M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1858-06-24
rom the Cincinnati Gazctto's Correspondence,
The Murder Of Jenkins By Lane,
at Lawrence.
A HISTORY OF THE DISPUTED CLAIMS.

LAWRENCE, X. T., June Z.
So many contradictory stories have
been told in regard to the murder d
Gains Jenkins, by General Lane, al
Lawrence, On Thursday last, that
have taken especial pains to ascertain
the truth, and | believe it to be as
follows:
THE ORIGIN OF THE DIFFICULTY.
The difficulty originated about
claim to one hundred and sixty acres
Of land, lying on the edge Of Law
renee. Gains jenkins selected the
claim, and hired a man by the name
ofChapman to make an improvement
on it, and hold it for him. Chapman
alterward concluded to pre.empt it
himself, aud break his contract with
jenkins, so he got part of it incorpor.
ated in the town plat of Lawrence, and
solo the remainder of it to Jim Lane.
AN ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE.
About this time Lanes wife left
him and returned to her friends in In.
diana. Lane got man by the name
of Lindsey to move into the log ghouse
on the claim, and board him and his
boy. Mrs. Lindsey said that Lane
was frequently out very late atnight,
and sometimes all night, and one night
she heard the boy making an unnatu-
raj noise, and, supposing the father
Was out, as usual, went to the room to
sec what the matter was, when, to her
surprise, she found Lane there. He
seiz.d her, and she says, offered her
violence, when her screams brought
her husband to her rescue.
now TWO NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS
HELPED JIM OUT OF THE sCRAPE.
Later that night, two newspaper
correspondents, who occupied a room
together in Lawrence, were aroused
by Colonel Jim Lane, who seemed
agitated, and begged them to assist
him out Of Il difficulty. They got up
and he told the following story:
Mrs. Lindsey, he said, had got pos.
session of some of his wite's things,
which she left in the house, and he
wanted to get them back. He didn't
know just what they were, but his
wife would know what was gone, and
Mrs. Lindsey was afraid of his wife.
lie therefore wanted one of them to
write note, purporting to come from
Mrs. Lane, saying that she was at
Kansas City, and would DO up there
that day, and the other to bring it
over 10 Lind5ey's early in the morn
ing. AS all Kansas correspondents
revolye around Jim Lane, they, of
course, consented to anything nc ask
ed.
THE ARBITRATION.
In the morning several prominent
Free-Statc men, and among others,
Governor Robinson, who is arbiter
general for all the difficulties in the
Territory were sent for to settle the
trouble between Lindsey's wife and
Jim Lane. When they arrived, they |
found Lane pacing the floor with the
letter above ALLUDED to in his hand,
and despair depicted on his counto.
nance.
"There," says he, "rc&d that; my
wife, with whom have had trouble |
enough, God knows, has just conclud. |
ed to return to me, and will be here
to-day, but if she hears of this charge,
she will leave me forever. DO, for
Coils sake, help me to hush this up
on her account"
So it was finally settled in this wise:
Lane was to pay certain sum Of
money, and to get this money he then
and there sold this disputed claim to
Jenkirs--9ot some money and the
balance in notes, and jenkins was put
in possession ofthe claim.
LANE TRIES TO GET POSSESSION AGAIN.
In the troubles of $50, (Which oc-
cured shortly after this sale,) while
Lane was in command Of the Free
State forces at Lawrence, and jenkins
a prisoner in tho United States camp
at Lecompton, Lane made an effort to
get possession of this property by or
dering a company ofmen to 90 over
and take the house, which was then
occupied by man Of the name OF
Jones, who rented of Mr.. Jenkins
This attempt, however, to use the ar
my for his private ends was denounced
by Col. Blood-by Parrot and other
Free State men; and the company,
finally, rofused to obey. So Lane Was
compelled to abandon this project.
JENKINS CONFIRMS HIS TITLE BY FUR
CHASING AGAIN FROM CHAPMAN.
In thesummer of'5G, Chapman, tho
man who made the improvement on