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"NOT GUILTY ON SERIOUS CHARGE," Kingston Whig-Standard. September 3, 1937. Page 11. ---- Wilfred Sheppard Acquitted of Criminal Negligence at Brockville ---- BROCKVILLE, Sept. 3- (Special) -The charge of criminal negligence against Wilfred Shephard of Niagara Falls, Ont., was heard yesterday afternoon before His Honor Judge Tudhope, at the sittings of the non-jury criminal court here.
After hearing the evidence of several witnesses His Honor found Shephard "not guilty." The evidence disclosed that the accused was motoring into the town of Gananoque on July 23, accompanied by four friends, two well-known Kingstonians, Messrs. William Mills and Robert Anderson. The other two occupants of the car were Mr. Sweethenham of Ottawa, and William Cumming of Niagara Falls. All of the occupants of the Shephard car were badly injured.
W. M. Nickle, K.C., of Kingston, who appeared as counsel for the accused, questioned Herbert Harris of Gananoque about his actions.
Mr. Harris stated that in front of him on the day of the accident was a horse-drawn vehicle loaded with limbs and brush, and that three or four car lengths from the brow of Bishop's Hill he pulled out to the left to pass a wagon at which time Shephard was coming in the opposite direction and facing head-on for collision with Harris' who had with him in his car, his wife and little daughter. The pathway of Shephard was blocked by Harris's car and the horse and wagon and the accused turned to the right to try and avoid hitting Harris's car, and in so doing his car went into the ditch and hit a telephone pole.
Mr. Nickle held that Shephard was confronted with an emergency caused and created solely by Harris.
H. Atkinson, crown attorney, Brockville, appeared for the Crown.
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"MAN CONFESSES THREAT MADE," Victoria Daily Times. August 5, 1933. Page 1. ---- New York Woman's Ontario Island Property in St. Lawrence Menaced === Canadian Press Gananoque, Ont., Aug. 3 - Ontario provincial police to-day said Gordon Dignem, Wolfe Island native, had confessed to sending Mrs. Cleveland E. Dodge, wife of s New York financier, a letter threatening destruction of her estate, and stating "one very dear to her would be "done away with" if she did not deliver $1,000.
They said the confession had been obtained by New York state police at Watertown, where Dignem was held following his arrest yesterday evening as Clayton, N.Y.
The estate is on Wild Goose Island, In the St. Lawrence.
Police said the letter demanded Mrs. Dodge leave the money, part in gold and part in silver, under a stone ten feet from a biased tree on Ant Island.
Police said the letter was signed: "The Three Gangsters, Death, Destruction and Fire" and that it was mailed from Watertown, N.Y. July 10. Dignem, they said, was in Watertown on that date.
"Found Guilty of Conversion of Funds," Kingston Whig-Standard. October 5, 1932. Page 5. --- Arthur W. Bradley, Gananoque, Given Six Months' Term ---- Gananoque, Oct. 5. - The case of Arthur W. Bradley, former local insurance man accused of conversion of funds, who was arrested in Kingston some time ago and brought to Gananoque for trial, was concluded before Magistrate Sampson here yesterday after a great many remands over a period of weeks, when the accused was found guilty and sentenced to six months in the Ontario Reformatory.
It is doubtful if a longer police court session has ever been held in Gananoque. Starting at 10.15 am, the trial continued until 7.30 p.m., with an hour's adjournment for lunch, before sentence was passed. Further court proceedings in the cases of Robert Bevens [pictured right] and Benjamin Bevens of Seeley's Bay, who were given sentences of three years and six months respectively, lengthened the total time required to dispose of yesterday's docket to 8.30 p.m., or nine and one quarter hours exclusive of the one hour lunch recess,
The first witness to be placed in the box in the Bradley case was Robert N. Levis, a local insurance agent who took over the business formerly operated by Bradley. Mr. Levis was in the box for nearly three hours, and during that time told of his dealings with Bradley before and after taking over the agency. The story brought out by Crown Attorney Atkinson in his examination was to the effect that in the autumn of 1931 he had entered into negotiations with the accused to purchase the Bradley Agencies. Bradley, he stated, he had his license. suspended some time previously, had gotten into debt, and was anxious to sell out. With his license suspended, the accused could not sell insurance unless he were employed on a salary basis, and could not act as agent.
