Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-14
ALL OVER THE STATE.
Arrests at Springfield.

Arrests at Springfield.
Springfeld-Doss Galbraith and Hill
Gooch, blacksmiths, were arrested,
charged with murder in the first de-
gree for their alleged participation In
the lynching Of three negroes In this
city on the night Of April IA. 1t Is be-
lleved that the arrests were made up
on the advice of Attorney-Gencral Had
ley. Harry Hooker. a young man, a
been placed In the county jail on a
perjury charge, being accused OF CIV
ing false testimony before the special
grand jury. Nineteen more arrests are
yet to be made, but it is not generally
believed that warrants for other alleged
mob leaders, who, it is known, have
been indicted, will be issued for some
time yet. Judge Lincoln of the GRIM
inal court decided that Gooch and Gal
braith could be admitted to bail. Gooch
furnished bond in the sum of $1,000,
and was released from Jail. Galbraith
has not yet been able to give bond.
Hooker probably will be arraigned in
a day or two and released on bond.
Winter Receiver of Joplin Bank.
Joplin--L. w. Winter, of this city,
has been appointed receiver of the de-
funct Joplin savings bank by Circuit
Judge Gray. The statement Of the
banks condition, which was filed with
the application for receiver, set forth
that the bank had 1,542 depositors.
Liabilities of the bank include &C
counts of depositors and bills payable
amounting to 500, 710.4S. Among the
marked assets of the company are the
notes and overdrafts, of the Ozark Coal
& Railway Co., amounting to $685.
146.36.
Infant Born In Jail.
Fulton-In the Galloway county jail
here, Mrs. Alva Bailey, charged with
being an accomplice of her husband,
Ted Bailey, of Farber, who shot and
killed Jay Lawder, a wealthy mine
,wner of Mexico, last fall, gave birth
to a daughter. The trial OF man and
wife was to have been called at the
May term Of court, but because of the
approaching accouchement 1t was post
poned until July 16, when a special
term of court will be held. The mother
and child have been removed from the
Jail, and will remain at a private house
until then.
State Gamer Under New System.
Jefferson City-Figures in the office
of the state treasurer show that the
last legislature, in changing the "fee"
system in the office of excise commits
sioner of st. Louis to a salary system,
has in less than a year brought about
$4,000 into the state treasury. The
law making the change went into eff
feet June ID, 1906. Up to that time the
commissioner retained 40 per cent. Of
the gross receipts of the office and
turned the rest over to the state. Now
he receives a salary of $4,000 a year,
and is allowed $4,000 for office ex-
penses and clerk hire.
would Inulct q HlorerS.
Columbia-Judge Alexander Waller
charged the grand jury to investigate
rigidly the recent riot between the
students and the employees of Cole
Bros circus. He instructed the jury
to probe the matter as deeply as pos
sible and to bring to justice the guilty,
no matter who the parties were or
whatever their standing. The law had
been violated shamefuliy in several
ways, he said, and the incident was
not one that could be overlooked.
Bandits Rob ButIer Station.
B~utler-Three burglars, masked with
red handkerchiefs, entered the Mis-
souri, Pacific depot at this place, and
after combining the night operator, Roy
Christol, in a box car, blew open the
company's safe and secured nearly $50.
, They left a bank draft for about $400.
: Crazy Mans Awful Deed.
| St. Louis-His mind unbalanced by
, the San Francisco earthquake and
fire, through which he passed, Daniel
Szelig killed his wife and then ended
his own life with a pistol in the pres
ence OF his two title daughters.
DR.. Woodson R~eappointed.
| st. Joseph-The board of asylum
managers unanimously reappointed DR.
C. r. Woodson superintendent of the
e+,ta booritaI FOR four WANG Len