Bridge) early one summer morning to buy pigs. The pig ranch was about five miles from the Ferry. Ah Snie’s partner had in his possession about $400.00 and a gold ring, a curious ring with clasped hands en- graved on it. Ah Snie returned the next day to Cook's Ferry, saying that his partner had gone fur- ther up the road to buy pigs and they had separated. Two years elapsed, and then an observant Chinaman in New Westminster noticed that Ah Snie had in his possession the “clasped hands” ring. He communicated his suspicions to Moresby, who got posses- sion of the ring, and arrested Ah Snie. Lack Hunters’ and Anglers’ Paradise THE OMINECA HOTEL CARL WEDEMEYER, Manager All Modern ... First Class Dining Room and Cafe... Billiards and Confectionery At the Gateway to TWEEDSMUIR PARK BURNS LAKE, B. C. JOHN GOWANS Electrician Light and Power General Repairs BURNS LAKE, B. C. THE OMINECA CAFE JIM LOCKE, Proprietor A Good Place to Eat Burns Lake, B.C. BURNS LAKE HARDWARE & GARAGE J. S. BROWN, Manager Builders’ Supplies, Sporting Goods, Harness, Fur- niture, Paints and Oils, Camp and Miners’ Supplies, Etc. Chevrolet and Oldsmobile Dealers Burns Lake, British Columbia ANDERSON’S TRANSFER A. ANDERSON, Proprietor DRAYING TRANSFER Burns Lake-Vancouver Freight Line TAXI Burns Lake, British Columbia Page Sixty of proof might have stayed the hand of the modern officer, but it apparently didn’t worry Moresby. He had the case remanded while he made further investigation. In the course of his enquiries around Spences Bridge he found that Ah Snie and his part- ner had bought some bread from a Chinese cook, and had carried it away in a flour sack bearing an unusual trade mark. Back and forth over the area tramped the police officer looking for any spot where the body of Ah Snie’s partner might have been hidden. He was about to give up in despair, when one day he noticed in a deep gully a piece of dressed lumber protruding from the earth. Sawn lumber was scarce in that region, and at once Moresby thought that this might be a portion of a box in which the missing man was buried. His surmise was correct. The ring and the sack were chief exhibits, and at the conclusion of the trial at Yale, the Oriental was found guilty. There was more than usual ceremony at this hanging, for the day he mounted the scaffold at New West- minster not only marked the exit of Ah Snie, but the entry of gas lighting to New West- minster. It was this year that the first C.P.R. train came through the town. Then there was the case of Squamish Tommy, an Indian who shot a half-breed named Calder at New Westminster. It took two years to bring this crime home, but Tommy eventually got five years on a man- slaughter charge. Upon his release he was shot and killed by a man named Sangster. Year after year, the indefatigable Moresby added to the lustre of his record—old timers still speak of such cases as the Sunbury, Jones, Long Jack, Pittendrigh and Slumach murder cases. The Stroebel case is featured elsewhere in this issue of THE SHOULDER STRAP. The great career eventually drew to a close, and on July 31st, 1895, Billy Moresby retired from the police after twenty-seven years service. To quote a newspaper report of the day: “His career has been one of danger, but he was never found wanting, and such a word as fear was unknown to him.” Unfortunately he did not long enjoy his retirement, for he died on November 12th, 1896. He was one of a great breed of men, who helped build the public service of British Columbia on a sound and lasting basis— all honour to them. BACK seat drivers must assume reponsi- bility for the results of their advice. This is the gist of a precedent-shattering deci- sion recently handed down by a Municipal Court in the East. A mother paid a trafic fine after she admitted she had advised her daughter who was driving the car to make a turn when the daughter insisted such a maneuver was wrong. “If you are going to drive from the back seat, you will have to learn to watch the signs,” said the judge. That is poetic justice and if the judge’s theory is accepted as the law of the land it might do wonders for traffic safety and family relations as well. RUDDY MOTORS LIMITED A. M. RUDDY, Manager Authorized Ford Dealers Oxy-Acetylene Welding Brazing Soldering General Repairing Genuine Ford Parts Auto Accessories Batteries Burns Lake, B.C. A. R. BROWN Agent “SHELL” Petroleum Products Auto Accessories “Service and Satisfaction” Burns Lake British Columbia O. M. BAKER: “I do love the beauties of the countryside.” Woods: “So do I. Sometimes I give ’em a lift.”—San Diego Police Flash. EVERY time you get behind the wheel, every time you cross the street, you can do your part to drive or walk safely. 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