Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-15

imposing any tax on account Of such sales,
are hereby repealed: Provided, however,
| that it shall be the duty of every farmer or
planter producing and selling leaf tobacco,
on demand of any internal revenue officer,
or other authorized agent of the Treasury
| Department., to furnish said officer or agent
! true and complete statement, verified by
oath, of all his sales of leaf tobacco, the
number of hegsheads, cases or pounds, with
the name and residence, in each instance, of
the person to whom sold, and the place to
which it is shipped. Aud every farmer or
planter who wilfully refuses to furnish such
| Information, or who knowingly makes false
| statements as to any of the facts aforesaid,
shall be guilty of Il mlsdemeanor, and shall
be liable to penalty not exceeding five hum
bred dollars.
On Thursday Of last week Sheriff Fisher
| received telegram from the authorities in
| Mississippi county stating that they had ar
re ted au individual answering the descrip-
| tion of James Robbs, who was wanted here
for the killing of boy, Albert Hornbeck, at
N1iddlebrook in May, 1889. EX-Sheriff W hit
worth and Constable Baldwin took the train
ext morning for Charleston, where they
arrived Friday evening, but a glance at the
man under arrest, who gave the name of
Galloway, satisfied them that it was not
Robbs and the prisoner was accordingly re-
leased. Following is the story of the mans
arrest and the circumstances leading thereto
as told by the Charleston Democrat: "Of-
ficers arrested a man at Hubbard on THURS
day. supposed by them to be one James
Robbs, wanted at Ironton on charge of
numbering a boy at Middlebrook, some time
ago. The man arrested gives his name as
Andrew Galloway, but he was known among
his friends about Hubbard and to bis fellow
railroaders as Texas and John Thomas
and other names. He is a rairoader, hav-
ing worked on the Cotton Belt for about
year, it is said. About four months ago
Sheriff Beauchamp received letter from
Sheriff Whitworth of Iron county containing
q description of James Robbs, and asking
Beauchamp to keep lookout for the fellow,
as it was known that his wife lived some
where hereabouts. Previous to receiving
that letter Beauchamp had been told of the
suspicious action of a family living near
Hib0ard. The head of the house seemed to
answer the description of the man Robbs;
but nothing definite could be found against
the H'bbard man. The aid Of some Cotton
Belt employes>yas enlisted, and the outcome
was the arrest of Galloway. 1t is true that
the wife of James Robbs did live at Hibbard.
She came there from Iron county just about
a year ago, and at the last October term Of
the Mississippi county circuit court she Sc
cured divorce from her husband, who, she
said, was a murderer and fugitive from jus.
stating that he was somewhere in Arkansas
when she last heard from him. After secur-
ing divorce she married man named
Thomas, and, it is said, now lives at Poplar
Bluff. When arrested Galloway strenuously
denied his identity with Robbs, acquaintance
with Mrs. RObbs, or with any people in Iron
county, claiming that he came to this State
from 'Ole Virginny.' He is about % or 60
years of age. The people about Hibbard do
not believe him to be the man Robbs." The I
crime for which Robbs is wanted in this
county is one of the darkest spots on our
criminal record. On Sunday in May, 1889,
there was a picnic at MiddebrOOk and a
number of parties were down at McGahan's
saloon drinking beer. In due time a row
in the course of which Robbs,
man weighing over two hundred pounds,
jumped on Albert Hornbeck, a mere boy,
knocked him down and then stamped him
until his neck was broken. Robbs immed
lately took to the woods and has evaded the
officers ever since. How much longer is
justice to be outraged by his being at liberty?