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T" [ ME + Sm C en e tnmrns e iess ienss en encz to be a problem, as locals TT 0 j , I t I mase :s â€" | closed ranks around the /3 sn aex / e ReL AEmnie. _ _ is sE 0 _ accroguaare cce snn accused and frustrated efforts incalit s (npppumpplnat, .t ces § to bring them to justice. > Lh‘ : C oc nc l‘ The massacre sent shockâ€" is ._â€"_â€" 5o ts %H, 5;) : waves across North America, e â€" [ | oo e ) B X," gâ€"=â€" but area residents for many on i H mm 1st _ on e . years resisted talking about it. oi [ _ _ _ ie i 7 ;;' â€" When London author Orlo kBe ze . M t : 1 L. UR s o Choep, â€"â€"â€" e Miller, who first wrote about C ?k‘ ; fi' [ â€"â€" e Mc _â€" _ ds Nemkt, _ se the massacre in the 1960s, was M ies â€"_ _ e q e e M pr" researching his book The Donâ€" Ceye n 1 P _ i+ / BB _ \nxg\_ S e m nellys Must Die, tension in the py o _ o. 3 H n O o Einss _ _ S town was still so high, he reportedly had death threats. "That‘s the way (some resiâ€" The original grave marker, . 2C o in m eray | ty MA on 1 ooo oW sc uc [fi f dents) have been raised," said _ a stark black monument with their freedom celebrated with 4 o T Higen s mgg ;?'ugf"?‘;’f"-?‘f,‘ + . if; /, lifelong Lucan resident Muriel â€" the word "murdered" next to a night of partying in Lucan. . ie i "@ SR~ * Wz \ fFezse Culbert. "Don‘t talk about it." _ each victim‘s name, became "It was a very sensational 7 Al§ NX : en S y 2c But if Mayor Tom McLaughâ€" â€" an unwanted magnet for the trial," Doty said. |____ _ 1 $ m’;‘?‘ e ssqe . ul eP /00 u2 lin is any sign, the area‘s tight â€" curious and was dismantled But for a long time it was | W# CX w;m PCC yR ul grip on the ugliest chapter in â€" and replaced in the midâ€"1960s. forgotten, or at least ignored. â€" y *‘ ygyg " J‘ i '\';»Ql i '\"‘y"“”" its history has loosened. T o Save for a widelyâ€"dismissed > m * g" "n!‘h,\,\\“"' No ;@1‘ io’xfs}'g "The community has McLaughâ€" potboiler by Thomas P. Kelley, in wllled 2€] t a ie \‘m’ .\‘J\Sz‘gfi:?’g changed a lot," said McLaugh _ FLondon lin. it‘s a _ it was the late Miller whofirst § _ ; ..vzc.’;*.\fi e maâ€">~ e Alt y lin, himself descended from a ES [m â€" mystery delved into the Donnelly masâ€" aP C W’ & l{} L'/I l f c nsS M ‘Tfi suspected Donnelly killer. PBR _ 6 g&j}' the story sacre, 80 years afterward. Ks uen . LE 3 z12 T0}3.â€"2 "A lot of people don‘t have H L*}}# 4 5 h a s n‘ t But if Miller brought the . f§#ERInR CS d e ces eeanpaie waoee‘ 5 E_‘ T K ties to it anymore . . . so l'\ g ,1 3 H caught fire Donnellys back from the dead, e e 4 ~ famke > =~* there‘s not nearly the relucâ€" 11 > \af?" _ with more it was London playwright Li 2 _ * _ ___f"_"~ W ; tance to talk about it. ~years~ _ Canadians. James Reaney who breathed § MEPE TAE oc e _ ie w > $ "(I‘m) not saying that it was "If it was new life into them through a Do Oe 0 > . igy~s Cl a proud moment, but it is a in the trilogy of plays he wrote. P opagre . narRtReZ: $s t , a part of our history." United States, it would be a Reaney admits the Donnelly Pres Not to mention a contempoâ€" _ huge attraction," McLaughlin clan wasn‘t lilyâ€"white. James, | ~ Photos by DAVE CHIDLEY The L°"d‘_m Free