E s '- ' 'o " *T ' fn” ` ' “ ~"°-=-s-. . _' , _ ."' . _-_ ‘ii ~ -. if »f--. _ _- 1 ' ' _ »-~ < fe in-_Q fi s ' “ ‘~"' =-_~__ . ._ _,_ _ rzsrnnusm-:n is9i. _ cuAai.o'rrr:¥ _ »- fi. id* lSLAND.i'rUESDAY.`iMiAv i ~__ THE TRAGIC END 0E _ _ AR CHIBALD _-_.1 iris Body Found Hanging in His Pri: on Cell an- Lifc Exiinct. EVIDENCE TAKEN AT T With a Towel and Bed Slat the Deed Was Done-Feared His Mind Would Give Way and Said the End Would be the Scaffold-His Bank Account Book-His Concern`for His Wife-Glimpses of His Life Hi'siory_ _ _ __w____________________g_________._____ b.___________§____________ HE COR l°iNER’S INQUEST n Many years ago there came from Scot- land Donald McLeod, a vigorous, ener- getic young Scotchman who settled at Rose Valley. The family name of McLeod is ancient, honorable, numerous and un- vride-spread, both in Scotland, throughout the Colonies and here on Prince Edward Island. lt enjoys the distinction that Dun- gevin Castle, the home of the head of the clan, situated on the mountainous Isleoof' Skye, has been for more than a thousand- ysars in the continuous possession of one family-a longer period of possession than is known in the case of any castle or fami- ly possession in the world. Since the days ofalfred the Great the McLe_ods have held this ancient stronghold. But in so long a family history with multiplied links in the succession doubtless but few of the pre- sent descendents camtrace their precise connection with the chief of the clan.- After settling at the farm, hereafter to be tragically memorable, Donald McLeod _ married a young woman who had migrat- ed hither with her parents from the Iele of Skye. In her younger days the Gaelic was her_ native tongue, and although she learned later tospeak English, she always preferred the speech of her childhood. In Gaelic she spoke to such neighbors as could speak or understand' it. _ In Gaelic anherinunuiny she inved' sennnvnrne; and speak her prayers and praises to Him who knows all forma of human speech and all thoughts of human hearts. All who knew her tell how gently, how kindly she lived how devout and how greatly beloved she was through life by all who came within the circle of her acquaintance. The household of which Donald McLeod was the head was known as an exemplary and godly one. Ou his farm the Presby- terian church waa built and while he lived none was more regular in attendance or more devout and fervent in his devotions. ‘L _ - - 1 GAS ON THE STOMACH. result of imperfect digestion pressing up against the heart. it excites aarming Wmptoms. Instant relief is afforded hy taking half an hour after the meal ten dronsofPolson’s Nervilnc in a little sweet- ened water. .Nerviline aids digestion ex- D¢ls the nas _and imparts a sense of com- fort. Nerviline is good for lots of other things and wise people kee a 25c bottle ln He house for rhenmatgm, cramps, nei rilgia, ioothaehe &c. Try ir.. 4 i § l` - 1 4 » . Invictus The latest snoe_,_h_danut..e- *ur-ii by G-eo. A. Slater. The Invictus Shoo is wii hout doubt superior to any speciality shoe made in Can- ada. _ ‘ lim' lines of INVICTUS at 3.50 are fully erual and in many case'-i superior to those; “ ' ` ` " iisunlly sold ar 5.00. lVhili- our 4.00 and $5.00 boi ts are in a different class a‘t igcthvi from those usually sold ai those p1‘io__»g_ Every p iii' G -ul vear weltcd Siam and price. ` BUFF BRUS ."' I .