Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-08-23

Last Saturday night a little before
nine o'clock, two strangers stepped in
to Mr.. Dugal's store, near the depot,
and one of them asked for package of
cigarettes. Mr.. Dugal, who was the
only person in the store at the time,
took up the desired article from a
shelf, and. turning round, said, Here
they are" But as he spoke one of the
men pushed revolver in his face and
ordered s.hands upr' The old gentle
man was forced to comply, and the
second man went through the money
drawer in short order. 1t yielded
| about $21-all, except two silver dol
lars, in subsidiary coin. AS this was
being done, Mrs. ID. stepped in from
an adjoining room, when the man with
| the pistol turned it toward her and
commanded her to be quiet. The job
| completed, the strangers departed
quickly into the outside darkness.
Then the alarm was given, and Sheriff
Fisher hurried to Arcadia and tele-
graphed to De Soto and Poplar Bluff,
giving description of the men, the
amount of money taken. etc. The men
could not be traced, but next morning
early message from De SOto's mar
shall stated that he had in custody two
men answering the description given.
They had been found by the greasers
on the trucks of a coach of No. 4,
which came into De Soto about four
o'clock A. VI. Word was sent to the
marshal to bring the men down on No.
/. This was done, and the prisoners
were fully identified by Mr.. Dugald,
and they were lodged in Jail to await
preliminary examination which will
probably take place to-day. The
money found on them tailed in
amount and denominations with that
taken from the drawer. The prison
ers are both young men, rather well
dressed. They give their names and
residences Carl Carter of Danville, ILL.,,
and Frank Clark of Webb City, Mo-,
and deny being the men who commit
ted the robbery. Nevertheless they
stand good chance of serving the
State.
That was a very pretty fairy story
in the St. Louis Republic last Sunday
that most imaginative statement
concerning the evacuation of the fort
at Pilot Knob the night succeeding the
battle. According to the writer there
of, whole brigade of Confederates
was decoyed away from the investing
lines by young, fair and loyal widow,
and made to take midnight march of
a mile on the promise of a square meal
prepared by her own fair hands. And
that through this gap in the lines the
garrison made its exit and escaped. 1t
is a tale worthy Rider Haggard or
Jules Verne, and. to take its place in
authentic history, ought to have been
first told hundred years hence. We
regret to cast doubt upon the exist
ence of so beautiful and SO young a
widow as she who is said to have done
the decoying, for we admire the sex
and acknowledge the dangerous pow
ers of the creatures of whom old Tony
Weller never ceased to warn young
Samivel to beware. The fact is, Gen.
Price was just as anxious to have the
Federals get out Of his way as they
were DESTROYS of seeking more con-
genial quarters. He was on a raid
the successful ending of which de-
manded the utmost celebrity of move
ment. In front of him we're being
hastily collected the forces necessary
to withstand his progress. while two
days in his rear was the army OF Gen.
Mower, supposed to be rapidly ap-
preaching 1t, on the day of the bat
tie here, had turned from its line of
march inland and struck out for the
river; but this was not known at the
time TO the Confederates. As the boys
say, Gen. Prices "business lay roll
ing" and he wanted to roll. For this
reason the investment of the fort on
the north was abandoned, and the
Federals were given a chance to get
away. They availed themselves OF the
opportunity, and didn't stand on cere-
mony, but left without formal good
bye. We have since learned from one
who was close to the councils of the
Confederates that it was determined on
the night succeeding the battle, that,
in case the Federal garrison remained,
and the next days contemplated as
sault should prove unsuccessful, anoth-
CT route would be taken by the raiders
which would lead them around the OBJ
struction to their march northward.
The evacuation of the fort left the way
clear, and the invading host swept on
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