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it.

hat is it about the English that
induces them in disproportionate
numbers to concoct weird and
wonderful schemes to deceive and
murder let trae coumlryinen grieving, but was more intent on winding up her
Like Martin Luther King, mother’s affairs. It never dawned on her that she
§2-year-old carpenter Richard Brinkley had a dream.
In his dream he was rich and had a large home
teeming with servants, To fulfill his dream, Richard
might have to wait a while, but it would be worth

™ CRIME FLASHBACK

dor wold Johanna Blume was in 1906
when Richard decided to become her sole-heir. He
had known the elderly lady for years, but in her last

, he really concentrated on developing her
Ile called at the elderly lady’s Maxwell
ice a week. Mrs,

A lady pi
into sigt

reward.

Well, folks, Richard didn't have to wait long. By
coincidence, two days later Johanna died from a
cerebral hemorrhage. Honest. Later, authorilies,
suspicious just fike you, performed a post mortem
and corroborated that the poor woman had expired
from natural causes.

Lucky Richard. There he was with a scheme he
thought he might implement in years to come.
Suddenly, he held a will appointing him executor and
sole beticficlary of Johanna’s home, cash and other

asscts.

The very night afler Johanna's untimely demise,
Richard paid his respects. He expressed his
condolences to granddaughter Gussie and Johanna’s
daughter, Caroline, who had lived away from home
for years, Caroline and her mother had not been on
good terms, She didn't plan to spend too much lime

would not be her mother's sole heir. Richard put an
end to that iype of erroneous thinking by letling her
know that her mother had left everything to him.
Caroline was, madder than the well-known halter.
She slormeéd out of the house and returned to her

tilico home. Caroline and Gussie talked to
-authoritics. They now felt that Johanna. may have
© met wilh foul play. A post mortem was performed
which, as you already know, indicated that Johanna
had died of natural causes, :

Caroline was not to be put off so easily, She spoke
to her lawyer, instructing him to enter a caveat
against the will, Richard was taken aback. He walted
until a month after the funeral before calling on
Caroline. He inquired as to her reasons for takin;
such an action, Caroline gave an ambiglous answer
and Richard left somewhat appeased..

In the weeks which followed, he called on Caroline
on three diffetent iT to
her to drop the proceedings; On the last of these

Caroline’s , Caroline Eugenie, was
present. Richard appeared more desperate than
usual, He told the startled woman that it was her
mother’s wish that he and she marry and share her
mother's house. Richard, who was obviously on a
roll, turned to Caroline Eugenie and assured her that
she, too, could live in the house. In fact, he would,
carry on an intimate relationship with both mother
and daughter, :

Son of a gun, but that Richard had a lot of nerve.
Caroline and her daughter unceremoniously ushered
him out of their home,

What to do? Richard thought and thought. If his
phony will came under close scrutiny he would be
exposed. His friend Parker would reveal that he had
not witnessed the signing of the will, but had been
duped into signing his name. Then the answer came
to Richard. It was so very simple. He would kill
Parker.

Richard inviled his friend to his ‘digs at 4 Maxwell
Rd., Fulham. Parker was slightly surprised when
Richard, a non drinker, produced two glasses and
proceeded to pour healthy shots of whiskey into both.

: “hoo

He asked his friend td‘fetch some wat
kilchen. Parker did so, but when Richard excused
himself for a moment, Parker tossed his whiskey in|

x, Daisy.
eter Datey on Parker at his new lodgings. He
found him shating 2 bottle of ale with'Mr. Beck in

arker passed over his em
and took. sip before hand
Parker. Parker downed the

“1 heft the room. ‘That's when:

of water, While Parker and Beck were out of Li
room, Richard ta
Potassium cyanid

wu its)
¢ half. full bottle of stout with

Mr. Beck offered
Both accepted. Mr. Beck
and soon shouted for his daughter. He crumpled into
an armchair. Mrs. Beck lay on the Moor beside the
armchalr, Daisy fell unconscious to the floor.
Upstairs, Hilda heard the noise and came running
down, She saw her entire family apparently

and ran to

help.

