The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-04-25

GALLATLN, Mo-, April 22.-One Of the
boldest railroad robberies ever perpe.
trated by a single robber in Missouri
occurred at Pattonsburg, on the Wabash
road, Friday night, and has just leaked
out. About nine O'Clock Friday night
one masked burglar entered the station
at Pa.tonsburg. He covered the agent,
the one person in the station, with q
pistol, and demanded the key, which he
received. He then made the agent oc-
cupy a given position and proceeded to
plunder. He cleaned the Office out OF
everything valuable, securing money
estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000. The
booty was one express package of So, 900,
letter addressed to the Pattonsburg
bank containing 81, 900 and q number Of
express packages. He also took all the
express, freight and ticket funds and
robbed the agent of his own money and
valuahles. The robber then backed out
of the station, mounted horse and rode
away. The agent on Saturday notified
Superintendent MCGEE, of the Wabash
& Western. Mr.. McGee communicated
with detectives in st. Louis and a search
for the robber was started which has
been without success.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, April 1S.-At
West Farms, farming hamlet midway
between Westfeld and Montgomery and
five miles from West6eld Centre, this
morning Joseph King, a wealthy and we'll
known citizen 78 years of age, was shot
and killed by Edgar King, bis eldest son,
and the house fred aud burned. Some
time after shots were heard near by direc-
ting the assembled neighbors to spot
twenty rods away where the murderer
was found lying in pool of blood, having
shot himself. he died in a couple of
hours. TIE crime is chargeable to an
unbalanced mind, caused by long contin-
ued dissolute habits. The act was pre-.
meditated land young King had plann ed to
kill an aunt also, but could not get into
her room. His father was shot while
lying in bed and in his wifs's presence.
The other occupants of the house saved
the murdered mans body from the burn
ing house but could not save the building.
The murderer had ruined himself by
drink and his wife had obtained a di.
vorce. For several years be had lived
upon means furnished by his father but
had exhausted that source of income /;
hence the tragedy.
ST. LOUIS, April 19.-Information
comes from Dale County, Ala, that FIVE
Mormon missionaries we're severely whip
ped and driven from the County last
Monday night. These men had been
holding meetings among the ignorant
classes of the County and had formed
colony to 60 to Utah. This had been
carried on against the Judgment of the
better class of citizens, but no action to
stop it was taken until the last issue of
the Ozark Star advised the people to tar
and feather the Mormons and drive them
away. Monday night some forty of the
30. called best citizens of the Northern
part of tho County, without the slightest
attempt at disguise, surrounded the house
of Gid Irons, q recent convert, who was
entertaining five missionaries. Without
delay they were brought out, stripped to
the waist and tied in row. Then each
Of the regulators, with long switch,
struck each of the prisoners a sounding
blow. By the time the last blow was
given two of the men had tainted and the
others were wet with blood. After the
whipping, the mems legs were given q
coating of tar and feathers, and they
were warned to leave instantly or suffer
death. Irons was told that if Mormons
were found in his house again he too
would be whipped. The names of the
MormoDs are Asa +. Hixson, J. q.
HagaroD, M. F. Miller, John Pearce and
A. Morrison. They have gone to Henry
County, but it is certain that il they
attempt to hold meetings there they will
again be whipped. Their followers in
Dale County talk of avenging the whip.
ping; but if anything of that kind is at.
tempted blood.shed will follow.