Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-04
4 CLEVER CAPTURE.
Sheriff Fisher Arrests Four Tennessee
MurdererS.

Sheriff Fisher Arrests Four Tennessee
Murderers.
| On Thursday, May DIST, Sheriff Fisher re-
celved a telegram from A. G. Caldwell, Chief
of Police at Bristol, Tennessee, asking him
to watch the movements of man and woman
who would get off the north bound train at
Hogan that afternoon. The Sheriff went to
Hogan, and, after keeping the parties under
surveillance, notified the Tennessee officer
that the suspects were preparing. to move
again and that if they were wanted to wire
back word at once. In reply Sheriff Fisher
received telegram late Saturday Ight stat
| ing that there were four men supposed to be
with these parties who were wanted for
| the murder OF one Abraham BroweIs, a
| farmer, at Bristol, and that.a description of
the fugItives would be mailed that night.
As Sheriff Fisher was compelled to start to
| CeBtreyille the next morning, he left the
matter under the charge of Deputy Henson
with instructions to proceed to make arrests
| if necessary. The suspected parties, how
ever, made no further move to leave, and it
was not until the Sheriff's return TO Ironton
| last Friday that he received word that the
/ NtLiiI anu iuItt hltH sic udu stay Gu WIFI
since her arrival at Hogan were at the de-
Pot and going to make move. The Sheriff
and posse Went down that night, but the
parties had already gone, and, further, the
men did not answer the description sent
from Tennessee. Being satisfied, however,
that the parties who had been at Hogan were
going to the real fugjtlveS, the Sheriff placed
a man on the track of the three men and
woman who followed them to Williamsville,
where they arrived Saturday night. Sunday
night the Sheriff went down to Wiiliamsvllle
and learning that the parties had gone from
there to Eslnore, a lumber town about fif-
teen miles out on the HOuck road. Arriv-
ing at this place he learned that these three
men from Hogan were at work at a tie camp
about two miles from town; and that they
were working with four other men-likely
the suspected parties-who had preceded
them there some two or three weeks. On
learning this Mr.. Fisher at once telegraphed
Sheriff Munger at Van Buren, to come over
and help make the arrests.
The Information received in the letter
from Tennessee was to the effect that the
parties wanted were Isaac Wilder, his son,
John, son-in- law, Jno. Neideffer, and
nephew VIM. Leonard. Sheriff Munger ar
rived at Eisnore promptly and while he
and Mr.. Fisher were in consultation they
observed coming into town the three men
who had left Hogan accompanied by two
others who answered the description OF two
ofthe fugitives. These two were the old man
and his nephew, Leonard, and they were at
once put under arrest, but not without de-
termined effort on the latter's part to es-
cape when the officials approached him.
Messrs. Fisher and Munger went out to the
camp that same evening and arrested the
other two, Wilder, Jr. and Neideffer. The
four prisoners were brought to lronton
Tuesday on No. 4 and placed in Jail where
they will be held awaiting the arrival Of the
Tennessee officials who are expected to-
morrow. On being captured the parties
virtually admitted that they were the per-
sons wanted but insisted they had nothing
to fear on trial. The crime for which they
are.wanted is the killing of neighbor near
their home in Tennessee last September.
Their story is that the old man became in
volved in racket and that Leonard went TO
has relief and In the struggle that followed
killed the other man. Since then they have
been on the road continually, dodgi!g the
officers and moving about. 1t was "a clever
capture on Sheriff Fishers part, and if he had
acted too hasty or followed any other plan
than what he did he would undoubtedly
haYe missed his men. For while the four
parties who are now in Jail were at Hogan
working in the coaling there for some
weeks, they had all gone before Sheriff Fish
er received any word from the Tennessee
officials, aud it was only by trailing these
three other men and one woman that he
could have secured the parties wanted.
Mr.. Fisher is high in his praise of Sheriff
Munger's aptitude ald ability and says the
Carter county folk sure have the right man
in the right place. He also asks us to
acknowledge the uniform courtesy and as
sistauce he received from number of the
business men at Elsinore.
On their arrival here the prisoners seemed
to take very kindly to their quarters in the
Jail and gave no outward sign of draading Il
return to the scene of their crime. La APP
pearance they are rough and uncouth and
have every feature of the Tennessee noun
taineer. The old man is probably fifty years
of age while the other three are all young
men-one of them being little more than a
boy.