New-York daily tribune., 1858-06-29
KANSAS.
THE HOMICIDE AT LAWRENCE-IhiAA
OF GEN. JAMES II. LANE.
FIFTH DAY.

e.r..nood.poe Of TIE N Y. TribuDs ,a 1879
The prosecution announced tns' lucy
4, .lo.a their evidence ressrvins the rso' I" II e.l
~. .;,,os. Uenrv jenkins, merely 70 pre- Sc the
-.."..ns., 81 ths ulst subject to all ie "a, osiec
soos th., should be made if he were nc -. rcedsccd
in Court.
THE pEFENsE-TEsT .lNoNs.
pAu...a lfunroe, sworn-l now Ray Green NJ
I.re,n.'s bired man; saw hin in town irst after
s;r, was shot; aga at Jeukiaes hou 90 about half
an hour after the occurIer ce.
IExamjped az TO creoi oihtv of witness Green.
o. What ord Mr.. g. cen say at that time and place
m regard TO the Ay at the house2 A. He stated
that they went up there armed 10 the trot place, TO
Lanes house, sDr commenced cuttiog down the gate,
ard Lane come out uuarned and forbid their cutting
hs iepoe dOwL; they cut the fence down and came
into his iDcosure Lsne then turned into DIS nonse
and cscDe ont armed With gun and told them that
they advanced another step be would shoot themi Mr..
JeIkir raised his and turning 10 his men said.
"Rz.n on ~ the d-d villain and kill hD;" Green said
be then dew his revolver and mapped twice at Lane
ard at the third time bis pistol and Lace qua went OIL
At the seine time; he sand thai if hs pistol had not
snapped the 6rst time he drew the trigger Lane would
not have killed JeLkinf, because he, Green, would
have killed him fTst; be made no statement, think,
about any message hagisg been sent by jenkins 70
Lane; Green stated that the Jenkines hsud,
rsised at The time Of the afrsy these staemeIH were
made not merely 10 me but t0 a crowd hal! an hour
after the homicide; saw Jenknss face after death,
but have not experience TO tell whether its eApesson
indicated pain or anger.
BY Stanton, cross exsmiDed-I sm an intimate
friend of Lane have talked to him once only since
Jepbins's Death; since the day it occurred heard
him telling crowd about il; the following persons
were present st the conversation of Green-Charey
Dyer ard Chas. Olmstesd; toiDk Sam Fry; don't
remember the lanes of the others; tnere must have
been Is 20D the crowd cspDot be positive as to Fry
understood Green to say that jenkins had the ak
raised above his bead at the time he wss snot had
no conversation with Green when he was in town;
heard him say Jepkus was shot he gave no particd-
lars; Green did not mention the men who went with
,JeI kris; he said they were ali armed with Colts
volvers and Sharpes rife Green said nothing OF
the dbtance between Lane snd Jenkins when Lane
fred; would not hike 10 give an opinion as to the
expret sion of the corpses face there was coDsdea-
bio excitement against Lane with two three men III
the crowd; they III favor of hanging him. Oh
jectsd 10.
the crowd this testimony was irrelevant.
Mr. Stanton-rhe question is intended TO show
what effect these alleged etstemens Of Green had On
the crowd; thereby, perhaps, to impeach the testl-
uopy and veracity Of this witness. If the statements
made by Green were as alleged by witness certainly
the effect Of 1t would lot be to produce al excitement
Col. Young insisted that the question was as rree.
want as it would be to ask if the Dey of Al sers got
mad sben the ball got into his hsIem
II have gwen the of witness, bat the cOun-
Bel objected 70 its going as evidence. Court sustained
By aIr. Ewing Mr.. Green heard from the begin
ming of bis statement; he was conti6uing it wnen
lett to 90 over 70 LaLe s house.
Be tue COuTt-I have heard Lane make statement |
of the case twice the dsy Of the killing, to
crowd and once sflerward, wheL was at his house;
the lat conversation took place about week sgO.
