JANUARY 1811951

1.Tl-IE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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-Qntruder in the Dust," William Pauincrs novel of mystery and murder in the deep South, has beerpi brought to the screen in tensgy realistic production, ninety percent of which was filmed 0xf"d, li-;K-issipi. with many of tho wnfoli: used as actors.

A a result. Producer-Director Cisugnce Brown has given his film- iuitipn of the Faulkner best-seller s ggpplng intensity and absorbing nat alneiss seldom seen in the USIIHESDUUIO-made picture.

The action revolves about the ii1li'IE'SI'lD0till5: of Vinson Gowrie, a Mlsgzsdppl farmer, with the only suspect being the Negro, Lucas .:...nm. The town's citizens gather about the jail where Lucas has,-been confined in anticipation of q ort-order justice being meted out y the murdered man's kins- mcog Only two persons believe in Luc” innocence; one. the sixteen Near:-old white boy. Chick. who once-had been befriended by tho Negib; the other, the indomitable eighfy-year-old spinster. Miss liab- ersham. These two. with the help of Chick's lawyer uncle and the little Negro boy, Aleck. set out to find the real murderer, a hunt which leads them into uncoveklrig a grave in the dead of night only in discover the hody of the mur- dcrcd Vinson Gowrie removed. The ultimate finding of the body in H creek bottom filled with quick- sand and the ingenious trick by which the true criminal is brought to light make for a drama in which suspense and excitement iwrmente everyiscene.

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-JUNIOR HOCKEY tonight. Thursday, Bedequs Rink. Kinkuro vl, Bedeque. Skate after. Admis- sion 25 cents.

-SPECIAL SALE all this week at Moose Jewellers. Your choice from a window full of merchandise 2096 below regular price.

-SPECIAL meeting of the La- dies' Aid of the Prince County Hospital is called for Friday at the Nuraea' Home at 3 p.m. All members please attend.

-COAL BELLS ITSELF. A few days ago I unloaded a car of Gun- ard'r Dry Cleaned Coal, the only coal of its kind in Canada. It is a pleasure to inform coal users that by request I am again unloading the same quality as before at the lowest possible price for this grade of coal. P. J. lvlaclnnis. Borden.

- MAKE GOOD PROGRESS - Good progress is being made in erecting the M-ills of Summersidc's new Federal building. They are up to the roof line all the way around except, for a small section at the rear. The work is proceed- ing inside a wooden shell that was erected around the framework to protect the workmen from the weather and so t-he progress of construction is hidden from pass- era-by. The contractors are M. F. Schurman Co. Ltd.-S

-TO SPEAK AT CONFERENCE -Mrs. A. J. Reynolds, president of the Maritime Conference Branch of the Woman's Missionary Society of ihe United Church at Canada. will be the guest speaker at the Prince Edward Island Presbyteriai which meets in Trinity Church, Summerside on January 23 and 24. Mrs. Reynolds is an outstanding W.M.S. leader who has given loyal service in a number of Presby- terial and branch offices and has given devoted service on the pas- toral charges where her husband was minister. While resident at Bedeque some few years ago Mrs. Reynolds became well-known in this Province And she is assured of a warm welcome from many friends to wihom her consecration and ability are well known.

Ideal Dairy In S'side To Be Extended

Mr. Elmer Offer. proprietor of the Ideal Dairy, Central Street. Summerside, has purchased from Mr. Keith Compton the premises formerly cccupied by Mr. Compton as his undertaking estabblishment. the Compton Funeral Home, now being situated on Summer street where a portion of Mr. Compton's residence was recently remodelled and fitted IQ for that purpose.

Mr. Offer is now the ovimer of the entire premises on Central street which was formerly own- ed by the Compton estate. The portion adjacent to the Ideal Dairy, at present occupied by the Mary Ann Hat shop was purchased some time ago by Mr. offer and the Dairy paEh'II!9S will shortly be extended to that part of the building. The corner portion. unoccupied at pres- ent, will in accordance with pres- ent plans. be cdfered for rental.-S

St. Mary's church laymen Meet

Members of the l..aymen'a Assoc- iation of St. Marys Church. Sum- meraide, and at. John's Church, St. Eloanors, held their monthly meet- ing on 'meoday night at st. Elean- ors. the president. Mr. George T. Clarke presiding. The meeting was held in the new rooms recently pro- vided at the back end of the church and which are nicely fitted up and panneliad in British Columbia fir.

