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Subject: <\/b><\/span>RE: EPISODE 401 CONCLUSION THE SHORT AND HORRIFIC LIFE OF GEORGEEVERITT GREEN, HOME CHILD , PART FIVE<\/b>
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Date: <\/b><\/span>August 16, 2021 at 1:48:44 PM EDT
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From: <\/span><\/b>ALAN SKEOCH<\/a>
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To: <\/span><\/b>Alan Skeoch<\/a>; <\/span>Marjorie Skeoch<\/a>; <\/span>John Wardle<\/a>
Subject: <\/span><\/b>Fwd: EPISODE 401 CONCLUSION THE SHORT AND HORRIFIC LIFE OF GEORGEEVERITT GREEN, HOME CHILD , PART FIVE<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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EPISODE 401    THE SHORT AND HORRIFIC LIFE OF GEORGE EVERITT GREEN, HOME CHILD ,  PART FIVE<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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alan skeoch<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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august 2021<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
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  THIS WILL BE MY CONCLUSION OF THE STORY. THE FULL STORY OF GEORGE EVERITT GREEN\u2019S LIFE<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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AND DEATH IS MENTIONED OFTEN  BY BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON THE HOME CHILDREN (BARNARDO CHILDREN)<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NEVER, IN MY EXPERIENCE, HAVE DETAILS OF THIS TRIAL  BEEN USED.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I HAVE EDITED THE TRIAL RECORDS SLIGHTLY.  <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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862079C1-1E20-4E29-8EA7-71CE88D8428E@phub.net.cable.rogers.com<\/a>” style=”width: 6.302in; height: 7.9375in;” class=””><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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George Green<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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SOME FINAL WITNESSES<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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MR. MCKINLEY, sworn and examined by Mr. Mackay<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you know the boy George Green?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you see him when you were sewing grass seed.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I did not see him.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you hear him?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Doing what?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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First he was calling the cows, then he semed to go back to the house and then I heard Miss Findlay scolding<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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and then I heard blows and the boy crying.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How many blows?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Several\u2026five or six<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Followed by what?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Crying<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You could not see them?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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They were at the other side of the house\u2026fully 80 rods away.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Would the blows necessarily be very severe to enable you to hear them 80 rods away?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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They would have been.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n


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Do you remember pulling peas?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We were busy pulling peas and I heard Miss Findlay start to scold and I heard blows again.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Ordinary scolding?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Swearing\u2026and I heard the blows again and the boy crying same as before.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What were the blows on the first occasion like?  Slaps of the fist?  What did they sound like?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Like as if you were chastising a horse with a stick or rope..<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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 Well on or about the last of October we were busy digging potatoes and I heard a boy calling<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the cattle.  Then the boy did something that displeased Miss Findlay.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        She told him she would knock his damn white head off.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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About the 30th of october i went to lay up a prop in the line fence and heard the racket start again and<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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hurried over to see what was going ron,  I heard her punishing  the boy and heard him crying and<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I hurried over to where I could see. I seen her coming out of the place where she kept her buggy and<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I could hear him crying in there and after a while I heard him begin as if he was splitting  wood, That is<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the time I heard the blows and heard him crying,,,then on the 6th of November\u2026<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How do you place the date?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I keep a journal<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Do you know what you were doing on  6th of November?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Digging potatoes .   I heard Miss Findlay say  \u201cGet up and get in there.\u201d<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How far away would you be?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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At my  own house\u2014about 80 rods distant and I looked over and I seen her<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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trailing him up the steps. She had him by the hands and had him on his back.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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By both hands and she was dragging him up head foremost.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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CROSS EXAMINED BY MR. TUCKER<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You Never saw her strike him during any of the three occasions,?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A blow that would be heard at 80 rods would be sufficient to fell an ox.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If you hit hard enough I suppose. <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A blow heard 80 rods away would crush anything?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You knew she had a black colt?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And you knew the black colt was in the habit of  chasing the boy?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No, sir.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Didn\u2019t you ever see it?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No, sir, I seen him holding the horse in the field and never saw it offer to touch him.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If she struck the black colt at that time instead of the boy that would account for the sound?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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That would not make the boy cry.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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If the colt were chasing the boy he would cry. He was simple in the head?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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A little simple perhaps.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And is it not a fact that he had some kind of impediment in his windpipe so he made a noise when he breathed.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I could not say. I didn\u2019t hear the noise when I was talking to him.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You never went to complain to Miss Findlay ? <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Mr, Mackay seemed to get worried.  Mr. Tucker defended Rose Findlay by creating doubt. <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Was it a horse she hit and not \u2018George Green? Was George simple minded?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did he have a voice impediment?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How would Miss  Findlay react if you had interfered?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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She would have ordered me off the place.