The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-01-08
More About the Stout Family-COpy OF the
Court Records OF T1Oga County.


gentleman of this city recently wrote TO legal gen
eman residing in Owego for information TO the Stout
family, and has obtained an answer, which we give pc
low, believing il TO be authentic, coming as docs from
the best authority II contains transcript OIL the court
records of roga in relation to the conviction Of
Yours of the Goth u received yesterday, requesting
the particulars of the and conviction ut tins place,
some years ago. OF certain members OF the stout amy
now implicated in the murder Of Titles, at your place
and as TO what is the general opinion in this community IN
relation to them is before me.
The family OF Stout consisting of Orange Stout and MS
wife, Eli Stout and Ira Stout their two sons and sarah
Stout, daughter (and whether any more DO not know)
resided in this place in 1852 What time they came or
when they went away do not know. They were very
notorious family while living here and undoubtedly con
nected with gang of feons desperate as themselves
Ira and Sarah though the youngest of the family so far
AS know at any rate both young persons exhibited as
much maturity in crime the oldest In 1858, Mr.. vii
liam Russell merchant residing in Bradford county,
Pennsylvania about Hine miles from this place, had his
store set on fire and burnt up together with large guam
tty of merchandise His loss was some two or three
thousand dollars. Upon examination the tracks of u
horse and and that of several persons were disco
vered in the vicinity of the store, followed to this place
and suspicion resting upon the Stouts an arrest OF several
their house had, and quantity OF Russells goods
found and identified concealed between the chamber floor
and the plasterng beneath under circumstances that left
doubt but they must have been put there with the
knowledge Of the whole family The Old man, Orange,
and his Ira finally indicted for grand larceny for
stealing these goods. The old was never arragned
or tried on this indictment, for reasons which will
presently appear. Ira was arragned aud pleaded
guilty but subsequently, the nercession Of his coun
sell he was permitted withdraw this plea to plead not
guilty and the matter put on light bail to ano
Their The record Of this bang enclosed In the
meantime, at the same court Orange stout, the father
was indicted for forgery (passng counterfeit money! anu
pleaded guilty. He was sentenced 10 ten years mprson
ment in the State prison at Auburn. have not heard
from him since. AT a subsequent court believe, the
court induced TO discharge young Ira Stout in con
sheraton OF his youth and belief that he might have
been led Into crime by others including his own father
recolect that thought at the time his discharge
wrong, and the cemency extended 10 him i'll Judged He
Cra) subsequently indicted for the in Pennsy
Governor OF that STATE tried convicted sentenced 10 the
peni entiry and afterwards pardoned out This is the
last heard of him until the late tragedy IN your place
believe the foregoing facts in substance correct Make
what use OF them you please.
TIoGA CoUNTY-oYER AND rERNISER.
The following copy from tue ClerRDmiuteso OF hoga
county
The People Orange Stout-Indioed TO- forgery, Oct
15 ls52-The deendent being srTaiFuSi on the 14th
inst pleaded guilty to the indictment tor rgery Where
upon the defendant Orange Stout ON .as l5th day Of
October, A. d. 1852, by the Court sentenced TO be i'm
prisoped the state Prison Auburn at hard labor
the term of tn Q0 years II was satisfactorily proven
to Court that the said Stout had learned aud prcced
the trade OF shoemaker and that his was forty eight
years
Saturday, Oct TO- 1S52-Court Present-The People vs.
Ira Sou-Jndiced for grand larceny, Oct III, lS52The
defendant, with Elijah Morehouse Eli Stout and William
Bell surities appeared in open court and jointly
recognized the of $500, conditions for the appear
the defendant the next term a the Court OF oyer
and Termner to be held In and for said county,
and stand trial on indictment found ut this
of the Court for grand larceny and not depart the Court
without leave &c
+. S.-Ei Stout married a girl by the Of Jane
Hazeton, as ] am informed, whose parents may have
believe and have doubt that such the name of Els
wife.