The meeting proved a very en- joyable one. "'I'he aublect of the ataidy period was. "The Epiphany” conducted by Ven. Archdeacon Harrison.

During a short business period it was decided to duct s rummage

sale. Mr. LE. Parkman being nam-

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in charge.

The programme period took the

1 form of a debate sponsored by the

disirmsn of the prcgrammo com- mittee. Mr. J.R. Murphy. The pros and cons as to whether summer- alde should have a cooperative store were made the subject of the de- bste. The result of the vote was a draw.

A splendid luncheon pmvlded by the st. llosnors members was much appreciated and brought the meet- ing to a oioao.--S

All veterans are requested

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-SKATING AT CRYSTAL RINK tonight 8.00 to 10.00.

-ALDONA BEAUTY ,SALON announcer January specials on Pet-manents. Cold Wave. regular sl0.00 for 58.00. Machineless, reg- ular S7.50 for 93.00. Oil Machine, regular 57.50 and 06.00 for 55.50 and 54.00. End Peisnanents. reg- ular s4.0o for 03.00. Phone 2812 for appointment. A. E. Wedlock, Pro- prletor.

Death Al S'side Yesterday Of Mr. M. P. Tilus I

The death occurred yesterday afternoon at Summerside of Mel- bourne P. Titus. well known pro- prietor of the Clifton!-lotel. in his 70th year. He had suffered a stroke on August 23rd last and since that time had been confined

bed. Last Wednesday he took ta. turn for the worse and gradual- ly grew weaker tillhe passed away yesterday afternoon.

The late Mr. Titus was born in Sussex. N. B. and had served overseas in World War One with the 112th Infantry Battalion as quartermaster, with the rank of captain. Shortly after his return to Canada in 1919. he came to Charlottetown where he was em- ployed with the Imperial Tobacco Company as commercial traveller.

In 1929 he purchased the Clifton Hotel and moved to Sumrrierside where he lived till his death. He is survived by a daughter. Frances, Mrs. Cyril Hickey. of this town. and one brother, Hedley Titus, in Moose Jaw. Sask. His wife prede- ceased him about a year ago.

The main interest in his life. apart from his family and busi- ness, had been the Canadian Leg- ion in which he had been an ard- ent member and continuous work- er in all its activities. He was a charter member and served two terms as president of Summerslde branch. He held the office of hon- ovary treasurer of the Provincial Command on a number of occas- ions and had been the delegate from the Summerslde branch to three Dcrninion conventions, in Vancouver, Quebec and Saska- icon.

lie served as chairman of many different committees and was the driving force behind the success of many of the undertakings of the local branch. I-lis last job. and this may be his memorial, was the or- ganizing of a Legion band in sum- merside. This band has not Yet been heard in public but regular practises are being held and the time is not for distant when a distinct want in the life of the Town will be filled.

Mr. Titus was also a member of the Masonic Lodge.

The body is resting at the Bow- ness Funeral Home and the funer- ill will be on Friday afternoon at two o'clock.-S.

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. bought him one at the vendors' with a dollar.

Continuing on their way homo they dropped in at Mrs. Stanley Steele's on Alley Street and after talking for a few minutes left for home a.ccomiPNii9d 133' WWW” I-lovwait who had been It UM Steele's. Witness thought Hawaii. went with them to varnish the stairs in their home.

After arriving home they had dinner and then the prisoner open- ed the wine. and after'giving wit- ness a drink finished the bottle in company with Howait. Her husband. and she left the house at approximately one o'clock. and Hawaii stayed behind to work on the stairs. The witness said she ma been going to call on Mrs. Steele to ask her to come up for the afternoon, and her husband had been on his way toywork. They met Mrs. Steele on School Street, goiurigio their place. and she (the wilrieml returned with Mrs. Steele to her home. M.ra. Steele stayed with her all after- noon and had supper with her.

Wiiness said she saw her. hus- band at approximately 2 oclock when he dropped in for a. few minutes and then he left taking a house jack with him.

