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"O'Brien, Lauder Get Five Years," Niagara Falls Review. October 16, 1933. Page 1 & 2. ---- SENTENCES ARE IMPOSED FOR MANSLAUGHTER AND RAPE AT ASSIZES TODAY ---- O'Brien and Lauder must serve five years in pen. ---- COURT CROWDED ---- Killing of Hay and his daughter related by witnesses. ---- John J. O'Brien, of Niagara Falls, N.Y., was sentenced to serve five years for manslaughter arising out of the death five and a half years ago of William Hay in Stamford township. Hay was struck down and killed by a car driven by O'Brien, he disappeared the day following Hay's death and was not located until Hull, Quebec police arrested him recently on another charge.

5 Years For Lauder Martin Lauder, former Buffalo hockey star, was sentenced to five years imprisonment to-day for rape. He was found guilty Friday. Lauder wept as he was led away to the cells.

The courtroom was crowded for the sentencing of the two men. Lauder's offence involved a 17-year-old girl.

Mother Breaks Down O'Brien's mother was in court in a state of collapse when the verdict was announced. His Lordship, in accepting the guilty verdict, stated the jury had reached a proper conclusion on the evidence presented.

The charge against the accused dated back to the night of March 11 1928, when William Hay of Stamford and his 3-year-old daughter, Joan, were returning from a church service, the child being in his arms, when he was knocked down by a car driven by O'Brien, both being fatally injured, the child having her arm completely torn off. The drive er of the car did not stop, but continued on his way, and the next day left the country. Early in July of this year O'Brien was arrested in Hull, and investigation by the Niagara Falls police established the arrested man as the one wanted by them.

The defense case centred mainly on the evidence of the accused, which admitted that O'Brien drove the car that knocked down Hay, but maintained that he had struck a parked car, and not any human being.

Law's Long Memory "The law has a long memory and a long arm." Thus spoke L. M. Frost of Lindsay, crown prosecutor at the Welland fall assizes Saturday afternoon, when he related to the jury the story of the case of John J. O'- Brien, Montreal, charged with man- slaughter at the present sessions in connection with the death of William Hay of Stamford township. which occurred five and one-half years ago on the evening of March 11, 1928.

Dr. Arthur Whytock of this city, who was called to the Hay home immediately following the accident, said Hay was dead on his arrival. Witness conducted post-mortem examination and found that Hay's Injuries consisted of fractures to the jaw, spine, both bones of the right lower leg, and that the deceased had suffered hemorrhages of the nose and ears. Death had been instantaneous. Witness also saw the body of deceased's daughter, Jean. Her arm had been torn off and death had resulted almost instantly from a resulting hemorrhage.

Identifies Plates W. J. Loney, said he was a member of the Niagara Falls city police in 1928 and was on duty at the corner of Lundy's Lane and Main street on the evening of March 11, 1938. He paid particular attention to a car that made a sharp turn at the corner. It bore N.Y. license number 8E5487 and the right front fender of the machine was bent upwards as though the car had been In an accident. Witness identified two license plates produced by Crown Prosecutor Frost as bearing identical numbers as the machine he observed on the night in question.

Provincial Constable Thomas Wilkinson, who investigated the accident, said there was windshield glass and a headlight lens smashed on the road, also three pools of blood. Witness also saw the arm of a child on the road. Parts of the glass were picked up and hand- ed to Inspector C. F. Airey by witness, and the following morning, in company with Provincial Constable Priest, witness investigated further and found part of a steel bracket on the Thorold stone road, west of the scene of the accident It was the part of the sun visor bracket of a car.

On the morning of March, 13, 1928, witness, accompanied by Constable Priest and Inspector Airie proceeded to the old hydro dump at Montrose in response to a call. The officers found a Chevrolet coupe, without license plates. The right front fender was bent up- wards, the right headlight bent backward, there was a dent in the hood and the sun visor had been removed. The windshield was smashed and part of the front work on the front door was missing. Witness fitted the steel bracket, found on the Thorold road, on to the sun visor equipment of the car Glass in the car was of the same thickness as that found on the road near the scene of the accident.

