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e,siout-lt;by those who know him as a ‘clevei fellow,’ and, although a drinking character, and when under the influence of* t . .V Iliquor, quarrelsome and dangerous, alM besttfticipated in the murder.2dThos. P. Longley and David C*ark,who plead guilty, and were sentencedto the Penitentiary tor lile, are nei-Benais said. Longley is the son of Oapt.the firm of Sheern Long*Blt;ley, furniture dealers, and is respeetak 1 1 V I ^ « I ^ ^ .X • t lt;k 1 I IIbly connected. His father served inthe Mexican war with distinction as^ ^ ^ ft I _ A —V I V w V «« 1 w • « w w ■ w - —an officer in one of the Ohio regiments.He removed from Hamilton in that^ ^ ^ - —State to this city, some six or seven years ago. The son is a desperateyoung villain. He it was who firedthe fatal shot by which Farenbaugh lost his life. If his own confession beI Vlt; ii » • • » » m • * ~ m — — - — - ---true this is by no means the first mur der he lias had a hand in. mi LThe publie are waiting with considerable in terest to know the reason which inJuced the Prosecuting Attorney to allow him the milder punishment fixed by the law for that terrible oftence.—Certainly no one ever more richlydeserved to be hanged.,Of Clark we can learn but little,but that is of the most unfavorablecharacter. He, too, is implicated inother murders, and since his conviction has been instrumental in bunging transactions of the darkest andto .. jtUp —^ - * : - * * Ifnost startling atrocity to light.Aas upon his and Longloy’s revelaions, we understand, that the indict- -iientof Capt. Stocking for the mur-ler of John Rose, which was presentjd by the Grand Jury yesterday, was 1founded. Others are to follow.In conclusion, the whole party op-eared to be eminently deseiving ol1 *L-~ It is 1he punishment assigned them.nly to bo regretted that Longley,,vho is, if any difference, the most guil V of them all, is not to suffer the ex-* ■ ‘ Lafv Joui.re me penalty ot the law.
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Delphi Dollar Journal
Delphi, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 04, 1855
Page 2
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