New-York daily tribune., 1858-06-26
KANSAS,
THE homicide AT LAwRENCE-TRIAL OF
GEN. LANE.
70 URTH DAY.
corrsspopSen,s u TIE u. Y Tribupe,
LawRkscE, Thursday, JgIs II, 1853.


i've position and respective di-.Aacss f.sm differ eat
points.
Judge Smith Governor rhlsT Tie Lec1mpt'.n Con-
.tiiu.iopl sgon-By Mr.. Coc--Q SAFE if AZ any ne
before this homicide iac 3d June, you 'ither hsd
conversation WITH Lsne or heard any re,aarks Of his
relative TO jenkins A. ,m not able &c cay whether
il Yves cObversati u, or whether bY. .rd him make
use Of decSraions; will tell what heard him say,
ana you can Judge e is character; thiok i was
the TuAs dbY Afternoon before Col JsDsQ5 Was killed
wAa u cor psuy with Col Lane q, d NJ. ST. y-hs the
lawyer 81 LecOmp,on they call 'hw-Back Stesrp-);
l. was near the head OF the stErei va, standing on
tire platform; Lane and Steve.a we're a few steps be-
lcE; at Lanes Oeice in Lawrence; | viii no, be posi-
tve es TO the day it wac 10 the afternoon Lane
sai1 that JGAnG had come to hla well Rltn
to break OF the l-ck-for he had locked
il; he was abseht ~ Sle time, he ssid, Tor Jsn-
klns did not daio 10 come when he wss Ut hJne;
tust Mis- Lane had token toe ak from bin snd run
him out OF the yard re said that II Jehkns cane 1910
that yard again, WREN be was there, he wonl1 sh
him he made Of that expression several ines; ne
g. Gu rem 4I ked that Cyl. Jenkios Insane about
that claim think up 10 this time neither Sevens nor
ysell had sptken, | then 50 he and esid thought
be wss the mos insane an Of the two--tna, no sane
man would talk shout shooting aooner for coming -
the well for vateT bad made t0is remsfk 10 rather
angry tsevere tone or rather emphaucely, 10 Lane,
for he bad repeated the remTk 80 often that iet IKE
ia kipg in that wsy to BIN; have No recollection Of
Stevens talking at ali the su1sct the only .1s Ter
that Lane that if ever jenkins came IN his
yard for water 8gan he would either Kill or sno1t IL n
forget which Expression be used; be said slto, that
II .s kins hao been there that day ne would nave
killed lin; that tney bis family, sent for him but
when he 1ent bone Jenkins had gone. Mrs Lane
having run BIN II Sitn his own OK doo thhh
ever heard Lane talk about killiog jenkins before.
Crosse xsmibed by C,l. Young never beiTd ~
jenkins intimate any toiDg like doing an IJ1y TO Col
Lane although have been very mucn VITO al n
prObsbly more than any other msn-eod have ire
auentIy SO ken with him about the cliim oJntest;
lave heard jenkins say Lspe had tbrea.fned 10
kill bim, but he SAID he wss not afraid OF hlm-thst
he war a coward, and the ID scoundrel knew it:
Q. Have you stated 10 aoy person, tnce the death
Of Gaius jenkins, tina. Jim Lane was a ID scOun-
dIel and tLst sly man defendiog bim was a id
scoundrel A. don't recOllect my precise language;
probably il Yves worse than that llHugherI; have
lever STATED IL in those words think; have s;aed
that tug, tD b ,ve been shot at the TIM; have
told that Lsre was the most corrupt uan, witd
out exception, had known IN my ~ years e1peeoce
of pubic hfe; ana ia wo three CONVEX saton5-lm-
me0iat.ly after The fact-sngIy at the murder, and
that men should defend such All outrage have wound
up by cay ing that any man who wouli Justify snch
murder was id scOdncrel; | did not refer TO
counsel.
Col. Youpg-You need no. qualify; we don't care
Whether lxu rcluoe US or not. Laughtsr.]
Judge $hnth-Nor 1, whether you inCilde yoIrssl
or lot. [Laugb.erI
All these declarations We're mace with reference TO
tie der; otnerWise / have no personal leellag
ainst Ger Lsne; Lane old not state in that convef
satitp that jenkins had grossly nsuted his wife that
ecCl Ct Of Mr Stevens was one Of Jehkins5 law
eIs in the laI suit case; did not understand that
Gen Kane was ssrdng message through Stsvenfj L
have already said that did not heat The entire con-
veTsstion.
