The Islander
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2017-02-07
issued: 1913-08-30
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note: HE ISLANDER Largest Circulation in the Comox District. X.ghbM* U>r»*1 i* VOL. IV., No. 22 <_§jPe> THE ISLANDER, CUMBERLAND, B.C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1913 Subscription price, $1.50 per year TWEMTY-S1X SENT TO HIGHER COURT Men Accused of Rioting will be taken to Victoria to Await Trial. Nanaimo, Aug. 26.—Twenty- six committals, five dismissals on one charge but held in costudy on other charges, and two acquittals was the result of todays session of the court presided over by Stipendiary Magistrate Simpson, when thirty three residents of Nanaimo were charged with rioting on the afternoon of August 11. Evidence as to the rioting was given by Chief of City Police Neen, Constables Shirass, Wall- bank, Robinson and Young, and Messrs. T. R. Stockett and Harry Patterson, the last named being owner of the house stoned by the rioters. The evidence was conclusive as to rioting having occurred, and identification of the accused was complete, the accused being silent when asked by the magistrate if they had anything to say why they should not be committed. Those committed on the charge of rioting on August 11, are R. Haddow, D. Purse, T. Miller, Aiex Laird, James Baird, Arthur Jordan, R. Griffiths, William English, Pat Mulgrew, C. Styles, W. Wardle, Robert Farrell, S. Dickinson, Ben Miller, William Flock- hart, R. W. Smith, H. Murdock, G. Young, William Cummings, J. Douggan, William Gibson, Isaac Storey, H. Martin, James Hodgkinson, and George Skyo- visky. Those dismissed on the charge of rioting on August U, but held on other charges, are S. Connor, F. Barker, Thomas Jordan, Alf. Wardel, and William Burnip. Acquitted and honorably discharged : Robe,t Waugh and James Higgins. 4i.«ii -=g=»= WAGNER TRIES SUICIDE. Henry Wagner, who was hung at Nanaimo on Thursday morn- irg for the murder of Constable Westaway at Union Bay, made an attempt on Wednesday to cheat the gallows, this being his second attempt at self-destruction. In the first attempt at suicide Wagner plunged headlong in…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Cumberland (B.C.)
spatial: Cumberland
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language: English
lat: 49.6186111
long: -125.0325
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Cumberland, B.C. : Islander Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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