Find License Plates The officers later proceeded to the old hydro yards in Stanley street and there found a set of N. Y. state license plates, a sun visor and an iron frame. Witness identified the markers, which were entered as an exhibit. The parts fitted the car found at the Montrose dump.

Provincial Constable T. W. Old- field said he drove the car, found in the dump to a garage for storage. The brakes on the car seemed to be very weak, he stated, but no definite tests were made.

Inspector C. F. Airey of the Provincial police, corroborated the evidence of Constable Wilkinson. Witness identified a paper slip found in the car. a carbon copy of a repair bill from a Niagara Falls, N.Y., garage. It was made out to the name "O'Brien."

Francis Farrell Francis Farrell, 625 Second Ave.. Niagara Falls, testified that on the afternoon of March 11, 1928, he had been with John O'Brien. They played cards and had some drinks and in the evening witness started for St. Catharines, with O'Brien driving his own car, Witness said he went to sleep but awakened on the Thorold stone road on hearing a crash. He felt blood running down his face from a cut artery back of the right eye. "What happened?" witness asked O'Brien. "I think I hit a car," O'Brien replied, according to witness, O'Brien kept on going and drove to Lundy's Lane vis the racetrack road and eventually to Farrell's garage on Maple Street, Niagara Falls, where the car was paced, O'Brien and witness then proceeded to the home of Farrella cousin, Mrs. Ann Mulligan on Maple Street. There O'Brien told Mrs. Mulligan that he had been driving the car. A doctor was summoned to attend to witnesses injuries after which witness went home, O'Brien re- maining. Next night witness and his brother took the car to the hydro yards in Stanley Street and left it there. This was done after a conversation with accused's brother, Ed. O'Brien, since deceased.

Allege Car Stripped Later that evening, witness, in the company of a Mr. Hill and a Mr. Goodman, proceeded to the hydro yards, stripped the car, concealed the parts in a pile of lumber and removed the car to the hydro dump at Montrose. Witness didn't see accused again until July of this year.

Dr. Mundell testified to attending Farrell on the evening of the accident. The wound on the side of Farrell's face was apparently caused by something sharp.

Mrs. Mulligan told of Farrell and O'Brien coming to her house on the night of the accident, Both said they had been in an automobile accident and O'Brien remark- ed that he had been driving, witness testified. Farrell went home after being treated and O'Brien asked if he could stay all night. Witness said he could and O'Brien went to bed. O'Brien appeared to be under the influence of drink but not as much so as Farrell, Mrs. Mulligan stated. Cross-examined by A. L. Brooks, Mrs. Mulligan said O'Brien did not appear to be excited when he entered her home.

Fred Goodwin, of Niagara Falls, who was a taxi cab driver in March, 1928, said O'Trien called him by phone on the day of March 12, and as a result, witness drove accused to Niagara Falls, N.Y.

M. T. Few of the Kellogg Motor Sales, Niagara Falls, N.Y., identifled a carbon copy of a sales slip issued by his firm. It was the slip police claimed was found in the abandoned car. It was for repair work, witness stated.

Lindsay Roy, service manager for the Kellogg Company, said his firm had a lien on a car, operated by accused in 1928. Witness secured the car in a private garage in a damaged condition in Niagara Falls, Ont. O'Brien had had work done on the car, witness stated.

Accused Testifies The accused, John J. O'Brien, was the chief witness called this morning by defense counsel Allan Brooks, He gave his age as 37 and said he was an electrician, having followed that occupation since the war, in which he served with the U.S. naval forces.

