Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-01-22
Slab Wood, cut stove length, for
sale at $3.50 per load, cash on deliv-
W. P. PATTERSON,
Arcadia, Mo.

John Bethel of Arcadia, an old and
highly esteemed resident of the valley,
were arrested in Pennington last
Friday charged with having commit
ted various burglaries in Arcadia and
vicinity the past six months or more.
One night last May the summer resi-
dence of the late r. d. Lewis, beyond
Russellville, was burglarized and sew
eral fine guns, bedding and other arti-
cles of value taken therefrom. In the
early fall the home Of Mr.. Geo. w.
Clsrkson in Arcadia was raided and
several hundred dollars worth o fbed-
ding, rugs and other household goods
stolen. Mr.. Clarkson's garage was
entered and his Ford car stripped OF
nearly everything except the bed.
The latter part of November W. E.
Halls store in Arcadia was entered
and more than $500 worth Of merchan-
disc secured. The night OF January
4th S. ]. Tusl's store was robbed
and the thieves carried away goods to
the amount of $1,000, or more. Eff
forts to apprehend the guilty parties
availed nothing. When the Hall store
was robbed a bloodhound was brought
here from Venice, Ills, to try and To-
cate the thieves, but the dog lost the
trail Q short distance from the scene
of the crime. 1t was feared the guilty
parties were not going to be appre-
hended. The general opinion was
that the thieves had taken their loot
out of the valley in automobiles, but
that was all anybody seemed to know.
Early last week, however, Sheriff
Blue received q tip and he went to
Pennington to look around. He had
been there but a short time until he
became convinced he was on the right
trail. The official returned to Iron
ton, summoned Mr.. Clarkson from st.
Louis, and Friday afternoon Mr.. O.,
his son, George, Messrs. Hall and Tu-
al and the Sheriff went to Pennington.
A search was made of the Bethel
butcher shop and VIM. J. Bethepsres-
idence and much of the plumber tax
en- in the various burglaries was found
and identified by the owners. The
stolen goods had been hidden away in
every conceivable place and some of
the bedding was found OF the beds OF
sleeping children. The guns and 9th"
er property from the Lewis home
were there. Mr.. Clarkson and his
son positively identified the parts
taken from the automobile and bed
ding and other property stolen from
the residence. About all of the mer-
chandise taken from Tual's was re-
covered, as we'll as some little of that
stolen from Hall. The two Bethels
and two truck loads of tn recovered
property were brought back to Iron
ton that night and the prisoners lodg-
ed in jail. These young men were
born in the valley and have practical
ly spent all of their lives here. They
have hitherto born good regulations,
and the announcement of their arrest
and the attending circumstances &C.
casioned much surprise and comment.
The prisoners denied their guilt and
said they bought the property found
in their possession. Edward Bethel
is abut % years of age, single, and
has been engaged in the butcher bus
mess in Pennington the past two
| years. prospecting, it is said. William
is probably thirty years old and has a
wife and three small children. Sat-
. urday Prosecuting Attorney Edgar
filed informations for burglary and
larceny of the Clsrkson residence and
} garage. The defendants waived pre-
liminary examination and the bond
on each charge was fixed at $1,000.
/. Monday Edward was released on
/, so, 1000 bond, with his father and VIM.
. Conley of Arcadia as sureties, the
father furnishing the bond, SO he said,
that the young nan might go te
: Pennington and dispose of the $1,000
worth or more of stock on hand in the
butcher shop. Informations in the
other cases will probably be filed this
,, week. In rebuilding a Ford car the
! Bethels had purchased a number OF
!. parts from the local dealer in Farm
ington. Inquiry revealed that they
, had bought none of the parts stolen
from the Clarkson car. This is sale
to have been the information that re-
suited in the search of the Bethe
. premises and the arrest of the broth
, ers. Attorney o. L. Munger of Pied
mont has been retained by the de-
PENDANTS. It is reported that on Ed
ward Bethel's return to Pennington
Monday afternoon he was at once
. taken in custody by the st. Francois
I county officials, charged with stealing
y automobile tires from q garage il
Pennington several monthe since.