The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-15
ThreeWomen Await Moose ln Ontario
 Only 10 Females
 Hqve Been Honaed
 As Record Jumps
ID RnlAN A InnIl1


 Toronto, Ont, Nov. 1e.A@gUr)-~ Three women waited ln ontario death cells today ns the time neared tor them eo wAlk Ao the eallowa for
 one was convicted of kulllnR her husband and chopplns of hle head, arms and legs. another ok turing a neikhbor Co mn isolated spot and beating him Co death, and tho third crushing tho skull of her iandin1y.
 Only 10 women have been hanged In Canada. and eight ok these died for the slaying ok thelr husbands, The last execution of a woman in Ontario Province wne co Woodetock in lDS5, when MrA Elizabeth Tile ford died for the poisoning oe her husband, Tyrrell Tilford.
 To Hang Separately
 The three convicted women are Mra Evelyn Dick of Hamilton, Mrs. George popowlch of Welland, and Mrs. Marie Desmeules of Port Ar. thur. They will be hanged separate " with several weeks of each other, beginning late this month.
 Most spectacular of the cases was that of Mrs. Dick. elated to die Jan. for the murder of her husband, John Dick, a street car Eaotorman, whose headlesss armiess and legless body was found hy children out side Hamilton last March ie.
 Mrs. Dick made contradictory statements ao police and was ar rested. Her father, Donald MAc~ Lean. and her friend, William Do. hozik, "a steel wokker, were held as suspects in the same murder and are awaiting trial Additionally, the discovery of Q male infants body in c cement-filled suitcase in the ate tic of the Dick home resulted ln a joint charge of murder against Mrs. Dick and BohoEuk.
 At the trial of the 2e-year-oid brunette, t was brought out that she was separated from Dick e few days after their marriage. The prosecution charged the n1otorman was taken for . ride through coun- try roads and shot, that his body vas dismembered in Q garage, the torso thrown over Q highway em- bankment and the other parts of the body in q basement furnace.
 Admalss Making Mistake
 The prosecution argued that Mrs. Dick decided she had made a mis- take in marrying the motorman, and wanted to be free. Her counsel has given notice of intention to ape peal the conviction on grounds that certain evidence at the trial was inc admissable.
 Mrs. Popowich and her husband have exhausted appeals and are scheduled to be hanged Dec. 6 for the murder of a neighbor Louis Natto. a fruit merchant. Grown tes- timony hinged on the dying state ssent of Natto, who accused the couple of turing him into an auto- mobile. taking him to a lonely field. heating him and leaving him truss eu up Co die. He eventually freed himself and made his way to c farm house. but died of his injuries five days later.
 The motive vas ooscure nt the trial of the couple. although evi- dence indicated that the victim was robbed of about eiO0 Only execu- tive eiemency by the Department of Justice can nov save the couple from death on the gallows.
 The appeal of Mrs. Desmeules, s7, who vas convicted of staying her landlady, Susan T1aoms, last June 29, was dismissed last week. The defense was based on lack of motive and the prosecution established none-and on Mrs. Desmeules' story of a little man" who was in the Thoms' kitchen the night Mrs. Thoms' skull was crushed.
 Biood Traced Co Her
 Blood traces on Mrs. Desmeules' simcno and under her finger nails led to her conviction on Sept. %. although she claimed the little man" made her clean up the kitchen floor after the murder.
 Mrs. Desmeules is scheduled to mount the gallows Nov. 26.