47. Sir James Wrigglesworth had founded

the Newfoundland Rangers and it was he who had instructed Ranger Spiller at Wild Bay to investigate the two deaths. It was he who had then instructed his trusted Secretary Wolsey to destroy all known copies of Spiller’s report. Wrigglesworth himself had systematically removed all Labrador Rangers files up to 1942 for the sole purpose of camouflaging what he had done.
It was a well-known fact in the Dominions Office in 1936 that Wrigglesworth and Commissioner Pomeroy had behaved irresponsibly and improperly in the conduct of their official duties. They had taken the Dominions Office, if not the whole British Government right up to the brink of losing all credibility about their right to rule. They had taken advantage of their official positions to travel as much as possible with their families around Newfoundland. They had been instrumental in the mis-allocation of government funds to Jeffrey. Guilty of failing to collect any royalties on the Company’s early operations they had based themselves in the most expensive suite of rooms in the Newfoundland Hotel on The Rock. All at British and Newfoundland taxpayers' expense. Wrigglesworth’s legacy continued to haunt the people of Wild Bay not only until the company was finally shut down in 1947 but right up to the present day. By 1947 J. O. Jeffrey had been bought off or rather got rid of by a generous timber contract and Wrigglesworth had been able to maintain his cover by convincing subsequent Commissioners to keep the Rangers force out from under the authority of the Department of Justice. By keeping The Rangers under Natural Resources Wrigglesworth was convinced his