Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton
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1895, NOV. 1045 CONICTIO.S. Nov. 2.9-LIZ\IS If..L()RA, brakcinan, falling from his car at East Leavenworth. was killed. DECEMBER. Dcc. 2Rev. L. E. )IeNair resigned as pastor of the Iresbv- terian Church a.t Platte City. to accept a call from Pleasant Hill, Mo. Circuit court commences a three-weeks term, remarkable for the large and important criminal business. CONVICTIONS. Lewis Wright and Charles Rinev were sentenced to 6 (:11s each for burg1arv; Theo. Bridges for incest. 7 years; Henry Kent was sent to the Reform School at Boonville until he becomes of age; James Frazier, convicted of murder of Oxford. and it being Sunday. the sentence, 10 years. was deferred until the next term. STIGERS OR NEVSOlIE ISLAND. Diefendorf, and ofhers. sued Newsonie. who had settled on Stigers, or Iewson1e Island. and claimed it a.s a new island formed on the place for1nerlv occupied by Stigers Island, which had been entered by piefendorf. The suit was ejectment. and the island was decided by the court to be the property of Diefendorf. Judge Herndon, having witnessed the shooting of Newton Winn bv Watson Reed. was disqualied to try the murder case. and the same was continued, to be tried by another judge, to be selected No for111er session of the circuit court was so largely attended. Dec. 11\. II. SOUTHERN, a tobacco salesman, of Kansas Cit), co1u111itted suicide by plunging, at night. from the Leaven- worth steel bridge into the Missouri River. He was on a spree lasting several days. His body was recovered. inquest held. and the remains sent to Kansas City. Dec. 16The Platte Citv Central Hotel, J. Emmit Perry proprietor. is opened, with a feast. Jesse Collins new house on : (:his011 Hill is conipletc. Not. 18 A 4-inch snow. following ne weather. David Risk removed to Kansas City. Heavy rain. Dec. 2.3Six-incli snow. (hristmas observed at Farlev bv a tree. The children at Platte City had candy treats in all the churches. The \eston Christian Church had a literarv enter- tainment on the 31st. E. SANGSTON WILKI;SO. and wife (see) both died this year in California. whither they had gone for their health.