Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1921-07-21

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sion, antthen Senator Buford's con-
science will be free from any regrets
over the cost Of the unnecessary ex-
ira session.-Ellington Press.
The new revolver law passed by the
last session of the Missouri legislature
makes 1t necessary for any citizen
wishing to purchase a revolver to APP
pear before a sheriff, establish his re-
speetability and then before a clerk
Of the county court and pay a fee OF
so cents before a merchant is permit
ted to sell him a revolver. The bill
wal fathered by Sam Allender, chief
of detectives Of st. Louis, who over
looked the fact that any citizen can
go to a neighboring state and pur-
chase a revolver without this trouble
or expense; furthermore that any
citizen a send an order to a mail
order house outside the state apd be
promptly supplied. 1t is held by
hardware merchants that the bill will
not bring about the object for which 1t
was intended and will in no case pre-
vent crooks from supplying them
selves with revolvers and that other
states having similar laws have found
them unsatisfactory.
A man, between twenty.fi and
thirty years of age, giving his name
as g. D.. Franks, and address Noun
tain View, Mo, arrived in Ironton
on July 10th. He claimed to be an
optometrist and solicited orders for
glasses around the town and commun-
ity for several days. Thursday morn
ing he cashed a check drawn on the
Bank of Ironton for s5 at Whitt's
restaurant, across the street from the
courthouse. When the check was
presented to the bank payment was
refused, Frank having no account
there. He was arrested at Belleview
that afternoon and brought back to
Ironton. He was taken before Squire
Rasche and pleaded guilty to the
charge of issuing a check on a bank
where he had no funds, and was fined
$25 and costs. In default of funds
wherewith to liquidate the optometrist
is now in the county Jail.
Desloge Sun: "Pelty's Nationals
ran against the first snag of their two
weeks .sbarnstormingn tour Thurs
day afternoon at Ironton when they
locked horns with Arcadia Valley.
The game started off with a bang for
Petty when he marked up two in the
first inning and another in the third.
But things took on q different color
when Bobbie Edgar slammed a three
Dagger into right field. The score
was evened up three, three In the
seventh inning and the tie was un-
broken until the last half of the
eleventh when the A. V.'sgot in some
good ticks and scored one. The bat
teries were: Miller and Lavarre for
the Nationals; Pruitt and Robinson
for Arcadia Valley. The game was q
very interesting one, in fact the best
game we have seen for q long time.
The men on the hill for each team
did splendid work as not a man on
either side was able to take a stroll
to first on four bad guesses of the
pitcher"
City Marshal Ed Greasy of Pied
mont was brought to Ironton last
Friday by Sheriff Lyman Wilcox of
Wayne county and placed in the Iron
county jail. That day at one O'Clock
in the afternoon Deputy Constable
James FL. Turner of Piedmont was
shot and killed by Greasy. Early in
the day Greasy bad an alteration
with A. O. Daniel, an attorney of
Piedmont, and slapped him. Daniel
swore out a warrant for his arrest
and it was given to Turner to serve.
Greasy had defeated Turner for the
office of Marshal in quite a bitter
campaign In the spring. As Turner
attempted to serve the warrant Greasy
drew his pistol and shot Turner-fiye
balls, it is stated, taking effect. Turn
er made no effort to return the fire.
There was much excitement and con-
siderable feeling manifested over the
killing and Sheriff Wilcox deemed il
prudent to bring Greasy here for safe
keeping. Attorney o. L. Munger, o.
Piedmont, who has been retained by
the defendant, vas here Saturday to
consult with his client. Greasy wat
taken back to Piedmont Tuesday fol
preliminary examination.
Last Saturday morning Sheriff John
I. Marshall and his deputy, Geo. W
Marshall, went down to Marble Greek
about twelve miles south of Ironton
in response to a tip that white MULE
was being manufactured in that vicin'
ity. They left here about daybreat
and reached their destination while
the morning was yet quite young