Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 October 1885 — BIEL DOOMED. [ARTICLE]

BIEL DOOMED.

The Date of His Execution FixedAngry Public Feeling in Canada. [London dispatch.] The Privy Council has dismissed the appeal of Louis Riel,, the leader of the half-breed insurrection in Canada, against the sentence of death passed upon him by the Canadian courts. In an interview to-day, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Riel’s Canadian counsel, said; “It is impossible to pretend that Riel was unfairly tried. No doubt, at the time of the outbreak in the Northwest, grievances existed which have since been remedied. Riel commenced the agitation from purely political motives. Many people still consider that he rendered valuable services to the country. Doubtless the exc tement again induced in Riel mental aberration, rendering him incapable of keeping the rebellion within legal limits. On thescaffold Riel will become a martyr; in prison, or in an asylum he would be forgotten. ” In face of the conflicting medical evidence in Riel’s case, Mr. Fitzpatrick advocated the appointment by the Canadian Government of a commission to again examine the prisoner. The Daily Telegraph, commenting on the case, says: “On the whale yesterday’s judgment is so upheld by reason and comes from a lawyer of such undoubted authority that it may be assumed to cover the justice of the case. The end of the chapter now rests with Canada. Riel cannot complain if Canada, now master of the situation, exacts the last penalties." [Montreal dispatch.] L. O. David, President of the Riel Defense Association, says that he has received trustworthy information that it is the Government’s intention to carry the law into effect against Riel. The feeling, he says, among the French Canadians is intense, and with the small-pox, and other causes of race feeling, the slightest provocation might cause serious trouble. Personally he will take no further steps in the matter, and believes the committee wiU, follow this course, holding the Government responsible. The Government officers here say that Riel will be hanged on the 10th of November. [Winnipeg dispatch.! ■ Althorgh the verdict of the Privy Coun"il in the Riel case has not been a surprise it has occasioned a deep feeling among the half-breeds and French in Winnipeg, who now expect the rebel will' be hanged. A dispatch from Regina says Riel displayed great agitation on receiving the news. He fears the last hope is gone, and expressed the private opinion that he would have to meet the fate the recent sentence imposed.