Returned Alter Supper

Howatt had left in the afternoon and witness had supper with her two children and Mrs. Steele. Shortly after supp her husband came in but did not eat anything.

'At that time he was drunkrl-iowatt

came in later and he too was drunk. The prisoner had a full bot- iie of bay rum and Hawaii. also had a full bottle. The prisoner was drinking from his bottle when Howatt came in and Howatt start- ed to open his. Witness objected

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our late comrade, M. P. Titus on Friday, January 19, 1951. Please assemble at Legion Home at 1.15 pm...

Service from Bowness Funeral Home at 2 pm.

and took I-lowatt's bottle and put it on the hall rock. This made Howstt cross and he started bang- ing the walla. A little later he feitiaick and went upstairs to lay

,down.

There was a knock at the back door and Mrs. John Lee and her daughter entered. When Mrs. Steele heard the knock she ran up stairs. The witness, Mrs. Lee and the prisoner .ssi in the front room and the prisoner saw How- att's bottle of bay rum in the hall. He took it and drank it. He was talking foollably and when ha would try to get of! the couch on which he was sitting he would al- most fail on the stove.

He went out the front door be- tween 9 and 9.30 and said he was going to get something for lunch.

Missed 'Ibvo Dollars

The witness said she did not know her husband had any money that day and the money from the unemployment insurance was in her purse under a cushion on the couch. A little later she found two dollars was missing from her purse and also some change. She mentloned it to Mrs. Lee. It was Milly eleven o'clock when Mrs. Leo and her daughter left, and the prisoner had not returned at that time.

After Mrs. Lee went the witnem said the called Mrs. Steele down from upstairs and Howatt came down too. Howatt left: the house and Mrs. Steele stayed with the witness. She had been there since about one o'clock in the afternoon.

Witness said she began to worry about her husband and Mrs. Steele suggested they go to her house in case he was there. They started down Gerald Street together and met the prisoner. The three of them retumed to the Weeks' home. The prisoner was carrying french fried potatoes, potato chips. i.-hree toffee apples and some candy for the children. The witness and Mrs. Steele had lunch but the prisoner would not eat.

The three of them left to walk to Mrs. Steele's home and met l-lowait on the school grounds (Prince Street). Witness said she and Mrs. Steele walked to Mrs. Steele's home and prisoner and Howatt stood on the comer of Al- ley and Prince talking. After leaving Mrs. Steele at her door she returned to the t-wo men and How- att went home and she and her husband returned to their home. The prisoner was pretty full at this time.

Talked Strangely

Reaching home the witness said she started to do the dishes and her husband sat in a chair numb- ling and talking strangely. He told her he had killed a man and the next minute said it was a Frenchman who had killed a man. This last statement by the witness was subsequently struck from the Court records.

A little later there was a. knock at the door and Hawaii entered. it was then after midnight. Her husband was talking with I-Iorwatt and walking around and finally l-lcwai-t left, returning later with James McGonne1l and Dianna and Roma Steele. After more talk her husband left with McGonnell, and soon after they came back the police arrived.

The witness said she was pre- sent when the police officer spoke to her husband about Muliins' death. and a little later the of- ficer left accompanied by her husband. Dianna Steele stayed with her for the night.

Asked what her husband had had to drink that day the witness said ho had had two bottles of bay rum and part of the bottle of wine. She had seen the large scratch on his forehead before but the mark on his nose was new.

Tihere was no cross examination of Mrs. Week: by the Crown, which was represented by Attorney Gen- eral W. E. Darby. K.C.. and De- puty Attorney General J. O. C. Campbell, K.C.

Mrs. Lee's Evidence

Mrs. John Lee. 5 Douglas Street. was the first witness to be called by the defence in the afternoon. and stated she was a sister of the accused: She said he was always sickly when about 15 years of age. had a leaky valve in his heart and nervous Lrouble.

Witness told oil tho prisoner's marriage to Miss Claire Rooney who lived next to her father at 40 Valley Street. She said it was four years after the accused mov- ed to Douglas Street that she knew he drank at all. During his time off from his work at L. M. Poole'a he worked for Mr. Gordon Hughes, doing gardening.

