The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-06
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INC Aoc hester Murder--N.yy ana 1n,
P"rtsn Facts I'm the Case.
from the Rochester Damorro,

Facts I'm the Case.
from the Rochester Democrat
nave from source which we dee,n s,,,,.,.
.enapie, lew particulars which ca a grea. sa
ertn hs sae Veil OF mystery which has hitb
eIeo surrounded this case aud which VIII =, IN
Pr per time be fully confirmed from saa,,sa. .ne
now accessible. "eA' sources lot
~ Is known that Ira Stout camo TO tb,s ~,
S.ar since, immediately after his i.charys
rom the Pennsylyania Peuiteptiary r. nta ~
9uaintances the facts of his recent a;sora -. as
Unknown, Unknown, and he was troubled lest IL shonIa ;r
sole way be made public. This auxietv We. e. -
,,asay betrayed to his own family, but more bar.
aeasr to Mrs. Littles, to whom he was IN pa' tn.
nanit oi conhding his secrets and maxine sao.
nls troubles. lie believed his imprisonment :, !. :
nhshown except by his ewn relatives and hs
i.s ,ea9u h,'nlug from any one of them except his
brother-in-law, Littles. The auarrels OF Tia
with his wife, led Ira to fear that he mich, ~ =
moment OF passion, and to punish his W.T. for -
iusing to live with him. disclose this nnn,a.a.,.
circumstance IN his history; and it is probable
that the frequent calls of Ira upon Mr. II.,las -,
the oiice OF the latter, and the mauit,.staf;ans 80
kini feeling, were intended to establish 4 friend.
ship which would be security against suc,, A..
closure. whatever might be the relations between
Lttes and his wife. But after all. he ufelt insa'
cure. lie knew that Ettles could at apy mo,nent
destroy his standing, and his uneasy state Of MIND
was well known to his sister, Mrs. Littles and 10
other members of the family.
Some months since Mrs Littles iptimated IN
sible, TO get beyond the reach and knowledge O,
her husband, and there is reason to suppose that
this was about the first time that Ire thought OF
murder, as means of disposins Of Lttles; or IL
he had ever before contemplated me crime, the
awful secret had been locked up in his own heart
The intimation of his sisters wish. however to be
entirely rid of her@husband, e,nboldened Ira fo
speak TO her of his purpose to kill him. In reply
10 her intimation about going West, he once said
that If Lihtes should time be put om Of ht,
ray there acod be no need Of her going West to ge
| rid If himf"
| We are unable to give, in detail, and at the pc
riods of their occurrence, all that passed between
| Ira and Mrs. littles upon the subject from thi,
| time until the awful crime perpetrated; bu
the various ways in which it could be accomplish
| ed, with probable safety to themselves, were o
course considered. The upshot was the adoption
of plan to decoy Littes to the spot where tht
murder was perpetrated, with the idea that h
would there discover satisfactory evidence of tn,
| improper intimacy of his wife with some othel
person. In this respect the general surmse hai
! correctly anticipated the substantial truth of tht
| case.
| Mrs. Littles went to the ground below FALL
Fields, little before o'clock on the evening o.
| Saturday. Dec. l9th and was soon followed by Irs
| Stout and Idttles-the former armed with an iror
| weapon, supposed to have been unknown to Lit
ties, and the latter with the piece of chair, found
| on ths spot. On reaching the ground, a favorable
position was sought by Ira, and the blows quickly
given, which felled Littles and almost instantly
| proved fatal. Lttics news had the opportuni.y J
to resist defend himself and the blows were re
| peated until he had almost ceased to struggle
Mrs. Littles may assert, and probably will, that
| she was not aware that murder was intended: but
the conversations vith 1ra and her lonely visit
| the appointed spot, are almost conclusive against
her on this point. She did not strike blow, anC
beyond doubt was shocked and frightened wher
the terrible deed was done. The mangled body o
her husband, and the consciousness of being gull
| ty of the murder as an accessory, for the moment
Lew hnr and sIn
which no pen can adequately depict.
Ira Immediately dragged the body to the preci
pice, and not being familiar with the ground, fol
down with it distance OF nearly thirty feet, hi'
shoulder and arm striking to break the lat
ter, as has been heretofore described. In his ter
ror he called to Mrs. Lttles and she not fully com
pretending the cause or extent OF the calamity
started TO go to his assistance and, before beinl
aware OF danger, she too went down the precipice
and in the fall broke her wrist and sustained
other slight injuries. The bruises upon Mrs. L.
face, &c, were caused by the fall. Her nose BILE,
profusely, aud her clothes were probably mad
bloody from this, rather than by the blood from
her murdered husband.
Ira was for some time entirely helpless, havinj
| tainted away. He believed himself to be dying
and So told Mrs. Little. He, however, recoveret
sufficiently to roll and drag Lttle's body to tn
| water, assisted, We presume, Though of this W.
are not positively informed,) by Mrs Little. Th
latter got down to the oblique path with great di
iculty, and her torn skirts, broken combs, los
rosette, and the burs in her clothes aud hair, ar
accounted for by this fall, and by the subsequen
claniering down and along the steep bank, an
then up the path to the stone quarry.
We are unable to state just how long, after tn
murder, before Ira and Mrs. LittIes reached hom
on Monroe street, but it is probable that the la
who testified on the trial told the TRUTH when b
said he found them at home at half past eleven.-
| 1t is no more than reasonable to allow an hou
from the time of the murder until they agai
reach ID the top of the bank, and it may have bee
an hour and half. In their faint and disable
condition it would take them at least half an hou
to walk home. At haifpast eleven O'Clock the
were still sitting up, and from that time until til
| surgeon was sent for plans were reyolved for ey
Treating themselves from the terrible condition
into which they had plunged themselves.
| 1t will be that both Ira Stout and Mrs
Littles had motives for getting rid of the husban
of the latter. Weak and insufficient AZ their me-
tives may appear to others, it is impossible t
judge how strong they may have seemed to Ir
and his sister. The former stood in daily fear G
an exposure which would compel him to leave tn
place in disgrace, while the degree of infatuatio
ON the part of Mrs Littles about getting rid of he
husband and being free to accept the attentions O
others. must be a matter of opinion.
In conclusion, We have to say that we no
mistaken in asserting, we have done before tia
no other persons than Ira Stout and Sarah Little
were concerned in the murder. The main fact
and Incidents in the have giye
| them above, and no confessions F." implicatD
other parties are likely to be made, and will no
be true il made. Perhaps we may be able befor
the trial to confirm what is here said, by evidenc
the source of which we shall be at liberty to max
public. At present, however, We can only say tha
We have not a doubt of the correctness of what W
have stated, and we only regret that we canno
indicate the source from which our information /
derived.