Winnipeg Free Press

Friday, March 27, 1914

Issue date: Friday, March 27, 1914
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Previous edition: Thursday, March 26, 1914

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 27, 1914, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free press Winnipeg Bibay March 27, 1914. Walker Canada s finest theatre t o n i g h t a Kow. Mclntyre & Heath in the Ham tree ercs., s2 to 25c Mats. 811.50 to 2u \ All next week under rhe auspices or inc British Cana Dian theatre organization society. The Greate to us Glim actor of today. My. support t de by Vur in he London company including. Miss Jisabel Hackney in Hill Tiro most Brilliant Mcce a Vajk bk1ak do you get what you pay for when buying pastry ? Many pc Elf Omlor Why tiie cakes Send pastry they buy is f la t in taste not up k their expectations. Achy is i i ? simply because subset i to Tes Art used for the materials that Ore r up if Isid to be employed in t h e i r making. Ass Giitl Ini la powders and other Iri f f r i o r ingredients Are used by Many i a kerfs. And the consequence is that w h i l e their Woods May look fan by the Dua l i t y is not there. bros., a bakery that is rapidly coming to the f Ron t thro Urh their use of the purest materials a re gaining a. Reputation throughout the City for their cakes pastry. Phone orders Are filled promptly and by calling Garry 4 three shows Dally 3. S. 9 30. Mots Loo to 2sc. Kvasa Lor to 35c. Reserved seats Alt t Avirl Walter it co. To salvation sue the greatest if Oral of in on the Vau d e v i l l e stage. The soul kiss my Sec chorus. Tite ?.dxltnery Salesman i m�t-1�, itto u z5c Box and to. Cazau. 45e. T 20 Shew 10c Tauc Bic and u a sum. Soc. To 231 Box Xvi lot seat. Soc. Phon far a ter Tion main 60. Dancing can you dance correctly Provat lessons daily any hour i1? v c r v e. Jul cab ?.ntcetl. Easy payments. I nov. W. E. Xor51an. Donald Hall. 72 j annul St t Een visited by the accused during the month of november and had on one occasion paid a visit to Krawchenko at his rooms in the Clarendon hotel. He had also visited on one or two occasions when they were Down in Plum Coulee for the purpose of giving performances. One slight variation of her husband s Testi Mony was regarding Krawchenko s occupation. Humboldt a Ester Lay said he understood that Tommy Ryan was a professional wrestler but mrs. Hum Boldt said she understood that he was a professional Boxer. She was told by the accused she said some time after they had been acquainted that Tommy Ryan was Kraft Belco a professional name while j. Kraf was purely a diminutive for Krat Plienko. Did you Ever see a watch in the pos session of the accused asked or. . Where in my rooms on harsh rave Street Winnipeg. What kind of a watch was it a Gold watch. One that looked like Sola yes. How did you come to see it my husband Krawchenko the time and he pulled out his watch and showed it to him. My husband then said what a Beautiful they rot to talking about watches and Kraf Chenko took the watch and handed it to or. Humboldt yes. And then or. Humboldt opened it. Looked inside closed it and then handed it to me to feel its weight. Did you notice what kind of a t7e.tch it was not particularly i imply Weis rhed it in my hand. Do you remember whether or not you looked closely at the face i Don t think so. Did you notice the Back of the watch i just glanced at it. What kind of a Back had it i am under the. Impression it was engraved. I show you a watch said or. Hast Ings producing the timepiece found in Dyck s car. Is this the watch the Pris Oner had mrs. Humboldt examined the watch closely from the outside and turned it Over Only to find that the Back of the casing was Plain and unmarked. I am under the impression that the accused s watch bad a Small engraving on the Back of the Case she said finally. Anything else or. Hastings. I also thought it was heavier but that might Only be imagination. Then did you not have an idea re Garding the Stem wind arrangement yes. I thought the screw was larger. The general appearance is the same however yes. Do you remember the Date of your second performance in Plum. Coulee i think it was in the month of novem Ber. But when was it in relation to the Plum Coulee Roe untrue yes. Why do you come Here to Tell what is untrue did you Ever speak to or. Handel again after you met him on the train no. Did you see him yes. The witness professed to under stand English Only a Little and int Bis Cross examination became sadly mixed up and frequently contradicted him self. He started off by swearing that he had not spoken to anybody about the Case since the preliminary hear in but Little by Little or. Suffield Drew out from him that he had been in conversation with several people including or. Handel or. Clements and the wife of the witness and that he refreshed his memory regarding the Date by going last night to the com Mercial hotel and looking Over the re Gister where be again entered into conversation with a person whose name he said he could not remember. Pawnbroker identifies watch. Abraham Black pawnbroker of Winnipeg a a then placed on the stand. He testified to having received a watch in Pawn on nov. 1, 1913, from a party representing himself ast. Kraf. The duplicate Pawn ticket was produced in court. The Auinger of tha Case was 2144376. The original Pawn ticket was also exhibited in court. Has that watch been redeemed it was on the 14th november. The Date of release marked on the Back of the Pawn ticket was stated by the witness to have been put there by him some time tie watch was re deemed after having looked up his Ledger. His lordship ruled that the Ledger must be produced. The watch. Was then handed to witness who identified it As the same that had been pawned on november 1. The numbers of the Case and the number of the works agreed with the number on the Pawn ticket the number of the works was 892371. Cross examination was deferred and h. G. Campbell was called. H. G. Campbell of the Kingston Smith arms co., Winnipeg was next called. He testified that on novem Ber 18 last he was working in the com Pany s store. Asked to look at the prisoner the witness identified him As a Man he waited on once. The Pri Soner represented himself to the wit Ness As Ludwig Jackman a clerk Empl oyed by the Plum Coulee hardware go. In a Conversa ton the prisoner said his firm did a Nice Little business. Campbell stated that to name Al though not personally he knew Ludwig Jackman. The accused also said mrs. Stuart the proprietor of the Plum Coulee hardware co., would toe in town the next Day. He gave an order for the Plum Coulee hardware co. Shown a document the witness identified it a san order Given by the accused on no vember 18 under the name of Ludwig Jackman. He referred also to a charge Sheet written on november 27 bearing an entry Cape pending to the order. Referring to the order the witness stated that the articles purchased were As follows 1 Browning automatic Rifle. 6 Winchester 20 gauge pump guns 500 Black shells 20 gauge 20 Browning automatic cartridges i Luger Auto Matic revolver 30 calibre1 Box Luger cartridges. Krawchenko said the witness took the automatic Rifle the Luger pistol and cartridges for the same away with him giving instructions that the rest of the order should be shipped to the Plum Coulee hardware company. In explanation of his taking away the Rifle and pistol he told Campbell he intended going on a. Brief big game Hunt. It was necessary for the Kingston Smith arms company to Send away to the factory at winches ter for the pump guns. Krawchenko therefore instructed Campbell to de Fer shipping the rest of the order until it could be shipped Complete and said he would bring Back the Rifle and Pis Tol so that they too could be sent with the whole consignment. But he never did this Campbell testified. On nov. 27 the pump guns having arrived the rest of the order was shipped out to Plum Coulee. A few Days later it was returned by lib Plum Coulee hardware company As not having been ordered. The court then adjourned for lunch. Says passenger 18 murder car was Lechenko continued from seven went Northwest a bit and Mien turned West to the Road How far West did you go where the coat was left i Don t re Mem and then what direction did you How far West?1 two and then what direction How far North i Don t re member exactly about a couple of then what Way?""West." West ?""yes." How far West just a struck bad roads. And then North. How far about two or three Miles. Yes and then what direction then East. That was about two or two and a half Miles out of Brunkel. Do you know where Brunkel is never mind How far East we kept East nearly toward Osborne station. What kind of roads vere you getting into at that time bad roads. What kind of Speed could you make sometimes we would go Twenty Miles an hour and then again we could so no faster than five Miles. There were about five Miles where i could not go for More than five Miles an hour. And t h e n \ us Ujj Ifica toward. Station us me. " How near did you come to tioa.?-about a mile and a a How far were Vou from in what . A North and some , and then what happened a me to Stop. T noticed loss of water. During this journey Luid any conversation Between v yes there was what were you talking Abt. Told me what to when i k0t i do you know whether or 1 any time Krawchenko missed what he was looking for Liere was he Hen he Star ing for his watch it was on the Between Lowe farm and mor How do you know he wag loot. It he said he was. Tt81oownfot what were his exact words lost my Damn watch. What was he doing in Tje looking for the watch he through his pockets and on of the car and lifted the c do you know whether he or not no i look he did How Long did he continue the watch not very Long. Was that All he said he Only a Plain watch anyway r anything else you re Iamb � .1.the watch no. Tott at this Point the court Row ,. Day. Of i Montreal suicide Montreal que., March Mentzel a. Bigamist com last night hoping is he n he left for his second wife to ii. His trouble in blood. Mentzel is first wife in Germany a n d w j j f i ? 9 Here in 1912. He blew out a & Quarff it attn from f a c t o r y to Home 7 Western Branch stores p layer pianos Are being sold in vast and in creasing numbers All Over the world. The very logic of a. Piano that everyone can play a and play Wel-1 is daily inducing More and More people to its Purchase. We put in your Home for a spam first payment a. 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