The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1914-04-30
BANDITS HOLD UP A TOWN
Four cracksmen Loot Safes in Phil
lipsburg After Cutting Wires
Bullets Kept People Quiet.


Four robbers, after cutting Phillips
burg off from all wire communica.
ton with the outside world, broke in.
to two stores, blew open the vault in
the Farmers State Bank and escaped
to the hills west of town with loot
estimated at S2,100. More than a hun
dred shots were fired by the robbers
at persons who attempted to inter-
fere.
The robbers appeared in the st.
Louis e San Francisco railway sta.
tion shortly after midnight. They
bound A. c. Lawson, night agent in
charge, and left him in a corner with
man to guard him to prevent his
getting to the wire. The remaining
three then cut all telephone wires
leading out of town. After ransack.
ing the postoffice and hardware store
they set off charge of explosive in
the bank.
After an exchange of forty to fifty
shots John Huff, sheriff Of Laclede
county, and a posse of officers cap
tured three of the robbers. No one
was injured.
The names of the men were given
as mike" O'Brien, "Tom" Carrigan
and j. C. Kelley. Thirteen hundred
dollars in currency was found on
them. The capture was made after a
ten-hour chase in which the men were
cornered in brush pile in the timber
fifteen miles south of Lebanon.
Presbtery Elects. The seventh an.
nual meeting of the Missionary So.
ciety of the Sedalia Presbytery held
two days session in Sedalia recently.
These officers were elected: Mrs.
j. A. B. Adcock, Jefferson City, presi.
dent; Mrs. James r. Lucas, Osceola;
Mrs. A. L. Shortridge. Sedalia Mrs.
H. l.. Douthat, Clinton, vice presi.
dents; Miss Matte d. Sites, Pilot
Grove; Mrs. L. S. Wright, Lowry City;
Mrs. S. E. Lightcap, Appleton City;
Mrs. w. w. Cheek, Blairstown. cor
responding secretaries and treasurers;
Mrs Charles A. Dix, Jefferson City,
recording secretary. The executive
committee will select the next place
of meeting.
congregationa'ists Meet. The
Springfield association of CongIega.
tional churches, which includes South
west Missouri counties, held its an.
nual two-day session at Carthage. Of
ficers for the year were elected, H6v.
Elmer w. Willis Serl of Carthage be.
ing chosen moderator and F. 4. SWEET
of Lebanon scribe.
Quits M. U. Facu!.y.-Dr. o. w. H.
Mitchell Of the school of medicine OF
the University of Missouri has an
nounced his resignation. DR.. Mitchell
has accepted a position as professor
of bacteriology at Syracuse Univer.
sity.- He also will be bacteriologist OF
the city OF Syracuse. DR.. Mitchell was
associate professor of bacteriology
here. He is graduate of the Uni.
versity of Missouri.
Miss Lyme to sins.+Felice Lyme.
the Kansas City prima donna, will
give concert at the University OF
Missouri May A. She Will take the
place of Madame Schumann-H -Heink,
who was forced to cancel her engage
ment because of Illness. Miss Lyme
comes to the university under the
auspices of Phi Mu Alpha National
Musical, which has a chapter here.
Need More 'Prlests.-Plans to inter
est more young men of Southwest
Missouri in studying for the priest
hood were discussed at the semi-an
nual meeting of the Springfield dean
cry of the Catholic church at Spring
field. Bishop T. +. Lillis of the Kan
sas City diocese presided. Twenty
five priests attended.
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l.. o. o. r. tot Meet.-Plans have
been completed for the annual con
vention. of the Independent Order O.
Odd Fellows of Missouri and the state
Rebekah assembly to be held in Car
thage, May 1919 and 20. Carthag,
expects to entertain 1000 visitors dur
ing the three days.
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Mothers to st. Louis.-St. Loui
was chosen for the next annual cor
veDtIon of the Missouri Mothers Col;
gress and Parent-Teachers' AssocIa
tion at the closing session of the 1911
convention at Springfield.