Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1922-01-05

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morning, since he had just returned
the night before from Irondale where
he had been for several days.-Bis-
marck Gazette.
Samuel Holmes, who lived across
the st. Francois river in Madison
county, was fatally injured by his
team running away while he was un-
loading ties in the yard at Arcadia
last Wednesday afternoon. The team
became frightened at the noise of q
locomotive and started to run. Death
resulted in a short time. The re-
mains were taken to- Bismarck, the
former home Of the unfortunate man,
for interment.
An air compressor which had been
considerable damaged in the fire of
the power house ct Pilot Knob a
couple Of years since and had been
sent away for repairs, was shipped
back to Pilot Knob last week. No de-
finite announcement is forthcoming,
but the opinion seems to be that there
will be something doing at Pilot Knob
before long. Probobly getting out
material for the roads that Missouri is
going to build.
Fred Kindell, for fifty years or
more an honored and respected citizen
of Ironton, died at his home in this
city Sunday morning at ten o'clock,
after a rather prolonged Illness, hav-
ing suffered several strokes of paralysis
in the past year or more. The deceas-
ed was IA years and ten months old,
and is survived by q widow, three
daughters and n son, to whom we
extend our sympathy. An obituary
will appear later. The funeral &C.
Cured from the residence Tuesday
afternoon and interment was made in
the Masonic cemetery.
Flat neutrality-suspicious. in Farm
ington News: "Mrs. r. @. Love and
daughter, Florence, left Tuesday after
noon for st. Louis, where they will
spend a few days visiting Mrs. Loves
sons, Willard and John Love. They
will go on to Harrisburg, Penn,
where Mrs. Love will make an in
definite stay with her daughter, Mrs.
j. d. Blackwell. Miss Florence will
visit there Cor a month; then she will
go to New York City where she will
enter school for a special course in
home economics. She is a teacher in
the State University at Austin, Texas"
The preliminary examination of
Milton and Wilbur Barton, charged
with the murder of Bud Osburn at his
home at Doyle, in the west end of the
county, on the night of December 1st,
was held before Justice Rasche In the
circuit court room in the courthouse
Monday. About fifteen witnesses
we're examined who corroborated the
story of the crime as printed in this
paper the past month. The examina-
ton lasted nearly all day, and at its
conclusion Justice Rasche announced
that the defendants would be held for
the April term of circuit court with
out bail. The court room was crowd
ed throughout the day and consider
able interest was manifested. The
defendants did not testify, nor did
their attorneys, Brewster & Brewster,
offer any evidence in their behalf.
Prosecuting Attorney Keith Tuesday
had a warrant issued against the Bar
tons charging them with the murder
of Mrs. Osburn, who died about three
weeks after her husband, from in
juries received at the time of his kill
ing.
Poplar Bluff Republican: "Six men
arrested yesterday and 1900 gallons of
mash was destroyed by officers OF this
and Ripley county. Those arrested
were Tom Craft, Albert Culbertson,
8. L. Sadler of Qulin, Ben w. SlaytoD,
Sr., Ernest and Swaer Slayton, resi-
dents of Little Black near Powers
Mill. A still with a capacity of forty
gallons a day was also captured and
taken to Doniphan as evidence. The
officers of this county were tipped off
a few days ago and since the distillery
was over the line in Ripley county
Sheriff Aogg sent word to the sheriff
of that county to come to Poplar
Bluff and, he would furnish deputies
to help make the raid. Poplar Bluff
is the chief market for the moonshin-
ers and the local officers felt that q
distillery on the line In Ripley county
was a menace to the peace Of this
community. The officers left here
Tuesday evening late in Sheriff Hogg's
car, Sheriff Young of Ripley county
and three deputies from Mr.. Hogg's
office. They located the distillery
and lay in waiting"
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