Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-05-15


taken to the house, as soon as discovered
and a physician sent for. After being in.
sensible for over twenty -four hours, he re-
vived sufficiently to recognize those about
him. All he could recoIIect of his mfshal
was, that he had suddenly lost conscious.
ness. He Is yet in precarious condition
and it is feared Is suffering from internal in
jury, how received no one can tell He is
about seventy years old.
DIED-At Ironton, No, Wednesday, Nav
| 9TH, 1880, at 5:3n O'Clock T. NJ, CAvINE
| NAGEL, infant daughter of John and Lydia
Nagel, aged l year, months and three days
| me funeral took place from the residence
/ OF the family, on Thursday, ) O'Clock z. NJ .
| ana was largely attended.
| The bereayed parents are consoled in then
affliction by the active sympathy and condol-
ence Of neighbors and friends. The whole
| community joins with us in expressing re-
| greet that the sunshine of their lives is thus
darkened and we trust, though the cloud can
| never pass wholly from sight, its silver lin
ing may soon appear and long remain.
a State Lodge of Instruction is now be-
ing held IN the Masonic Hall in this city. r.
w. Geo. Z. Wake, Deputy Grand Master; r.
w. Allan Mcdowell. Grand Lecturer; X.
w. John ID. Vincil, Grand Secretary: and
other prominent Masons, arrived here yes
terday, and meetings for instruction We're
held yesterday afternoon and evening. This
"wednesday evening an address will be de-
iivered by Grand Secretary Vincil, and it is
hoped every Mason within the county may
be present. Before the address, Il candidate
will be initiated into the mysteries Of the
Third Degree.
This community was incXpresSihlr shocked
by the sudden death Of Mrs. \. +. Peck, of
De Soto, at the residence of Mrs. +. $. Met
calfe, last Monday evening. Mrs. =. was
here on visit, and just before the shower
that came up tnat evening, started to walk
from the KcsiIng House to call on Ms. Met
ciIfe. She walked rapidly to avoid the rain,
which began to fall as she ncared the house
of her friend. This owe: -excrtiou brought
on Il fit of apOpleXy from which she codld
noti recover, and Il few minutes later she
lay still III dcato. She was aged about
seventy years, and was well known o all our
people, having resided here for many years.
Her daughter-Mrs. Julia Coleman--liying
in De soto, was Immediately notified Of the
terrible bereavement, and the body was TAX
en- to that place yesterday morning for in
The arrest of Amiel Mead and VIM. San
souci, at Graniteviile, as chronicIed in these
columns two weeks ago, led 20 the arrest
of two others Of the gang, viz: Andy |
and VIM Partney-the former near
East st. Louis, aud the latter at RichwoodS, |
Washington county. OF their arrest and |
crimes leading 70 it, the Bonnie Terre Demo-
crdt says: "Wm. Partney was implicated
In both rObberies, that of Longs store and |
that OF Wilson's, las was also Andy Sansouci |
After his arrest, Sansouci confessed to hav |
ing assisted in robbing both Longs and |
stores, Sheriff Creegan and Juo.
Wilson were in Potosi, Wednesday, and |
made arrangements to bring the men to this |
county for trial. The sheriff Will bring them |
both to Bonnie Terre Tomorrow. Mead and |
Vim. Sansouci have been transferred from |
the Washington county Jail to that of the Four |
Courts, st. Louis, for safe keeping. There |
are many interesting particulars connected |
with the pursuit and capture Of these burg
ars which we will give next week, IN our
report of the trial"
Last Sunday moi Ling about ten O'Clock, a
rather ugly wreck occurred between ArcadiaFi
md Ironton. north bound freight under
charge of Conductor Elkins was disjointed
md had two cars smashed into kindling-
wood, by the breaking Of wheel under
Ear loaded with wheat. As soon as the
wheel broke, the two cars next behind were
thrown from the track. They were loaded
with lumber. A brakeman jumped as he
saw the cars tipping, and was preH severe
y, though not seriously, hurt. The forward
part of the train ran to the heavy grade east
If Ironton, before it could be stopped, dag
;ing after it the car whose wheel had been
broken. 1t did not overturn, and was after
yards taken, sliding on the rails, to the de-
pot, with its contents intact. The vrecking
.raiu was sept for and game down about three
o'clock, aud by midnight had all the wreck
cleaned up. In the meantime, the track had
been cleared, within three hours from the
line of the accident, so that trains could
pass. The only train seriously DELAYED was
he Memphis Express, which had been de-
aimed by high waters. If it had been on
ime it would have passed long before the
accident OCCURRED.
Last Saturday morning the citizens of
and BellevIew wers thrown in
to a fever of excitement upon the announce
ment that the dead body of James Robson,a
stone cutter, lay in the front yard of the
premises Of bis mother in law, Mrs. Thorn
rs. Esquire Logan. of Belleview, was notit-
ed, and he summoned 4 coToner's jury and
proceeded 20 the place where all that was
earthly of Robson laid still in death. The
body was deceBtly composed, with pillow
under the head. and at first glance ii appear
ed as If the man lay there quietly sleeping.
An examination showed that he had been
killed by gun-shot wound tho ball enter
ing his person just below the breast bone
and lodging under the skin little beneath |
he shoulder blade. \ post -mortem EXAM
nation by DR.. kerlagon showed that the
heart had been touched, and it is probable
death was immediate. several Witnesses
members of the Thomas famiiv-testified |
hat Robson had come to the house, raised
, disturbance with his two brothersin law,
and fired three shots from his revolver at
hem: that then, with his pistol cooked, he
,tumbIed fell and accidentally killed himself.
W hen seen by the jury the pistol was lying
bv his side, with several chambers empty,
yhich cave color of truth to the storys but !
the ball extracted from the body weighs 81
more than one taken from the revolver.
Another suspicious circumstance lies in the
fact that although the fatal shot was fired