. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1910, . rs, but the fellow gotaway and took the mon(>y with him. If there had been a mounted policeofficer in the locality, this man would not have got away. About Christmastime a man by the name of Culp, one mile from Beamsville, had his i)lace])urned down. This crime was committed by tramps. The object of thisresolution is to urge the Government to do something in order to facilitatethe capture of such scoundrels that are terrorizing rural therefore move the adoption of the following resolution : Whereas crime in rural districts committed
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1910, . rs, but the fellow gotaway and took the mon(>y with him. If there had been a mounted policeofficer in the locality, this man would not have got away. About Christmastime a man by the name of Culp, one mile from Beamsville, had his i)lace])urned down. This crime was committed by tramps. The object of thisresolution is to urge the Government to do something in order to facilitatethe capture of such scoundrels that are terrorizing rural therefore move the adoption of the following resolution : Whereas crime in rural districts committed chiefly by vagrants, andthe increased foreign popiiJafion is inefficiently co])ed with by our presentsystem of County constabulary, we respectfully advise the adoption ofeither a rural mounted Police Force for the Province of Ontario, or thatthe present system should be supplemented in such manner as may bestattain better rural Police protection, and that a copy of this resolution beforwarded to the Provincial Attornev General, at Part of the Procession. 11. A. Stokes : I am interested in the agitation that has been goingon in the papers for eome time with regard to better rural police live on the border of the St. Clair Piver, and of course we have a greatdeal to contend with in people crossing from one side to the other for differentcrimes commited on either sides of the line. Not very long ago a case cameunder my observation, where on a Sunday evening, a girl of 15 years ofage had eloped with a man 23 years of age. They passed my place, and,although they were strangers in the vicinity, I did not take particular noticeof them, and naturally at that time did not know what was goingon. About two hours after that the Chief of Police of one of the towns cameenquiring if I had seen the couple. He then told me what they had fellow had gone into a house and had taken several important souven>rsaway with him while the people were in church, and the
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