Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1899-01-19
MISSOURI STATE NEWS.
Recent Deaths.

recent Deaths.
Enoch Wells, of Clinton. aged 81.
suddenly at Sedalia, where he was WIS.,
iting relatives.
Mr.. Amos Wagner, aged 81, at his
home near Odessa, of grip. He was
an old settler and prosperous farmer.
S. /. Hazentine, who was elected to
congress on the greenback platform,
at his home, near Springfield.
Thomas S. Alsop, of New Franklin.
OF pneumonia, aged IS. He was of
large financial interests. His wife and
four children survive him.
Thomas Coleman, of Smithton, Pet
tbs county, aged SO years, a veteran Of
the war of the rebellion.
Mrs. F. E. Woodfin, aged rs, of Sc
dalia.
Mrs. J. Younger, wife of Hon. Thos.
J. Younger, at Osceola, after Iinger-
ing illness from typhoid fever. Mrs.
Younger was an aunt of the celebrated
Younger boys.
E. K. Sayers, one of the oldest citi-
zens of Lewis county, at his home near
Monticello. He was born in New Jer-
sey in 1910. He was a member of the
constitutional convention of Missouri
in 1861 and 1863, and voted against
secession. He was the oldest living
graduate of Amherst college, Mass,
having graduated from there in 1928.
A PIucky Woman.
Early the other morning a burglar
visited the residence of Henry Fenner
in Carthage. He was masked and
could not be identified, but in his
search for booty he awakened Mrs.
Fenner, who watched him as he Sc
cured her husbands purse containing
$50. As he departed she secured her
husbands revolver, and pursuing the
thief called upon him to drop his
booty. Hearing the revolver click and
seeing her determined look he dropped
the money and jumped through a win
dow, carrying the sash with him.
Mrs. Fenner says she could identify
the man.
Death Did Not Sever Them.
Mathew Joyce and wife, an aged
couple, who had lived in Ma'yyiIle
many years, died within "a hours of
each other. Their funeral services
were held at the same time and they
were buried in the same grave. They
had been sick only short time. Mr..
joyce was 90, and his wife IS, and
they have been married over sixty
years. Both were natives of Ireland.
Was Bauerle Innocent:
Gov. Stephens has committed the
ten-year sentence of Otto Bauerle to
eight months, without benefit of the
three-fourths rule. Bauerle was con-
victed in Lafayette county by a ne
gro's testimony, of shooting and kill
ing his niece, Amelia Bauerle. Facts
have developed which indicate that the
girl committed suicide.
Too Free with His Opinion.
Wesley Phillips was arrested at Sc
dalia for contempt of court. 1t is al
legged that he remarked, within the
hearing of the jury before whom Fred
Bush. cofored, was being tried for ar
son, that if he were member of the
jury he would vote to send the defen-
dant to the penitentiary.
Negro Charged with Counterfeiting.
Butte Jackson, a negro, was arrested
at Warrensburg while attempting to
dispose of counterfeit silver dollars.
Jackson had $50 of the bogus money
when taken into custody. He said he
found the money while clearing tim
Der north of town.
Estranged from His Wife
Harvey Allison, 40 years old, cut his
throat at Nevada. He had been
estranged from his wife for some
months, and had called on her at a
neighbours. When he failed to induce
her to return to him, he deliberately
cut his throat.
With a Target Rife.
Graham Atchison, of Lexington,