1427 EDMONTON DAILY
DEC 16, 1907

SANGSTER, John
WARNER, Alfred
GORMLEY, A.E.
BRENDELL, Wm. (William)
SWINTON, William
LIPHARDT, W.P.
BAIN, D.A.


Halifax, Dec 15, the seven year old son of John sangster lost 
his life by drowning at New Harbor, Guysboro, today. The 
boy was playing with his elder brother on thin ice when he 
went through. The mother who saw the accident rushed to the 
assistance of both and at one time it looked as if all three 
would be drowned. Finally, by the aid of a sister, the mother 
and the older son were rescued.

Rainy River, Ont. Dec 15, The mystery surrounding the many 
thefts from local stores which have occurred within the past 
month was cleared up this morning with the arrest and 
conviction of Alfred Warner, a twelve-year-old boy. Last 
evening he was seen by A.E. Gormley, of the firm of A.P. 
McDonald & Co., to be acting suspiciously in front of the 
store where some goods were displayed. A clerk secured the 
boy and brought him into the store, where after close 
questioning he confessed that he had stolen articles from 
other stores in town. 
A search warrant was secured and the house of his uncle. 
Wm. Brendell, with whom he lived, was searched, which 
disclosed what appeared to be the result of months of 
stealing. Dry goods, valued at several hundred dollars, much 
of which was claimed by local merchants was discovered. 
The boy was this morning sentenced by Police Magistrate 
Morton to three years in the provincial reformatory.
Brendell, who has lived in town for the past three years, and 
who had never been suspected is under arrest for complicity 
in the thefts and will come up for hearing before the police 
magistrate this afternoon. 

Port Arthur, Dec 16, William Swinton, forty years of age, 
attempted suicide yesterday afternoon, shooting himself in the 
mouth with a revolver. He did not prove successful. Swinton 
is charges with confiscating goods from the C.P.R. freight 
sheds. The case was to have come up on Wednesday. 
Broeding over the affair is supposed to have slightly deranged 
his mind. He is improving steadily.

Macleod, Dec 15, Fire broke out in  a vacant building, which 
was partly burned last August, and form the way the fire 
started it is believed the blaze was incendiary. The brigade 
was on the spot in short order, and ten minutes after the alrm 
was given two streams of water were put on the blaze, which 
was very fierce. The flames spread to a Chinese laundry and 
totally destroyed it, together with a building occupied by 
some Chinamen as a store. W.P. Liphard, jeweler, and D.A. 
Bain, Taylor, has their goods ready to remove as they were in 
danger of being burned out, but the firemen got the flames 
under control and saved the premises. Superintendent of 
Water Works Altham was ordered a double whistle to be put 
on the power hose as a fire alarm.