Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-01-09

OF Judge Killian, Of Perryville,
who was to try the case, another
postponement wasgranted. When
court convened and Judge Kill
liian was not present, Judge Will
liams, who was in attendance, evil
IDENTIFY wanted to rescind his for
mer order when he permitted the
defendant to swear him off the
bench. The matter considered at
the December adjourned term was
again brought up and the court
insisted that Nj. Raney, attorney
for the defendant, had agreed lat
the regular term in Octoper) to go
to trial at the December adjourned
term. To obtain all the informa-
ton possible on the subject, the
court ordered the circuit clerk and
ste~nographer to go to Pilot Knob
and get the deposition of Mr.. A.
HUFF, who was sick and unable to
attend court. (Mr. Huff was act
ing circuit clerk when the order
of continuance in the P~earsons'
case was made at the regular term
in October, and the court wanted to
know what he could recall as to
the action then taken.) Mr.. Huff
only recalled that the court order
ed the case set for December 10Th.
He could not testify as to what was
agreed between the attorneys. On
this report being made in court
Judge Williams announced that
the Pearsons case would be con-
tinued until February oath, when
he would endeavor to have some
circuit Judge present to try it.
On Tuesday afternoon about five
o'clock the people of Hillsboro
were startled by the intelligence
that Paul Patton had been serious
ly stabbed by w. j. Brownfeld.
Patton and Brownfield had been
in a difficulty in the morning, but
no further trouble was anticipated.
In the afternoon Patton, who had
been guarding the prisoners at
work on the rock pile, went into
Morris & Williams saloon to have
a drink, when Brownfield, accord
ing to reports, came up behind
him and struck at him several
times inflicting two stab wounds in
the back that are considered seri-
Gus. The knife used was a long
bladed, spring-back affair, and if
it penetrated the full length Of the
blade the wound may prove fatal.
Deputy Sheriff Edwin Forrest was
in the saloon at the time, and as
soon as he could grabbed Brown
field and wrested the knife from
him, and took him to the county
jail to await the fling of such
charges as the circumstances in the
case may require. Brownield at
the time of the stabbing was I'M
der the influence of liquor. DR.. G..
NJ. Mockbee was called in to look
after the wounded man, but did
not probe the wounds, and hence
nothing can be told as to their
gravity until such time has elapsed
that the presence or absence of in
ternal hemorrhage is revealed by
the condition of the wounded me- n.
-HiIsboro New Era.
Fifty years ago, not long after the
writer arri we'd at Pilot Knob and be-
fore the railroad had been extend
ed to that point, we had just one
mail a day. And that's about all
we have to-day. Under the new
time card, which went into effect
Sunday, we have a mail south al
five o'clock in the morning, an
other mail south about noon,and q
mail north at4:47 in the afternoon,
Not one of these trains stops at
Ironton, only snatching a small
pouch of letter mail from the crane
as they speed onward. Under this
arrangement, all of our papers, for
points ,north and south are dump
ed in a baggage "a of the north
bound local train (which hauls nc
mail car) at 2:11 o'clock in the
afternoon, carried to Bismarck anc
there unloaded to await the pleas
ure or convenience of some por-
ter or baggage man to reload or
north and south bound mail trains
that carry mail to local points.
AS the first train south that carries
mail to local point does not come
along for fifteen hours, you can
see the delay resulting, be the por-
ter or baggage man ever so prompt
and attentive. That is, under the
present most magnificent arrange
ment, subscribers to the REGISTER
at the Arcadia post-of1ice, scarcely
a mile away, will get their paper,
possibly, eighteen hours after it is
put on the train here. Certainly
not any sooner Glorious, this
mail service of Uncle Sans, isn't
it?
i w. j. Brownfeld stabbed Paul
Patton three times Tuesday after
noon in Morris & Williams saloon,
twice in the back near each Shout
der and once through his right arm
near the wrist. The assault was a
dastardly one and came without
giving any warning that was no
ticed by Patton and those tc
whom he was talking. They had
had some two or three quarrels
during the day and Monday night
the last at noon in the same saloon
But when Patton went into the
saloon on the invitation of H. B
Irwin and others, he paid no at.
tention to BrownfieId, who was in
! there talking to others, and ap.
!. peared to have no apprehension O
impending danger. Ed Forces
was present and as soon as ht