Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-09-28
MISSOURI STATE NE VS..

! One by one the mementoes OF the
| band of train, bank and stage robbers Sc
cured in the general roundup after the
death OF Jesse James are being returned to
| their former owners, the last case being
that of Mr.. W. W. Winfrees, who has just
received from Police Commissioner Craig a
silver watch taken from him at the time OF
the Lexington stage robbery in 1881. This
watch, like the one returned to Mr.. Devor
some months ago, came into the possession
of Mr.. Craig after the death of the bandit
chief at st. Joseph, and since that time has
been awaiting Identification Seeing a nos
tice in one of the papers that Mr.. Craig
still had two or three unclaimed watches In
his hands, a friend called upon Mr.. Craig,
and at once identified the watch as one
| taken from Mr.. Winfrees. Accordingly it
was returned to the owner, much to his sur
prise. The robbery occurred on the Ray
! County side of the Mississippi River, near
Lexington, the stage being halted by four
heavily armed masked men, who, without
much trouble, secured $262 and four watches
| from six passengers who were being con-
veyed from the Relay Depot to Lexington.
! One young lady,, Miss Hunt, of st. Joseph,
was in the stage at the time, but the rob-
saying: eve don't want to rob women. "
Mr.. Winfrees lost $50 besides the watch,
and saved some $500 by dropping it as he
| filed out to, be robbed by the freebooters
who stood with revolvers in hand at the
| stage door. -. $3.50.
| Some members of the Grand Army of
the Republic on the way from Kansas City
to Independence, the other night, to organ.
lie new post, came very near not reaching
their destination alive. The night was quite
dark. and when within about three miles Of
town they were obliged to pass rocky de-
clvity, running down some fifty feet into a
deep ravine. One of the wagons got too
near the edge and a hind wheel slipped over.
The driver attempted to turn the horses, SO
as to escape the impending fall, but in so
doing the kingbolt came out and the front
| wheels parted from the wagon. The driver
was pulled out by hanging to the reins, but
the others, eight in number, went over with
the hind wheels and the wagon-box. For
tunately the box turned over when part of
| the way down, and the occupants fell into o
crevice, while the box crashed on down to
the bottom of the gully and was smashed to
pieces. Capt. Cleveland and Col. Thorn as
Clowdsley were the only ones badly hurt,
although all in the wagon were somewhat
bruised.
Perry Singer fell down an abandoned
coal shaft, fifty feet deep and containing
thirty feet Of water, near La Monte, the
other night. The shaft was -braced with
cross-pieces every four feet,and these cross
pieces had nails in them. Singers nose
was split, his face badly cut up, and he was
seriously injured about the body. He
crawled out of the shaft and tainted, but
came to and made his way to neighbours
house.
/ Two men near Gregory's Landing,
Clark County, have sowed one hundred
acres in turnips. rr:. A.
Liberty is discussing the propriety of
establishing high school in connection with
the public school.
A proposition has been submitted by
Messrs. Overall & Judson, attorneys for the
bond holders, to Mr.. FL. A. Cunning CHAM,
the county's attorney, to compromise at 80
cents on the dollar $252, 1871 Of the In
debtedness of Rails County on account of
bonds issued in aid of the St. Louis & Keo-
kuk Railroad. This includes all judgments
the said attorneys have obtained against the
county, and $39, 900 of bonds and coupons
on hand, but upon which suit has not been
brought.
Five roughs attacked stranger,
named Holland in St. Joseph the other
morning. They knocked him down and
robbed him of $50 or $40. He struggled with
them and was frightfully bruised about the
head and face.
Mr.. Robinson, a confectioner at St.
Joseph, accidentally shot himself the other
night. In taking a revolver from his pocket
on retiring one chamber was discharged,
the bullet crashing through his hip.
Physicians thought the case hopeless.
The Missouri Valley Turner's had
grand time in Kansas City the other day.
Patrick Conner has been looking for
his mother-in Ann Sullivan. who mys-
teriously disappeared from her home in
Kansas City year ago last May. She was
demenfed, and had been turned out of doors
by her husband. ..-s...
Fifty acres of land near Taberville
have been donated to the Methodist Epis-
copal Church for camp-meeting purposes.
A man calling himself Chambers,
representing himself to be dying Of con-
sumption, advertised his valuable family
team of horses for 81 100, in Kansas City,
the other day, claiming they could trot in
2:27. The horses looked well, and q firm of
liverymen paid Chambers his price. Upon
trying them on the track the horses showed
a speed of about seven minutes. The con-
sumptive fled, and the liverymen will be
able to get about $50 for their plugs as
plow-horses.
Talmage Mcconnell. the S-year-old
son of Conductor Mcconnell. of the Kansas
and Texas division of the Missouri Pacific,
was caught in the narrow gauge turn table
at Sedalia, the other afternoon, and serious
ly injured.
Thomas Gleason, a section foreman,
was thrown under Il hand-car, near indie
pendence, the other day, and was seriously
injured. He and his crew were descending
a steep grade at a very rapid rate. and the
brake was applied with force sufficient to
throw him forward.
The Second district Baptist Associa-
ton of Missouri (colored), Rev. ii. H.