2 May 1902--CLARK--Eld John McCune, who lately celebrated his 82nd anniversary, wishes us to extend through our correspondence with the News, his best wishes to his many friends in Higbee and vicinity. He says he often thinks the times when he preached at the Old Higbee church were the most profitable and happiest during his work in the ministry. 2 May 1902--Mrs. George Lilly, of Illinois, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Sarah Williams. 2 May 1902--Born, on the 28th, to T. C. Walton and wife a daughter. 2 May 1902--Wednesday evening, son after dark, Tole Burton went to his barn, and upon opening the door was surprised to see a Negro man in front of him. Tole drew down on the darkey with a revolver, ordering him to throw up his hands, which he did. The Negro all this time was making every effort possible to explain matters to Tole, who is a little deaf, but failed, and was marched to the house with both hands up. At the house the Negro explained that he was on his way to Kansas City and only wanted to spend the night in the barn. Mrs. Burton gave him his supper and he was permitted to sleep in the barn. The next morning Tole gave the Negro his breakfast and sent him on his way rejoicing. 2 May 1902--Mrs. T. D. Williams, of Keb, Iowa, who has been here several days visiting her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas, returned home Saturday. 2 May 1902--Wm. Embree, of Cairo, is here visiting relatives. He says his daughter, Mrs. J. W. Burton, of near Cairo who has been seriously ill far the past week, is some better. 9 May 1902--U. M. Thompson who is making the season with his fine stallion and jack near Burton is showing some fine colts. 9 May 1902--Born, on the 8th, to Wm. Boyd and wife, a son. 9 May 1902--Born, on the 8th, to Thos. Jenkins and wife, a son. 9 May 1902--Born, on the 6th, to Herbert Higdon and wife, a 12 pound boy. 9 May 1902--Chas. M. Swearingen, of Moberly, brakeman on the Wabash, was struck by a bridge near Lexington Junction Monday evening and instantly killed. 9 May 1902--Dr. W. C. Harvey, of Roanoke, died at his residence Wednesday morning after a short illness, aged 77 years. He had practiced medicine at Roanoke for more than 50 years. 9 May 1902--The friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stark, who moved from here to Mexico two years ago, will regret to learn of the death of their little daughter, Ada, which occurred at Mexico, Sunday, May 4. 9 May 1902--Mrs. Maggie Lilly, of Taylorville, Ill, returned home Wednesday after a two weeks' visit with Higbee relatives. 9 May 1902--B. F. Andrews is having the property he recently purchased from G. A. Dougherty repaired, and will move into it early next month. 9 May 1902--Guy Compton and Miss Bertha Cravens, both of Higbee, drove over to Huntsville Wednesday and were married. The News extends best wishes. 9 May 1902--"Uncle" John Sutliff, who owns the Baker mill here, has purchased a lot of wool carding machinery which he is now placing in position at his mill and will be ready for work by the 15th of May. Uncle John owned and operated the old woolen mills on Depot street in this city for many years and later operated mills in Howard county. His mill there was burned a few years ago. He says that he has stayed out of this business now as long as he can, as no other business suits him better. After getting the carding business under way he expects to purchase more machinery and manufacture woolen goods. Mr. Sutliff has worked at this business nearly all his life and he understands it thoroughly. We trust that he will make a big success of his latest undertaking--Huntsville Herald. 16 May 1902--Born, on the 11th, to Moses Stevenson and wife, a son. 16 May 1902--Born, on the 10th, to Poly Knight and wife, a son. 16 May 1902--Married, in Higbee, MO, Wednesday, May 14, 1902, at the residence of and by Rev. J. M. Bell, Mr. B. F. Barron and Miss Vernia McHume, both of Higbee. The attendants were Mr. John Walton and Miss Fannie Barron. A number of friends witnessed the ceremony and showered them with congratulations. The young couple will go to housekeeping at once in their newly furnished home two miles from town. We trust success may always attend them. 16 May 1902--Mrs. L. A. Pope, who went to Colorado Springs recently for her health, died at that place on the 12th inst. The remains, accompanied by her husband, arrived here last night and were taken to the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Thos. Warford. Funeral services will be held at the Baptist church to-day--Friday--at 2:00 o'clock p.m., by Rev. N. B. Green, after which interment will be made at the family burying ground, near town. A more extended notice will appear next week. 16 May 1902--Thos. Warford sold his residence property Wednesday to Wm. Mattocks. Mr. Warford, we learn, will leave in a few days for Colorado. 16 May 1902--The remains of Dr. Cecelia A. Brown, the first practicing woman physician in Trenton, NJ, who died there on the 9th inst, were brought to Fayette and interred in the cemetery there Wednesday beside those of her father, the late Judge Henry L. Brown. Dr. Brown was born near Fayette 63 years ago. 23 May 1902--CLARK ITEMS--Born, on the 17th to Lee Hisle and wife, a son. 23 May 1902--CLARK ITEMS--Rev. John McCune was called to Middle Grove Friday on account of the serious illness of his daughter, Mrs. Betty Dulaney. 