Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-08-25
From Annapolis.

Mrs. Ernest Rockwell, who has beer
visiting her sister, Mrs. Eustice Rock
well, has returned to her home; but
Mrs. Horn, another sister, is still visit
| lag Mrs. Eustice Rockwell.
VIM. Simpson, Clarence McGlOthlin
and John Hampton were arrested for
boarding trains inside the corporate
! limits, but were discharged for want OF
evidence.
Frank Smith went TO St. Louis one
day last week.
Constable Cisk went to Sabula to ar
rest Manuel Pinkly for assault and
battery Tuesday but did not find him.
Jenny johnson was in town in
search of q dog Thursday. A dog he
wanted and a dog he would have, so
he tied rope to an old hounds leg and
started out of town, creating quite a cir
Gus.
Miss Hattie May has returned to An
napoiis on Il visit to her parents.
Mrs. Evans went home last week,
after long visit to her mother, Mrs.
FOWL.
Mrs. FOWL returned from Marquand
last week, where she has been on n Wis
it to her daughter. Mrs. Pit Russell.
Theron, a little son of Z. 2. Hillburn.
was bitten Friday by dog belonging
to f. Z. Benson.
Anarchist Murphy" spends all his
spare time reading, but, nOtwithstand-
ing. am sorry to say that he is none too
we'll posted on the topics of the day.
Having, as l do, to earn my bread by
the sweat Of my face, with none too
much time to read and no money to buy
daily papers and not cheek enough TO
sponge off my neighbors. have to put
up with a few weekiys. scmi-weeklys.
etc Sorry that | did not see those
items you speak Of, IL" bat suppose
some few strikers ~ did express pleas
ure at The attempt on the life OF Prick.
Is that any more than natural under the
state of excitement at Homestead? Did
YOU, or any one else blame all the
troops. for what Private Iams did?
r. | am not mistaken in my Judge
ment of you from your letters in the
REGISTER, a man who labOrs smells bad
10 you. You say that Murphy" seems
to think that death would have been d
Just retribution for the crimes (?) COM
mitted by the chairman of the Carnegie
Steel Company. That is only seeming,
Mr.. *" Two wrongs do not make
one right. The murder Of Mr.. Prick
would not restore the lives OF those lost
on account of his avarice. Hired assas-
sins is the proper name and armored
vessels is correct. Did you forget
about those model barges lined with
steel plate. or were they mentioned in
the daiiy paperss You ask .'if those
Pinkerton's did not have right 10 land
at Homestead, if they wished, peacably
as they intended to9" Certainly they
wanted to land in peace; that is why
they came at night. When the burglar
seeks to enter your home he wants to
do it as peacefully as possible. and oh.
if you will only sleep On until he has
secured Il sufficient amount OF booty,
he won't injure a blessed hair of your
head. All he asks is to be let alone.
Peacefully, bah! Are loaded Winchest-
crs the presagers of white-winged
peace? II Law. right, and justice were
on the side OF those PinkertoHs, Why did
not the owners of those rifles come
promptly forward and claim their prop
erty? As To Mr.. tricks being guilty of
2 crime, Blackstone says lone who be-
ing absent at the time of crime COM
mltted, doth get, procure. counsel or
command another to commit a oriIus i
an accessory before the fact" Did Mr..
Frick appeal to the law? or did ne ap-
peal TO force of arms? What were
those deadly Winchesters intended
for? The answer - obvious: To
shed human blood. But luckily,
Mr.. tx" puts it in proper shape when
he asks; If robbers break into yonr
home or maraudars ravage your grow
ing fields in the flourishing city OF An
napolis, | presume you would not at
tempt TO protect your prperty?" Now,
Mr.. *" that is just what those Pink
ertons under the direction OF II. c. Trick