O. Did net Gen. Lane request Of NJ. Stevens in
that conversation the lawyer Of Col jenkins, 10
state to JeDkns that the only way they could live ia
pt ace was fer Jenk.s 10 remain on his ogl premises
snd perpt Lane 10 stay his and that he vane1 no
difficulty with hin, words 10 that effect A. feel
very pof live that he msde no suc1 declaraop from
The oct of another declaration that no used which ha
question bIirgs to my recollection; he sald t1a as
soon jenkins crop was ready to gather, be Lane)
intended TO take teo-thids and leave Jsnkios ons
thnc: the answer made to that remark Vss that
thought be would have good time Of it if ne attempt
20 il; he apparently addressing us both a. that
tia e Stevens 10 the best Of my recollection, did rot
answer.
Lsslence, 10 presence of many peraoLs. taat yeuf
svIOe e. ce could convict Gen. Lste for killing Gaius
JeI kLs, you would walk iity miles 20 give II in
Objected TO, because PERSONS times rad places are
net spec'htd.
Mr.. Ewing The object is not 70 impesch J1dge
Suith if LIE answers No. but to shoR tne s,ate of
bis feeling toward Gen. Lane.
A I feel very certain that / did not say l would
wa X fifty mics nle, because an opposed to
capr al punishment lIsOsLtei and bscauSe 40 nan
of tbs TeniNry therefore the oply way to deal with
fuch mep if tney commit outrageous murder is to
shoot the IN down at tue time; meant BY getting JUS
tce that woul1 be hung; have said that the two
MT u who shOt at Lane behaved very bsdly-ih not
shooting better. Laughter
Q Have you not stated 10 the town OF lawrence
thai tie two men who shot at Lsne nj the ilme De
billed jenkins, ought TO be hung shot or Killed Tor
not st ootir better, words TO that purport A.
thi1k Gid say they ought 10 be convicted; doDtIe
member the precise words u,ed; toat toought 1t
the Only oIeDse they had been guilty Of IN my opinion
O. Have you no. stated since toe death OF jenkins,
Of a
the rope around Lis Lares) neck aud be his exscu-
toner, woros to that efec' A. No, Sir, no;hlog
of the kind either to that effect or anything OF the
hind | enigrated from Penney lvsJis t. 4nsss; L
b.H.ye ives elected by the people OF Kansas OF
January f. lSJS ss Governor OF tne ate OF ksasas.
BY Mr.. Coe-I ulderstand that Mr.. Stevens mas
gone to Ohio.
Duncan Allison and smother storekeeper were next
exsmiLed. Their testimony wholly irrelsvanf,
except on one important point; it sho we'd tina, the
rumOr that LaLe said when be bought the shot that
he Intended TO Kill q man, was not true although It
msy also prove malice afoIethought, inasmuch 50 It
is in evioer that be could have bought it for no
specific purpose other than TO load shot gun once or
twcehe cared nothing for the quantity OF either srti
Gle, but took enough d both TO load gun three or
four times. Sixy-on sbo, is an ordinary casrge OF
duck thot. Computing the loss OF scattering, tnere-
fore, he must have loaded the gun with douois
charge.
Nj. Allison testi6ed also, as follows: saw Mr.
Je1kus at store about 10 O'Clock of the morning
Of bis death; conno, soy that Mr. j, nkins undor
the fuence fhquor, lam DOT well enough acquainted
With jenkins TO teal; be sppeiied TO be more 10 ear
mes! in what he saio than us he said something 10
Nj. Hornby about the difficulty about the we'll mat
ter; he sd i be ped sent bis for water, and Mr.
Lane ssid that if be again he would shoot him;
Mr. Jenkins taii he va gong after water biz family
had been compelled 10 drink slongh water long
enough be said that Lane had Threatened to shoot
hm, bu. he was rot stra.d Of it; that Lsns WAS q
coward, ard be kIew Il, and that tbs ID sounded
had been proved such he said be was bound TO have
water. ctst what it might.
Samuel L. Tsppan, swOIn-TestimOny uDmpOr.aut.