~ .QE & Sole Agen's. - _ _ ~fied by devotion on the farm of' Donald ____ Archibald McLeod was _onc_ _of the _ and spent some years in Colorado, return- ped wiih makers name I In his home the family altar was set up and every morning after the manner__ of _ his father and his native land, fthe I bers of the family were ' gatherejd. fine psalm was read and sung, tolle`wed_`-fby§tl_e chap-er from the well-worn family? Bible and the offering of prayer. No meal was partaken of without first invoking the di- vine blessing, and when the evening 'shades had fallen and the plentiful labors =-of an industrious life were concluded- for the day there was again the singing of a psalm, the reading from the Book apdtha household were commended in prayer to the keeping of Him who neither 'slnmbexs nor sleeps. So ran the daily rounds of labor '-'sancti-~ liIcLcod at Rose Valley for many years. During that time a large family were born and grew to manhood and womanhood, ten stalwart sons _being among the number. As they at- tained their majority one by one the sons settled on other farms or went to other lands to make their way in the world. A number of them have thriven and-' pros- pered and like their father and mother bear honorable names in the communities where they live. younger of the many sons and it' was by mutual understanding ngreed that he should remain_at home and _take care' of his father and mother in their declining years, eventually coming into possession ofthe homestead. But he- tired of the somewhat monotonous round of farm life land like many other young men became imbued with a desire to see the world,and to make some money for himself more quickly than he might do at home. He left shortly after coming of age,went west, ing about ten years ago to resume his place at home. He brought home a con- siderable sum of money, it is said, and from that time down to the end appears to have prospered financially. His father had made a will leaving to Archibald one half the farm, and charging him with the care and maintenance of his mother, in case she should outlive the testator, ' and securing to- her the other half of the ,farm during her lifetime, to revert to the "nnn Amhihnid ni her demise' » ` 'Some six or seven years agooccurred the first tragedy at the old fa_rm,,phe aged T father being drowned in the well neat, the 1 dwelling. The son was present, and actu- ' ally in the well when the aiiair was dir covered. The _ natural conclusion was ` ihnr. sensed hy hinnneif that he han rnndn every eilort to save his father and had himself narrowly escaped drowning in consequence. But there were those who alleged that there had been a quarrel be- tween father and son. and suspicion, whether at all warranted or' not, appears to have lingered in some minds. In a neighborhood so religious and self- contained, where people mingled but little Wnen you have Headache from wlat ever cause BOWMANS HEAUACHE POWDEBS willbe found a safe, prompt and reliable remedy. Nervousness, Biliousness, Sleeplessness irequently cause headache. Use Bownia.n's whey are always sate, no Opium, Bromides. nor -hero narcotics. Best _ and s l`lost Luscious I Garden Pea. E is our ~‘i-3.