The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-07-19
From The Troy limos, June 2ad1
a AHired Assassin.
IfemarkaJle Scandal tn Sayatooc
'faunoo

: a nlred assassin.
3 1fen"arka1Ie Scandal in Sayatoo,
'faunoo
The Southern part of Sara,oc,
County has lately been greatly ey
clted over matter, the deve,on
ments in regard to which are ohop
as follows: A little more than ,
week ago, Isaac q. Lansing, i a far
mer, living in the town Of Of Hale
moon, went West with a oon,Ia
man from Vischer's Ferry 70 hn,
sneep. Immediately after his de-
phrture q most horrible story bc
came whispered about. the snb
s!ance OF which was that Mr. Tan
sing had bargained with n , m"n
20 mnrder his wife during his ah
ssnee. When Mr.. Lansing return,
cd. he found the ,umor was r;fo
IN his neighborhood, and at onco
commenced a suit for slander. and
ootained an order of arrest against
Apram Devoe, of Crescent, tho
anthor OF tho story. Upon beino
arrested, DeYoe at once made q
criminal complaint against Lam.
sing for plotting the murder Of his
own wife, upon which Lansing was
arrested Yesterday and arraisneJ
eef9re Justice Cramcr, of Water.
:. The examination of Lansing was
at once proceeded with, and Do. |
voc disclosed a state of facts which |
II true, reveal a plot for wife mnr'
ger on the part Of Lansing which
IN ! horrible and cold. bloeded de-
:, : -. osF dso, Lansing approach-
I'd him with complaints of /" trou.
oies in his family" and a propo.
'i'ion to Dcvoe to get his wife out
# the way, for q consideration
Devoe says lie received the pro-
position favorahly, and that on
:he strength of it he has at vari.
,ns times received favors from
lansing, in the shape of fire wood,
'tc., and small sums Of money!
Ocvoc also disclosed the nature of
he proposition TO several persons.
elling them that he intended to {
make use Of it to get considera.
Die money out of Lansing and fin.
lily expose him. AS Devoc's sto.
y goes, about two weeks ago.
told him that he was about
" !cavc a:oirie fnr several davs.
hat his wife would be alone in I {
very night with then; 'rIoatad.
hildren, and lie wanted the bus.
ness done then. Devoo relates :,
he details Of instructions which
&c received from Lansing, how to
nter the honse through certain =,
MS, cure window, how to mako his /,
ntrance noiseless, where TO find /,
is sleeping wife, low to find Ger.
ain jewelry and silverware in va.
ious parts of the house, which he
'as to take away, and thus to !
nake it appear that plumber was
he object; also, how to rob - !
cighbor's house near at hand. and ;;
lIus make the "Llind" darker,
nd finally how Landsing canton.
d him TO "make no mistake" and
not harm the Children" bnt to
make sure work of it." Then /,
he blood money was paid, the sum
'eing one hundred and five dol.
ars, and the devilish business ar
anged. Devoe tells his story in
uch minute detail, and connects
D many collateral facts and out. ,,
ide parties incidentally with it, :
nat before the investigation ia T,
losed it cannot fail to appear that
>evoe has told an ingenious and =
tremendous lie, or Lansing ought
D be hung. The examination is
djourned to the 2Glh inst. Mrs. s
.ansing has some property, and c
10Th she and her husband are very O
especially connected. The "trou. l
lie in the family" it is rnmored,
certain entanglements with 9th. {
r women, and the wifc's property
} suggested rs an indnce,nent to I
he plotting. it is certainly a !
aost strange and unfortunate af.
air. ;
A FARMER named Watt Carr, re- =
ding near Hamilton, Ohio, while :
with some friends on !
ic stoop Of his house concerning :.
le manner in which Mr.. Vallan.
igham shot himself, it is stated, '
tempted to illustrate it with a :
'aded pistol, and succeeded in the = :
lustration precisely as Mr.. Val. :
andigham did. He fell instantly. g: