Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-01-25

| The Committee appointed by the lat,
Conference of the M. E. Church, South
having in charge the relocation of tn,
Conference school held an adjourned
session at Bismarck Monday. Delega
tions were present from Arcadia Valley
Caledonia and Fredericktown; only
two members of the Committee were or
hand. DR.. Haw. of Pennington, an;
Mr.. North, of Labadie. Arcadia Val
! ley and Fredericktown each made
their statements, and Caledonia fled
notice that if the school was moved
| from that town, they would secure an
injunction and light the matter through
the courts. After being in session un-
til after midnight, the Committee
finally reported deciding to refer the
| whole subject back to the next Confer
ence, which meets in September, and
nothing cau be done now before that
time. There is no question, however,
had the Committee decided to vote for
removal but that the school would have
been located here. Fredericktown
had done a good lot of blowing, but
their proposition was not to be COM
pared with the one made by our peo-
pie. Those best posted say Confer
ence Is certain to vote for removal and
then We'll be in the fight.
Mrs. Roden. who lives in the north
end of Pilot Knob, spent last Tuesday
night with relatives in Middlebrook,
and on returning home the next day,
found that the house had been broken
into during her absence, everything
was in state of disorder and a little
investigation disclosed that a valuable
watch and chain and much other Jewell
ry were missing. The officials were
notified and Thursday evening they
had secured information which led to
the arrest of VIM. Brill, Samuel and
William Frissell, and David Stout, all
of the North End of Ironton. After
interrogating one of the prisoners it
was learned that on the Tuesday night
previous they had started on a raid:
first they went to NJ. Seitz's beer depot
in MiddlebrOok, where they secured
two kegs of beer. After drinking the
contents of one, they hid the other and
started home, somewhat hilarious
for their liberal indulgence. They
stopped at the farm of Mr.. Isaac
Al. johnson, a little this side of Mid
dlebrOok, but were frightened away
before securing anything of value.
They next stopped at Mrs. Rodents;
forced an entrance by cutting away a
slat In the shutter and breaking a
window glass; by this time the beer
was making them feel very gay, and
no one being near to interrupt them,
they carried on with high hand. |
What they could not carry away they
proceeded to demolish; dashing the |
canned fruits against the wall, tearing |
up the carpets, breaking the furniture |
and d:sfguring all they could. When
to their hearts content they returned |
to their homes little before day |
Wednesday. The officers also ascer-
tanned that at that very time Thursday |
EVENING" Jas. Stout, another member
of the gang, had gone to Middlebrook
after the other keg of beer which had |
been hidden under bridge near by.
Constable Baldwin went to StOut's res
idence in Pilot Knob and awaited his
return: sure enough, just about mid
night he came along carrying the re-
mains of the beer in we'll bucket he
had stolen somewhere on the road; he
was taken in charge and placed in Jail.
preliminary examination
was given the offenders, and all, except
Jas. Stout, were bound over to await
he action of the grand jury. This
after, however, was only guilty of
petit larceny, it seems, and was fined
IS and costs. Since these arrests have
been made, it has been ascertained
hat a number of other residences,
whose occupants are away from home,
nave been entered and similarly
wrecked. This gang has long been a
sou. ce of annoyance to the community
and the fact that they are now in a fair
way to be legally punished will be hail !
I'd with general satisfaction. Constable
Baldwin and Sheriff Fisher will be uni
rersally thanked for their energy and
act in the premises.