-.iii-iy oinnt” s Ii->.-ini-ns bil.. new Q if i with the outside world, the son who had returned from spending years in the great west _was thou to be ilanneg. _-"_ much jirijaltered no evidence of wrong-doing was brought tolight. Archibald McLeod came into possession of the homestead, settled down tolife’s work, labored industriously and managed shrewdly. He married ' a wife children were born to them and to all outward appearances things were going prosparously with him. He had a good farm, abundant stock and some mondy in the bank. It is difficult now to say precisely in what estimation he was held by his neighbors, as the recent tragedy and the suspicious it has arou_se`rl have tended to bring'into currency all that could be said against him, and to revive and strengthen suspicions connected with former events. But this much appears-that he and his wife lived a regular and industrious life, and although he was looked upon as a man of rather grasping disposition and ambitious to ac- quire wealt_h_ there were none virgo ven- 'ont-ed tofisy anything in his char-it in the K‘of~ippea§'s to have i‘n¥~§'t at least the pious example ' of his- parents! ». He-was i\'Bihle reader‘sn'd' sifd"‘g`i‘ace§at. the family table from day to day By his well as guilty ones have sometimes taken law to this City asked permission to on his than this mid'nigh't' parting’ The . , . _ _ $32"-2*-»` andsveryotherdayh SURPRISE SOAP Enfzn in _Yes caand b hdhllan ' ’ 2 I! Q ,go _`, i _ _ *'° Pit? U” °°"_'°W°°¢ WN# _llffiokln one! ll0’cloe'k.> was _the last -tlme~I saw whose young lives are thus suddenly ._ |_;;m___“°k'~|`_|§n _‘ina khan dnrknned hy nn hnmennnrnbin sadness 'senniea mm nhenfmi nnnnn the and grief. When owe think of 'them we- before: I bade him and nnnn nee ohne theinenp in nh-may ann to nnihing thnt would excite fsnnpin lol overflowing, without _ the vided any way gf ms iumngu. mr _,comin probability of having ' guilt proven against the accused. »Let 'those who can ergnc gg mg ,mm up _ suicide. This morning atihelf-past eixl do socherisb a doubt. As for the accused ig sim -big m- wget mom-_ I 'h{,¢|5§3 ‘um whether guilty or not, he seems from some _bam-fl eviden” 8iV¢!l li? U10 iDQ\l¢8f»» U0 Ylovésitand founda wel ht inside, and ca I ._ _ . _ _ reached the conclusiouthat he must be `ch¢wn,¢1q3i¢g gin? _he W” M, 1 .THU found guilty atthe tria__l.- _ _ ¢nd_ 0,, opening the dm, 1 foam, h{m‘»5°u°!'\l8Y6d¢l_¢t- Soawful s thingie inurderthat even hnnging qnitn dana and nom. 1 ren' his the suspicion of it lends to death, bereave- heart, and it was stil, _Thgn 1 ngtmgd th( ment and all the graver ills of life atriple Coroner, (Dr. Conroy.) Hg, g.nen'| d._ sting of terror, of dismay and diahonor. It meaaor until Saturday was that he would? ‘ |9570! may darken with its enduring shadow gg; gn; 9|; bail, 0° S.`¢§,§d,_v his |”?,~y¢|.__|’U_°'°Q_d °__F_k¢9 llld ¢l¥¢l U9 and taintof blood even the generations visited him and ¢,_1,\ himmn-8 was ng, . _ _ - ° - _ nm H. “Siding- the yell. iv' that are unborn One of the saddest ac chance of lum getting out cn ball. Aft" ."'h”°lI-|'B°l\ compuniments of all Zime is _tha grief, his wnvgfggiign on _ggtungay afmmcon son-oiv and sense of _ ame' it _biihge to with his `lawyer,_ hc.