Tracing his activities on the day of the accident, witness described meeting Francis Farrell in the afternoon at Niagara Falls, Ont. They proceeded to a Mr. Hills' to inspect a speedbox for a motor- boat, and about 6 o'clock, witness and Farrell proceeded to another house. About 8 o'clock they started to drive to St. Catharines, along the Thorold Stone Road, Witness estimated that the car was travelling at a speed of about 35 miles an hour. "I was driving along the centre of the road and near the Dorchester Road, I pulled to the right to avoid a collision with a car coming in the opposite direction. As I pulled over I heard a crash. I knew I had hit something and I thought it was another car. Farrell, who had been sleeping beside me, awakened and asked 'what happened? He was bleeding badly from the face and when I noticed his condition, I stopped slowing up, deciding to hurry Farrell to a doctor. I stated to take him to Thor- old, but he asked me to take him back to Niagara Falls to his own doctor and I did so." witness stated. Denies Under Influence of Liquor

O'Brien denied that he had been under the influence of liquor on the evening of the accident, saying he had only about three glasses of beer during the afternoon, He did not see any pedestrians on the Thorold Stone Road prior to the crash.

"When did you first know the - exact details of the accident?" I asked Mr. Brooks.

"I discovered what had happened when I read a newspaper in Nia- gara Falls, N.Y. the next day," witness replied. "I then felt sorry that I hadn't stopped, but I felt that the people would be prejudiced against me, so I got away," he added.

Under cross-examination by Mr. Frost, O'Brien admitted that he was sure now that the car he was driving struck Mr. Hay, although at the time of the crash he thought he had struck another automobile, he stated.

"Why would Mrs. Mulligan say you were drunk, if you were not sunder the influence?" Mr. Frost asked witness.

"I don't know, unless it was possibly to aid Farrell in the belief that I might say he had been driving," was the reply.

"Why didn't you report the accident?" Mr. Frost asked. "I had enough to look after," witness replied.

"Why did you have the car stripped and abandoned," the a crown asked. Witness replied that she knew nothing about the disposition of the car.

[O'Brien, alias Curran, was 37, single, from Manchester N.Y., and was trained as an electrician. He was convict #3240 at Kingston Penitentiary and worked in a machine shop at the prison. Reported a few times, he was deported April 1937 to the U.S. Lauder was 26, married, was a well-known professional hockey player, and was convict #3215 at Kingston Penitentiary. He was paroled December 1935.]

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Jack Draper Press Conference | 2024 US Open Quarterfinal

[the-physicality]

thinking this labor day about all the athletes in women's sports who didn't have a stable league, who were only making decent money from a spot on their national team, who had to fight to get even a fraction of what they deserve. who spent their prime without a club league or the infrastructure to propel the sport. who came of age after title 9 in the usa [forcing schools to fund women/girls’ sports], the ones who fought for cbas and are only seeing big change at the end of their careers or after their careers concluded. who didn't have the media attention before, but are now showing just how much they can sell out stadiums and arenas. the players who played year round because overseas teams paid athletes what they were worth. athletes who endured and reported harassment but the league never took appropriate action. athletes who never had the media attention or ability to monetize their talent but who had careers that were just as impressive as the stars of today. who did it without the help of the science, technology, and medicine we have today. who set records with less support and fewer games in a season, which will be broken by kids who have had personal trainers since high school. athletes who played great games that are no long available to view, their talent no longer archived and accessible for young or new fans. athletes who still don't have a league or are just getting one in 2024. athletes who took it upon themselves to create change for which they will never reap the full rewards.

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[muirneach]

tennis is a really fun sport and all the players are freaks which is enjoyable i suppose but then seeing ppl in other sports having a good time its like. oh my god none of these people are any fun!!! why is everyone weird and sad always!! i was thinking about the differences in socmed from hockey and tennis at work today like tennis players typically only post match results but hockey players often post them goofing around. and now these olympics all these athletes are constantly showing off fun little moments of the village and interacting with other countries and sports and all that. idk why are we kind of lame….

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Some Leafs players collages

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and what does a lombo do with free reign of a camera? apparently take the most gorgeous shots ever committed to film

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bonus lombo shots!

