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"FUNERALS," The Moncton Transcript. November 20, 1964. Page 5. ---- Col. G. T. Goad The funeral service for Col. George T. Goad, retired warden of the Dorchester Penitentiary, 334 Coverdale Road, Riverview was held in Tuttle Brothers' memorial chapel. The service was conducted by Rev. L. E. Blaikie, pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Moncton assisted by Rev. L. K. Baker, chaplain at Dorchester Penitentiary.

Corey Smith, soloist, sang the hymns, Unto the Hills and the 23rd Psalm.

Members of the honor guards were: E. C. Gaudet, R. D. Murray, F. A. McGraw, N. H. Stultz, S. F. Hattie, V. H. Fillmore and J. S. Robinson

Pallbearers were: D. Robinson, George Smith, F. L. Dob-son, D. Steeves, B. Duffy and E. Ison.

Interment was in the Rural cemetery, Dorchester with Rev. Mr. Baker conducting the committal service.

Attending the service from out-of-town were: Miss K. Wilkins, Saint John; Mrs. E. R. Anderson and Mrs. R. MacDaid, Amherst: G. R. Goad, Mrs. T. Syverteen and Mrs. F. Meredith.

The service at the chapel was largely attended.

Members of the Canadian Legion and of the Masonic Lodge were present at the service. Hazen F. Smith, warden of the penitentiary and the honor guards attended in a body and formed a guard of honor at the chapel entrance and at the cemetery.

J. M. Cool The funeral service for John M. Cool, 45 Burlington Avenue, Moncton held in Cadman's Funeral Home, was conducted by Rev. Dr. Abner J. Langley, pastor of the First United Church of which the deceased was a member.

Corey Smith, soloist, sang the hymns, How Great Thou Art and Lead Kindly Light.

Members of Prince Albert Lodge, No. 26 IOOF, Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 6, Y Ladies' Bowling League and the Philathea Class of the First Baptist Church attended the service.

Pallbearers were: James Johnson, S. J. Horton and W. D. Mills, representing the Royal Canadian Legion; Lee Moore, Guy Chapman, and J. A. Richard, representing Prince Albert Lodge No. 26, IOOF.

Interment was in Elmwood cemetery with Dr. Langley conducting the committal service.

"2 Prisoners Escape From Moncton Jail, Rob Store, Bring Loot Back To Lockup; Pair With Accomplice Now In Dorchester," Telegraph-Journal (St. John, New Brunswick). January 18, 1940. Page 3. ---- MONCTON, N. B., Jan. 17 - (Special) - Penitentiary terms were posed on three young men, George Jacobson, Lawrence Cormier and Albert Bourgeois, by Magistrate W. F. Lane in police court here today as the sequel to an escapade from the cell block by Jacobson and Cormier last night. Jacobson and Bourgeois had been prisoners in the lockup, having been arrested charges of on breaking, entering and stealing from the canteen at the Knights of Pythias Hall, while Cormier was being detained at headquarters on a liquor violation count. All three were occupants of the west cell block.

Some time during the height of a serious fire in the east end of the city last night, Jacobson and Cormier made their escape from the cell block through a window from which a bar was removed, and then re-placed by Bourgeois, who remained in jail. Officer Johnson, on station duty, visited the cell block during the fire and to his astonishment found Jacobson and Cormier missing. Lieu-tenant F. P. Murphy and other officers on night duty were advised immediately and commenced a city wide search for the pair. Later during the night talking was heard by men on duty in the guard room at headquarters from the west cell block and on investigation found Jacobson and Cormier back in the block.

Had a Date Asked where they had been, the pair replied: "We had a date to keep." They failed to elaborate on the statement. However, police officers noticed a pair of new gloves with clothes and more than a dozen neck price tag on the floor of an open cell and immediately commenced an investigation and discovered a large quantity of men's wearing apparel, including three suede jackets, a suit of ties and several shirts. The officers then discovered that the Main Street store of Rubin Brothers had been broken into and a quantity of men's clothing stolen.

Today Jacobson was sentenced to serve three years in the Maritime Penitentiary at Dorchester on charge of breaking, entering and stealing from the store of Rubin Brothers. He was given another three-year term on a charge of breaking jail, both sentences to run concurrently. Cormier was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for breaking, entering and stealing from the same store and another two years for breaking jail, the sentences also to run concurrently.

Bourgeois was given a two-year prison term for his part in the affair. A checkup today revealed that Jacobson and Cormier made their escape by taking out a bar in an end window and dropping to the ground below, while the bar was replaced in the window by Bourgeois. But a perplexing problem to police tonight was how the pair removed the bar from the outside as Bourgeois had been locked in a cell before the pair re-gained their admission to the cell block.

"N. S. POLICE CHIEF HAS HIS POCKETS PICKED ON WAY TO CHIEF CONSTABLES' CONVENTION, BUT GETS MONEY BACK," Telegraph-Journal (St. John). September 14, 1940. Page 2. ---- HALIFAX, Sept. 13-(C. P.) - Just about every police force in the Maritimes got into high gear when they heard the news.

Finally, two men were detained on a train at Moncton, N. B. The police there dispatched the money post-haste in care of the Dominion Chief Constables' Association convention at Halifax.