Omineca Miner
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2015-12-01
issued: 1913-10-18
description: The Leading Weekly Newspaper In Northern British Columbia
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note: VI ��� 7^3_<* "C THE LEADING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA VOL. Ill, NO. 7 HAZELTON, B. C, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1913 PRICE $2.00 A YEAR Hill DEC. 29 Mulvihill Condemned to Expiate Murder Committed at Burns Lake Last July TRIED AT CUNTON ASSIZES Following Prompt Arrest and Committal, Slayer of "Denver Ed" Kelly Found Guilty of Cold-blooded and Treacher- out Killing of Victim A despatch received this morning states that at the Clinton assize court, Jerry Mulvihill was convicted of murder and sentenced to be hanged on December 29. The crime for which Mulvihill was on trial was the murder of "Denver Ed" Kelly, at Burns Lake, on July 29. A week after the killing, Mulvihill was given a preliminary hearing before T. J. Thorp, J. P., at Aldermere, was committed for trial and taken to New Westminster to await arraignment. The date set for the execution is just five months from the day of the murder. Back From Groundhog T. H. Taylor, the provincial government surveyor, with John Ellis, his assistant, returned on Tuesday from the Groundhog district, where their party, in conjunction with that of D. 0. Wing, has been engaged in surveying a network of meridian and base lines. While ibwill take several seasons to complete the work, a good deal has already been accomplished. Mr. Taylor's T>arty ran seventy miles of line, mostly through timber. All work has been tied to the astronomical station established by Astronomer McDiarmid at Sixth Cabin. Mr. Taylor returned to Victoria on Thursday, Mr. Ellis remaining here pending the arrival of the pack train. Athletics Defeat Giants New York, Oct. ll:-The Philadelphia Athletics won the baseball championship of the world for 1913 at the Polo grounds today by defeating the New York Gaints, 3 to 1, in the fifth and deciding games of the series. With the score of games standing 3 to 1 in their favor, the American League representatives went in to cinch the series, and before the masterly playing of the Mack men the National L…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Hazelton (B.C.)
spatial: Hazelton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0211787
language: English
lat: 55.2558330
long: -127.6755560
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Hazelton, B.C. : Macdonald and Rauk
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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