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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(In fact she did order the McKinley\u2019s off her farm)<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Is there anything at all plausible about the theory that the woman struck the black colt?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No, sir.  The Findlays would not strike a colt.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NOTE TO READERS IN 2021:   THERE WERE MANY MORE WITNESSES CALLED TO TESTIFY IN  1895<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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MOST OF WHOM I HAVE IN MY ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT.  TOO MANY.  SO LET ME END THIS HORRIFIC<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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STORY WITH THE TESTIMONIES OF TWO 12 YEAR OLD CHILDREN WHO WORKED FOR MISS FINDLAY<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WHILE GEORGE GREEN WAS STILL ALIVE<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ALEXANDER GILCHRIST, JUNIOR<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you know George Green?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you ever have any conversation with Miss Findlay as to how she used him?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When she was doing the harvest she told me she got down off her load and gave him two bootings. She also told<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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me she threatened she would shove the pitch fork through him.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you see anything yourself?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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CONCLUSION:   ONLY READ THIS IF YOU HAVE NERVES OF STEEL<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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MARY BROWN WHO WORKED ON THE FINDLAY FARM THE SUMMER OF 1895<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How old are you Mary?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Twelve<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Were you there at Miss Findlay\u2019s along until the boy died?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes, sir.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Can you tell me how Miss Findlay used the boy while you were there?  What did you see her do?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I saw her kicking him around and I saw her taking an axe handle to him.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How do you mean she used to kick him, was it an easy or hard kick?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Sometimes she used to kick him hard.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did he ever cry?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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She used to kick him five or six times.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You mentioned an axe handle, where was that used?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We were unloading wood.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I was on the top of the  load with George Green when she struck him with an axe handle on the back.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No, she struck him two or three times then she would stop and he would throw a piece of wood down and if he<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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didn\u2019t throw it in the right place she would strike him again.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hard? How did she hold the axe handle?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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She took it at the bottom of the axe handle and fetched it right down on his back between the shoulders.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How high did she raise it?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Over the shoulder<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did the boy cry?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did she strike him with anything else other an axe handle?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes, a pitch fork.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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With  prongs of the fork.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Between the shoulders on the back.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How did she hold the fork?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Just by the handle. Two hands, She raised it up and hit him on the back with it.  Hard.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What did he say? Did he refuse to work?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No. He was working only not fast enough for her.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Was he in the habit of giving her impudence or refusing to do what he was told?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No sir. He was quiet. He would never speak unless spoken to.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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She was often striking him in the field and threatening to run the fork through him if he didn\u2019t hurry up<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Tell me now if you ever saw her strike him with anything else?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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She struck him with the broom handle and broke it.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Where was this?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I didn\u2019t see it as I was in the bedroom but she told me se broke the broom over his back.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You heard him yelling\u2026crying?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He just cried hard.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We were unloading wood and a stick he threw bounced and hit my shoulder . She jumped off the rig<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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and started pounding him with her fist.  Then she took off her rubber boot and was pounding him with that.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Do you remember an incident around the pump?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes    But I was not there. She told me she hit him with her slipper and a naIL cut his head.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You saw his head bleed?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Was he crying<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Not when I got there but he might have been crying.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Was there any other occasion that you recollect?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes, with a table fork. I was outside the door when she struck him with the table fork.  <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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 There was blood on his cheek when he came out.   The fork was lying there broken.\u2019<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I never saw it broke until she struck him.  Blood was running down his cheek when I went in.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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She never said anything about it.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You were in his bedroom from time to time throughout the three months you were there?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you ever make George\u2019s bed up?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No sir.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you ever know her to make it up?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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As far as I know his fingers got sore when the first snow came.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It would be a month or so ago<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What do you mean by his fingers got sore?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The skin all came off.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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From the first joints to the points?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What about his nails.?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Well I saw one of his nails come off when we were splitting kindling  wood.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you ever see Miss Findlay take him into the house?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I saw Miss Findlay dragging him up the steps a week before he died.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How did she drag him?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Well, I thought she took him by the collar<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The week that he was sick\u2026the week he died?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Was there ever a doctor called?