True crime story: How murder in the streets led to Ottawa's last execution

Words by Bruce Deachman, Artwork by Robert Cross•
James Shorey, an Ottawa janitor, was on his way home on a cold, October night in 1945, when he saw three young men he felt were up to little good.
One of them was vainly trying the door handle of the Thomas Jewelry store before the group turned from Bank up to Albert Street.
Shorey followed at a discreet distance, watching as they tried the door of another store — the Dominion at the corner of O’Connor  — then turned t