BY Mr. EwiDg-I wac also friend TO jenkins, and |
"a intimate with him as with Lane.
Col Young objected to the presence of the witness
Green during the examination of the witnesses in.
pesching his testimony, that to say II he was 10 be
produced again.
Court sus,ained objection. Green left.
Mr.. j. Simmons, ssorn-i know M Green, who
was IN u employ of MIR. Jenkns dld not COW hm
Ut the time uf the occurrence; Know him now heard
declaration made by him the Gay of the atfray,
about one hour after the occurrence he came TO my
house TO borrow Il water bucket which gave hn, at
the same time asking i'm If jenkins was Killed; ne
said not; Re proceeded 10 well bear my house; l
ion ed hIm on his way TO JenkiDss took one bucket
o,t Of his hand at he tiUe asking bin who shot
Gen Lane; he said there were three shots hred al
him and he believ ed his shot the one which took
effect az he could not be bought to shoot for
any other IN the wor unless Tor Mr. Jenkins, or
Any otL er person, adding that II his pistol had not
gone Ch Lane wOuld not have klIeo jenkins, saying !
t at they had snapped their pistols but they Old not
go off: we arrived at the gate; he took the bucket
from me- that the last discourse had with nm;
Green cid not state the tine when their pistois
snapped.
BY Mr. Stantou--It ia probable that may be mis- !
taken as TO what Green sald; was COOL end desired
10 find ont the facts; did lot upoeretand Green TO
cay Il al if hs pst had gone oil La0e would not nave
got INTO bis alive, instead OF that he would not
have killed JeDki1s; he ssid dstncty that was his
shot that tcok effect since the killing, Lane ana
have talked over the matter some; Green dld no5 say
Who fire but that three shoe were hred oy hlA p9ty
at Lane equally positive that Green sad Jei klds
WAS net de ad when knew otherwise; kne ~ Jeaklls
wac desd because / had seen the ccrpse; was the
fourth party tn arrived at tde house to see t Ii was
not th,n quite extinct | could perceive hhgnt
n0yen, nj Of the muscles; | 1nede no rem ark w0en
Green ssid jenkins wag not dead; perhaps my wife
heard Greer cay that jenkins was not dead; au not
sure OF that: nc other peeop overheard the rest 0t
our conveisztor for were walking up the path to
Jer kI s's rCuse.
By Mr. Evipg-It was more than half an hour from
the lime that sag the corpse before Green; L
Ri that Jenkne nust he dead by that tune, as the
uov.iu,r TT of tue muecles was 40 sigot wh'n saw
him, u AZ DE could not possibly hsve survived more
than few minu.es longer, therefore / believed hlm
dead.
IGreen had ut come from town, and hence he may
have supposed ~ Il Jonkns might It'll rs Igsring.-
REP
ScIoecs Stewart sworu--I sge had a conversation
with young J.rkrs since tne death of his uncle; he
sald thst his uncle, Green, Dalur and himself went
over TO Lanes foY water and that he carried The AK,
Green revolver and hs u,cle the Sharpes nile; they
came TO gate; tucu he attempted to cnop 1t down;
hs uncle G6 not think him quick enough; cut 1t down
bin self srd then marched with tae IN his hand;
he said they were all armed except hun and he had
tie az; | heard this distinctly; be did not say how
Dufur armeC.
Cross-exsuined by Stanton-I am positive abont
my statements; positive that young Jerkns sad that
his utcle marcted in with the Ok IN his hand; TINS
cor vel took place be- one-alf and three
quarters o. al hour 6ter Jenkins was shot, and be-
bind his house; there a number present; thick
that NJ. No ugh OF them, bat not positive
about 1t; do not recoect 'be names of any OF the
otbeIs; there were five VI sx Of them there.
q. Ii. Emory, .worn-I know Henry W. jenkins
this evideI ce objected TO- ne had heard the pre-
yious testuOny-Overruledl: | mad q conversation