-_seemed more 'con-T many- innocent °n°S~ `-T“°1°".°°“ “wld aimed about his- nnnfiiiinn. ‘Hn mired be laid _ be heart by____ those* D-who nnnm nhnnh his wife. nn me nhewnn are prone to give way toa passionate nervous and that it would go very hard temper, or who are too eager for gain, or with he,-_ L5 _ _ _ _ _ terin the afternoon, about Th’ Wh° IN 0Y¢1‘. _UQ half-past four. when taking bn outing, in- I sions of another. Such evil motives may qnimd ,b¢m¢¢h,_ gms, ,bg e,,¢|,|,,¢,,,¢ “__ iblllilk sonietinics_ beset those who' are ‘not-en- md the wughgm ,ng .w|,,,n_ 5. am, in 1,, IIN I5 Slaveebr _who have been -'bwixht nnid 5 _“The ence: thinwni he the nennhis " -_un ing9dlf»"hdusjeho1ds._.wl\e._li»v\ _knelt 'rhno warmer he 'entered théhin' rnnnn -_._-_._' x i °'“ 55 til? family .i\1i»5l‘15Ud_b0'_T°5_frQ@_ i_lll§f»h° Itold him that it was no use talking like., - _ 1 _f -~ if ' .services _0¢;tl_1__e_ sanctuary- - thncnnd hhnozhern wnnnnnvaannne'n§ni._§¢\{»i € r 1 f; etou.-. -11-vengeful thwchtn if _ _ ed nan.. nnrnnneu °fi_...n ncnnhi can my " T' 1-= ' °"‘°“`~°' and nermiwel to br->°d in _.nina wnigivn n~.n'»_f..~_-1 nnnnne ann.i.- _ “'17 __ remains.- overbear all the influences of yduthful “_ Icoutgnned “lung fm. , um, ,,,f‘fNlo1ihg’isl~@l{ ` universal rule in heathen China to-day the previous day. _ martial roomwberethe following*-cvi-l ence was taken and ver iict rendered John H. Hamill.-(Sworn )-I am ke of the jail. Have been lin this | since 7thof February, and assistant ll nine mcnthsprerione. The given in my keeping on 3rd of May, eleven o'clock, on the charge of instructions werektygn huthefinis iodged in' the usual ce thine accused of--murder, and the _ rneansicfwhieh he himself. night at papers, . - I the neck. There were ’ 'After viewing the remains had beenf by that could MVC completed the jury repniiei to ilourtt-_ wished. -He eouldreach the top me _s¢¢;li_»iue“ :without 1 order froin__hlmo, and to allow_no -,lqcwn _ \usis§»¢i°°_ '__ ‘n6ieea'iinsi:'rnet1un_s° not to'aiin‘whni»‘nny '_'-"ml" him il. been ostentatiously done, but as gallawe, said, "There but fofage matf kind abpugg-nag; bww., 'gn' “ ` might appear to be an act of dnt God ht I be Th fo th 1 Y -*#5, ~ '- it! D' ° ¢ dayhewas quite cheerful. A- E' § "‘* ` 'T ` ’ ` _.. in one not sus * '““ their own lives. ~ A .among on_¢`quarter_ of the human race. order was nut Wigan Mgafmr “L I 5.5 iivwn siqrement-ho_resd_thv;f;ei ‘ _...intein tninineall the tender eudknid him that nninnnn Tninniikn hun thy, whim, -.'e;c..w.qg§§ra....» »*’.fi?.I’.“.-‘P1‘..€'.l";~?.‘.“".§';f{."...“~“£2‘;f= LESS: 223”.?°.li*2?al‘;%iT.. °“°°1f‘-~'=‘~"'f'=»f°fs'-I-= "M I » ~ f- 5 _ _.___ _§?_____~________ __ ____ __ _ __ ___ ._!¢ _ ___ , tochcerhlmupand whenllocksd-lrlmnp. Wu __nem<_»i=_ng1;_g=_i% _s _ __ inc Y_l_?_§_=__ave1~esd_ °f_arg_-eminiunif-d\*1s9.\!_fl\° hnneeinea nhneffni. 1ninnin1.ihinith_no_ rmi¢,s14.