Newspaper clippings 1852-1860

IR Sept. 2, 1852 – HUNG.

Reuben Clark, another of the murderers of Brewer and his wife, was hung at Greenupsburgh on Monday last.  An effort was made to procure a remission at the hanging, but it failed.  This makes the fifth life lost by this wretched affair.

The two murderers and three of the murderers.  The two remaining murderers are yet in jail awaiting their trial.  We understand that the Sheriff of Greenup, Mr. Warren, died on Saturday; consequently, Clark was executed by the deputy sheriff.

IR Feb. 9, 1854 – Notice of Attachment.

H. C. Rodgers, R. E. Rodgers, and J. Tyson, partners in trade under H. C. Rodgers & Co., plaintiffs, against Isaac Frampton, defendant.  Lawrence Common Pleas.  The defendants will take notice that the Plaintiffs, on the 8th day of February 1854, filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence county, Ohio, their petition, claiming damages for $300, sustained by the non-performance by the defendant of a certain contract to sell and deliver to plaintiff’s 600 bushels of wheat at Ironton, in said county, at one dollar per bushel; and that the defendant is a non-resident of the State of Ohio, that he owns property in said county; and pray judgment for the sum of $300, and that said property may be attached… W. W. Johnson, Att’y for Plt’ffs.  Attest Thomas Proctor, Clerk.

IR Feb. 9, 1854 – Dissolution of Partnership.

• Notice is hereby given that the partnership heretofore exists between I. W. Kelley and E. J. Falwell, under the style of Kelley and Falwell, is this day dissolved by mutual consent.  Ironton, Jan. 30, 1854.
• COPARTNERSHIP – The undersigned have associated themselves with carrying on the Dry Goods Business at the old stand of Kelley and Falwell, No. 6, Union Block, under the style of Kelley and Branham.  The old friends and customers of the concern are respectively invited to give them a call.  Isiah W. Kelley.  John Branham.  Ironton, Jan. 30, 1854.
• Sherriff’s Sale. – … on the 7th day of March…. To be sold as the property of Elisha Mayhew, dec’d, to satisfy said execution in favor of Washington Partlow.  Appraised at $200 C. W. Simmons, S. L. C. (Sheriff Lawrence County)
• Master Commissioner’s Sale – … 7th day of March. Town Lot number three (3), in the town of Millersport.  Appraised at two hundred and twenty-five dollars.  To be sold as the property of Thomas M. Burns and his wife to satisfy said order of sale in favor of Henry Wiseman.

IR Jan. 8, 1857 – The Court of Appeals has affirmed the decision of the Fayette Circuit Court in the case of the Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad Company vs… the City of Lexington.  By this decision, the City of Lexington is required to issue bonds to the Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad Company, for $150,000, as stock in said company.

IR June 3, 1858 – Last week, in the Superior Court, Cincinnati, in the case of the Administrator of McLardy vs. Chandler, Mrs. McLardy and her children of Ironton obtained a verdict in their favor for $500 – for the death of Neil McLardy, our former fellow-citizen, at Cincinnati, in September last, by the carelessness of a druggist.

It appeared, on trial, that Mr. McLardy being sick, a physician wrote a legible prescription for him, one of the ingredients being cinnamon water; that it was taken to the drug store of Dr. Chandler, and in making the preparation, he used liquid ammonia in place of cinnamon. Hence Mr. McLardy’s death was the natural consequence of a cancerous affection of the stomach.  After a full hearing, the jury returned a verdict, as mentioned before, for $500 against Dr. Chandler.

IR Nov. 26?, 1858 – We learn that Alexander Clark and Robert Clark have been convicted in the Gallia Court for setting fire to the Court House in Gallipolis.  The motive is said to have been to destroy the records in the case of the State vs. Hugh Clark, their brother, and thus clear him.  He was convicted of counterfeiting some two or three years ago but absconded and was recently arrested.

IR Nov. 26?, 1858 – Burglary.  Campbell, Peters & Co.’s office on Front Street was broken open on Tuesday night of this week.  The entrance was effected through a window, and the door opened by means of a bar.