Levis had requested Bradley to write the several companies he represented, and submit a list of the policies in force and his indebtedness to them. On September 26, 1931, he had entered with an agreement with the accused whereby Bradley's figures were agreed upon, Bradley had expressed his willingness to work for his living expenses during the winter. His duties were to teach Levis the business and to go out and sell, Levis further agreed to pay Bradley 50% of the commissions on the policies in force as the purchase price of the agency. However, as the accused had never produced the statement of the policies in force or a satisfactory declaration of his indebtedness, Levis had never paid him.
Dealt Direct With Companies Bradley had remained with Levis until the end of October, 1931, and prior to his leaving, Levis, on the ad- vice of executives of some of the companies he represented, had dealt direct with the companies instead of through Bradley. Witness stated that he did not know the business, and had made no attempt at collections until after accused had gone. He had approached Charles Kenney, whose evidence was taken last week, and while Kenney was able to produce a receipt for $8, signed by Bradley, Levis swore that he had received no part of the money. The same situation had been met in the cases of James Brennan of Leeds Township, who had paid Bradley $10; W. J. Nuttall, Gananoque, R.R. 1, who had paid $37.50; and Mrs. Gertrude Lippman, who had paid $13.00. It was alleged that Levis had paid these amounts to the insurance companies, and although the money had been received from the policyholders by Bradley, he (Levis) had received no part of it, although the agreement of Sept. 26 specified that all monies collected were to be turned over to Levis. During his association with the accused, witness had paid him $58.50 as an advance on salary.
Defense Counsel Douglas G. Peck in his cross-examination suggested that Levis had acquired an agency which had cost him $58.50 and that if his client presented witness with an ac- count Levis would owe Bradley money. Mr. Peck carefully went over each point of the story told by the witness, and the Crown suggested near the conclusion of the defense counsel's. cross-examination that the extent of the latitude which could be allowed had been reached and that the evidence being put before the court was not getting them anywhere.
Afternoon Session The court was adjourned at the conclusion of Mr. Peck's cross-examination until 2 p.m. to allow an hour for lunch, and the prosecution's last witness, Major Smith, eastern manager of the Wawanesa Insurance Company, Toronto, was put in the box when the court resumed.
Major Smith explained the position of his company in relations with the accused, and stated that it was glad to turn over the agency to Levis, particularly so since the services of Bradley would be retained. His company, he stated, recognized a moral responsibility to the man who had built up its business. In all fairness to Bradley, he had built up a very fair business, and on being checked up, it seemed to be a better than average agency. His company would not, he said, give Levis the agency unless he were willing to assume the liabilities which Bradley had incurred. Major Smith's examination by the Crown concluded the case for the prosecution. At this point Mr. Peck asked for a dismissal of the charges, a motion to which the magistrate did not accede,
Defence Evidence The defense then called W. El Bradley of Gananoque, a brother of the accused, who stated that he was very intimate with his brother's business during the three years it was conducted prior to last fall, and that he was bondsman for several of the companies represented by the Bradley Agencies. Witness stated that Levis had assured him that he would pay his brother $15 per week plus a car allowance, and cited a number of instances tending to show that the accused was employed by Levis.
In the cross-examination, the Crown Counsel secured the admission that if the witness thought the accused was in the employ of Levis, any monies collected should have been turned over to Levis as his property.
Another brother of the accused, William T. Bradley, gave evidence of his knowledge of the accused's relations with Levis which added little to the information which had already been brought out.
