The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1879-08-21
The Last Of Riley Stone.

The Last Of Riley Stone.
Almost every reader Of II paper is ia
miliar with the history of the meat rob
berries of the Stone brothers-the death
of II of them in their arrest and the
wounding of the other-his confinement
in the Eaton prison and the amputation
of his arm and his final release. The I'm
ion City PLAIN DEALER gives the follow
ing account OF his death :-Considerable
interest has been awakened in this COM
munity by the tragedy which befell the
Stone brothers, following their robbery
of a pork-house at Eaton last spring. 1t
viii be remembered that Harrison Stone
received a mortal wound at the hands of
an officer who attempted to arrest him,
while Riley Stone was shot in the left
arm, which was subsequently amputated.
He was released by the authorities of
Eaton, Ohio, who had him in custody,
when he returned to his family in this
city (Ohio side) sick with consumption,
which resulted in his death on the 1st of
August. He was buried August I'd by
the Jackson Township (Darke County,
Trustees, 1. w. Smell furnishing the cot
fin, which cost $40. Mr.. Van Nuys, who
laid out the corpse, says he measured six
feet by the tape-line, and would not have
weighed owe 100 pounds. He was a
good-looking man, of light complexion,
with heavy mustache and fiery red whisk=
ers. He was buried in the space allotted
to the poor in Union City Cemetery. VIZ
are thus explicit in our description for the
reason that he was a member of a bene-
iciary association in Indiana, and the at
torney for the widow is getting the proper
evidence of his death to secure the insur-
ance on his life. The attorney in the
case called upon Colonel Smell to sign the
burial permit, as undertaken, that he
knew the body buried was that of Riley
Stone, but not having been acquainted
with the deceased in life he declined 10
90 SO lOr IulS TedSOll.
--
The Prohibitionists of Preble County
met in Convention in Eaton, on Thurs
day last, and nominated a full ticket.
The Convention was the largest we ever
witnessed here, the Court room being
filled with friends of the cause. Mr.. Jno.
Aiken, of New Paris, was chosen Presi-
dent of the Convention; Lorenzo Stubs,
Vice President, and Geo. NJ. Hunt, Sec
rotary. The "old sing song speeches
were made about the foolish and imprac-
ticable idea OF a p~rohibitory law, that will
stop the importation, manufacture and
sale OF the glorious old stuff that gets up
such a wonderful enthusiasm every po-
litical campaign, and that the country
and candidates would suffer untold loss
es without! Rev. John H. Blackford,
Stubs, Leas, Mikesell and Bixler, all
made flaming speeches. Mikesell, who
is now on the ticket for Prosecuting At
torney, ran on the Republican ticket a
few years ago for Sheriff and was beaten
by John Townsend. He speaks out plain
upon the hypocrisy of the Republican
party OF this county on the temperance
question. The party claim a big vote in
preble county this fall. The following is
the ticket in full nominated:
For Representative,
CHAS. w. BLOOM, OF New Paris.
For Treasurer,
]. W. LEAS, of West Manchester.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
JOHN MIKESELL, of West Elkton.
For County Commissioner,
DAVID B1XLER, OF Lewisburg.
For Infirmary Director,
SAMUEL J. MATLACK, Of Eaton.
Handsome Glass Pitcher for 35 cents,
at Rhea. Kelly & Co.'S.