Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-03-12
Attempted Criminal Assault.

Attempted Criminal Assault.
Mrs. John Cherry. living near Roads,
10 miles north of Norborne, was as
saulted by Samuel Roney, a young man
about % years old.
Mrs Cherry was returning home from q
visit, and when about one-fourth OF mile
from home encountered Roney, who drew her
from her horse and attempted criminal as
sault. The womanS screams brought friends
to her rescue and Roney fed An alarm was
raised. and the next morning Roney was
captured. He waived examination and was
taken to jail at Carrollton.
Death OF Capt. James Kelly.
Capt. James Kelly, an old steam
boatman, died at his home in ST. Louis
of pneumonia. For many years past
Capt. Kelly has borne the distinction
of being the oldest pilot in or about
st. Louis. He would have reached the
seyenty-ffth anniversary of his birth
in few days, and more than fifty
years ago he was engaged in plotting
steamers on the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers.
A Gypsy Tragedy.
Andrew Werton, a gypsy trader
OF st. Louis, insanely jealous of his
wife, whom he charged with associating
with other men, ended a wordy war
with her the other morning by cutting
her throat with razor. He was ar
rested shortly afterward and admitted
that the murder was deliberate, de-
claring that he did not care what be-
came of him.
Won by Harrison.
The challenge contest between A. O.
Harrison, Of Fulton, winner of the in
tersociety contest of 1895, and L. G.
Ryland, of Lexington, winner in 1896,
was held in Fulton. Harrison won,
and will represent Westminster college
in the intercollegiate oratorical con-
test, to be held at Kansas City, March
81.
An Old River Man.
Capt. George Washington Ford, one
of the best known of the old-time river
men, died at his home in ST. Louis the
other evening. Capt. Ford was born
in Newport, Ky, and took up river life
at an early age. His first experience
was on a floating store boat on the
Ohio river.
Many Times Dead.
John Sydney Gardner died in the St.
Louis hospital the other morning. To
all appearances he had passed into the
great beyond on Is previous occasions,
but investigation proved he was only
in a cataleptic state. This time he is
dead, dead, dead. Pulmonary troubles
the cause.
Brute, If Story is True.
Mrs. Rose Goodrich, who has just
S1aI 10
her husband, Wayne e. Goodrich, sets
forth the rather sensational plea that
he deserted her just as she was about
to become a mother in tent among
strangers in the mountains of Colo
RADIO.
Both Legs Cut on.
Halsey Pence, the 11-year-old son OF
NJ. Pence, of Joplin, was fatally in
jured the other evening. He jumped
from passenger train, fell down, his
clothing caught on a brake beam and
he was dragged under the wheels.
Both legs were cut off.
Cleanliness Next to Goodness.
The ST. Louis board of health is urg-
ing the passage of an ordinance MAX
ing it a misdemeanor to expecsorate
tobacco on the floors of street cars or
other conveyances, in the hotel cor
ridors, theaters or any public place.
Sudden Summons.
Frederick Tubner, for many years q
merchant of Sedalia, died of apoplexy
at Bluffton, where he was visiting.
Robbed His Father.
Lorenzo Maurer, Jr., was arrested in
st. Louis on the charge of stealing
81 800 in money and checks from his
father. His reputation is said to be bad.
Hence and Ksiser.
An effort is being made to secure
pardons for Henze and Kaiser, life con-
victs in the penitentiary for the muir.
der of Stockman Brown at st. Louis.
Seven Years for Forgery.
L. c. Shanhoultz was convicted OF
forgery in the Cedar county circuit
court and sentenced to seven years
imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Missouri National Guard.
DR.. w. G. Gowan, of Sedalia, was APP
pointed assistant surgeon of the Second
regiment. n. G. NJ, with rank of cap
tain, by the colonel commanding.
Indicted for Murder.
The grand jury at Warrensburg in
dicted Willard James and his two sons,
John and Avis, for murder in the first
degree for killing James Evans
Death Of an Old Citizen.
Franklin S. Ware, aged 81, proni-
nent in business circles in Clinton for