Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-08-13

not want the condition of the COM
pany to become public.-St. Louis
Republic.
Roger Wilburn and Miss Opal Barn
house, two of Poplar Bluffs best
known and popular young people,
we're quietly married in st. Louis
Tuesday morning, it was learned to-
day. The first inkling of the event
received by their friends here, was
through a letter to a close friend of
Mr.. Wilburn received this afternoon,
in which the latter announced his we'd
ding. The news came as a great sur
prise to Poplar Bluff friends. MI.
Wilburn and Miss Farmhouse were
both on their vacations and have been
absent from the city for some time, 1t
seems they arranged previously to
meet in st. Louis for the nuptials.
Mr.. Wilburn in his letter states that
he and his bride will take an extend
ed honeymoon trip in the east. Their
future plans are as yet indefinite, and
it is possible that they will not return
to this city to reside permanently.
Mrs. Wilburn is the daughter of State
Pure Food Inspector Farmhouse who
resides at Ironton. She has been a
resident of Poplar Bluff for a number
of years, and very popular in society.
Mr.. Wilburn came from Tennessee
several years ago and has held posi-
tions in various mercantile establish
ment here, lately as salesman for
Lilies & Williams. He is regarded as
one of Poplar Bluffs live young bust
ness men. The many friends of the
bride and groom here unite in wish
ing them happiness.-Poplar Bluff
Republican.
Valley friends of the bride wish her
every happiness.
Last Friday afternoon Sheriff Blue
received a telephone message from
G~raniteville stating that Ed. Thomas
had shot and fatally wounded a man
by the name of Albert Cole, who liv-
ed about a mile west Of Graniteville.
Mr.. Blue and Deputy George Marshall
and Constable Ben Fl. Blanton at
once proceeded to Coles home, where
they found him in a dying condition.
The story told by Cole and his wife
and two or three other persons was
that shortly before noon Thomas had
come to the Cole home and had some
words with Mrs. Cole. Cole then
came up and Thomas threatened to
kill them all. Thomas then had more
words with the woman who hit him
in the back of the head with a rock.
Thomas departed. Probably a half
hour later, while Cole and his wife
and a neighbor, VIM. Douglass and
wife, were in the house, three shots
were fred and the balls went rafting
through the, room. Cole went to a
window and another shot was fired,
the ball passing through his left arm
and all the way through the body.
Cole says he saw Thomas standing in
some underbrush about sixty steps
away, firing the gun. The officers
then proceeded to the cabin where
Thomas made his home, about half a
mile distant. They found Thomas
there and he seemed much surprised
at their appearance, and denied all
knowledge of the shooting. He was
brought to Ironton and placed in Jail.
Cole died at midnight, about twelve
hours after the shooting. Coroner
Farrar held an inquest next day and
the jury found that Coles death was
the result Of a gun shot wound infict-
ed by Ed. Thomas. This is not the
first time Thomas has been in trouble.
Thirty-five years ago he stabbed to
death a man at M%iddlebrook by the
name of Nicholas Yost. He was tried
in the circuit court here, found guilty
of murder in the second degree and
given a sentence of ten years in the
~penitentiary. The ase was appealed
to the Supreme Court and reversed
and remanded. The defendant then
took a change of venue to Washing
ton county where he was tried and
acquitted. Cole was fifty years old
and had lived In the Graniteville coun-
try about five years. Thomas is sixty
four years Of age. MI. A. 7. Brewster
Of Poplar Bluff has been retained by
| Thomas to defend him.