Accused Testifies The defense then put the accused in the box, who told of a connection with a firm of insurance brokers in Toronto who paid him a salary, thus enabling him to transact insurance business after the cancellation of his license. He stated that under the new arrangement, when Levis took over the Bradley Agencies and changed the name to the Gananoque Agencies, he was to be retained in the new firm as field representative under Mr. Levis, and that he was to work on a salary of $15 per week and car allowance. Contrary to the evidence given by Levis, Mr. Bradley stated that all the companies in which the agency was interested had been asked for a statement of their account to date at the time Levis had taken the business over, and that the replies had been turned over to Levis on receipt.
After the summing up by the defense and the Crown, the magistrate reviewed the evidence. He stated that there were certain monies paid on four policies as premiums, and that those monies were due the insurance companies either by Bradley or Levis, depending on the relationship between the two. Levis had paid for four premiums, for which Bradley had received the money and used it for another purpose. He would have to register a conviction.
The sentence was six months on each of the four counts in the Ontario Reformatory, the sentences to run concurrently.
Other Cases Following the disposition of the Bradley case, which ended at 7.30 p.m., the court moved to the magistrate's office to allow the city fathers the use of the council chamber for their regular meeting. The remaining cases were charges of theft against Robert and Benjamin Bevens of Seeley's Bay.
Robert Bevens, aged 26, faced two charges of theft. The first, to which he pleaded guilty, was of stealing a gold watch and flash light from the residence of William A. Ferguson of the Township of Lansdowne. The second count was of stealing an overcoat, food and tie pin from the residence of Andrew Brown of Marble Rock. He pleaded not guilty.
His brother, Benjamin Bevens, also faced two charges of theft. He plead. ed guilty to the first, that he stole a mouth organ and food from the home of William A. Ferguson. He pleaded not guilty to the theft of a quantity of food from the home of Andrew Brown.
The first witness to be placed in the box was Andrew Brown of Marble Rock, who told how his house was entered on August 7th and everything turned topsy-turvy. Mr. Brown identified a smock as his own by the sewing at the collar where the chain for hanging the coat on a hook had come off and been repaired. William Ferguson of Sand Bay also identified the coat and stated that Robert Bevens, who had worked for him for a short time in August, had brought the garment with him when he came.
Robert Bevens took the stand in his own behalf, and swore that he had bought the coat from Thomas A. Gray of Seeley's Bay on or about June 11th. Asked how he could identify it, he replied that it had been sewn at the collar where one end of the small chain used for hanging it up had come away. The Crown asked if he knew what kind of thread was used and Bevens replied "white." "Well, this is brown," stated the Crown.
In view of previous convictions, Robert was sentenced to three years in Kingston Penitentiary for stealing the gold watch and flash light, and six months for stealing the smock, or overcoat. The sentences will run concurrently. Benjamin, since this is his first appearance, will do six months for purloining the mouth organ and food.
Following the trial the three men who had been sentenced were taken to Brockville by Provincial Constable Noble, and Provincial Constable Bartlett of Napanee is expected to take the Bevens boys to Napanee today to answer charges of stealing three watches from a farm near Odessa.
[Bevans was also known as Berins. He was single, 26, from Brier Hill, and was trained as a blacksmith. He likely learned it during his last term at Kingston Penitentiary as inmate #547. He had also escaped in 1927 from the Mimico Brick plant, an annex of the Ontario Reformatory, which is what got him sent to the pen. This time, he was convict #2796 and worked in the blacksmith shop. He took part in the 1932 riot at Kingston Penitentiary, and though he told the investigators he had no complaints, he did demand that cigarette papers and newspapers be introduced, and that no punishment can down on the ringleaders except after a 'fair trail' by the warden. He continued to work in the blacksmith shop and took part in some protests there, and was released March 1935.]
"Local Men Are Started At Work on Highway 2," Kingston Whig-Standard. May 7, 1934. Page 9. ---- Sixteen men selected from Kingston's unemployed started work today on Highway No. 2 on the work that is being carried on from the La Salle Causeway to the end of Leeds County. Five men from Kingston Township and ten from Pittsburgh Township were also placed on the job. The men started work at the Fingerboard. Twelve men from Gananoque and twelve from Leeds County were also taken on this work today, starting at the Leeds end of the roadway.