Alfred Edmonds

In 1884, he is recorded as an assistant to Sir Sandford Fleming[5] Edmonds was awarded a prize in the category Pencil Drawings at the Upper Canada Provincial Exhibition of 1863.

[6] He received a commission from the Governor General of Canada, Sir Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Marquess of Dufferin, in 1873.

[7] Edmonds died of natural causes[8] in Ottawa on November 23, 1893, and is buried in Beechwood, the National Cemetery of Canada.

[9] When arrested, Edmonds was referred to as "a pale, delicate-looking man, who it is thought was insane.

"[10] A coroner's inquest concluded, "We wish ... to express our disapproval in the detention in jail of such a case ... which was one for a charitable institution.