Iron County register., 1892-10-13
MISSOURI STATE NEwo.
An Awful Tragedy.

An Awful Tragedy.
An awful tragedy was enacted at
Joplin, in front OF the main entrance
to the Club thezter. the other night:
W. D. Mcbride attempted to shoot John Man
ming, his successful rival for the effections Of
Miss Annie Mckee, and missing his intended
victim instantly killed Miss Della Owen. .daugh-
! ter OF David Owen, of Grand Falls. Miss Nc
I, Kee had attended q comedy entertain ment in
company with Manning. Mcbride had followed
! them, and had laid in wait outside the thea
| ter When the people began to pour out of
the house at the close of the entertain
ment Mcbride took a position at the entrance
/ to the lobby, and when Manning and Miss Nc
Kee appeared he threw arm around her
| waist and drew her to him, with the exclama-
| ton: Come with me. ANNIE" at the same
time drawing Colts navy A.. the three
| stepped down to the pavement but when Nc
| Bride raised his revolver the girl draw back
and dragged him up step. Manning began
| backing away. but McBri1e utterly regardless
of the lives OF the people upon the pavement
and in the immediate vicinity, fired. Miss Nc
Kee so distracted his aim that Manning escaped
| unhurt. but the bullet struck Miss Owen, who
was directly behind him, near the top of the
| right side Of her head. and plunging through
| her brain emerged at her left ear The ball had
| cut through Manning's coat, but only grazed
his right shoulder.
Policemen were within a few feet of the as
| sassin, and before he could fire again he was
| knocked down. He dragged Miss Mckee down
with him. but after a short struggle he was
| disarmed and lifted to his feet. The crowd be-
came wildly excited soon as it became
known that Miss Owen had been killed, and
| the officers passed the dead body the crowd
closed in and it seemed that Mcbride would
| be lynched. He was finally landed in jail, but
| the crowd kept increasing and its temper was
ugly. While the crowd was still debating what
! to do a carriage dashed up to the side door Of
| the JAIL and. while officers kept the people
| back. Mcbride was hurried into it. ana the
| horses were lashed into gallop. The crowd
| was taken by surprise, and the assassin was
| gotten safely out of town. He was turned over
| to the sheriff at Carthage.
! Mcbride is % years old, and has been known
! as man Of quarrelsome disposition He
sspred to be known bad man. One Of his
| brothers. Joe Mcbride, killed about
| eighteen months ago in row. Miss Owen was
aged about % years. She was engaged to be
| married soon to James Lankston. of this city.
Mr.. Lankston was with her when she was
! killed.
| St Louis Many Years Ago.
Abraham Wharton, of Topeka. Kas.,
was in St. Louis the other day. In con-
| versation he said:
Il lived in st. Louis nearly seventy years
| ago Ny father moved to st. Louis from
| trail Pennsylvania when was 10 years old. and
here / lived until / was Is. Then / farmed
| awhile in Illinois. and in 1859 went to Kansas.
| St. Louis was not the town when resided here
that it is now, let me tell you. 1t was little
| more than village, and had neither street
lights. cars nor sewers. The arrival of a boat
| from New Orleans was the event of the week.
| remember the visit of Lafayette to st. Louis
! very we'll frequently ran errands for DR.. W.
| c. Lane. tine first mayor of the city. and to-
gether with several other boys, swung on to
the rear of his carriage when he drove his dis
| tinguished guest through the streets 1 have
seen property sell for $50 acre that is now
worth 500 front foot. Yes, should have
staid here. but could not foresee that st.
Louis was to be of the great cities of the
continent. don't think anybody foresaw 1t.
| DR.. Lane was enthusiastic about it any
| body, and he predicted that the day would
come when it would have $1,000 inhabitants.
| Most people thought him an enthusiast, how
ever"
Alone in Her Sorrow.
William Parker, better known as
"Uncle Billy Parker died at Independ-
| ence of old age, being 81 years of age.
| On October he and his wife completed
sixty years of married life. and on that
| day their son George was mortally
| wounded by bullet fred by Oscar
Arnold over the price of a calf. He was
told of the death of his father. and he
said he would join him soon. The widow
and mother, who is so years of age.
bears up bravely. but it is feared this
| double sorrow will be too much for her
age. Most of their six children being
in California, she is almost alone in her
affiiction.
Deposits in Missouri Banks.
Says Washington dispatch:
Deposits in the National banks of Missouri on
July 12, 1892. the latest obtainable data at the
Office of the comptroller of the currency,
amounted to SIS. 1893. .4sl. H. exclusive of deposits
made in ST. Louis, Kansas City and st. Joseph.
Specie $3.50 45i g. legal tender notes. s435 12l 10.
The average reserve 27.6i per cent. Demos
its in Kansas City the same day were S20,
57S 1l3G2 Specie; 81 1784. .446. 20: legal tender
note-. sl.171.659: average reserve. S3 - per
cont. In st. Joseph deposits amounted to 81
a76 s35 So specie. 1898 Os 55: legal notes.
S2S 155. Total deposits in the reserve banks of
the state the day namad were 81 1878 81.
Total SPECIE. 81 .615, ,2s7Ss; total legal tender
notes. S, ,3Sl. .s22 TO.
The Fast Mail OFF Rail.
The fast mail train westward over
the Missouri Pacific had a very narrow
escape from being wrecked near Bar
netts mill, 113 miles west of st. Louis.
A front wheel under the tender lost
two-thirds of it's flange and ran off the
rail over bridge No 90, and 400 yards
past De1oTc engineer bTdulcy Coulu
stop the train. The train was running
so miles an hour.
Crushed Her Skull.
At Kansas City Katie Sister, 10 years
old. was struck by a heavy fra gment of
stone thrown into the air by blast.
The stone fell upon the girls head,
crushing her skull Doctors declared
that she could live only few hours.
The blasting was done by men building
a sewer. John Hurley, foreman, was
arrested.
Fell from Balloon.
German Day" was celebrated with a
big street parade, picnic and bal
lood ascension at Sedalia. in MAX
ing the ascension the parachute be-
came detached from the balloon by
the break of the connecting rope, and
Prof Hastings fell 80 feet, receiving
serious in uries,
Killed by the Cars.
George S. Mccullough, pioneer OF
northwest Missouri. and his grandson
were killed by the cars near Excelsior
Springs, few days ago.
4 Fine Residence Burned.