~ezi. ~~ ~ the Bible. This oes not appearto have on Qing a~-murderer'on.g_h___s_-_way [did _uct _b-ue" Lwghmg. dm. pected of or charged with awful occurrences ofiefew ‘cmoafto uemni. ab°m___6m______°l6°k “___ _ _ __ _ __ __ __ crime. He stedfastly asserted _hisinno- wc'ek_s-#get for allis not tospnnd morbid . 3153.-n°°n_ Hg sph' 'wang hh ‘bug __ __ cenee cftheawful crime with whichhewasf shough§;.~upon_t_l~ie_ question whether ljthe bmk ""1 “hi w°°n1'y__mhu-tg & fi charged. For 'thesake of theagcd victim, “iaccus6d=ifé_'Qas guilty or_notf_g'1l_ _ y. but to W” bgnmng in hubmk §¢°k_ __ Hu Hs ,, .......... _e¢nn»'~-senses-hinnnesif,for his wife, innw. inks he_n§nn ti_rni_¢__own`ne_epe-iii§___theyfh¢,~ in b,-;,,g¢,,g in pin hnnk 'wan ‘ that In ' ` ` entli i-.__ones andrelativee, and for the come eutangléd.___ -Anfiof all thilgs -let thought he w‘mm~g°¢b“u‘ud 'land-lin ,,__cke as w_.e_llf, _all would like to be- sous who have aged parents c_ntr_n_sted_I.o the mouem on, sun_d‘y.é.v°.mn,g he |f¢Vf8'-U-hot his gtotescations were true. theircare. be sure always to treat tl__iem._sp°ke ¢ftheb.nkb°¢kmd um Some have rushed hastily to the conclus _ with lovingcaife and kindness all the days ed to “we it to his . wig; I replied ion that his act of suicide is tantamount of their appointed time. This was an he hgd W .19 w‘5 to wuts an md” ‘ad _ toa confession of guilt. But it must be common in past apes even among _the I would dmver it to hen H.,-_ home in mind that innocent persons as heathen nations of 'antiquity. It is the nam he wgulq givelthe 93,1,-,I-_ He “hg- ~ n V A osewprn-fr for pen and paper to write order but-the 1 We are not ealle-‘l to iudge and it might lt ought be more universal th in it is ' the Mak b0°k_10ck€_d up in my dak, That' SL Q ' _ ` S S b°v@~1__1f_<>r all w su-wen-l=judsmenf on the =°-dey »-mens the n°mif1==1ly Ulifistien was the inn; nonvennniion ini I locked- .United NW C558- M¢L€0d has D¢~H¢‘1 bi'-=y0Hd 81| De°Pl° °f 0°' 0"” had- “H°"°¥ "thy him up ata qiuirter after eight. He never' Uplt_Dd'5@HT.&’BolPHd. humen_i>0W1'rt0 acquit orc-Ondemn byleirel father end- l11°f»l1°l‘~\=h'1f- WY def# me! bf seemed toreaiine :hot he was charged ' ` I h orjudicial process. We know not what long,” _ _ *ith the “ima” _An he ww-I-§¢d ” _E ` was passing in his mind in his l¢\st ` THE CORONERS 1NQUEST_ _ _was his "Um _ -. houroflife, whetherlaslied by an aecus- -Omen, Hooper ” G°ns“hle notmed ` T°gJur_ymgn_I (ook gmgilpufgangd __ hz c°n~5_°§.e”°°,°_'_` '-W‘“`i"7'_°n_9 f’;7‘.“.._l’=e-I-id: seveif men to act on the Jury. and* `at”b‘“5' 'b°`°¥-'"fB;*°*'"lb5l”¥ TE""7i‘i'ii5“58" oi' ail"$'osl:‘alTt.*m:. .ie had»cbtninitte'd’a.`erucl elevéu dclock they were swomwn as $37_0_59_g° his _,_,¢-emi, an,-1_gw° pmmggggg-,___ Mid In Hi ll - i iuiirvti murder. tin if.)-` “fonéwbz-~ ` _ _ _ _ , _ _ _ _ _n°ti¢es_ ¢ue_m d¢c““d_)»__I ami- _ _nocent ni ln 1-night be crushed t¢_Sthe_enrth o D_ K DJbie_ (Foreman) e ___ my w,m,¢n',;,,,y¢`,1,¢¢,¢_' in ,gn-11115;,-_;m;‘k.__ _ e ____ ____ by Buch "' °h'“`“° s°`g°“9"'"7 hsaeved- L_ H9,-n'Sby_ A ing an evaniinatioé’ -with FKY Jr -`”iUF°"*'“1¢¢=* WHS strongly against-s"11im. John McK,,,,,,,,,_ - onnnenon. He wnnroset use pen to~wrn‘e\' - ’ _ » " " _N19 it may ba' d°“bt°d» “Th¢5h¢!»'l"’“`i“1 T503, D;-i5¢0l1_ - ' the order toda_y,f (Monday) -He -never? ` could have resulted othei'wi.