23 May 1902--Born, on the 15th, to J. H. Brock and wife a daughter. 23 May 1902--A. M. Greene of Boone county attended the funeral of his brother, W.W., here Saturday. 23 May 1902--Joe Cain was called here from Boonville Sunday to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law, John Stone. 23 May 1902--KILLED BY THE CARS--John Stone, Living Near Town Run Over and Killed on the Alton--Early last Saturday morning word was brought to town that the body of a man supposed to be that of John Stone, had been found on the C. & A. track two miles east of here mangled almost beyond recognition. Constable Elgin, accompanied by the company's surgeon, Dr. A. J. Brown, undertaker F. H. James and several others, went out and soon returned with the remains, which were recognized as Stone's from the clothing and a letter for his mother-in-law, Mrs. Frances Cain, which his brother-in-law, Frank Cain, had given him to take to her the evening before. The body was first discovered by the bridge men on their way to work, and was lying cross-wise between the rails with the head, both legs and one arm cut off. It is supposed that he was struck by the St. Louis fast passenger train which leaves here at 12:50 a.m. and if such was the case several trains passed over the body before it was discovered. That it was not caught by these and ground to pieces, is accounted for by the fact that the body was lying between two ties which had no ballast between them and to the high rails which are at least two inches higher than the average rail. That he was struck by an east-bound train is certain, as there was evidence that the body had been rolled for 100 feet from where his face and portions of his head were found. The face had been cut from the head much in the shape of a false face. A portion of the left side of the skull was found near it. The remains were taken to F. H. James' undertaking rooms and late in the afternoon, recognizable to a degree almost beyond belief, were taken to his home east of town from which they were interred the next day in Fairview cemetery. He was in town Friday night and was drinking and, we understand, started for home about 11 o'clock with a half pint of alcohol in his pocket. It is supposed that he laid down on the track and went to sleep. >From the manner in which the body was lying and cut up it is evident that he was lying across the track when struck. Deceased was about 30 years of age and leaves to mourn his untimely end a wife and three small children, father, mother and three sisters, all of whom have the sympathy of the entire community. 23 May 1902--W. W. Greeno--It is with regret that we chronicle the death of W. W. Greeno, who died at his residence one mile north of Higbee, on Friday; May 16, 1902, aged 71 years. For the past year he had been a great sufferer from cancer of the face, but bore his affliction with fortitude. Mr. Greeno was born and raised in Troy county, Pennsylvania, moved to Missouri with his family in 1870 and located near Huntsville. Ten years later he bought a farm near Higbee, where he has since lived and upon which he died. In his death Randolph county has lost one of its best citizens, one who will be sadly missed by all who knew him. He leaves six sons and one daughter. Funeral services were conducted at the residence Saturday evening by Eld. R. R. Jones, after which the remains were followed by numerous friends to the Baker burying grounds and laid to rest by the side of his wife who preceded him to the grave a few years. The bereaved family have our sympathy. 23 May 1902--Mrs. L. A. Pope--Mary E, wife of Lawrence A. Pope, died at Colorado Springs, Col, on Monday 12th inst, as we shortly noted is our last issue. Mrs. Pope had suffered from pulmonary trouble for a long time. In October last the family moved from here to Colorado Springs with the view of benefiting her health, but the experiment proved to be unavailing as death resulted after a residence of a little less than seven months. She suffered a great deal, but bore it with Christian fortitude. The body was embalmed and shipped here in a zinc lined box, arriving on the morning of the 15th, when it was met at the C & A depot and conveyed the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thos. Warford. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church on Friday last by Rev. N. B. Green, after which interment was made at the family burial ground two miles west of town. Mrs. Pope was the daughter of M. H. Botts. She was the mother of 8 children, four of whom, with her husband and two brothers, John H. and W. T. Botts, mourn their loss. 23 May 1902--Wm. H. Wheeler--William H. Wheeler, who lived about 4 miles north of town was stricken with paralysis early Friday morning from which he died on Tuesday morning, May 20, 1902, at 2 o'clock. He partially recovered consciousness before death but could not articulate a word. Funeral services were held at the house Wednesday at 11 a.m. by F. H. James, after which interment was made in the family burying ground on the Chas. Frisk farm 3 miles east of town. Mr. Wheeler was born in Virginia Sept 2, 1831. In 1854 his father and mother moved to this country and settled southeast of town with 4 