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holding so rnucnr . . c - iva seventTrial of David M. Stocking, for tJohnJUUlUCi v* ----- , £This case was put at issue before. . _ A 111 n •ihe Court this morning. At 1U o -me uuuu tm* iuv‘ii , i iclock a Jury was fully empanneledand the witnesses on the part ot thenewsp hand,lt;of theState were also sworn. Ihe casewas opened by Mr.Naylor, the I ios. r . * . ...l^ in thftmain iwith gTheecuting Attorney, who read to theJury the bill of indictment found by jful attitheUrand Jury,and containingalarge number of counts. After reading themostoard tlt;ncount;law concerning murder, robbery and » ^ arson, he informed the Jury whato’_______in nrove. to-wit: J11the State expected to prove, to-wi : that the Warehouse must have beenset on fire by an incendiary—thattheie had been no fire in the houseoflicia“Lduring the day after lOVclock in themorning—that careful examinationUIUIUIUK™ . . • .__.had been made at two difierent tunesannoimatictackeduring the day to be certain that thereu O : . .i . ______Malamorn1w7no7rea'bo«t the premises-that ^s 'at 4 oVlock in the evening of the 8 h forts-of January, every door and windowhaveUI JclllUUlJ I WWW* j Iin the house was securely fastened onSethe ins'i'de—tha t then or • fifteen min- F™utes before the fire was discovered, a ene________ «Wninc? in Caswells fneIyoung man sleeping in Caswell s — Warehouse just across the Canal, wa,. . J ____niM'ACCawakened by three men runing across | woui»hf hridlt;re—that one ot them fell downi the bridge—in#u'i«w‘ ...v... — -- i r%amthe stabs leading fiom the bridge to] CanIthe tow-path—that the other two , The ran around the other side of the, Pbridge, gathered' up the one who haderfufallen,'and bqre him off down the Ca- «£•nal—that two men, shortly alter the . ^(ire had broken out, were seen to j« come through the alley back ot Co-tUIIIv iiu - • p plumbia street,entering near bsq.Oia| IpF-UI I ' ' — I ^ a 4, f A j aham’s office,and passing in haste into.• o. ivrAPorv'-—ithe back door of Stocking’s groceryllIC Uuv'i' vi u wthat, while near Graham’s oflice, oneLseillTrive1 of the two upbraided the other tor set-I ting fire so soon- that Stocking made Pnt several tunes to 1 om11propositions at several times to 1 omLonMev, Timothy Driscoll, and Daves ^ I .11 .1.1 rvtnn I v Av’ Pat 1Clark to “smoke out” old man Rose Tin•mat averse to taking life -that the ge«other two were drunk on the night ol j quathe fire, and were not present—thatStocking cursed them (or it—that Stocking, some lime afterwards, pro-posed to one or two petsons to I“smoke out”Capt.Rodger s, and when ^asked how he would do it, replied “inthe same way we did to old manlllC muutj ^ . itHose”—that he was asked by Driscollinlt;.who aided him in the killing of Rose,• _ a___—: _«ii Vv amand lie replied” two strangers, whomDriscoll did not know”—that Stockingnoou- —told Tom Longiey all the particulars,! 'j showed him a bottle ot Chloroform I j.with which Rose was to be put tosleep, also a quantity of match paper | ^ to be used in setting fire to the bu.l- bgding—told Longiey that he killedt i • a L t ♦ li n tf lit0km—that they gotma gold watch, some trinkets of jewel-O . U 4 rv rv i n b n ,*§Clt;ry, and money enough to make ite\111PaSuch are the facts which the Slate J P1expects to prove, but in order to do so, will have to introduce the testimo-wny of Longiey Clark, who are un-Uder sentence of the penitentiary forj* T\ • .11 .... niYnilife, and that of Driscoll, under seneiten’ce of death, for the murder of Fah-rlt;renbaugh. We ------ .oner expects to prove an akin,toA 4__■— Ha, « m W ff 0 Y I V C* O tlt;UUC1 1 cprove, by a large number ot witness-* T ? i Aittfiies, that he was absent lrom the city ,jon the day, several days betore, and }alter the death of Rose. There will* |therefore, be a good deal of conflict_______! ^ « iliA oTOl'PLin the testimony, requiring the exerciI a J ' ^ I . A An ttcise of the soundest discertion on the0uiau ui viiw ----Wa- „art 0f the Jury. Several days will. » a - •__1 aUa 4kia1» Kilt0probably be occupied in the trial; but- ^ .1 . I L ^1 A 4 lffl% 1 U Q ITk | | H f\ —vthing but the truth, is arrived at, no • « __ _ C a'^/% ak mnnnv0expense, .neither of time or money.twill excite a murmur in the minds of\the community who had so long, and. • « iL ^ I /\ %• 4 • i n fi to£so favorably known the unfortunate. /’ * 1__.4 a rV n I I AO __Ivictim, eithe* of accident or malice,tJohn Rose.—Lafayettec
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Delphi Dollar Journal
Delphi, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 11, 1855
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