Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-01-24

were towards, was at ahrenbaugh's OF
f the night of the murder. I'll tell YOU al
about it. Longley and Clark came TO m,
the day before and asked me to buy some
powderand shot. They said they were going
to the ice house, where there was a We
and as some other fellows might be there
they wanted to b. prepared. Clark went
with me and we bought FIVE cents worth OF
powder and ball. afterwards met Long
ley and Clark at Hagerty's | asked them
where they were going. They sad to the
ice house, and asked me TO so along. We
met Driskill at tie swing bridge. It WIS
raining and he had an umbrella We all
went TO the ice house. The rest went in,
but was too drunk TO climb the ladder |
laid down at The corner of the house and
went to sleep. They walked me when they
come down, and said they were going out
to Wild Cat. They said there were wo-
men there Dliskill wanted to take nc back
home but insisted in going along. When
we got to the other side Of the wide water,
| Longley proposed to change coa:s, and said
if would act the cripple that We would
have no difficulty in getting in. Iagreed.
We went up to the dooranl knocked Eah-
Feabaugh, | suppose i was, got up and
opened it. The boys forced ne in There
was low fire. | SIT down in chair by
i, Had no sooner done SO than / heard a
pistol. 1t appeared to be behind my back
next TO the door. 1t WAS al over in min
ute. We started TO run, asked the boys
what Il meant, but got no answer. We
parted this side of Aliens and came home
This gentlemen, is The ;rl;h. am going
to die. l am no coward but de innocen
Of either murder or robbery. forgive my
enemies and hope tia God Almighty will
also forgive them. | leave my love to all. :"
Driskill said that Rice had said all he
(Driskill) lad to say. He hoped that moth
ing would be published about him bu. tie
truth, for the sake of tic feelings of his
friends. Much had been published about
him that was false. He, tco, forgave all
who had wronged Kim, and hoped God
would forgive them also.
Rice then inquired if :he Prosecuting
Attorney, Mr.. Naylor, was present, and on
being told hat he was not, expressed his
regret, as he had something 10 say to him.
He said that in his trial he stood no chance
Il hate to speak IT," he remarked, "but |
think the Prosecutor took unfair advantage
of ne. He went around to all the o.hcr
prisoners to gctall tie facts he could against
ne, bu; he never came 10 me to ask ne
anything. know, too, that some of them
told him | was innocent. Why was | put
on tiial first then? It's unfair to try man
right of. And [ t!.in.s julymen ought not
to be ca!lcd from the county. They ought
to be men of education. \ coun:fyman
would say 10 Il man in thc street, DO You
know Abe Rice?' YES, lie is bad man:
lie once tried to Kill me- and he allows
that 20 bias his mind. 1t is very hard to get
the right kind of jurymen, know: There
are 50 many ignorant men,"
" the request Of Diiskili lie then made
a statement III regard to the conduct in one
Of the jurymcn on Drislill's trial towar.!
his { DriskilI's mother, of !; ms. outrage
ons cf.:::e;"::, ,y...,.vn, for good rea ons, we
suppress publishing, but which certainly
deserves investigation. lie concluded BY
again bidding good bye to Ill, and turn
ing to the Sheriff said Hon Mr.. Sheriff,
am ready
The Sheriff then proceeded to adjust the
fatal ropes. Rice requested kat stool
which had been placed for his accommoda-
ton on the scaifold, might be removed and
on his request not being immediately com
piled with, he removed it himself He then
knelt down and inclined his head forward
rcmarking that he had ..seen men hung"
by which we understood that he regarded
that as the proper position. Driskill on
observing it sail, "Abe, ere you going to
knecl..'' Rice answered yes" He then
turned to Stocking and said, "Sock, which
way is tie easiest to de--knccl or stand!
l want TO die the easiest way Stocking
replied that he should stand unless he
thought there WAS danger Of the rope break
ing. The sheriff assured him there was
no danger. He therefore stood up but
DIiskill knecied.
The caps We're then drawn over their IA
ccs, and at twenty-five and q half minutes
after two o'clock the bolt was Withdrawn
and the culprits We're launched into e.erni
ty! None of them gave evidence of pro
tractcd suffering A slight spasmodic ac-
ton WAS observed in Rice for Il minute OF
Two, but as Ear we could see, neither
Stocking or Driskill moved. Their nccks
were evidently broken. After hanging fol