The safe was then rolled out into the street and burst open with powder, making a complete wreck, both front and back being blown out.  It contained no money, but many papers valuable only to the owners, such as land titles, some notes, certificates of stock, &c.  A portion of the papers, at least, were burned; there was still some fire in the place in the morning, and some fragments of paper were found burned and trodden in the mud.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS – IR Nov. 17, 1859

It is now in the third week of its session in Ironton.  The proceedings have generally not been of special interest to the public.

• The Grand Jury had a short session and found six indictments, one against John Seaman for horse stealing, tried, and found guilty; one against Benj. Hampton, for passing counterfeit money, tried and found not guilty; one against Washington Bruce for perjury, tried and found guilty; one against Henry Blackwell for petit larceny, tried and found guilty and sentenced to the dungeon for 15 days on bread and water; one against Michael Gardner for destroying fruit trees, tried, and found “not guilty as charged in the indictment,” and one for assault and battery, the def’d we believe, not arrested.  A special Grand Jury found two bills against Daniel Ambrose for attempting to pass counterfeit money; he was tried on the first one and found “not guilty as charged in the indictment.”
• Wm. Guthrie, tried for manslaughter for killing Nash at Millersport, a year or two since was tried and acquitted.
• Some old liquor cases on the docket have been disposed of – 10 against Barney Gagan, Nolle; 2 against R. McGinley, not guilty, and 3d, Nolle; 2 against J. P. Morris, Nolle.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS – IR Feb. 9, 1860

• There are now seven persons in jail, awaiting court, to wit:
• James Lackey, charged with the murder of Martin McGinty in this township last November.
• Daniel Ambrose (indicted in the last Court) passing or attempting to pass counterfeit money in Ironton.
• K. Porter, stealing horse of E. Willis, at Marion.
• Jenkin J. Lewis, rape, in Ironton.
• George Mana, store breaking at South Point.
• Chas. Moore, alias Stewart Donaho, and John Tanner were both charged with obtaining goods under pretenses at Vesuvius Furnace.
• On Sunday, Jan. 29, there were ten prisoners in jail in Ironton, two more than the number of cells, and we think a larger number than ever before in our jail.

IR Feb. 16, 1860 – It will be seen by referring to reports of cases in the Probate Court, in another column, that John Tanner and Chas. Moore, alias Stewart Donahoe, was sentenced to pay a fine of $100 each and ten days in jail on bread and water for obtaining goods under pretenses.

The case was that they went to Vesuvius Furnace and took a job wood chopping to obtain goods, and having obtained axes, blankets, &c., left without doing the job, as was their design in the start – a thing not uncommon among the furnaces.  It is, perhaps, the first conviction of the kind in the county and will serve as a warning to others.

PROBATE NEWS – IR Feb. 16, 1860

• February Term, 1860.
• State of Ohio vs. Phillip Reed, peace warrant, continued.
• State of Ohio vs. John Davenport, petit larceny, dismissed.
• State of Ohio vs. Patrick Shield, assault and battery, continued.
• State of Ohio vs. Alfred Storms, intoxicated, plead guilty; fined five dollars and costs of prosecution.
• State of Ohio vs. Jacob Huffman, assault and battery; recognizance forfeited and continued.
• State of Ohio vs. Thomas Davis, selling intoxicating liquors to be drunk were sold, continued.
• State of Ohio vs. John Tanner, and Charles Moore, alias Stewart Donahoe, obtaining goods under pretenses; plead not guilty; trial had, found guilty, and sentenced by the Court to pay a fine of one hundred dollars each, with costs of prosecution, and be confined in the jail of the county ten days on bread and water only.
• State of Ohio vs. Abraham Combs, petit larceny, pleaded guilty; fined five dollars and costs of prosecution.
• State of Ohio vs. Charles Hamel, assault in a threatening manner; nollied.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS – IR Feb. 23, 1860

• The Court of Common Pleas is still in session.  The Grand Jury, this term, consisted of J. S. Roadarmour, Foreman; Jesse Corn, Levi Massie, J. M. Clay, Benj. Anderson, Sanders Russell, J. C. Terry, John Lucas, Jas. Porter, John Howell, C. Hanley, Thos. Lambert, P. R. Polley, E. Brammer, and G. N. Kemp – found nine indictments.
• In the suit for slander, C. C. Bronson vs. W. S. Newton, the plaintiff was non-suited, having failed to give security for costs, as ruled to do at the last term.
• Daniel Ambrose was found guilty of attempting to pass counterfeit money in Ironton last Fall.
• Among the liquor cases, 20 indictments, State of Ohio vs. John McKinney, were “nollied.”
• The trial of James Lackey, for the murder of Martin McGinty, in this township last November has been continued until the May Term.

