Massey Hall and Charles Bert Massey

Charles Bert Massey: It all began 100 years ago, on Feb. 8, 1915, when Carrie Davies shot Charles Bert Massey to death. , according to CBC. At the time, the Masseys were one of the most powerful families in Canada. The name is still famous in Toronto a century later, tied as it is to Massey Ferguson farm equipment, the concert venue Massey Hall and Massey College, which is part of the University of Toronto campus. It was Canada trial of the century. That killing on a quiet residential street in Toronto quickly became a sensation. The story appeared in newspapers from New York to London. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.