New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-05

drinks, your reporter is 70. cure which,.
/ Ths Court ssid nothing.
Witness gave narrative Of the sifiay as rels,ei 10
II By LAre after tie death. II subst sriially the
tie account Of other Witnesses up TO the time
Of fIi1g. IL this csse Lare said thai caps ware
exploited before he fIs1. He s,o sad that jenkins
rufhiDg on lin at the time, looking more ike
demon than any msa he ever ssw. Lsne saiy he was
covered by pistos and gun CT rifle when he fred.
Henry Jerkrs, recalled, and identified the AZ .s
belonging to Gsius jenkins. The a1 Was offered IN
evideLce.
NJ Cbristan-I object to anything the al Gays:
lie repeated certain passages OF bis e1srniaationin
chief He said th.t he understood Green to say to
Sheriff Wa ker not that ii his pistol had gore off Lane
wo1ld not ha We killed jenkins but that he fred after
Lane did that if his pistol had gone off second
time Lsne would not have got into his house alive.
There was no ak the corpse, after it fell, any
where near it. have slight recollection Of pickiog
up tie az rear the gate. After uncle threw it down
after breaking the gate open took hold Of the hsl
die Of it, the sI trailing on the ground and believe
that drew it into the yard with in the excitement
sfter uncle fell.
Ray Green recalled and identified the pistol, and
stated that what he said to Sheriff, Walker sai others
was tlst if his pistol had gene off second time Lane
would not have got ilto his house alive.
Green en- his examination stated that he had once
said sirce tie fIst time gave his evidence that he
would fight Gen. Lane or any son-oi s-gun who want
ed 10 take up lis Gaze, three feet within pistols
Ger. Lsne-When you intend to assassinste me, let
me know would rather fight you q. thres feet than
be assassinated
Witnese-You need not be afraid, Sir, | don't aasss
sirste any body.
ITfe pistol with which Lane shot by Green was
produced in the Court. 1t is said that does not cor
roborate his account of the order in which the shots
were fired No testimony, however given this
point and until it is sgreed ss it will be-, by the op-
posing counsel, it is not eLtted to any weight
either eide
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Counsel for prosecution announced that they he'd
concluded their rebuttiDg testimony
NEW REBUTTING TESTIMONY FOR DEFENSE.
DR.. Griswold. sworn-When at Lanes house about
twenty minutes after tine death OF Mr.. jenkins, Lsne
sad that ore of the men exploded two caps at him;
Lare then fired; then ball passed through hls hair
and then another shot was fred which missed the
next hit him in his knee Lane said that jenkins had
en- in bis hand and threatend TO cut his head OPEN
he said the armed WITH revOlysrs.
Fon efter Hill sworn-Heaid Lane cay that two
caps were exploded at him before he fired.
James Christian, sworn-Was at Lanes house within
twenty minutes after jenkins shot; was back and
forward the whole alternoon stali over an hour the
first time went; heard Lane make his statement half
dc en- tiues they varied but not contradictory
to some persons be would answer more in detail than
to cthels; his tIst account has been related by Dr.
Griswold; heard him say that ball cut a little OF
the hair off his left temple before he fired, and that
Jenkins was coming at him looking like perfectfury;
be said that be asked jenkins for God Almightys
cake not to push him to extremes; that jenkins had
his in hand coming at him; he said that there
our With Jenkins and that three of them covered
that be had waited till jenkins was withing 10 or II
feet of him before be fred that he had adrancd back
rards several steps before doing laughter Inever
he ard Lane say that he fired first understood him
to sby that jenkins was nearest to hmi he said he
raised the gun twice before he fired.
Thomas Guest, sworn-Wss in my yard couple Of
lots eistanttrom not much after o'clock when
heard firing my impression was that heard one pis
tol shot before heard that Of sguu looked up and
Lane retrestng toward his houso then won't over
TO Gen. Lane e. about 80 yards distant.
II. A. Millsr-Was at Lanes house shortly after the
sffray on the Sd of June heard him say that before
he fired they had snapped cap at him. tha. hs own
shot aud .he shot tina. grazed his brain were snutG
peously fired that Jenkings advancing on Lane
with an ex; that he never saw 3h deep hatred por-
tsyed on face on that OF jenkins at the time:
r. L. Bassett sworn-Hus testimony corroborsted
that of the last witniss.
John +. King {" Rex OF Ihe CtRctHndtI 1tnes/
sworp and gave similar testimony.
Tie evidence of the last seven Witnesses tGuesP
excepteo) was objected TO.
Abert Guest, sworn-Was about 100 yards eas. OF
Pauls house at the time Of the afrsy heard two pis
tol reports or Swapping of caps, before the loud re
Port; heard light report after the loud report was
about 300 yards from. Lanes house at the time was
going to school.
Charles Dyer was again called, and testified that
Henry jenkins told him, the day Of the affsy, that
if his ur Gle had rot iufhed ahead with the az Lane
would not have shot him. that when bis uncle was mad
he neither feared man DOR the devil.
Evidence again objected to-.
Col Young said it gave him pleasure to announce
that the evidence for the defense was closed.
Edward Ropes was recalled and ree1amned as to
certain passages Of his previous evidence.
Colonel Young asked him where lie had been living
tiuce the arsy in order if as expected he should
answer with Colllemer to leave the inference tina.
be had been " urder training
But Edward was rot to be caught in such trap.
lie replied: "Wel, part of the time with Collamer,
part of the time with Miss Hall, and
"Wel," said Young, in.erruptiIg, 81 suppose a
man who has energy and is wiling to work csn find
employment anywhere
"Yes," said Ed, especially if he is a lawyer of
the Border Rufian school-he can snake himself into
all kinds of Jobs
Young is sensitive, and this nsinuston angered him.
He said:
"Now, yourg gentleman, no insolence | have
treated you as q gentleman, and =
Colonel" said Ropes, 81 didn't mean to insult you
Il was only sts ing melancholy truth"
Tie Colonel, Court and spectators roared.
GOOD, said Young; II take all back! Evidence
closed
THE BLOOMERS IN COUNCIL.