The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1851-10-22
From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
False Sentiments"

fence they volunteered, with their ac'.usom-
cd aschonds and impuiatons against those
. 10 soaaht 10 bring them 10 justice.
In CO.. menting upon the result Of the trial
IN the RailIoad Conspiracy case, tho n. Y.
Tribune, says:
" The 1o-t that considerably body Of cit
izcns. hitherto respected and esteemed many
of them thrifty farmers and fathers Of fam
ilcs, some Of them anembers Of churches,
were aftaigned as guilty of arson, wanton
destruction OF property, and the most reck-
loss trii,ml with human life, If not deliberate
attempts o destro, it, very properly cxci;es
piof,ual and painful interest, which tho
unequN,ed length Of the trial has not ,uced
10 s.ipt'c."
We have been at some pains to ascertain
the previous history of The dc,endan.., and
20 far as we have been able 10 gather, the
conviction forces itself upon our minds that
their character and standing, instead G. being
good, has been most decidedly bad i'll proof
OF which. we rive the facts
Abel T. Fitch, charged with being the
cbisf of the band Of conspirators, and for
whom nc claim of respeclaliiiy has been
put forth most strenuously. was one of the
parties rlost nootions in the fraudulent
transactions connected with the celebrated
wll cat bank sy,tem Of this State. He is
the man who songhf to impose upon tie
1 Bank Commissioner, the Hon. Alphcus
Felch BY exhibiting To him upon an cxami
nation Of bank organized by Fitch and his
compeers. several boxes Of specie, apparently
/ full OF silver coin. and in written Statement,
swearing 10 the amount OF specie contained
/ in them, which, upon subsequent cxsmina>
\ tim lt ttt.f olltrnr G.puI n lt. film,
wilh broken glass aud nails, and merely COW
cred on The top with layer or two Of coin
Several indictments were found against him
| in April, 1888 lin Jackson county, n his
frrpls connected with that bank bu' from
a., csrsr after some continuance Of the
i..s0 .y defendant, to cvadc the trial. he
-n,ts- Rel n escaping without trs at all.
.ie als en- since, the active protector, as
vel! a. intimate associate of cuuuter-
.,e-s .i., .Jners. if not participant with
them in their crimes.
Anm i. ley, his bro,her-in-aw and next
nciglbo! nd whose house was the head
quarters of the consmrators, Was some years
ago a. tod with Grandson Filley, ia de-
fendait .,Ao was acquitted in the recent
case) i'.eruan ShAltuck and others for steal
ing lot from Elder Lvmau's clothing works
the 'nforjrltion Of Shai,uck'- wife, hid away
n me bushes in the south part Of J ekson
cuunly. Fitch, as usual Interested himself
to clear his friends, and by threatening to
exposo some counterfeit, or conining in Nhch
Shauuck and his wife were engaged, with
his knowledge drove them out Of the state,
they ha ing turned States evidence" and
BY procuring the absence of some other wit
f.il.J III Il,
escaped.
Richard Price, in connection with John
Cann (the latter All acquitted defendant in
tie recent case.) was, in December lSis,
arrested for stealing cbieaens in the town Of
LHoni. Cana WAS lhen convicted, but by
some means Price escaped Price is now
under indictment in Jackson county, for ma
liciously setsng fire in the night time to
wood piles of the Central Railroad Compa>
ny, in The act of doing which he WAS seized.
kber priss, another defendant in .he con-
spiracy case, was with him, and caught in
tho same act, and also stands thcre ia'licted
for ii. y1th of these Prices and also filley,
wero men Ct incorporate habiIs OF long
standing,
Oranlo d. Williams was once indicted
in Jacason coaniy, for passing counterfeit
money On one cieaThs-hhNlIlS occH pre-
yousy guilty Of a similar offence.
His f'rend Dr. Farnham, also another de-
fendan snl convicted in the Comp ray
Case, suoceeied in getting possession ef the
bill for passing VII ch he ha Teen indicted
from Searus, and Destroyed or secreted it,
50 that, 1t the trial Of Williams there was n
failure Of proof, and he escaped lie is now
under an Indictment III Jackson, Co., for an
assault and battery with intent TO kill and $
notorious through the country as a drinking
and bullying blackleg, and has long been
under the eye of the police Of That Country.
William Corwin, another convicted de
fendaut las been frequently arrested for
petty offences for the lost few wears, such as
LARCENY, assault aud battery, perhaps oitener
than any other man in the County. Some
ii since, he was arrested Tor stealing AN
Of Mr. Dwight, but escaped by the friend-
swcari : Of his associates lie was shortly
afterwards arrested for stealing cow-and
escaped IA like manner. lie was, a few
mo lbs -, irie1 and convicted for an as
saul. and battery. and has been, for long
rlme, .. ,-siy incorporate.
Doctor Farnham was-as were many Of
the others from New York. He WIS once
a'testci At Rochester, in thai State, upon the
charge e having druggcl a Traveller, and
wAiie Insensibe, having :, bbed him Of
large sr.n oC money.
ia 10y in Jail ior some time, succeeded in
getting bailed, forfeited his bal, and come TO
Michigan to continue his practices. He
AIDED, as above stated, in screening Williams
gro!n Justice. He had long been notorious
character, the 'prochen ann of all roaues,
vanabonls and blacklegs, whenever they
CHANGED to be arrested He has loac, also.
/ been incorporate in his habits