The true Democrat., 1855-03-14
Hanging of two Men at Green
 upsburg, Kentucky.

Stephen Short and William Tanning were hanged by the neck until dead," at Greenups- burg, Kentucky, Friday afternoon, at forty min- utes past one o'clock. Both had been hard drinking, worthless men, and had wives and chil- dren-the former large family. Short mur- dered Mcfarland, worthy man, manager of the Clinton Furnace, Greenup county, Ken lucky, in August last He (Short) was employ ed about the furnace, and became incensed at Mcfarland, because he endeavored to keep his hands from drinking whiskey. Mcfarland al- so discharged one of Shorts sons who was an idle fellow, and this aggravated the bad feel ing.
 One day Mcfarland was riding by where Short was at grocery, and stoppinga minute, some angry words passed, and Short was told he would be discharged for his insolence and in- temperance. As Mcfarland rode off, Short took his rifle in hand, and said that he would shoot his employer, who rode along, thoughtless of danger, more than one hundred yards when Short was told by an Irishman at his side, also drunk, that he must fire at once, if he intended to do so, as his mark would soon be out of sight. round turn of the road. At this Short did fire and Mcfarland fell, shot through the chest The murderer then walked up to his victim. and told him that he deserved to have been killed long before. Mcfarland being a widely known and useful man, with young wife and child was much lamented.
 flaming was a queer individual, having liv- ed for some years alone in wretched cabin. eight miles below Greenupsburg. His hut was half buried in the side of one of the large hills that stand near the river, and was more like cave than house, while Hanning who never shaved cut his hair or took the least care of his person, more resembled wild beast than hu- man being. He was executed for the murderof man named Malone, whom he had hired to dig we'll Malone had been at work for time at the we'll but could not get any pay, and had quit, when Planning told him if he would re- sume operations he should have some bacon and meal. Malone was very poor and drunken, had family, and he consented. When he pro- ceeded to the house to go to work flaming, whose hands, from excessive dissi patton, were very unsteady told him to load his shot gun, as he wanted to shoot a dog, saying that he had just shot 6 dog, and would now shoot another Malone loaded the gun and handed it to Han ming, who told him to go to the door and see if he could see a stray dog. Malone thought the request a curious one, but he complied, when he heard noise behind that startled him. and turning, saw that Planning was taking aim at hlm. In an instant the gun was discharged, and Malone fell with the entire load that his own hands had placed in the gun in his body. Han- ming then seized him by the hair and dragged him some distance to a clump of bushes, where lie left him dying. About an hour afterwards, some persons passed and flaming called to them that he shot Malone, and to confirm his state ment pointed to puddle of blood in front of the door. Malone was found and fingered several days, and Planning went to the dun geon.
 The time of the occurrence of these sicken- ing tragedies was in August last. The mur- derers were tried, convicted, and sentenced during the November term of the Greenup county court.