The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1858-01-07
UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY Z,
MURDER OF A LAWYER AT ROCH-
e ESTER.
Arrest of whole Family for the MUIR

Arrest of whole Family for the MUIR
Charles w. Little, lawyer about 26
years old, Of Rochester. N. Y, was mur-
dered 10 that city on Saturday night, and
the body thrown over the precipice into
the river below the falls. .... ~.
Little was married about three years
ago, to Mrs. Sarah Stout. also Of Roch-
ester, but they had separated from Jeal-
ousy and other causes. The characters
of both appear to have been bad
| The place where the dreadful deed
was perpetrated, as the pools OF blood
Enthusiastically indicate, is on small spot
of ground between the north fence OF
Falls Field and the road to the stone
quarry, still lower down, and near the
1 Marburgher Brewery. 1t is at the end
F.. of the lane leading to those places, and
at the brink of the precipice- The road
way north of the spot is cut down some
ten feet, and it is not easy to reach the ell
eva,ed spot where the murder was perpe'
trated. How the victim and those enga-
ged in the tragedy came to be there IN
the nights one Of the mysteries yet to be
unrayeled. s,s, ...s,..
Here were found piece Of victorne,
corresponding very nearly with one
worn by Mrs. Little, a rosette matching
one found in her possession comb; a
pair of spectsces, said to belong to Ira
Stout, her brother,-a young man about
22 or 90 years Of ase-and the arm OF a
chair, said to have been taken from the
office where Little was employed. ...-
FROM the level of the spot above des-
cribed. to where the body struck when it
was thrown over, ia some twenty FIVE TO
thirty feet, from thence it was dragged in
a straight line to the water over rocka,
brush and rough ground, over 100 feet
most Of the distance being d steep bank,
down which the body may have rolled
with very little assistance. All the way
down to the water the bloody track is
plain. It with great difficulty that the
river can be reached from the spot descri-
bed. The path is steep, and the descent
by daylight requires care, and in the
night must be attended with some dang.
er. ....t.. ...
There are many surmises about Lit
ties being at that spot. Some believe
that he was in company with some other
female, was followed by his wife and his
brother, and that he was attacked, and
bis companion allowed to escape others
supposed that he was decoyed to the fatal
spot for the purpose Of murder, while
others insinuate that he followed his wife
there and was murdered by her para
mour,, gr.7...,.... .....
The wfe's family have all been arrest.
ed. They are Mrs. Stout, Mrs. Little,
daughter Of Mrs, Stout Ira and Eli
Stout, and his wife and small boy and
girl, children of Mrs. Stout. Her hus-
band is supposed to be in Pennsylvania,
having left Rochester last Spring. (The
family came to Rochester from that State
several years since. On searching the
house there were found several bloody
garments, and among them skirt, torn
and just washed, but upon which there
were still marks Of blood. ...,4
Upon the victorine in Mrs. Little's, in
her hair. and upon some Of her garments
were found burs, such as grow in abun-
dance down tie hank where Little was
dragged. But, as strange as all else, and
perhaps more suspicious. the left wrist of
Little, and the left arm uear the shoulder
of Ira Stout were found broken, and other
marks about them indicating that they
had been actors in some extraordinary
occurrence. ....s'....s...-..s.