[supercantaloupe]

what’s a fun fact about you that people may not guess

i am not anyone's idea of athletic. however since my social circle is like 90% other honors student orchestra losers, i technically qualify as a jock given that i have six years of experience playing field hockey

[behindallthings]

Sid in Dublin

[zegrasdrysdale]

it isn't midnight yet so i haven't missed it

happy 23rd birthday to my favorite yapper and 1/2 of my tumblr url. z, hope you're rested, recovered, and ready to go for the last few games of the season. never stop yapping <3

[hozierbyrne]

i’d rather die than be open honest and vulnerable on twitter but on here where no hockey media will see it i want to say that nicklas backstrom is and will always live in my heart. i watch an ungodly amount of hockey and i like so many players, but i don't think i'll ever quite feel the same about any other player, ever.

nicke backstrom is — a consummate professional and private about his own life and family, but always happy to speak to fans when he is out and about, kind and quiet and a good reader of people. a pillar of the franchise on the ice and off, in every way you can think of. frightened of dogs but gamely always took photos holding a little one for the annual charity calendar. steady and steadfast, the best two-way centerman you could possibly imagine who's never won a selke. quietly exceptional his entire career and always, always fucking overlooked by everyone except his own city, who loves him with a fervor usually reserved for religious figures. dc loves him as if to make up for the fact that he never gets his due anywhere else. they saw him grow up and grow into himself and that's an honor, and they love him for it. they love him for this too: he plays beautiful hockey. incredible vision, soft hands. competitive nearly to a fault and unafraid to get into faces when needed. (some games he could drag the caps to a win they didn't deserve otherwise out of sheer force of will.) best pure passer in the nhl, you'd never see prettier saucer passes than you'd see from him. absolutely cold-blooded, patient and unyielding, could sit on a puck for a whole period if needed, waiting for his wingers to get where they needed to be. could sit on a puck for a minute and a half of a power play, waiting for alex ovechkin to drift into position and wind up, stick high in the air, waiting to shoot. he never panicked. he never panicked on the ice and he never panicked off of it either. when the puck was on his stick he was in control of the game and he knew it. off the ice, when fans were clamoring to blow up the core after years of early playoff exits, when the media pressure was building and building, when the wider hockey world muttered and whispered that ovechkin and backstrom just didn't have what it takes — he was unshakeable. he believed so fiercely in himself and his team. when nobody else thought they could do it, he flatly promised that this team was going to bring a cup to the city. and he was right!

he's always unshakeable. he's always calm and he's always brave and he's always unselfish. i feel like chewing through the walls. i feel so fucking bad about this because i think he was feeling optimistic this year but hip resurfacing is a hard, hard procedure to come back from. no nhler has ever done it. he chose to do the surgery for his kids more than anything, i think. i think he knew his odds, too. and i think he knew, through these first eight games of the season, that the bounce back he was hoping for wasn't going to happen, at least not right now. and then he did the thing he always does: he put his team first, and he put his family first, and he did it quietly, without fanfare. he told his management and then he gathered his team and he told them, and every caps beat reporter said that today the atmosphere was unlike anything they had ever witnessed, that it was somber and bitter and just... off. they said practice was bad, as one might expect. tj oshie talked about feeling so awful because he knew how hard nicke was working to get back to the game he loved....... and it comes back to: this sucks. it's not fair. nicke plays a game that should have meant longevity, and it feels wrong that time is catching up like this, with a vengeance.

ovi is so big with his love and his heart that it's easy to miss how hot nicke burns too. i quite literally cannot imagine a capitals team without him. i don't think any of the guys in the locker room can either. like. ovi's supposed to break the goals record without nicke passing to him? i'm going to throw up. i'm going to cry. john carlson said it feels weird today, and it's going to keep feeling weird. and... yeah! going to watch the caps tomorrow and cry through the broadcast, i'm sure. i hope they get blown out. i hope they lose 7-1. i hope they get a shutout and ovi scores a hat trick and tom gets a gordie howe. do you get it.

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Professional Yappers

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I do love when they call it “getting on their horses” they’re just like me when I was 5 in the playground :)

[jeanmoreaux]

rereading beartown and us against you so i can finally read the winners, and i swear to god i’ll throw fists if i have to go through the emotional pain of these first two books again just to have the third one break me and not give my fav character a happy ending.