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Merrill Lynch, Royal Securities Limiled 612 View Streot Victoria, British Columbla 380-5131 We're bullish on Canada. Bnet tee Payal Casnrtee | leita Calan MP rl atehiiw Saint John, SC Jobs, Yaronte, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnigng a * | was: no. {bad been burned. away. . . . check-out counter at Sidney Cas and Carry after three minutes _ Isaac Cloak (after’ whom Cloak Hill in Deep Cove was. named). No. gruesome. details. were omitted from the account: - “A fine, old-fashioned, black broadcloth coat was a. strong piece of evidence in court against Chin H Mot, whose examination on the charge of murdering Isaac Cloak is now in progress.. The width of the shoulders made it a decided misfit for any man but one of. unusual size. Such a man Cloak was in life and when the coat was found, deeply creased and stowed away at the bottom of an old trunk in Chin Ha Mot's house in Cowichan, the officer very naturally thought he had turned up a portion. of the suit Fanny Battleman referred to in her evidence last week. However, on being recalled, the woman said that the coat .was very like Cloak's--but not it. “In. giving evidence, Mr. Daniel David’ Moses stated as follows: “‘I live at the corner of View and Douglas Streets in this city, but formerly lived in North Saanich. I. knew the deceased, Isaac Cloak,. well. He was my nearest neighbour. His house was on the hillside, surrounded by two or three acres of cultivated land. on the east side ofthe Saanich road, just opposite my gate -- about: 100 yards from the road, ‘more or less. Isaac Cloak’s death occurred in 1876; in September; on the night of the 18th --a Sun- day. | witnessed the place being ‘burned down .on- the night I mentioned and I saw the charred remains of Cloak at. about 9 ca) "clock the following - morning (Monday) in the ruins. On. that morning, Mr. H. Wain and Mr. William. Towner came to my place. and asked if Mr. Cloak was: there, and I said ‘‘No,”- and. ac- companied them to Cloak’s place, ‘and examined it.. The house was completely burned down, and we searched among the debris and there found the remains of, the old man, a solid: black mass, ‘that could. not: be recognized, except thatit was the remains ofa man- om Mr. Cloak, we supposed. -There ood. about;. everything Cloak had. been living there about five years, alone, and lsaw him alive within a few. days preceeding: the fire; around the house or gate. I used to see a good deal of him. He came to my house and I went to his. He wore the English. coarse. clothes -- . cor- duroy or moleskin -- around the ranch. He had other. clothing -- a black suit and a stovepipe hat. (Coat exhibited by witness produced). I can't tell that: I don't know anything about the coat produced. The. coat Cloak wore was something of the shape of this one and of the same colour. IT remember he had tablecloths in the. house, but: 1 could © not. remember. them. -There. were three rooms sand a kitchen in the old man's - house... He “had tablecloths ‘in the bedrooms, 1 know.-- I can’t tell of what colour - - and an oilcloth on the kitchen. - The body. was found in the _bedroom where Cloak slept. as near as we could tell, at the foot of the bed. He. seemed to have been out.of bed when the fire. overtook him. There was. no remnant of the bed visible. I have described the position of the bed from my. recollection of it before | the. fire. I don’t remember whether there were chairs in the bedroom. An inquest was held on the body, in the first place by Mr. Reay of North Saanich and af- terwards by. Mr. Todd, the ‘superintendent of police at the ‘time and acting coroner. He had a‘jury, and the verdict. returned “was an open one. There was an Indian potlatch at South Saanich: or eight miles away, on the east side. of. the. peninsula. I. don’t prisoner.” To Supt. “Hussey. - One of Cloak’s arms was broken 2 © “noticed that the morning: of the fire. He was in. the habit. of. “keeping considerable sums. of ‘money in the house, particularly * season he ‘didn’t. grow any hops, Thess. closest » thing” to” an Council” on ‘Monday, took place The 1072 19 1 Canati i) savings, Bond are on ‘sale ine “maturity, you will more than double your monay. And” Merrill Lynch, Royal Securities: Edmontan, Halifax, Hamilton, Montraat, Ottawa, Quobuc Gry, Rogina, had been ; knocked down in the. Hy) process. : Alderman. Percy | Lazare had 1 reported the matter at Council's: _previous . meeting, cand public. works chairman Tom Michell ‘agreed to have the fences repiired, Michell said that.an_ offer. had heen received. to remove excess dirt at no cost to _ municipality. a Immediately . opposing’ the move, Alderman Ted Clayards, said that to allow removal would» wo. estiblished | Council policy” under which fill had already been: ' refused a number of othe aap: , plicants. Both Povey ‘Michell Lazare and. argument cat Central” ‘Saanich. ‘over’ ‘whether. fill. resulting. from” sewer | excavation. should: be. removed from: private property ‘\'— and, if so, by whom... 0 ©. The offending dirt ‘had been dumped on a~ Mount Newton. 4 Cross | Road ‘site west ‘of ‘the municipal hall, and some fencing the = the private | against, “Mderman said) they) had.” ¢ SAANICH about the time of the fire-- seven - ‘remember ever having seen the during: hop- -picking," ‘and was) rather fond of showing it. The last: sand consequently employed. very | ; few. Indjans. He usually had, quite. 