Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-05-02

CINE and sustained a severe injury
to his left leg and foot. Augsburg
was placed aboard fast mail No.
10 to be brought to the Ogden hos
pital. AS this vas the limited
train he was forced to leave the
train at Monticello, New, where he
was compelled to remain without
medical attendance for eight hours
while awaiting another train. The
injured man reached Ogden on No.
6 last evening. The action of the
trainmen in putting the injured
man off from a limited train to
await the local has been criticised,
and Augsburg has threatened to
ask the Brotherhood OF Locomo-
tive Firemen, of which he is a
member, to take up the matter for
him."
The time of the circuit court was
taken up last Thursday and FRI
day with the trial of Prescia
Blanks, colored, for the murder of
Robert McGill, of Graniteville, at
Pilot Knob last September. The
attorneys completed their argu-
ments and the case was given to
the jurors at eleven o'clock,S atur-
day morning. After being out
until ten o'clock that night they
announced they were unable to
agree and we're discharged. 1t is
said the jury on retiring stood four
for conviction and eight for ac-
quittal, but when they finally
disbanded eight of the jurors ia
vored conviction and four were for
acquittal. The instructions of the
court were for murder in the first
or second degree. When the case
was called in court Monday it was
continued until the next regular
term. The court fixed the bond at
$1,000, which Mr.. Edgar, attorney
for the Blanks woman, said he
thought could be made.
The services at the M. E. church
at Ironton were we'll attended On
last Sabbath morning, and we
were glad to receive six into the
church and baptise three. Preach
ing next Sunday at II A. NJ, sub
ject, "The Light of the world"
Instead of the regular evening SER
vice there will be a special pro-
gramme, given by the Epworth
League. There will be no ad-
mission charged, and you are all
invited. Following is the pro-
gramme:
Song and prayer.
Song, congregation.
Introductory remarks, pastor.
Biography Of Livingston, Bessie
Gillian.
Paper on Africa, Grace May.
Recitation, Ester Allen.
Quartette.
Biography of Cox, Earl Peck.
Paper on China, Mrs. A. j. May.
Home Missions, Mr.. and Mrs. J..
F. Withers.
Recitation, Ruth Allen.
Prayer for missionaries.
Reading, Mrs. L. White.
Short talk on Korea, A. j. May.
Quartette.
Dialogue, Myra Peck and Vela
Pipin.
Song and Benediction.
A. J. MAY.
About five years ago the South
Missouri Pine Lumber Co., at
Ellsinore began a suit by injunc-
ton against William Crommer,
w. F. Crommer and S. J. Malu-
gen, sheriff, seeking to restrain the
sale of a large body of lands in
Wayne, Garter and Ripley coun-
ties. Counsel for plaintiff in this
case was johnson, Rusk and
Stringfellow of st. Joseph, and for
the defense was 0. L. Munger of
this place and Smith and Anthony
Of Pennington. 1t appears that
every legal tactic was resorted to-,
and that no time, work or expense
was spared in the progress OF the
case from first to last, seven days
being required to try the case in
the circuit court, resulting in find
ing for the Crommers, from which
an appeal was taken to the SUI
preme court where the case was
pursued with iull vigor. Recently
the supreme court handed down a
decision fully vindicating the
action of the Crommers, giving
them Judgment for all that they
asked. < William Crommer is
pioneer lumber-man and business
man in this country, and a man
against whom nothing has been. or
can be said, and his many friends
join him with much pleasure in
his legal victory, for it places him
again in the business arena with
full vigor.-Greenville Journal d
The United States Supreme Court
Monday finally refused to grant a
writ Of habeas corpus in the case
of Bill Spaugh, sentenced to be
hung for the murder Of Sheriff John
w. Polk. The action Of the court
in denying the writ was no sur
prise, and had been generally fore
casted. All that Spaugh's counsel
hoped for was delay. The follow
ing appeared in Tuesdays st.
Louis Republic, telegraphed from
Washington, d. o.: "The fate of.
VIM. Spaugh, Jr., the convicted
murderer Of Sheriff Polk, Of Iron
county, Mo, has. been sealed BY
the United States Supreme Court,
To-day the application Of Spaugh's
counsel for a writ Of habeas cor