The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-03-02
lanes T. Mccormack the Desperate
of Southern Kansas.
Sheriff Palmer's Intimacy with the
Murderer.
Particulars of the Capture and Con-
yiction.
IForthe Leavenworth TINES.

me to correct the falsehoods set aftoat In
said article, and in doing 30 shall not
| permit my feelings to mislead my judg-
| ment, bu; shall base my remarks upon
facts, as developed by the testimony during
the progress of the trial, and upon Others,
within the region of my own positive knowl-
edge
Ii is stated in the aforesaid article that
DR.. Cheney was "a man OF the most violent
temper, which knew no bounds, and rem
dering him perfect maniac while he was
in rage"
This is false, ard the evidence offered at
the trial shows nothing of the kind. The
defense utterly failed 10 establish snch fact,
admitted by the court to be proper evil
dence, notwithstanding the defense was as
sisted by number of false witnesses, Sheriff
Palmer included.
A few DAYS after the murder, which oc-
CURED on the night of the oath of last Sep
tember, arrived, for the first time, in this
place. All were strangers TO me. | had.a
right TO expect, under such sorrowful cir
cumstances, that the sheriff OF the county
would be nv fast friend, and lend me all
the aid within his power to apprehend and
bring to Justice the murderer, who had fled
from the scene of his crime. But how
greatly | was deceived in this particular,
subsequent facts will show.
had been here one week, and met
Sheriff Palmer frequently upon the streets.
He dad not, however, make himself known
to me. | called upon him the seventh day
after my arrival, and yet he testified that
he did not know of my arrival until within
a few hours OF my talking to him In that
conversation he related 10 NE how many
murders Mccormack told him he had COM
mitted, and that the scenes attending those
murders formed the chief topic of his con-
versation; and he gave me TO clearly under
stand that il would be next to useless to at
tempt his capture. The sheriff had, up TO
this time, sent out a few kilograms, and di-
rected that they be charged to the wife OF
the deceased.
o. the night of the murder citizens offer
ed their services to Sheriff Palmer to pur-
sue Mccormack, but he refused such as
sistance. Such is the sheriff7s record up
10 the time that Mccormack fed TO Column
bus to save his life.
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