Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-01-19
From Kansas city.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 9 1882.

Ed. Regisfer-
New Years day has come and gone
and found Kansas City in q flourishing
condition. Business, in most lines, Ia
brisk, and the prospects for the future
are fine. The amount Of business done
the past year exceeds by far that Of any
previous year, and it is said that build
ing permits to the extent of $1,000, ,000
were granted. Eighteen hundred and
eighty-one has been a notable year in
the history of Kansas City; she, In
common with the rest Of the country,
has experienced the excess of tempera-
ture abeve and below zero, and last
spring found the Bottoms" as far as
Ninth street under water. Property
in this part of town deprecated in val
ue yer, much, and many business en-
terprises which would otherwise have
pushed ahead fell to the ground, for
fear Of a similar deiuge in the near flu
ture The owners of tins property,
however, regained confidence; and now
you hear men "thanking Fortune" that
there were no purchasers for their
property when it was held at such low
figure. The falling of part of the Bluff
street wall was another unl rOk ed-fnr
event. This wall il over thirty feet
high; few months ago forty fest Of
the highest part came crushing dnwn,
and ruined for the time being the prin-
cipai of the two thoroughfares from
West Kansas City to Kansas City.
Since the fall of the wall parts OF Bluff
sir ct, whirh it supported, have from
time to time caved ,lown, and fears
are entertained that the "Palisade Ho-
tel" at the corner of Fifth and Bluff
streets, may be precipitated. Men are
at work and a street has been made
back of th, hotel To accommodate the
vast amount If travel. Sixth street is
now being grad d from Bluff to Della
ware street, AMI in som. parts q cat Of
from twenty-five to thirty feet is re-
quIre'i, leaving some If the cross streets
skyhigh and necessitating tie briig-
ing of them. W,en this street is graded
another thoroughfare will! exist be-.
tween West K. G. and K. Cs ]
r ilroaa robberies have been qlites
frequent, and ever and anon do We
read in the papers of squads of men
out, "w tn blood in their eyes, ITO cap
tur tin James boys T,-day we read
of their capture in Texas, then Of their
robbing train in Arkansas, and whe,'
the morrow's paper comes we are sur
prised to see two or three-coiumn ar
ticla telling of new scheme To- catch
the James boys; the last article of this
kind Was in the papers of the 7th. The
Wab .sh railroad furnished n train, ,an,i
at O'Clock on tie morning of the 9th
Police Commissioned Craig and Sheriff
Timberlake, of Clay C, unity. with twen
ty armed nen, boarded it. After run
of two and a half hours, the men left
the train ana male for the house where
it was reportei the James boys were
They were too late, however, and at
noon OF the 9th the traia returned, q nd
the boys reported none killed, none
40 James buys, and 40 moth
ing. The Lord only knows where the
gang is
Tragedy has followed tragedy, till one
Is almost surprised if he does not read
Of one every rnoraing as having taken
place III the city. Not long ago Johnny
5narr Was fatally shot in the office of
one Of the principal hotels in the city,
the st. James. Smarr had testified to
some facts ia case, which did not sui,
one Russell, who therefore shot him.
Since then the name of Russell has
been in the papers every day, and OH
the 2d tn y recorded his death In Jail
Oh New Years day. Thus ended one
Of the most exciting tragedies of Kan
,as City. At first it was reported that
he suicided with morphine, but that
dsa seems now to have been laid
aside; and the PROBABLE cause of death
was starvation, as Russell had eaten
1othing for long time; he having
given his food. to cell-Inate. And
'hus the new year was heralded in by |
his sad event.
The old year, in .eparting, took with |
t two more lives. ami seemed to have
lone its best to leave its mark on Kan
'as City. On the 29th ult. a faithful |
'fficer Of tie law. whilst on duty, was
killed by william named Crenshaw
The latter aid his wife had been quar-
cling and drinking, and in the even
ng Mrs. Crenshaw demanded the pro-
ection of Officer H,ynes. The officer
aid to Gre ,shaw, 81 arrest ysu,n when
he latter tore away from his grasp,
aging, mo one officer can arrest me;
t takes the whole force" He then
vent behind the bar, took a 43-caliber
evolver, and coming out of his saloon,
hot Hynes. Hynes, whilst falling, |
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