Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-07-01
The Homicide at Lawrence
killing of jenkins by Lance
Evidence In the Case.

Evidence In the Case.
tn. M;seorr; De,oo.ro, nublisbes 4 full
s,r,o-. 80 a. av;Jsnoa in ,be case of III,
L;Il;nc of IonL;ns 1,v Gen. Lane, made b,
.p.a.s.,, - :, .bould he remembered. i
49, " .,nn,,ons enemy of Gen. Lane
Tha g., witness called was the physician
~ n.sn,;nad the body of jenkins. The
IL, m.s marked by ninety-eipht buck
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There were five LAWYERS employed on
o..b side. Gen. Lane was represented by
CoI Samuel A. YOUNG of Independence,
Missouri: James Christian, of Lawrence
-. and Thomas Ewing, Jr., of Leayen-
worth. and Jno. Hutchison, of Lawrence.
The counsel on the part of the prosecu-
ton were Mr.. Mr. Zoe, MT. Coiamer, late
OF Boston, .. NJ +" oou, VI Lawrence; LA-
Secretary olan'o''' anu MI ''alofa' rfos-
ecuuhg a''ofhey' -,
nay ufeehe, one oi 'cose present "hen
Lane was s.soe 'es.'neu
was silt'ng IN lne log mouse on the
Gay Oh 'ne transae''on heard h,lng out
OF doors; L went our doors TO see what was
up; Mr. jenkins had a pistol IN his hand I;
asked MIN II there was not some way 10
get the other loads on; lie sald lnere was
no occasion ior u ne "ou,d not nave 70
use them, ne went ih'o .ne ''e E'''i''g
room or ki'cnen' ltney are 'he same y a,"'
commenced loadihS ,ne re'o'er' | weh'
INTO the kitchen ana SAT ao~h' nc s'lu ne J.
would be ready 10 go Win me aiter "hi'e
he started out OF the house ahead; came
out after him; he was armed with
Sbarps rifle, nothing else; l had a revoiv-
er: the one he had loaded; there was a
nephew had no arms; Dufur was out OF
doors, walking outside; when we came out
OF the house Durfur joined US, and went
with us after water.
THE EXPEDITION AFTER WATER.
Mr. Jenkins started ahead. and had
pone four or five wards. when / asked him
e bo did not want the nv To break the cate
omen Henry Jenkins cot the ax from the
wood nile. Gaius Jenkins went first: Hen
nv ,ext. with the az. I was next. and Dur-
,;tr G,Jiowed me. Our purnose in ooiino
was to get wafer. Icaried Two tin buckets
to il cet in. commenced carrinr water in
tbese buckets the aav before M,. Jenk-
inc walked STRAIGHT olona. until we came
70 Nv Nut.'s ben.coon and fbcp he nut
down his Sb.rne's r;f,e and then went mn
90 tbe oote The bon.coon ;s tw, rods or
n,orc from The catc riobl q, tbe wav to il
sat down the pals there till the gate
was broken open. We could not get into
the yard until we broke the gate open, as
IT WAS nailed up. Mr. jenkins took the
ax from Henrys hand aud went 10 smash
ing The gate. The gate had been nailed
up that day, rs broke IL Inc day before.
Mr.. Jenkins had been IN the habit OF get
ting water ever since came there, but
sometimes he got 1t from the spring M
stead. Previous to "the day before the
gate had been mailed up twice; MIR. Jenk-
ms broke 1t open once himself before. AT
ter Mr.. jenkins had broke the gate his hat
blew OH, and he asked me 10 hand 1t to
him. did so; he then pulled the bar to
one side and walked into the yard. lie
immediately threw the NIX out OF his hand
outside the yafu. MI. 'e"hms h'i no
arms Of any kind that saw: Hc walked
eight or ten yards IN the pain towards Tile
well. The well is right south OF the house
may he twenty feet. The well and
house make an angle to each other with tue
path. Golng TO tho well was not gong
toward tho house nj all. After lie got Ten
or twelve steps,
LANE MEETS THE EXPEDITION.
Lame said thai if he advanced he woulI
shoot The next instant Jenkins dropped.
Gen. Lane was in the yard walking TO and
fro when we arrived at the gate. lie
said:
"Jenkins, if you come into this yard I'll
shoot you.'
jenkins replied:
Enough Of that talk"
lie said SO twice or thrice. l think
Lane said that if jenkins came into the
yard he would shoot him. two or three
times.
Lane had no arms in bls hand at that time,
that | saw. As jenkins started to go
into the gate, Lane returned into the
house.
Lane went into the door and came right
out with shot gun IN llis hand lie sta
toned himself between jenkins ana 'he
weIl-a little TO the north.
Gen. Lane had to walk probably thirty
or forty feet before he stationed himself
where he did, between jenkins and the well
-.hay oe ''o'e ''',ru '.n u 'We,e s'.Pe-
quite distance. lie held up his shot gun