~\eit'h’an in an Sammi McRa‘___ asked fm- my Den ,mem for gh.; pm-msg, acq-iittal unless impirtant new evidence Michael Hennese _ H, expected M., wif, gn wd,_,~_ (Maui, _) f ' alt ' B were produced over and above iviiat was John Gillis He must have taken the wwe] ham g)|¢__ __ __ _ _ ' __ _ _ “°"“`d»'” ‘he “"l“°"‘° C°”“”°“ ’°~¥’°" After tnhinqohe nnnnin-nh ohejnry ne- outside mom- All thenrlsonérufe wif 'm“s' that oth" am' st'r°m'" "id-°“°° lected Dr.S.R. Jenkins to perform the post Dlitd With f»0WlB» BND Mid Wmb- H9 would have been produced if the trial had martem _'md the jdryand mediéal en_mi_ evidently conceued the ww¢L I; was why “°°" °°‘ "“""" P'°°"“‘““*~’“ ‘“`° ”°" my iner rnpnirnd in one nniiwhnrn the nnfnr- always wewmslr tv have an extra mimi ed' _ . _ _ 1 _ ' tunate man was hanging. The sleeping Wil-ll lD¢_iY\ “Hes °f this kind- . abgg Apamemc iilcldentis relatell' In wt" compartment where prisonerwaseouhned (R860-lllfll-N05 1187103 iP.XD€fiBD¢05 I “Ong nectionfwith his arrest. The accused man at night is 8 Hman rooms 5x7 feet 6 niches mad., inqnh-ks and 3| far as 1 wuld gm] an" pr°t°s"i"g his i"“°°°”°° “nd “_°“` onthe south side of the larger or outside 0\l¥1h€l'° 1* \ll\'lBUYl»|' 520°* mill- I in' seating-to accompany the ofliceis of the mom usedintha daytime_ tended making mpuwim _'5¢gu»¢°.1‘y mg- . ’ ,~; The body was han'gingjust'insidfe of the '0ll¢_~ _ T' _ ' _ ' < _ ’ return to their rooms and kiss his wife inside een door the face being -‘bove the Thes|‘mu.¢d"ys kg 100.3 in--an and little ones. \Vho can imagine a more wp of the dgggicase. - The UOGUWYBS 010th- both I didn] °_x|»¢g_._||y_u@b_|.’;"*‘“a. health'-°°kx°g fnrewen °° mei' par! mdjed with a pair of drawers and lindel' of, l0f\l!»$ff»°_l' 31° “W I i” _ _ - _ T ~ w tended taking e_xti's'l_>r¢¢,d!!t _ S-_ Il h“">*“1d 'md “thai "_1'1<1" “Wares jS°;§,'ff,df:§°;et,':;m§f smmd tif: nn"nnrni-'neon wh nh no ."""“‘“- ‘° "`“"‘°""." "“‘“’"°" ”‘f"?““?““’ with whit. tnnn. The nio¢h`:i%;i3»cned‘,l where it dtted' against' the Sun hfidi un' V ‘* -' ` ` ' ` _On the _window sill was a copy of f<>C\1!lIl®iUn'_i Bible, a number of “Sunday Reading,” from the Lrokeh “skin on the copy of the “War Cry” and some fo`reiga_;_ There WON 8150 door or grating with his hands or thebed wlzlrhis feet. I found an table knife which he had ,evidcotlf to split the towel on snebed. (Knife duced.) The towel \v_~aa.a strong towel. _ ' _ J. H. lEiamill,~(recallec)-The knife have basin, the mm lK¢'i°_<_l»*° 1ir.= 'Jenkins -Ir mr”-evillif-W1 i .__-»»- 4" ` libndolié rotfsre l1’a 8 the 'the ~. or ring th Come io other 1" hut lu yatelu _ resumes and .\ 1- Ps » _ _ _ f-'f.t_f'. _ \ retained In _ina nmofnainrnvef the anon. 1 tries *Nl is 3,4. 53% .ut 3 1 is ef In the outer cell were hung his clothes l|1¢ 000k- W* \’3_l'5 3l'°'*b°°f' t0" “wh” ~ _ __~ '_ ` while on the tabiewas a can of cocoa, ioaf SP9-It 8113 9- '~ V" W3! f°Ymed_- Th¢ i“°id° i "' . I T _ :g ‘_ .., _. _. __ , _ ni' 5” r er ‘ § J' Twenty two years buygin ei-’~ g* ‘e na»iiin§&§ii§iT _ __ is ih-y Di! S" 19° ¢h*_7_°*°'f"¢° row-*ini drfd House me ‘Basins-s mol ecorxr ' 12% non oehfll augplv and Q ih tim mpufy f our W' shin- yeqpgglf wld lu Q *If _l!Q'~,»';.,.j‘