Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-04-04
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the time in REYNOLDS county Was

the time in Reynolds county. Was
elected to the office of Judge of the
Probate Court OF Reynolds county in
1906, and during the term was admit
ted TO the bar. He has been actively
engaged in the practice CT the law ey-
er since, having had practice in the
circuit court in various counties in
Southeast Missouri, and all of the APP
peliate courts of the State. Judge
Keith has always been a staunch DEM
ocrat and actively assisted in the cam
paign in this county two years ago.
He is the fathor of three children,two
boys and n girl, the eldest son now
being in the L. S. Navy, stationed at
Camp Dewey, Great Lakes, Illinois.
He took an active part in the Red
Cross and Y. NJ. c. A. campaigns in
the county, being Chairman of the Y.
Nj. G. A. Organization last fall. He is
a Mason, Odd Fellow and Modern
Woodman, and a member of the NJ.
T.. Church, South. The next session
of the Legislature is a most important
one-a revising session~-and Judge
Keith feels that he could render good
service because of his experience in
the law. The ,REGisTER takes pleas
ure in commencing his candidacy 10
the careful consideration of the vot-
ers.
Last Friday a revelation came to this
community which aroused shocked
interest and intense feeling. A a
rant was issued against Mrs. Lena
Left, wife of George A. Left, a e
chant in lrontop, for alleged brutal
Il inhuman treatment of Florence
Chartrand, a girl a little over sixteen
years OF age, who has been an in
mate by adoption of the Left home for
about three years. Last Thursday
morning there came no response from
her room to Mrs. Leif's call. Ali that
day she was missing, but Friday the
girl was found to be at the home of
Frank Armstrong, east of the flour
mill. AS deputy sheriff VIM, Blue
was passing by he was called into the
house, saw the girl, and at once took
charge of her aud she is still in his Gus
tody at the Jail residence. According
to the poor orphans statement, Mrs.
Left had taken her upstairs, tied her
hand and foot, stripped her naked
and beaten her with a stick until it
broke in two and then with the splin-
tered ends raked her over the breast
and abdomen, nicking gashes in the
flesh into which she dashed concen-
trated I've. Wednesday night, or
early Thursday morning 1.-THE girl stole
from the D and hid herself under
the house, between the ground and
the lower floor. Here she remained,
suffering and fearing to move, all day
Thursday; but that night she crawled
down 10 the Armstrong house. This
is a very brief statement of her story,
with many heart-rending particulars
omitted. Did not her physical condi-
ton corroborate her story OF suffer-
ing, it would be held Incredible. One
OF the physicians present at the ex-
amination--as were also two ladies'
tells me that no a could view with
out tears her pitiable condition; that
her body was literally a mass of
wounds and scars, healed and partly
healed, showing that their infection
covered q long period of time. On her
breast, hips and abdomen were black
splotches. Some of the particulars |
must perforce abstain from printing,
and comment, outside the statement
of alleged fact, is unnecessary. The
girl, whose name is Florence Char
trand, was adopted by G. A. and Lena
Left from the Children's Home Socie-
ty of Missouri, February 7, 1915, as is
shown by the following, taken from
the deed of adoption: "Whereas, said
child has been placed by said Society
in the home of G. A. Left and Lena
Left, husband and wife, who have had
the said child for eight months, and
have become much attached to said
child, and desire to adopt her as their
own child and to give said child such
treatment and Christian education as
they would if said child had been born
to them in lawful wedlock, and change
her name to Florence Left" Friday
night, as above stated, Mrs. Left was
arrested or the charge Of "felonious.
ly wounding and manning" and taken
before Justice Rasche. She waived
preliminary trial and was placed un'
der $500 bond for her appearance a
circuit court, her husband qualifying
as bondsman.
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