." Th9 Judge then read out tho for- lll sentence of (loath. Mrs. Thom n was quietly sobbing in n lain; llll llySlcrlo-nl manner when sen- "Q" W118 relilPflted in lher case, ell with her eyes still closed she fled ill It lDPOkCII VOICG: "I um not "lllY. 0 G011. I Mil not fygllly," She was led ‘below ‘moaning. lt fie noted that the jury ni-nde no commendation to mercy, and "1 11w illdse did not lmiike the mlal comments on the justice of l e verdict.

everal Women Fli med.

Ir. the crowd at the ‘back of the Ollrt lroom several women fainted. rs. Thompson's molliier was n pn. liotic figure sitting in the con-l. 0r olrtilide the court. She heard he verdict in a dazed ‘way and lllnted. ‘Will lMrs. Thompson be re- Plilved or the sentence commut- d?’ l3 ‘"19 question that is being lllmted now. There seems to M“ bee" Bkllectation shared ‘by 11.1111’ who followed the trial of "s ""1119 0f passion that lthe jury ‘lldllt have reached another ver- 61. and that the women on sc- mml °l 7191' He! flllflllt even have gfllwceultted, In this connection h? Dally Chronicle is inclined to nit that only u. British jury illid Ihave "had the strength oi‘ lid to rind Iboth Mrs. Thompson i“! BYWMGI‘ guilty of murder ' FlWWB. ll BBYI. Mint the average ‘l-irllsh iurman, unlike the oenchman,‘ is quite unwilling to "@0118 crime bocluiie it sprang m“ all: Wornllatefing passion of In or]; ust. 0n ltlls other hand ilhe n? ews says the case against ‘ ~ Thlllllllwn was somewhat

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Bottles Set Backs , To Baseball

N-EW YORK. Dec. 15.——The Am- erican League at its annuoi meet- lllS l-odlilY took action lto check ,wllat it regarded as two deteri-

mlents to the national genie- home run hitting and pop bottle

throwing. l

The club owners recommended to the Joint rules committee, re-

presenting bctll the American Iillil Natxollali leagues, that home run zones be established in all big league purks to curb the abnormal to be probable lthlit such an ap- growth of circuit hitting, and urg- peal will lbs lodged. 17in question ed that steps -be taken to regulate of commutation 0i‘ sentence rests ‘U16 B816 0i 80ft drinks so that with the Home lghm-etary who inns no longer would be tempted could recotmmalld the extension 01- to use tire brttles as missiles. “Royal mercy" to onn n;- hmh o; The; insignia, which cioselutlts ses

eion ate to n ', a so vote o u e!- fhe condemned’ the season oh Wednesday, Agril 18, 1923, and decided “to establish a fund of $50,000 to aid. disabled ball players or their falnlllies b> settling aside $10,000 annually for five years, beginning in 1923, froll. the American League's share o2 the world's series receipts.

Prevllous Cues.

o. It is more than 15 years since a woman was hanged ‘in Greg‘, Bfittnlll. 'l‘tlle lust to suffer this ffirte was Mrs. Rhoda Willis n "baby farmer" and murderees ex- ecuted in Cardiff Jail on August 14, 1907. If the liford tnurder trml‘ lhad taken place 150 years ngo the judlZB would ill all probability have dealt with ‘Mrs. Thompson ‘by illllvlllg her fburllt at the gal-

