Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-01-24
From tie Lafayette Journal, JAM IL.
Execution Of Rice, DTiski]l, and Stock.


Abram Rice, Timothy Dsiski!l, and Da
vii NJ. Stocking. yesterday underwent The
extreme penalty OF the law, by suffering
death on shc gailows: Rice and Driski!l for
the murder of Cephas Fahren5aagh on the
24.h Of May, 1885, and Stocking for tie
murder Of J. In Rose, Oh The Oh Of Jaau,-
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We were admitted inc tie Jail ;;kou. II
O'Clock in the morning i'll company viii
Rev. Mr.. Crawford If the Wesley Chapel,
II. L. Church, Rev. Mr. Culinary of the
Frs Presbyterian Church; Faller Clark,
she Catholic Priast, and one or two othcl.
We found the unfortunate men i'll 50 ID
heal h, and apparently cheerful spirits
They had slept but li,ile the night rreyi-
Gus. bit exhibited no excitement or ner-
vousness whatever Dri;Ii'l had JUS taken
leave of his f,.hcr and mo:ier, ana some
other relatives. and although we were told
that he shell teas during the interview,
there was no trace of emotion lcf- on his
fice bu' he appeared as unconceracd as
the mos. ind .fIerent spectator in The room.
The cle~gvmen a. once addressed them
selves 20 their ministerial duties. Rice, III
response to TIE inquiries Of Rev. Mr.. c."
ford, sail that he felt 10 .i..-,i upon his
mind: that lie hal never wronged any man,
AMI was therefore net afraid to die. He
thought that God would punish men ac-
cording to their ac.i,ns in life. lie did not
know whether he would go 20 Heaven or
not, but his hopes were good. Mr.. c. en-
deayorcl, IL the most solemn manner, to
impress him with tie terrible condition lic
was in; tie awful certainty If punishment
from the presence Of God if he died unre-
pcn.ant ard fcclingly cxhortcd Him 10 en-
plov the few remaining moments allotted
to him in life il making Lis peace with his
Maker. cling him to Tie example of the
tkief on the Cross, in assurance that repent
ance, even at tie last moment, would not
be unavailing. Rice replied that his mind
was firm; he had never wrongcd any one,
and he should suffer death like man.
Stocking acknowledge himself to be I.
wicked~man; thai he could MOI boas, Of the
consolaions If religion, and would die /:
sinner He declared, however that he was
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suffer, and he regarded tia. rs a sufficient
offset in the sight Of God, against tho sins
Of which he WAS actually guilty. He sub
scGucn;ly admitted that lie had no hope o
Heaven, and on mention being MADE of hi'
mother and wifi, said that they were good
wcmcn, and tina: he neycr expected to NEE
them hereafter.
We were unable to hear anything tina
passed bc.wecn Father Clark and DrisLiIl
Messrs. Crawford and Culinary, afcr some
further conversation III h Rice and stock
ing. the hopeless nature Of which seemed
completely to overwhclm them, retire
from tie Jail.
In conversation with others. ) .Ochins &c
pca'cdly reiterated Lis declarations Of limo
cence Of the murder Of Rose. He hney
nothing of il until af,cr it was done. Al
that he did know he had already communi
Gated to the Sheriff, who had requested in
not to repeat it to others. He had neve
committed murder; and since he had live,
In LAFAYETTE he had never been concernc
in crime of any Kind. His business as
liquor seller made him cognizant, however
Of great many crimes; he had frequent