daughters and 10 sons. He married in 1854, and to this marriage issue of 2 daughters was had. His wife died in 1858. He again married about 36 years ago; to this union four boys and two girls were born, all of whom were present at the funeral except one daughter who is at Seattle, Washington, and one son in Denver. His son, George, arrived home Saturday morning from Denver. Mr. Wheeler was converted and was baptized at McMullen Baptist church in 1884--of which he continued a member until his death. Several friends came from Kansas on Saturday morning to celebrate a birthday festival at the home, but instead of a joyous festival attended the funeral of the old gentleman, who died in his seventy-second year. 23 May 1902--Len Broaddus, a switchman, was run over and killed in the yards at New Franklin Tuesday night while on duty. He was born and raised in Moberly and the remains were taken there for interment. 23 May 1902--John O'Brien and Miss Bella Blee, notice of whose approaching marriage was printed in last night's Democrat, were wedded at Richmond, MO, this afternoon. The attendants were Miss Bella Blee, a cousin of the bride, and Mr. George Whittington, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. O'Brien will make Moberly their future home--Moberly Democrat. 23 May 1902--As forecasted by the Democrat, Mr. Hugh L. Thompson, of this city, and Mrs. Millie Ohlinger, of Higbee, were married yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev. Geo. D. Willingham performed the ceremony in his usual happy style, at his home on West Coates street. The nuptials were witnessed by the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Thompson, and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Jones and a couple from Higbee, who were relatives of the bride. Immediately following the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were driven to their future home, which is near Higbee--Moberly Democrat, May 18. 30 May 1902--HANGED BY A MOB--Abe Witherup, the Monroe County Murderer, Taken From Jail and Hanged to Railroad Bridge Near Paris.--Paris, MO, May 25--Abe Witherup, the murderer of Wm. Grown, was taken from the Paris jail at 2 o'clock this morning, marched to the bridge on the north edge of town and hanged. The work was done by a mob of more than a hundred men, who rode quietly into the town at midnight. They went at once to the jail but were held back for more than an hour by Sheriff Jas. W. Clark and Deputies Martin Clark and Polk Masterson, who stood before the entrance to the jail stockade with drawn revolvers and threatened to shoot the first man who attempted to force an entrance. The mob stayed before the jail for nearly two hours and then marched away. The officers remained on guard but thought the mob had been foiled. About two o'clock several men approached and engaged the sheriff and deputies in conversation and before they could defend themselves they were seized, disarmed and marched away. The mob quickly surrounded the jail again and with sledge hammers battered the big iron doors off their hinges in a few minutes. James H. Whitecotton rushed into the jail as soon as the doors gave way and made a stirring appeal to the mob to desist and allow the law to take its course. The leaders wavered and became quiet and would probably have spared the prisoner's life, but for the frenzied cries for vengeance from those in the rear. Whitecotton was swept aside and in a few seconds Witherup was secured. He made no resistance and in reply to questions confessed his guilt. The father and brother of his victim were in the mob and assisted in escorting the prisoner to the bridge a quarter of a mile away. The brother is said to have bound Witherup's hands and feet and adjusted the rope, and the father is said to have pushed him off the bridge. His neck was broken by the fall. His death was almost instantaneous. The mob quickly dispersed and the body was left hanging until the arrival of Coroner Johnston this morning. The inquest will be held Wednesday. The action of the mob is generally deplored by the better element in Paris and vicinity. 30 May 1902--Born, on the 27th, to John Devore and wife, a son. 30 May 1902--E. B. Foley and wife, who moved to Colorado last fall, are back on a visit. 30 May 1902--We learn that J. R. (Dick) Burton, who has been at work for the T. J. Moss Tie Co, for a number of years, with headquarters in Kentucky, was recently married to the only daughter of a prominent farmer of that state, and that he has resigned his position with the tie company and gone to farming. The News joins other friends in extending good wishes and congratulations. 30 May 1902--Ben Nance, one of Howard county's richest men and biggest land owners, died at this home near New Franklin on the 22nd, aged 72 years. 30 May 1902--Arthur Potter, aged 22 years, son of George Potter, living near Myers, was killed by a horse Tuesday evening. He had finished plowing for the day and was riding the horse home, when it became frightened at a dog and ran away. Potter's foot caught in the harness and he was dragged over the field and trampled and kicked to death. The horse was brought to a sudden stop by Potter's free foot catching in a fence, which almost split his body in two. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome