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Timothy Driscoll is about twentythree \ears of age. He is the son of D«* . *- i . . -___1 !«flnatn. I* Scotchman -------.ous old teamster, living in the lower Blt;part of the city. Timothy has fol-'POU uiv ^ 'lowed no particular occupation, we believe, beyond occasionally working• a .1 ttTiin If o r ITas a canal boatman, and his wife 'ery strikingly illustrates the truth of theproverb that idlenes is the prolific parent of mischiet and vice. He is unloubtedly a very bad man, and has jeen intimate with crime for manyrears. He was accused, with Lem Freese, a well known offender, withobhing the Hurley House last sum-ner, but was acquitted on his trial at he October term of the Common‘leas Court. From confessions which lie■ w* A v v — — —--ie has made since his conviction of therime for which he is under sentence Bnong been concerned in a number of ilher robberies and murders. He isbout 6 feet in height, slenderly madend has the most villainous look wever beheld. It would make Lavaterhudder. It is without a particle of hu-in’ __ in I rYilir«oanitv or intelligence—brutal, mur- :^olerous. Upon physiognomical groundslone, a jury would almost bejustiti-• _ • m * * k % md in hanging him.Abram Rice has lived in the cityince he was a boy. He served a% . • i * .a a u iinmnrfIUV-W IIV If V. ^ -egular apprenticeship at the tinningusiness with Thos. S. Cox, Esq, one1 • • —. A M/lf our most esteemed citizens, and 1RL-. ^ A I • A I _as generally worked at his trade.Ie married three or four years ago,a ^ « — A I k a wut owing to his intemperate habits separation ensued and his wife sub-jquenlly obtained a divorce. He;as about starting in business in Renalear in Jasper county, at the time he •as induced'to join the robbery of the'arenbaughs, which, according to thermfession of the other parties, hadever bean proposed to him until theay before it was attempted. He is
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Delphi Dollar Journal
Delphi, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 04, 1855
Page 2
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