Christopher and Dora Collinson did what they could
and then summoned a doctor. Dr. Willlam Dempster
thought of Polson immediately. He smelled bitter

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wi ie p al

cyanide. Richard and Anna Beck died moments after
the doctor arrived on the scene. Daisy was rushed to
Croydon General Hospital, where she gradually
recovered. That same night, Dr. Dempster called in
the police. :

The contents of the stout battle were analyzed and
found to contain potassium cyanide. It didn’t take
detectives long to,homé in on the man who had
brought the poisoned stout, into the Beck's home.
What kind of man would leave polsoned stout in a
house on the chance that his intended victim would

artake of the lethal liquid? Up until he hatched his

PB
+ diabolical scheme, Richard Brinkley was an ordinary

carpenter with no police record. Once taken ‘into .
“eustody:he swore he was innocent of any wrongdoing.
“Despite the ayerwhelming evidence pointing to his

‘guilt? he maintained his innocence to the end. The
end'came ‘on Tuesday, Aug. 13,°1907 at Wandsworth
Richard Brinkley. was. hanged for. the...
and Richard Beck. Sais
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The Castlegar Sun

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Seniors’ survey underway [

By BARBARA TANDORY
Sun staff writer 5

The sponsors of a health-care 4

survey for seniors aye hoping to
teach more of the local senior
population at a community mect-
ing tonight at tho Brilliant
Cultural Centre outside Castlegar,

Carel Scott, the coordinator of
the seniors survey, will meet with

the seniors who attend the mect- |

ing at 7 p.m. tonight to help them
fill out the prepared survey forms
which ask the elderly people to
name their most pressing physical,
mental and emotional needs.

This is a first timie assessment
of the local seniors’. needs and

» Scott is optimistic about its bene-

fits both for the seniors and their
caregivers and felatives. :

“We'd like to encourage cvcry-
one, whether they're in good
health or not, to fill out the sur-
vey,” she'said. “And we'd'like to
encourage people to pick up the
forms to give to elderly family
members or friends.”

Scott has been hired by the
Castlegar and District Hospital
Community Partnership and
began organizing the survey in
October,

Since carly November the sur-"

vey formshave ‘been ‘avadlab eat
the hospital and at City ‘flail, the ,

Castlegar public: library‘ and doc-, -

tors’ offices and other outlets, As,
well, volunteers will'be going to
supermarkets and'knocking.on
doors and also conduct the survey
by telephone, ee
For the corivenienco of the eth-
nic population, the'survey is writ-:

ten in both Russian ‘and English. .'.

Scott has also‘ enlisted a number,

Citizens’ Holl: in Castlegar.

Portuguese and Tialian will be on
hand to assist thoso who need help

Chrismas,"
‘'-'T9 report the results and make

of Russian-speaking n
Thereare also Italian : Portuguese;
speaking volunteers helping: with
the survey. Deda TIRE ENE
“Scott says she and other volu
‘teers have taken the surveys to
phices like trade fairs’ and, other,

community events with great -

results, } omeg

“The response has'been won-
derful,” she said.” : HES

She particularly noted the
eagerness of young children who
have picked up forms for their
grandparents at the recent
Blueberry craft fair.

The community mectings will

. be the major place where people
* receive the survey forms, says

Scott. %
Tonight’s meeting is the third

in a series of four public. meet-

ings. The last one will be held on

December 6 at 2 p.m. at Senior ”

thing to call a-community meeting

'gegional and municipal, all the
(helping) agencics and all the

ota is time, Scott said, there is SER Vi N G CASTLE GA R

i Scott is plan-'

in January in order to involve in
the project “all local politicians,

no funding in place to provide the
services which the seniors’ survey
will identify as the most needed
but the idea is to first identify and
then apply for government fund-
ing. Before she leaves, she'd H
to see a steering committee in
place to cdrry on with the job and
lobby for funds to emplement the
: top priority services for the
seniors.
The community partnership
“poard identified a seniors’ needs
assessment as one of three projects
where funding from the new
Ministry of Health should go.
In October, the ministry
d that itals could

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one per cent of the hospital’s total
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projects that encourage the hospi-
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Scott said the seniors being sur-
veyed list varied needs of their
own.

“People are getting very
thoughtful in their responses,” she
noted,

However, housing and trans-
portation have emerged as the two
most commonly cited problems
for seniors.

Those wishing more informa-
tion can contact Carel Scott at
359-7738. In town sh> can be

. one who is fifty-five years old or

hed at the Home Support

office on Columbia Avenue at
365-2148.

The survey is directed at any-

older.

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