The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-05-19
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Rodgers. in the federal district euhrt
In 81. Louis. the tities TO ee1e
Of acres of land In pcmiscot couesy
placed In dispute involving The no 2
the entire,tgwn Of Steele. The decinego
was Ia the case Of Mn. Jsnnle bro(A-
trs, Of Louisville, Ky. Who sued -
cover about COO acres II land. wnScn
| she claimed. II was c~oatended that ~
titles TO the property hsd beea an
troycd In a are In the courthouse y
1883 Mrs. Brothers. BY the dscieioo.
was awarded threc-quArters OF AL taaa
she sued for; q sum Of $500 damaoeo
aud s25 kept out Of the use VI the pr0D-
erty. At the trial. which took place
last month. Il was alleged that whse
the courthouse was burned IN in,
Mrs. Brothers father owned the prop
erty, but that the deeds were Destroyed
In the fire. She was . child then. When
she became OF age she entered suit
When the deeds TO the Brothers' prog
erty we're destroyed. the titles To thou
sands OF other acres Of tho richcst
lands In Pcmlscot were also burned.
Titles to almost all the ground now ac-
cuplcd by the town Of Steele were a.
so lost. II Is UNDERWOOD that several
residents Of Louisville. KY. who ave
claims similar To those Of Mrs. Broth
ers. have been awaiting the outcome
~ her case to file suits for posscssion
81 much of the property upon which
Steele Is situated. United States Dis
lrict Attorney Dyer appeared In h
'aso for Mrs. brothers. II IL under
stood that the defendants will appeal
from the decision Of Judge Rodgers.
killed ny ore Tht~vss.
In a desperate battle with ore thieves
william Buslck. night Waterman at tho
Hot Air mine, two miles east Of Jop-
lin, was shot and killed. Two men APP
pcarcd NJ the mine with . team aud
wagon just before daylight. and filed
the wagon with ore. Az they left tho
place Busick started In pursuit with q
rifle. and In the fight which cnaied
BusicL was shot three times. Two
suspects, Boss Rellford and Will As-
bell, are under arrest. One OF the men
is said TO have confessed.
superintendent saith Re.igss.
Dr. J. W. Smith has rendered his
resignation n superintendent Of stats
hospital for tho insane No. I. a. Full
ton. to take effect June II. All of tho
assistant physicians also resigned. "a.
that the board OF managers Of h In
stitution may be free TO choose q stan
under Smiths successor that will DO
satisfactory To all concerned. Smith as
signed III health as the of his
resignation.
Italian Mtw~r sheets MS wife.
Tommus Picrri. m Italian coal min.
or. shot and mortnlly wounded his
Young wife. Theresa Pierri. at his
home GU the outskirts Of Bevier. Hts
countrymcn threatened 10 lynch. and
tho sheriff hurried him TO Macon.
where no was jailed. Pierri says that
icalously caused him to shoot his wife.
The woman. was 20 years old and the
mother Of two children.
nd MONEY In Fireplace.
Mrs. 4. A.. stephens. Of CcntraliA.
hid sG5 In bills and her gold watch he
hind a log In the fireplace for safe
keeping. while her sons went To tho
circus. and the next morning. forget
Ting whore the money was hidden,
hullt a IRE in the fireplace. The money
was burned. and the watch was ruined.
ri,c Hurt In nriau~ Collapse.
1h' false work on the new bridge
ayei Grand river, near Chilllco,he. col.
lapscd. prcclpitating i've men to tho
ground. a distance OF 80 feet. and ono
into he water. He swan out unhur..
taua itmon was seriously injured. aud
the other fonr were badly bruised.
A~-cIa-a,an, Killed.
James r. rrcwctt, ono OF The ploneer
merchants of Dixon. was struck by an
cast-hound freight train as he was
walking on the tracks near the depot.
and was Instantly Killed. Hc was 50
years Of age, and had lived In that city
since 1871.
Responsible for uoy's Death.
Tho c0ronor's jury invcstigaiiag tho
Death 81 young David wingett. which
occurred ut la Crosse. found that tho
lad was forcibly thrown from the cars
10y u member OF the crew on q Santa
70 freight train and fell under the
wheels.
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David Wlnget, while stealing u ride
IN a Santa Fe freight train, was forced
To Jump on by the brakeman. between
Elmer and Lacrosse. and fell under the
wheels. both legs being cut on and
both arm broken. He died two hours
later.
Father Of Ntnct~ea Killed.
James T. Prewett, aged 60. was In
s,antly killed by a train at Dixon. He
was the father Of 10 children, "a OF
whom. together with his wife, sur
vsve him.
toward for D~sasiuns Cashies.
Gov. Folk has offered . reward Of
$500 for the arrest and conviction Of
+, II. Lewis, the defaultinE and miss
Ing cashier Of the Middleton bank OF