3 Teceived verbal complaints ram | . the occupier of the ‘property ef- | _fected, and urged that something. “be done to rectify the situation.” eld Fifteen Years After North Saanich Victoria. Weekly Colonist dated 1891 - which in+ which was a report of the trial of Chin Ha Mot for the brutal murder of a bit of loose silver his house. We found $30 or $40. “I should:-think, melted in that part of the house’ used as a kitchen. There was also some gold found fused into glass where the stove was. Cloak was a man of unusual size. As still more evidence: is required, the case was again adjourned for one week. so we are left in the dark as to whether this native was. in fact, guilty. Another portion of the. paper mentions Officers McNeill and James returning from. New Westminster with the necessary witness, Sah Coom Nahamit. who | is supposed to have been present with Chin-Ha-Mot at the time of Isaac Cloak’s death. The officers . had no trouble getting the man, as. they’ found © almost. -im- mediately after they landed New, Westminster. that he was five miles from Ladner's: Lan- ding, where they got him. The new arrival is in abject terror. My. curiosity being whetted by the original account of the trial of Chin Ha Mot some fifteen. years after the murder of Isaac Cloak, and noting that the case had been remanded for one week, I decided to visit the Archives -in | the provincial Parliament Buildings. On August 15th, 1891, it was stated that Mrs: Armstrong (Mr. -Cloak’s. daughter) had written. to ‘say that she could not identify her father’s. coat... The case. was remanded until August 22nd and on that date it was stated that the bring forward and the case was ‘remanded a. further week as it was anticipated that, by that time, Supt. Hussey would have returned’ from: up- country, 7 On August 30th the. following Colonist: yesterday, before Mr. Robt. Ward, .J.P., -Chin-ha-met.. was. brought up on remand, charged September. 17, manera one, Isaac Cloa Her father also lived’ in the Council, matter. He concluded with Not the: owner: “No™ formal be done. a He Ore eda ded eh IL Ke NELNIE rN Re Gib beg | open The argument arose when 1 ny - SA. AFT, mre : . ard PP | al ait ac oes Todt ae NOISY. BRE! vig STWOOD © BON rs. Central Saanich Police Chief fd. C.Gelling will prepare. i report fore the district's police con iniksion on the joint problems of» nolke and speed of boats in Brentwood Base The report w as requested by motion atthe Commission's meeting on October 11, following a letter ol complaint from T. Gr. Denny. ne ‘ eee ay sing’ i a A n nia my ve Wo “Nearly | 120° Hq ft, O years ho ooready to develop. Low net a down tw anil tng pier at oe wl N62 ' “A letter’ should be written: to. = Clayards claimed, so- that Council could deal with the the com. “ment that it was a tenant, on the, property. who. was complaining, ot “decision - was yeached on what, if anything, wil : . _— crete co Sivaw wg re” jae a fo hedroons ap. pleasant, separate LAR, separated DRY A Aa bedroon down stairs, Plog a ox du! Ree, apace. | | ROY KAISER i _ MONTREAL TRUST | house “ ~ KINSMEN KLONDIKE NIGHT OCTOBER 28 - on SANSCHA HALL : “-Wateh for Ad in a next week's Review m HOUSE oct. dst pe FN TREE NM Ka i ai ite he ’ tarred rina irs old in spotless ebineltion with 3 taxes af $272 WU, Try 3, BE fo AKU at. Cal : ea SOCCER Shoes - yy West Saanich tin — BICYCLES 10 Speed- 5 Speed - 73 speed Coasters RIFLES & Ammo HOCKEY | Equipment - Sharpening 50° - Sticks Balls - Accessories Koval Oak Shopping Center Every thing For The Sporteminded Peco “Skates, Uniforms --FISHING Fresh and Salt Water Supplies Bait nM ~ Royal Oak Sporting Goods ean and search the results of the trial. * Crown had no fresh evidence to . items was duly reported in. the. : In Provincial Court ~ with having, in North Saanich on. 1876 feloniously ind Sewaskin purchased . . .ebleng her for nine or thirteen blankets! She had never met him. before. Five years. ago she married Battleman. This concluded the evidence for the defence. Mr. Ward asked if there was any further evidence for the prosecution. Supt. Hussey replied that the police had made every effort to work up a case, but had not succeeded in eliciting anything new, nor did he see any probability of improving the case. Deputy Attorney-General Barton, for the Crown, said that he did not wish ‘to press the case- further. Mr. .Irving said prepared to prove an alibi, but Mr. Ward’ ‘did. not necessary, and discharged the prisoner, informing him that he was liable to arrest at any time the Crown felt justified in again taking him into custody. Thus, murder of Isaac Cloak was never solved. Oh Melty 4 ei ba yeh at ue wore cabin” In het Gye oor, BODY REPAIR PAINTING | Quality Workmanship | and Top Efficiency »Y'S AUTO BO DY See he was think it it would seem that. the IDNEY MOVERS & STORAGE. IDNEY FREIGHT SERVICE LTD. Agents for Atlas Van Lines Local-Long Distance DAILY SERVICE TO AND FROM VANCOUVER 385-4831 656-4122 382-4841 For Your Viewing Pleasure SIDNEY’ S EXCLUSIVE PHILIPS. DEALER “THE BEAUMONT” 26" MODULAR 4 Aphone can be a private thing. 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