Pres rary tourism opportunity. said. the father, spent seven years â€"| . DEADLY.QUIET: Snow carpets the cemetery next to St. Patrick‘s That‘s one reason why Culâ€" "(We can) tell the stories, in jail for murder. Son |â€" churchwhere the Donnellys were buried. The focus of the rural area‘s bert and others with Lucan â€" not only with sensitivities to Michael was killed in a Waterâ€" !;} framiarant lrich naniilatinn in tha lata 1800c it remaine en tadaw Area Heritage are raising â€" the families involved, but also ford bar fight. But the anger money to build a museum _ to the Donnellys." they faced from fellow commemorating the massacre Six men, all members of the Catholics living in the area â€" on the Roman Line, soâ€"called area‘s selfâ€"styled Vigilance was unfair, said Reaney. after the 1800s influx of poor Committee, were committed to He said they were often Irish Catholics to the area, _ trial in the deaths: James Carâ€" blamed for things they never when it was Ontario‘s frontier. â€" roll, the constable, Thomas did, including arson charges Today, the fundraisers are Ryder, John Purtell, John James and Johannah were to about halfâ€"way to their Kennedy, James Ryder and face a day after their murders. $950,000 goal for the museum. Martin McLaughlin. Reaney hopes the Donnelly "It‘s time for Lucan to be Carroll‘s first trial at the old story will stay alive until jusâ€" e sag n t o e able to give its history without Middlesex County courthouse tice, as he sees it, is served. % £ ”"‘" s Key) > 1 "<l any problems," Culbert, 76, in London ended in a hung "I want the (federal) Justice c c y e . > said. "There are three new jury. Then, in a retrial Feb. 2, _ Department .. . to clear this e 0 ob books out this year. 1881, almost one year after the up," he said. lt ~Sao "That doesn‘t tell you the murders, Carroll was found "All these people were murâ€" § 3. %1 e woe: | story‘s dying." not guilty and the other _ dered. They were supposed to h. We & .. Reminders of the Donnelly accused were discharged, have justice made of it." - m@ ~C k o massacre abound, even withâ€" l , <â€" . < /E out tourism signs to guide visâ€" h 2e s ‘* itors. An old brick schoolâ€" $ â€" 2. im# & C . house where the mob met . io mer : TT j gefol,‘e the killings still stands. ' 3 “i‘.’@ , â€" 1 e d E: o does St. Patrick‘s church in Fi o r oC t e ;’;L’ ; &7 Ǥ t Lucan, the focal point then 5:‘_}‘; .A 4?: . e l * m es and now for area Catholics. lfi; ‘;"‘,;ggfig"_ 2 ?/‘gw sfint home: ds . In the church cemetery, proâ€" f b%&\ ‘r;’g' & m Jns 4 «,é’ (Hs Nib ‘fi : ao : 9n f truding from the January : a h M&*’y "{‘ K §!§i' f?:fif:“-~ k : F : aa snow, is a granite headstone h%g,%’ /43’2}“} heeup. Lk 5o wings.." â€" â€" M e Snd for the slain Donnellys, some % "'-;fisffgff C Isp Wh; 4 E‘!’fg JL; & i Eie . o edges chipped off by souvenir $ E‘%gfi ym M fi'@% “fifs t l 2. . _seekers. Flowers and Beanie %gfi% fiflf%; i4 {I”' ",‘T.‘i {”"' Pn S c t _ / Babies lay at its base. e %fi@&'ii Â¥ )5%%% s . . ces ie $ w La [ ts e _ l s hars o n o . se e o ie C es ‘ %Q ‘ e ri o ie t lt ~ o e se ABy / M Aleae 2s o ce iae . m en e . w’a‘,'fl"”wwfiww"f o . 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