Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1905-07-20

further appears that the committee
used the worst kind of judgment
in not permitting the officials to
serve until the expiration of their
terms, which would have been
only a few months more at most
and which is also customary al
ways.-Fdrmington NeWs.
The following was printed
in the last issue of the Lead
Belt Neaos: early Saturday morn
ing Mr.. D.. L. Rivers, one of the
attorneys for the Spaugh boys,
was called by phone to Ironton,
and at once secured an order from
the Governor on the sheriff to con-
vey the boys to st. Louis for safe
keeping, and they were accord
ingly taken there Saturday eve
ming, and will remain there till the
October term OF the Iron county
circuit court. Speaking of the
matter on his return to his Office in
Elvins, Mr.. Rivers said: Yes,
they came very near finishing the
boys. The prisoners ere in their
cell, and fought the mob with a
zeal and foreclosures BETTING
the exigency of the occasion.
They used bed Stats as bludgeons
and kept their assailants from
entering their cell and hanging
them. The mob finding it danger
Gus to enter fred some thirty or
more shots into the cell and left
the boys presumably for dead.
No, | have no idea who they we're.
l I'm defending the Spaughs and
went there to secure their removal
to a place of safety. 1t is no con-
Germ of mine who was in that mob,
and l made no investigation into
that matter. l succeeded in my
purpose of securing protection for
my clients, and | have no interest
in the inquiry which | suppose will
be made by the authorities in Iron
county as to who was connected
with the effort to lynch them in the
Ironton Jail. That is not my case.
In this connection | will say that
do not believe that John Marshall,
the present sheriff of Iron county,
is in any way to blame in the mat
ter. l have known him for years,
and I regard him as n of the
best officers in the State. He is
courageous and prompt in the
performance of his official duties.
| don't believe he connived at OF
was passive in the matter"
From last Mondays Globe Demo-
crat we reproduce the following
civilian and Arthur Spaugh,
who are rapily recovering from the
bullet wounds inflicted by a mob,
while they were prisoners in the
Ironton, Mo-, jail a week ago,
were interested members of the
congregation of jail prisoners
which attended religious services
in the "bull ring" yesterday after
noon. Both were propped up by
pillows on their cots. They sat
up throughout the services, listen
ing intently to the words of the
preacher and making an effort to
join in the singing. The day fol-
lowing the shooting the boys were
baptised into the Catholic church.
Since their incarceration in the st.
Louis Jail they have spent con-
siderable time reading religious
pamphlets, and going over the
catechism. Yesterday morning
in order that they might take part
in tine services, their cots were
moved from the corridor behind
the tiers of cells to the "bull ring
The cots were placed at the open
ing of the new door, which was
cut last week at the southwest
corner OF the Jail, through which
they were able to get a glimpse Of
the outside world, and receive the
benefit of any breeze which might
be blowing from the south. Dur
ing the exercise hour many o,
the prisoners in the jail talked with
the boys. They were the center o
interest throughout the day. Boil
of the boys r exceedingly com
plimentary concerning the treat.
ment they are receiving at the
, hands of Jailer Dawson. They
stated yesterday that they ex'
pected their mother, who is a
r present out on bond on a charg,
l Of completely in the killing o
: John w. Polk at Ironton, to visi
: them within a week. A bunch o
t roses and fern leaves were sen
into the Jail yesterday by one O
the friends of the boys. The flow
} ers were divided between them"
, The following is reproduced fror
, last Thursdays St. Louis Republic
. "The will of Philip w. Schneide
: of No. 1882 South Sixth street
: president of the Schneider Grant,
! Co., was filed for probate yester
! day. He directed that a grant
2 mausoleum, to cost $4,000, b
erected in SIS. Peter and Paul
cemetery for his body. He lei
8 81, 1000 to the rector of SIS. Pete
/ and Paul's church, for genera
: purposes, and $500 each to tn
t Little Sisters of the Poor, st. Win
v cents German Orphan Asylur
' and the German Protestant Or
phans' Home. To the Kinder
verwahrungs Anstalt in Eitma
near Hamburg, in Bavaria, Ger
It many, he left $500. He left hi
It household furniture, horses an
vehicles to his wife, Sophia; pro
perty at Nos. 2347 and 2349 Par
avenue, to his daughter, Bertha T
If Schneider, and at No. 1851 Par
}, avenue to his daughter, Mani
IS Blank. He left in trust to his vii
opd con.ip.law A1oic R1apk h