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No sir<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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during the time that he was sick?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I never took it unless Miss Findlay did.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you ever see Miss Findlay take water up to him while he was sick?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No only the Saturday morning he died.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What did she do that morning or did she do anything?  Was he changed from one room to another?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes , she changed his room Saturday morning.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Where did she go that day?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Owen Sound<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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What time did she get back?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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About 9 0\u2019clock<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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About 12 o\u2019clock (noon)<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He was moaning\u2026could not speak.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Was that bed made up or changed during the week he was sick?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Not that I saw.  It was dirty all week.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I believe he dirtied it himself?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Do you know if Miss Findlay supplied him with a crock as a toilet?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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One chamber pot broke  Replaced with a pail.  Not emptied.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Can you tell me whether the boy was dead when Miss Findlay got home at nine o\u2019clock Saturday?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did she go up to see him?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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After she got warmed she went upstairs  She said he was was either dead or dying and she didn\u2019t know which. <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Then she went out to tend the cattle then came in again and made herself a cup of tea and went to bed.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you sleep with her?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did she get up again that you know of?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No sir<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When did she learn that he was dead?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When she went up in the  morning she said he was stiff.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you see him\u201d<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Were his eyes closed?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Was his mouth closed?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Both open?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You gave evidence at the Coroner\u2019s inquest in Big Bay, didn\u2019t you?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Did you tell the same story at the inquest you are telling now?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No sir.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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You didn\u2019t tell the same story, why?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Miss Findlay scared me.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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NOTE:  Fear is the enemy of truth.  Mary Brown, a 12 year old farm labourer spent the summer of 1895 watching<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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the abuse and terrible death of George Everett Green.   Mary Brown was afraid of Rose Findlay.  They shared the <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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same bed. She saw the violence Miss Findlay directed to the boy.  With great courage and no doubt, careful<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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priming by Mr Mackay, Mary Brown explained why her evidence in Owen Sound contradicted her statement in <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Big Bay.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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MARY BROWN<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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MISS Findlay told me that I was to tell that she didn\u2019t abuse the boy, or didn\u2019t kick him around and them bruises was <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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from him falling down.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Were you or were you not afraid of Miss Findlay ?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Do you remember when she was arrested, when Mr. Pearce came for her?<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Yes, I remember when he came. She told me I was to tell the same thing as I told in Big Bay.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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CONCLUSION<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I HAVE DECIDED TO END THESE EPISODES ABOUT GEORGE GREEN WITH THE  TESTIMONY<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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OF MARY BROWN WHO, YOU WILL REMEMBER, WAS ONLY 12 YEARS OLD IN THAT TERRIBLE<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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SUMMER AND FALL OF 1895.   MUCH MORE COULD BE SAID.  LIKE THE CONDITION OF GEORGE <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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GREEN\u2019S BED IN THE WEEK HE DIED.  THE BED WAS \u2018IMPROVED\u2019 ONCE BY THE ADDITION <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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OF DIRTY STRAW FROM THE STABLE.  GEORGE GREEN\u2019S CLOTHING WAS FILTHY BUT<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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HE HAD NO OTHER CLOTHES.  THE BODY  OF GEORGE GREEN WAS FOUND CURLED UP<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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IN A NEST OF DIRTY STRAW . FOULED BY GEORGE AS HE LAY DYING.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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THIS TESTIMONY STARTLED MANY CANADIANS AS THE TRIAL PROCEEDINGS WERE  REPORTED<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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BY NEWSPAPERS ACROSS CANADA.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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MARY BROWN\u2019S TESTIMONY IS MUCH LONGER THAN I HAVE QUOTED BUT I THINK<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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READERS HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS HORROR.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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THE JURY COULD NOT AGREE.  A hung jury. THE PREJUDICE AGAINST HOME CHILDREN<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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WAS SO PREVALENT THAT EVEN THE TERRIBLE TREATMENT OF GEORGE<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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GREEN COULD NOT PERSUADE SOME JURY MEMBERS TO CONVICT <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ROSE FINDLAY OF MURDER.  <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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IN A SUBSEQUENT TRIAL SHE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A LESSER<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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CHARGE\u2026PERHAPS CHILD ABUSE\u2026AND SENT TO THE MERCER<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PRISON FOR WOMEN IN TORONTO…FOR A YEAR.   <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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alan skeoch<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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august 2021<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PICTURES BELOW ARE NOT FROM THE GEORGE GREEN STORY.  BUT THESE <\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PICTURES REINFORCE ELEMENTS OF THE STORY.<\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Begin forwarded message: From: Thomas and Catherine Norris <norr-cal@sympatico.ca> Subject: RE: EPISODE 401 CONCLUSION THE SHORT AND HORRIFIC LIFE OF GEORGEEVERITT GREEN, HOME CHILD , PART FIVE Date: August 16, 2021 at 1:48:44 PM EDT To: ALAN SKEOCH <alan.skeoch@rogers.com> Ghastly T   Sent from Mail for Windows   From: ALAN SKEOCHSent: August 14, 2021 6:16 PMTo: Alan Skeoch; Marjorie Skeoch; John WardleSubject: Fwd: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18837\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}