Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-05-05
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.

[, THE notorious train robber, Mike
+. Rcark, who was the leader of the train rob-
| berry on The Santa Fe Railroad in January,
| 1878, and of the train robbery on the Council
| Bluffs Railroad in August, at Winthrop,
| pleaded guilty in the Criminal Court at st.
Joseph and was sentenced to the Peniten-
| tiary. The railroad and express companies
have pursued him and his gang relentlessly,
and to-day they are all either in the State
prison or killed. An army OF witnesses was
present at Roark's trial and he only antic-
ipated his conviction by pleading guilty.
A portion Of the St. James Hotel, at
st. Joseph, fell in on the afternoon of the
oath. The foundation on the north side gave
way and the building crumbled to the
ground without a moments warning.
| Strange to say no one was seriously injured.
Most of the guests were in an adjoining
building at dinner, or there would have
| been much loss of life. There were
| five persons in the hotel Office on the
ground floor, but they heard the falling
brick and escaped unhurt. A lady named
Mrs. Boyd, who was lying i'll in the second
story, was buried in the ruins, but the shape
in which the timbers fell protected her from
serious injury. She was removed within ten
| ulluulcS altcT Tic ldll u the WILLS. 1ucTc
was intense excitement. In short time
hundreds Of men were working like heroes
to remove the ruins. The giving way Of
the foundation was caused by water soaking
| into the wall below the surface.
THE Grand Lodge of the Knights Of
Honor, at its recent session at st. Louis,
elected the following officers for the ensuing
year: Past Grand Dictator, j. w. Branch;
Grand Dictator, Rev. w. Pope Yeaman;
Grand Vice Dictator, A. c. Sheldon;
Grand Assistant Dictator, Jay L.
Torrey; Grand Reporter, Peter Keiffer;
Grand Treasurer, S. c. Bum; Grand
Guide, E. w. Fowler; Grand Chap
lain, Rev. j. H. Maple; Grand Guardian, E.
S. Hill; Grand Sentinel, j. H. Byers; Grand
Trustees, David Thomas, s. P. Griffiths, E.
H. Brockman; Representative to Supreme
Lodge, j. w. Branch-alternate, Judge
| Owens.
A horrible murder is reported from
Brownsville, Saline County. Elijah Kriton
was a prominent resident, owning large
| farm in the vicinity. On Saturday he was
| in Brownsville and disposed of some cattle,
for which he received $3.50. 1t is probable
that he was watched and followed to his
home. just before the bank closed he de-
posted 5000, and then had about $75 left in
his pocket. He rode home and arrived
about supper time. While waiting for sup
per he went into a field to see some stock
about 400 yards from the house. That was
the last seen of him alive. Nearly an hour
later a member of the family went to look
for him. He called for Kriton, but receiv-
ing no answer an alarm was raised and a
search began. The body was finally found.
He had evidently been knocked down from
behind with bludgeon. His head had
then been beaten until the skull was crushed,
his pockets had been rif1ed and everything
of value taken from his person but his watch.
There is no clew to the perpetrator of the
awful crime.
At Oxford, Worth County, the other
Sunday night, Sam McAtee and Henry Har-
ris started, in company with two young Ia
dies, to church in a two-horse wagon.
Robert McCord insisted on going with them.
This being objected to q scuff1e ensued, first
between Harris and McCord, in which neith-
er was hurt, both parties desisting by mu-
tual consent. McAtee and McCord then be-
came engaged, the latter with his knife and
McAtee with the wagon wrench, with which
he struck McCord a terrible blow over the
left eye, from the effects of which he died in
q short time. An inquest was held, and q
verdict rendered in accordance with the
facts stated above. NcAtee waived an ex.
animation, and will await the action of the
Grand Jury.
There is widowed lady in Platts-
burg who has five trained cats. On a bed in
a sleeping apartment are to be seen five little
pillows, handsomely decorated with lace,
fringe and gay ribbons, and on these the five
cats bunk along side Of this lady of strange
fancy, with their heads on the little pillows.
When she gets ready to retire, she gives the
word Of command calling the cats by name),
"To bed" and every cat at once takes its
place on its little pillow for the night.
A large hotel is soon to be erected
at the Corum springs, near Kearney, Clay
County.
A number of farmers from Illinois
have recently purchased farms in Clay
County.
The following new rule in regard to
chancery cases was adopted by the U. S.
Circuit Court at its recent session at Jeffer-
son City. In all chancery cases tried before
the Court each party shall file with the rec
ord, five days before the trial, an abstract of
the evidence upon which he relies, stating
briefly and concisely the material portions
thereof, which abstract shall be read on the
trial in lieu of the original; provided, that in
case of dispute as to the correctness of any
part of such abstract, the same shall be de-
termined by reference to the original.
The st. Louis street-car strike cul-
minated in a riot on the Goth. The Missouri
Company offered its conductors Is cents per
hour and its drivers II % but they refused
to accept it. Eight cars were run out,
manned by outsiders, amid jeers and Kisses,
but soon returned to the stable. One driver
was struck by brick, and many car-win-
dows were broken. Some unknown rufiian
thrust knife into the horse Of Police Cap
tain Fox. Many arrests were made.
Tetru & Marcoe's carriage shop at
Sedalia was burned on the morning of the
Goth. Loss about 5000; insurance. $4,000.
Bette Barnes, a notorious colored
woman of Jefferson City, committed suicide
the other day by taking morphine. For a