sen fell were he was and Clark, taking his
money, left him there.

CRIME DoEs Not Pay

Two days later he returned, “I came as
soon as I heard of it,” he told the Police.
“Tf there is anything I can do, I want to
help.”

In the fall of that year when the ice was
on the river, he once again tore up the
puncheon floor, and taking Hanson’s re-
mains, made a hole in the ice, disposing as
he thought of all evidence. He could not
know that his own nerves and guilty con-
science would cause his final undoing. After
a wait of six years, during which time Clark
had been under continuous observation,
though he had not known of it, the Police’s
suspicions of him were justified, and their
last report to Headquarters stated:

“CASE CONCLUDED.”

VETERAN POLICE N.C.O. RETIRES

TERMINATING THIRTY-NINE years
of public service as a police officer, Staff-
Sergeant W. H. (Bill) Handley of the B. C.
Police headquarters Motor Licence Branch
retired on pension April Ist.

Born in 1868 in Liverpool, England, Mr.
Handley has spent most of his life in Can-
ada’s “Golden West.” He commenced his
career as a police officer with the Victoria
City Police in March, 1900, under Chief
Constable John M. Langley. With the Vic-

toria force he served as Constable, Gaolcr,
Licence Inspector, Sergeant and Detective.
In 1912 he resigned to become Chief of
Police of Victoria’s nearby suburb of Oak
Bay. He left the Oak Bay Police in 1914
to enter civil life. However, he was back
in harness in 1918 when he joined the Motor
Licence Branch of the B. C. Police at Vic-
toria. He served for over twenty years with
the Branch, rising from Constable to Staft-
Sergeant.

Mr. and Mrs. Handley have made a host
of friends during their long residence in the
Island city, and they will join with us in
extending every good wish for the future.

MARSHALL-WELLS (B.C.) Ltp.
573 Carrall Street
Vancouver, B.C.

Oct. 28, 1938.
T. W. S. Parsons, Asst. Commr.,
B. C. Provincial Police,
Victoria, B. C.
Dear Sir:

We would like to take this opportunity
of commending you upon the appearance
and reader interest of THE SHOULDER
STRAP and to wish the editors and the B. C.
Police every success.

Yours truly,
MARSHALL’ WELLS (B.C.) Lip.
Renee Ea leeENersam

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Editor, THE SHOULDER STRAP,

Dear Sir:

I write to thank you specially for your
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of it from the beginning to the end. I am
sure that each member of the B.C. Police
Force who reads it is filled with self esteem
and realizes the honourable service in which
he lives and serves his fellows.

I do not know of any such magazine as
yours existing in this country and I pro-
pose to pass it on to Headquarters, hoping
it will give some member an inspiration.

Sincerely yours,
FRANK ELLSON.

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