After she had heard he was drinking thewitnesa said she had often seen him going noisily home of an evening. She had been in the prisoner's home and see him drunk and acting foolishly, and had seen him drink bay rum af- ter which he imagined someone wanted to fight him. At these times it was impossible to get him to lie down'io sleep. He was tak- ing pilla and medicine. Dr. Lea was called in at different times and gave a needle to the prisoner twice.

Between 7 and 8 pm. on Decem- ber 4 she had visited prisoner's home with her daughter and thought she heard a scuff-ling sound as she entered. The prisoner and his wife andtheir two child- ren were downstairs. She had sat in the front room with the prison- er and his wife. and the prisoner was really drunk. He had tried to roll I cigarette and finally she roll- ed it for him. Prisoner was raving and when he tried to rise from the couch he would almost fall against the stove and witness said she had to push him back to the couch. After three or four attempts the prisoner left by the front door and aha watched him go down Gerald Street. Sometimes he would be in the gutter and sometimes on the

sidewalk. Sometimes he was on his knees. This was between 0 mid 10 o'clock.

Witness said she had seen him drink on entire bottle of bay rurn shortly before he left without tak-

ing it from his mouth. Witness left the house about eleven o'clock. Cross-examined by Mr. Camp- bell, wiiness said the prisoner had been staggering in the hall when she arrived at the house and had been talking foolishly. She did not see the person or persons who

had made the scuiiifling sound when she entered the Weeka' home.

Opens Defence Case

Before introducing any witnesses for the defence. Mr. Bell addressed the Jury briefly, telling them he would place before them any evid- ence he had which would assist them in arriving at the correct verdict. He stated he would add to the evidence presented by the &wn, testimony of other parties who knew something of the un- fortunate affair.

"I believe you will decide some of the previous witnesses were not telling the truth," he said, "and you will be able to judge exactly what happened that night."

First witness -called by Mr. Bell was Mr. Henry Weeks. 70, Gay- iown, father of the accused. Wit- ness said heihad kinorwn deceased approximately 30 years and de- ceased had once told him he was 84. He had often called on James Mullins and as far as he knew the deceased had never married.

The witness stated he had board- ed up the windows on the Mullins place for deceased who said he was going to Beach Grove for the winter. He said the deceased had been quite feevble and had said once, "My mind is not as good as it was years ago." He had said this to the witness after finding a pair of mitts in his pocket which he thought had been stolen.

Another time when Mullins had fallen. the witness said he picked him up but was abused for hold- ing him. The deceased, he added, had sat. on one chair and eaten off another, by the base burner in his hall, and the house was like a junk yard.

Visited By Constable

Witness said that Constable

Archer of the City Police had call- ed on him approximately six weeks ago and told him Mullins was com- plaining of losing money. After he had finished his breakfast that morning he went to Mullins' home and Mullins had told him he had lost 39.75. but was not blaming witness for its loss. Witness later went to the Police Station and talked it over with the Police Chief. ' Asked about the windows he had boarded up for Mullins. witness said the deceased had paid him fifty cents once, and another time had attempted to give him a quarter.

He continued to tell of the vari- ous jcibs held at different times by the accused. and of his moving to Douglas Street and later to Gerald Street. Before the prisoner was married the witness said he had been in bad shape with his head and seemed nervous or queer or something. Sometimes he seemed as if he would fall head first and

The witness said he had seen his son once in his home on Douglas Street when the prisoner had at- tempted to get in the oven. Failing this he then started at the stove with his fists. Dr. Lea. was called in and gave him a needle.

The witness stated the prisoner had always been good to his child- ren and his wife, and had been a steady worker. He had never been in trouble before he started to drink. He had seen him at bay rum which seemed to make him crazy.

There was no cross examination of this witness.

Momlng Session

The first witness to be called yesterday morning by the prosecu- tion was Sgt. Duncan McPhail of the City Police Force. He told of receiving a call from the Station while he was in the patrol car with Constable Wakelin. He re- turned io the Station and found Sgt. Higgins and James McGon- nell there. He had proceeded to 51 Douglas Street and entered through the rear door. He saw the body of the man he knew as James Mullins on the floor on some rubbish.