Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-23

Statement OF Cenevieve Lyons.
The following 10 sbe statement of the mis-
tree. Of jenkins. the New York PheniI Bank
robber: Aa.
O. Have you anything 10 say. and. II so.
uhst-relaiivs TO the charges preferred against
you'll
Er-Judge Stuart then said that he had drawn
up a statement nearly 10 the words Of the pris-
onsr, and would read IL to the Court he had
the greatest faith that every word OF il vas true.
The girl then sat down and Mr. Ssuard read:
When / FIRST came to this city, obtained .
situation as sales girl in corset ADD trimming
store, where remained a, low wages until the
proprietor stopped business could get no
other place; I bad no money, and no friends 10
give me any. Afterwards ! saw an advertise
nsns in a pevspaper, for a waiter girl 10 a
refreshment saloon, and went and got the place
at a great deal more wages than | ever had be
| fore besides a premium for wine which i sold.
/ had been there but few days when jenkins
came there with three or four others. he bad
good deal Of wine and called me TO wait on him.
The proprietor told me be was worth more
than ar the other wine customers 10 his house;
that must not wait on any other man while ne
was in the saloon; that he always wanted waiter
| girl to himself; that IL ne took notion 10 me-
/ he would give me great deal OF money; ana
! that he went 10 great many saloons and spent
thousand. OF dollsrs. and gave money TO all the
| girls that be liked; that night ne gave me SO.
and the proprietor gave me two for the wine
| bsd odd him: after that he came there every
week and sometimes every night almost; there
would bo always different persons in the saloon,
and he treated everybody; be always had great
rolls Of 1ils; he always gave me money; some
times a ten dollar bill. and two or three times
fifty dollar bill; once he gave me a hundred dol
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% ' Little brothers, schooling; all the other girls
we're jealous of me, because he liked me more
than them; after a little while, be told me that
he liked me better than any girl he ever saw
that he would take me out Of that saloon, as
il was no place for me; be said he would send
me 10 school and give me better education
be said he very rich and owned oil wells,
and that he had rs much money as he could
spend; that he was a broker, and had share
10 "a good many railroads; he told all such
things as this, but he never told me that he was
in any bank; did not know where be lived. and
never asked him; and did not think he wanted
me to know; aud did not wish TO know, he was
80 good to me; one night be told me to End some
rooms and he would pay the rent OF them;
found the rooms in Blocker street, where was
arrested; he gave NE eight hundred dollars to
furnish them; he supported me, and came to see
me every week and sometimes every night;
never met him in the street bui once, and that
was accidental; | was never in bad house.
Mr.. Jenkins did not know Brown ever came
to nv rooms, and in this way may have been
wrong to him (Jenkius). | honestly believe
have received of jenkins only about 81 500 or
$1,000. He gave me also some money to pay
two doctors bills. He was very good to me
when ] was sick. The doctors names were
Bungstead and Paulus.
have not been out OF the city but once, and
that was about tive weeks. since | knew Mr.
Jenkins, and with that exception, which did not
cost over 5000, j never spent dollar The
money, all of it, spent for his convenience
and comfort. never gave dollar to any hu-
man being-neyer have nothing now but my
clothing and that furniture. This is a truthful
statement OF the facts. whether they may be in
my favor or against
The Judge added. his voice tremulous with
emotion that he felt in his heart the girls words
were true, and she ought to be set at liberty.