Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-12-30
A Mysterious Affair.

The st. Louis Republican OF Saturday last
contained =, short item about mysterious
shootiny affair ut Nerlyviile, Mo. lie III
formation on when the paragraph was o~ s,,a
tran iisuatcher OF the Iron N .untA.n road
sent by Mr. 3. u. WEIGH, conductor OF the
Texas express train on which The shooting oc-
CURED on SUNDAY we, esp whu ID rstp ned
tn At Louis, and, having found him at hts
residence, Not Sputh 21st st.. induced nun 70
tell all hr knew about the mysler ,ous snootlng
Hr. WeIcl told story about az follows ,
left here on Night Express No. Iharsdag
night. Nothing unnsusi occurred un a.
ysn To examine PASSENGERS tickets. An tue
second class car I fsund tnree men . IN -
whom handed me four third Glass fickeS
Chich ara rate lower than the emi grant tck-
OF examined these and found they were
s.throughn from Pittsburg. Pa, TO Little ho .'.S
Ark. and then asked WHERE se sre lo' was the
reply. sWe,l." said. "if she rides IN nf 81,
cIass car she'll have to pay hrst-ciass !aIe. IL
IKE to let her remain where size Y Wasnuus = !,
tra charge but rules are s.f $, 8. ma ssid he Wou
iet me know what he would do 10 lew mn I.
ntes, went into the first-class car , anu 90
somethine ouone OF the seats all roIleu w "a
hI.ck clothes. I wasn't at first sure whstner
y ul. -. !. - an. woman or bundle OF cloth
tro hut after / had collected AL the oInef
4ickets in the car knew It Was Tn iouI .
class passenger In lew m'n ,, ~. sue second
NJ 49r
class n and took seat With the otner ri hs
hnrr fares They never spoke 70 eacn osuc' !.
ana the woman kept herself wrappeu " %
@ioseiy that no one could see ner Iea .'..s,. :,
The other passengers looked very curlou -,
4 the Penney lvania four ana ASK q usS m.s :
~ questions about them, but OF course coui'i
Give no infornlstfo ,.,oot, C~td Az
we rot to Neelyville Ct :5O o,ca0cA raur
morning Tho engine had Just s.sck gu ra,,..rt
nroaching the depot, when ne3ru lns ~ 49, ~,
X revolver. vason the platform ana vent !,
to the door OF the second class car ana ones ss,a
Is and a did 90 called out: na ~. tn. s
mstterip aYou get outof my wav g. ~ ), s ~
it to YOU TOO That's what's the msss sS /. wss
the abort reply. The fellow who sald I y ~, ~ss
one Of the P,ttsbura crowd, tai', ~, .oSns
inc fellow, some i've feet ten or eesen ,usues
hioh. with Z sandy muetacne anu koase. "a i
hrovu suit OF clothes. brown oser ~ a,, ia
1trht-colored soft hat. AZ ne epo2e nc ~ .
tfe am al end Of i've shooter w .eI y "a
and rave me push. The car on"r y - sah MS
srr omen. and the fellow turneu, I BE- ~, :
,istoi and fred directly 81 one q ing - -
nr@rfies don't know when .ono " .r =:
ts,f he must have hit ono OF the osnc. y slh
Ara woman rose to her feet :nn ~, .cre ~ =. .at
res. killed my husband Wnls sns -. 1890 =.
e,seshinr the fellow fired, ana tne r.' o n..'i
screamed once moro and caleb ous ...A Il. -.
ns,s Killed me tooin The msn Wsu nefnra
.clver then u6Ade break Tor wafu ny. ..so To-
cnnid atom htm, got on tho car ~ m.au
80 timber. and WAS clear away 10 Ie. ~ ~ -.
Tar the train started vent lnto In1 $. sa -
- that damage had been done. 49, 1919 q
thst the farst shot had entered the snouaac' -