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Murder in Navan
5. Murder at the station
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serv.focus(); } //--> </script> </head> <body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <div id="stChild"> <div class="sc" id="sc1"> <h4 class="float-left">1</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> CPR Train Station (1919), Navan, Ontario<br />1919<br /> Navan, Ontario<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#1" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=119135','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=689,height=426')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYX/0001/image/storycard/ADYX00010038.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc2"> <h4 class="float-right">2</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Stationmaster Bill Heintz was at the wicket when Miki entered the train station. The station was empty except for Heintz and his wife and daughter Gladys who were both working in the kitchen. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc3"> <h4 class="float-left">3</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Miki (actor) purchases a train ticket to Ottawa at the Navan train station<br />2004<br /> Navan, Ontario<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#3" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=119128','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=595,height=470')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYX/0001/image/storycard/ADYX00010031.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc4"> <h4 class="float-right">4</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Approaching the wicket Miki asked Heintz, "What time does the train leave for Montreal?" Heintz informed him that the next train left Navan at 3:45 p.m. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc5"> <h4 class="float-left">5</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> CPR timetable (April 1940) and ticket to Ottawa (CPR Archives) <br />May, 1940<br /> Navan, Ontario<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#5" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=119136','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=451,height=541')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYX/0001/image/storycard/ADYX00010039.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc6"> <h4 class="float-right">6</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Appearing somewhat agitated, Miki asked "When is the next train to Ottawa?" Heintz replied that the next train left at 10:18 a.m., in about 20 minutes. Miki purchased the ticket to Ottawa. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc7"> <h4 class="float-left">7</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Miki (actor) in the waiting room of the Navan train station<br />2004<br /> Navan, Ontario<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#7" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=119137','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=595,height=470')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYX/0001/image/storycard/ADYX0001003a.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc8"> <h4 class="float-right">8</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Heintz closed the wicket and went back into the kitchen for a drink of water. Miki seated himself on a bench in the waiting room and waited for the train, alone. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc9"> <h4 class="float-left">9</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> Constable Harold Dent (actor) questions Miki at the Navan train station<br />2004<br /> Navan, Ontario<br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#9" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=119138','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=318,height=463')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYX/0001/image/storycard/ADYX0001003b.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc10"> <h4 class="float-right">10</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Constable Dent arrived at the railway station a few minutes later, in uniform (against Norman Edwards' advice), armed with his standard issue .38 calibre police pistol. <br /> <br /> Upon entering the station he saw the man, just as Edwards had described him, sitting alone on a bench with his packsack beside him at the west end of the waiting room. Dent approached the man and asked him his name. "Scott" was what he heard the man say. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc11"> <h4 class="float-left">11</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> National Registration Identity Card (front)<br />1940<br /> <br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#11" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=119139','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=617,height=502')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYX/0001/image/storycard/ADYX0001003c.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc12"> <h4 class="float-right">12</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> Dent's next question might have been to ask the man for some identification, including his National Registration Identity Card. </span> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc13"> <h4 class="float-left">13</h4> <span class="cmStoryLine"> National Registration Identity card (inside)<br />1940<br /> <br /> </span> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> </span> <br /> <br /> <a href="#13" onClick="window.open('pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=119140','CM', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=655,height=534')"><span class="topNavWhite"><img src="CommunityMemories2/ADYX/0001/image/storycard/ADYX0001003d.jpg" ></span></a> </div> <div class="sc" id="sc14"> <h4 class="float-right">14</h4> <span class="cmStoryLineText"> National Registration Identity Card. </span> </div> <table id="scNav"><tr> <td width="172" style="text-align:left;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000479&sl=3666&pos=1&scpos=1" id="scJumpFirst" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_start.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="170" style="text-align:right;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 34);" id="scPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000479&sl=3666&pos=1&scpos=0" id="scJumpPrev" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_prev.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="174" style="text-align:left;"><a href="javascript:;" onClick="flip(this.id, 0, 1, 34);" id="scNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9"></a><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000479&sl=3666&pos=14&scpos=1" id="scJumpNext" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_next.gif" width="9" height="9" /></a></td> <td width="172" style="text-align:right;"><a href="pm_v2.php?id=story_line_child&fl=&lg=English&ex=00000479&sl=3666&pos=33&scpos=1" id="scJumpLast" class="scLink"><img src="English/CommunityMemories2/cm_images/sc_last.gif" width="10" height="9" /></a></td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="scSplit" id="scSplit" /> </body> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var scCount = 14; var scShowing = []; flip("scPos", 1, 1, 34); </script>
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