Witness sise said the wires were too close to surrounding' buildings; the distance he Judged in some in~ stances to be less than I0ft away, For the work done by nesinen held steps ought to have been placed the telegraph pole." Lastly, he suid the two folned ladders leading to the top of the pole on which the men were working' were not fastened together safely.
Mr. Franklin, for the defence, recalled Mr. N. Lopatkin aod Mr, Vere: blet, two of the men who were work ug onthe telegraph pole at the time the accident occurred. One told how had helped Maximenio down after the accident; the other said that all the works'en came down the ladders afler the accident and Tater went up gain. 'They did' not readjust the Mr. W. Hunter, who has been employed with the "Shangha! Power Company' since its formation in 1829, said that, prior to that, he wes en: gaged with the Munlelpal Biecticity Department, which he alned in 182i. of Range Road. He was on very He also slated that he had attended a He forted his career ao an electrical good terms with deceased, and had found him very pleasant' in their business dealings. Deceased never confided any troubles to him, Detective-Sergeant Samuel' Craig said that he made a brief examina~ tion of the body after the murder. Deceased was not wearing shoes, and it would appear they had been stolen by a passer-by. As far as the police investigations were concerned, could not throw any light on the manner in which deceased met his death,
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