T0 Ontario Farmers lows. In those linys of ruflhkggg

jugflce such “w! the “m, n. TORONTO, ‘Dec. 15.—Farmers in man cnnvlctfl of huabanrdzixi: various parts of Ontario are finding 1131-’ l, crime that was regarded as the open fall rather o. mixed bless- pctty treason and punished accord- mg- The ‘vaem-l’ “mummy of re- illgly. Until the law was nnered ports to the Ontario Department of 1n 1793_ were were many Women Agriculture by its representative: who paid this pellfllll’ 1°? alkali?! causing much labor and a hartishil me m“, in Such cages that s“ n_ to lmany farmers. ‘In some cases gulauon should come firs,’ butam wstenhas to be brought n. cansiden. the case of at least one woman to able “haulage to the F""“" Th; be so condemned. Catherine the trauma is ‘more than local. E_ Hayes‘ m 1725' the execmmner shown lhy the fact that. complaints dropped the mm mo SW“ and me on this score have come from courtl- woma“ was literally mumt alive ly representatives in both title eas- in the presence 0i’ s great crowd, a-gcgnd ‘veslem pans or t e pm Todn al th - - ‘ 3P3", i); 5,3“ $30 is ocg"§,n:;_:'te:€e [On the other hand, stock in mdost whlch ‘he court can ‘pass “Mn parts of t le province l5 reporie in man or woman found lliiilty of murder, and so Mrs. Thompson has been sentenced to die. The llidlzment mnav prove to be but the grim formality of the law. W0. men are not exempt from the‘ llfllllfman‘; rope, hilt i-t is such considerable time since a ‘woman lwas sent to tile gallows that it is u matter for speculation whether the death penalty will be enforced in the case of Mrs. 'I'h0mps(‘ll. Since Mrs. Rhoda. Willis wno handed‘ many women have passed [through lthe ordeal of sentence of death . lbut in no case has the ex trelme penalty been enforced. For. a sensational crime of pilsslon of lulihieh a woman was doulld guilty one has to go iback to 1889 to the famous easy oi‘ iMrs. Miiy- brick, who was sentenced to death for. the lmurder of ller huts-l blind lby poisoning him with nr~ senic. ililrs. Mnybrlclt was not ex- ecuted, but it was not flier sex that saved her from the scaffold.

Open Fall Blessing

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O. P. R. Will Have I 99 Sailings In 1923

MONTREAL, Dec. 15.—~1Practico.l- 1y lone hundred sailings during the St. lLawronce season of 1923 are scheduled by the lCantttlian Pacific There will be 72 arrivals and 72 departures of ‘Canadian ‘Pacific lin- ‘ers from the port ofhMontreol alone w hile at Quebec t ere will be 2T ilrrlvzlls and 27 departures.

TheMontl-enl season will open with the sailing of the Metagsmn on May 3, bound for =Belfset and The seller» "he are-o been $335.13‘. ‘Riiiiihlfifi. ¢'.".°.....“°.‘.§ . l ' ‘“ #151111“ ~11‘. bill".fl..'hi.'lf.d'ff.ii.“‘.ii.ilfitilii vr-nlmnted to lpennl servitude for Belmslfllasgow service from M6,, llfe.. The reason for tile Home u-eaL Secretary's intervention, in an ln- The ,lM,n.gye'n and Marya}, ac lereetllli: official statement at cording to the new arrangements. n“! ""19 T911111 "W111"? m‘? "l" will institute a new service from 091109 lellllll Clellfll’ 10 l"? 60113111" Montreal to Cherbourg, Southamp- r-ion that the prisoner utlltninirltc-r- ton and London‘ and westbound (‘ll 0111i l-lllemllllfll 10 91111171155191‘ from LondollJ-Iavre and Southamp- arsclllc 10 her husband with themm w Montreny Londmh however intention to ‘murder. yet it divas- will be used as a freight coll only, not wllolly exclude ilhe reasonable pngggngefs nlgemburklng at gher. doubt whether ‘his vies-ill was in bnurg nnd snutnnnlplnn nnd em. fact caused ‘by the administration lyarking at ‘I-lavre and Southampton. of arsenic." In other words Mlfl-L-Tlie first sailing from Montreal is Maybrick was not ‘hanged. be-lecheduled for May 19. cause while she desired to kill] The Montreal-Liverpool service her husband and actually RilPlIlpt-lwlll start. on ‘May 4, with the de- ed the crime. there was just a plirture of the Montcalm for Liver- possihility that it ‘was not her pool. The Montcalm and her two wilful administration of the poi- popular new sister ships. the Mont- son that caused ‘his llontll. But clare and Mlllllftllill, will ‘maintain Mrs. Thc-nlpsows 0.15s is compll- a regular weekly service in con- cwten by the rengon or one posit. nectlon with the Montlailrier. The inn of gywntorq former Empress of llnll-la, now -re-

