Evening Advocate, 1924-04-17

              ffEATHEB    FORBCIOT
The Evening Advocate
OFFICIAL   ORGAN   OF  THE   FISHERMEN'S   PROTECTIVE   UNION   OF   NEWFOUNDLAND
Vol.    XL,     No.    89.
ST.    JOHN'S,     THURSDAY,        APRIL     17,     192J4.
PRICE : TWO CENTS^
Quality Counts    CENwo^ERIOIV'      Is Increasing Daily
That is why the sale of      MOOSE HEAD, TRY A PLUG
BOT KILLS STEPFATHE
Casey St. House Scene of Fatal Shooting
Lorenzo Russell Shoots
and Kills Stepper,
Matthew Wakeham,
When _Mother Attacked
Trouble Among Double Family Brings
on Fatal Affray
...kehan.. aged 45. of 4+ Ciisey  St.ect. was _hot  i
olvr in ihe hands of his 19 ysar old stepson, Lore
ihe   Wakehain
eighbourc, of a!1
-.emh a elowr.-st:.l._ window. Mr.
kehanf had lost finished flttlnc np
!   portion   of   the  houso,  intending
dow bre.-ei.inq seemed to infuriate-*1
.    The people living around hetard
THREW AXE   VT ST.:i'..
broke|
Whether   he
roulel not he le
'the trouble s.pm.d to sub. Ido.
, »I.S..GREFXE_fT RENEWED.
t The row began again carlj* this
i morning when Wakeliam set a'<out
.replacing the pane of g_-.ss that wa>
r broken   last  evening.    He  rustic.!   ui'
I Ing himself Into a fury aud on _le last
without    difficulty
ae   tbe   dejed   in   defenco    of
DIED ALMOST INSTANTLY,
\pie.ire-nllv,   the    unfortunate    man
el   trom  toe  ballet  wounds almost,
of b!oo<". Shortly after 10 o'c
jthey had enclosed the remains i
temporary coffin and conveyed i
the morgue bt thc Court House
(he post mortem.
Tell* Breilher of Ii.td
«>ne of the tragcely. Garflel
telephoned for Dr. Mat
whi proceeded to the houi
.'I'll
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nard in turh
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r®®d \>
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QUAL1IY1S ECONOMY"
VICTOR
FLOUR
Means Quality
I WI
HE   KREQrENTLY   QlAltKEL-
LINO.
From the many stories told by th
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r  chlldr
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three shots into Wakehatn's body.
>'0B0DV 11E..M.#S_I0TS.
i-ldeiitly nobody in the neifhbOUC-
1 hood heard the ahols. as the first
bey I intimation the i*-ople around bad of
her anything being ve'rong was wher. Mrs.
it Wakeham ran tln^n to the street
lore screaming, followeel by her small
'•"ly,children.    The.n  the cry    of    murder
and   t
I
nih-d
of
It.|i.-
idlce Sent for
the police ata
•upi.e!
ve-r belonged to Garfield nussell.
Shortly :-.f!e>r Sergeant Stapleton had
taken the unfortunate youth into custody. Inspccc|r General Hutchings arrived and personally took charge of
the rnvcstlgakion. Undertaker B-.:r-
sell was sent for and the body of the
de-ad man Wakeham placed In a tem-
orgue.   .
I    lie's
<SS£<£-«<$${*^
li
ll
Arriving Tc-Morrow Morning
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HECK'S COVE   AND   WATER  STREET.
clock   hy   Doctor   i
Was Shot In Neck, Side and Let;
passed through the nerk. which was
lered the right side near thc sJioulder
r Lord the King, his crowi
-nity." These proceedings ot
. a tt-w minutes. The police
a  remand ot eight days,
Is Visited by clonrjniau
At" one .o'clock tbe Rev. Mr. Nichol
t St. Mlchael'a parish. In company
Ith the brother; visited the prison-
r in his cell. He> talked freely with
is-   the pastor ol hia church. When   Rev.
s asleep. After talking
lan bee appeared to be
lo»n his cell very rap-
actually caused death will not
cortalned definitely until the i
autppsy baa been completed.      '       j tonne
Asks   for  Food f° tn«
The prisoner had becn confined l»'V<,'ry
Is   cell   about  an   hdur   when      he Pf.
ild he was hungry, and a breakfast f   y'
as  taken   to  him   from    the    King!: Horn   i"  Hpnavlsla
»fe.   He ate ravenously of the meat |    The   Russell     family    came    from
and vegetables, and talked freely to  klurgravetown.   Bonavista    Bay.  and
ipparently at thc    time.  Kvilllam wlll be 20 years old In Ang-
taken pos-  list. Tho family have been living    tn
< him.
i  Morder  Charge
U
Sl'OKKN WELL OE.
irder    in    the    following
words.   "That   you.   William   Lorenzo!^
Russell, did on the 17*1* of April in-'1   .
.    .X   said    that   ordinarily
«et of n
tbly of hy fello
District
wilfully.
ie    was    the
t when under
I of your malice    afore-.
1   and . murder  one  Mat-,
:!rely different <
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