IR Feb. 23, 1860 – On this (Wednesday) afternoon, Hezekiah Porter and Parker Mays are to be examined before Esq. Brattin, for stealing copper pipe from the Distillery below Burlington.  On Monday, they brought the pipe, over 200 lbs. worth 40 cents an lb., to the tin shop of Witman & Co., in Ironton.  Porter had been in jail on a charge of horse stealing for two or three months and was only discharged last week.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS – IR Mar. 1, 1860

• This county’s Court of Common Pleas adjourned Tuesday evening until May 14th.  The Term lasted fourteen days.  The business was not generally of great public interest, however important to parties immediately interested.  One was convicted for a Penitentiary offense – Daniel Ambrose, for attempting to pass counterfeit money and sentenced to three years.
• That “$10,000” libel suit – B. F. Cory vs. R. M. Stimson – suit brought against the editor of this paper for a matter charged to be libelous published therein last September, pending the election, was re-argued, to some extent, on the demurrer filed by us, last Term, as to the cause of action. The Court sustained the demurrer. There was no cause for action; consequently, the case was “thrown out of court.”

IR Mar. 1, 1860 – ANOTHER MURDER IN JACKSON CO.

The Jackson Standard says that Daniel Winchell of Jackson township, in that county, was murdered, as is supposed, by his son, son-in-law, and nephew, on the night of Feb. 13th.  He was missing, and on search, his remains were found sunk in deep water in a creek about a week after the murder.  Those charged with the crime were arrested.

SCIOTO COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS – IR Apr. 19, 1860

• At the last term of the Scioto Court of Common Pleas, five persons were sentenced to the Penitentiary.  We copy from the Portsmouth Tribune:
• Alfred Smith, of this city, indicted for shooting Capt. Isaac Sherman, causing his death, was found guilty of murder in the second degree and received his sentence of confinement in the Penitentiary for life.
• Leonard Neff, of Bloom township, indicted for assault with intent to kill, was sentenced to serve four years in the Penitentiary.
• William Russell, of Vernon township, convicted on a charge of Grand Larceny, was sentenced to one year.
• Charles Price, of Portsmouth, convicted on a similar charge, was sentenced to the Penitentiary for three years.
• And Samuel Currie, also of this city, received a sentence to the Penitentiary for the same number of years.
• The last named is a mere youth not over eighteen years of age!  He will reach the age of maturity in the Penitentiary.

GALLIPOLIS JOURNAL – IR Apr. 19, 1860

• Judge Nash passed sentences last week on Rudolph Coughen____ and John Dailey, each found guilty of burglary in the spring term of the Gallia Common Pleas Court. Coughnour? received five daily three years in the Penitentiary.  – Gallipolis Journal.

IR July 19, 1860 – Ohio Penitentiary – John A. Prentice, of Ashtabula County, was elected Warden last week for two years from the 4th of August 1860.  On the 13th inst., there were 963 convicts in the Penitentiary.

LAWRENCE COUNTY PROBATE COURT – IR Oct. 18, 1860

• The first and final settlement account of Charles Wilgus, executor of the estate of Joshua Tucker, deceased.
• The first and final settlement account of John N. Thomas, administrator of William Hull, deceased.
• The first settlement account of James C. Terry, administrator of Leonard Ansell, deceased.
• And the first settlement account of Charles Wilgus, guardian of Fulton Tucker and Virginia Ann Tucker.
• Said accounts will be examined by said Court on Saturday, the 10th day of November 1860.
• S. McCown, Probate Judge.