1n crlnllnnl record,‘ ma". l5 no named the Molltlauuer, will -be the ca“, on n11 you“ wit“, new ll 1,. finest and largest oust-lass cabin commlnnplace that women crinlin- steamship in the Canadian unseen als are worst of all criminals. and Rel‘ sefvlce- She Wm (‘Onullue l°_ m“ omen of the gallows finds make Quebec her Canadian port oi tnlany of them no more shaken or ‘"1"-

Demtmu than ‘he mo“ degmer, ‘The important service inaugurat- “9 mam ed by thzganadllaa Pacific tgliilllllfll

summer ween ue ec an am- burg, vie. Cherbourg and Southamp ion, will be strengthened by the addition of the Empress of Britain to the service maintained during the past season, by the Empress of Scotland and Empress of France. Fortnightly sailings are scheduled for the 1923 season.

Judge Bums Up.

lMr. James Silesrman took lwo hours for summing up the evi- deuce. ~By way of preface to his analysis of the case he Midi "Ilhis charge is uh ordinary ‘J0m- mon charge against a wife and m." ndultsrcr of murdering ‘her Illus- bnnd." He was amazed when be heard ‘it suggested that never be fore in tlhe history of crime hall any one been charged with wife murder when the was not the nl-f- ‘File jury were trying a difficult son who ‘took a hand in lnflict- case 1,0 which they must apply or- ing the blow. ‘Ilhcse cases were dinary principles of common sell"! not uncommon. I-listory was full ‘Ilhey had ‘been told that this was of cases in wthich husbands, in nr- n case of great love. anti they that! der to marry some one else. had for days, both in speeches and wanted to got lrid of heir wives tin questions, reference to this.

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An official quotation on the pros- pects of Christmas turkey prices ls in the report from Leeds. which gives prices at a “turkey fair" there as averaging around 48l- and 44c per pound, with geese at 25c, and small -pou,llry at 25c to 26c.

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FIIIUHIZI] HIH PAYMENT Ill. HEPAHITIIINS

HUME. DBO. 15.—-C0rr8.<l0 Gilli. or nations, where they might he fed Dlllfeseor of statistics in the Uni-ill. the expense of the German gov- versity 0i‘ Patina, to whom was ell- ernmelll. tin the latter case the ""519" 1111 llllilllry as to whether total value of their work would go Germany can pay reparations, how toward reparations. If fed at the lnll('ll,.ilnd I uwhl-lt form, has (llf- expense of u. creditor nation, only (aided the first. question ill the all the difference between the value of firmatlve. Professor Gini nlakcs their food and i.he value of their several proposals concerning the work would be credited to reparn. best system for the liquidation of lions. the (I€l)l.. Professor lGini also proposes the

One of his principal suggestions. taking of a census of all precious is compulsory eervice for repllrai» 111015115, jewels and foreign curren- 110118. 511111101‘ l0 lllfi lllllllflry Sflrvlrl‘ l-y-in Germany, and making compul- in Germany before the Wfll‘. 'l‘lli»- l)l'_l' their sale lo the stale or to compulsory service would embrutl- lI)l‘i~ll§ili3l':1. Nobody would be nllow- all youths oi‘ twenty years of ill-ll‘ ell to keep any of these things, ex- for one OI‘ two years. Such youths lrept by paying for them ll Slllll in would serve either in reconstruct gold fur greater than their intrinsic ing devastated regions or ill credll- value.

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BEIEBHITIUMF B. I. SBEIHY

At the rcl-rultll‘ meeting ui‘ the was a splendid type cynic race

of May ti, 1825:

THE

inst., a resolution was EllfhllSlltS- countrymen to do honour to their l" U19 Press 11¢ ‘"199 n19 M1911‘ to procure acts of incorporation; its foundation at a. convenlengrived’ l-A-erefore the founders o, ellce. frame their constitution and by- "(me l" Sl- Jolmlsl Nnd" one was promptly gralrletiwls is shawl. ilyttetown come next and all w , VlKQYQlISZY- 1'5 l5 me mtentm" “l flnlgton Hotel in Charlottetown, on us in our celebration. anti bl-‘lllz n1 m“; ever assembled m m“ PHN voiellt Irish Society of Prince Ell‘ It i8 110i "llllllmlll" "M? l” l°"9'|.<ll<-ll nleeilllg and agreed to ‘tor eloquence. “'1\*‘11 "l" “W” Ilcllevolelll. Irish Society of Pflllco only I think it wrl-i to rvllrolluol: number“ __"$'l'0l'.‘l' "P1151 11"" P"""""'l "r RIThat 1.110 inlprrssion be the harp. t firs stone 0f t1"! l>'°ll"~*"<"u.lcy of‘ Plxnec autumn lslzilld, the scrip-lion . BENEVOILENT society be humbly submitted to From tile earliest arrival of iln-isuncticn and approval, and that them who came from Ireland; but its patron. sltlerable number settled ill (‘lliw Mr. Fitzgerald be requested to the ln.gtel' date they formed u fair ing rillcs and constitutint cf this up to that time set-tied ill uud carried into effect, Ills Excellency here arrived and settled ill nunr- Ohnrlottetmvn Npril ‘.16., i825 settlers and lihetir descendants Lieutenant Governor to return the time to time. Benevolent Irish Society of Prince credlllt of having founded the Belle h-ave much satisfaction in becom- of people, with cultured manners. oblecis thereof. and a slpllrllt of philanthropy which (lSlgnetl) J. T. HURDIS, succeeding generations, or by that society's mcetinge were held quar- lrermlt rellxbur differences t0 ly held; but the office of pres! found in those virtues a common five years. This regulation work‘ to perform works of charity and slon. No doubt many will feel in- nstionsi‘ society until Col. Johnignnrelore wle quote 1mm the 11¢ 1824. as lieutenant governor 0f tion of ofricers at the end of the acliion. Colonel Ready, under‘ "Benevolent Irish Society"

Benel/"lelll M511 509100‘ 01' 11151 ziurl llill not hesitate l0 encourage tically adloptedl directing the See native lump tion of llll€ Society to m m“, we mgislature h-ud date in the slimmer of 1925, ihislhe new national s.ocle,ty__n,o,,_. n“, -Pl'5‘°l‘ 1° MaY 61"- 1825’ lhufrillvs and rnilliillll tlrem to ills 31- 101111. N- B» i111" 011° l" H ‘l by me lbllfllhllg correspondence ind are based on the same prilll yup Society to invite our brethren Monday, the 18th day uf April. Mm of frielms Wm‘ ‘Mm’ HM it| int: ill till..- ilslllnll a charitable so» |\\'ill'(l lhxllilil, tho fohowing rules ‘ell the different orlltors .\~l.o,,u,(,pn,,,, "on comics round. 11"" 1'01‘ "l" "l" iiiluzllwl Isllillil in North Anlericu." ‘re lcflolvloe skelrll "f '11P 5"‘ "RESOLVED: Tho-t the seal of lllllllillll?" l" 19ml- “ f"r'lcrl.l\v'll nllli silllllroclt, with ‘Ii-l vent J. A. CRONIN, ’ Sfififll’ "RESOLVED: That the forage. soclETv H.s lfirctrelency’, the mlfglrllnlfl on Prince Ell-ward lH-‘Hlt! Excellency be requested to .t was only about the beginning “ithlstnA/El): That; (the lllmslt llottetown. From 1800 to 18.25 a1‘- wait on His Excellency, "tile Lieut- proportion of the population. Tho society". around Charlottetown; but in ll was pleased to transnli‘. the fcl- ly all pants o! the country, and To Fade Goff, 15811., Etc. that. tile ranks of the Benevolent accgnlpanyljylg papers containing To the Irishmen who first selil- Edwlarll Island, of lwhich Ills Ex- voienlt lris'n~ Society. the u Fllla ing its patron, and of affnrlhng intense love of country. ullswwrv- I have the honour to be. Sir, may have been equaled but lllw "Private Secretary" of any other r scs. it is also terly, and annual meetings for the] dwarf their charity or lessen their den-t only became vacant through flhalnllllll! fllflllflfl 0R wihtiolr they ed Weill and‘ contributed largely to benevolence. Nothing was (lone. terested in the onleistty of the Ready, an Irishman of great lite- gister the following report of the the colony. Then- their high resol- society's first term: w-hosle distinguished. patronage the

and wives for similar purpose to cot rid of their husihanlla. ln the interests of the fair sex it was. he

Continued on Polite ti.)

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"Notice in hereby given that the

CllY- "em l" ‘M1917 111111 0111"?’ 61-" tile laudable efforts of his fellow retary of the Society to announce, 1L was not easy m those days Grand- Ccntenntal lCelebrat-lon of ma for {we years bewre he M. 115118 l"? 1°01" 3'91"‘ °l m3 eXiSblOlUBSL in the province-decided to 315591’ 306K193 "a" bee" lmmwmdfis-ellcllcy’ fur his approval, w 1i ll"!- N- S~ The B- I- ’S~ “r C" which atlpuztred in the Prince lili- “nles and are still carrying on, if tllrsle sister societies i." jnlnllggd, m,» I Vi” Dnmably be we huvgu“ gatwriely to be tiellulllllla-tell tile B0lle~ ‘nee. I "ll Cllllflll 1"‘? "mmlmh ‘ “m1 “Illlllii-I anti constitution of tin: 0l'1l111l-l0ll.°l' 111° I'm“? "MP1" "r Then follow tile rules, seven in '<‘Y\’ lb 10"‘ fllllVf-"ll-‘Y l" 713mm,“ til l. siluici)" he engraved 0n brass, ‘llilllllli 5116" lam" "S 5"‘ “Nlled motto of the Benevolent Irish S9" .socici lSerettiry B. l. |R|5Hiillg rufrs ulid ollnsiituliotl of LlliS (By Peter McCourt. Governor, for Hits ‘EXCGIICIICYWI lluntl thelle \\1EIE- stame- ltlnollg honour the Society by becoming of the last century that u clln- dent) Nil‘. Goff and the Iieverend fit/R's eielulily- continued, anti {it enant Governor with the forego- greater part oLthose who (‘iilllfil “Pills resolution, having oven few years afterwards large 1111111‘ lowing gracious reply: it was llargely from among those "Slr:~l am directed by the Irish Society were recruited IP01" the rules and constitution oi the ed in Charlottetown belongs 111G cellency highly approves and will they were a well educated class every support in his power to the ing loyalty to the British crown, Your obedient. humble servant not been surpassed -by that 0f For many years afterwards this wonbhy to note that they dill n0! eieciion of offioiaue were regular- patrioilism: on the contrary. they death. resignation or the expiry of met as brothers in the new world the permanency of the organize, hOW-GVQI‘. to organize a distinctly gpgjglty 1n g1“; gym-W (my, tinction. arrived here in the year annual meeting held for the also ves soon biiossomed into united‘ new national society Wes storied. flint quarterly meeting of this

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Covers Prince Ildwa iI Island like. the " Dew

CHARLOTTETOWN, CANADA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1922.

lStory Says Bout Was Only One Of Many Frame-Ups

‘PARIS, Dec. llle 59116881659 pugiiist, who has refused lo appear before the French Boxing Federation in the investigation of the charges of frame-up int his fight with Georges Cnrpentier, was again summoned b)‘ the federation in a letter sent lliln tonight to collie before the federation Ilriliey evening. The federation has declared it would. not. permit another fight between S.k-i and Carpentior unless the ne- gro appeared before its llivlasiignl in; committee.

An afternoon newspaper in ivllat DIITDOPUS lo be a new “inside story of the fralneup“ says tn; Siki- Carpentier fight was only one of {a series of such battles. It lig the bout between Slki bolting tiutllnrities shot-lily illt‘ fight took place but that the

matter in order to save the hot.- or of the game."

lAlfonso Of Spain ' Plans To Visit U. S.

NEW Y-ORiK, Dec. 15.—Mrs. H.

totlny after three years spent in [Dnrgie became acquaiwetl Vwitll Kink Alfonso and found him in- tensely interested in this country. She snlll lie is planning to visit here some time in the near future. Tile King, she said, has ordered all his army officers to become pro- ficient in the ‘English language.