Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-02-02
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Frank Simons, a tailor occupying q

by two hack drivers the other morning.
The shop is q narrow affair, with only
about two feet between the workbench and
the bunk where Simons slept. In the space
between the work-ben and the bunk, on
| the floor, lay the body of the murdered man.
The head lay near the stove, and one leg was
turned up under the body, as a tailor usu-
ally sits when working. At the back of the
head, at the base of the skull, toward the
right side, was wound from which a small
quantity of blood had flowed, around
which the flesh is swollen and pinched up,
showing that hard blow had been
struck with some dull instrument. In
one OF the rooms was an AK, on the blunt
side of which was blood, indicating that it
was the instrument with which the fatal
blow was struck. The body was dressed in
a fine suit of clothing, with coat, vest and
a heavy blue flannel shirt around the trunk.
The pants pockets were turned inside out
and the clothing was all open, even to the
shirt, and disarranged. The muir dered man
was German, and did an extensive BUSH
ness in cleaning and repairing. He was a
man of considerable property, and from the
reports of those who knew him was in the
habit Of keeping large sums OF money about
his person. He was probably A. years OF
age and had been married. Last summer his
| wife left him, going to st. Louis. A short
time since she secured a divorce on the
ground of adultery, as he was living with
another woman. They had four children,
two Of whom were with the mother in St.
Louis and two with their father. A few
weeks since one of the boys died,
and while the funeral was in progress
the other, a boy about II or - years old was
stolen by friends of the mother. Frank
johnson, barkeeper at the Metropolitan Ho-
tel, sa i'd that Smons was in his place the
day pre- vious, and complained of trouble
with Jack Fitzmorr is, the poundkeeper.
Simons claimed that a negro employed by
Fitzmorris had cut the rope tying his
(Simons') horse in the she'd and taken him
to the pound. On applying to the pound
keeper for the animal row ensued, in the
course Of which Fitzmorris said: "I'll get
even with you yet" Simons further said
that he had formerly had trouble with Fitz-
morris, when the latter struck him over the
head with club and he returned the COM
pliment by shooting at him. simons said
he thought the pound-keeper had it in for
him on account of this old affair, and be-
lieved he was in for more trouble. Albert
Francis, young colored boy, against whom
Simons once swore out a warrant for steal
ing, was arrested, also Jim Dale, one of the
pound-keeper's assistants.
The suicide of an unknown woman in
the Missouri River at Kansas City few days
ago caused something of sensation. 1t
is thought she was stranger, enticed from
the depot and robbed, perhaps outraged. A
colored man reported to the police the dis
appearance Of his sister. He said her name
was Sophia Hughes, and that she had three
small children at the Union depot, where
they had remained all night. The parties
came in on Wabash train from East Ten
nessee, intending to go to Kansas. They
found that they would have to wait some
time, and decided to remain at the depot.
About o'clock the woman went into the
next room to get some food for the children.
She did not return, and her brother had not
seen her since.
A curious case of mixed babies hap
pened in St. Louis the other day. A young
couple from Kansas City were stopping
there during the smal-pox scare, and they
concluded o have their little girl baby vac
cinated, and for that purpose started to the
dispensary, and on the way fell in with an
other couple on like errand, with girl
baby dressed similar to their own. At the
dispensary the doctor took the two little
ones into rear room, and vaccinated them
and returned them. 1t seems, however,
that he got them mixed, and each mother
got the others baby. The Kansas City pair
first made the discovery, but the other
couple had gone and their residence is not
known. The father suggested, very inno-
Gently, that the baby in hand being girl.
he didn't think it made much difference.
But the mother said she wanted her own
baby.
The negro recently killed by boar at
Glencoe was John White, employed as a
farm hand by Mr.. Alfred Carr. The animal
was in the stable yard, and White had just
got him started in the direction of the gate
and was quietly walking along behind him
with long pole in his hand, when it sud-
denly darted off to one side between two
small hillocks. White ran around one of the
hillocks to head him off, but the boar, in
stead of turning back, gave an ominous
grunt and made straight for the negro. The
latter turned to run, hut stumbled and fell
on his side, and the boar jumped on him and
fastened his tusks in his groin and ripped
open his abdomen, making cut extending
to the mans breast. White gave yell and
tried to get up, but fell over on his face and
the boar jumped on him again, caught his
clothing between his teeth like a bulldog
and tore it into shreds, and bit several great
chunks of flesh out of the poor mans back.
The negro made one more desperate effort
to get up and this time succeeded, but after
taking couple of steps forward dropped
down dead. The boar ran into the stable,
where eleven charges of buckshot were fired
into him before he was pronounced dead.
ST. Louis tobacco market Dan. 19O:
Dark Tugs, common to good, LOO TO s.. %;
bright smoking. common to good, $500 to
$500; dark red leaf, S7.75 to $500; half
bright wrappers, common to medium, $40
to $lS.
Hiram S. Walsh, employed in timing
the roof of the dome of the new Union De-
pot, St. Joseph, fell from the scaffold to the
ground on the inside of the building, dis
lance of sixty feet, striking four times
III boaos of tho yarinuS floors as he want