Hide Article Text (OCR)
le | uence mini on uy the prosecution: ir* j Thomas P. Tongley.—ft was about ,0 four or five days belore the tire that j Stocking said to me that he had ‘a raise i s*; on hand,’ and wonted some one of us ** j to help him make it. I asked him whatis it was. He said'a warehouse.' I ask-j I ed him whose? He replied that it was Rose's. He said that the boats hadj »top|ed running, and that he could Ie get Rose’s money before he laid it out; lor corn. We talked awhile, and hef said he would see me again about it. J, . Met him again tluee or four days af- i ter the fire, lie said that he had been i!* out to Cuiverlown buying a couple of j jlots, that he was going to start a gro* j eery there. W e went on talking. J asked him how he made out in that Rose matter. He said it justified him j “ in doing it. I asked him what he got.!: lie said lie got some mouev, a watch, I j some keys and trinkets. 1 asked him J. if he had the watch with him; he said he had not; it went to get Eagle a- L way. [Eagle was a prominent wit-jb ness against Stocking and several oth- ers on a charge of counterfeiting, to Lmswer which they had been bound over to the present term of the Cir-L, cuit Clt;urt.—Rkp.] J asked him how j they done it; he said the) got into the ifj house, went up stairs, knocked at the ’ door, and got him up. They talked ° about boat matters. When he open-ed the door they rushed in. He said ■ w one of them knocked him down w ith a club, and that he stabbed him. They If then sounded around the room, got *what they could and started out. As I they were going Rose groaned, and ' \one ol the men said lie was not dead I yet. Slockiug said he told him to go ' back and finish the old son of a bitch;' ‘an i he went back and struck him twice 'with a club. They ran down stairs, j!...rai»ed a smoke and left. L*
Newspaper Details
Delphi Dollar Journal
Delphi, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 18, 1855
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Ashley W.
USA 20 Jun 2018
Other Publications Near Delphi, Indiana
Delphi Evening Herald
Delphi Journal
Delphi Carroll County Citizen Times
Delphi Carroll County Citizen
Delphi Weekly Times
