Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-05-08

Among those present were Mrs ID f Reese,
Mrs w III Reese, Mrs Rose III Leech, Misses
May Tong, Marie Gratiot, Belle Whitworth.
Adele Lopez, Dora NOEL, Lizzie and Annie
hindell, Clara Grandhomme. Hattie kesling,
of ironton; Misses Mary Schwab, Tina Med
ley. Mary Immer, of Pilot Knob; Messrs.
D Reese. W Ii Reese. VIM Noel, Walter
Garrison, j d Nifong, Harry Jones, Will
Schwab, George Moore, Jake Lopez, Robert
Hoiloman, George GARRISON.
Mr.. w. p. Wemp and Miss Dora AXE of
81. Louis, were married yesterday by Justice
GuentZ.
Such was the announcement which ap-
peared In the "Bellevile Budget" in the ST.
Louis kcpUbl,c of last Thursday, and which
infol med the citizens of Ironton that one of
our most charming bellies had been united
TO very popular young man. The an
nouncement, which was surprise to the
friends of botn parties, contained slight
mistake, a. the ceremony was performed by
the Rev. j. Z. b. Harrison, Rector of ST.
Georges Church of Beleyille. The young
couple, after spending the day in ST. Louis,
returned home in the evening, land on Thurs
day received the congratulations of their
many friends. May ear;h's greatest bless
| ings be theirs, and may the "clouds of their
lives be only enough to make glorious sun
set" is the wish of A FRIEND.
A terrible tragedy was enacted about four
miles east of Ironton last Tuesday night, or,
rather, early Wednesday morning. Leonard
| ErlenmeieT, single man, aged about sixty
| years, lived alone IN his own house, quite
| distance from nei@hbors. He was n quiet,
Woodworking and frugal man, and was gem
orally supposed to have accumulated money,
and it was this belief that induced his aw-
fui death. About two O'Clock Wednesday
morning couple of gunshots were heard
by those living nearest his dwelling, and
| when daylight came ii was discovered that
the house had been burned during the night.
The charred remains of Erlenmeier's body
were found near where the door had been,
| and it is believed that he had been shot on
the threshold whittier he had been called by !
the muTdererS. The house was then piund- |
cred and set fire to in order to conceal the
crime. A cOroner's jury was summoned as
soon as the crime was discovered, and from
evidence then given the supposition was |
formed that there were two parties who dId
the work, as there We're plain tracks leading |
from the house Il distance of about IL mile, |
and that the parties live within radius of |
five mics from the scene of the killing. The |
size of the shot IL ed in the shot gun could |
not he determined, but from some peach !
tree limbs which were filled with shot, it is |
judged that they were about as large as tur
key shot. The man killed lived in Polk |
township, Madison county, near the Iron
county line, and the post-mOrtem eNamina-
ton was held by j. Z. Tesrow, Just ice ofthe
Peace for that township. The following is
the verdict of the jury:
We, the jury, summoned and qualified to
investigate the death of Leonard ErIenmeir,
find, after careful investigation, that he
came to his death at the hands of some un-
known person or persons in his own mousse
situated i'll Madison county, Mo-, and then
said person or persons fired the house to COW
er their own crime.
Mr.. Erlenmecr was half-brother to Mrs.
p. c. Halter of this place, and his remains
We're brought here and Inferred in the NJ
sonic cemetery. So ends the first chapter of
an awful, infamous crime, but we hope, al
though at present there appears to be DO
certain clue as to the his murderers, the
blood of Leonard Erlenmeier may not call
long in VAIN for vengence. The community
owes it to itself to that no means be
spared to discover the guilty parties and
bring them to speedy justice.
Conductor Bohmi, in charge of train
No. 53S, was shot and severely, if not
fatally wounded, at Sabula, last Mon
day night, it is alleged, by a man
named Charles Dennison, who was
sSta 10 |
the train at Piedmont, taking his sta
ton on top of a boX-car. y brakeman
ordered him off, but was only laugh
ed at for his pains. When the train
stopped at Sabula, the brakeman no.
titled the conductor, and the two pro-
ceeded to where Dennison was. AS
soon as they came to him Dennison
drew a revolver and presented it at
the brakeman. Bohmi struck the pis-
tol up, and at the same time hit Den
nison over the head with his lantern.
Then the latter shot the conductor,
the ball entering his breast a couple
of inches above the heart. Notwith-
standing his hurt, Bohmi, assisted
by the brakeman succeeded in putting !
DennisOn off the train, who then NOV
ed off in the darkness, walking toward
Hogan. No. 752 came along afterward
and the wounded man was taken on
the train. When it reached Hogan
Dennison came aboard, was recognize
ed and captured. He was taken to
De Soto, put in charge of the authorl-
ties, and yesterday was brought down
to Ironton to be placed in Jail. But,
just as the party reached here there
came telegram asking that he be
brought to st. Louis Immediately for
Identification by the wounded man,
and he was taken up on No. 1. 1t is E;
judged from this that Bohmi's condi- l
ton is critical.
1t is curious coincidence that the
same crew had similar mishap at
Carondelet on their way down in
charge of No. TT Sunday night. y :
tramp there boarded the train and |
shot the conductor, j. J. Nelson, ]
the hand. He had TO be re- l
lieved, and Bohmi replaced him.
Dennison is n resident of Kaolin
township, this county, and had been