Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-05-03

to the Silver Mines dam. Mr.. Re-
velle says that the dam is a most
fragrant violation of the present
game law, and it will have to be
torn down unless a chute is built.
This latter would cost in the neigh
borhood OF $4,000, and the owners
of the property, it is not thought,
will want to go to any such ex-
pense. The property at present is
said to be under the control of A.
FL. Hanlan of st. Louis.
In our announcement column
this week will be found the name
John w. Harral OF Belleview, who
is a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for County Treasurer.
Mr.. Harral is one of our most
worthy and best known citizens,
and has been a resident of this
county for many years. Should
he be chosen to fill the Office of
Treasurer, there is no doubt but
he will most efficiently and sats-
factorily discharge the duties of
that very important position. His
claims are entitled to, and will re-
ceive, careful consideration at the
hands of the voters May 10th.
James Louis Names, a deserter
from the United States Navy, sur
rendered himself to Sheriff Mar
shall Monday evening of last week
and asked that the naval authori-
ties at Norfolk, Virginia, be no.
tilted. The sheriff sent a telegram
to Norfolk that night, and next
day received a reply stating that
Names was wanted there and that
transportation would be furnished
for his return. Names deserted
last September and has been roam
ing over the country ever since.
He was broke and out of work
and concluded he would return to
his ship, take his punishment and
re-enlist. County Clerk O'Neal
left last Friday with the deserter
for Norfolk.
The Green-G oodykoontz will
contest case was tried in the cir
cult court here last week, and oc-
cupied the attention of the court
from Wednesday noon until FRI
day night. The case was one
wherein Mrs. Minnie D. Green,
sister of the late Mrs. E. E. South
all of Caledonia, sought to set
aside the will of the latter because
she had bequeathed a portion of
her property-house and lot in
Caledonia-to DR.. w. R. Goody-
koontz of Caledonia. Mrs. Green
alleging that DR.. Goodykoontz had
secured the bequest by reason of
undue influence over the t~estator.
The case was tried by jury, which
returned a verdict permitting the
will to stand. The value of the
property left to DR.. Goodykoontz
is perhaps $1,000. There was a
large array of testimony on both
sides.-Potosi Journal.
Considerable Of the time of the
circuit court was occupied last
Wednesday securing forty quail
fed jurors in the case of State VS..
John and Amalek Brooks for the
killing of John Clemonds at Gran
iteville, August IL, 1905. Thurs
day morning the attorneys had
made their challenges and about
ten o'clock the hearing OF evidence
began. The State introduced
about a dozen witnesses and un-
questionably made a strong case.
The evidence was just about the
same as that adduced at the COR
orner's inquest at the time of the
killing. About dusk on the eve
ming of the murder a number of
men were standing near Kerwin's
saloon canning beer. Gus Mead
was sitting on the railroad track
with a shotgun in his hands.
Amalek Brooks walked up to him
and tried to take the gun away
from Mead. Brooks brother, John,
came up at this time and the two
of them finally succeeded in get
ting the gun, which John held
while Amalek gave Mead a ter
rible beating. When he got
through with Mead Amalek asked
"where's Johnnie Hall?" (Clem-
onds frequently was called Hall.)
About this time Clemonds came
round the corner of the saloon a
short distance away and Amalek
commanded John to fire. John
fred the gun and Clemonds fell to
the ground MORALLY wounded.
Just previous to the shooting OF
the gun and almost simultaneous
with it was the report of a revolver,
and an examination revealed that
Amalek Brooks had been shot
right below the left nipple. None
OF the witnesses for the State
could testify who fred this shot,
although several of them stated
positively that it was not Glenn
onds. Both of the defendants,
when they went on the stand in
their own behalf, swore positively
that when Clemonds came in
sight he had q revolver in his
hand, fred the shot at Amalek and
was about to shoot again when
John killed him. The defense in
troduced one or two other wit
nesses, but none of them were inn
portant, and the taking of testi-
mony was completed Friday eve
ming. The court gave the instruc-
tions to the jury next morning.
The Instructions were for murder
in the first degree or acquital. Mr..
Damron opened the argument for