Cecil Burns – Chef Killed With Whiskey Bottle

Cecil Burns, 1957, Queen Street East

On Monday, February 18, 1957, Cecil William Burns did not turn up for work. He was a chef with a catering firm in East York. By about noon his employers were making inquiries. They telephoned the Edwin Hotel on Queen Street East, where Burns had lived for the past two months, and asked that his … Read more

Fred “Scotty” Cameron – From Toronto To Stroud

Fred “Scotty” Cameron, 1953, Stroud

At about 10:45 on the morning of Friday, October 30, 1953, Robert Cowan was driving his tractor along the 10th Concession of Innisfil Township, toward the village of Stroud. He saw a coat in the ditch. “I stopped to have a closer look, saw the legs and recognized the body of a man,” he told … Read more