Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1911-04-13

~ years OH, son OF w. H. marun OF
Fre,lericktown, Mo, was killed as he
jumped from a Louisville, Henderson
< ST Louis train, running forty-fve
miles an hour at O'Clock yesterday
morning at a station ten miles east
Of OwensboTo. His body was not
identified until to-day He was to
have been married to Miss Eva Fos-
ter Of this county this morning The
train does not stop at the station
which was Martins destination.
Rather than b. carried past the
station Martin. case in hlni. jumped
His body was picked up a few hours
later. Every bone hal been broken
At Charleston. last Saturday. J. S
White OF Admission, accused Of mur-
der in connection with the lynching
OF two negroes in Charleston on July
3 of last year was acquitted Friday
without the jury retiring J. Moore
Haw. prosecuting attorney OF Mis-
siSSippi county. Was unable to furnish
evidence 20 sustain n verdict Of
murder of first degree, and Judge {.
II Farris ordered the case dismiss
el after listening TO testimony Of
witnesses for three hours. II is be
liyvcd the action of the court in the
White case will result in the freeing
of William knight John Carnahan
aud William Bahh. who are under
indictment ia connection with the
same lyurhins
Fgcirrl.s.e. Democrat News, April
While searching for some kindling
wood under the floor OF the freight
depot at DrlaSSUs yesterday, Oscar
Chalk. ,hc Iron Mountain agent. dis.
covered oa iroa box belonging to a
safe 1t had hcrn blown open with
explosives and upon examining the
contents he found them to be those
belonging to the safe Of Miller Bros
at E,vlns, rhlch vas blown open last
January Mr. Chalk notified Prose
cutting Attorney Boyer and Sheriff
London. who went out 10 DtLaSSus
and secured the articles The re-
covered contents If the safe were
about 5000 in CHECKS ID some
legal papers The $500 il ash the
safe contained when burgla ,cd was
missing
CtaG.H .k
Joseph Wciueartner an old gen
llcman who came here a stranger
March 26. was assaulted and robbed
Of q small sum Of money, about
81 81. last Thursday night lie was
heard crying for help about 9 O'Clock
aud parties found him bleeding about
the head and showing evidence OF
having been struck two or three
blows He was brought w town
and told parties who could under
stand him that q young man who
could speak German with him had
taken him down the street, pretend
ing TO befriend him, and beat and
robbed him He says he came over
from Germany only a short while
ago and is expecting his family here
soon No effort, it seems, was made
to find out who assaulted and robbed
the old man Whoever it was is a
dangerous animal to he running at
large,
Pennington News,
Peter Swain and Harris Bissell are
in Jail at Hastings. Neb, and will be
brought back to Pennington to an
swer the charge of numbering j. F.
Taylor, patient in the State hospi-
tai here. Swain and Bissell were
attendants at the hospital and were
identified by Taylor March 81 as his
assailants, Taylor was brought here
March 8 from Ripley county and
placed in the receiving, or observa-
ton ward. 1t was there he claimed
that he was assaulted by Swain and
Bissell. He was removed to the dis
turbed ward a few days later. and,
while he complained of having been
hurt, but little attention was paid to