Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-06-20
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Awarded Damages.

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Awarded Damages.
In the circuit court ct Mexico Mira.
Mary E. Eagleton, of ST. Louis, was
awarded damages in the sum of 81, 45t
against George Kabrich, of Mexico
and c. c. Longley, of st. Louis.
Mrs. Eagleton brought suit for 5000 for al.
legged false imprisonment and malicious prose.
cution- In January. 1894. she lived in AudraiE
county and ran dry goods bill with kabric1
Longley OF sS5, and later attempted to leave
without settling the account Mrs. EagtetoE
was pursued and arrested by an ofscer, re-
tnrned to Mexico, and confined In Jail en- thu
charge of obtaining goods under false pre-
lenses. Being in delicate condition she was
afterward. under guard, moved to hotel
where she became mother. and the charge
was withdrawn. The trial lasted two days
The jury was four hours celebrating upon The
verdict.
How Farmer Barnard WAS Robbed.
David A. Barnard, who lives neal
Macon, was robbed of $S5 and a certi
fed check for $500 the other day
Barnard was train. and was approach.
ing Kearnsy. He had been talking to Pear
Rodgers, aged 49, of Kansas City. AS Rodger,
got up to leave the train. he put his arm
around the old farmers neck and told him tt
The pecketbook was slipped from Barnard!
inside vest pocket. Rodgers was seen to run
rapidly away. and. being suspected by officers
OF doing something wrong, was pursued ant
captured after long chase. The check anl
money were recovered.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Horn, of Steel
VILE, went outing few days ago, and
it proved a very sad affair.
Mr.. Horn placed a loaded shotgun against 6
ledge, and Mrs. Horn knocked it down, thu
charge entering her side. Mr.. Horn ran for as
sistance. and on his return found his wife still
alive. In the presence OF those who returned
with him she kissed him good-by, sent mes
sages to friends. narrated how the acciden
occurred and said her husband was not t
blame. She died in: two hours. In q few week.
she would have become mother. Mrs. Horr
was Miss Minnie Davis. a teacher in the public
schools. and she and her husband, both young
were popular.
Bank Directors Exempt.
Judge Broaddus, in the circuit cour,
at Liberty, decided in the case of c. A
Stevenau against the directors of the
Kansas City Safe Deposit and Saving.
bank, which failed in 1893, that the at
tachments run by depositors on the
property of the bank directors are in.
valid. Eight thousand depositors
holding claims against the bank, are
thus without recourse at law.
Killed His Soh-in-Law.
An old feud which had been KEEP,
alive several years between Joe Peters
and his son-in-law, JohI Dudley, two
farmers near Seymour, terminated the
other day in row over load of hay
Peters drew his knife and stabbed
Dudley four times. Dudley died the
next morning. Peters is under arrest
Gov. Stones Appointments.
Gov. Stone has appointed r. C. Gull
yer to be judge of the criminal court OF
St Joseph; Thomas r. Ryan. police
commissioner of the city of st. Joseph
to succeed himself, and DIR. E. A. Done
Ian, a member of the Missouri fish
commission, in place of Fl. NJ Garlichs
removed.
Human Torch.
Henry Schwartz was fatally burned
in Kansas City by gasoline exploding
He ran several squares with his clothes
aflame, jumping from a second-story
window. Only three weeks before
Schwartz married his sweetheart, who
came from the ola country.
His Identity Revealed.
Ben Myers, arrested for participation
in Chicago & Alton hold-up in which
Engineer Frank Holmes was killed,
near Carlinville, ILL.,. proves, 1t is said,
to be Bernard Reinagel, of Manchester,
St. Louis county, and well connected.
Evolutionary Contest.
The Epworth league of Centenary
Methodist church, south. of Nevada,
will give an Evolutionary contest An.
gust IS. for a S125 gold and diamond.
set medal. The contest is open to all