Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-12-03
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.


On Thanksgiving Day domestic,
| who gave her name as Lizzie smith,
kidnapped a 2-year-old son of Million
aire David L. Beals, of Kansas City.
| The incident caused great excitement
in the city, and the police secured the
city, but with no favorable result. The
day following the kidnapping, Mr.. Beals
inserted the following in the evening
| papers:
| $1,000 RANSOM.
To Whom 1t May Concern: Return my
| child, receive 5000, and no questions asked:
| D. T. BEALs.
| The remainder of the story is told in
the following Kansas City dispatch:
| At o'clock that evening a man of strange ap
pearance presented himself at the front door of
the Beals mansion. He wore false face ana
wig and was dressed very roughly. He SAID ne
| must Mr.. Beals Immediately. Mr.. Beals
| went to the door The man said he was de-
| tective, that he had found the abductress land
her accomplices: that they had the lost child in
| their possession; that they demanded S20,0oO
| ransom, and that he was prepared to deliver the
! child to its parents for that amount. Mr. Beals
| declined to pay the sum, and stuck tt, ms
| original offer of $500. 1t finally agreed
| that the detective should deliver the child
| for that amount Mr.. Beals tod
| the police and detectives that he
| had pledged his honor that the deliverer
| of the child should not be arrested while en-
gagged in the carrying out of his part of the con-
tract, and ordered them positively not to inter
| fere with his plans, and they did not. AT III
| o'clock ring at the bell brought Mr.. Beals to
the door. He saw his lost child in the arms OF
the ruffian who had bargained for the delivery
| of the child. Mr.. Beals, who had drawn 5000
in bank notes early in the afternoon in order to
be ready to fulfil this part of the bargain,
counted out the money before the eyes OF the
man and placed the money in the outer pocket
of the latters coat. At the same time the
masked man placed in the arms of
overjoyed father the lost child, who
was sleeping soundly, ignorant that
he was being returned to MS
anxious parents. The joy of the parents can not
be told Mrs. Beals was too overjoyed to speak
She could only stand and stare at the boy as II
afraid he would disappear if she removed her
eyes from him. Mr.. Beals is a thorough bust
ness man. and is of few words. He told
the story of the recovery of the child practically
as told above, and continued: Il made bust
ness contract I agreed to pay 5000 for my
boy. have the boy and the mistaken individ-
ual who returned him to me has the money, and
that's all there is about it.
Lizzie Smith was found and arrested: also
Mrs King. Albert King, who was the principal
accomphce in the crime, had not been arrested
Missouri River improvements.
Gov. Francis has appointed the fol-
lowing gentlemen delegates at large
from the state of Missouri to the Mis-
souri, river improvement convention, to
be held at Kansas City, December Is
and 16:
Col. W. F. Switzler. Columbia; Gov. S. Fl
Claycomb. Joplin: Hon. W. J. Stone, Nevada;
Hon. Richard Dalton, Saverton: Hon E Fl.
Norton. Platte City: Maj William Warner,
Kansas City; Judge Theodore McDearmon, st
Charles; John Vail, St Louis: Nathan
Cole, st. Louis; Thomas Shackleford, Glasgow:
James Nelson, Roonville: Jos. R. Ed
wards jefferson City; D. c. Allen, Liberty;
Willard P. Hail. st. Joseph: Capt. Isaac NJ.
Mason. ST Louis: Jerome Hill, St. Louis: H. c.
Haarstick. st. Louis; E. W. Gould. st. Louis;
Turner T. Lewis, St. Louis: Ferdinand Herold,
ST. Louis: Peter Conrad. ST Louis: DIR. J. P.
Wagner Arrow Rock: A. G.. Norris Rocheport;
Col. James NJ Boswell, Columbia; Geo. w.
Vaughn. Glasgow: Gus. Leftwich, Miami;
George Robinson, Appleton township. st. Clair
county: Judge Thomas J. Parties, St Louis
Tried to Kidnap His Son.
A sensational attempt was made at
Carthage the other day by George
Lawrence, a miner, to forcibly take
possession of his G-year-old son from
his recently-divorced wife. to whom the
custody of the child had been given.
The scene occurred at the office of
Flanagan e Booth, whittier Lawrence
went in company with several compan-
ions, who aided him. Flanagan drew
forth a "persuader'' after a general
fight had been INDUCED in between
Lawrence and Albert Frye. one of Jop-
Inns mining kings, who is n brother of
the divorced wife. BY the timely ar
rival of the police bloodshed was
avoided and Lawrence was arrested. /
The mother and child went to JoplinIt
with Frye. i
Missouri Nasons. II
The grand officers and district LED |
turer of the masonic lodge of Missouri |
were in session at Sedalia, holding the |
first state lodge of instruction for the |
purpose of bringing bout q more per- |
feet unanimity of work. Grand Master |
II. Fl. Ingram welcomed the delegates, |
and the lodge was then given in charge |
of Grand Lecturer Allen MCDOWELL of |
st. Louis.
Fruit and Vegetable Growers Organize. |
Prominent fruit and vegetable grow
ers from Missouri. Illinois. kentucky |
and Arkansas met at st. Louis recently |
and organized the Mississippi Valley |
Fruit and Vegetable Growers aSS0cla-
ton. The object is ito encourage the |
growth of these Industries and secure |
better freight rates to the principal |
markets. |
Death of Wealthy Recluse. |
G. NJ. Pike. the wealthiest man in |
Texas county. died at his home, eight |
miles west of Licking, aged about &c |
years, of pneumonia. By energy and |
zeal he had amassed an immense for
tune His mode of living was some |
what unique for a man of wealth, he
living in seclusion among the hills OF |
Pine river.
Lost His Eye.
Roy, the 1-year-old child OF }. L. |
Phelan, an engineer on the Missouri |
Kansas & Texas road, fell upon piece
of glass at Sedalia. and the left eye was |