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Robert Allen and Charles Lowes, a tale of strife,
Employer and worker, leading to loss of life.
On a July day in 1904,
An argument over wages ended in gore.
Lowes, a councillor of the municipal kind,
Allen, his employee, with wages on his mind.
A dispute over hours and overtime pay,
A violent struggle in the office that day.
Allen claimed Lowes attacked him first,
He struck him with an iron bar, with a sudden burst.
Lowes lay on the floor, with a hole in his hat,
A blood-stained file, evidence of the spat.
The court heard Allen did not work full hours,
Lowes insisted he stay, deducting his powers.
An argument led to a violent brawl,
And in the end, Lowes took a fatal fall.
The court found Allen guilty of manslaughter,
A sentence of imprisonment, a life changer.
A tragic tale of two men at strife,
One left to mourn, the other left with his life.